XXVII. The Martyrs Survive Forever (II)

"Shane!"

"Hooray!" There was a buzz in the venue, many people showed an excited and sentimental look on their faces, there was a strong man with red circles in his eyes, the old woman from the countryside in Hunan couldn't understand these words, and the son was also very ignorant, but he didn't dare to ask more at this time, only to see strangely some people around him couldn't help but cry quietly.

The melodious sound of ceremonial music in the park sounded, and the plaque that originally said "Jingyi Garden" was covered by red silk cloth was brushed to reveal its true face. "Ejian Martyrs' Shrine" in the lower left corner of a square seal, "the treasure of the Empress Dowager Cixi", originally the Empress Dowager's imperial pen, the left and right sides of the side door hanging "Qianqiu" and "eternal" four words, is also the Cixi imperial pen.

The Empress Dowager nodded, and the Tongzhi Emperor entered the palace gate hand in hand, the officials of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly called the people waiting in the square to enter, on both sides of the ancient cypress firmament, and there are a hundred people such as monks and nuns waiting on both sides, seeing the royal car coming, kneeling down the mountain without mentioning, all the way slowly to the main hall, picking up the stairs, seeing that the original Qinzheng Palace has changed greatly, demolished two partial halls to warm the pavilion wide to make the main hall, and then expanded more than ten meters outward, the regulation approached the Taihe Palace.

Entering the inner hall, the plaque that originally said "Diligent Government and Pro-Sage" was also removed, and it was replaced with four big characters of "Heroic Martyrs Last", which was written by the former military aircraft foreman minister, Shouyang Xiangguo Qi Jun bath, and several couplets on the golden silk nanmu pillars on both sides were written by Jia Frame Zhou Zupei and several university scholars. The throne in it has been removed and replaced with a god tablet, but there is no name written on the god tablet, and the carved lacquer is empty like a tabula rasa.

Although the Empress Dowager had not made a big deal about this matter before, who didn't know that the Empress Dowager wanted to change Jingyi Garden into a place to pay tribute to the martyrs, Prince Gong was naturally indispensable, because of this, he could eliminate a three mountains and five gardens, saving a lot of costs, but this god tablet is actually empty The Queen Mother means this?

The Queen Mother had no time to speculate on other people's thoughts, seeing the tablet, she glanced left and right, and saw countless dense names, before the Queen Mother spoke, the emperor had already turned to the left, and came carefully, "The Battle of Changsha," the emperor silently read in his mouth, the names of the sacrificed soldiers engraved on the wall above the Battle of Sand have been enshrined in the list of generals and officials on the table, such a dense group of names, the emperor looked at it at a glance, so this, it is already innumerable, the Tongzhi Emperor was shocked, and hurriedly turned his head and asked in a voice, "Huang Eniang, These are all fallen soldiers? ”

"Yes," the Empress Dowager walked over, "Chen Fuen, you introduce yourself to the Emperor." ”

"Yes," Chen Fuen replied, "Your Majesty, this martyr's shrine is dedicated to the officials and civilians who died in battle since the first year of Xianfeng to quell the rebellion against foreign enemies and sacrifice their lives for the country, and the object of worship is the Taiping Army rebellion, the rebellion of the Twisted Army, and the sacrifice of people in the war between Britain and FranceIf it is not for those who sacrifice their lives for the country, but all the generals are governors, they are not allowed to enter the martyrs' shrine to enjoy the incense of future generations. ”

"Exactly," Quan Qing continued, "the Empress Dowager Niangniang Sacred Heart is forgiving, and in the place of sacrifice, the Loyal Martyrs' Shrine will be set up to worship or attach to Emperor Guan and the City God Temple, and all soldiers who die in the line of duty or civil officials and brave people can be enshrined in it according to their nationality." For example, the officials of the eight banners and the second grade or above, a shrine of 50 people, are in the middle of the worship, and the non-commissioned officers and soldiers are 100 or dozens of people, arranged on both sides, not because of the rank and in addition, it is also required to check the etiquette of the Ministry of Rites, set the rules of sacrifice in the martyrs' shrine, two public sacrifices in spring and autumn every year, spring in Qingming, autumn around the Double Ninth Festival, spring by the emperor or the queen mother personally presided over the memorial, and the autumn sent relatives and ministers to sacrifice on their behalf. All military and civilian officials can come to offer incense at any time, and the Spring and Autumn Festival is accompanied by the families of the fallen military and civilian officials. ”

"Memorial ceremony, the emperor and the queen mother offer incense, the Ministry of Rites reads the sacrificial text, the Ministry of War still kneels and worships, and the prince and ministers offer incense." Quan Qing said this, the corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously, about this matter, the Ministry of Rites has been in the ring with the Queen Mother several times, the Queen Mother before meant that the etiquette needs to be solemn, the emperor can kneel, so it is an uproar, the emperor in addition to worshiping heaven and earth or worshiping the ancestors to kneel and worship the Queen Mother, no need to kneel at any time, Quan Qing to "in the etiquette is not in line, not in line with the number of etiquette" several times, the Empress Dowager Cixi asked again and again, so that he gave in.

"In this way, it can show the meaning of the DPRK to treat the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country." After Quan Qing finished speaking, Emperor Tongzhi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and faced the Queen Mother, "Huang Eniang, although this is excellent, but in the end, the road is far away, and the arm is like this person who is far away in Changsha, how can he go north every year?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )