The reason why Mo Lan is so fearless is just to bet on whether Si Chengyue is a virtuous monarch - if he is a Ming monarch, after a few thoughts, he will naturally understand that "abolishing life and martyrdom" is beneficial to his governance.

As a result, she won the bet.

Si Chengyue's attitude was actually to agree to her request. The reason why she was asked to give a reason was only to see what kind of reasoning she could use to persuade him, or rather, to persuade the court officials who were desperate to uphold the law.

"Nothing can be perfect, and so is the law. Any law is a code of conduct that the people of the entire dynasty obey and follow, and if it is not perfected, how can it bind the people? Mo Lan spoke slowly, her voice was not high, but it was enough for the entire garden to hear, "The system of life and martyrdom, in itself, is buried with living people, which is extremely cruel and inhumane. Although it is special for the descendants of the royal family, because everything in the royal family is the object of imitation by the people, the funeral system has long been popular in the entire Lieyun Dynasty. ”

Si Chengyue's face was calm, and his eyes did not move: "Go on." ”

"But all the rich businessmen and nobles drove the crane to the west, all to the size of the scale of the funeral as a sign of their status, so that the life of the people is like a mustard, the people have long complained, before several civil riots, are dissatisfied with the system of life and martyrdom to initiate."

"Is there such a thing?" Si Chengyue called Zhao Jian, the secretary of the military department, "Lord Zhao, why don't you report it?" ”

Zhao Jian got up in a panic, but she didn't know where Princess Min knew about these things, and arched her hands a little hesitantly: "Go back to the emperor, Weichen...... We-Chen......"

"Father doesn't have to blame Lord Li." Mo Lan suddenly spoke, "Just because the cause of the riot is dissatisfaction with the funeral system, and confronting the law is tantamount to rebellion, so the leaders of the riot are all punished for the crime of rebellion." ”

"How do you know that?" Si Chengyue looked at her with deep meaning.

"Mo Lan had visited the people before and accidentally heard about it, so I knew that the people of Ludao had complaints." Mo Lan sighed, if she hadn't already had the intention of abolishing this law, how could she have harmed so many people by wandering around the folk knowledge of the Taoist martyrdom system. "The so-called one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, Mo Lan does not dare to say a lot about the government, but only for the government to be virtuous and generous to the people, in order to win the hearts of the people for his father and emperor more. And the law of martyrdom is obviously contrary to benevolence. ”

Si Chengyue groaned slightly, and turned his head to look at Bachelor Li on the side: "What does Li Aiqing think?" ”

Bachelor Li got up and hesitated a little and said: "What the princess said is true, but the funeral system has been started since the ancestor emperor, how can the things left by the ancestors be ......?"

"If there are mistakes and shortcomings, we must make up for them in time and correct them, so that the times can progress and develop!" Mo Lan interrupted him impatiently, "Could it be that if there is something wrong with the law passed down by our ancestors, we should let it go?" Can the grievances of the people and the grievances of the people be ignored? Is a law more important than the hearts of the people? ”

"This ......," Mr. Li frowned a little embarrassed.

"Master Li knows that now the people can buy a life for ten taels of silver to accompany the funeral, so cheap and cheap that they can't even compare to a meal! Master Li also knew that on the day when a wealthy businessman went away, his descendants arranged for hundreds of people to be martyred, and on the day of the funeral, they wailed all over the field and cried for the sky. Master Li still doesn't know that these martyrs are also human beings, with flesh and blood, hearts and thoughts, but some people have asked their wishes, and asked if they are willing to be reduced to funeral objects!? ”