Quiet!

Deathly silence!

When Fan Li finished singing, everyone in the Fengtian Hall was silent.

It was as if the sound of breathing and heartbeat could be heard clearly.

The poem sung by Fan Li is naturally the popular "Yellow Bird".

At this time, the right prime minister Kong Qiu stood up, bowed to Qingji and said, "King, the minister thinks that the system of human martyrdom should be abolished. ”

"In the past, after the death of Mu Gong of the Qin State, there were 177 people who were buried and died, including the three sons of the Ziyu clan, Xianxi, Zhongxing, and Needle Tiger."

"These three people are very kind and brave, and the Qin people are very sad about this, and they wrote the poem "Yellow Bird" to express their anger at the burial system."

After a pause, Kong Qiu said again: "My Wu country is people-oriented, and the matter of human martyrdom is too cruel after all!" ”

"Please King Mingjian!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

With the leadership of Fan Li and Kong Qiu, the vast majority of ministers and doctors in the court expressed their approval of the abolition of the martyrdom system.

After the death of Qin Mugong, the national strength of the Qin State collapsed, why?

Because the Qin people can't even cherish their talents, how can the country be stable for a long time?

Of course, this is only the superficial reason.

If Qin Mugong did not kill Meng Ming, the general of the mourner, he would not bear to be buried with Sanliang.

The death of Sanliang, in Qingji's view, is just like the martyrdom of the Erqi Shi who traveled to Luoyang after Tian Heng's suicide, which is completely the meaning of "the death of a confidant of a scholar".

Modern people do not understand the righteous spirit of "the ancients felt a meal, and they could still kill their bodies", but instead criticized the ancients with secular views.

In contrast, the more respectable the ancients and the hurtful of modern people.

"King!"

Shen Xi said bitterly: "Although the system of human martyrdom is cruel and inhumane, it may not be impossible to continue!" ”

"The death of a person, I am afraid that there will be enemies seeking revenge in the underworld, and no one will protect you?"

"If the king, the doctor, or even the Son of Heaven, how noble is it? How prominent is the status? ”

"Ruoxue, how can you be in the land of the Nine Shadows, where no one is serving? Please King Mingjian! ”

Hearing this, Qingji just said surgingly: "Shen Xi, if you are widowed and let you be buried with you, are you willing?" ”

"King, this is the courtier's honor!"

Shen Xi slammed his head on the floor and replied almost without thinking.

“……”

Shen Xi is a rare loyal minister.

It's just that this guy is nearly fifty years old, more than ten years older than Qingji, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to live longer than Qingji......

Qingji said unhurriedly: "The martyrdom of the people is a wind, and few people think that they are cruel and ignorant." ”

"Do you know how cruel it is to kill people and bury them?"

"Poisoned wine, buried alive, beheaded, slightly inferior, and even nailed to death."

"Widows have heard of it, according to the ancient system, under the mausoleum, two coffins are hung in the middle, and several men and women are lined up, nailed to the wall."

"Gai Gu is a martyr, afraid of his servants, so he nails him. The miserable appearance of the clothes can be seen at a glance......"

Qingji, this is not alarmist.

There are many ways to end the life of the martyr, and the most direct and convenient means is to "cut off the head", directly take the martyr to the cemetery and die on the spot.

However, this method was abandoned by later generations, except for sacrifices.

The reason is that this way does not preserve the whole body.

When later generations paid attention to the whole corpse, the hunting method would not be to cut off the head, but to directly bleed and stab it to death.

Therefore, beheading mostly occurs in the early days or during animal sacrifices.

At different stages of tomb excavation, the human head would be cut off like a pig's head and a dog's head, and it would be used as a "livestock" as a sacrifice......

"How can the country be stronger? Only people-oriented! ”

Qing Ji waved his hand and said loudly: "If the widow doesn't even love his own people, who will love the people of my Wu Kingdom?" ”

"Slaves? Slaves are also human beings, and they should empathize with them! ”

"If someone is martyred, where is the propriety?"

"Therefore, the poem says: 'People are rude, and Hu is not dead?' Etiquette is indispensable. ”

"Etiquette is the criterion for distinguishing man from beast. Without courtesy, man becomes an animal. As the king of a country, if the widow takes the lead and is not polite, the foundation of the country will be shaken! ”

After a pause, Qingji looked resolute again, and said: "The widow firmly believes that God has the virtue of a good life, and killing people and burying them is inhumane and contrary to heavenly principles after all!" ”

"When a person dies, it is not necessarily that the body dies, the soul is still there, and he lives in the land of the Nine Secluded Places, where can he seek revenge? If so, it should be the revenge of the martyrs. ”

"If you say to serve, a hundred years of people, but a handful of loess ......"

Speaking of this, Qingji stopped abruptly and did not continue.

Because the more this is said, the more outrageous it becomes, Qingji must restrain himself.

Qingji flicked his sleeves and said excitedly: "The widow is determined to abolish the system of human martyrdom from now on!" ”

"Since the beginning of the widow, no human burial shall be allowed, but human figurines shall be replaced, and all funeral ceremonies such as chariots, horses, jade, swords, and utensils can remain the same!"

"Anyone who disobeys this order will be exiled from his family and reduced to slavery within the three tribes!"

"King Shengming!"

Seeing that Qingji had already made a ruling, the ministers could only agree regardless of whether they had objections in their hearts or not.

"King, what is this figurine?"

Imperial Doctor Fan Li asked curiously.

"Human figurines, that is, terracotta figurines, figurines fired according to the human shape......"

In Qingji's mind, he suddenly remembered the "Qin Terracotta Army" in history!

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor!

For a while, Qingji's eyes couldn't help but become hot.

Earn the name before and after your death!

Why don't you want to achieve some great achievements, and then make your mausoleum as magnificent as Qin Shi Huang, so that future generations will be sought after?

Seriously, now the ministers and doctors of Wu should be grateful to Qingji.

Otherwise, when Cao Agui, the unscrupulous descendant who lacks morality, sets up a lieutenant who touches the gold and a general in the middle of the hair, and does the matter of robbing the tomb, they will know how uncomfortable it is to be exhumed......

Qingji doesn't want to stay in the mausoleum for a hundred years, and be dug up by his descendants to see the light of day again!

Study?

!

This is damned!

Grave robbers deserve a thousand cuts.

"The king, the minister has something to do!"

At this moment, Dazai Jiran, who was the head of the hundred officials, stood up.

"Please."

"Now, the Lingnan New Road, the Southwest Straight Road, the Chi Road, and various canals, including the ditch, have all been completed!"

Ji Ran lowered his head and asked: "However, there are hundreds of thousands of Kunlun slaves captured from the Southeast Islands before, I don't know what the king will do with them?" ”

“……”

This is not a small question.

As far as Qingji learned, over the years, Wu has captured the natives from many southeastern islands such as Malay, Yizhou, Wadao, Java, Borneo, and Ryukyu, called "Kunlun Nu", and the number is about 500,000 to 700,000.