Chapter 441: Stimulating the Second Bullet of the Court (Part II)
Everyone listened quietly, but at the beginning of this, they probably heard a little, this is to increase the treatment of the soldiers, after all, the current soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can be said to have almost no treatment, mainly from the Yongye Tian in the soldiers' house.
"And morale is made up of different parts, and the upper limit of morale has many influencing factors, such as winning a battle, such as a good general, but it is always honor that determines the lower limit of morale! Liability! The righteousness of the family and the country! Do you have any objections? Li Ke asked.
"No, Your Highness is right." Cheng Biting Jin is holding below.
Everyone didn't bother to pay attention to him, Fang Xuanling stood up and said: "What Your Highness means is that we must educate these soldiers and let them understand what honor is, what responsibility is, and what is the righteousness of the family and country, right?" ”
"Yes, it's not." Li Ke nodded and shook his head again.
"That's right, we really want to guide, we want to educate them, so that they understand these truths, but what is wrong means that we can't just say and don't do it, I'm the person who hates painting cakes for others, I can't see the real thing, what's the point of just playing with words." Li Ke said nonchalantly.
All the ministers were extremely speechless, so what you said last time you went to court, isn't it painting a cake for us? Do we see something real? No or no? Feelings: Others painting cakes are painting cakes, and if you paint cakes, you can't paint cakes, right?
Li Kecai didn't bother to pay attention to their thoughts, but said to himself: "So, we want these soldiers to see tangible things, and we want to see the imperial court's policy towards them, so as to increase their sense of honor and responsibility." ”
"So, I propose that the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court issue a document to establish the Tang National Martyrs Cemetery, and I don't need to tell you what the word martyr means, you should all understand. All the government soldiers who died heroically for the Tang Dynasty's foreign wars, defended the Tang Dynasty, and sacrificed their lives to be responsible for public security in the Tang Dynasty, such as military marquis, bad people, and government officials, should be respected as martyrs. ”
"All these people can enter the Datang National Martyrs Cemetery, and in all provinces and states of Datang, relevant martyr cemeteries will be set up! The Martyrs' Cemetery is not divided into generals and ordinary soldiers, and all those who enter the Martyrs' Cemetery are people who have made significant contributions to the Tang Dynasty! Every major festival, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty leads the civil and military officials of the court to worship! ”
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, all the ministers couldn't help but gasp, this move ...... How did His Highness come up with it, it's too ruthless! As soon as this martyr's cemetery comes out, this treatment ...... It's more high-end than Zhaoling! Worship in the name of the country! What concept?!
"By the way, where is the owner of the Hongwen Pavilion." Li Ke said.
"The minister is here." Chu Suiliang, the historian in charge of recording next to him, stood up and said.
Li Ke was a little surprised, did Chu Suiliang take over the position of the owner of the Hongwen Pavilion?
"You interpret the word 'sacrifice' in the Hongwen Museum, the word sacrifice is from the Zhou, Shang, Spring and Autumn Warring States began to carry out major sacrifices to heaven and earth, the death of cattle and sheep used in the sacrifice is described, and the major sacrifice celebration is supposed to entrust people's yearning for a better life, the awe and respect for heaven and earth, and it is also people's faith. Therefore, from now on, the word 'sacrifice' in the Tang Dynasty is used exclusively for people who die for righteousness and faith. Li Ke said.
"Yes." Chu Suiliang paused, His Royal Highness's explanation made sense.
The other ministers had no opinion, and even nitpickers like Wei Zheng did not jump out to restrict Li Ke's behavior of interpreting old words with new meanings.
Li Jing and other generals were extremely excited, because they were also soldiers, to put it inappropriately, if they were meritorious generals, if they died and were to be buried in Zhaoling and other royal mausoleums, this used to be a supreme glory, but now it is ...... They suddenly felt as if it was a little unfragrant, this martyr's cemetery ...... It seems to be better to live.
"Do you have any comments?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
As soon as Li Ke said this, Wenchen's side didn't say anything, and the generals stood up first, and they didn't speak, they each stared at Wenchen's side with a pair of big eyes, quite a bit, who the hell dares to object, I dare to beat someone in the court.
Although the other generals are not as obvious as these two reckless men, the look in their eyes is obviously a posture that if you dare to object, we will not die.
Can these generals not be excited? What His Highness talked to them about before, obviously this is the follow-up strategy! It's the highest glory of being a soldier, who the would dare to oppose it!
"I'm okay with that." Fang Xuanling opened his mouth generously, "We can have today's situation, these soldiers who sacrificed for the country have paid the price of their lives, this is the honor they deserve." ”
The old house even uses the right words, and the change is fast enough.
"The ministers have no opinion." The other ministers also agreed.
"Well, since the first one has no opinion, then the second one must have no opinion, of course, this matter has nothing to do with civilian officials, mainly related to military generals, from today on, you have to instill a concept in the soldiers under your command in addition to what I said. All the robes who died on the battlefield will one day! We will let them return to their homeland! ”
"I know that the corpses of the soldiers who died on the front line of the Tang Dynasty are all cremated, and then their ashes are loaded in clay pots and brought back."
"But sometimes because of the fighting, there are also soldiers who don't have time and opportunity to bring back, so they can only be buried on the spot."
"In the future, these corpses buried on the spot must remember the location, leave marks, and bring back their bones when there is a chance in the future." Li Ke said.
"Yes!" All the generals spoke in unison. The folk burials of the Tang Dynasty are naturally all burials, but the corpses of soldiers on the battlefield are directly cremated in order to prevent plague and so on. In the past, if the Tang Army had the conditions, it would also bring back the ashes of the soldiers' corpses in clay pots.
"Your Highness, there is a problem with the minister." In the crowd, Lu Kuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said.
"Rui Guogong, please speak." Li Ke nodded and said.
"The burial problem of the martyr's cemetery, if it is buried in a coffin, no matter how large the area of the martyr's cemetery is, there will inevitably be a full day, how to deal with it when the time comes? Although we may not have to think about this issue, we must not blindly expand the area of the martyrs' cemetery. "Dou Lukuan is thinking about the affairs of his own rite department.
"The martyrs' cemetery is all cremated, and the ashes are placed in porcelain urns, and if the martyrs whose bodies cannot be found, they are buried in the form of clothed mounds." Li Ke said.
"But when it comes to cremation, the people have a choice...... Cremation is not an option. Dou Lukuan hesitated.