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Chapter 52 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (52)

After a long silence, Emperor Tianwu could not help but sigh:

"Well, you're right. Even if we find her and threaten her with her relatives and friends, what will happen?"

"We can't bet on her softening."

"I wouldn't even dare bet on how she'd retaliate!"

An unknown being with the power to move mountains and overturn seas dealt a heavy blow to Emperor Tianwu's morale. Without the ability to deal with this person, any attempt to delve into his identity, or even threaten his friends and family, would be considered a provocation.

Of course, the unknown existence was undoubtedly provoking him, and he was completely powerless to do anything about it.

Continue to fight against it.

He himself might be fine as the emperor, but his descendants were no longer certain, and the stability of his imperial power was even more uncertain. After all, if something like this happened a few more times and spread throughout the world, I'm afraid everyone would think that he had lost his destiny, and that his family had lost theirs.

There are many unified dynasties that perished in the second generation.

"Father, can we cancel Thirteenth Brother's burial?"

Crown Prince Zhu Quan immediately asked actively.

"Go back to the East Palace first. I will consider this. Also, continue to block the news. Also, hurry up and bring your three brothers back to the capital. Don't delay any further.

Go back, I’m tired…”

Although he was more inclined to compromise, he still had to think carefully about how to compromise in a decent way. In addition, he had to think more about eliminating the impact of the destruction of the Taimiao, and Emperor Tianwu planned to do all these things himself.

After all, his son doesn't dare to make decisions on many things.

"Yes! I'll take my leave!"

Crown Prince Zhu Quan could clearly hear the tendency revealed in his father's tone. He felt that he no longer had to worry about being buried alive with that unknown being. His tone was a little light and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The next step, of course, is to bow and leave.

Go back to the East Palace to arrange manpower for work.

……

The next day, all the civil and military officials attended the court meeting on time. Everyone was very tactful and no one mentioned what happened yesterday. Although they discussed it privately, no one dared to bring up such a big issue as the destruction of the Taimiao.

We still have to see what Emperor Tianwu’s attitude is first.

Then they consider their speech.

"The renovation of the Imperial Ancestral Temple began yesterday. There's been a bit of a commotion, but don't get alarmed or overthink things. Everything is normal."

Although Emperor Tianwu knew that he was talking nonsense, he still had to speak. At the same time, the officials also knew that Emperor Tianwu was talking nonsense, but they also had to admit it. Not only did they have to admit it, but they also had to try hard to find passages and quotes from ancient books to explain the rationale of repairing the Taimiao.

After a few words, both parties understood the situation.

This matter has been temporarily exposed.

At least no one dares to discuss it openly.

Emperor Tianwu then continued, "Confucius said, 'The first person to create terracotta warriors, will he have no descendants?' In the pre-Qin period, there was also the 'Qin Feng Huang Niao', which specifically criticized the practice of Duke Mu of Qin being buried alive with his father."

"This dynasty is a descendant of the previous one, which was full of burials of people alive with their loved ones. We were so busy before that we didn't consider this, and you didn't know how to report it, which wasted time and cost many lives. I have decided to follow the example of our predecessors and completely abolish the evil policy of burying people alive with their loved ones, inherited from the previous dynasty. From now on, this will be abolished for everyone, whether they are members of the royal family, nobles, or ordinary people or wealthy merchants.

No one may be buried alive or alive. Only meritorious officials may be buried with the deceased after a natural death."

"This decree must be promulgated throughout the land. Anyone who commits burial alive again will be punished as an unforgivable criminal, with their graves dug up and their ashes scattered. I hope you will implement this decree."

In addition, the practice of King Lu being buried alive with the dead has been cancelled."

To be an emperor, one must be thick-skinned and ruthless. If one cannot even lie with open eyes, then he is not qualified to be an ordinary official or even an ordinary clerk.

Let alone being an emperor.

At this time, Emperor Tianwu was simply trying to shift the blame wherever he could. The issue of burying people alive with the dead had nothing to do with him. He simply accepted the bad habits of the previous dynasty. The blame mainly lay with the previous dynasty. At most, he was guilty of negligence, but he had too many things to do all day long.

How could I notice such a small thing?

The reason why it was not noticed was that the officials did not report it.

As for the incident a few years ago when he demanded that all those who served King Huai be buried alive with him, and the incident where the minister who tried to dissuade him with these words was beaten to death, he had long forgotten about it.

If you don’t remember, it didn’t happen!!
If a weak emperor was shameless, the ministers would spit in his face, but an emperor like Emperor Tianwu was so ruthless that he would kill officials without blinking an eye.

No matter how shameless he is, all the civil and military officials in the court can only tolerate it.

After all, I can't stand it and dare to speak.

Basically they've all been cut off!
Therefore, no matter how much they violated their conscience, they could only praise His Majesty's kindness and benevolence at this moment. He was simply the wisest ruler in the past three generations, a benevolent ruler of all time! !
Whether they believe it or not, the word must be spread this way, and it must be recorded this way in the national history and diary.

Of course, this refers to official history.

It’s hard to say about personal history.

Then they discussed other state affairs. No matter what the civil and military officials in the court thought, Ding Shui was still relatively satisfied. No matter how shameless Emperor Tianwu was, at least her sister's life was saved and she didn't have to be buried alive with the emperor.

After the court session, the relevant news, especially Emperor Tianwu's decree to abolish the practice of burying people alive with the dead, was quickly conveyed.

Most people praised him, but there were also a very small number of people who secretly cursed him, or even resented Ding Shui for meddling in their affairs.

They knew very well that if it were not for the threat from the unknown existence yesterday, the current emperor would most likely not have been so decisive in abolishing the practice of burying people alive with the dead. Therefore, the unknown existence who spoke yesterday was the culprit.

Once the practice of burying people alive with their dead was abolished, the value of their sisters, who might have been on the list of those buried alive with their dead, plummeted. If they were lucky, they could be promoted to a centurion position, and if they were unlucky, they could receive dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver in compensation. Normally, a girl, let alone a boy, wouldn't fetch such a high price.

Once the practice of burying people alive with the dead is abolished.

Naturally, all of these are gone.

How can they not harbor resentment?

Of course, they only dare to express their dark thoughts in private, secretly complaining about them in the middle of the night. Singing praises for them is the absolute mainstream.

A few days later, the King of Qi, the King of Han, and the King of Jin, along with the evidence of their crimes, were rushed to the capital.

And after Emperor Tianwu saw their appearance.

I really can't bear to take a second look.

In other words, I can't bear to take a second look.

They were immediately and decisively poisoned to death. After they died, they were sent to be tortured to death by slicing. Then their crimes were announced to the world, and it was solemnly stated again that the emperor was guilty of the same crime as the common people. The three local princes who violated the law of the country have now been brought to justice and executed by slicing.

After all, he still felt a little sorry for his son and wanted to play a word game with Ding Shui. Maybe he felt that there was not much difference between lingchi execution and lingchi execution, as both were death.