Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 253: The King's Heart is Hard to Predict

After Wang Buli returned home, he threw himself into Zhu Mingxiu's arms and acted coquettishly.

Zhu Mingxiu squeezed Wang Buli's shoulders very obediently and said that her husband had worked hard.

Even though the force of her pinching had no effect on Wang Buli, it did not prevent the intimacy between the two from being enhanced and Wang Buli complained about his visit to the palace today.

Zhu Mingxiu felt sweet in her heart when she heard that her husband was going to be entrusted with an important task by his father.

Building a mausoleum is not something everyone can do!

It's just that my husband is too lazy. Even though he is talented, he just doesn't want to work.

His biggest wish is to marry her, a princess, and become a rice insect.

Now that Wang Buli's wish has come true, he doesn't have much motivation.

Zhu Mingxiu grew up under the personal guidance of Queen Ma since she was a child. On the contrary, she is not a rice insect and wants to prove herself.

She always remembered the textile machine Wang Buli told him.

After going on a business trip at public expense, Jiangning County government officials and police officers did not dare to deal with him casually.

There were sacrifices and burials in the Jin, Yuan and early Ming dynasties until the abolition of overseas students.

In addition to your own mother, the lives of your father's other women also matter.

Wang Buli rested his head on his hands and thought for a while.

"Someone is coming."

"What did our good son-in-law say to you?"

Seeing the expression on his consort, Kang Changmin quickly said kind words:

"Your Majesty reviewed it all night, and worked hard to give it to the Prince Consort for approval."

After he opened the letter, Wang Buli briefly talked about the funeral.

Nowadays, there are many wheat fields in the palace, and the royal family does not lack food for them. Why should they all be buried?

"Trespassing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang responded and continued reading the memorial.

"Dad, Wang Buli asked me to persuade my father to abolish the system of human sacrifice."

His most ideal state is to make Ming Dynasty a Brahmin.

In the early Qing Dynasty, sacrificial burial was also practiced. When Shunzhi died, more than thirty concubines were buried. Their coffins were buried together. The scene was extremely spectacular. It was later abolished by Kangxi, but the practice of sacrificial burial still existed in large numbers in the Qing Dynasty.

Wang Buli threw the memorial on the table.

Aren’t those women part of the Ming Dynasty’s population?

The wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty were so large-scale that the population in the north was extremely scarce. If this trend continues again, when will the number of people in the Ming Dynasty increase?

Zhu Biao read Wang Buli's letter and nodded in agreement. He also disagreed with the matter of burial.

But Lao Zhu stipulated in the Ming Dynasty Law that cremating a corpse is a serious crime.

Lao Zhu attaches great importance to this kind of thing.

After enjoying his wife's enthusiastic massage, Wang Buli felt comfortable all over.

Coupled with the human sacrifice system, I hope he can persuade his father.

Kang Changmin sat next to him and waited.

Zhu Biao also got the letter from Wang Buli, and the matter was not hidden from the emperor.

The most important thing is that if the Ming Dynasty wants to abolish Hu Yuan's random customs, it should start with the abolition of human sacrifice, rather than both. Otherwise, how can the Ming Dynasty reform Hu Feng?

There were occasional ones in the Qin and Han Dynasties, but most of them were made of animals or wooden or pottery figurines.

The key is that Wang Buli wants to build a mausoleum. By then, Lao Zhu will have too many concubines buried, and everyone will have to have a piece of the building. Only Queen Ma is qualified to be buried with him, which will only increase the amount of work.

If there are people among the people who engage in sacrificial burials, how do you deal with it?

The burial of living people has been very popular since the Shang Dynasty. They would send everything they enjoyed during their lifetime, including their beautiful concubines, to accompany them to the tomb.

Wang Buli hummed, took the booklet and started reading it on the spot.

"I'm just thinking about how to accomplish this matter according to His Majesty's wishes. I'll write another letter to the Prince and you can take it back."

In the Liao Dynasty, after the death of Yelu Abaoji, Shuluping even forced more than a hundred ministers to be buried.

Wang Buli ordered him to go down and send someone on a business trip to the entire Yingtian Mansion to inquire about the news about the funeral. Is there anyone who committed suicide and was buried privately?

For ordinary people, cremation is the most economical way.

"Oh."

When he went on duty the next day, the eunuch Kang Changmin sent Wang Buli's second statement back, hoping that he would consider it carefully.

If the people transgress, it will cost a lot of money.

After all, this was the first time the Prince Consort sent them out on a large scale to search for clues after returning to his post as a classic.

"Hey, the Za family won't disturb the prince-in-law's thinking."

Zhu Biao put the letter away. It seemed that this matter might not be effective in the short term. He could only look for opportunities to remonstrate in the future.

He found that Lao Zhu emphasized the words that were transgressive and had no feedback on the thin burial or the abolition of the sacrificial burial system.

If the emperor did this, the wealthy people would also follow suit.

Kang Changmin first reported the errand, and then said that the prince consort asked him to bring a letter to the prince. Zhu Yuanzhang just waved his hand and did not open it without permission.

Zhu Biao was very surprised. He went back last night and didn't stay with his father all the time.

After receiving first-hand investigation reports, Wang Buli discovered that there are many people who believe in black and white and impermanence.

After the death of a loved one, impermanence will indirectly attract the soul of the deceased.

For this reason, the people should prepare wine and food and burn paper money as gifts, which is called "burning impermanent paper".

When holding a funeral, monks should ring bells and chimes, and magicians should write spells.

What's more, when their parents are about to pass away, some people do not prepare for the funeral, but quickly arrange a marriage for their children, which is called "borrowing a bride."

As for people "borrowing relatives", they want to use the joy of marriage to wash away the sadness of the death of their relatives, or to wash away the bad smell and make their relatives better.

Whether they are simply worried that three years of mourning will delay the marriage of their children, there are various subjective consciousnesses.

Wang Buli also discovered a very ridiculous thing, that is, the popular custom of buying water to bathe corpses.

After the death of their parents, the children should bathe the corpse as soon as possible, and go to the well to drink the water for bathing the corpse.

Yin and Yang are separated, and the well water at this time is extraordinary.

Therefore, a filial son should leave money after collecting water and count it as the cost of buying water.

For the people in the Jiangnan area, especially Zhejiang, coffins are made of Sichuan wood (that is, cedar, a precious wood produced in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in the southwest, hence the name "Sichuan wood").

Therefore, every Chinese family must do everything possible to purchase wood harvested from Sichuan and other places.

Why can’t Zhejiang people use local wood in Zhejiang?

It is also popular for people in Zhejiang to hold banquets at funerals and entertain mourning guests with food and wine.

In order to prepare food and drinks, poor families even took out loans.

It was supposed to be a sad and heavy funeral, but instead it was filled with a noisy and even festive atmosphere.

The people are ignorant, and they also compete for filial piety and silk.

Filial piety silk was originally used to make mourning clothes for relatives to wear.

Distant and near relatives could have made their own decisions based on their status, but ended up pushing it to the person in charge.

Due to popular custom, the host family has to distribute filial piety silk to the guests who come to express their condolences.

Because the lengths of the filial piety silk distributed were different, quarrels among the people arose.

In their view, inviting monks to perform Buddhist services is an indispensable link.

Otherwise, the dead souls of parents will remain in hell forever and suffer all kinds of disasters.

If the deceased ancestors are uneasy, they will also disturb strangers and make them miserable.

As for sacrificial burials, there are many things. After all, the Yuan Dynasty vigorously encouraged people to engage in sacrificial burials.

Especially in the Jiangnan area, there is no shortage of such things.

Wang Buli wrote down all the information he collected. In short, it was effective in the past and imitated in the future.

If the emperor could abolish human sacrifice, then the people would naturally not dare to sacrifice themselves for burial, nor would they dare to overstep their bounds.

Otherwise, once the customs are damaged, the Ming Dynasty’s population will ultimately be lost, affecting future field harvests.

When Wang Buli's memorial was brought up again, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

I asked you to investigate the matter of trespassing, but you really did this under the guise of trespassing?

"Go and call Wang Buli into the palace."

When Wang Buli arrived, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong and Minister of Rites Lu Ben were all there.

"You two have seen the emperor's memorial. Do you two agree with his advice?"

This question was not asked by Zhu Yuanzhang, but by Prince Zhu Biao.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he promoted a group of fathers and brothers of those who were buried in the palace to Jinyiwei Qianhu or Baihui. Such people were all called Jinyiwei female households.

However, this move also violates the system established by Zhu Yuanzhang. The maximum number of Jinyiwei for female households can only be 100 households.

Hu Weiyong immediately bowed and said: "Your Highness, this matter is extremely beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. In the Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, there were very few royals who encouraged people to die. Most of them were Qin II who forced his brothers and sisters to death and killed those who knew about it. Burial.

This is a legacy of Hu Feng, and burial is not an ancient ritual. Our Ming Dynasty must reform this unhealthy trend. "

As someone who had served as an official in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Ben was quite satisfied with some aspects of Hu Feng. He just said:

"Your Highness, this matter cannot be killed with a single blow. If there are people who volunteer to be buried, wouldn't it be depriving them of their good intentions!

What's more, I heard that Shang Tang also carried out large-scale burials. How could it not be an ancient ritual? "

Of course, he did not rule out the possibility that some people might want to trade their daughter's life for their own family's future.

Zhu Biao was so trained by Lao Zhu that he couldn't see the joy or anger on his face. He just sat there without saying anything.

"Well said."

Zhu Yuanzhang praised Lu Ben.

Hu Weiyong did not dare to show any expression on his face. He could not guess the emperor's intention.

But after all, I agree with Wang Buli's suggestion first, which is definitely correct.

Who allowed his favor to prevail?

When Lü Ben received the emperor's praise, he remained calm, bowed and took a step back.

Wang Buli glanced at him. Since ancient times, the word "voluntary" has changed its meaning.

"Our good son-in-law, who do you think is right?"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, although Wang Buli did not want to stand with Hu Weiyong, he still bowed and said:

"Replying to Your Majesty, I think what Xiang Hu said is more reasonable. The word voluntary is probably very difficult to use voluntarily. Who doesn't want to live well and is willing to die?

What's more, when the Shang Dynasty was buried, those who were buried were prisoners of war, not the people of the country.

If His Majesty wanted to perform a sacrificial burial, he would have to send the former Minister of Rites to capture prisoners of war on the battlefield to pay tribute to Shang Tang. "

"How did the consort know that Shang Tang was buried with prisoners of war?"

Lu Ben was very surprised. Currently, there are very few records about Xia, Shang and Zhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his son did not find it strange. Wang Buli always knew some secrets that ordinary people did not know.

Then what he said about the designation is correct.

At this time, I was also curious about how many trump cards Wang Buli would reveal in order to abolish the human sacrifice system.

Hu Weiyong was also very curious and looked at Wang Buli aside.

See how he quibbles.

"My father was a doctor and opened a medicine shop. There were some collected tortoise shells in the medicine shop that were used as medicinal materials.

After my observation, I found that most of these tortoise shells were used for divination in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and I could identify some of the divination words on them. "

"what?"

Lu Ben stared, not knowing what to say.