After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

When the topic of reversing the course of history came up, everyone laughed again, because they all knew who they were talking about.

[Old Zhu, of course. Even Qin Shi Huang didn't kill people to be buried with him; instead, he used terracotta warriors. Each terracotta warrior is so lifelike, it's as if a real army was fighting alongside him in the afterlife. How cool is that!]

[Old Zhu, turning back the clock of history, even demanded that concubines be buried alive with him. As a result, Zhu Qizhen abolished the practice of funerary sacrifice. Whether he abolished it himself or his son added to his good reputation is unclear, but this one act somehow managed to slightly salvage Zhu Qizhen's already plummeting reputation.]

[However, Zhu Qizhen first had Zhu Qiyu's wives and concubines commit suicide before abolishing the practice of funerary sacrifice.]

[This shows how inhumane Old Zhu was.]

[Old Zhu, look at you! Don't try to learn everything. You won't even understand the precious paper money.]

[Old Zhu: Are you being polite?]

Zhu Yuanzhang's chest heaved under the sky, his face flushed with anger.

Empress Ma and Zhu Biao quickly patted him gently and soothed his breathing.

"We're not even as good as that good-for-nothing Zhu Qizhen!" Old Zhu himself felt a little wronged.

He only acted this way in front of Empress Ma and Zhu Biao, but Zhu Biao was a stubborn and unyielding man, and now he was full of murderous intent, saying, "If they go out and cheat on me after we die, how embarrassing will it be for us!"

Empress Ma found it somewhat amusing. "Chongba, I know that Tianmu has somewhat persuaded you. If you really didn't want to change it, you wouldn't have said these words."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew his sister was a good match, but some of her views were difficult to change in a short period of time.

At this moment, Zhu Biao delivered the most fatal blow: "Qin Shi Huang's use of terracotta warriors is also praised by later generations."

"Am I not even as good as that tyrant Qin Shi Huang in your eyes?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and carefully kicked him, but he did have some other ideas in mind.

And after we leave, can't the girl keep those women in check?

The person Zhu Yuanzhang trusted most was still Empress Ma.

Zhu Biao chuckled, "How dare I? After so many years, isn't Father the only hero who has driven out the Tartars and restored China?"

Zhu Biao rarely flatters like this; he is usually mature, steady, and gentle. It seems that Tianmu has indeed changed many people. At least now Zhu Biao is visibly more relaxed and dares to make such jokes.

In the Yongle era, the sky screen mentioned the matter of concubines being buried alive with the emperor. Originally, Zhu Di wanted to follow his father's practice, but after the sky screen appeared, he guessed that his father might change his mind.

In any case, Zhu Di insisted on following Zhu Yuanzhang's lead in these matters, but when it came to the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Di would have something to say, feeling aggrieved, as he was not convinced.

Looking at the reigns of Emperors Renzong and Xuanzong after that, what else is there to say? They were definitely abolished. They couldn't possibly have a worse reputation than Zhu Qizhen, could they?

Countless concubines must have felt immense gratitude towards the heavens.

Even if one were to practice Buddhism while still keeping their hair, becoming a nun who spends her days with only the ancient Buddha and the flickering lamp, it would be better than dying!

For a moment, many women in the imperial harem kowtowed towards the sky.

……

"From the shallow pits of the Neolithic period to the large tombs of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, this is the first evolution of burial practices in Chinese humankind."

"Although the tombs and buildings at this time were relatively large, they were not particularly exquisite. However, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, burial mounds appeared in medium and large tombs. Tombs from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties basically did not have burial mounds. Many people believe that the burial mounds in the Spring and Autumn period were an extension of the underground tombs to the surface, just like larger palace buildings."

“At this time, underground tombs also changed. They began to use building materials such as river pebbles and charcoal to imitate above-ground buildings, and abandoned the large and empty tombs of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, becoming more exquisite.”

Zhu Qinggu then released several more photos of archaeological tombs from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

So that everyone under the canopy can see clearly.

What's charcoal used for? To keep out moisture!

Those river pebbles and sand are for theft prevention!

"Doesn't it look a lot like buildings on the ground? At that time, buildings on the ground had already begun to have waterproof and drainage features like roof tiles."

"People at that time believed in treating the dead as if they were still alive, so they wanted to take the wealth and honor they enjoyed in life to the afterlife. Not only did the construction of tombs change with the buildings on the ground, but the number of burial objects also increased."

"However, the burial objects at that time were mostly ritual objects, and the quantity and exquisiteness of the ritual objects directly reflected the social status of the tomb owner during his lifetime."

"The most well-known one should be the tripod! The emperor had nine tripods, and the feudal lords had six tripods, etc., and it was not allowed to overstep their bounds."

"By the time of the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties, the changes in tombs were enormous. They had changed from the previous vertical pits to brick tombs and pictorial brick tombs. Brick chamber tombs, in particular, became very popular. By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, multi-chamber brick tombs had become popular."

[I know that! How many bedrooms and living rooms, right?]

[Even underground trends are emerging, haha.]

[Didn't you see that when the 86 version of Journey to the West was filmed, the actor who played the Jade Emperor was featured on the joss paper money? And the actor who played the Buddha was even on the amulets I bought in Thailand! So these things became popular very quickly.]

[This kind of thing is passed down by word of mouth. Ancestors appear in their dreams and tell their descendants that brick houses are good, so everyone builds brick houses from then on!]

"What brick house..." Liu Che was speechless. "Our ancestors wouldn't appear in our dreams about something like this."

Liu Ju laughed, "Father, perhaps our ancestors said that living there would bring blessings to future generations?"

"..." Liu Che.

The word "popular" has actually existed for a long time. In the Zuo Zhuan, it was used to describe natural disasters spreading, which is easy to understand. Now, the word "rush" has been added, which is also quite fitting.

Originally, burial was a serious and solemn matter, but now people are just following the trend, and thinking about it, it seems to be true. Suddenly, some people who were initially uneasy only said that future generations would be short-sighted, and they also told Tianmu that burial was not so unlucky anymore.

Zhu Qinggu has always admired the wisdom of her ancestors. She released a video, which was still a 3D simulation video.

It simulates the architectural style of brick chamber tombs during the Han Dynasty.

[First, a vertical pit was dug, then a sloping tomb passage was excavated. The burial chamber was built at the bottom of the pit using bricks and stones. The most ingenious part is that the top already used vaulted ceilings and domes, which could compensate for the problems of preservation and pressure resistance in tombs from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.]

After seeing this 3D simulation, many people felt that they now understood how to roughly construct a brick chamber tomb.

"The emergence of this type of tomb is also closely related to the architecture of the time, and it also marks another new stage in the burial system."