Destiny Only Han

Changle Palace, Imperial Study Room.

The doors and windows were closed, and in the dark room, Liu Ying sat with her back to the door, tears streaming down her face, and various voices echoed in her mind.

"Father, didn't you just burn down a few thatched huts of yours? In the future, I will pay you a palace..."

"But I only want my Zhongyangli..."

"Father, my father hit me again, help me to fight back..."

"That bastard dared to beat my grandson, where is he..."

"Eat quickly, eat quickly, the two chicken drumsticks specially left for you by your mother, I didn't give them to your father if he wanted to eat..."

"But I can't eat anymore..."

……

With a creak, the door opened in the silence, and a beam of light shone in.

Liu Ying turned her head suddenly, with a fierce expression, like a tiger that chooses to eat someone.

"Who?"

"Father..."

In the faint light, there were a few milky calls first, and then several shambling figures at the height of an adult's calf appeared.

Immediately afterwards, Dou Yifang, Xu Negative, and Zang Er who was holding Liu Hong walked in slowly.

"Father, why is it so hard..." Liu Qi crawled on Liu Ying's body, wiped his cheeks, and said solemnly: "Father said that a man bleeds, sweats and doesn't shed tears..."

Liu Xuan was as usual, with two short legs upside down, struggling to get into Liu Ying's arms.

"Father eats candy..." Liu De stood on tiptoe and stuffed a piece of nougat on Liu Ying's lips.

Liu Ying lowered her head and held her mouth, silent.

Sitting next to Liu Ying, Dou Yifang said softly, "That's the way things are in the world, you can't help yourself at all...Your Majesty, you might want to open it up."

Xu Negative also said softly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are days, how can mortals control them? Mother is still waiting for His Majesty in Zhongyang, don't delay the time..."

At this time, there was a folk rule that when collecting the dead old people, the steps of wearing filial clothes were the responsibility of the filial son, filial wife, or filial daughter, but the final filial shoes were usually carried out by the grandchildren.

This so-called descendants are continuous, so that the elderly will walk steadily and without regrets.

Now that Liu Ying is the emperor of the empire and the eldest son of the Liu family, he must personally do the wearing of filial piety shoes.

Liu Ying was silent for a moment, trying to calm her voice: "You guys, do you think I'm a little weak..."

After all, when the bad news came, the Dachaohui had not yet completely ended.

Well, the main thing is to keep people for a meal.

At that time, Liu Ying walked away directly in order to avoid tears on the spot, but let Fengchang Shusun Tong, who had been prepared long ago, take care of the aftermath, and wear filial piety for the Han officials and envoys in and outside the palace.

Hearing Liu Ying's question, Xu Negative shrank back, Zang'er, who had been silent all this time, lowered his head deeply, only Dou Yifang was stunned, and said seriously: "Your Majesty is benevolent and filial, whoever dares to say Make irresponsible remarks, and the concubine will fight with him!"

Xu Negative, who was shrinking back, immediately followed up, clenching his fists: "Plus the concubine!"

"And I..." Zang'er slightly raised his head, and said in a low voice.

Looking at the three serious women in front of her with tight fists, Liu Ying suddenly smiled, her voice a little choked up: "I didn't expect that in this world, apart from, apart from my aunt and mother, there are a few guardians. By……"

"And my son..."

"Mom, why are you poking my ass..."

When Dou Yi's room was silent and Xu Ling was full of resentment, Liu Ying stood up with Liu Xuan in her arms, with a calm expression: "Show me Xinfeng City."

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Jizi North Korea, Wang Dancheng.

This is a vassal state of the Han Empire, so after Feige brought the news of Liu Taigong's death, the city was immediately completely deserted, with plain colored banners flying everywhere, and even the national flag was changed to white...

Well, the white flag has nothing to do with this.

The businessman is still white, so both the clothes he usually wears and the flags are all white, which can be regarded as saving a lot of trouble now...

At this moment when night fell, the city wall was built with a lot of cement imported from the Han Dynasty, and there were only a few air-dead lanterns swaying in the cold wind that was warm and cold.

The lights flickered, like soldiers standing at the top of the city on duty at the moment, but dozing off with their spears in their arms.

So in the darkness, on the frozen moat, a dark figure quietly appeared.

The more than one hundred people headed by them are short in stature, most of them are only two-thirds of the height of ordinary people.

If the governor of Whale Island, Zhongli Mo, was there, he would recognize at a glance that these guys are the legendary Japanese who have been completely wiped out.

After the Japanese, he was a big man of Angzang.

His name is Wei Man, a native of Yan State, who was originally a general of Zang Tu. Later, after Zang Tu surrendered to Han, he led his people to defect to the Jizi Joseon monarch, Ji Zhun, who had been recruiting him generously.

To be precise, it was Ji Zhun's mother.

After all, there was no tradition not to allow widows to remarry at this time. The important thing is that Jizi Korea is a small country. In order to keep its territory from being invaded by the surrounding barbarians such as Sushen and Woju, the green hat is not important.

Anyway, Empress Dowager Ji just had an unclear relationship with a foreigner, and was not married. More importantly, Wei Man and Empress Dowager Ji have hooked up for so many years, and they have not given birth to a boy and a half girl, which also saves everyone from embarrassment. .

But it doesn’t matter if she was born, the Empress Dowager Mi Bazi and the Empress Dowager Zhao Ji of Daqin next door have done more than this, so don’t laugh at anyone...

But Wei Man is obviously not satisfied with just being a cheap Laozi. He has done a long job for Lao Ji's family all these years, not only conquering those rebellious local separatists in the country, but also subduing Wo The Ju Clan took back the territory of Jizi North Korea that they occupied!

The master of power.

Naturally, Wei Man missed Ji Zhun's throne.

Now he is leading the army all the way south, sneaking across the Pèi River that he was forbidden to cross. Although he didn't know that there might be an allusion of "crossing the River" in later generations, he knew that the throne had already passed. It's within your reach.

Under the night, Wei Man waved his hand lightly, and those Japanese slaves who escaped from the Liaodong mine immediately threw out their claws and climbed up silently.

These are the skills they practiced in the mine.

At that time, they still needed to carry a basket of ore to climb up, but now they don't carry anything, so naturally they are as light as swallows and shaped like ghosts.

In a short while, there were a few muffled hums from the top of the city, and the creaking sound of the locked city gate in the night. Although many defenders were awakened, the barbarian warriors behind Wei Man, who had been fighting for a long time, And the elite of the headquarters have been used like a tide.

"Kill it..." a Japanese slave wearing a bamboo hat shouted loudly.

"Shut up! It should be said to seize the country..." Another Japanese slave covered in bandages immediately corrected him.

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royal palace.

Although it was late at night, Ji Zhun did not fall asleep.

His mother was keen on various ceremonies, so he stayed in the country to look after the house, and went to the capital of Han to pay homage to the emperor.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't like to go out anyway.

What made him toss and turn so hard to fall asleep at this moment was actually related to the fact that the emperor of the Han Dynasty asked them to observe filial piety for the deceased wife of the Han Dynasty.

Three years, too painful...

He had just taken in a concubine some time ago, she was fair and beautiful, obedient and obedient, and he hadn't had time to make good use of it...

Therefore, it is a question whether to go against the heaven and the kingdom, or to remain humble and obedient as always...

But soon, he doesn't need to worry about this matter.

In the silent night, even though he was far away, he could still clearly hear the shouts at the city gate and the clash of weapons.

After a while, the city was on fire, and the raging flames lit up the entire night sky.

"It's on fire... run..."

A desperate male voice sounded, but it was quickly replaced by his dying cry.

Immediately afterwards, there were women's cries, children's cries, and the sound of a dog barking that made people shudder and feel extremely irritated.

Just like the show performed by a ventriloquist in Beijing, except that in today's Wangxian City, all this is a real tragedy that happened.

Ji Zhun shivered, and instinctively stood up and wanted to run outside.

But in the next second, he knew he couldn't escape.

The doorways, windows, and even the beams of the house were full of small Japanese slaves.

Immediately afterwards, he saw a face that he hated extremely, Wei Man's face.

"Weiman? Is it you? You, what do you want to do?"

"kill you."

Hearing Wei Man's succinct but murderous words, Ji Zhun suddenly became excited, half begging and half threatening:

"Gu's throne is enshrined by the Han Kingdom. If you kill me, how can the Han Kingdom let it go? If you are sensible, just retreat obediently. How can today's incident never happen?"

Wei Man shook his head: "Han Kingdom? Han Kingdom is in mourning now, and I can't spare it for at least two years... and I can use this time to make good officials of Han Kingdom and show loyalty to Han Kingdom... Hehe, I'm with you What do people who are about to die say these things?"

"Come on, let our king go on the road...the knife will be sealed in ten days!"

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Changle Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

The main hall of the imperial palace, which was previously covered in red and colorful, is now covered with mourning banners and white ribbons.

Under the plaque of "Uprightness and Brightness" which means "the heaven and the earth are upright, the sun and the moon are bright", there are white curtains, white screens, white cases, and white filial piety...

This is a tradition that has continued since the Zhou Dynasty. In the funeral ceremony, not only the mourning clothes are required to be white, but also black clothes and black hats are not allowed. '.

Five full days had passed since the day of the national mourning, and now many civil and military officials gathered here to discuss the etiquette and specifications of the funeral.

Liu Ying wore a tailored hemp filial piety dress, without a hat, tied up her hair with raw hemp, and combed it into a mourning bun. She sat on the throne with a sullen face.

He just wanted to set up a temple for Liu Taigong to worship, and give him a better posthumous title, but he didn't expect that this group of people would force him to do this, and that would not work, the truth is that he didn't take him seriously!

But before Liu Ying could make trouble, Ji Xin, the magistrate of Shu County who was sitting on the left, suddenly stood up, and came out more and more, his eyes were rosy, and his voice was choked:

"Your Majesty is benevolent and filial. Is it wrong for a grandson to want to mourn his grandfather the best?"

"Besides, without the painstaking teaching of his wife, the emperor, how could the emperor have made such great achievements? How could he have the glory and wealth that you and other rotten scholars enjoy in peace?"

"Drinking water, do you think about the source?"

In an instant, people such as Yuan Gu, Lu Jia and others immediately exploded.

Confucianism has always paid attention to etiquette and law. After all, when his family's ancestor was young, his favorite game was to set up various sacrificial utensils and imitate the movements of adults performing sacrifices.

And the word "Confucianism" in the Shang Dynasty was a title for people who specialized in the funeral industry.

The crux of the problem is that Liu Ying wants to build a temple for Liu Taigong, which challenges the bottom line of Confucianism.

After all, in the end of the Han Dynasty, there were only four people with temple names, namely Liu Bang's Taizu, Liu Heng's Taizong, Liu Che's Sejong, and Han Xuandi, who was Liu Bingji's Zhongzong.

Even Emperor Han Jing didn't get a temple name!
Therefore, in the eyes of Lu Jia and others, how could Liu Taigong be worthy of building a separate temple for sacrifice?

Shu Suntong stood up slowly, shook his head and said:
"Your Majesty is the emperor of my great Han Dynasty. How can he be equal to the filial sons and grandsons of the people? Besides, the rewards for building temples and offering sacrifices to the state's public artifacts are merits, not family blood."

"Your Majesty is now called the Great Sage. If you give the Emperor Daxing the temple name as the Holy Ancestor, I am afraid it is extremely inappropriate..."

"Therefore, although the old minister is dull, he dare not answer. Please take your majesty back."

On the other side, those officials who were born in Confucianism also echoed: "Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

Zhang Liang's eyes flickered, he remained silent, and shook his head slightly in his heart.

What Shu Suntong said was correct, but the old guy was probably too dazed to see Liu Ying's bloodshot eyes and his expression about to explode.

It’s just a temple name, just give it to you, and it doesn’t cost you to build a temple to sacrifice, so why bother?
Is it possible that these Confucian scholars really think that the humble and gentle appearance of this student in the past is what he is?

Zhang Liang sneered in his heart, and at the same time stopped Zhang Buyi who was about to stand up and argue with his eyes.

Don't even look at when this is, what are you messing with?
Zhang Buyi shrank his head, and fell silent again.

He didn't fight for Liu Taigong, but purely out of brotherly loyalty, and his own Princess Zhiyang who cried for several days...

Well, Liu Xuan is not the eldest princess, because only daughters born to queens can be called eldest princesses, such as Princess Guantao, the daughter of Emperor Hanwen, and Princess Wei, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

On the throne, Liu Ying did not immediately attack as Cao Can and others thought. He did not change his face, and said softly: "Since the debate is endless, let's put it on hold for the time being and talk about it later... let's talk about the posthumous title first, and what should I do?" Instructions on how to manage a funeral."

Shusuntong's eyes flashed with pride, and he said seriously:

"Shou Kao Qi Ning is called Kang, abundant and peaceful is called Kang, and thinking of goodness is called Kang... Veteran ministers think that the word 'Kang' can be the posthumous title of Emperor Daxing, and he is called Emperor Xiaokang, and Empress Daxing is called Empress Xiaokang. "

"As your majesty said, don't disturb the people. The emperor changed the day to the month, and only mourned for 36 days, changed the three days to March, and changed the 36 days to 36 months (three years). Fourteen minor meritorious deeds, slender for seven days, release clothes..."

"This is a benevolent government, and it should be admired by all generations!"

Hearing Shu Suntong's words, Liu Ying nodded invisibly.

He had expected the old fellow to reject his proposal again.

After all, at this time, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, especially as the old master Confucius said, "the son is born for three years and then he is free from the arms of his parents". Therefore, many people in the folk will observe mourning for their deceased relatives for three years, and what's more, there are still huts. People who have lived away and kept their filial piety for six years...

But he didn't do it for his own convenience.

Although Liu Taigong did not make any achievements in fighting the world, he is Liu Bang's biological father and Liu Ying's biological grandfather, and now the Liu family is the emperor of the Han Kingdom.

Naturally, Liu Taigong is also the ruler of the people.

So after his death, not only Liu Bang, Liu Ying and others have to wear filial piety clothes, but everyone in the world has to wear filial piety clothes, and strictly abide by the various rules during the filial piety period!
That is to say, within these three years, everyone has to wear sackcloth and filial piety, prohibits drinking and eating meat, weddings and funerals, couples having intercourse, and from time to time kneel on the ground and howl to express their grief...

Although Liu Ying wanted to give Liu Taigong all the honors he could give, but Liu Taigong, as a scholar of agriculture who practiced the way of farming all his life, wanted to have a spirit in the sky, so he definitely didn't want to see him tormenting the people of the world like this.

"Very good, let's issue an edict to the world." After Liu Ying finished speaking, she stood up and walked towards the back of the hall.

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Outside Changle Palace, Ji Que.

An old pedant with a five-willow long beard recited the contents of the list to his surroundings in a melodious tone.

"...When the order arrives, after three days of coming out, all will be clothed; it is not forbidden to take wives, married daughters, worship at temples, drink alcohol, and eat meat; those who are supposed to serve for funerals should not wear clothes; the belt should not exceed three inches; Cloth chariots and weapons; don't send the people to cry into the palace; those who are coming in the palace, all give fifteen voices each day and night, and the ceremony is over; One day, those with minor merits fourteen, slender for seven days, and release clothes. Those who are not in the order, all follow the order to do the same. Announce the world, and the salty envoys will hear about it. Dingmao in the first month of the first year of the great sage."

After the old pedant finished reading, he stroked his beard and praised: "Your Majesty, you are virtuous..."

Behind him, hundreds of people in sackcloth and filial piety were stunned first, and then burst into cheers.

This can make the boulder in their hearts fall.

Today's Han country is not like the simple agricultural society of the past. It's nothing if the whole society has been shut down for three years. Anyway, everyone works day after day. Except that husband and wife can't have sex, everything else remains the same.

But the problem is that the Han Kingdom is now in a critical period of transformation from an agricultural society to an industrial society. At the same time, it is accompanied by the great geographical discovery. No matter which direction you start, you will find an unprecedented strange world!
The endless blue ocean market is waiting for them to develop, and countless new businesses are springing up like mushrooms after rain!

1 years is too long, they are fighting for the day and night!
Therefore, the wife is virtuous, the emperor is virtuous, and the emperor is virtuous!
"Long live Long live Long live……"

"Long live Long live Long live……"

The sound of a mountain shouting like a tsunami first sounded in the square in front of Changle Palace, and then gradually spread to every place where the edict was conveyed.

Countless people kowtowed and worshiped like crazy.

The soldiers guarding the bulletin really wanted to stop it, after all, it was not in line with etiquette, how could they yell and yell now that it was a period of national mourning?

But they thought about it and joined the cheering ranks.

"Long live Long live Long live……"

"Long live? It's useless to shout these things, people should die..." Liu Bang, who was passing by in the carriage, curled his lips, looked at Lu Zhi beside him, and said, "If there is such a day for me, you can let me sit still Lying quietly on the bed and waiting to die...so as not to have to pour drugs and get needles again, and suffer..."

Lu Zhi gave him a sideways glance, too lazy to speak.

From her point of view, the old guy is just stubborn. When the day comes, what kind of ghost will he be?
So, she just quietly waited to see the joke.

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Guanzhong, north of Liyang County, Wannianyi.

Today is the day for the burial of Liu Taigong and Li Shi. A team of 4 to [-] people set out from Xinfeng City. Along the way, there were many people who were grateful for the edict issued by Liu Ying. They spontaneously joined the funeral procession. team.

Liu Ying walked with the coffin in her arms, with a gloomy face, all the grief that day had turned into resentment.

The old guy Shusuntong didn't take it seriously, and let him make insinuations, but he didn't want to let go of the matter of building a temple for Liu Taigong.

Could it be that he really thought that his former status as the prince and tutor would make him restrain himself?
He is so naive!
While Liu Ying was thinking about how to deal with those thorns, the funeral procession arrived at the mausoleum.

Wannian Mausoleum, that is, Liu Taigong's mausoleum is located on the east side, with a base length of 68 meters and a height of about 7 meters. Li's mausoleum is located slightly to the west, with a mausoleum height of 4 meters and a side length of 8 meters.

But now, Li's mausoleum is no longer available.

She will be buried together with Liu Taigong, and will never be separated for a long time.

According to Liu Taigong's arrangement before his death, his burial objects were very few, only a long sword given to him by his teacher when he was an adult, several sets of newly developed agricultural tools, and a set of old farm tools sorted out by Liu Ying. , an encyclopedia of farming and agricultural technology.

In addition, there is no gold and jade, chariots and horses, bronze ritual vessels, etc., and there are no such things as golden jade clothes.

The same is true for Li's side, only a few pieces of jewelry that she used during her lifetime were buried with her.

In the midst of mourning, the two ceremony officials standing behind Shu Suntong suddenly murmured something.

"Hey, have you noticed that Wannian Mausoleum looks like a kind of spice?"

"What spice?"

"Star anise, the kind used to stew meat..."

"Huh? Yes..."

Shu Suntong's ears trembled, he raised his eyes and looked forward, and a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

"why are you laughing?"

In the silence, Liu Ying's voice was particularly eerie, just like his expression at the moment.

ps: There is a place called Xihe Gate outside the Forbidden City. It was originally called Youshun Gate. It was burned during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. In order to avoid the reign title of Yongzheng, it was changed to Xihemen...

Although, his grandfather is called Kangxi...

So avoiding such things is basically only in this dynasty, and the scope is not large, just pay attention, don't go too far, no one will care.

pps: Wannian Mausoleum is also known as the Mausoleum of the Supreme Emperor and the Octagonal Tomb.