Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 662 Abolishing the System of Human Sacrifice
As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings.

Why should Qingji worry about everything, to lay a solid foundation for his successor?

The pros and cons of the speaker system are really hard to judge.

At least in this era, as a monarch, it is necessary to have such a group of people to correct their mistakes and let themselves distinguish between gains and losses...

"The last legacy that Yanzi offered to the widow is to abolish the system of human martyrdom..."

As soon as these words came out, all the audience in the hall were shocked and there was an uproar!
No wonder Yan Ying reported the performance to Qingji after he passed away, so that Qingji could carry it out...

But the king's affairs in the world, won the name before and after his life!
In his lifetime, there must not be any public officials who dare to offer this kind of policy to Qingji. He should have committed a big taboo and will definitely become the target of public criticism!
However, now that Yan Ying has passed away, what can I do?
"Your Majesty! No! Absolutely no!"

Regarding Qingji's practice of abolishing the system of human sacrifice, Hu Yong, the senior doctor, immediately stepped forward and said in a sharp voice: "My lord, within the universe, there are things such as the sun, the moon, the stars, the chen, the wind, the thunder, the rain, and the electricity." , beyond human reach!"

"Floods, droughts, wildfires, and earthquakes, why do they happen?"

"There is a god in heaven, and there is a god who dominates nature and the blessings and misfortunes of the world!"

"Sometimes I dream of a dead person, it's a ghost coming to the dream. Although the dead body disappears, there are ghosts and souls!"

"Souls in the underworld should be the same as in the sun, and get everything they enjoyed when they were alive!"

After a pause, Hu Yong said with a sad look on his face again: "The emperor and the princes will be killed by hundreds, and the few will be dozens. Generals and doctors will be killed by dozens, and the few will be killed!"

"Such a funeral ceremony has already become a custom! How can the king abolish it so easily?"

Hearing this, Qingji just squinted his eyes and didn't speak.

As a minister of the old family of the Wu Kingdom, the servant Shen Xi followed and said: "Your Majesty, I think what Doctor Hu said is very true!"

"Using human sacrifices to heaven, gods, and ghosts to pray for blessings and avoid disasters has existed since ancient times!"

"After the ancestor passed away, the chariots, horses, utensils, and his favorite concubines should be used to bury him, so that the ancestors will also be served in the underworld, and they can even continue to be hugged from left to right."

"The system of human martyrdom is not exclusive to our country of Wu. It has existed in all countries in the world throughout the ages!"

"Your Majesty, please be careful!"

"Please don't abolish the system of human sacrifice!"

After Huyong and Shenxi, the old family ministers of Wu, such as Jianyu, Zhuyong, and Beili, as well as many officials and officials, all knelt down one after another, begging Qingji not to abolish the system of martyrdom.

But, can Qingji change his mind easily?
Above the court hall, people such as Grand Sima Wu Zixu, Royal Censor Fan Li, Guowei Sun Wu and others already had some wonderful expressions on their faces, and they couldn't help lowering their heads.

Was the idea of ​​abolishing the system of human sacrifices proposed by Yan Ying, or was it Qingji's own idea?
They don't know.

However, in his early years, Qingji had told them about the dangers and inhumanity of the system of human sacrifice.

It is conceivable that Qingji had long wanted to abolish the system of human martyrdom, but he just didn't find a suitable excuse or a suitable timing.

Human sacrifice is the vulgar custom of burying living people in ancient funerals. It is a cruel and barbaric act. There is no specific standard for how many people will be sacrificed each time, but there is a general idea.

After the death of the Son of Heaven, there were as many as several hundred or as few as dozens of burials. For generals and officials, the number of burials was as many as dozens or as few as a few...

It appeared at the end of primitive society, prevailed in the era of slavery, declined at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and basically disappeared after the Han Dynasty.

really?
No.

After the country came into existence, human sacrifices not only did not stop, but intensified.

The Shang Dynasty can be said to be the most "respecting the ancestors of heaven and law". From the emperor to the Li Shu, they are all extremely superstitious.

This led to the death of princes and officials, and the number of people who were buried as servants, concubines, maidservants, guards, and handymen was unknown.

After the Han Dynasty, the system of human martyrdom was only "declining", not non-existent.

Because at that time, the burial had already put on the cloak of "voluntary".

In the Tang Dynasty, human sacrifices rarely occurred, but they still existed.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Du Fuwei rebelled and fought against the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. "All the money he got was rewarded to the soldiers. Those who died in the battle were buried with their wives and concubines..." After Du Fuwei came to Tang Dynasty, he was named King Wu.

Human sacrifice revived in the Liao and Jin Dynasties, and it has been popular for nearly 700 years.

The Yuan Dynasty vigorously encouraged folk sacrificial burials, and Zhu Yuanzhang opened up the bad example of sacrificial burials in the Ming Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty took control of the Central Plains, the sacrificial burial was extended to the whole country in the form of statutory law.

During the Kangxi period, the ubiquitous "Eight Banners buried with slaves" system was banned.

However, on the one hand, Kang Mazi explicitly abolished the sacrificial burial system, and on the other hand, he vigorously praised the "voluntary" sacrifice of wives and concubines in practical actions.

Officials from all over the country praised wives and concubines who died for their husbands, calling them "martyr girls" and "fair women", and wrote books and erected memorial archways.

Therefore, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, in fact, human martyrdom has not been completely eradicated!

Qing Ji hated such a system of human sacrifice.

On the one hand, Qingji believed that the human sacrifice system was too barbaric, cruel, and inhumane.

On the other hand, the human martyrdom system will reduce the population of the country, which is not good for the country. It is not worth promoting and should be abolished.

Are there really ghosts and gods in the world?
Qingji chooses to believe, yes.

Because in this era, if Qingji dares to claim that there are no ghosts and gods, it is a heresy, and he pushes himself to the opposite of the world...

But how can he refute the fallacies of these ministers?
Do you want to go off in person?
Qingji unconsciously set his sights on Fan Li, who was always eloquent.

Seeing this, Fan Li had no choice but to stand up bravely and said with emotion: "Absurd!"

"The system of human sacrifice is simply absurd!"

"Why did the imperial censor make such a statement?"

Seeing Fan Li standing up to fight the fire, Shen Xi couldn't help glaring and asked him to tell the reason.

Fan Li didn't answer Shen Xi directly, but sang loudly, singing: "Hand in the yellow bird, stop at the thorn. Who will follow Mu Gong? Ziche is dying."

"Wei is dying, the specialty of a hundred people. When I come to his acupoint, I feel apprehensive. The heavens in the sky, kill my beloved!"

"If it can be redeemed, a hundred people will die!"

"Hand over the yellow bird, stop at Sang. Who will follow Mu Gong? Zi Che Zhongxing."

"Maintaining this Zhongxing, the defense of a hundred people. When you come to its acupoint, you feel anxious. The sky is heaven, kill my beloved!"

"If it can be redeemed, a hundred people will die!"

"Hand over the yellow bird, stop at Chu. Who will follow Mu Gong? The car needles the tiger."

"Wei this needle tiger, the king of hundreds of men. When you come to its acupoint, you will feel anxious. The heavens in the sky, wipe out my beloved!"

"If it can be redeemed, a hundred people will die!"

After Fan Li finished singing, the huge hall fell silent.

(End of this chapter)