Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 253 Chapter 253 The king’s heart is unpredictable
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?

After receiving the emperor's praise, Lu Ben showed no shock at the honor or disgrace on his face. He just bowed and took a step back. Wang Buli glanced at him. The word "voluntary" had changed its meaning since ancient times.

"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.

This sounds like a lie.

Even if there is indeed a tortoise shell, who in the world can recognize the characters on it?

Wang Buli doesn’t have the final say alone!
"hiss."

Hu Weiyong took a breath, good guy can think of such a method, Wang Buli is indeed a smart person.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was expressionless. He had no doubts about Wang Buli's words. This boy had had adventures in fairyland, and it was extremely normal for him to be able to understand some ancient texts.

"Come here, go to the Taiyuan Hospital and get the tortoise shell that the consort mentioned."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe that Taiyuan Hospital didn't have such a thing.

Not long after, a lot of tortoise shells were delivered to the main hall.

Several people gathered around Wang Buli and listened to the hieroglyphs written on his face.

It had to be said that none of them had ever seen such writing.

"Ah, yes, these two dots represent breast milk, which means nurturing, and by extension, mother."

"It can still be like this!"

Lu Ben also took the tortoise shell and examined it carefully, and then heard Wang Buli say:

"In fact, it is not only found on tortoise shells, but also on some cattle bones buried in the ground. They must be buried in the soil after the sacrifice, so that we, the younger generations, have the opportunity to discover them."

"What kind of writing is this?"

"I call these writings oracle bones!"

"Oracle."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly in approval.

He had never seen this kind of writing in history books, and today it was an eye-opener.

Lu Ben couldn't refute Wang Buli's rhetoric. He didn't even know these words.

The topic about the identity of the deceased as a prisoner of war was directly interrupted by Wang Buli.

Because no one thought that he was arguing directly with physical objects, rather than convincing people from the exchange.

Zhu Biao patted Wang Buli on the shoulder repeatedly and said: "In this case, our Ming Dynasty will also use prisoners of war to bury them."

Wang Buli rolled his eyes at him: "Isn't it possible that we should not sacrifice ourselves for burial?
How many people would turn a blind eye if the border soldiers randomly arrested a few Han people with their heads shaved? "

"Right."

Zhu Biao nodded and looked at his father again.

Zhu Yuanzhang held the tortoise shell with writing in his hand and looked at some unfamiliar engravings on it, without answering.

He also wanted to get more information from Wang Buli, but this kid started making nonsense again with a tortoise shell.

Hu Weiyong also held a tortoise shell, and he found that some tortoise shells had no inscriptions.

This guy is really thoughtful.

Who would have noticed that these things on the tortoise shell are words!

It is said that Cangjie invented the characters. The characters at that time were not very similar to today's characters, just like the Qin Dynasty's small seal characters.

What Wang Buli said makes some sense.

However, Hu Weiyong also doubted whether the meaning in Wang Buli's mouth was the true meaning in the oracle bone inscriptions.

"Actually, I haven't fully understood some of the meaning."

Wang Buli put down the tortoise shell in his hand and glanced at Lu Ben: "Lu Shangshu, you have time to study it."

"Forehead."

Lu Ben nodded slightly, but he didn't know how to study it.

At least he didn't have Wang Buli's carefree skills, but he could see that the emperor didn't want to give up the system of burial.

"it is good."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Wang Buli had nothing to say, and he was not in a hurry. How many years would it take for him to die, so he was not in a hurry to decide on his burial.

"This matter can be discussed later. Besides, it is your family's opinion. There is no guarantee that you will not talk nonsense."

Wang Buli stopped talking and was too lazy to talk.

At this point, he has done everything he can, but Lao Zhu is not a person who easily listens to advice.

After all, I wasn’t the one who was buried!

Someone is willing to pay for the royal family.

This argument is pointless.

Zhu Biao looked at Wang Buli's indifferent expression and knew that he was too lazy to care.

So Zhu Yuanzhang waved and told them to go about their business.

After the people left, Zhu Biao quickly advised:
"Dad, I'm afraid Wang Buli is heartbroken, and he won't do anything to dissuade him from now on."

"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if a young man suffers some setbacks. Don't let his tail get too high. Time is still long."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat back down again without caring, still holding the tortoise shell in his hand, wanting to study it.

beat?

Zhu Biao watched Wang Buli go away.

It's probably because his father is dissatisfied with him for not being worthy enough and staying in the princess's mansion all the time!
Even though the advice he gave was good.

However, Zhu Biao also felt that his father was still in his prime, and the matter of burial would have to continue. If he ordered it to be abolished before his death, that might be possible.

"Your heart is unpredictable."

Hu Weiyong raised his eyebrows at Wang Buli.

Wang Buli walked with Hu Weiyong and said leisurely behind his hands:

"Hu Xiang, I don't have the time to think about what the emperor is thinking, and I don't want to be Yang Xiu."

"hehe."

Hu Weiyong first stopped and then stepped forward quickly: "You really impress me."

"Don't, Mr. Hu, we both pursue different things."

Wang Buli also stopped and waited for him.

"How is it different?"

"You, Hu Weiyong, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, are worth less than ten thousand people, and you want to be famous in history.

And my biggest dream, Wang Buli, is to be a rice insect, and I will be satisfied with living a happy life.

Fame, fortune and wealth are not attractive to me. I just want to watch my wife and children on the hot bed. "

Hu Weiyong was particularly surprised that Wang Buli didn't hide his thoughts at all.

These words also made Lu Ben, who was following behind, feel incredible.

Wang Buli is obviously a capable person and an assistant to the government. Why is this kid so unambitious?

Or was he hiding himself deliberately, not wanting to tell Hu Xiang his true inner thoughts.

"Husband-in-law, do you think anyone will believe what you say?"

Hu Weiyong didn't ask why, he just smiled. He felt that Wang Buli had not told the truth to him.

"It doesn't matter to me whether others believe it or not."

Wang Buli smiled and shrugged: "As long as my wife and children still have me, and they believe what I say is true, that's fine.

Why should others believe what I say? "

"The most important thing is why should I convince others to believe what I say? What should I do if I am so tired?"

"People always have to live for themselves. It's not good to care too much about other people's opinions."

Hu Weiyong stopped and listened to Wang Buli's leisurely words:
"Are you right, Hu Xiang?"

(End of this chapter)