The Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 140 Heroic Soul Cemetery
The New Year's Eve event was obviously a success. On the second day, there were rumors in Xiangping City about what happened in the barracks last night. Of course, it was all deliberately done by Huo Yu's subordinates.However, another big news came out. At noon today, Huo Yu, the prefect of Liaodong, will personally escort the remains of the soldiers who died in the battle with Xianbei to the Heroes' Soul Cemetery.

As soon as the news came out, Xiangping City was boiling!Many family members of the fallen soldiers rushed to the south of the city before the Heroes' Soul Cemetery. Although they had already received a large sum of relocation allowance, they were so excited that their relatives could enter the Heroes' Soul Cemetery. This is the highest symbol of honor in Liaodong.

As early as the beginning of the construction ordered by the Taishoufu, it has received strong support from the people. Only the fallen soldiers can be buried here, but the family members of the soldiers who enter the Heroic Soul Cemetery will receive the burden and tax reduction treatment ordered by the Liaodong Taishoufu.As for other conditions and preferential treatment in the future, it will depend on the development of Liaodong.

Compared with later generations, life at night is rich and colorful. In the late Han Dynasty, the common people rested early on weekdays.Before the child's hour arrived, a large number of people gathered in the south of the city regardless of the tiredness of last night, and they all wanted to see the ceremony of entering the mausoleum.

Outside the gate of the prefect's mansion, the well-dressed Huo Yu took a deep breath to adjust his mentality.For today's entrance ceremony, Huo Yu specially put on a brand new official uniform. He wanted to use this to show the people that the officials of Liaodong County, big and small, were not just talking casually. The heroic soul worships.

This Heroic Soul Cemetery was built in a hurry, so it looks a little crude at present, but these can't stop the enthusiasm of the people.The Heroic Soul Cemetery now built covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. The tombstones of ordinary soldiers in the garden are enshrined in a unified place. These tombstones have the names of soldiers. In the future, some disabled veterans will come to care and clean them every day. All expenditures shall be borne by the prefect's office.

Huo Yu personally inspected the cemetery at the beginning of the construction, and was satisfied with the cemetery built in a short period of time, although this cemetery of heroic souls has no practical significance, and it is even more impossible to rebirth the fallen soldiers.But this is for those who are alive, those soldiers who have not died in battle, and their families.The reason why such a lot of trouble is spent is to let the soldiers gain a sense of honor, and when they go to battle to kill the enemy, they will have no worries and become extremely brave.

"My lord, everything is ready!" Xun You's voice interrupted Huo Yu's thoughts.

"Then let's start!" Huo Yu straightened his clothes and said.

Then, Xi Zhicai read out the prepared eulogy aloud before the incense case.When Huo Yu went to ask for the words of the Heroic Soul Cemetery, he asked his father-in-law to write this eulogy by the way.The whole eulogy was completed in one go, and everyone shed tears for it.

After the eulogy, Huo Yu stepped forward and said loudly: "In order to let the world remember that the heroic fighting of the official soldiers has brought us a stable life today, this prefect set up this cemetery of heroic souls to store the remains of the soldiers who died heroically for the imperial court in previous wars." Buried here, he has been looked up by family members and people from generation to generation."

At this moment, Huo Yu was very excited, because history would make a fair evaluation of this move. These soldiers who used their lives to stop foreign enemies are the real warriors, and their descendants will be proud of this.

After a short pause, Huo Yu spoke again: "All the families of the soldiers who died in battle can receive preferential treatment from the prefect's mansion to reduce the burden and tax."

As soon as this remark came out, the people around rejoiced and cheered, and some even sat on the ground and cried loudly.The people of the Han Dynasty were so simple, and any decree of tax reduction or exemption would make them excited.

"In order to express our respect for the martyrs who died, this prefect announced that every year today the prefect's mansion will hold a memorial ceremony here! Now let us respectfully send the remains of soldiers into the park together." Huo Yu turned and walked towards the well-prepared Next to the hearse with the ashes of the fallen soldiers, holding the clay pot with Liu Ji's name on it with both hands, he walked slowly towards the garden.

Behind them, all the soldiers who had been arranged for a long time entered the garden one by one holding clay pots in their hands. The soldiers lined up on both sides of the cemetery looked solemn and straightened their backs.In order to be able to gather the fighting ability of the soldiers, Huo Yu's approach is indispensable, and Huo Yu has better incentive policies. If the progress of the world's major events can still develop according to the trajectory that Huo Yu knows, Huo Yu's heart That plan can be implemented!It's just that Liaodong doesn't have enough financial resources to do it now, so Huo Yu didn't say a word about it.

The families of the fallen soldiers around were very sad, but they were very grateful to Huo Yu.After all, in this era, no one would value the life and death of soldiers so much. Although children or husbands are killed in battle, family members no longer worry about their livelihoods, and they can still be respected by the world. Such treatment is unprecedented.

After all, only the emperor or ministers with merit can enjoy offerings in this era.Because the royal family has the Taimiao, those who can be worshiped by the people of later generations, and those ministers who have meritorious service, with the approval of the court, can also build ancestral halls and receive sacrifices from their families and people.

But these are things that are far out of reach of ordinary people. Now Huo Yu has created such a cemetery of heroic souls, so that all soldiers can enjoy the sacrifices of later generations. only in this place.

To put it bluntly, the generals and soldiers are all treated equally. Although the positions assigned are different, even so, the families of these soldiers are flattered.Huo Yu chose to cremate these soldiers. At this time, it is immoral. Since ancient times, it is safe to bury these soldiers. Cremation will not be accepted by most people, but facing the temptation of having experienced the plague and such a high honor No one will come out to object.

Besides, the construction of a cemetery is basically one grave for each person, which not only affects the overall layout of the cemetery, but also takes up a lot of cultivated land.Now that cremation is practiced, it not only saves space, but also looks beautiful. Who would let their family members be buried in a chaotic place, and if there are too many people, it will look eerie, and who would like to go to worship!
And for those deserters on the battlefield, or those who have surrendered to the enemy, this is no different from an invisible sword. When doing things, you must be cautious about the consequences. For play.

Of course, if deserters appeared in Huo Yu's army, it would be a serious violation of military discipline.As far as the Han Dynasty decree is concerned, if the deserters cannot be found, their family members will be charged with consecutive crimes.Although Huo Yu won't sit down with his family, but the deserter's family will inevitably be despised by everyone.

(End of this chapter)