Yun Chao is not just showing off, he is sincere.
As a man of two generations, Yun Chao valued life far more than the people of the Dawu Dynasty.
It’s not that the people of the Dawu Dynasty were cold-blooded, it was mainly because life was too hard and they were used to seeing life and death, so they didn’t have much energy to grieve for a lost family member for a long time.
There is no family that has not lost a child or an elderly person. The living people are almost dying. If you grieve for your dead relatives every day, then your family will really be wiped out.
When a family member dies, one can only comfort oneself by saying that this is fate, and then turn grief into strength and work hard to feed the family members who are still alive.
What else can be done? Just because one family member is gone, others cannot live anymore.
However, Yun Chao's concept is different.
In his view, human life is of paramount importance. As long as it is one of his own, let alone death, he will feel distressed even if he is injured.
Everyone present was shocked.
When Lai Zhicheng was Muramasa, no one had ever seen such a thing.
Not only did he give money and food, but he also promised to provide for the deceased's parents until they die. Is this still a human being? A real money-splitting boy!
To put it bluntly, with such good treatment, some people with poor family conditions want to die themselves. Many people are willing to sacrifice themselves in exchange for the happiness of their families.
However, the shock of everyone was far from over.
Yun Chao said to all the boys under him: "Whoever sacrifices in the future will be like Zhang Shu. The funeral expenses of fifty taels will be paid to the parents one stone per month until the second elder passes away. If there are children, they will be paid until the children are ten years old." Until the age of eight!”
"yes!"
All the boys' eyes turned red.
In the past, many heroes in the village died.
However, when did someone die, the superiors would provide compensation?
Not to mention fifty taels of silver, one stone of grain per month, not even a penny, not a single grain of rice!
Many of the people present had family members who had died because of doing corvee labor or participating in rural bravery. They had never seen any pension, or even heard of it.
I never expected that by following Yun Chao, not only would I be able to eat well and drink spicy food, but I would also have such good conditions even after death. Is this because my ancestors burned incense?
However, is this all?
No.
If this was the end, even Yun Chao would feel that he had embarrassed the time traveler.
"Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, I have something that I want to discuss with you. Please sit down first and listen to me tell you."
Yun Chao personally helped Zhang Shu's parents to their seats, and then said: "I want to build a Martyrs' Shrine and a Martyrs' Cemetery. All my brothers who died under my command can be buried in the Martyrs' Cemetery, and their tablets can be placed in the Martyrs' Shrine." I wonder if you all agree with offering incense?"
"What?"
Not only Zhang Shu's parents, but everyone was shocked.
It costs money to build a cemetery or an ancestral hall.
Not only does it cost money, it also represents the importance Yun Chao attaches to the deceased.
In the eyes of future generations, no cemetery or ancestral hall is worth mentioning.
However, in the minds of the ancients, it was absolutely great luck to be enshrined in an ancestral hall after death.
A young man like Zhang Shu who died in battle was considered a violent death according to the rules of the Wu Dynasty. He was not allowed to enter the village, let alone the ancestral hall.
Usually, those who fell to death on the mountain, were bitten to death by wild beasts, or were killed in battles were considered violent deaths. After the bodies came back, they were parked outside the village and could not even enter the village.
Not to mention that Zhang Shu is still so young and hasn’t even gotten married yet.
The ancients believed that the younger you are, the more resentful you will be after death.
If the resentment reaches a certain level, it is likely to turn into a vicious ghost.
Once you come to the village, the villagers will be in trouble!
Therefore, when Zhang Shu's body was returned, many villagers did not agree with him entering the village.
He said he was worried about bringing bad luck to the village.
Fortunately, it was Wang Shitou who escorted the team.
Wang Shitou silenced all those who objected with just one sentence.
"Sending brother Zhang Shu back to the village is my second brother's order. If you don't agree, you are going against my second brother! Besides, who is my second brother? The boy who spreads wealth in front of the Bodhisattva. Brother Zhang Shu belongs to the second brother. No matter how my subordinates died, they will follow my second brother to heaven to fight with the heavenly soldiers and generals. Will the heavenly soldiers and generals harm my village?"
All of a sudden, the opposing villagers had nothing to say and could only watch Zhang Shu's body entering the village.
However, although Zhang Shu entered the village and set up a mourning hall, his parents were in trouble.
According to the rules of the older generation, Zhang Shu cannot be buried in his ancestral grave.
However, Wang Shitou also said that Zhang Shu would go to heaven to serve as a soldier and general in the future.
What should we do?
Does Zhang Shu want to enter the ancestral grave?
Even if his parents don't mind, how about his brothers and people from his own clan?
In addition to where to bury him, there was also the matter of entering the memorial tablet into the ancestral hall, which also made his parents worry.
For an unmarried young man like Zhang Shu, who died unexpectedly, there is a 100% chance that the spiritual tablet will not be allowed into the ancestral hall.
Now, Yun Chao promised in public that he would not only build a cemetery but also an ancestral hall. Zhang Shu’s soul finally had a place to stay!
Moreover, what Yun Chao built was the Martyrs Cemetery and the Martyrs' Shrine.
Although the people in Wolong Village are uneducated and have never heard of the Martyrs Cemetery or the Martyrs' Shrine, they can roughly guess what is going on.
It must be the same thing as the Earth Temple and the City God Temple.
In the future, when Brother Chao returns to heaven, the people enshrined in the Martyrs Cemetery and the Hall of Heroes will definitely follow him to heaven.
If you can have such a person in your family, future generations will enjoy the blessings!
This time, Yun Chao couldn't hold him back anymore, and Zhang Shu's parents had to kowtow to him.
Not only Zhang Shu's parents, but also his brothers and sisters knelt down and kowtowed to Yun Chao!
Not to mention, all the boys under Yun Chao also knelt down.
No matter what Yun Chao says, he must kowtow to him, even if he doesn’t!
Humans are intelligent creatures, and death is the ultimate anxiety of human beings.
Who is not afraid of death?
Where to go after death is a question that most intelligent creatures will consider.
Especially in ancient times, most people were theists and believed that people would turn into ghosts or enter the six realms of reincarnation after death.
If you can be reborn as a human being in the next life, that would be fine. But if you become a ghost, a beast, or even go to hell, that would be miserable.
It's okay now. Since Brother Chao has built the Martyrs' Cemetery and the Temple of Heroes, it means that he has arranged a way out for his brothers.
Brother Chao is a god who descended to earth and was reincarnated as a boy who scattered wealth. If everyone can follow him in the next life, then you don’t have to worry. It doesn’t matter if you are popular and drink hot food. Maybe everyone can follow Brother Chao and become a god!
It's not an exaggeration at all, most boys think so.
To an atheist, one might think that these people are fools.
However, for the ancients who believed in ghosts and gods, they were completely convinced!
