On November 29, the fifth year of Hongwu, Su Yonglin issued an edict to Jiangnan Kingdom, ordering Jiangnan Kingdom to move Yue Fei's tomb back to his hometown in Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, and return it to his ancestral grave together with the tombs of his sons Yue Yun and Yue Lei.
After Yue Fei died unjustly, his body was carried away and buried at the risk of a jailer. When Zhao Min succeeded to the throne and vindicated Yue Fei, the jailer's son told the court about the incident, so the court of the Southern Song Dynasty reburied Yue Fei at the foot of Qixia Mountain.
Su Yonglin believes that falling leaves returning to their roots is the best comfort for heroes.
In addition, Yue Fei's still living family members, his wife Li Wa and his three sons, should also return to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou to live and settle down.
The edict also required the Jiangnan Kingdom to destroy the tombs of the treacherous minister Qin Hui, Qin Hui's wife Wang Shi, Wan Qixun, Luo Ruji, and Zhang Jun, open the coffins, kill the corpses, crush the bones and scatter the ashes.
The five major families of Qin, Wang, Wan, Luo, and Zhang were all listed as war criminals. They were arrested and sent to Zhongdu for trial. Those who committed the most heinous crimes in the family were sentenced to death, and the rest were included in the hard labor system for the next three generations. Everyone must do hard labor until the fourth generation can regain freedom.
Tangyin County allocated funds from the Ministry of Finance to supervise the construction of the General Yue Fei Memorial Shrine to commemorate Yue Fei and promote righteousness and courage.
The Jiangnan Kingdom needs to hand over all the records about Yue Fei and the Yue Family Army's fight against the Jin to the Ming Kingdom at the same time, and the Ming Kingdom officials will further sort it out, and finally place it in the General Yue Memorial Shrine to make it public to the world, so that the people of the world will always remember the Yue Family. The bravery and tenacity of the army.
The family of Zhang Xian, the general who was killed together with Yue Fei, was searched for and rewarded. Zhang Xian's tomb was moved back to his hometown. The government of Langzhou, where Zhang Xian was originally from, was ordered to build a tombstone for Zhang Xian, establish a cemetery, and send people to take proper care of it.
Officials Xue Renfu, Li Ruopu, He Yanyou, He Zhu and others who fought Yue Fei's unjust case will be rewarded. If they are still alive, the rewards will be given to them. If they are dead, the rewards will be given to their family members, who will inherit them on their behalf.
He commended the aide Zhipan and civilians Liu Yunsheng and Fan Chengzhi who had no power but still dared to protest against Yue Fei. Jiangnan Kingdom was ordered to search for their bodies and move them back to their hometown for burial. The officials in their hometown were ordered to build tombstones and cemeteries for them and take proper care of them. And search for their families, and give rewards to their families.
To praise the late Zhao Shi? of the Zhao Song clan, and since his family has already received leniency, no additional rewards will be given.
At this point, the entire Yue Fei's injustice was basically settled.
Finally, there is still some finishing work left, which is when Zhao Gou comes in handy.
Su Yonglin decided to build a majestic military uniform statue of Yue Fei in the General Yue Memorial Temple. It was built in front of the main entrance of the memorial temple. Around the Yue Fei statue, Zhao Gou, Qin Hui, Wang Shi, Wan Qixi and Luo Ruji were cast. , Zhang Jun and six other kneeling statues.
These six kneeling statues will be made of steel, painted, and will be constantly guarded and available for people to visit.
As the only one among the six who is still alive, and as the only one who knows the appearance of the five dead people, Zhao Gou needs to draw the appearance of these five people in his impression.
Su Yonglin knew that Zhao Gou had good artistic standards. It was said that he did not forget to practice calligraphy hard even when he was being chased by Jin Wushu.
So Su Yonglin specially ordered him to take charge of this job.
"I heard that you are very good at calligraphy and painting. Is it not difficult to draw the portraits of these five traitors?"
Zhao Gou's expression was very wonderful at that time, but he did not dare to resist, so he took over the job, and then drew the faces of the five people according to his memory.
Finally, the Ming court hired Zhou Chang'an, a well-known portrait painter in Zhongdu, to paint Zhao Gou's face on the spot and paint out Zhao Gou's appearance.
The kneeling statues of these six people will also be made by well-known statue craftsmen to ensure they are strong, durable and long-lasting.
After that, Zhao Gou received an appointment that was different from any other son of the Zhao and Song clan.
His next life's work is to work in the General Yue Memorial Temple to ensure that these six kneeling statues do not rust. He needs to pay attention to these six kneeling statues at all times and is responsible for keeping these six kneeling statues in their best condition. .
If the visitors couldn't help their emotions and did something to these kneeling statues, he would also need to restore the six kneeling statues to their original state afterwards.
Then.
For the rest of his life, he would kneel in front of the statue of Yue Fei for half an hour at a fixed time every morning and every afternoon, rain or shine.
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Whether people come and go or no one comes, unless you are sick and can't get out of bed, you have to kneel for an hour every day. There will be a special person in charge of the memorial hall to supervise and record. Zhao Gou can't even think of escaping for a day. .
This was Su Yonglin's earliest idea, but later Su Yonglin thought about it again and thought that when Zhao Gou was alive, he should let Zhao Gou kneel with the five statues, personally participate in it, and use his actual actions to express his repentance to Yue Fei. meaning.
After he dies, the statue will be brought out to replace him.
Maybe this will work better.
Well, just do it.
So Su Yonglin formally notified Zhao Gou to let him know his arrangements for his later years.
After hearing Su Yonglin's arrangement for him, Zhao Gou didn't know whether to be grateful or to cry.
Fortunately, he does not have to be put into hard labor like other royal children. He will have to spend his whole life in hard physical labor.
What makes me cry bitterly is that he is considered a king and the emperor, and Yue Fei is his minister. Since ancient times, where has the emperor knelt down to his ministers?
He carefully stated his pain to Su Yonglin, hoping that Su Yonglin could avoid such humiliation for the sake of being the same king.
"I don't have an emperor here, only people who are emperors. Ministers are also human beings. It is natural for a king who made a mistake to kneel down and admit his mistake to an unjust minister. What's more, you are no longer the emperor, you are a sinner, and Yue Fei has always been a general. , your status is not as good as his, so it is only right to kneel down to him."
Su Yonglin's reply made Zhao Gou feel desperate.
Every day from now on, he will kneel to Yue Fei, and he will even kneel to Yue Fei under people's gaze, listening to people's various comments and ridicules about him, until he dies.
Isn't this more uncomfortable than dying?
Zhao Gou felt very sad.
But when he thought about death, he suddenly felt that it was not so uncomfortable.
Although it was very shameful, at least he could live and be relatively relaxed. He didn't have to bear more painful labor, and he didn't have to travel all over the country to do hard work with Zhao Xun's group of people, doing the things they hated and were most unlikely to do.
Although you have to kneel for an hour every day, you can sit down the rest of the time and do some wiping and cleaning work. Three meals a day and accommodation are guaranteed.
As for physiological needs...
There's no way to raise my head there anyway, so I just keep my head down and live my life. It's not a difficult thing after all.
Thinking of this, Zhao Gou's mood improved a little, and he felt that living a stable life might not be an uncomfortable thing. At least compared to those who had died, he was really a lucky man.
Zhao Yu died, Yu Yunwen died, and many people he knew died.
Some of them were hanged, some were beheaded, and some died of fear after being tortured. They all died.
But he is still alive.
So, I win.
I am a winner among losers, I am a loser who wins, and no one knows how to win from defeat better than me.
Zhao Gou felt extremely happy and fortunate, and was full of expectations for his future life.
His only advantage is probably his perverted Ah Q spirit of being submissive.
