Everyone listened quietly, but at the beginning, they probably heard something. This was to increase the treatment of the soldiers. After all, the current soldiers in the Tang Dynasty had almost no treatment. They mainly came from the soldiers' families. It’s just Yongye Field.
"Morale is made up of different parts. The upper limit of morale is affected by many factors, such as winning a battle or being an excellent general. But the lower limit of morale is always determined by honor! Responsibility! The justice of the family and country! Do you have any objections? "Li Ke asked.
"No, His Highness is right." Cheng Yaojin praised from below.
Everyone was too lazy to pay attention to him. Fang Xuanling stood up and said: "What His Highness said is that we need to educate these soldiers and let them understand what honor is, what responsibility is, and what the justice of the family and country is, right?" ?”
"Yes, that's not right either." Li Ke nodded and shook his head.
"Right means that we really need to guide and educate them so that they understand these principles, but wrong means that we can't just talk but not do it. I hate painting cakes for others and can't see the real thing. , what's the point of just talking." Li Ke said nonchalantly.
All the ministers were extremely speechless. So what you said when you went to court last time, weren't you trying to make things difficult for us? Did we see anything real? No or not? When others draw a cake for your feelings, it's a cake for you. If you draw a cake for yourself, it's not a cake for you, right?
Li Kecai was too lazy to pay attention to their thoughts, but said to himself: "So, we need to let these soldiers see something tangible and see the court's policy towards them, so as to increase their sense of honor and responsibility. "
"So, I propose that the Tang Dynasty court issue a document to establish the Tang National Martyrs Cemetery. I don't need to tell you what the word "martyr" means. You should all understand it. All the soldiers who died heroically for the Tang Dynasty in the foreign wars will be protected. In the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers, marquises of Wu, delinquents, government servants, etc. who sacrificed their lives for the sake of public security in the Tang Dynasty should all be respected as martyrs."
"All these people can enter the National Martyrs Cemetery of the Tang Dynasty, and each state in the Tang Dynasty will set up relevant martyrs' cemeteries! The Martyrs Cemetery does not distinguish between generals and ordinary soldiers. Everyone who enters the Martyrs Cemetery has made a significant contribution to the Tang Dynasty. Those who have contributed! On every major festival, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will lead the civil and military officials of the imperial court to worship!"
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, all the ministers couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. This move... How did His Highness come up with it? It's so cruel! Once the Martyrs Cemetery came out, the treatment... was even higher than Zhaoling! Worship in the name of the country! What concept? !
"By the way, where is Master Hongwen?" Li Ke said.
"I'm here." Chu Suiliang, the historian in charge of recording next to him, stood up and said.
Li Ke was a little surprised. Did Chu Suiliang take over the position of director of Hongwen Pavilion?
"You wrote the Hongwen Museum to explain the word 'sacrifice'. The word sacrifice describes the death of cattle and sheep used in sacrifices when major sacrificial ceremonies were carried out to heaven and earth from the Zhou, Shang, Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The essence of major sacrificial celebrations is It embodies people's yearning for a better life, awe and respect for heaven and earth, and is also people's belief. Therefore, from now on, the word 'sacrifice' in the Tang Dynasty is used exclusively for people who died for righteousness and faith." Li Ke spoke. road.
"Yes." Chu Suiliang paused. His Highness's explanation made sense.
The other ministers had no objections, and even critical people like Wei Zheng did not jump out to restrict Li Ke's behavior of interpreting old words with new meanings.
Li Jing and other generals were extremely excited, because they were also soldiers. To put it bluntly, if these meritorious generals were to be buried with Zhaoling and other royal tombs after their death, it used to be a supreme honor. But now... they suddenly feel that it seems a bit unscented. This martyrs cemetery... seems to be better to live in.
"Do you have any opinions?" Li Ke asked with a smile.
As soon as Li Ke said this, the civil servants didn't say anything. The generals Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde stood up first. They didn't say anything, and each stared at the civil servants with a pair of big eyes. On the other hand, I had quite an urge to beat anyone in the court even if he dared to object.
Although the other generals are not as obvious as these two reckless men, their vague eyes clearly indicate that if you dare to object, we will fight to the death.
Can these generals not be excited? What His Highness said when he went to talk to them before was obviously the follow-up strategy! This is the highest honor as a soldier, who the hell dares to object!
"I have no objection." Fang Xuanling said openly, "We are in today's situation because these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country paid the price with their lives. This is the honor they deserve."
Laofang used all the words correctly and changed them quickly enough.
"I have no objection." Other civil servants also agreed.
"Well, since you have no objection to the first one, you must have no objection to the second one. Of course, this matter has nothing to do with civil servants. It is mainly related to the military generals. From today on, you have to tell all the soldiers under your command except me. These, inculcate a concept. All those who die in battle will one day die! We will let their souls return to their hometown!"
"I know that now the bodies of Tang Dynasty soldiers who died on the front lines are cremated and their ashes are brought back in clay pots."
“But sometimes due to combat and other reasons, there are also soldiers’ bodies that we don’t have time and opportunity to bring back, so we have to bury them on the spot.”
"In the future, these corpses buried on the spot will have to remember their locations and leave marks. If there is a chance in the future, their bones will be brought back." Li Ke said.
"Yes!" All the generals said in unison. Naturally, civil burials in the Tang Dynasty were all buried in the ground, but the corpses of soldiers on the battlefield were directly cremated to prevent plague. In the past, the Tang Army would bring back the ashes of the soldiers' corpses in clay pots if they had the conditions.
"Your Highness, I have a question." Doulu Kuan, the Minister of Rites, stood up from the crowd and said.
"Gong Rui, please speak." Li Ke nodded and said.
"As for the burial issues in the Martyrs Cemetery, if they are all buried in coffins, no matter how large the area is, the Martyrs Cemetery will definitely be full one day. How should we deal with it then? Although our government may not need to consider this issue, we cannot blindly expand it. The area of the Martyrs Cemetery." Doulu Kuan was thinking about his own affairs in the Ministry of Etiquette.
"All martyrs' cemeteries are cremated, and porcelain urns are used to place ashes. If martyrs whose bodies cannot be found, they will be buried in cenotaphs and other forms." Li Ke said.
"But when it comes to cremation, if the people had a choice... they would not choose cremation." Doulu Kuan hesitated.
