Li Ke smiled and said, "I understand what you mean, but the person has passed away. In fact, whether it is buried or cremated, in the end, it is just a pile of bones."
"We want to tell the people all over the world and the families of the soldiers that although their relatives have died in the battle, they sacrificed their lives for the country. Although they have disappeared, their spirits will live forever in the fire, and their spirits will be transformed into As heroic spirits, they will forever protect the land of the Tang Dynasty and all the people. What the blazing fire burned was just their remains, but the fire tempered their spirit of dying on the battlefield for the country! This represents their The spirit of the Tang Dynasty will always be passed on to countless soldiers who will succeed us in the future!"
"The fire that is dedicated to the country will never be extinguished!"
Li Ke spoke in a low and high-spirited tone.
All the generals were excited when they heard this. If this were on the battlefield, Cheng Yaojin and the others would probably just roar, pull out their horses and mount their horses to charge.
As for the civil servants, all the ministers looked at Li Ke with strange expressions. His Highness...is this really an exhaustive plan? This has already been thought of.
As soon as His Highness said this, they all wanted to leave a will to their son and burn his body, not to mention the warriors next to them who had muscles in their heads.
"I have no objections." Doulu Kuan immediately withdrew without saying a word. His Highness was so excited by him. This will definitely work. As long as they continue to publicize it, these family members will understand and cooperate with His Majesty and even the court. To commemorate, this thing is incomprehensible, honor!
"Well, as for this, I think it's not enough. Let's build another building." Li Ke thought for a while and then said.
"This one is called the Monument to the Heroes of the Tang Dynasty. It is used to commemorate all the people who sacrificed their lives for the establishment of the Tang Dynasty from the end of the Sui Dynasty to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. They have no borders with the country!"
As soon as the words "Borderless Country" were spoken, all the ministers involuntarily took a deep breath. Compared with the Martyrs Cemetery, the scope of the Heroes Monument is wider, including those civil servants who fought with Li Yuan and so on. Naturally, they can belong here. Within the scope, it does not have obvious military characteristics like the Martyrs Cemetery. It can be said to be universal.
There is no need to object to this kind of monument, because it is for everyone. Of course, they will not object to this kind of building that strengthens the people's sense of belonging and honor. This heroic monument is naturally not harmful to the wealthy families. Because in the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, you have to admit that many people from aristocratic families died in the war.
"Your Highness, I have something to report." Huangfulin, the Minister of Civil Affairs, stood up.
Huangfulin was from the Anding Huangfu family, and Huangfu Wuyi, who had participated in the Xuanwu Gate Revolution with Li Ke's father, Li Shimin, was his cousin. However, Huangfu Wuyi had passed away, but Huangfulin was still there.
The Minbu was the Hubu, but in the Zhenguan Dynasty, the real name of the Hubu was the Minbu. The name was changed to the Hubu after Li Shimin's death, and Li Zhi changed it to avoid the taboo of Li Shimin's name.
"explain."
"Your Highness, whether it is the Martyrs Cemetery or the Heroes Monument, the site and location required must be a major project and cost a lot of money. Although the treasury was gradually returned to the treasury in the 19th year of the Tang Dynasty, part of the expenditure has been decided. If these two are opened at the same time, If it's a big project, I'm afraid the state treasury won't be able to undertake it this year." Huangfulin bowed and said.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs is not prominent among the six ministries, at least not as important as several other departments. It can only be said that people in this era still do not understand that the boss is the one who manages money.
"If we want to build this, the Ministry of Household Affairs will make a budget. I don't think it will cost much." Li Ke said with a smile.
"Why?" Huangfulin was stunned for a moment. It doesn't cost much. According to your Highness, this thing must be the face of the Tang Dynasty. If nothing else, just because His Majesty led the civil and military officials to pay tribute, the face cannot be bad, which means that the funds it spent cannot be bad. Smaller.
"Isn't this simple? If this news is spread, I think there will be many benevolent and generous people in the Tang Dynasty to donate to the construction of such projects. After all, this is the backbone of the construction of the Tang Dynasty. There are so many righteous people in the world. It’s not a problem to raise the funds at all.” Li Ke said with a smile.
Ministers: "..."
Your Highness, are you implying something?
"I know you don't believe it, but I believe that if this news gets out, there will be at least 20 million people in the Tang Dynasty. Even with one penny per person and free contributions, these two buildings can be built. Do you believe it?" Li Ke said with a smile.
Believe it, why not? Because for the common people, there is now a government military system, which means that everyone has to be a government soldier, and this martyrs cemetery is equivalent to building it for themselves. It is definitely possible for the people to contribute for free, and it is also possible to donate a penny per person. possible.
But if you really do this, it will make people laugh and laugh at the big teeth of many small countries. It will be a bad name in history for thousands of years.
Who in the world doesn’t know that rich people are from wealthy families? As a result, the rich did not contribute money and let the people donate money? To put it harshly, is it right for people to donate money to build their own graves and ultimately use it to protect the wealthy family? Doesn’t this make future generations poke their spines and curse?
So, do you have to pay for it? His Highness has already clicked here and must be coming out.
It turns out that His Highness not only painted the cake... but also had to pay for it.
The question is...can I say no?
"Oh, by the way, Your Highness is also one of the common people in the world. On behalf of many princes and princesses of the Tang Dynasty royal family, Your Highness donated 2 million yuan to build the Tang National Martyrs Cemetery and the Tang Heroes Monument. As for the remaining funds, Your Highness is soliciting contributions from all over the world, and the project will definitely not be delayed when the time comes. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will send people to organize the construction, and then the imperial court will allocate the land area." Li Ke said with a smile.
Well, everyone knew as soon as they heard Li Ke's words that our Highness was not prepared to ask the court to pay this money.
It's just... Li Ke is really rich. He gave His Highness Changle so much dowry, and now he can easily shell out two million yuan? As for Li Ke representing many princes and princesses, they didn't believe a word of it. Those princes and princesses combined could spend 200,000 yuan, and these ministers considered them rich.
This is really no exaggeration. In the current Tang Dynasty, the poorest people are the royal family... Oh, Wei Zheng is not included.
To put it another way, among all the big families in the Tang Dynasty, the poorest is the royal family.
Li Shimin had some money in the past two years, and it was not easy to support so many royal members with this money. Princes like Li Chengqian and Li Tai received many rewards, but they also spent a lot of money to feed so many people. , I don’t have that much money left.
"Your Highness, I will donate 200,000 yuan first." Below, Yuchi Jingde suddenly spoke.
"Grass!" A plant popped up in the minds of all the officials.
