When the Royal Guards set off, a scene that no one expected happened. Almost every household in Shanhuai Village had at least one person come out. In Zhang Goudan’s family, except for his mother who had inconvenient legs and feet, he even had two children. I brought them all.
Everyone was wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety and followed silently.
Soon, countless people came out not only from Shanhuai Village, but also from Huilong Township. They all wore at least white cloths, and the latter were covered with linen.
They silently followed the funeral procession. The commander of the Royal Forest Army wanted to stop them, but in the end, looking at these people who kept a certain distance, they all understood that no matter what, these people were going to be sent away.
Then they could only let them go. The other party did not interfere with them. They just wanted to follow the funeral procession.
The funeral procession was on the road. When they left and returned to Longxiang, they did not speed up their pace. Since the people wanted to send it off, they could not be really unkind, not to mention... Although they were Imperial Forest Army, they were also Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
When had they ever seen this happen? It is no exaggeration to say that this is the highest honor for all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty! What's more, although what they gave was the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it was also their robe! It's their brother! He is the patron saint of the people of Tang Dynasty!
They deserve to enjoy this honor!
The further they walked, the more surprised these guardsmen were, because on both sides of the road behind them, people were waiting on the roadside one after another. They would light a fire on the roadside, and when the team passed by, they would burn paper money.
After the procession passed, people would join in silently, and the funeral procession following them became larger and larger.
It took them a day to come, but when they went back, they could only walk because they couldn't ride a horse, so when they went back and walked to the Tang National Martyrs Cemetery, it was already the third day.
But what shocked everyone was that more and more people were seeing them off on the road, because after leaving the Qinling Mountains, there were more and more villages on the Guanzhong Plain and the population became more dense, so the number of people who came to see them off was naturally larger. .
They didn't make too much noise from beginning to end, they just followed silently. They all brought their own dry food on the way, and when they rested at night, they would just follow behind and light a fire silently.
When we arrived at the Tang National Martyrs Cemetery, the road was already full of people. There was no need to follow them because there were too many people. People were waiting on both sides of the road, and everyone behaved in the same way.
They are all wrapped in white cloth or with hemp, and every once in a while there is paper money made of burlap.
The paper of the Tang Dynasty was very valuable before Li Ke improved the papermaking technology, but the hemp paper of the paper money was not valuable. The custom of burning paper money first originated in the Warring States Period. Although there was no paper in that period, there were similar sacrificial customs. Then Most of the Ming coins at that time were made of clay, copper, gold, silver, etc.
These special ghost coins made for funerals to imitate the popular coins at that time were the earliest paper money. However, the poor may only make mud coins, while the nobles can use copper, gold and silver, etc.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, due to the invention of papermaking, the papermaking technology at that time was not very useful for writing due to quality problems, and the Mingbi paper money for funerals was first used because of the low price of hemp paper.
By the Tang Dynasty, even ordinary people could use hemp paper coins, and these hemp paper makers were all over the people. After all, the paper production technology has basically been spread all over the world, and hemp paper does not pursue quality. .
Therefore, in many villages and towns, there are almost people who specialize in "white things" business and death business.
Both sides of the road were covered with some gray-white and yellow paper money.
What Li Shimin, who rushed to the National Cemetery of Martyrs of the Tang Dynasty, and many ministers, princes, princes, and Li Yuanjia's family who were able to rush back saw such a shocking scene.
Almost as far as you can see outside the National Martyrs Cemetery, you can see people seeing him off and people wearing sackcloth and mourning.
When she saw this scene, Li Yuanjia's wife Fang Jiao couldn't help but burst into tears. At this moment, she finally understood why Li Yuanjia did what he did. In other words, at least her husband, her husband died deservedly and seriously. Tarzan.
Because so many people remember them and so many people came to see them off on their own initiative, this was not on such a scale even when Emperor Gaozu passed away. This honor can be said to be unprecedented.
At this moment, Fang Jiao, who cried loudly, finally vented all the grievances in her heart.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Husband, have you seen it? Have you seen it? You must have seen it, right? They who you care about also care about you."
Chang Le and the others who accompanied Fang Jiao couldn't help but shed tears. This scene was enough to move everyone.
No one can remain calm under the gaze of this scene.
All the princes of the clan couldn't help but puff up their chests. Their chests were burning with raging fire. They didn't know if they would have such a grand occasion when they died, but they must have achieved such an achievement. Let's die without regrets.
How many people can't get the respect of so many people in this life, let alone so many people spontaneously bury him?
Although King Han has passed away, he will live in the hearts of all the people of the Tang Dynasty, yes, all the people of the Tang Dynasty, because the news will inevitably spread to the world with the "Datang Weekly".
Li Shimin was a little shocked when he saw this scene. Although his face was calm, he was not calm at all inside. He was thinking about everything. When he died, he didn't know if so many people would come. Sending off?
But if it were Keer a hundred years in the future, the scale would probably be even greater.
After throwing away the thoughts in his mind, Li Shimin took back his emotions. There were many things he wanted to announce today, mainly the other three soldiers who also died.
Although they cannot be crowned kings, they will still be awarded special merits and honorary titles as well as the title of marquis.
Their burial process is exactly the same as that of Li Yuanjia, because this is the National Cemetery of Martyrs of the Tang Dynasty. When buried here, there are only merits and nothing else, and there is no distinction such as status.
Li Shimin announced the rewards to several other soldiers, and then came the burial ceremony. When he saw that the three soldiers and the Tang Dynasty prince were all buried in the same way, the coffin was covered with the national flag. It was not until the last moment of descent that the national flag was taken down. .
All the people felt unspeakably moved in their hearts.
Because here, these are the heroic spirits who protect the Tang Dynasty!
