Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 423, Heroes' Monument and Martyrs' Garden

"Have you heard?"

"His Royal Highness is ordering someone to find a geomantic treasure to build a martyr's garden for the brothers who died. At the same time, he is also planning to build a hero monument here to commemorate the brothers who died in this battle."

The scholar hurried to the barracks and said to the crowd who were doing nothing.

"Martyrs Garden?"

"Monument to Heroes?"

When Wang Daniu, Chen Mazi, Li Fugui and others heard this, they were immediately at a loss.

It was the first time they heard of these things, and they didn't know what they were used for.

"What is the Garden of Martyrs?"

Wang Daniu thought for a while and asked.

"The Garden of Martyrs is a special place built to bury the brothers who sacrificed this time. From now on, the government will send people to sacrifice every year to practice with the country. As long as Ming Dynasty is still alive, people will go to sacrifice every year."

"I heard that His Royal Highness invited the celestial master of the Qin Tianjian to find a geomantic treasure to build this martyr's garden. If he can enter this place after his death, his descendants will be in trouble. people."

The scholar said clearly, of course he also heard from others that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived here, and the money for this reward has also been in the hands of everyone, but the above did not order the army to return to their respective garrisons, obviously there are still things to do Finish.

"I'll be good, this is terrible."

Everyone was stunned when they heard it.

The ancients were superstitious, and they all believed in Feng Shui. Of course, not only the ancients, even in later generations, there are countless people who believe in Feng Shui, and there are even special Feng Shui masters, who are mixed with Feng Shui.

In ancient times, that was even more so. Almost everyone believed this. The royal family was able to win the country because some of the emperor's ancestors were buried in the dragon's veins, so they were able to produce the emperor.

Naturally, the prime minister was born because someone from his ancestors was buried in various geomantic treasures, so he was able to be a great man.

The theory of Feng Shui has almost run through the entire history of China. From ancient times to the present, countless people believe in this thing.

The most amazing Fengshui masters in this era are undoubtedly the celestial masters of the Qin Tianjian. These celestial masters of the Qin Tianjian know astronomy and geography. They were all selected by these celestial masters of Qin Tianjian.

From here, we can know how awesome these Qintianjian people are, and they are undoubtedly the most awesome Feng Shui masters in this era.

Now in order to build this martyr's garden, Zhu Houzhao actually invited the celestial master of the Qin Tianjian to choose the place. The place selected by the celestial master is undoubtedly a treasured place of geomantic omen.

Buried in such a place after death, it will naturally benefit future generations and make great people appear among their own descendants.

"true or false?"

Chen Mazi said in disbelief: "His Royal Highness will ask the celestial master of the Qin Tianjian to find a geomantic treasure for everyone to build a martyr's garden?"

"That's right, the celestial master of the Qin Tianjian specializes in showing Fengshui and stars to the royal family. How could he show Fengshui to us?"

Li Fugui also said in a somewhat unbelievable way.

"It's true, not only to see the martyrs' garden, but also to build a monument to commemorate the dead brothers. Our big guys have already got the money. Why haven't you been ordered to return to the original place? Isn't it because of waiting After the monument and martyrs garden are completed, a commemorative ceremony will be held together."

The scholar said very affirmatively, the whole person seemed very excited.

"His Royal Highness really didn't say anything to us shabby military households."

"Give generous rewards, this is dead, he also attaches great importance to it, the country treats the soldiers with sincerity, and the soldiers will serve the country with death!"

"In the past, who would pay attention to us dilapidated military households?"

"We are just like these humble weeds. When we die, we are just wrapped in straw mats, thrown into a pit, and buried in it, we will die. Who cares about the life and death of us?"

"No, never."

The scholar seems to express his feelings. He has read books for several years, and he is more sentimental and able to speak better.

When talking about this, the others also nodded their heads one after another. These military households have never felt any respect, and no one has ever cared about their life and death and living conditions.

They are as humble as weeds.

When the imperial court needed them, they had just issued a letter of decree, and they had to immediately change from peasants to warriors and fight on the battlefield. It was nothing to shroud them in horse leather, but their deaths were like dung, without the slightest value, and without the slightest value. People care and care about some.

Even hundreds of households and thousands of households would not care about it, let alone His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

But it’s different now. His Royal Highness gives rewards to everyone. There are many rewards for killing enemies, and generous pensions after death. He also specially built gardens and monuments for martyrs to commemorate their great achievements.

At this moment, everyone felt the prince's importance to them and the prince's respect for them.

They feel that even if they die on the battlefield now, it is a worthy death and a worthwhile death.

With a generous pension, the life of the family can be guaranteed, so there is no need to worry at all. After death, you can enter the martyr's garden selected by the Qintianjian National Teacher, and practice with the country and enjoy sacrifices forever.

This is the highest honor for them!
In this era, being able to hide in the emperor's mausoleum after death is definitely the supreme honor, and it is difficult for people who rank among the third princes to enjoy this honor.

These dilapidated military households who are as humble as weeds can now be buried in the martyrs' garden after they died in battle. This kind of glory made them truly feel the respect and care from His Royal Highness at this moment.

"Your Highness is still kind to us. It's a pity that I didn't die under the knife of the Tartars, otherwise I would have been buried in this garden of martyrs."

A slightly older person next to him sighed with some pity.

"Let's keep this useful body of yours, maybe you can fight for His Highness in the future."

Wang Daniu said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll wait anytime. If I'm old and can't do it, I'll let my son go. If my son dies, I'll let my grandson go. Your Highness treats us military households so kindly, how can we not?" Death?"

This said with a smile.

When everyone around heard this, they all nodded. At this moment, everyone had such thoughts.

"Um~uh~"

At this time, a horn sounded, and everyone gathered in the direction of the playground as soon as they heard it.

"Soldiers and soldiers, His Royal Highness has asked the Imperial Teacher of Qin Tianjian to select a piece of geomantic treasure land for the dead brothers to build a garden for martyrs."

"Everyone knows that the construction of the martyrs' garden is a huge project, and the brothers who died need to be buried in the ground as soon as possible, so the order from above has been ordered. Next, all of us will participate in the martyrs' garden and the heroes' garden. The construction of the monument."

"When the Martyrs' Garden and the Heroes' Monument are completed, we will all hold a state funeral ceremony together, and then we can all return to our original place."

On the general platform, the general of the Vanguard Battalion also explained the reason for calling everyone this time.

Soon, the Pioneer Battalion was the same as the other battalions. More than [-] people from the Three Route Army participated in the construction of the Martyrs Garden.

With [-] troops participating in the construction of the Martyrs Garden, coupled with the continuous transportation of cement, the construction progress of the Martyrs Garden and the Heroes Monument is very fast.

The Heroes Monument is made of granite and then concrete, with a height of more than [-] meters. On it are written the five characters of the Heroes Monument in super-large characters, and then there are many small characters that record in detail the greatness of this counterattack against the Tartars going south. The deeds, and the names and hometowns of the sacrificed soldiers are engraved on it, so that people will always remember them.

The construction progress of the martyrs garden is also very fast, there are [-] people, and there is concrete, and because the martyrs garden is built for the dead brothers, everyone is working very hard.

More importantly, everyone can feel His Royal Highness's concern and respect for them. It is definitely the highest honor for them to be buried in such a treasured place of geomantic omen after death.

The Garden of Martyrs was chosen in a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters. A huge mountain was directly enclosed and entered. Starting from the foot of the mountain, concrete was used to build it up one step at a time.

When they reached a certain position, there were tombs extending from both sides of the spacious stairs. They were arranged very neatly, like rows of military formations. They were very strict and fit the identities of these soldiers.

The overall construction of the Martyrs Garden is very grand, and the stairs up the mountain are very spacious, and at the same time, there will be a pair of stone lions guarding it at intervals.

Although the construction of each tomb is very simple, it is just a simple tombstone with the name and hometown written on it, and the surrounding is reinforced and hardened with concrete.

In addition, a lot of trees are planted here in the martyrs' garden. There are trees planted on both sides of the stairs and next to each tomb.

The entire martyrs' garden needs to bury the [-] soldiers who died in this war, so the scale of the entire martyrs' garden is very large, extending from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, layer by layer, layer by layer, neatly planned, Square upright, dotted with stars.

When viewed from a distance, the whole mountain was magnificent, like a huge army formation, and there seemed to be waves of war horses roaring continuously.

There is a huge flat land at the foot of the mountain. The flat land is also hardened with cement. In the middle of the flat land is the Hero Monument.

Such a huge garden of martyrs and a huge monument to heroes were built in less than seven days with the joint efforts of [-] troops and infrastructure artifact cement.

This day is an auspicious day, and it is also the most suitable day for burial.

On the huge flat ground at the foot of the Martyrs Garden Mountain, all [-] troops gathered here.

Zhu Houzhao, the crown prince of the current dynasty, was wearing a golden python robe and a golden crown. With a serious face, he led many ministers to stand under the hero monument.

On the right behind Zhu Houzhao are the commanders-in-chief of the West Army, Dingbianhou Wang Yue, Poluhou Yang Yun, the commander of the East Army, Jingbianbo Liu Yu, the commander of the South Army, Lan Tianbo Li Gao, and other commanders and generals of the three armies. .

On the left is Xu Qiong, Minister of Rites who just came from the capital. He heard that Zhu Houzhao built a martyr garden and a hero monument here. Soldiers mourned.

Next to Xu Qiong is Wang Hua, who is from the Crown Prince's Mansion, from the senior officials of the third rank, and then the chief envoys of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia. , When Zhu Houzhao came here, they naturally ran over like a dick, a dick, and came with them.

Then there is Liu Jin, the sixth-rank Hanlin Academy, and some officials from the Prince's Mansion. Everyone formed the civil representative.

At this time, the scene was silent, and everyone's faces were very heavy, and they were silently mourning for the dead heroes.

After almost half a stick of incense, the silent mourning ended, and then Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, began to read the sacrificial oration, which had already been written by the Ministry of Rites, and the main content was also very simple.

They boasted about the great achievements of these heroes, and then expressed their deep condolences. At the same time, they also expressed the deep condolences of the current emperor, the current prince, and the current court for them.

After the sacrificial rites were read, it was time to offer incense. Zhu Houzhao personally came to this session. The incense offered here was not ordinary incense, but a special incense. Of course, the main feature is that it is long and thick. It is more than one meter long. It is as thick as a thumb, and the color used is also bright yellow.

After the incense is burnt, the cattle and sheep are slaughtered, which is called blood sacrifice.

The ancients were very superstitious about this, and believed that after someone died, there must be blood sacrifices, so some livestock must be slaughtered to sacrifice to ancestors during festivals.

After the blood sacrifice, it came to the link of carrying the coffin into the earth. This link was proposed by Liu Jin, mainly referring to a custom of funerals in later generations, and the final farewell was carried out through a shrouded ceremony.

"The hero is buried in peace!"

Accompanied by the shout of Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, every four sergeants carried a coffin and walked slowly towards the martyrs' garden. The whole process was very serious and solemn.

"Hmm~"

As the coffins were slowly carried towards the martyrs' garden, there were bursts of trumpets sounding at the scene, and at this time the final farewell was being given to the dead comrades.

At the same time, some people began to cry loudly. These are the family members of the sacrificed soldiers. They came to receive the pension and were also invited to participate in this commemorative event.

Countless cries kept ringing out, and the scene was solemn. At this moment, countless eyes became moist, especially for these soldiers of Ming Dynasty. At this moment, they straightened their backs and raised their chests. A warm current is flowing continuously.

　Two in one, does anyone know the ancient etiquette in this respect?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)