Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 384 Hero Monument, National Soul!
A nation without a hero is a nation without a soul. This is a truth that any shrewd ruler understands. Although the Qing Dynasty ruled the vast majority of the Han nationality with a minority, it still needs to erect a hero. In order to consolidate his dominance - Guan Yu, this so-called loyal and righteous character was lifted out and became the "Wu Sheng".In the early years of his reign, Grandpa Kangxi not only ordered the construction of the Guandi Temple in Beijing, but also ordered the whole country to build Guan Temples and worship incense on time.The number of temples of Wusheng Guangong far exceeds that of Wensheng Confucius Temple.In the Qing Dynasty, there were 116 Guan Temples in Beijing alone, and the scale of some Guan Temples far exceeded the Confucian Temple.

"Wu Sheng" Guan Yu, "Wen Sheng" Confucius, this is very good, at least in Yinzuo's opinion, it can indeed serve the purpose of consolidating imperial power politics, but this is not enough, yes, far from enough!The soul of a nation cannot be successfully shaped by just one or two heroes.The result of thousands of years of exclusive respect for Confucianism is that all schools of thought are dissatisfied, and Confucianism is the only one, but Confucianism has forgotten its roots. The so-called six arts of a gentleman are now only left with rituals, music, and books. Knowing where to go, the result is that the blood of the entire nation is completely lost, and the country is all managed by a bunch of waste who only understand "sage books". Such a nation's soul is naturally pitifully cowardly.

Now that he knows that the future will be an era of iron and fire, and it will be a turbulent era, Yin Zuo naturally cannot tolerate that the soul of the entire nation is a cowardly child. The soul of the nation that Yin Zuo wants is a strong fighting spirit who dares to fight without fear and dares to take risks. For this reason, Yinzuo has a lot of work to do, and it is not enough to erect those two pitiful "two saints of civil and military affairs".The establishment of the hero monument is the first and most important step for Yinzuo to transform the soul of the nation. This is not only the beginning of reshaping the soul of the nation, but also the beginning of national integration. Yinzuo's ideal is to unite all nations Come under the banner of the Chinese nation.fail?Maybe it's possible, but if you don't work hard, you won't even see a glimmer of victory, and this is exactly what Yinzuo can't tolerate.

"It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and passers-by on the road want to lose their souls." This poem by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, fully expresses the sorrowful situation during the Qingming Festival.Chinese people have always paid attention to filial piety, and the Qing Dynasty advertised filial piety to govern the country, which raised filial piety to an astounding height, and worshiping ancestors in Qingming has become a big deal, not to mention the cumbersome etiquette. There are also many children. As long as it is possible, no matter how far away from home wanderers will find a way to go home to pay respects to the graves of their ancestors on this day. A few head knocks are also indispensable.

Ordinary people's Ching Ming Festival is nothing more than going to the ancestors' graves to weed weeds, crying a few times, and then burning paper money. The grand etiquette and the number of kowtows made Yinzuo's scalp tingle when he thought of such things, but it's okay, he is the emperor, he has to set an example, he can't steal this laziness, no, a big I got up early, practiced lying down, scrubbed casually, used some white porridge, and went to Baohe Hall to preside over the ancestor worship ceremony.

Since it was a royal ancestor worship ceremony, not only Yin Zuo's sons and brothers came, but all the royal family members in Beijing came, even the fourteenth, tenth, and ninth sons who were sent out on business. All the men also invited the decree to return to the capital.When Yinzuo's imperial chariot arrived outside the Baohe Hall, five or six hundred people from Heiyao had already braved the rain and waited outside the hall. When they saw Yinzuo getting off the imperial chariot, they all knelt down. It is the two brothers Hongli and Hongyang.

"Your servants will kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" A thousand members of the royal family shouted long live, but they were very neat.

Uh huh, that bastard Lao Jiu has lost a lot of weight, hey, it seems that he can lose weight even if he is too hard-working, but Lao Shi is still like a bird, damn it, he can't even act, long live no It's enough to make a sound, I can't even match the mouth shape, grandma, maybe she is scolding me while taking advantage of the chaos.Yinzuo saw the eighth, ninth, and thirteenth brothers getting together again at a glance, and was immediately disgusted, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, just smiled lightly: "Get up, The ground is wet, kneeling for a long time is not good."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Hong En." A group of clan members had already been drenched in water, not bad for the dampness on the ground, and kowtowed to each other before getting up.

"Li Dequan." Yin Zuo called out lightly.

Li Dequan, who was following Yinzuo, hurried out, bowed and said, "The slave is here."

"Go, tell the imperial dining room to make more ginger soup, and it will be delivered in a while. If it rains in this weather, you will get sick." Yinzuo glanced at the clansmen, and said the order lightly, all the clansmen's faces were covered with tears. Showing a grateful look, only the old ten stalked his neck and muttered something in a low voice. Although Yin Zuo didn't hear it, he could guess that it would not be a good word, and his unhappiness was a little bit more, it's just that It's not easy to happen under the circumstances, so I can only pretend not to see it.

"Yes, slave respects the decree." Li Dequan hurriedly ran to the back, called the young eunuchs over, ordered a few words, and asked the little eunuchs to rush to handle it, then ran to Yin Zuo and said: "Qi report Your Majesty, the ceremony is ready, please give instructions from the emperor."

"Well, let's start then." Yin Zuo nodded and said.

"Open the gate of the hall!" Li Dequan yelled in a shrill voice. Under the command of officials from the Ministry of Rites, a group of Shanpuying soldiers slowly pushed open the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Followed by Yinzuo's sons, followed by those princes and clansmen.

You don't have to kowtow when you become an emperor?Wrong, you still have to kowtow, facing the ancestors, even the emperor has to kowtow nine times, fortunately, the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty are not many, and there are only a dozen or so in total. Even so, each ancestor kowtowed a few times in front of each ancestor, and the kowtow all the way down was not uncommon. Poor Yin Zuo hadn't kowtowed for a long time, and this kowtow was really dizzy.After being busy for an hour and a half, I finally took care of all the ancestors and clans. It was almost noon today, and the big guys were all tossed and tossed. The relatives also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and many people began to plan to go back to their nests to have a good time, but Yinzuo didn't intend to let them go just like that, so the little eunuchs sent ginger soup , When everyone was drinking almost, Yin Zuo suddenly pressed his hand and said with a smile: "All the clan members may know that I ordered people to build a monument outside Tiananmen Square, and its purpose is to commemorate the founding of the Qing Dynasty. For the soldiers who have sacrificed since then, today is the moment when this stele of heroes will be unveiled, and I have passed down the decree that I will personally pay homage to the martyrs of the Qing Dynasty, and all clan relatives will go with me."

The big guys have known about the Hero Monument for a long time, and they also know that Yinzuo intends to pay homage in person, but the big guys didn't take it to heart - to them, those who died in battle are just slaves, and if they die, they will die. It’s enough to give some silver taels as a pension, and at most a title or something is almost the same. For Yinzuo who wants to pay homage to those slaves in person, a group of men naturally disdain them. Thinking that Yin Zuo not only wanted to go to pay homage by himself, but also didn't plan to let the big guy go. As a result, a group of clan members were dumbfounded for a while, and then suddenly began to discuss in a low voice.

Fuck, a bunch of parasites, don't think about who is working for you to enjoy the glory and wealth, grandma, don't even do superficial work, what a fucking bastard!Yin Zuo stared at the bird-like appearance of a group of clan relatives, his heart suddenly became angry, and he snorted coldly, his face was so cold that it was almost freezing, and he didn't say much, he turned around and left the hall on his own, regardless It was still raining, so he went out of the palace gate in the rain. Seeing this, a group of young eunuchs hurriedly followed, and used the Minghuang crank cover to cover Yinzuo from the rain.The Hongli and Hongyang brothers looked at each other without saying a word, and went out separately. Seeing this, Yinzuo's other sons hurriedly put down the bowls in their hands, and followed closely behind Yinzuo.

When Yinzuo left, the gang of men were a little dumbfounded, the old thirteen came back to his senses first, and rushed out with big strides; the old fourteen shook his head, smiled wryly, and also left the hall silently, After catching up with Yinzuo and his party, the fourth child had a dark face and said nothing, while the third child sighed and said, "Let's go, let's all go." Naturally, the men of his line also walked out of the hall.

Old Shi Dudu murmured, "There's no reason for a master to pay homage to a slave. Isn't this an upheaval? I want you to go, but I won't go."

"That's right, that's not how the limelight came about. It's really dishonest to make people happy." Lao Jiu also muttered in a low voice.

"Fourth brother, do you think this matter is troublesome? Oh, how should it end now." Lao Ba said with a sad face.

Yun Zhen has been feeling unhappy lately—Qian Fazhezi, who was working happily, was suddenly called to a stop without even an explanation, and today it rained and knocked his head, and it was coming to an end He was also hit by Yinzuo, and he was furious. He was about to have an attack, but after being told by Lao Ba, he came to his senses, knowing that Lao Ba was planning to use himself as a gunman, and ignored Lao Ba. Eight, turned to look at the old Prince Jian who had been silent all the time, and asked very politely: "Uncle, look at this..."

The old prince Jian has experienced three generations of emperors. He knows Yinzuo's temperament, but he is a black master. Next to express my dissatisfaction, I was planning to follow the crowd in silence, but I didn't expect to be forced by Yun Zhen so much, I had to stand up, I hated Yun Zhen in my heart, and stared, He said angrily: "I don't care whether others go or not. Anyway, I want to go." With a step on his feet and a flick of his sleeves, ignoring what other people thought, he rushed out of the Hall of Preservation and Harmony, It's no wonder that he has old arms and legs, but he walked very fast, and he probably caught up with Yin Zuo and his party in a while.

Old Prince Jian is the patriarch of the clan's mansion. Once he left, the gang of clan members naturally did not dare to lag behind. After a moment of hesitation, they all quickly ran out of the Hall of Preserving Harmony. In the empty hall, only the fourth and eighth sons were left. , Nine, Ten and their sons.Yun Zhen stomped his feet angrily, snorted, and didn't care about Lao Ba and his gang, and led his eldest son Hong Zhou out, although he was unwilling to do so, he could only catch up with the gang of clan relatives, with a pale face and silent Silently mixed in the crowd.

"What should we do?" Seeing that the hall was empty, Old Ten couldn't help feeling a little flustered, and hurriedly asked.

"Go ahead, the left and right are just for show, let's talk about it after seeing it." Lao Ba said with a lonely face, shook his head and smiled wryly, and went out of the hall. With his own children, he followed Lao Ba, far behind the large army.

There is a square outside Tiananmen Square. Of course, it is not as wide as later generations, but it is not too small. It is still more than enough for ten thousand people to stand. It is almost noon, but the rain has not stopped, but for those who have been waiting in the square For the tens of thousands of soldiers on the battlefield, they have no influence at all. At the moment, all they have in their hearts is pride, yes, extremely pride. They are the only all-firearms army in the Qing Dynasty, even though most of them have just been transferred to this army. They don't even have enough muskets, let alone aiming and shooting skills, but they are the only team among the more than one million soldiers in the Qing Dynasty that can participate in the unveiling ceremony of the Hero Monument, and they can also accept the emperor's personal inspection , which is enough for them to be proud of.

"The emperor is here!" Following the shouts of the eunuchs, the tall Yinzuo walked out of Tiananmen Square in a Ming Dynasty uniform, his eyes scanning the soldiers like lightning.

"Kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" More than ten thousand soldiers knelt on the ground in unison, and the sound of three shouts of long live resounded through the sky.

good!This is the army I want, it looks a bit like it!Yin Zuo nodded in satisfaction, ignored the group of officials from the Ministry of Rites who came forward, turned around, entered the city gate, and strode up the Tiananmen Tower along the stairs. Said: "all the soldiers are dead, today I will unveil the hero monument, in order to commemorate the martyrs of our Qing Dynasty, I hope that you will learn from the unyielding spirit of the martyrs and serve the country, the nation, and the court. I have high hopes for you all.”

"Unyielding in a deadly battle! Unyielding in a deadly battle!" The soldiers of the three armies shouted at the same time, and the rolling sound waves went straight into the sky...

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On the second watch, Xiao Liu asked pitifully: "Is there a monthly pass? I'm waiting to buy milk powder for the children. Can you give me some rewards?"

(End of this chapter)