Chapter 254 Heroes and Martyrs
Since reaching a preliminary cooperation intention with Yi Feng at Baihutai, Fang Xuanling felt relieved and lived in Huaihuang with peace of mind. (23w[x] Get up early in the morning, go to Huaihuang morning market first, and then visit the officials of various yamen in Huaihuang City in the morning, which can be regarded as a closer relationship. In the afternoon, he sips tea and books in the tea room and listens to some market chats. In the evening, he snatches the night market in Huaihuang City, chooses a restaurant to taste the specialty white wine of Huaihuang, and can also watch the singing and dancing performances of the Hu Ji. In this way, he is truly happy and relaxed physically and mentally. He has even fallen in love with this city outside the border, which is open, lively and free. Although the taste of money is a little stronger, it is full of vitality.
At dusk, Fang Xuanling came back from the book market in Xicheng City, and she was still wearing a set of newly compiled and printed "Four Books and Five Classics" in Huaihuang Bookstore. This set of books includes "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Great Learning", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Rites", "The Book of Rites", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", and "The Spring and Autumn Annals". There are also three books, "Zuo Zhuan", "The Book of Yang Zhuan" and "The Book of Gu Liang" that specifically explains the Spring and Autumn Annals. There are twelve books in this set of books. When Fang Xuanling visited the book market, he found that the print was very exquisite, with the best paper, the printed words were clear and neat, and there was no mistake. What surprised him was that the printed font was actually a square font that he had never seen before. Such a set of Confucian classics, with a total of twelve books and hundreds of thousands of words, the price was only 1,800 texts, which was hard to believe.
Such exquisite printing, such a twelve books with thousands of pages, may be at least tens of tens of thousands of books, or even hundreds of them. They can be regarded as heirlooms. But in Huaihuang, such a set is only eight, and an average of about one penny per page is only about one penny. It is hard to imagine. At that time, he ordered a hundred sets from the shopkeeper and sent them to relatives, friends and classmates after he went back. As a result, the bookstore owner said to him sorry that this set of Four Books and Five Classics is the latest compilation and is very popular at present. He only got one hundred sets here, and now only the last set in Fang Xuanling's hand is left, which is still the sample book. Fang Xuanling worked hard for a long time. Finally, he increased the price of two hundred papers and won the book at a price of two cents. Then he left a gold coin for rewarding, which was considered a deposit. He booked ten sets.
After listening to the introduction of the bookstore shop owner, Fang Xuanling learned that in addition to the Five Classics that began during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the other four books were proposed by Yi Feng to put together the four books of the Analects of Confucius and Mencius in the Medium University. It is listed as the Four Classics. It is parallel to the Five Classics that became famous in the Han Dynasty and compiled a set of Four Books and Five Classics. As for the new font printed, it is said that it is also a new font created by Yi Feng, but it is not called Yi style, but Song style. As for the cost of this book, it is explained that it is because Huaihuang Papermaking Floor has the latest papermaking technology, which greatly reduces paper.
The cost of the tel. At the same time, Huaihuang Bookstore does not use carving boards, but uses movable type. I heard that the printing workshop uses lead movable type. It also has a special ink, which greatly reduces the printing cost compared to the original carving board and reduces the printing time. "And I heard that this price was set by Yi Shuai himself, saying that the Four Books and Five Classics are Confucian classics. Printing this set of books is a basic textbook for Confucian preaching and teaching. In order to open up the wisdom of the people, this cheap price was specially formulated so that more people can afford this set of books."
On the way back to the inn, Fang Xuanling was full of the words of the shopkeeper. He couldn't help but feel a little more admiration for the Yi Shuai who was the same age as him. Before coming to Huaihuang, he imagined more that Yi Feng was a brave and powerful man who could fight. But after Huaihuang, he realized that Yi Feng was not the kind of reckless man who only had one courage. On the contrary, the more he learned, the more incredible he felt about Yi Feng. Now, he felt another different Yi Feng from the bookstore owner and this set of books.
"In Huaihuang, children over the age of six can go to the primary school run by the General Administration for free to study, which is completely free. The school not only provides textbooks, paper and pens for free, but also provides a free lunch. Even in the military and various workshops and mines, Yi Shuai also runs many night shifts for literacy. Every night, teachers teach everyone to learn literacy and simple arithmetic for free."
Before leaving, another news from the bookstore shop owner was unforgettable to Fang Xuanling. He deeply felt that Yi Feng was definitely not a sloppy person. People with this knowledge and vision were quite amazing.
Back at the inn, the follower brought hot tea and sent several newspapers and magazines. The top one was the "Huaihuang Evening News", which was just printed and published today. Fang Xuanling is now like most people who are literate in Huaihuang, and is used to reading newspapers every day and understanding this ever-changing city from the top. Fang Xuanling picked up the tea and took a sip, glanced at the evening newspaper casually, and his eyes were immediately attracted. The front page of the evening newspaper, with a line of titles written in a thick and black official script: "The loyal souls of heroes and martyrs will last forever!" Under this bold title, the signature of this article is a name that appears: Yi Feng!
He immediately put down the newspaper and read it carefully. It turned out that this signed article was a tribute and memorial article written by Yi Feng in Huaihuang Evening News to the soldiers who died in the battle. In this article, Yi Feng talked about the establishment of the Huaihuang Army and the subsequent battles one by one, greatly praising these soldiers who died in the battle. In the article, he announced that the Hero Monument and the Huaihuang Martyrs Temple would be established. The names of the fallen soldiers would be engraved on the Hero Monument newly established on the White Tiger Square, and the tablets of the fallen soldiers would be welcomed to be held in the Hero Monument to enjoy the incense of memorial.
Seeing this, Fang Xuanling pondered. Thinking of the generous treatment and benefits of the Huaihuang Army, their children's free admission to school, and now seeing Yi Feng build a hero monument and a temple for the fallen soldiers. He couldn't help but sigh that Yi Feng's methods are indeed powerful. In this way, the soldiers of Huaihuang usually receive generous salary, monthly food, rewards and pensions, and can still receive such glory after their death. Who will no longer be loyal to Yi Feng?
In the past, one general had achieved success and thousands of bones were undone, and in the end it was only a few generals who received glory. Ordinary soldiers were just unknown people. But now, they not only gain real benefits, but also gain these reputations.
At the end of Yi Feng's article, he announced that tomorrow he would personally lead Huaihuang civil and military officials to welcome the fallen soldiers of the past. He would hold a worship ceremony.
On the Huaihuang Evening News that day, after Yi Feng's article, a series of reports were followed, with key reports on the soldiers who had been killed all over the past, especially the deeds of some of the heroic soldiers who died in battle. Even the evening newspaper also opened a special topic, indicating that every day in the future, the life stories of several heroes and their relatives and friends would be discussed.
As soon as the evening newspaper came out of this issue, the entire Huaihuang immediately began to mourn these heroes who died in battle. Many businesses even set up condolence groups immediately to raise donations to send the parents, wives and children of these soldiers. Some businesses also began to prepare wreaths, incense and candles, and prepared to go to the Hero Monument to offer wreaths and go to the Hero Monument the next day to offer incense and candles. Some businesses immediately began to prepare some jobs and prepare to arrange families in need of the families of heroes in need.
Even the great monks from Mount Wutai and the Taoist priests from Louguan from Chang'an immediately issued a statement. They will all go to the Heroes Temple tomorrow to carry out a water and land dojo for the fallen soldiers to save the heroes' souls.
Shortly after that day, Fang Xuanling in the inn received an invitation letter from the official Huaihuang, asking him to participate in the welcoming and worship of the Heroes Spirit Card of the Heroes Temple tomorrow. On that day, in addition to Fang Xuanling, many other places in Huaihuang, officials and businessmen in Huaihuang received such invitations.
Early the next morning, Huaihuang raised the city to mourn, and hundreds of thousands of people participated in the ceremony of the Heroes' Spirit Card entering the Heroes' Shrine.
This was a very high-standard ceremony. Yi Feng personally led Huaihuang's main civil and military officials to worship. Thousands of soldiers who died in previous battles were regarded as heroes. Their tablets were personally held by the superior officers during their lifetime, and were welcomed by the soldiers and more than 100,000 Huaihuang people. Taoist monks set up water and land temples, and the military and civilians laid wreaths and presented incense and candles. The grand scene and the glory behind them shocked the entire Huaihuang.
The most shocked of this was the soldiers who participated in this ceremony. Everyone was moved to see the former comrades who could have such glory today and couldn't help but cry. Who would have thought that an ordinary pawn could have such a day and be extremely mournful. It really fits that saying, death is worth it.
This was a huge impact on concept. It turned out that Yi Feng had increased the status of the soldiers of Huaihuang, and the status of the soldiers increased. But after all, the status of the soldiers was still very low. But today, through this ceremony, the status of the soldiers of Huaihuang was greatly improved.
Although he was about to set off westward to the capital, he was still waiting for him to arrange various affairs, but no matter how busy he was, Yi Feng still squeezed out the time and presided over the grand ceremony.
In front of the Hero Monument, Yi Feng personally gave a speech to commemorate the heroes. In the Heroes Temple, he unexpectedly performed a solemn and commemorative ceremony in front of the Heroes' tablets.
The worship ceremony ended, but it was not deserted in front of the Hero Monument and the Martyrs' Temple. Monks and Taoists had to be a temple for 74 to 9 days. The families of the heroes would often come to worship their families, and many soldiers and people came to mourn.
These two places have also become new landmark buildings in Huaihuang. The Hero Monument stands on the White Tiger Square, like a sharp sword to stab the sky. It is called an inscription, but it is actually a tower-shaped building. The entire tower has nine floors, up to twenty-seven feet high. The tower is carved with reliefs of the battles of the heroes, Yi Feng's inscriptions, and the names of the heroes. In the nine-story tower, the top three floors contain the ashes of the heroes, the middle three floors store the files of the heroes, and the bottom three floors are a memorial hall.
The Martyrs' Temple is a standard palace-style building in the Han Dynasty. A plaque hanging high above the gate, with five big characters written by Huaihuang Martyrs' Temple, written by Yi Feng. This large-scale Martyrs' Temple has a nine-zhang base like the White Tiger Platform, and a seven-story building temple is built on the base.
The Martyrs' Temple and the Hero Monument have become Huaihuang landmark buildings alongside the White Tiger Platform. These three buildings can be seen from afar within twenty miles of the inner city of Huaihuang City.
Chapter completed!