Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen initiated a video communication with Liu Weichao. As soon as he initiated it, the call was connected. It was obvious that Liu Weichao was waiting.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw it, he seriously confirmed to Liu Weichao: "What you mean is that the imperial court will come forward to build a monument. During the holidays, the imperial court will pay homage to these people. Then, monuments can also be built in local places.
The Yamen comes to pay homage to future generations and educate the world?"
"Yes, that's right!" Liu Weichao nodded immediately after hearing this, "There should also be corresponding museums to preserve these deeds of loyalty to the country. These spirits can be passed down as the Ming Dynasty. The imperial court will come forward, or say
As an emperor, you personally pay homage to them to show that you care enough about them. After all, they sacrificed their lives to protect their country!"
"It does make sense!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I think it will work!"
As long as it is related to the country, the country, and the country, he is very concerned about it.
Not to mention this monument, the emperor only paid homage to it during the holidays, and he was willing to pay more.
Emperor Chongzhen, who had this determination in his heart, said to Liu Weichao seriously: "Actually, I won't hide it from you. In the past, for the sake of the overall situation, I could allow people like Hong Chengchou to surrender, but no matter what, I still feel in my heart.
It was uncomfortable. Even in the past, when Nazu Dashou wanted to follow my original intention and abandon the capital and return to Shanhaiguan, I wanted to chop him off. But later, when he surrendered to the Jianlu and fled back, I still wanted to kill him.
There is no way to reuse him. Guan Ning, the front line, cannot do without him."
At this point, his voice became louder: "But now, I have the confidence. And if I build this monument, I can also give a better explanation to the soldiers who died in the battle. In addition to compensation,
, and their heroic names will last forever. In this way, more people will serve the country."
At this point, he stopped talking. Because he felt that there was no point in talking to Liu Weichao. Even for those who had disgusted him, although he took the overall situation into consideration and allowed them to surrender, forgive them for escaping, etc., but when the situation
When everything is under his control, Qiu Hou can settle the accounts as he pleases.
Liu Wei supernaturally doesn't know his thoughts. Even if he knows, he will not object. Punishing evil and promoting good, and retribution, these are the three necessary concepts.
At this time, he heard that Emperor Chongzhen understood what he meant, so he smiled and said: "For example, didn't the Battle of Ningyuan just end this time and Jinzhou was taken back? You can build a monument and memorial hall over Ningyuan.
, including the soldiers who died in the last battle of Songjin, and even earlier, He Kegang, Cao Bianjiao, etc., as well as those ordinary soldiers, as long as the loyal and martyrs, not only should they be well compensated, but their posthumous names should also be honored and with the country.
Live forever!”
At this point, Liu Weichao was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen, an ancient man, did not understand enough, so he continued to elaborate: "For those ordinary soldiers who are loyal to the country, you must also have a set of procedures to do it. Not only will they be given pensions, but also their
Give preferential treatment to family members in the local area. For example, how many corvee exemptions can be given, and when good things happen, they can be given priority. In this way, the entire social atmosphere will be promoted, and everyone will admire them, envy them, and learn from them. In this way, you are still afraid
How many loyal ministers and righteous men will there be?"
Emperor Chongzhen listened very carefully and was thinking at the same time.
If it were another emperor, he might think that this is a bit of a fuss. After all, in ancient times, what rights did ordinary people have? They were like ants at the bottom. If they die, they will die. How many people in higher positions will care!
Didn't I say that in the eyes of those in power in ancient times, the so-called common people were actually just local squires. The real ordinary people were not represented by those squires in their eyes.
However, Emperor Chongzhen was different from them.
In fact, he became the king of the country for a time. He forced his wife to death, killed his daughter, and hanged himself. Not only was the country not saved, but even his son was not saved in the end. This kind of tragic ending where the country was destroyed, the family was destroyed, and everyone was killed.
, it was definitely deeply ingrained in Emperor Chongzhen’s bones.
In the process of the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, Emperor Chongzhen even shouted in despair: I am not the king of the subjugation of the country, but all my ministers are the ministers of the subjugation of the country. However, all the ministers have misunderstood me.
In his eyes, these ministers are really not good people, and this is also true. He will not be lenient in confiscating their homes.
And in the course of history, he saw that those squires were also not good birds. They were all extremely rich, but they found ways to evade taxes. They were definitely responsible for the fall of the Ming Dynasty in this fish and meat country.
Under this understanding, Liu Weichao once again told him the truth, saying that the emperor represented the interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, and as long as they did not rebel, others would not be able to cause any trouble.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not think there was any problem with Liu Weichao's suggestion at this time that we should give preferential treatment to those real ordinary people who became loyal and martyrs.
No, he just thought about it for a moment and then said: "This is very good. It just so happens that the "Da Ming Code" will be revised soon, so I asked them to add this content to the "Code of Etiquette".
"Sacrifice" Volume."
This is equivalent to using the form of law to stipulate the matters of paying tribute to loyal martyrs and providing compensation to loyal martyrs.
Liu Wei Supernatural supports this with both hands and feet. Because in this way, this kind of thing is no longer a special case, and it will be very troublesome for future generations even if they want to abolish it.
Seeing that Liu Weichao also agreed, Emperor Chongzhen said to him: "Then I'll hang up now, and then I'll tell them to handle this matter and try to announce it to the world before the year!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, of course he had no objection.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately hung up the phone, recalled the entire conversation with Liu Weichao, and then sent an order to the Wenhua Palace to discuss matters.
Not long after, senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, including the Sixth Cabinet Department and the Superintendent of Ceremonies, gathered in the Wenhua Hall.
After they met with each other, Emperor Chongzhen asked about the revision of the Ming Code.
Just as he had mastered before, he heard Chief Assistant He Fengsheng play: "Your Majesty, the remaining parts of "Da Ming Law" will be completed by the end of the month!"
The revision of the "Da Ming Code" was not submitted to the imperial government until all modifications were completed.
"Da Ming Code" has a total of thirty volumes. After each volume is revised, it will be submitted to the emperor for reading. If the emperor has objections, he will continue to revise. If there is no objection, he will revise the next volume.
Emperor Chongzhen had already read the volume of "Rites and Codes" before. But at this time, he said to his ministers: "The volume of "Rites and Codes" still needs to add some content."
He Fengsheng was not surprised after hearing this. After all, it was normal for the emperor to have ideas, so he bowed and accepted the order and said: "Please give me your Majesty's permission!"
Emperor Chongzhen saw that others were waiting for him to speak, so he recounted what Liu Weichao had told him according to his own understanding.
He Fengsheng couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing this, and quickly confirmed: "Did your Majesty include those ordinary people?"
There have always been posthumous awards for civil servants and generals, such as monuments and memorial halls. However, what Emperor Chongzhen said just now included ordinary people, and they were surprised.
In their opinion, there is no problem in doing this to civilians and military generals. Maybe one day they can enjoy it themselves.
However, for ordinary people, they felt that the emperor seemed to pay too much attention.
As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, there is also a pension for ordinary soldiers.
If a soldier is killed in action and there is no one to take over the position, he will be given full military pay for 3 years, and then it will be reduced by half.
If there is a descendant who inherits the position of a soldier, only funeral expenses will be paid.
If he dies and no one inherits his position, his parents and wife will be given half of their military pay for life.
If a soldier is killed in battle, his wife will be given full military pay for three years, which is 36 shi of rice, and then for life, 3-6 dou of food per month.
Regardless of whether these pensions are actually implemented, they are there after all.
But now, Emperor Chongzhen's doing this is tantamount to raising the treatment of ordinary people to the same as those of the country squires. It can even be said that he is treated the same as those with fame.
Ordinary squires who have no meritorious status will still have to perform hard labor if they strictly enforce the law, but they can be exempted from it by paying money.
However, the imperial court stipulates how much labor service can be exempted, which is equivalent to the same as those with merit!
This sudden increase in salary surprised He Fengsheng and others.
Looking at their expressions, Emperor Chongzhen knew what they were thinking, and immediately asked them: "The soldiers who died in the battle were all models of loyalty to the country and loyalty to the emperor. Why shouldn't I treat them generously? In any case,
Is it better than some male thieves and female prostitutes, or those who are greedy for life and afraid of death? Let’s not talk about it remotely, let’s just talk about last year’s Battle of Songjin. Those civil servants and generals who died in the battle, as well as those soldiers, are better than those who escaped or surrendered to build captives.
, should he receive more preferential treatment from the court and be more respected by the world?"
China has had this idea since ancient times, and Confucianism has always advocated this idea. He Fengsheng and others were speechless after hearing this.
They were just not used to it. Emperor Chongzhen treated ordinary people like heroes.
"What Long Live the Lord said is absolutely true!" Upon hearing this, Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, was the first to step out, looked at the civil servants, and said loudly, "To put it crudely, some people are just like eggless people! For the Ming Dynasty,
As a loyal person, the imperial court should reward you generously!"
Having said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said loudly: "Just talking about deeds, regardless of origin, there is no sage better than Long Live Lord! There is no way to be a sage better than this!"
Huang Dao, the imperial censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was shocked when he heard this on Monday. Then he came out and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I second my opinion. Only talking about deeds and not asking about one's origin is really the way of a sage!"