Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 143

"Your Majesty, the terracotta warriors and horses for the burial of His Majesty the First Emperor have all been prepared, and the burial will be carried out at noon today." Li Shanchang, the leader, came out to report.

"Yes, Sun Gan." Fusu nodded.

"Wei Chen is here."

"Your ceremony department should be almost ready, and I will bring the queen and son to attend the ceremony in a while."

"Return to Your Majesty, everything is ready." Sun Qian replied confidently.

Fusu can't wait to see with his own eyes the terracotta warriors and horses just created more than 2000 years ago.

Fusu casually picked up a bamboo slip on the jade case and read it, but he saw a line of text that made him very angry-after the burial, three thousand craftsmen and twenty thousand civilian husbands were buried alive!
Fusu was shocked. Didn't the system of human sacrifice fly out as early as the Warring States Period?

When mentioning the terracotta warriors and horses, we must talk about the human martyrdom system in the previous period of Chinese ancient times. It was a cruel and barbaric funeral system that sprouted with the disintegration of the original public ownership and prevailed until the establishment of slavery.The most prosperous era of human martyrdom was the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and there were martyrs in the tombs of nobles in the Shang Dynasty.In the Gongling area of ​​Yinxu in Anyang, more than [-] people were killed or killed in more than a dozen large tombs that have been excavated.

The Zhou Dynasty learned the lessons of the tyranny of the Yin and Shang Dynasties and emphasized "protecting the people with morality".The birth and implementation of the Zhou Ritual has greatly suppressed the phenomenon of human sacrifice, but it has not been eradicated.In the Spring and Autumn Period, nations competed for hegemony, the times were turbulent, and human sacrifices revived.During the Warring States period, the feudal states successively abolished the system of human sacrifice.In the first year of Qin Xian's reign (384 BC), the state of Qin officially abolished the system of human martyrdom.

The social changes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period led to changes in burial customs, and there were terracotta figures, that is, terracotta figures, wooden figures, etc. instead of human sacrifices.

The original meaning of "terracotta" is human sacrifice. When human sacrifice gradually faded out of people's vision, "terracotta" became a proper term for pottery sculptures, stone carvings and portraits in tombs.Qin terracotta warriors and horses are a typical example of terracotta warriors being buried in place of human beings, and they are also the pinnacle of terracotta warriors being buried in place of human beings.

"Tell me, why are there still living people buried with you!" Fusu said coldly.

"Your Majesty, this is not a funeral, it's a secret." Li Shanchang explained: "The purpose of massacring these craftsmen and civilians is to prevent the location of the funeral pit from being leaked and cause unscrupulous people to dig."

"Historical Records" records: Prime Minister Li Si presided over the planning and design of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor according to the usual practice, and General Zhang Han supervised the construction. It took 39 years to build it.

In the first year of Qin Ziying (206 BC), the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang suffered the first and possibly the biggest catastrophe.According to historical records such as "Historical Records Gaozu Benji", "Hanshu Volume 36 Gaodi Ji No. [-]", "Hanshu Volume [-] Chuyuan King Biography Sixth" and other historical records, after Xiang Yu invaded Guanzhong, he destroyed Qin Shihuang on a large scale. The mausoleum, the ground buildings were destroyed, and the imperial mausoleum was excavated. The terracotta warriors and horses were also severely damaged in this catastrophe.

Archaeological excavations in later generations show that there are black charcoal remains in the No. [-] and No. [-] figurine pits, indicating that the collapse of the No. [-] and No. [-] figurine pits was caused by fire.

As a top student in the history department, Fusu remembered these cruel historical facts very clearly. It is said that it was caused by a craftsman who secretly escaped the day before the night of completion and later took refuge in Xiang Yu.

But in any case, Fusu couldn't help Su watch these living people being buried alive: "My dear friends, since my Daqin has already abolished the system of human martyrdom, then we should not repeat the same mistakes. This kind of burying craftsmen alive just for the sake of keeping secret There is no difference between the practice and human sacrifice, and now I have decreed that after the burial at noon, all the craftsmen and civilians will be sent home immediately, and anyone who dares to resist the decree ransacks the family and exterminates the family!"

Fu Su viciously said to the ministers of the Ministry of Rites who presided over the burial, did he think that the Qin people would die if they were not killed? Killing, even building a tomb and setting up a burial pit for the sake of keeping secrets, is really drunk.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be done. Once the mausoleum and other projects are completed, it is the practice of my Great Qin to kill the craftsmen and civilians responsible for the construction. The law of the ancestors must never be abolished. Promise." As soon as Fusu finished speaking, a minister jumped out and sang against him.

You don't need to look to know that it must be Wei Zheng. For Fusu, there is no way to know what time it is. Every time this guy is given a chance by Fusu to teach him a lesson, he will come out to fight him again after a few days. Not useful at all.

Those ministers were worried that Fusu would kill Wei Zheng when he was really angry a few times at the beginning, and they would come out together to intercede, but after a long time, they found that Fusu would hold it up high and gently fall down every time, and would only give some The lesson of flesh and blood did not kill Wei Zheng, so he didn't bother to care about it. Instead, he felt that it was a beautiful landscape in the court, and how elegant it was to spread it.

You see, there are many emperors and virtuous ministers in my Great Qin Dynasty. The emperor will never allow the ministers to be punished for their words, and the courtiers will never worry that they will not dare to speak up because of the death of their heads!At the end of the matter, apart from Fusu and Wei Zheng, the other ministers regarded it as a joke. One of the most anticipated things in the court every day was Fusu and Wei Zheng bickering, and then they bet each other with great interest on what new method the emperor developed today. Punish Wei Zheng's foul mouth.

"Wei Zheng, your skin is itchy again!" Fu Su immediately slapped the table and cursed.

"Your Majesty, what you said is not right. How can this be an itchy minister? Is it wrong for the ministers to think about the country and the country?" Wei Zheng said disapprovingly: "This minister is teaching you filial piety. Could it be that your majesty Aren't you worried that your ancestral grave will be dug up because of your arbitrary action?"

"Your ancestral grave has just been dug up, your whole family's ancestral grave has been dug up!" Fu Su was furious: "Come on!"

"The last general is here!" Generals Ma Zhong and Zhuge Zhan heard His Majesty's call and immediately came out from the pile of generals on the right and agreed with their hands.

"Drag this Sha B out for me, and pour pepper water down my throat ten times!"

"No." The two generals dragged Wei Zheng out, one on the left and one on the right.

"Haha, colleagues, I bet that Shi Yixuancheng only needs to rinse his mouth with two bowls of water after returning to the mansion today." Li Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said nonchalantly while standing among the civil servants.

"Zhengfang, you can't do it when it comes to gambling money. I'll bet twenty yi to bet that Xuancheng will drink at least five bowls!" Mi Zhu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, clapped his hand on Li Yan's shoulder carelessly, implying that you can't do it: "Changwen, can you follow me?" ?”

With your sister, Chen Qun cursed inwardly, Ma De, last time you had to pay [-] per cent to bet that Wei Zheng would not be able to eat for three days after being brushed with a spoon. A big pot of noodles, a bunch of cheating competition, labor and management will never be fooled again!

(End of this chapter)