1117.Chapter 1117 My Heart Is Like Iron
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Su Wuwei knows this truth very well, as long as Li Shimin is alive, whatever he says is what, but as long as he is dead, then anything he says when he is alive may be broken.
This is an eternal truth.
Are the dead still capable of resisting?
Although Li Shimin is the emperor and his orders are edicts, as long as the crown prince ascends the throne, he may revoke some of the words or orders that Li Shimin said before.
Of course, there may be a certain amount of pressure when it is abolished, but this is much better than going to Cuiwei Palace to confront Li Shimin now, a person is old and sick, and his temper is not good, he is the Son of Heaven after all, it is better to follow him in everything at this time.
The crown prince Li Zhi understood what Su Wuwei meant, now that the situation is turbulent, how can he leave Chang'an City casually?
After nodding, he once again focused on handling government affairs.
At the same time, those concubines and talents in the harem also heard about Li Shimin's edict, they are all a group of poor people, they don't even have the ability to resist, they have no way but to cry.
So, just when they knew about it, they began to wash their faces with tears.
Occasionally, one or two people want to go to see the emperor, but how can the eunuchs and guards in the palace allow it?
They just can't see Li Zhi.
It's a sad story, but no one can do it, at least for now, these palace concubines and talented people are desperate for the future, they just seem to be waiting for fate to come.
Tang Zhou was clear about the affairs of Cuiwei Palace, more thoroughly than others, he knew that Li Shimin wanted to get rid of Wu Meiniang through this edict, and the others were only implicated by Wu Meiniang, and he also knew that Li Shimin had exchanged with the eldest grandson Wuji and Chu Suiliang in order to achieve this purpose.
And Tang Zhou only sighed helplessly after knowing this.
Li Shimin is a generation of kings, in order to achieve his goal, he can do things very well, but in Tang Zhou's opinion, he may not have much chance of winning this matter.
The funeral can only be carried out after Li Shimin's death, but after Li Shimin's death, anything can happen, but the funeral may not happen.
Moreover, Li Zhi was too merciful, how could he allow such a cruel thing to happen in the Tang Dynasty?
Even if Li Zhi had no choice, how could he Tang Zhou sit idly by?
For Wu Meiniang, Tang Zhou didn't want to interfere at first, everything was left to fate, but he saw an opportunity from Wu Meiniang, and he wanted to seize this opportunity, so he definitely wanted to protect Wu Meiniang, so Tang Zhou was against the funeral.
Moreover, for a person like Tang Zhou, using a living person to accompany the burial is something he can't accept no matter what, not to protect Li Shimin's face, but just because his conscience can't accept such a thing.
Using a living person to accompany the burial, Tang Zhou resolutely disagreed, although he now does not have an official position in the court, but as long as he wants to stop this matter, he will definitely be able to stop it.
A dynasty that buries with living people is a sad dynasty, and the people of this dynasty are also pathetic people, and they seem to have gone back thousands of years.
This is something that Tang Zhou absolutely does not allow.
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The news that Li Shimin was going to be buried with a living person was only spread in the circle of the powerful at first, but when the news reached Li Yuanyu, the king of Luoyang, the news quickly spread in Chang'an City.
In the eyes of Li Yuanyu, the king of Luoyang, Li Shimin's purpose in accompanying the living person to the funeral was just to destroy Wu Meiniang, even if his reputation was damaged.
This is naturally a bit unfavorable for Li Yuanyu, the king of Luoyang, but if it can be realized, it will not be without benefits at all.
Let's ask, an emperor who wants to be buried with a living person, is he a good emperor, as long as public opinion is on his side, Li Shimin may be left stinking for 10,000 years, so they will be famous.
So soon, they spread the news all over Chang'an City, and even anywhere else.
And after the news spread, the literati and scholars of the Tang Dynasty were immediately unwilling.
After the Qin and Han dynasties, as long as it is the court established by the Han people, few people use living people to bury, only those foreign barbarians will use living people to bury, they are very proud of the culture of the Tang Dynasty, and they cannot accept the matter of martyrdom.
The literati were very angry, and they were very angry and terrible, they soon gathered together, and they blocked in front of the palace on Suzaku Street, they opposed human martyrdom, and they wanted the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to give up the burial.
For many ordinary people, the behavior of these scholars makes them very incomprehensible, and Li Shimin did not say that he wanted them to be martyred, but only said that the concubines of the harem would be martyred.
They feel like a group of people watching the beheading, as long as it is not their head, it is just a hilarious, the ignorant people never use their brains to think about what these things have to do with them, perhaps, one day it will be their turn, and only when it is their turn, they will understand how ridiculous they laughed at others before.
However, although they think that these scholars are ridiculous, when there are more and more readers, when these readers publicize how uncivilized the burial is, these people also imperceptibly accept this.
This is a special system for ordinary people, who are rarely interested in things that have nothing to do with them, and who are easily influenced and infected by other people.
Gradually, these common people also felt that it was a bit too cruel to bury a living person in the mausoleum, and after they were encouraged, they naturally followed the scholars and shouted.
As soon as these people shouted, the situation immediately became grim, and the momentum was also huge, Li Yuanyu, the king of Luoyang, saw this, and finally nodded with satisfaction, what he wanted was this effect.
Now everyone thinks that Li Shimin is wrong, thinks he is cruel, like Emperor Yang of Sui, then they want to be a teacher, who can say that they are nameless, just like the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Yang of Sui is mediocre, everyone can replace him.
The situation in the capital is tense, and the crown prince Li Zhi is under unspeakable pressure in the palace, while at the same time, Wu Meiniang, who knows the situation, still continues to stick to Fireworks Alley.
She knows very well that the reason why these things happened was because Li Shimin wanted to get rid of her, as long as she died alone, all the problems would be solved, but even if she knew this, she would not stand up and let those people slaughter.
What if some people are implicated, and what can be done if it puts pressure on Li Zhi now, all of this is just the result of Li Shimin having to kill himself, why should he sacrifice himself in exchange for peace?
His heart is like iron, and his heart is like stone.