Luoyang, Xiyuan.

Luoyang Xiyuan was once a royal garden like Shanglin Garden in Guanzhong. Xiyuan was connected to Mangshan in the north and Yi in the south, and was surrounded by two hundred miles. The mountains and rivers complement each other, making each other interesting; rivers and lakes are lingering, and the mountains and forests are lush.

Looking back to the past, the West Garden used to be pavilions and towers, and the strange flowers and beasts were everywhere. The lakes and mountains were beautiful. The scenery and scenery were so confusing that it made people linger, quiet and beautiful, and the world was the most beautiful.

Although the Xiyuan has become deserted with the demise of the Tang Dynasty and no longer has the style of the past, entering it is like entering a natural landscape painting, which makes people stop and admire the beauty of nature.

In fact, Luoyang is half in the West Garden.

Previously, Xiyuan was a pasture in the Yuan court and a hunting ground for Mongolian nobles. It was strictly forbidden to farm, fish and build houses. This instead made Xiyuan protected and not completely destroyed.

During the Central Plains War, all the war horses stocked in Xiyuan were requisitioned by the Yuan army, and there were no horses inside. In addition, the people were prohibited from farming and living, which made Xiyuan even more rarely visited.

Now it is the twelfth lunar month. It is snowing heavily, the sky is cold and the land is frozen, and there are few people. This makes the already quiet Xiyuan even quieter and incompatible with the bustle of Luoyang City not far from the east.

At this time, beside the ancient Dragon Scale Canal, a burst of horse hooves and snow and laughter came from the green bamboo path. In an emergency, hundreds of riders emerged from the forest.

At the front were more than a dozen warriors wearing purple jackets, black fox scarves, and otter fur hats. These warriors rode tall horses, bowed and knives on their backs, and had hand guns inserted around their waists. They were all full of energy and were full of energy and were full of energy. They were obviously extraordinary people.

Behind it is a man and a woman walking in unison. The man and woman are both handsome and handsome, elegant and graceful, and perfectly matched, just like a person in a painting.

It is obvious that they are the masters of the group.

After the two, there was a pony sitting on a pink boy. His little face was red with cold, but he held a small bow and looked around with a lively eyes, looking around, looking very happy.

In front of the two, the horses and behind them, the stars surround the warriors like moons, and there are young, old, smart or elegant knights, including men and women, and each of them is precious in their clothes.

"Your Majesty said he was here to hunt, but he didn't shoot a single arrow, but he seemed to be here in the West Garden to step on the snow." A gentle man in his thirties rode his horse and smiled.

The man, known as His Majesty, shook the snowflakes on the collar of the Xuanhu, and pointed the lake and mountain scenery with a horse whip. "Hanming, can you see this Western Garden be easy to recover? In my opinion, it is a flaw that the East has lost the beauty of the Western Garden."

Of course, this man is the current Emperor of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu Li Luo.

Today, did Li Luo and Cui Xiuning bring their young prince Li Zheng and their close ministers to Xiyuan to hunt for snow? But after entering Xiyuan, they were fascinated by the snow scene and did not even shoot a single arrow.

The emperor did not shoot, and it was certainly not easy for civil and military ministers such as Yang Hanming and Du Lie to shoot first.

So, isn’t the feast of the king and his ministers originally planned to be in the snow and wild banquet?

Yang Hanming smiled and said, "Report to Your Majesty, this Western Garden was originally a royal forest garden back then. It has a suitable landscape and unique nature. Its foundation is still there, and the landform has not changed. What is lost is the Sixteen Gardens Palace Garden Tower."

"As long as you use ten thousand people and spend a million yuan in silver, it takes a year to restore the West Garden as before."

In the Sui Dynasty, it cost 30 million guan to build the Xiyuan Garden and more than 100,000 people to build the huge Xiyuan into a natural forest garden like a fairyland.

Thirty million coins!

What does it mean? It costs more than Li Luo to build Chang'an City and the Imperial Palace.

The Sui Dynasty was not as large as the population under Li Luo's rule, nor did Li Luo have so many foreign slaves and prisoners, and it was even less "righteous" than Li Luo's "making money".

It is conceivable that Emperor Yang of Sui built such a large project for Xiyuan, and it was not surprising that the country was destroyed by the collapse of his country only for personal enjoyment.

Few people know that the major project that led to the demise of the Sui Dynasty was the West Garden.

"Miscellaneous Notes of Daye" records that as soon as Yang Guang ascended the throne, he couldn't wait to issue an edict to build the Xiyuan. Sixteen palace courtyards were built along the Longlin Canal in the Xiyuan, each of which was placed in a beauty, known as the Sixteenth Lady.

In order to make winter "a hundred flowers bloom", Yang Guang also ordered the use of colorful silk to make "fake flowers" all over the garden. This expense alone is outrageous.

The "Inner Sea" with a radius of more than ten miles was also dug and built in the "Inner Sea" and three "sea mountains" in Penglai, Fangbing and Yingzhou, each of which was more than ten feet high, and they were also competing for beauty, with different differences. The "Sea Mountain" was filled with strange flowers and stones, pavilions, towers, and rare birds and beasts.

That's not all. Yang Guang also built a mechanism in the building, lifting and lowering freely, just like an elevator in later generations. He also built a high bridge between the Sixteen Gardens.

This man has a crazy talent in enjoyment and luxury. He spent so much manpower and financial resources to build the Xiyuan, of course not to see it.

Therefore, on the full moon night, he led thousands of beauties to ride horses down the moon to the West Garden and sing "A Song of Qing Night". Every time he came to Luoyang from Chang'an, Yang Guang would linger in the West Garden.

Throughout history, who would have done this except Yang Guang? Who dared to do this?

Even if Li Luo restores the West Garden, he will definitely not spend so much.

He just wanted to get the advantage of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The Xiyuan started from Emperor Yang of Sui, to the demise of the Tang Dynasty, and then to the repair of the Northern Song Dynasty, and spent countless financial and manpower during this period.

The money was not completely spent, at least it fixed the landscape and landforms of Xiyuan.

If Li Luo recovers, he will at least save most of his effort and there will be no need for major surgery.

It only takes a small price to restore the unparalleled Luoyang Xiyuan based on the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Isn’t that stupid if you don’t pick up this cheap?

If it is not repaired, it will become increasingly difficult to restore as time goes by. The money from the Sui and Tang Dynasties was completely spent.

Cui Xiuning couldn't help but show a hint of praise when she heard that Li Luo wanted to repair the West Garden.

No one knows Li Luo better than her.

She was very clear about Li Luo's purpose of restoring the West Garden.

That's not for pleasure.

It is of course an important reason to pick up the cheaper things from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but there is another important reason: he wants to leave the historical and cultural heritage of the Xiyuan, Luoyang, for future generations.

Today, there is no real royal garden in China.

Shanglin Garden in Guanzhong has been abandoned for a long time. Moreover, Shanglin Garden is strictly a royal hunting ground, not a real royal garden, but mainly natural scenery.

The royal garden pattern of Lin'an's Southern Song Dynasty was too small and destroyed by war, so it had no meaning of restoration.

Although there is a "dismounted horse and let fly" (Nanyuan) in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the capital, it is actually a hunting ground built casually, mainly for hunting wild animals, and it is not a real royal garden.

The only royal gardens in later generations in history are the "Western Garden" of the Ming Dynasty, the "Three Gardens of the Yuanming" and the "Summer Palace" of the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming and Qing Dynasties definitely won’t exist. The Tang Dynasty always needs to fill the gap and leave behind a few royal gardens representing the great achievements of oriental landscape architecture, right?

The imperial palace cannot replace landscape buildings such as gardens. In later generations, ancient landscape garden buildings were more valuable in a sense than pure palaces and had a higher level in aesthetic images.

Is there anything more economical and cost-effective than restoring Luoyang Xiyuan?

Cui Xiuning guessed right, but that's what Li Luo really thought.

He wants to leave behind an unparalleled Chang'an Palace and an unparalleled royal garden - Luoyang Xiyuan.

"Your Majesty." Wei Suce stepped forward, "Although the Western Garden is deserted, the mountains and seas are everywhere, it is not difficult to restore it. However, these pavilions and towers must match the wonders of the mountains and rivers and complement each other. It is not easy to make them beautiful."

What he meant was that although the foundation of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was still there, the project of restoring the Xiyuan was not big, but it would be difficult to build it satisfactorily.

This is a technical problem. Such a large garden has a complex terrain, so it takes very high skills to make a "soled sample" (three-dimensional micro-mode) after surveying and mapping.

Li Luo nodded: "The Ministry of Works has ordered the recruitment of skilled craftsmen who are good at building gardens, select the construction masters, and form the Xiyuan Restoration Bureau to be responsible for the Xiyuan project."

Wei Su asked: "Then how much manpower is this fund? Please ask your Majesty to judge, I will draft an order."

Li Luo thought for a while, "There is no hurry to do this project, just take it slowly. First allocate one million silver dollars to dispatch tens of Siam's Zhen La slaves."

Li Luo remembered that the chief architect (style officer) of all royal buildings in the Qing Dynasty were the Lei family. This family was very powerful, and even the Old Summer Palace was also made by them.

Li Luo believes that the Tang Dynasty will definitely not lack the inheritance of the Lei family.

"Whoever can come up with the best hot sample is the master of the construction master in Xiyuan! He was awarded the Royal Master and was awarded the fifth-rank official position. Secondly, he was awarded the Master of the Construction Master and was awarded the Royal Master and was awarded the sixth-rank official position."

"There are many skilled craftsmen in the world. Your Majesty is so kind and rewarded, and there will be a hot shot that will shock the world and come out." Yang Hanming said.

Li Luo said: "The best hot sample is not only amazing, but also feasible. Otherwise, it will be an attic in the sky, which is unrealistic."

The method of the Tang Lord was actually to bid for manuscripts from later generations.

In the national auditions, "shoulder samples". However, wonderful design is not the best design. This also considers the feasibility of the project, cost and other factors.

Your hot shape is excellent and looks beautiful, but it can only be reflected in the model and cannot be successfully built. So what's the use?

Yang Hanming looked at the scenery of Xiyuan in the snow and said again: "Your Majesty, if you want to make hot samples, you must come to Xiyuan to conduct field surveying and mapping. However, craftsmen are often not good at surveying and mapping. Especially with the size of Xiyuan, it is very difficult to survey and mapping."

"I think that the officials of the Imperial Heaven and the Mathematics Academy can complete the survey and mapping of Xiyuan and make terrain clay molds. After that, let the craftsmen use this clay mold to design the hot samples."

Li Luo nodded: "Okay, Wei Qing, add this one."

"Abide by the order!"

While talking, everyone came to a picturesque lake in the snow. There were three "distant mountains" like green snails and black eyebrows on the lake. That was the famous "mountain and sea scenery" in Xiyuan. It is said that the sunset is even more beautiful and intoxicating.

In later generations, the "Inner Sea" of Xiyuan, which once spent a lot of manpower, has become a small lake. However, in this era, although the pavilions and towers in the mountains and seas are no longer there, the "Inner Sea" is still blue and clear, and it is impossible to see at a glance.

An artificial lake that is more than ten miles wide.

Li Luo was walking by the Wanliu Forest east of Mahu Lake, looking at the lake and mountains that were half a fairyland in the heavy snow, and the scenes of that year couldn't help but appear in his eyes.

Emperor Yang of Sui led thousands of palace maids, and when the moon was full, the palace lanterns on the shore were like dreams, and the clear songs on the water were gentle. The Emperor of Sui, who was so happy to be successful, wrote poems in the wind, was so happy.

It is the bright moon rising east, and the western garden is like a fairyland on earth. The beautiful woman like jade dancing in front of her is dancing, and the autumn water waves are roaming with the bright moon on the clear night.

The most noble man in the Sui Dynasty, with a handsome face, and a drunken eye, holding a jade cup full of fine wine, facing the moonlight between the mountains and seas, and to the dazzling beauties around him:

"I dream of Jiangnan, and it was also accidental to conquer Liao. But the colors are there, and the separation is only this year."

"Everyone in the world calls himself a virtuous person!"

Slowly, it was snowing again. The past of the Sui Dynasty between the mountains and seas disappeared again.

Li Luo sighed and pointed at Dahu and said, "In the past, Emperor Wen entrusted Emperor Yang with his country, but he could not help but die in the second lifetime. Emperor Gaozu was able to revive Taiyuan with a dragon, thus achieving great achievements in the Tang Dynasty."

"Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise, so they are wise. Those who are kings and herdsmen are nothing more than this. Emperor Yang's mistakes are the ones who do not know. They do not know the hearts of the people, the way of heaven, and the virtues are not worthy of their position. They cannot bear the weight. How can they despise the world for a long time?"
To be continued...