Chapter 35: Capital (2)
Dongling, the southern foot of the Zijin Mountain Wai of Yingtian Prefecture, east of Hongwu Xiaoling Mausoleum.
This mausoleum is made of the same drawing materials as the old man's mausoleum, but it is just a little smaller. Although it is small, its layout is indeed the perfect emperor specifications.
From this we can see that the old man is eager to love his son, and the crown prince of a country is buried with the emperor's specifications, which is also the first in ancient times.
In Zhu Yunyu's memory, his father Zhu Biao was the crown prince when he was alive. After his death, he and his biological mother Chang were posthumously named the emperor and empress. Later, after Zhu Di usurped the throne, he removed the title of the emperor until Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and was awarded the title of emperor again.
During the Qianlong period of the Later Qing Dynasty, the Qing court also gave it the title of emperor.
As the saying goes, death is like life, and every brick and tiles of the emperor's tomb has a system of etiquette and law. From a distance, this tomb is like a slightly desolate palace city.
This mausoleum started to be built when Chang's death, and the prince died young, so he could only be buried in the completed underground palace and buried with Chang's family. Other side halls, stone carvings and other objects are still under construction.
As for Shinto and Yuqiao, Dongling and Laozi’s Xiaoling, they share one. The meaning of it is self-evident.
Zhu Yunxi's frame was parked at the front door of Dongling.
The front door is like a palace gate. The three-hole coupon door is covered with green glazed tiles. There is no snow on the tiles. It is colorful under the sunlight after the snow. Behind the front door, the yellow glazed tiles covered on the hall are shining with each other.
At this moment, the thousand guards guarding the tomb and the eunuchs were all kneeling devoutly on both sides of the gate.
I will meet His Highness, His Highness, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Year
Zhu Yunxiu got off the frame, and the light emitted from the magnificent building made him squint his eyes.
He suddenly remembered something that after he ascended the throne, he would also have to build a tomb for himself. An imperial tomb often needs to be built for more than ten or even decades. In the eyes of his later soul, it was simply a waste of money.
A tomb costs one or two million silver, and countless craftsmen are used, and the etiquette is like this. But in fact, it is just sitting alone between heaven and earth, watching the rise and fall of the dynasty, and letting the rain blow the wind, it turns into ruins.
It would be better if we could lie intact and remain quiet forever, but throughout the ages, we have been as powerful as the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and Li Er of the Tang Dynasty, but we have been able to remove the graves? The royal coffin boards were all taken by the Americans to 100,000 miles away.
Although the Eastern Tomb of Prince Zhu Biao was not dug, like Xiaoling, all were burned under the war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Treat death as life?
If those emperors learned that this treatment was the case after death, would they sigh and spend money to suffer?
However, in comparison, the imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty were lucky. Most of them were not stolen and were well preserved. Later, the Qing Dynasty was led by Sun Dianying, who was from the Saint Ancestor to the Emperor and was dug up to Grandma Cixi.
It is said that on the day Emperor Qianlong was dug, the coffin in the underground palace was crossed behind the stone gate, which made Sun Dianying helpless. But no matter how good his martial arts were, he could not stop the cannon! The skull was broken.
However, the tombs of the Ming Dynasty were well preserved, not because Sun Dianying showed mercy or other civil bandits were afraid of the style of the Ming Dynasty. The Siling of Chongzhen and the Kangling of Wuzong were all stolen. However, the tombs of Wuzong were relatively strong and not dug up, but the tombs of most of the concubines of the Ming Dynasty were stolen.
It was not stolen, but the place chosen by the imperial tomb of the Ming Dynasty was good. It would be known if there was a disturbance in the capital. Unlike the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, where birds do not shit, it would be dug for you directly under the name of military exercises.
Moreover, the construction of the Ming Dynasty's imperial tombs was better. The excavation of the imperial tombs was all official thieves, and there were thirty or fifty thieves who could not even find the underground palace gate.
Zhu Yunyu has seen the patterns of the Ming Dynasty tombs set by the old man. The underground palace is 27 meters deep, and the tomb passage makes you unable to find it. He has watched the documentary of Dingling in later generations. Under the detection of modern science, a team of thousands of people searched for the tomb passage for a month.
The Qing tombs cost more money, but the craftsmanship is worse. All the tombs are the same mold. After Sun Dianying dug them, the thieves could follow the clues and go in to pay tribute to the emperor's coffin.
The strangest thing is that there is no drainage system in the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty. Before being digged, the emperors and masters had to soak for a hundred and eighty years. If there were Formalin in that era, they would become general teachers.
In the future, please click on my tomb!
Thousands of thoughts flashed through his heart, and Zhu Yunxiu said in his heart.
What's wrong with having one or two million silver dollars? The Ming Dynasty will use more money in the future. Not to mention anything else, it's just the blueprint for the future Ming Navy designed in his mind, so I don't know how much it will cost.
What is the concept of one million taels?
If we don’t explain the times, just say that in the Qing Dynasty, which completely used silver as its currency, how much is the best warship of the Beiyang Navy back then?
The emperor Daoguang, known as the most thrifty emperor, spent nearly five million yuan to build the tomb twice. The cost of the tomb of Cixi's grandmother ranked second in the Qing Dynasty, at 2.7 million yuan.
If you have this money, if you buy a warship and practice a navy, can you beat someone up that bear?
If you have the money to train the army and govern the country, maybe their graves will not be dug.
Seeing that His Royal Highness the Emperor and the Crown Prince stood in front of the coupon gate for a long time, those who were kneeling did not dare to get up. Someone secretly glanced at Zhu Yunyu, and when he saw him thinking about the building complex in the tomb, he couldn't help but feel panic.
Therefore, the progress of the prince’s tomb is no longer slow, but if His Highness is not satisfied, wouldn’t they suffer?
Zhu Yunxiu withdrew his gaze and looked at the front of the crowd, an old eunuch, smiled slightly, why don’t you? Why are your hair white?
Why not be wise? After Zhu Biao passed away, he took the initiative to ask for an order to guard the tomb in person.
His loyalty and righteousness saved his life, because the palace servants around the prince were basically killed.
In the Ming Dynasty, there is another place where Zhu Yunyu wants to correct it, that is, human sacrifice. The King of Luhuang and others who died young all had concubines and people buried with them. After that...
Your Highness still remembers me! He Buyi was crying. Since the prince left, I thought about my master every day, and as I thought about it, my hair turned white! As he said that, Eunuch He raised his head, his face covered with tears. Now the tomb has not been completed. I will live for a few more days. When the tomb of the prince and the empress have been repaired, I will go there and serve my master!
My father was a generous person during his lifetime. You served him for no credit and hard work. Just keep a good spirit in the Dongling Mountains! Zhu Yunxiu said, if he didn't say this, when the tomb was repaired, it would be the time to stop it yourself.
Then, Zhu Yunyu lifted the hem of the skirt and slowly walked up the steps. He Buyi bent over and followed him, and the Chang brothers were slightly behind him.
In the small door on the other side, the palace people holding tributes and offerings were quickly entering. Under the leadership of the tomb guardian palace servants, they quickly walked forward and made arrangements first.
The tomb is also a palace. On both sides of the stone road are lifelike stone carvings of civil and military officials, which are the owner of the tomb and the ministers in another world.
Following the long tomb passage and passing through the second door, sacrifices were already placed on the tall long stone table, and flames were vaguely lit in the incinerator of the glass.
Zhu Yunqiu stood in front of the table, and at the end of the steps behind the stone table was the treasure roof of Zhu Biao and Chang's underground palace.
At this moment, there were only Zhu Yunyu and He Buyi in the entire courtyard.
Zhu Yunxiu looked around. Whether it was the ground or the roof of the building, there was no trace of snow, and it was clean.
You are intent! Zhu Yunxiu said softly.
The prince and the empress both love cleanliness the most. The servants are useless and useless, so they can only sweep the courtyard for them! He Buyi trembledly and helped Zhu Yunxi to light the incense and cried loudly, "Criminal, Empress, the third master, you are here! Your legitimate son, the third master, is now the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty!"
Chapter completed!