Chapter 178 Moving the Imperial Tomb
The carriage ran all the way. Although Li Zhang kept urging the coachman to speed up, it was still one day after all that Huangzhuang was away from Tokyo City, and the horses in the carriage could not run all the time. When they arrived at the post station at night, the horses had to rest for one night, and they might even have to change the horses, otherwise the horses would be abandoned.
In desperation, Li Zhang could only rest for one night at the post station, but Lei Yungong was a serious offender in the court. Even if he was traveling overnight, he had to be sent to the capital. Therefore, Li Zhang arrived in Tokyo one day later than Lei Yungong. After he arrived at the capital, he did not go home and went directly to the palace to meet Zhao Zhen.
"Cousin, why are you back? But you are just here, Lei Yungong was arrested!" Sure enough, when Zhao Zhen saw Li Zhang, he immediately told him the good news with an excited look. It seemed that he had long wanted Lei Yungong to be unlucky.
"I have met Lei Yungong who was arrested on the road, but I am very curious. Didn't he go to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb? Why was he suddenly arrested?" The imperial tomb was already martial law, so Li Zhang probably had the news blocked. Most people would definitely not know, but Zhao Zhen should know.
"Cousin, you really asked you right. This time, not only did Lei Yungong be arrested, but even Ding Wei might be in trouble, because Ding Wei is the mountain mausoleum responsible for building the imperial tomb!" Zhao Zhen smiled at this time, and then he explained the reason why Lei Yungong was arrested.
Speaking of which, he was also asking for his own arrest this time. Some time ago, in order to make money, he took the initiative to find Ding Wei and asked to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb. Originally, Ding Wei was responsible for the construction of the imperial tomb. Of course, Ding Wei, as the prime minister, must have no way to take charge of the imperial tomb personally, so he handed the matter over to another eunuch, Zhang Jingzong, to supervise the construction of the imperial tomb. As a result, Lei Yungong was jealous and insisted on taking this matter on himself.
Ding Wei actually wanted Lei Yungong to help him consolidate his power, and it would be best to be able to undermine Liu E in a short period of time, so he naturally refused to let Lei Yungong leave at this critical moment.
Lei Yungong was angry when he saw Ding Wei disagreed, because he saw that after Ding Wei became the prime minister, there were many guests at home, and the people who gave gifts outside the gate lined up with old men, but he couldn't get anything, which made him even more annoyed. So he finally ran to ask Liu E for the construction of the imperial tomb.
Liu E was already a headache for Ding Wei's attempt to seize power, especially since many eunuchs in the palace were Ding Wei's people, and the leader was Lei Yungong. Now Lei Yungong actually took the initiative to build the imperial tomb, which was simply unsuccessful for her, so she immediately issued an order to transfer Lei Yungong to the imperial tomb, and it was too late when Ding Wei learned about this.
Originally, Lei Yungong was just a name for the construction of the imperial tomb, so he didn't have to worry about it at all. Naturally, there were professional officials such as the Ministry of Works to do it. He just needed to make money with peace of mind, but the bad thing was that Lei Yungong was actually smart and felt that he was under the title of supervising the construction of eunuchs. If he just followed the steps planned by other officials, the final contribution would be the officials, and he would not show his ability at all.
At this time, there was an official from the Sitianjian named Xing Zhonghe. Sitianjian was originally a clear water yamen and was usually responsible for astronomy, calendar and other matters. When the emperor passed away, they had to use the site selection of the imperial tomb. The site selection of the imperial tomb had been determined, but Xing Zhonghe had different opinions. He believed that the imperial tomb should move forward by a hundred steps because this direction was suitable for descendants and could make the Zhao royal family have many children and grandchildren.
Speaking of which, Zhao Heng has been having a very difficult life for his offspring. If the site selection of the imperial tomb can really make the royal descendants prosperous, it would be a great achievement. So the obsessed Lei Yungong actually agreed to Xing Zhonghe's opinion.
Of course, Lei Yungong himself could not make the decision to change the location of the imperial tomb, so he first asked Liu E for instructions. However, Liu E said she had no objection and asked Lei Yungong to discuss with Ding Wei, but Ding Wei firmly opposed it because Ding Wei knew that changing the location of the imperial tomb would be of no benefit if it was corrected, but if it was damaged, it would be a heinous crime.
However, Lei Yungong was already blinded by lard at this time, and probably he didn't want to listen to Ding Wei's arrangements everywhere. So after a big fight with Ding Wei, he actually ran to Liu E and said that Ding Wei had agreed. As a result, Liu E nodded, so the position of the imperial tomb moved forward by a hundred steps.
However, what Lei Yungong never expected was that this gap of only 100 steps made him fall from heaven to hell, because after moving the position of the imperial tomb, tens of thousands of civilians began to dig, but not long after the construction started, they found that there were huge rocks everywhere under this position, and groundwater emerged.
There are water and stones under the imperial tomb, which is a taboo for the imperial tomb. After all, the ancients believed in Feng Shui. It is a sign of evil that water under the tomb, and there are too many stones that cannot be started. Zhao Heng's burial date is seven months later. In other words, the imperial tomb must be completed within seven months, but it cannot be completed now. Where can you bury the emperor's dragon body?
The construction period of the imperial tomb was delayed and the location of the imperial tomb was changed without authorization. None of these two items were a death row. So when Liu E got that something went wrong with the imperial tomb, she immediately sent someone to arrest Lei Yungong and blocked the imperial tomb. After all, it was not a glorious thing to repair the imperial tomb.
"That's how it is. Now it's just Lei Yungong who was arrested, but Ding Wei is the mountain mausoleum envoy. He was responsible for the matter of the imperial mausoleum. Now that such a big thing happened to the imperial mausoleum, he would definitely not be able to escape responsibility. Maybe the eldest lady would use this matter to deal with Ding Wei!" Zhao Zhen finally concluded again. When talking about Ding Wei, he also had unconcealed disgust.
"Not necessarily, even if Lei Yungong confessed his guilt and surrendered the law, Ding said that he is in power now, and it is probably not so easy to fall!" After hearing the whole story, Li Zhang pondered for a while before speaking.
"Cousin, do you think this matter can't be defeated?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Li Zhang's words. He had long admired Li Zhang's eyes, because as long as Li Zhang said, almost everything would come true.
"It's not that I can't defeat Ding Wei, but I'm worried that Ding Wei is now in great power, and most of the court are his confidants, especially after Young Fu Li was forced to leave, no one dared to oppose him. If Ding Wei insisted that it was just a decision made by Lei Yungong privately, then the eldest lady would really not be able to deal with him." Li Zhang frowned at this time.
In fact, Li Zhang also knew that Ding Wei was brought down because of Lei Yungong's involvement, but he didn't know much about this, and he didn't know who made great efforts from it. Anyway, with his current understanding of the court, it would be very difficult to use this to defeat Ding Wei.
"What should I do? If I miss this good opportunity, then no one can control Ding Wei!" Zhao Zhen also showed an anxious expression when he heard this.
"Don't worry too much. Didn't I say it earlier? There is an aunt in everything. Moreover, Lei Yungong had said that he would change the location of the imperial tomb before, and the aunt agreed immediately. I always felt that there was something tricky about it." Li Zhang smiled and comforted Zhao Zhen.
"Cousin, what do you mean? Could it be that Lei Yungong fell into the trap of the eldest lady?" Zhao Zhen was stunned again when he heard this, then turned his head and looked around, then asked in a low voice.
"I don't know if it's a trap, but the site selection of the imperial tomb is not a trivial matter. The surrounding area of the imperial tomb must have been carefully explored. The imperial tomb is full of rocks and groundwater a hundred steps forward. Maybe the aunt would have known it for a long time, just to be happy to go with the flow." Li Zhang said again immediately, even he suspected that Xing Zhonghe was probably the person arranged by Liu E. Only this would make more sense. Otherwise, how could Lei Yungong have thought of moving the imperial tomb so by chance, and even moving it to a stone ground?
"If it is true, then the eldest lady is really amazing!" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but scream excitedly when he heard this. Li Zhang smiled calmly when he saw him. Zhao Zhen is now happy that Liu E is powerful in methods, but if Liu E uses these methods to him in the future, I wonder if he will be happy?
After inquiring about Lei Yungong's news, Li Zhang asked about Zhao Zhen's recent situation, and then immediately stood up to say goodbye, because he also wanted to go to Jinshan to see how their family was doing?
After leaving the palace, Li Zhang immediately took a carriage to the south of the city. Jinshan's family lived near Xingguo Temple. They were not far away from Li Zhang's family, and they were not close. Jinshan invited Li Zhang to his home several times before, but Li Zhang was unable to go because he was really not free. However, he did not expect that the first time he went there was actually in this situation.
When the carriage came to the gate of Jinshan Family, Li Zhang saw through the car window that there were two yamen runners guarding the door. There were people from the Jin family in the door, but they were stumbled at the door so hard that they could not get out. This made him feel sank. Something happened to the Jinshan Family.
Li Zhang jumped out of the carriage, and before he could get close to the gate, he was scolded by two yamen runners: "The yamen handles cases, and idle people are prohibited from approaching!"
"I am your majesty's companion and I have an old age with this family. I wonder if I can go in and visit me?" Li Zhang immediately stated his identity.
Although Li Zhang is young, he is now wearing gorgeous clothes and has a very extraordinary demeanor. So after hearing his identity, the yamen runners dare not be sure of the authenticity for a moment, but their tone was much more polite: "The villain has also been ordered by the prefect, and this family is strictly forbidden from entering and leaving, so please don't make things difficult for us!"
Chapter completed!