On February 23rd of the first year of Qin II, it is appropriate to offer sacrifices, break ground, travel, and avoid planting and burial.
As early as the day before, Lin Ze had prepared ten carriages, carrying the gifts and training resources he was going to take to Lishan this time.
After getting up early in the morning, after practicing martial arts, Lin Ze freshened up and planned to go to Xianyang Palace to bid farewell to Hu Hai.
Lin Ze came to the gate of Xianyang Palace and expressed his intention to the guard commander guarding the palace gate.
The commander of the imperial guards did not dare to neglect and quickly arranged for his men to report.
A quarter of an hour later, the guards returned with a eunuch.
Then Lin Ze still failed to see Hu Hai, and the eunuch said: Your Majesty was overworked last night and was resting now. If the young master really needs to see your Majesty, you can wait for your Majesty to wake up.
When Lin Ze heard this, he just smiled and asked the eunuch to tell Hu Hai that he was leaving Chang'an today, and then left without any regrets.
After returning to the Lin Mansion, Lin Ze led a group of guards and drove ten carriages to Lishan Mountain.
Lishan Mountain is located three hundred miles east of Chang'an City. It is nominally under the jurisdiction of Chang'an Prefecture, but in fact, as a royal forest, it has always been managed by the Shaofu.
Including cutting down trees, collecting herbs, hunting, etc., only the Shaofu is qualified to arrange people to do it.
As for the large-scale construction and construction of mausoleums on Lishan Mountain, not to mention, it is all handled by the young master. This is why Li Si said that it is natural for the young master to be responsible for this matter.
When Lin Ze arrived at the foot of Mount Li, he saw a group of people in official uniforms standing there, seemingly waiting for someone.
When Lin Ze's carriage approached, one of the leading officials shouted: "But the young master is in person?"
Hearing this, Lin Ze walked out of the carriage and said in a deep voice: "I am the new Shaofu Lin Ze, who are you?"
The leading official showed a hint of joy on his face and said, "It's really your lord, the young master. Your Majesty, Maruo, pays my respects."
Then a group of people worshiped in unison: "Xiaguan and others pay their respects to Mr. Shaofu."
Lin Ze suddenly realized that they were here to greet him. It seemed that they were the officials from the Young Mansion.
Lin Ze was not polite and pointed at the leader, Maro, and said, "Tell me the details of this place, such as how many of you came here, when did you arrive, and what did you do?"
Marlow didn't dare to be negligent and quickly replied: "Master Shaofu, this is a long story. Why don't we report it to you in detail while we are going up the mountain and lowering the official rank."
Lin Ze said "Hmm" and said, "Let's go then."
Marlowe hurriedly took a step forward and said to other subordinate officers: "Why don't you go ahead and lead the way for your lord?"
The other subordinate officers immediately responded: "I will obey the order of the young eunuch."
Lin Ze glanced at Maruo in surprise. He didn't expect that this man was the second-in-command of the Shaofu, the Young Supervisor of the Shaofu.
Since the Shaofu was in charge of mountains, forests, lands and engineering projects for the emperor, it was naturally a giant. In addition to the Shaofu Supervisor Lin Ze served as, there were also two deputies, the Shaofu Shao Supervisor, and the Eight Orders who were responsible for various duties.
Ma Luo carefully accompanied Lin Ze and said: "So that your lord can know that Xiaguan and others came to Lishan more than three months ago under the leadership of the new lord Shaofu. At that time, the late emperor had just died.
The Prime Minister ordered us to seize the time to repair the road up the mountain and repair the Lishan Mausoleum, so as not to delay the late emperor's gift."
"The Shaofu can be said to have come out in full force. All the subordinate officials of the Shaofu who stayed in Chang'an, except for the Eight Orders, including the lower officials and another young eunuch, are all here. It's just that today another young eunuch
Supervisor Feng Xing is unable to come over to greet you because he is dealing with matters on the mountain. I hope you will forgive me."
Lin Ze waved his hand and said: "Nothing. Since I have something important to do, I won't blame you if you come to greet me or not. I'm just curious, what else is going to be built at Lishan Mausoleum?"
Marlowe was almost stunned by Lin Ze's words. You are so dignified in love, but you don't even know what you are going to do when you come here?
However, the rank of official was overwhelming. Marlowe only dared to curse in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "The Lishan Mausoleum was originally built according to the style of the imperial mausoleum recorded in the classics. There is one main tomb and four auxiliary tombs.
, thirty-six small tombs.”
"Four years ago, the late emperor suddenly ordered that the ordinary imperial mausoleum was not worthy of his status and needed to be expanded into nine auxiliary tombs and eighty-one small tombs. The new pattern represents the number nine as the extreme, and ninety-nine as one.
The meaning of.”
Lin Ze nodded slightly and said, "So, there are still five auxiliary tombs and forty-five small tombs left?"
Marlow wiped the non-existent sweat, and Fang said cautiously: "No, four turns into nine, thirty-six turns into eighty-one. It seems simple. You only need to build an extra part to complete the task, but in fact it is a big secret. The four-seat auxiliary
The layout of the tomb and the nine auxiliary tombs are completely different, and they cannot be simply superimposed. Not only cannot they be superimposed, the original ones must be dismantled and re-arranged."
Lin Ze was speechless after hearing this. In the past, he had only heard of the tombs of princes and generals. The layout was very complicated, and he thought it was very unfair. Now he just wanted to complain, if you are already dead, why bother so much?
Lin Ze coughed lightly and asked a question he was more concerned about: "How is the progress now?"
Ma Luo glanced at Lin Ze's unhappy face and whispered back: "Except for the auxiliary tomb where the late emperor is buried, all other auxiliary tombs and small tombs have been demolished. At present, Feng Shaojian has started to arrange for people to rebuild.
As soon as the materials and labor are delivered, we can start work on a large scale immediately."
Lin Ze nodded in disbelief: "How are the preparations for building the imperial mausoleum now?"
At this time, Marlowe's tone became higher: "The preparation work is currently progressing relatively smoothly. A large amount of materials have been transported to the mountain, but there are still problems with labor."
"Four years ago, the late emperor ordered the construction of the Lishan Mausoleum again. With the support of hundreds of officials headed by the Prime Minister, laborers from all over the country were recruited in an endless stream. However, the corvee cycle occurred every three years, and these people should have finished their corvee service last year.
Life, those who are sent home, wait until new laborers arrive before starting work."
"But there were unforeseen circumstances. The late emperor collapsed for no reason. He was in urgent need of manpower to build roads, so he did not let them go back. Now that the late emperor's gift has been completed, these laborers have been decentralized in batches. Before new laborers arrive, we can only watch.
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Lin Ze frowned slightly after hearing this and said: "This is a problem. I will write to Prime Minister Li later and ask him to send the laborers as soon as possible. Otherwise, the construction of the imperial mausoleum will be delayed, which we cannot afford."
Maruo glanced at Lin Ze in surprise. Such an adult directly urged the prime minister to do something, but he didn't know whether it was because he was too reckless or because of his monstrous background.
While talking, Lin Ze had already arrived at the top of the mountain under the leadership of Ma Luo. At a glance, the main peak was covered with desolation due to the construction of Lishan Mausoleum. He couldn't help but sigh: "Li Si, you really found a good job for me."