Xue Fengxiang went out of the work in great pain and said, "I'm here!"

Xue Fengxiang knew in his heart that the water seepage in Yongling must be a big deal, but this board would definitely hit him. Although it would not be a fatal blow, it was unlikely to pass the test easily.

The problem is that the Yongling, which had already started construction in the fifteenth year of Jiajing, was selected as the auxiliary minister Zhang Cong, the Ministry of War member Luo Yongqing and others. The final confirmed was the descendants of the famous Fengshui masters Yang Yunsong, Zeng Wendi, and Liao Sanchuan in Jiangxi.

Even the name of Yangcuiling was changed because Emperor Shizong Jiajing thought the original name of Shibadaoling was not nice and issued an edict.

The people in charge of the construction of Yongling were Guo Xun, Duke of Yi and Li Shi, the assistant minister.

Among these two people, Li Shi also died in the 17th year of Jiajing, and Guo Xun also issued an imperial edict in the 20th year of Jiajing and was deemed to be sentenced to death.

As for the craftsmen who built Yongling, there were even more than ten thousand people. Where can I find these people now?

Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting high on the dragon chaise, snorted coldly: "What is the situation in Yongling? Who presided over the construction back then? Who participated in the site selection? Why did water seep suddenly?"

After Emperor Chongzhen asked coldly, Wen Tiren bowed directly and said, "I will tell you, whether you are the host or the builder, you have already worked in ancient times during the Jiajing period. The information of craftsmen and others is now lost.

Only now, when we discuss how to deal with the aftermath, as for holding the matter accountable, why not wait until the matter is settled before discussing it?”

Xue Fengxiang glanced at Wen Tiren with gratitude - it was so interesting that he could reach out to pull his brother!

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen snorted again before speaking: "What about Wen Aiqing's opinion?"

Wen Tiren bowed and said, "I will tell you that only the current plan is now, there are two ways to choose from.

First, it is to repair Yongling to prevent similar problems from arise in the future. Second, it is to move the tomb and choose another Feng Shui treasure land."

Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly and turned his eyes to Xiang Fengxiang: "What do you think of Xue Aiqing?"

After quietly looking at Emperor Chongzhen, Xue Fengxiang bowed and said, "I think the selection of tombs should be the best.

At present, the Feng Shui of Yangcuiling has been broken and is not suitable for being a place for Yongling. Repairing it is only a symptom treatment. It is better to move the tomb as the best."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up from the dragon throne with a bang, paced back and forth for a few steps before he angrily said: "The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites jointly chose a Fengshui treasure land for Emperor Shizong to reopen the ling. The original Yongling will be abandoned. Retreat the court!"

After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen waved his sleeves and turned back to the harem, leaving the entire court ministers staring there.

This matter is really weird. The good Yongling actually said that it would seep water? There were no signs before this?

After returning to the cabinet, Xue Fengxiang came over and bowed to Wen Tiren and said, "Thank you, Master Wen for helping me today, I am grateful to you!"

Wen Tiren said with a smile: "You and I are the officials in the same court, which is what we mean by ourselves. Why should Lord Xue be so polite?"

Xue Fengxiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "The water seepage in Yongling is a big deal. If Your Majesty's board is knocked down, the subordinate will be the first to be affected. I am afraid that it will not be known to retire because of this."

Wen Tiren looked like a kind old man, and still said with a smile: "If your Majesty does not express anything, he will be afraid of laughing for the people of the world.

Lord Xue was ordered to preside over the relocation of the tomb. The burden on him was quite heavy."

Xue Fengxiang nodded, and a smile that was even worse than crying appeared on his face, and said with a wry smile: "Xiaoguan turned around and organized a man to investigate the tomb."

After saying that, Xue Fengxiang was about to say goodbye to Wen Tiren, but Wen Tiren suddenly said, "By the way, I asked a presumptuously. I wonder what Lord Xue thinks about the funeral objects involved in the Yongling relocation of the tomb?"

An old fox like Wen Tiren is absolutely impossible to suddenly talk about the issue of Yongling burial objects. As long as you open your mouth, there will definitely be some problems.

After considering it, Xue Fengxiang tentatively said: "The official plans to organize a man to investigate the tomb first, and then count the burial objects in it before burying it."

Wen Tiren shouted: "I'm confused! What a noble identity of Emperor Shizong? How can these funeral objects be buried with you for the second time?"

Xue Fengxiang said: "What does Lord Wen mean?"

After taking a sip of tea, Wen Tiren said lightly: "It's not what I mean, but what you, Xue Gongmen."

When Xue Fengxiang heard this, he fell into deep thought.

The incident of Yongling's water seepage was strange from top to bottom, but no one dared to say it.

Have you ever had such a destructive thing as water seepage in the imperial tombs in history? It should have happened. There have been so many emperors buried in history, but who knows if there are any water seepage?

But can Yongling be the same? It has only been 73 years since the burial of Emperor Shizong to the present, and it has been water seeping now?

Do you really think that those who choose tombs for the emperor make a living? Do you really think that the construction standards of imperial tombs are the same as building houses in the people’s homes?

Sanhe soil, bricks, institutions, and various technologies are not only the top ones at that time, but I guess there is no other one who dares to be so luxurious.

Such awesome technology built the imperial tomb actually showed signs of water seepage, which made the emperor furious and had to move it?

No matter how you look at it, it feels weird.

When Wen Tiren proposed the funeral objects from Yongling again, Xue Fengxiang immediately felt that he had grabbed something.

With a flash of inspiration, Xue Fengxiang blurted out and said, "Yongle Ceremony!"

The compilation began in the third year of Yongle, mobilizing more than 3,000 civil officials, and involved more than 20,000 old scholars. The Yongle Ceremony was not completed until the seventh year of Yongle!

Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty liked the "Yongle Encyclopedia" very much and often carried it with him to read it. Everyone knows this.

However, in the 36th year of Jiajing, a fire broke out in the palace and all three halls were burned. As the fire spread, even the "Yongle Encyclopedia" in the Wenlou was in danger of being burned!

In order to prevent this situation from happening again, in the 41st year of Jiajing, Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty appointed Gao Gong, Qu Jingchun, Zhang Juzheng and others to re-record the "Yongle Encyclopedia".

In order to re-record the ceremony, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites presided over the "Qu Ming Examination" and selected 109 good writers to copy it. The inner government allocated painters, calenders, papermakers, etc., Xixinsi, Guanglu Temple and Hanlin Academy were also responsible for the supply of charcoal, wine and rice and monthly rice respectively.

The copywriters who re-recorded the "Yongle Encyclopedia" were required to copy three pages per day. This re-recording took six years, and it was not completed in a hurry in the first year of Longqing of Muzong.

The problem is that according to this speed, the "Yongle Encyclopedia" should not have been copied!

The original Yongle Ceremony is about 550,000 pages, and theoretically it should be a complete copy.

But in fact, these 109 good writers still have time to rest, sick leave, etc., which may have caused the Jiajing copy of the "Yongle Encyclopedia" not to be completely copied.

According to rumors in the world, the original "Yongle Encyclopedia" has been buried with Emperor Shizong!

A few days ago, Emperor Chongzhen happened to tell him and others that he would print more copies of most of the collections of books including the "Yongle Encyclopedia" in the imperial history!

Then a water seepage incident occurred in Yongling, which took only one tenth of a day!

After these things were connected together, cold sweat began to appear on Xue Fengxiang's forehead - it was terrifying to think about it carefully!

Having known so many things, will the factory guards be silenced?

In shock, Xue Fengxiang didn't care about any dignity and begged Wen Tiren directly: "Sir, the Chief Supporter, save me!"

Wen Tiren comforted his wrist and said, "Mr. Xue doesn't have to do this. The taboo is that even Your Majesty knows it clearly. Otherwise, what's the difficulty of sending the factory guards to Yongling to get the ceremony?

Now, taking advantage of the opportunity of Yongling's water seepage, I believe His Majesty can explain it."

There is no one else in the cabinet now, so Wen Tiren simply said a few more words: "Mr. Xue only needs to do the errands with peace of mind, so don't worry, how much work has Eunuch Wei done? Isn't he safely recuperating now?"

When Xue Fengxiang heard Wen Tiren mention Wei Zhongxian, he felt relieved after hearing that Xue Fengxiang was holding a little.

When it comes to the blame and infamy, the so-called eunuch party members are far inferior to Wei Zhongxian and Eunuch Wei. That person is the master who has been nine thousand years old!

After calming down, Xue Fengxiang bowed to Wen Tiren and said, "I thank you for your advice. I would like to follow the leader of the Pavilion Master in the future, and I will never be able to do anything."

Wen Tiren still had the smiley expression: "You and I will work together for the emperor, how can we distinguish each other?"

Xue Fengxiang thanked him again and said, "The Lord will say goodbye first."

After saying goodbye to Wen Tiren from the cabinet, Xue Fengxiang went to find Meng Shaoyu, intending to find the Minister of Rites to study how to move to the tomb.

Meng Shaoyu waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat, then poured a cup of tea for Xue Fengxiang and smiled and said, "Meng has been waiting for a long time."

Xue Fengxiang forced a smile and said, "Mr. Meng is waiting for me to move to the tomb?"

Meng Shaoyu laughed and said: "Meng has discussed it with his colleagues from the Ministry of Rites just now. April 18 is a good time. It is better to break the ground, move the graves and sacrifice."

Xue Fengxiang bowed and thanked him before he thought about it: "Are you too anxious?"

Meng Shaoyu said meaningfully: "The water seepage of the imperial tomb is very important. If the water seeps into Xuan Palace for a long time, I am afraid that you and I will not be able to explain it to Your Majesty.

What's more, Meng admired the Yongle Ceremony for a long time, so he just took this opportunity to watch it?"

Xue Fengxiang suddenly laughed, bowed to Meng Shaoyu, then stood up and said, "Since that's the case, then Xue will go back and prepare and break the ground in three days."

After saying goodbye in a hurry, Xue Fengxiang went straight to the Ministry of Works.

Others have much less work, but they are the Minister of Works, the Minister of Works, have a hard life.

How big or small is the matter of Qianling? There are countless twists and turns inside.

For example, when will the grave be dug through the ground, when will the new grave be built, how should the coffin be stored, when will it be buried again, etc.

There are too many tangled things that are entangled with the Ministry of Rites, so I have to consider more.

I really don’t know whether it is worth it or not to dig the tomb of Emperor Shizong for a Yongle Ceremony. Even if I want to see what the real Yongle Ceremony looks like.

...

This is a big show, from directors to actors, performing it with all their best efforts.

Emperor Chongzhen thought he was doing well, but he never thought that the officials below had seen through some of them.

However, it is time to cooperate with the emperor's performance, and the officials below are working hard to ensure that the drama can end perfectly.

The two yamen of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works, plus the officials of the Shaofu, were like crazy, and they were very imposing to dig the Tianshou Mountain three feet to find another place suitable for the reconstruction of Yongling.

In just a few days, Xinling selected a site, and then began to break ground to start building the Xinyongling.

The original Yongling began to break the tomb after cumbersome rituals such as offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors on April 18th.

Even Emperor Chongzhen hid in the quiet room and fasted for three days, expressing his repentance and thoughts about his unfilial behavior - even digging the tomb of his ancestors, it can be said that he was extremely unfilial.

But Emperor Chongzhen never regretted it.
To be continued...