Jiang Yuanming picked up the teacup and prepared to drink tea. He looked at Liu Mingzhi in astonishment, obviously not believing what he had just heard.
"What?"
"I said, first transfer one million taels of silver from the treasury to build the accompanying tombs of my imperial mausoleum first. It is enough to build only one of them. It is not necessary to complete all the accompanying tombs."
Liu Mingzhi's words this time were calm, powerful and resounding, allowing Jiang Yuanming to hear them clearly.
Lao Jiang hurriedly put down the tea he brought to his lips and looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise. You must know that since Liu Mingzhi ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he rarely asked for major construction projects on his own body.
Every year, 60% of the money collected from various taxes in the national treasury is spent on the development and construction of officials in the three prefectures of Neifu, Xinfu and Beifu to manage people's livelihood.
In my memory, the only time Liu Mingzhi ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to carry out major construction projects was to repair the Fu'an Palace for the Empress Dowager Nangong Meng.
And this kind of spending is not because he is greedy for enjoyment, but to express his filial piety to his mother, Nangong Meng.
Liu Mingzhi unexpectedly asked him to transfer one hundred taels of silver from the treasury to build the imperial mausoleum for him today. For a while, Lao Jiang really couldn't recover.
In his own impression, Liu Mingzhi rarely interfered with the construction of his imperial mausoleum. The imperial mausoleum on the dragon vein in the suburbs could have the current scale. Liu Mingzhi, the emperor of the day, did not bother at all. It was all done by his own civil and military personnel.
The minister built it for Liu Mingzhi according to customization.
During this period, the construction project of the imperial mausoleum was suspended several times due to the lack of money in the treasury. After I and others reported it to Liu Mingzhi, he always let it go, and his words remained unchanged.
I am still young! As for the construction of the imperial mausoleum, it will be built if the national treasury has money. If there is no money, it will be put aside until the national treasury is full.
This was his attitude towards the construction of his imperial mausoleum.
Now he actually took the initiative to mention the construction of the imperial mausoleum, which really surprised Lao Jiang.
What Lao Jiang didn’t understand was why the Peiling Tomb was built first? And one million taels of silver were actually used to build the Peiling Tomb!
According to Dalong's customization, this mausoleum was prepared for the concubines who died after His Majesty or for the princes and ministers with outstanding achievements.
The former is because after the broken dragon stone of the main mausoleum falls, the concubines who died after the emperor can only be buried in the accompanying mausoleum. Of course, there are exceptions, that is, a concubine is so loved that the emperor's decree specifically orders a new concubine to succeed him.
You will reopen the Broken Dragon Stone in the future and bury the concubine's body in the main tomb.
The latter is the emperor's gratitude to the princes and ministers who have made great contributions to the court, and specially allows them to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after their death as a show of honor.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I dare to ask, are you wrong? Are you sure you are building a companion mausoleum and not the main mausoleum?"
Liu Mingzhi nodded calmly: "You heard me right, it is the companion mausoleum, not the main mausoleum. The project of the main mausoleum is too huge and there is no time. So let her live in the companion mausoleum for some time first.
When the main mausoleum is completed, the coffins will be moved."
“Gudu!”
Lao Jiang couldn't help but swallow his saliva after listening to Mr. Liu's somewhat quiet words.
Why do His Majesty's words sound so frightening?
What is going on? Who is she? Or is it him?
Will it be moved to the main tomb in the future?
So she must be a woman. After all, except for women, the main mausoleum of the imperial mausoleum will not bury the bodies of men in it.
Female identity?
Could it be that some empress is not lucky enough to have a bad life, but she is unfortunate enough to be in the prime of life... hiss...
Lao Jiang took a breath of cold air, raised his eyes and looked at Liu Mingzhi. Seeing the heavy look on Liu Mingzhi's face, he immediately understood that his guess was probably close to ten.
“Yes, I understand, veteran. May I ask how many days it will take for your majesty to completely complete the mausoleum that your majesty mentioned?”
“At all costs, the project must be completed within forty days.”
The construction must be completed within forty days? This shows that the mourning period is roughly thirty days, and it should be thirty-six days without a doubt!
This is a standard that only a noble concubine can enjoy!
Alas! I don’t know which imperial concubine died at such a young age? What a pity!
"I understand. If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will immediately set off to meet with the Ministry of Works and two colleagues from the Ministry of Rites to discuss the matter."
“The Ministry of Industry can do it, but the Ministry of Rites can forget it!”
“Huh? I didn’t ask the Ministry of Etiquette to discuss the funeral date...”
Liu Mingzhi's closed eyes opened slightly, and he stared at the astonished old Jiang: "Just do it like this."
Lao Jiang felt the simple and calm look in Liu Mingzhi's eyes. After dealing with Liu Mingzhi for so many years, he knew very well what Liu Mingzhi's look meant, and his heart twitched subconsciously.
“Yes, yes, I understand.”
Liu Mingzhi stood up silently and walked slowly and slowly out of the main hall.
"After discussing with the Ministry of Industry about the construction of the mausoleum, I went to the palace to find Xiao Chengzi during the court meeting, and asked him to transport some flashy things from the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then sold them in the name of Shifangsi.
Until the shortfall of one million taels of silver in the national treasury expenditure is made up."
"Old minister, I accept the order and respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."
Watching Liu Mingzhi's back go away, Lao Jiang raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
He had a strange intuition, and Liu Mingzhi seemed to be a little different.
“Steward, prepare official robes.”
“Yes! Master!”
In the Liu Mansion, Liu Song saw Young Master Liu returning to his home and happily greeted him.
“Master, you are back.”
“Well! Go get busy.”
"yes!"
Liu Song looked at Liu Mingzhi in astonishment as he walked towards the yard next door, scratched his head in confusion, turned around and hurried towards the front yard.
“Old man, where is my mother?”
Liu Zhi'an, who was holding a pot of wine and sipping slowly, looked at Young Master Liu who appeared inadvertently in front of him, and silently put down the wine glass in his hand: "It should be in the room, what's the matter? What do you want to see your mother for?
?"
"It's just a small matter, it has nothing to do with you. You can continue drinking. I'll go find my mother first."
“Okay! By the way, I think something’s not right about your face. Are you okay?”
"What can happen to me, young master? It's fine. Nothing happens. You can continue drinking."
Liu Zhi'an looked at Mr. Liu's leaving figure and smacked his lips.
"What's going on? Why does this bastard look like a dead lady?"
“Master.”
Liu Zhi'an looked at Liu Yuan who was parked in front of him and raised his eyebrows: "Huh? Why haven't you rested at this late hour?"
Liu Yuan leaned into Liu Zhi'an's ear and whispered quietly for a while, then stood up and stood aside to wait.
Liu Zhi'an narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced in the direction where Young Master Liu left with a sad expression.
"I see."
Liu Zhi'an filled the wine glass with wine and gently raised it towards the bright moonlight.
“Some people are timid and afraid of death, and some people regard death as home.
Some people break their promises, while others stick to their true intentions.
Some people are indifferent and have a cold nature; some people value affection and righteousness and are kind-hearted.
Some people talk about benevolence, justice and morality, but have many negative intentions; some people act in a romantic manner, but are sincere and affectionate.
Some people have everything going smoothly and regard the love between their children as child's play; some people have a rough life and regard love as their life.
This world is all fate!
Good woman, good daughter-in-law, father-in-law gives you a toast.
May you be reborn in a good family in the next life."
“Mother, have you rested?”
“Zhi’er? Mom is not asleep yet, come in.”
“Mom, what are you doing?”
“What can I do? Of course I’m making tiger-head shoes for my mother’s little grandson Chengrui.
His older brothers and sisters all had tiger-head shoes made by their mother when they were young, so it is natural that they cannot be missing when it is his turn."
Liu Mingzhi sat on the stool opposite Mrs. Liu and was silent for a while looking at the small and exquisite shoe pattern in Mrs. Liu's hand.
“Mother, I want to ask you for another bracelet for my daughter-in-law.”