Jiang Yuanming picked up the tea cup and was about to drink tea. He looked at Liu Mingzhi in astonishment, obviously not believing that he had just heard the words.
"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 that was brought to his mouth and looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise. You must know that Liu Mingzhi rarely asked for major construction projects on his own since he ascended the throne and became emperor.
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 expenditure is not because he is greedy for enjoyment, but to express his filial piety to his mother, Nangong Meng.
Today, for the first time, Liu Mingzhi asked him to transfer one hundred taels of silver from the treasury to build the imperial mausoleum for him. For a moment, 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 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! The construction of the imperial mausoleum will be built if the treasury has money. If there is no money, it will be put on hold until the treasury is full.
This was his attitude towards the construction of his imperial tomb.
Now he actually took the initiative to mention the construction of the imperial mausoleum, which really surprised Lao Jiang.
But what Lao Jiang doesn’t understand is why the accompanying mausoleum was built first? And one million taels of silver were actually used to build the mausoleum!
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 dragon-breaking stone of the main mausoleum fell, the concubines who died after the emperor could only be buried in the accompanying mausoleum. Of course, there are exceptions, that is, a certain concubine was so loved that the emperor ordered the new emperor to reopen the Broken Dragon Stone in the future and bury the concubine's body in the main mausoleum.
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 with the imperial mausoleum after their death to show their kindness.
"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 it right, it's the companion mausoleum, not the main mausoleum. The project of the main mausoleum is too huge, and there is no time. So let's make her live in the companion mausoleum for a few days.
After the main mausoleum is completed, the coffins will be moved. "
"Gudu!"
After listening to Young Master Liu's somewhat quiet words, Lao Jiang couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Why do your Majesty's words sound so frightening?
what is happening? who is she? Or is it him?
Will it be moved to the main tomb later?
In this case, 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 was lucky enough to have a bad life, but she was unfortunate enough to be in her prime years... hiss...
Lao Jiang took a breath of cold air and raised his eyes to look 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?"
"No matter what the cost, it must be completed within forty days."
Must be completed within forty days? This shows that the mourning period for Jin Ling is roughly more than thirty days, which must be the thirty-sixth day!
This is a specification that only a royal concubine can enjoy!
well! I don’t know which imperial concubine died at such a young age? such a pity!
"Old minister, I understand. If His Majesty has no other instructions, I will leave immediately 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!"
"Ah? If you don'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 out of the main hall.
"After discussing with the Ministry of Industry about the construction of the accompanying 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 take your orders and 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 that 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."
"Yeah! 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 do with your mother? ?"
"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 see something isn't right about your face. Are you okay?"
"What can happen to this young master? It's okay. It's nothing. Just keep drinking."
Liu Zhi'an looked at Young Master 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 stopping 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 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 picked up the pot, filled the wine glass in his hand with wine, and gently raised it towards the bright moonlight.
“Some people are timid and afraid of death, while some people regard death as home.
Some people are treacherous, while others stick to their true intentions.
Some people are unkind and have a cold nature; some people value love and righteousness and are kind-hearted.
Some people talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but they have many negative intentions; some people act in a romantic manner, but they are sincere and sincere.
Some people have smooth sailing and regard their children's love 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 your next life. "
"Mom, 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 brothers and sisters all had tiger-head shoes made by their mother when they were young, so it was natural for him to have the same shoes when it was his turn. "
Liu Mingzhi sat on the stool opposite Mrs. Liu and was silent for a while looking at the small and exquisite shoes in Mrs. Liu's hand.
"Mother, I want to ask for another bracelet from you for my daughter-in-law."
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