Although I also understand that this son is so conceited, he still has his own pride. But my mother still felt very uncomfortable. What does he think of this government? He sent a group of ignorant ministers and mobilized all the nobles in the court. In his eyes, they were just playing with the old man? Even if the old man's ability is no longer worth mentioning in his eyes, doing so is no longer filial but an insult. No matter how bad the old man is, he will still be your king for more than twenty years. The talent is not high because the talent is not high.
But no matter whether he is his husband, the father of his son, or the former king of a country, he should not be subjected to such insult. After understanding the meaning of Huang Qiong's words, the mother's expression darkened. He said with a somewhat cold tone: "He is your father, and he is the king of a country who has been the king for more than twenty years. It is true that he is not as capable as you, but it is not like you, a son, who can be so insulted. Qiong'er You have changed so much that even a mother like me can’t recognize you."
"No matter how bad he is, he has been the king for twenty years. Although his talent is not high, the emperor's mental skills are much better than yours. With your little thoughts, do you really think he can't see it at all? You sent those empty shells Zixungui, and a large group of sixth- and seventh-grade officials from Qingshui Yamen. Even King Yong didn't come forward. Are you playing with him, or are you warning him in disguise? Or are you slapping him in the face? Don't forget, He is your father and my husband. How can you humiliate your father like this and still be so complacent?"
Huang Qiong was stunned by her mother's cold tone and the dissatisfaction in her tone. Before, he really just wanted Fu Yuanshan and a few people to accompany the old man for fun. While giving the old man a step down, he also made the old man happy in disguise. As for more, I really haven’t thought about it. The idea of insulting the old man had never occurred to him. Now his mother's words made him break out in a cold sweat. Looking at it now, those actions of mine were really insulting.
He asked the whole court, who had no honors except for a title, plus a group of sesame petty officials from Qingshui Yamen, to attend the grand meeting held by the old man. He sent people in front of him to make the old man happy. But in the eyes of others, it feels like a slap in the face of the old man. No matter how old the former lion king is, even if he has left the group, he is still the extremely honorable lion king he once was. When faced with a group of dogs coming to deal with the situation, the Lion King's dignity will be insulted.
Huang Qiong finally figured this out when she faced her mother's sharp-sword gaze. She said somewhat guiltily: "Mother, the son really doesn't have that idea. The son really doesn't mean to insult his father. No matter what he says, he is his son's father. Even if he doesn't look at other aspects, just because of his mother On the other hand, my son would not do such an unfilial thing. At that time, my son really just wanted his old man to be happy. What’s more, my son also understood that he was also doing his best for his son at that time.”
Regarding Huang Qiong's defense, her mother said nothing. He just looked at Huang Qiong with a sharp sword-like gaze for a long time, until Huang Qiong was frightened by the sight, and then said: "It doesn't matter if it's true or false. You know some things, and I understand them too. You are now a human being." As the king of a country, all the political affairs are firmly in your hands. No one else can control what you do, let alone interfere. Even I, the mother who raised you single-handedly, am now a grown-up child.
"I just hope that you can take care of yourself and not make the same mistakes as Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. You have to be worthy of heaven, and you have to be worthy of the people, and you have to shoulder your responsibilities. Your father is here, and you and I still have to do it. Can maintain the bond of mother. If your father is gone, our bond of mother and son will also be broken. As for whether you are filial or unfilial, it all depends on your own thoughts. But I hope that what happened this time will not happen again. . If you have any dissatisfaction, you can raise it and don’t treat him like this again."
What else could Huang Qiong say about the stern warning in her mother's words? If there is one person in this world who truly scares him, there is no other person besides his mother. Facing her mother's sharp look, Huang Qiong could only nod. At the same time, Huang Qiong also told her mother the things she promised to the old man. Moreover, he repeatedly assured that he had ordered people to demolish the over-standard buildings in the Guilin Prince's Mansion and the Guilin Prince's Mausoleum, and to transport the materials as soon as possible.
Although these materials are old materials, they are all top-quality materials. Especially the nanmu in it is even better than the nanmu used in Emperor Taizong's Changling Mausoleum. As soon as these materials arrived, he immediately asked the Ministry of Industry to hurry up and complete the construction of the old man's mausoleum. When these things are completed, this can be regarded as the old man's last wish. Of course, Huang Qiong only dared to say that the wood used was second-hand. He didn't dare to say anything else. He was afraid that his mother would find out and whip him.
Because Huang Qiong planned to prepare and purchase all the materials for the old man's mausoleum. For the rest, old materials from the Guilin County Prince's Mansion can be used. Even the stone statues are prepared to be moved from the Guilin County Prince's Mansion. It's not that he is unfilial, but that leaving those materials in Jingjiang Mansion clearly went too far. Let’s just say that the stone statues in the tombs of the last two county princes are at the level of emperors. Moreover, because those materials occupy convenient trade, there is a wider range of choices.
To a certain extent, it is even more exquisite and gorgeous than the materials used in the tombs of emperors in Gong County. Even many materials, at first glance, are not produced in this dynasty. Especially those nanmu trees are somewhat different from those produced in the two rivers of this dynasty. Not only is it older, but it is also much stronger. As for the rosewood, I'm afraid that even if I spend all my money, I won't be able to get that much high-quality rosewood for at least three to five years. The tombs of Guilin princes in the past dynasties and the underground palace themselves will definitely not be moved.
But those buildings that are overgrown on the ground are bound to be demolished and replaced with smaller ones. And if those materials are just thrown away, they will be wasted. Rather than abandoning the near and seeking the far away, it is better to reuse the waste. Although he had agreed to continue the construction of the old man's mausoleum, Huang Qiong had a headache every time he saw the bills submitted by the Ministry of Works. Even he knew that there was a lot of moisture in it. But even if the water is squeezed to the minimum, the remaining cost is still huge. It's not that Huang Qiong is stingy, it's just that it's really unbearable at the moment.
If all newly purchased new materials are used, it will not only cost a lot of money, but also take a long time. According to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the completion of the old man's mausoleum would cost more than 200,000 yuan in nanmu alone. This also includes stones and other factors. Now the old man is in a hurry again, and if all those nanmu trees are made of newly cut wood, it will take another three years. You know, when the old man was in power, he started building the mausoleum, and it took five years just to prepare the materials.
Moreover, the materials already prepared were less than half of what was needed for the entire project. Among them, the nanmu is located in the deep mountains and old forests of the two rivers. Not only is it difficult and costly to harvest, but also the court lacks financial resources. Not counting the ten thousand year auspicious board prepared for the old man and the outer coffin, the entire nanmu material is not available. Thirty percent. In order to save financial resources and speed up progress. The Ministry of Industry even reported at one time that the original nanmu on the Long'en Hall and Minglou Hall was replaced with pine or paulownia wood produced on Henan Road.
Or simply imitate the Xiaoling Mausoleum and adopt a stone structure to save time and cost. However, when considering the stone frame structure, the cost is higher than using all nanmu. If all were replaced with pine wood, Huang Qiong was worried that the old man would not be able to accept it. In the end, before the rebellion was completely suppressed, Huang Qiong decided to complete other buildings such as the underground palace, Baoding, square city, and Shinto first. As for the Hall of En'en and all other buildings that require nanmu, we have to wait for a while. Even though he had promised the old man before, Huang Qiong still stopped temporarily.
Huang Qiong originally thought that the emperor and empress of this dynasty only used nanmu for their coffins. As for the coffin, it is still similar to the previous dynasties, and stone coffins are always used. After all, the stone coffin is stronger and the sources of materials are more extensive. But after attending the Queen's funeral, he realized that the Queen's coffins were all made of expensive nanmu. Even the concubines' coffins were made of either nanmu or fine pine wood according to grade. As for the stone coffin that was commonly used in all dynasties, no one among the emperors of this dynasty used it.
And because golden nanmu is not only rare, but also has extremely high requirements for the wood it harvests, the process of making the coffin is also quite complicated. Especially the long drying process is extremely time-consuming. Therefore, in this dynasty, when the emperor ascends the throne, the Imperial Affairs Department of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will start preparing nanmu coffins for the emperor and empress. In addition to the emperor and empress, there are also a few spares. In preparation for the emperor to use it to reward important ministers and some concubines with higher status. Or for the empress dowager and the empress dowagers.
It had not been a month since Huang Qiong took the throne, and the fighting was getting intense ahead. After Situ Huanshuang was sealed, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs worked together to prepare coffins for Huang Qiong and Situ Huanshuang, as well as Duan Jin and He Yao, who were high enough to use nanmu coffins. At the same time, the nanmu coffin that had been prepared by the Ministry of Industry's Imperial Affairs Department needed to be added because Huang Qiong had gifted the He family one pair. And I would like to ask if I can add a few more payments so that I can use them to reward people in the future?
In this dynasty, in addition to being buried with the emperor's mausoleum, it was always a high honor to be rewarded with a nanmu coffin by the emperor after his death. Of course, the specifications of this nanmu coffin, which was used to reward important officials, were incomparable with those of the emperor and empress. The Royal Department of the Ministry of Industry keeps more than ten pays ready all year round to reward important ministers. Concubine De's father had been looking forward to being rewarded with a nanmu coffin. But neither when the old man was in power nor Huang Qiong Bingzheng spat. I heard that Concubine De had a big fight with the old man because of this incident.
Later, there were posthumous titles and the cancellation of the treatment of being buried in the imperial mausoleum, until the concubine De's natal family completely lost power. In fact, many smart people in the court, including Concubine De's old father, wrote several times to beg for a nanmu coffin, but the old man never nodded in agreement. He had already begun to understand that the old man, a veteran of three dynasties, had begun to dislike the emperor, and he slowly became alienated. This shows the influence that being rewarded with a nanmu coffin had on important officials in the court. In addition to preparing for Huang Qiong and his wife in advance.
The Ministry of Industry also proposed that preparations should begin now to build the nanmu for Huang Qiong's mausoleum. Even Huang Qiong's current auspicious place has no shadow at all. He was only in his twenties, and when he was in the prime of life, these woods had to be prepared in advance. The Ministry of Industry has good reasons. This is the ancestral system established during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. After the emperor of this dynasty ascends the throne, he must choose the location of his mausoleum within three years. You don’t have to build it yet, but the location must be chosen. Second, starting from the first year, the wood for the emperor's coffin must be prepared.
Although the first one may not always be possible. At least Emperor Lizong was not in a hurry to choose a place. The old man's first few years after taking the throne were a stage of decoration, and he had no right or opportunity to choose a lucky place for himself. The second article, except for the few years when the old man first took the throne, was strictly implemented by all the emperors of Qi Dynasty.
