In fact, it was not just Huang Laosi's imagination. Not only was he curious, but the ministers were also curious.
It's not just one thing that Taowu Hall stands still in the storm. The main reason is that the "construction party" was banging and banging every day. This side was in the Shang Dynasty, and the other side was banging, so forget it. The rules that should be broken are almost broken. Shouting, lighting open fires, building brick kilns, the palace's formality is slowly falling away. Every day, the courtiers come to check in, and they don't feel solemn and solemn. It feels like there is a market going on next door. the illusion.
Under the leadership of Huang Laosi, the officials left the Yizheng Hall again and flocked to Taowu Hall.
The people from the Ministry of Industry walked at the front, whispering to each other.
Hong Haishang always inadvertently looked back at Chu Wensheng, who had his head lowered, and smiled sadly.
He can be 100% sure that the Taowu Palace was not built in accordance with the regulations, otherwise it would not be so "strong".
Palaces are like silk stockings. The more beautiful they are, the more empty they are, and the less resistant they are to disaster.
After the Emperor ascended the throne, he changed many rules, including in civil construction.
Building a house is very particular. The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, etc., what materials are used, what the interior looks like, and whether it is strong or not are secondary. The main thing is that it must comply with "metaphysics" and "luck", and everything in the world must be consistent. They are all divided into yin and yang and five elements, including work and materials.
When it came to repairing the palace, no matter how brave he was, Hiro Haishang did not dare to cut corners and cut corners, but his professional skills were actually not good enough.
Of course, people who are not good at business never think of themselves as outsiders. Hong Haishang thought that he, an "expert", didn't even understand it, let alone Chu Wensheng, a pure outsider.
Noticing the gloomy and pitiful look in Hong Haishang's eyes, Chu Wensheng just glanced at it slightly, as unmoving as an old monk.
But Liu Xun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, felt like he was mourning.
After working hard in the officialdom for so many years, Liu Xun knew very well that it didn't matter whether Taowu Palace violated the regulations. The emperor just found any reason. The new emperor wanted to establish the Ministry of Industry. It would be difficult for a minister, or even the lieutenants and chief ministers below, to leave the palace completely today.
Thinking of this, Liu Xun took a step behind, walked side by side with Chu Wensheng, and spoke quietly.
"Your Majesty will definitely question you today, Wu An, no matter what happens when you return to the palace later, and no matter how other ministers criticize you..."
Liu Xun sighed deeply: "Put it all on me."
Chu Wensheng's expression changed drastically: "Master Liu..."
"Don't make any noise. The Ministry of Works has reached this stage, and I can't escape the blame. Since it's already like this, I'm not afraid of taking more responsibility. There must be something wrong with the Taowu Hall your son built, and I can't blame it either. Just put it on your body and say...just say this drawing is from me..."
"No!" Chu Wensheng grabbed Liu Xun's sleeve and said with firm eyes, "Everyone is responsible for the work. Your Majesty will convict you, and your subordinates will bear the responsibility!"
"Confused, confused."
Liu Xun shook his head, said nothing, and quickly caught up with Huang Laosi again.
After walking for a while, everyone finally arrived in front of Taowu Hall.
As soon as we stopped, everyone, including Huang Laosi, realized that something was wrong.
Huang Laosi looked at his feet with confusion on his face: "This place seems to be..."
Looking back at the feet of the ministers behind him, Huang Laosi said uncertainly: "It seems to be a little higher?"
The ministers all looked at their feet and began to pretend to be experts, shaking their heads one by one. Words like maybe, like, should, maybe, and other such words popped up.
"Your Majesty!" Hiro Haishang's eyes lit up: "It's a bit high. There are violations. How can the side hall be raised higher? There are violations."
Huang Laosi nodded slightly.
If you don’t know anything else, this height is indeed like this. The side hall should not be higher than the main hall, especially the political hall.
This kind of thing can be big or small. If it's a big deal, it's disrespectful. If it's a small thing, it's negligent. It all depends on how Huang Laosi defines it in the end.
"Sun An."
"The old slave is here."
"When the Taowu Hall was being repaired, who supervised the work?"
"Chu Qing, the son of Lord Chu."
Huang Laosi said angrily: "I'm asking you who is supervising you in the palace."
The old eunuch was a little confused.
No one is supervising you, didn't you say so? Chu Qing was so excited.
"Uh..." The old eunuch had an idea: "The general on the right side of the East Palace will return the child to General Tong."
"Call."
"yes."
The old eunuch called a young eunuch, who ran to find Tong Gui.
Just as Huang Laosi was about to enter the palace to take a look, Guan Haishang, who was talking to a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry, shouted: "Your Majesty, it's so high. Taowu Hall is so high. It's obviously a side palace, but it's almost at the same level as the Yizheng Hall." , Violation of regulations, this is violation of regulations."
Huang Laosi frowned and looked at Chu Wensheng with an incomprehensible expression.
The emperor doesn't care whether the height of Taowu Palace violates the regulations, he only cares whether Chu Wensheng and Chu Qing did it on purpose.
If it is unintentional, it is harmless, but if it is intentional, he will be very angry.
Chu Wensheng didn't want to explain himself, because the emperor didn't like him anyway.
Lao Chu also saw that the emperor would definitely have surgery on the Ministry of Industry today, and his official robe should be taken off today.
But who would have thought that Wei Changfeng, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly spoke.
"Your Majesty, I think this is excusable."
The ministers were stunned. Why was Mr. Wei involved in the Ministry of Works affairs?
But after all, Lao Wei's reputation and status were there, so no one said anything.
Wei Changfeng said with a smile: "There is no accumulation of water around the Taowu Hall. If it had been lower, I'm afraid the rain would have already entered the hall."
Huang Laosi nodded slightly: "That's true."
Heng Haishang said quickly: "Master Wei, if you violate the rules, you will violate the rules. How can you..."
Before he finished speaking, a person stood up behind Wei Changfeng, it was Qiu Wanshan, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance.
Qiu Wanshan said coldly: "Sir, let's not mention that the matter of violating the regulations has not yet been finalized. Even so, is it possible that your Majesty's fifteen hundred coins were wasted in vain? Newly built palaces such as Qilin Palace and Nanxun Palace Why build Taowu Hall when the whole hall is flooded with rain water?"
Han Hai was still confused.
What does the affairs of our Ministry of Works have to do with your Ministry of Household Affairs? Why are you two standing up to say good things to Chu Wensheng?
For a moment, Hiroshi Shang didn't dare to hold on to this matter any longer.
He certainly couldn't afford to offend Wei Changfeng, not even Qiu Wanshan, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
It has to be said that Hong Haishang's choice was the right one, because almost as soon as Qiu Wanshan finished speaking, all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue agreed.
"Xiaoguan thinks it makes sense for Mr. Chu to build such a building. No matter how beautiful the palace is, the gold and jade cannot be lost outside..."
"Master Chu is worthy of being the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. This Taowu Palace is so solid that it has not been damaged by wind and rain..."
"Yes, yes, Master Chu, this palace is well repaired..."
Liu Xun was confused and subconsciously looked back at Chu Wensheng.
I can't figure out why everyone from the Ministry of Household Affairs put in a good word for Chu Wensheng?
He must not be able to figure it out, because he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, not the Ministry of Revenue.
If one day he was interested in arithmetic and went to the Ministry of Finance to take an arithmetic class, he would have figured it out.
Not only Liu Xun, Huang Laosi was also a little confused.
How come Chu Wensheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Works, is still so popular among the Ministry of Household Affairs?
