Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 976 Solemn
There are actually many imperial mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty, the Yingling Mausoleum in Fengyang, the central capital, the Xiaoling Mausoleum in Jinling, the southern capital, and the Xianling Mausoleum in Zhongxiang, the Xingdu capital, are all called imperial mausoleums.

However, the place with the most imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty is located at Tianshou Mountain at the southern foot of Yanshan Mountain. There are ten imperial tombs here.

This day was not a big festival, and Taichang didn't come to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum, but he came all the time, so it was really unreasonable not to visit the imperial mausoleum.

He had no choice but to take a group of court officials around Tianshou Mountain, personally burned some money paper joss sticks, and visited the ancestors.

To be honest, the scale of this imperial mausoleum is really large. The sacred road alone is more than ten miles long. The mausoleums of each emperor are even more towering, and the halls are everywhere, which is extremely spectacular.

The bluestone avenue, white marble sculptures, green pines and verdant cypresses, etc. are all over the entire imperial tomb area. This is only the area above the ground, and the underground palace below is even larger.

The sum of these imperial tombs is probably bigger than the imperial city, and I don't know how much money was spent to build them.

Silently, Taichang led a group of important court officials around the imperial tomb area for more than two hours, and then led them back to the imperial tomb station, boarded a special train, and rushed to the place where Ming Zhonglie's bones were buried.

It was much more convenient to have a train now, and it took them less than an hour to travel nearly a hundred miles from the capital to the imperial mausoleum.

And it took them less than half an hour to travel nearly [-] miles from the imperial mausoleum to the place where the loyal bones of the Ming Dynasty were buried.

Taichang started to get serious as soon as he got off the train.

He looked at the crude platform, and immediately frowned and said, "Why is there not even a station lobby here, where the families of the soldiers rest when they come to worship?

During the Ching Ming season, there is basically a drizzle, and there is not even a station lobby. Isn't it letting the families of the soldiers get wet? "

Bi Maokang quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it's time for major construction, and there are too many materials brought in. If the station lobby is to be built, there will be no place for the building materials to be placed, and it will be inconvenient to carry.

Therefore, Weichen wanted to build the station lobby after the Jundu Mountain was almost built together. "

Taichang looked around at the mountains of building materials such as stone, wood, and reinforced concrete, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, I blamed you wrongly, it is indeed not suitable to build the station lobby at this moment.

However, after the cemetery of Jundu Mountain is completed, a larger station lobby must be built. How many soldiers and princes and dignitaries are buried in the mountain, this hall must be able to accommodate how many family members. "

Uh, how big does this station lobby have to be?
All right, your majesty, you have the final say.

Bi Maokang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then led everyone to the cemetery.

The road here looks much more beautiful than that of the imperial mausoleum.

Because there is cement now, the roadbed can be completely filled, and the road surface is made of machine-processed marble, which is not only uniform, but also has exquisite patterns. The road surface with a width of more than ten feet looks really spectacular.

It didn't take long for everyone to follow the marble-built avenue to the entrance of the valley.

It is even more spectacular here. A huge stone nearly two feet high stands beside the entrance, with five bright red characters engraved on it: "Jundushan Cemetery".

Next to it is a line of inscriptions in small characters, respectfully mentioned by Xu Guangqi, the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet.

Immediately afterwards, a three-foot-high archway stood in the middle of the intersection.

The horizontal batch is: Daming Zhonglie.

On the left is: eternal life.

On the right is: the name lasts through the ages.

The inscription is: Bi Maokang, Minister of the Second Auxiliary Ministry of the Cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, mentions it respectfully.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help nodding his head in appreciation and said: "Well, yes, Zixian and Menghou, this place where the great Ming's loyalists are buried must have this style."

The archway used to be the road of God.

There are either dragons and phoenixes or legendary sacred beast sculptures on both sides of the sacred road on the imperial mausoleum, but here are all war horses.

Two rows of neat white marble war horse sculptures extend for more than ten miles, which looks quite spectacular.

Taichang couldn't help nodding his head in appreciation again: "Well, this sculpture of a war horse is pretty good, who thought of it?"

Bi Maokang said in embarrassment: "This is a last resort, because your majesty has set a time limit of more than one month for Duke Zhong to be buried here. If you order a different sculpture, it will definitely be too late.

Weichen ordered people to check it out, and there happened to be a big workshop among the people who bought some machine-assisted processing. They said that if they can be made into a unified standard, hundreds of them can be carved in a day.

Weichen felt that the soldiers were not all proud of the shroud of horse leather, so he asked them all to carve them into white horses. "

It turned out to be machine-assisted processing, no wonder it looks exactly the same.

Taichang nodded slightly, and led the crowd to continue walking forward.

Unexpectedly, there was a burst of crying in a valley next to the Shinto, and there were faint fireworks coming out of it.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help frowning: "What's going on?"

Nan Juyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is the family members of the soldiers who died in the Juniper Army on the West Road in the Battle of Saerhu, who are paying their respects.

Forgive me, your majesty, what you said was to send the ashes of soldiers who died overseas to be buried in the mainland of Ming Dynasty. However, many people in the army tried their best to plead with me when they heard the news. The remains of the soldiers who fought in the war were brought out and transported here for burial.

Especially the families of the soldiers, weeping bitterly and grieving.

Weichen had no choice but to send someone to look for them near Sarhu. Back then, the army on the West Road left their names in the tombs, so weichen ordered people to bring out the remains of the soldiers and bring them here for burial. . "

The battle of Saarhu was a battle that almost wiped out the elite of Ming Dynasty.

No wonder Nan Juyi was a little reluctant to mention it, it was simply a shame to Daming!

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "How many bones are there from the original soldiers?"

Nan Juyi couldn't bear it and said: "Well, in the past when we were fighting, people would dig graves and bury them on the spot and leave their names when they were free. If they were not free, or they were defeated, they were basically a Mass burial pits, where all the fallen soldiers are buried and it's over.

There were [-] to [-] soldiers killed in the West Road Army, and less than [-] left their names. We didn't even find the bones of the commander-in-chief Jun Jun, Wang Xuan, and Zhao Menglin. "

This is too little!
Taichang looked up at the sky, stretched out his hand to feel the temperature, and then said decisively: "Immediately notify the two capitals of Ming Dynasty, the thirteen provinces and all overseas provinces, and all subordinate countries. Those who are taken out and buried here can apply to search near Saarhu.

The Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty is responsible for free pick-up and search for food during the period. If it is found, it will be transported here for burial, and a pension of 100 taels will be issued to the family members. "

This!
Nan Juyi couldn't help being surprised and said: "Your Majesty, I dare you, the number of our soldiers killed in the Battle of Sarhu may be more than [-], and most of them are buried in mass graves, it is impossible to tell who is who! "

Taichang said without hesitation: "If you can confirm it, engrave your name on the tombstone. If you can't confirm it, the Ministry of War will organize all the people to come out and transport it here for burial. All the tombstones will be engraved with the loyalty of the Ming Dynasty.

Also, no matter how many soldiers were killed in battle, as long as the verification is true and they were indeed killed in the Battle of Sarhu, the Ministry of War will issue 100 taels of pension to the families of the soldiers.

Regardless of success or failure in that battle, the soldiers all sacrificed their lives for the country. They are all loyal to the Ming Dynasty. We cannot let the soldiers shed blood and tears. "

Hearing this, Nan Juyi quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand, I would like to thank the emperor for his kindness on behalf of the families of the soldiers."

But Bi Maokang carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, if all the soldiers who died in the Sarhu War were brought here for burial, there might not be enough space for this place."

What is this.

Taichang said without hesitation: "If there is not enough here, continue to expand to the east, if there is not enough to the east, then expand to the north, even if the entire Yanshan Mountain becomes the burial place of the loyal soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

There is nothing wrong with the place, the problem is that it costs too much.

Bi Maokang carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, if it is built according to the regulations of the imperial mausoleum, I am afraid that several hundred million taels will not be enough!"

Taichang said without hesitation: "A few hundred million taels is not enough, then a billion taels is not enough, and a billion taels is not enough, then a few billion taels are not enough. I will pay for this money!"

My god, is this too crazy, Your Majesty?
Xu Guangqi couldn't help reminding: "Your Majesty, in this way, the inner treasury may not be able to withstand it no matter how rich it is."

You don't understand, I am stimulating economic development.

Taichang thought about it, and then explained in detail: "Zixian, no matter how much money I keep, it doesn't make much sense, and the money in the internal treasury has to be spent to be meaningful.

Think about it, what is the use of keeping more than a billion taels or even billions of taels of gold and silver?
Do you watch it every day, and let future generations watch it every day?
What else can this gold and silver be used for except to watch?
If I spend it, it will be different, and the common people will become rich because of it. When they are rich, they can buy more things, everyone will have a lot of business to do, and the court will have more tax revenue.

This is called true prosperity.

Of course, this money cannot be spent indiscriminately, it must be meaningful.

It can be said that the prosperity of Ming Dynasty was bought by the soldiers with their blood and lives. We should let the fallen soldiers bury their bones in a place of loyalty.

By doing this, we can also gather the morale of the army and let the soldiers know that even if they die in battle, I and the Ming court will never forget them. "

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "The emperor is wise."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said to Nan Juyi and Bi Maokang: "What you said first is also reasonable. In the past few years, I really can't spend money recklessly, because we still have a decisive battle with the European Union. I must Just save some money.

How about this, temporarily set a quota of [-] million taels a year, let's discuss it carefully, and transport the remains of the soldiers back for burial in batches.

After five years at the most, you will be free to do it. By then, [-] million taels a year or even a billion taels will be no problem.

Also, you have to look at the purchase of this material, you can't just buy from a few companies, you should try to spread it out as much as possible, so that all the merchants in the two capitals and the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty are all covered, so that it is conducive to development.

It would be bad if all the money was earned by a few people.

If I meet someone who really likes to keep gold and silver at home, wouldn't my money be wasted? "

Bi Maokang and Nan Juyi hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "I understand."

Next, under the guidance of Bi Maokang, Taichang came to the mausoleum of Liu Shuochuan, the Duke of Zhong.

There are also archways, gate towers, and mausoleum halls here, but the scale is not as large as that of the imperial mausoleum.

Moreover, none of the mausoleums here have underground palaces.

The mausoleums here are all dug a deep pit, reinforced with cement around it, and then repaired with steps, which is quite convenient for burial.

Taichang took a closer look, then nodded slightly and said: "Well, yes, at least the outside looks like what a national tomb should look like.

How about it, did Duke Zhong's family members take it over? "

Nan Juyi hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have already taken it over. Right now, Mr. Zhong and his family are waiting in Wubei City."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "When will Duke Zhong arrive?"

Zou Weilian, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, quickly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Zhong has already arrived in Beitaiping City. Sun Chuanting and Lord Sun transported him back with the Flying Dragon battleship. It is estimated that he will arrive in seven or eight days."

(End of this chapter)