Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 468: Moved to Huiling Order!

"I know whether Zhongmou has talent or not. I have sent a letter to summon you from Wujun, which shows that I have a new respect for you."

Compared to Sun Quan who was nervous, Liu Bei said with emotion.

If you want to have a son, you hope he will be like Sun Zhongmou. Sun Jian actually had two capable sons.

In addition, Cao Mengde and Sima Zhongda were both good at raising sons.

But this time, let them all work hard for the Han Dynasty and strive to be loyal subjects of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei glanced at Sun Quan in front of him and thought to himself.

Then he waved his hand and asked them to go back to work. He ordered the officials of the Secretariat to write official documents and send them to Guanzhong and Jingzhou, asking the two places to be responsible for quelling the rebellion in Shu.

Considering that the power of the Hebei nobles was still considerable, Liu Bei thought for a moment and immediately came up with a countermeasure.

Then he asked the long-bearded official beside him, "How is the repair of Luoyang Palace going?"

"Your Majesty, the many palaces in the South Palace and the North Palace have been repaired. The fire prevention measures for the Front Palace and the Cloud Terrace, as well as the Lingtai outside the city, have been taken by the craftsmen in multiple layers to isolate the spread of the fire to the greatest extent possible."

Hearing the emperor's question, the official with a long beard immediately bowed and answered.

There were also different departments within the Zhongshutai that handled government affairs, which was equivalent to another set of six small ministries. He was in charge of the documents of the Gongcao. All the construction matters reported from the Shangshutai or various states and counties had to be classified by the Gongcao.

In addition, he was also responsible for reminding the emperor and urging the Secretariat to deliver the latest official documents.

Hearing this, Liu Bei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Gongda has worked hard these years. He has been building palaces for the Han family in Luoyang and rebuilding a capital on the ruins."

Dong Zhuo moved west to Chang'an and burned Luoyang to ashes. Even the precious books, household registers, antiques, and various ancient bamboo slips from the Zhou Dynasty collected in Yuntai were all burned to ashes.

In addition, the Lingtai, which was used to observe celestial phenomena and climate outside the city, and the Houfeng seismograph made by Zhang Heng in the first year of Yangjia, were all destroyed in the fire.

This undoubtedly made the curious Liu Bei sigh. He had not seen a real seismometer and did not know what its effect was. The Zhang family of Nanyang also did not leave any record of Zhang Heng making the instrument.

Liu Bei felt sorry for the destruction of various books in the war, so when compiling the Records of the Han Dynasty, he asked the chief priests and doctors to select the best chapters, and had the common people craftsmen carve the words on a stele, which was placed in the new Yuntai Palace as a backup of the Records of the Han Dynasty.

The compilation of Han Ji began in the first year of Jianxing. After the country was stabilized, the team involved in the compilation reached more than a thousand people.

There are now 679 volumes, covering all matters since the birth of writing in the world.

Going back to ancient times, in addition to records in books, we also need to have physical objects as supporting evidence.

All of a sudden, clans all over the world took out their family heritage, various pottery fragments, and missing utensils, and sent them to Luoyang by horse-drawn carriages.

This left Lu Zhi, Zhang Jian, Zhao Qi and others completely at a loss as they could not understand the text or patterns on it, and had no idea how to translate or write it.

Because some people took advantage of the situation and forged ancient characters themselves, making the screening task doubly difficult.

When Liu Bei learned about this, he ordered them to simply sift through the text to determine whether it was true or false, then open another scroll and record the text as it was.

In order to prevent the Han Dynasty records from being lost, the emperor asked clansmen who donated their precious books to copy dozens of volumes. Even when he rewarded ministers, he would give them books to copy.

Liu Bei knew very well that if the "Han Ji" was not allowed to be passed down to future generations, the manpower and financial resources would be wasted. "By the way, how is the preparation for the construction of Huiling going?" the emperor asked again.

"Don't delay the people's farming. Don't dig too deep. To prevent the soil from collapsing, you can use an arch as support and put huge trees underneath. Use underground canals for drainage."

Liu Bei added another sentence.

After all, this was the first time that the Han Dynasty chose a mountain as its mausoleum. If something went wrong, they would have to choose a new location to build the emperor's mausoleum.

"Your Majesty, Guanzhong has already recruited 2,000 craftsmen and laborers. According to your Majesty's wishes, we can start repairing the mausoleum after the spring plowing."

The long-bearded official wiped the sweat from his forehead without leaving a trace and continued speaking with a bow.

After much deliberation, the emperor decided to follow the example of the previous Han Dynasty and stay in Zhongguan to build the mausoleum. After all, he was carrying on Gaozu's work and revitalizing the Han Dynasty.

Perhaps it was also to get rid of the influence left over from the former Han Dynasty that the emperor was not used as a role model for Confucianism again.

He did not want to create rituals and music like Emperor Xiaozhang, and did not dream of creating Han rituals so that he could become both a secular emperor and a Confucian emperor.

But if a mountain is used as a mausoleum, the previous method of building the mausoleum with rammed earth can no longer be used. It is also necessary to study how to dig the earth and build the mausoleum, which is a headache for those in charge of the construction.

There are very few places near Chang'an where mountains can be used as mausoleums, and the nearest one is Mount Li. At that time, Minister Xun, along with officials from the Ministry of Works, personally rode in a carriage from Yunyang Palace to Mount Li. However, there were too many rocks in the area, and it took a long time to select a mausoleum site before submitting a letter to the emperor for a decision.

There is also a Qin Mausoleum at the foot of Mount Li. Fortunately, Huiling is located on the mountainside, overlooking the Qin Mausoleum and there is no need to look up at it. Otherwise, we have to go north of the Wei River to find the hills.

The long-bearded official couldn't help but become distracted when he thought of this.

"Go back and get busy." Liu Bei returned to his seat, picked up his pen and prepared to write the edict himself. He caught a glimpse of the Chief of Works still standing there, so he smiled and said softly.

"I obey your majesty's orders!" Realizing that he had been distracted for a few seconds, the official's palms began to sweat and he quickly bowed and took his leave.

After all the clerks from the Secretariat had left, the entire palace fell silent. Only Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were guarding on both sides with their armored soldiers, remained silent.

Liu Bei held the pen in the air for a while, then made up his mind and wrote down the order - Move to Huiling Order.

"Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there have always been bandits rising up and disturbing the border areas. Whenever the roadside corpses are seen everywhere, the Han Dynasty has declined, the imperial system has fallen, and the ancestral temples have been destroyed. However, there are no clans with titles and honors, and no meritorious officials to build walls and trees for the Han mausoleums, so they are shaken and destroyed."

"The Ji and Zhou dynasties were inferior to the barbarians, and no one was born noble in the world. Each family followed the Emperor Gaozu and rose to prominence, relying on the will of heaven to gain wealth and honor. Now the Han Dynasty has nurtured scholars for more than 400 years, hoping to use them in one day."

"The imperial edict has been issued. We should obey it with all our heart and hope that everyone will obey it and make contributions. All the families whose names are listed in the files should be relocated to Henan and Guanzhong to protect the mausoleum. No one should refuse to obey."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bei wrote another edict, in which he explained in detail that the court would provide money and land to the clans that migrated to various places to compensate for the losses of the Wan surname.

For the clans on the list, after the family migration is completed, if there are descendants of the clan who participate in the imperial examinations, they can skip the provincial examinations and move on to the county examinations. This is considered a preferential treatment given by the Han family to loyal and filial people.

Putting down his pen, Liu Bei looked at the edict he had written and could not help but sigh slightly. Once this edict was issued, the world would be in turmoil again...

However, in order to prevent the nobles and powerful families from becoming more powerful in the local area, they had no choice but to move away.

(End of this chapter)