Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 373
The foundation of Longshouyuan Palace has already been laid. It is only the theme construction, and the materials have already been prepared, but the manpower has not been enough. Now Chang'an has come to the end of the renovation, and a large number of craftsmen have been mobilized.

The palace is growing at a daily visible rate, and it uses a lot of steel structures, plus glass, and the shape rises very quickly. As for the interior, it also uses bricks, stones, and cement. Everything is based on atmosphere. As for the gorgeousness, it is wood. to increase.

All kinds of exquisite furniture are made of precious wood, fur sofas and seats can be seen everywhere, and bronze wares, gold and silver decorations, animal bones and feather decorations made of scraped from various countries are also used in the side halls, which are full of exotic customs. .

The underfloor heating laid by copper pipes makes the palaces on the mountain warm like spring at any time. Exotic flowers and plants, strange rocks and trees, corals from the South Seas, and emeralds from the Pyu Kingdom are presented in various shapes. Beautiful under the light.

The outside of the wall is full of beautiful wall tiles, which are smooth and delicate. The inside of the wall uses a large number of mirrors, so that you can see yourself in all directions, making the space appear larger, and the decorations become elegant and beautiful under the reflection.

In the new urban area at the foot of Longshouyuan Mountain, a huge playground was quickly established, with nearly a thousand different and identical amusement facilities, covering an area of ​​[-] mu, which can ensure that thousands of people can visit at the same time without being too crowded.

In the zoo and botanical garden next door, all kinds of animals and plants are being brought in from all over the place. Although it has not been fully finished, it can still be visited.

On the side of the new urban area, a new station has been built, three roads, a concrete road for pedestrian carriages, a pure stone railway, and a pure stone driveway. Now there is only one for Li Shimin and his wife, which can be regarded as their exclusive use. , There will be more cars in the future, and everyone can use them.

As for why the stone is used, it is also convenient for maintenance. The tracked vehicle does not have such a strong road for it to be crushed. The stone is the most convenient, and it is broken and piled up.

The train is to facilitate travel from the new city to the old city. The station in Chang'an City is built in a corner outside the city. The city wall is opened to a gate, which is specially provided for drivers and pedestrians to enter and exit. For nearly twenty miles, a copper plate can sit on one side. once.

Without a major war, Li Shimin spent more energy on internal affairs. He didn't know what he thought. He thought that Li Chengqian had studied for many years and had enough knowledge, so he was asked to go to Yueyang to take charge of the government for a period of three years. , to see how capable he is.

At the same time, Li Tian and Fang Yiai were arranged as guards, Du He, Li Chongyi, Changsun Huan, Changsun Jun, (Changsun Wuji's second and third child) Gao Xing, Gao Zhixing, (Gao Shilian's eldest child) Wei Staff, go to govern Yuezhou.

At that time, Yuezhou was sparsely populated, and it was famous all over the world because of Junshan, an island in Dongting Lake. "Historical Records: The Chronicle of Qin Shihuang" records: In the 219th year of Shihuang ([-] BC), he visited Hengyue in the south. Forgive the second concubine of Xiangshan God, so the ocher tree burned the mountain.

The second concubine of the mountain god here refers to the second concubine of Emperor Shun (Ehuang Nvying). Legend has it that after Emperor Shun ruled for 39 years, he visited the Yangtze River and unfortunately died in the field of Cangwu and was buried on Jiuyi Mountain.When the two wives heard the bad news, they went to the south together to look for King Shun.The two daughters were on the edge of the Xiangjiang River, looking at Jiuyi Mountain and weeping in pain. Their tears swayed on their bamboos, and the bamboos were stained with tears, and became the "mottled bamboo" in the south. "Mottled bamboo" is also called Xiangfei bamboo.When Shun died, Ehuangnvying was so distraught that she jumped into the turbulent Xiangjiang River and turned into the goddess of Xiangjiang, known as Xiangjun (Shun), Xiangfei or Mrs. Xiang.

The people of Chu mourned and renamed Dongting Mountain Junshan, built a tomb for them on the mountain, and built a temple to offer sacrifices. Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" chapters "Xiang Jun" and "Xiang Furen" recorded this matter.

It is also said that Junshan is the place where Lao Tzu Li Er retired to practice alchemy, so it is called Junshan.

Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty and respected Lao Tzu as his ancestor. One of the purposes of Li Shimin asking Li Chengqian to come to Yuezhou was to build a temple for Lao Tzu in Junshan for sacrifice.

The second purpose is that the flooding of Yunmengze is becoming more and more serious. Every summer and autumn rainy season, the entire Yunmengze is nearly [-] miles away (the size at this time) and the surrounding counties are often threatened by floods.

Li Chengqian came to clean up the river and control the flood.

Li Shimin allowed him to find someone to give advice, and the supplies were allocated by him, but the entourage was the young people arranged, if he still wanted to help, he could only be young people, and the older generation was not allowed to help.

Li Chengqian summoned the staff of the East Palace and discussed for several days, but to no avail. Later, his eldest grandson reminded him that he remembered Feng Daiwen who was still busy outside the city, so he came to ask for advice overnight.

"The flood in Yunmengze is mainly due to the sand rushing down from the upper reaches and lifting the bottom of the lake, while the downstream has limited flood discharge capacity!" Feng Daiwen said while looking at the map. He thought that the reclamation of the lake had already started and will continue to future generations, which is to use the uplift The land on the lake was transformed into fields, which further squeezed the lake.

"Brother-in-law is very good. He explained the reason clearly at once. Others only talk about widening the downstream river, but they don't talk about the effect. At most, they only treat the symptoms and not the root cause." Li Chengqian applauded happily with high fives.

"I wonder if my brother-in-law has a solution?" Then Li Chengqian asked again.

"The prince is wise, he can see the facts clearly!" Feng Daiwen nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile.

For Li Chengqian, it can be seen that the expansion of the downstream is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. Feng Daiwen thinks that it is very rare and valuable. Most people have a solution but can't implement it immediately. There will be consideration of the future impact.

"As for the method, if you want to control it completely, you must consider many aspects. The prince may remember that the year before last, the emperor decreed that trees on both sides of the Yellow River should not be felled. Violators will be severely punished, and many coolies will be arranged to plant trees and relocate nearby people. Quite a lot." Feng Daiwen didn't directly say how to do it, but asked.

Li Chengqian recalled and said: "I remember this. An official from the Water Conservancy Supervision of the Ministry of Industry reported that after three years of treatment, the Yellow River is no longer as silty as it used to be. Brother-in-law wants me to follow the example of the Yellow River?"

"Yes, this must be done. Whether it is the Yellow River or the Yangtze River Basin, we must pay attention to soil erosion, plant a lot of trees, and relocate people. This is why in recent years, people who have been relocated to the border and newly occupied areas are all along the Yellow River. reason.

And the Yangtze River must also be carried out in this way in order to cure the root cause. Otherwise, no matter how the river is built, it is only for the present, and relocating people and planting trees is a century-old plan that will benefit thousands of years. "Feng Daiwen pointed to the map and explained, and used a sand table to simulate soil erosion, and the effect was intuitive and clear.

"Brother-in-law has a long-term vision, Cheng Qian admires it, I will write a letter to the emperor, and proceed here, and then maintain the upstream and downstream river channels, what do you think? But there are other ways to proceed together." After watching the sand table simulation, Li Chengqian thought again For a moment, he looked at Feng Daiwen with admiration and said

(End of this chapter)