I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 466 How about we also build the Old Summer Palace
The queen said indifferently,

"Why is Xiuyu Garden not a serious matter?"

As she said that, she pretended to be sobbing resentfully and said,
"The concubine wanders around in this harem every day. The scenery in the imperial city, the concubine can know where she is with her eyes closed."

"The concubine can't go out of the palace as often as His Majesty, and see the same scenery every day, there is nothing new, how can I not get bored every day!
If there is only one concubine in this harem, concubine Renren will pass away.

But the imperial palace is only so big. Apart from the concubines, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the harem. The imperial garden is also a place for them to relax on weekdays!

The concubine thinks this way, but also for the sake of everyone in the harem! "

Hearing what the queen said, Li Tian couldn't help but nodded, and suddenly felt that what she said seemed to make sense.

But he changed his mind and thought, "No, the Royal Garden was like this for many years before, and I didn't see her say anything, why did she suddenly bring up this issue today, there is something in the queen's words!
The garden was rebuilt for the people in the harem, and the people in the palace needed the garden to relax because they couldn't leave the palace. "

"Out of the palace?"

"I'm sorry, the empress is insinuating that she often runs outside the palace!"

After a long time, she used this method to complain to herself about going out of the palace to have private meetings with Zhang Qinghuan.

After thinking about it, Li Tian stared blankly at the smiling queen.

See what she means, she doesn't intend to give up her insistence on this matter easily.

From the Queen's eyes, Li Tian seemed to guess what she wanted to say next,
"Either give me money to build a garden, or stop running outside and let my old lady stay in the palace honestly!"

Li Tian can be regarded as riding a tiger. It is true that it does not cost much to build a garden, but the problem is not the garden at all.

This is related to Zhang Qinghuan and whether he can go out of the palace more often in the future.

This matter is easy to confuse the past, and it is enough to build a garden, but if the queen insists on this matter from now on, it will not be solved by one or two gardens.

Various countermeasures flashed through his mind, but in the end they were all rejected by Li Tian one by one.

Suddenly he thought of an interesting story about an emperor of the Qing Dynasty in later generations.

Speaking of this incident, it has a great relationship with the Yuanmingyuan, which is famous all over the world and is known as the garden of ten thousand gardens.

According to the living notes of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty handed down by later generations.

Since Emperor Yongzheng rebuilt the garden given to him by Kangxi, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty lived in this garden for one third of the year.

The most outrageous of them is Emperor Jiaqing, who basically spends more than half of the year in the garden.

Some people may say that he does not live in the palace because he is fatuous.

But this reason is unreasonable for Emperor Yongzheng, who is famous for his diligent administration.

If you count the Qianlong Emperor who is known as the perfect old man and pushed the Qing Dynasty to a peak, they all went to live in the Old Summer Palace from time to time, which is very interesting.

Since a dozen or so emperors of the Qing Dynasty had lived in the Old Summer Palace for a long time, this meant that the Old Summer Palace must have some special magical power that made them prefer to live there rather than the imperial palace.

Maybe some people will say that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were all Manchus, and they were not used to living in the palace built by people from the Central Plains.

It cannot be said that it is unreasonable.

But if you think about it carefully, this explanation is reasonable for one or two emperors, but if it is the same for a dozen emperors, this reason is untenable.

However, Li Tian believed that the reason why these Ming emperors chose to live in the Yuanmingyuan instead of the imperial palace was not because they were not used to living in the Forbidden City.

But because they live in Yuanmingyuan, they don't need to abide by the red tape of the royal family every day.

Coupled with the world-leading scenery of the Old Summer Palace, they can relax more, which is the main reason why they choose to live in the garden.

These behaviors of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty seemed out of courtesy, but they fit Li Tian's state of mind very well at this time.

He is also not used to the red tape of the palace, and he also likes to relax and enjoy.

Since the emperor of the Qing Dynasty could build his own comfort zone, why couldn't he also build one.

Before, he had no money in his hands, and the government was not very stable, so he didn't think about it at all. Now that he was reminded by the Queen's words, he was enlightened.

So he took the queen's hand, seemingly not very serious, but said to the queen with certainty,

"The imperial garden is only a certain size. Even if it is rebuilt, the scenery will be turned over and over again. Sooner or later, people will get tired of looking at it. Since it needs to be repaired, we might as well build a bigger one."

After hearing Li Tian's words, the queen was dumbfounded.

Her original intention was to use this incident as an excuse to persuade Li Tian not to let him often play outside the palace.

She never imagined that Li Tian agreed immediately, and it was even more exaggerated than she thought. How much would it cost to build a bigger and more luxurious garden?

If Li Tian was attacked by the courtiers because of building a garden, then his guilt would be huge.

So she hurried to explain,
"Your Majesty, the concubine was only joking just now, the concubine's original intention was..."

Li Tianyi grasped her trembling little hand and said,

"Ling'er, you don't need to say anything, how can I not understand your feelings, I have been a little bit cold for you these days.

But don't worry, when the garden is built, I will take all of you there.

In this way, you don't have to stay in a constant garden every day in a daze. When I'm not around, you can still have someone to talk to with you! "

When the queen heard this, she became even more flustered. Before she could say anything, Li Tian continued,
"I have thought about the place, so I will find a place in Xishan. This garden will either not be repaired, or it will be the best garden in the world. It is estimated that it will not cost much in the early stage, so let's make do with it. Let's start with 500 million taels. gone."

Hearing the figure of 500 million taels, the queen was almost so shocked that she couldn't breathe.

She said almost tremblingly,
"Think twice, Your Majesty. To build a garden will cost us two or three years of Ming Dynasty's tax money. If the ministers find out about this, they will point at His Majesty's backbone and make irresponsible remarks!"

Li Tian rolled his eyes and said unwillingly,

"I got this money by accident. You can use it however you want. Who dares to make irresponsible remarks!"

The queen was completely stunned.

"It's over, it's over, this is really a big disaster."

(End of this chapter)