Chapter 180: Liu She resigned
However, after Liu She finished explaining, the courtiers present finally had a certain understanding of the establishment plan and construction process of Yangling.
Then Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said: "How many prisoners are there in the people who built Yangling at this time? ”。
Hearing this, Liu She saluted and said: "Back to Your Majesty, as early as last year, when the Yang Mausoleum was built, 50,000 prisoners and 30,000 people were raised."
Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, nodded and said, "We must ensure the daily livelihood of the people recruited."
"No! Your Majesty's benevolence should be a model for the world", speaking of which, Liu She did not forget to pat the sycophants of Liu Qi, the son of heaven.
Then, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, and the ministers, under the guidance of Liu She, went to Yangling.
Standing on a high ground and looking down at the Yangling Tomb built by nearly 100,000 people not far away, this is also a spectacular scene.
As soon as he turned around, Liu Rong saw that at this time, there seemed to be something faintly floating in the direction of Yangling on Weishui, not far away.
Then Liu Rong couldn't help muttering to himself, "What is that?" ”。
Although Liu Rong said it quietly, Jia Yi, who was standing beside him, still heard it, and turned his head to look in the direction of Liu Rong's observation, but for a moment, Jia Yi smiled and said: "Your Highness doesn't know, it is a raft above Weishui, which is used to build Yangling and transport stones."
"Teacher Xie informed".
Jia Yi's words reminded Liu Rong of the ballad that described the construction of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, "Yunshi Ganquankou, Weishui dare not flow." Thousands of people sang, and 10,000 people sang praises. The remaining stones of Jinling are as big as a block."
The Mausoleum of the First Emperor used so many stones that they were loaded on rafts blocked the extremely wide water surface of Weishui at this time.
Of course, the scale of Yangling is larger than the imperial tombs of several emperors of the Han family before, but it is naturally still small and incomparable with the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
The Han family chose the site selection of the emperor's mausoleum park on the Xianyang Plateau is still very scientific, this era before the Western Dynasty, the power that can be used is manpower, the only power that can be borrowed is the power of nature, there are two big rivers on the Xianyang Plateau, Weishui and Jingshui pass through the confluence, the stone and wood used in the construction of the emperor's tomb can be transported to the emperor's tomb by flowing water. In this way, manpower can be greatly saved.
However, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, who was standing in front of him for a long time, suddenly asked: "Get along, but there is a list of heroes and powerhouses who want to move to Yanglingyi when the counties are in power."
The matter of the above audit is one of the most important national policies of the Han family, and it is natural that the prime minister must personally supervise it.
And where would Liu She have thought of why His Majesty would suddenly want this list at this time.
After a long time, he had to say a salute: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, your ...... At this time, the minister does not have the list of heroes and powers reviewed by the current year, and after returning to Chang'an, he will definitely play His Majesty."
"Then the prime minister can know how many wealthy families are there who want to move to Yanglingyi?"
"Minister...... The minister doesn't know", the Son of Heaven asked two questions in a row, as an assistant to the Son of Heaven, the prime minister who commanded the hundred officials did nothing, and Liu She at this time was eager to find a crack in the ground and get into it immediately..................
When Liu Qi, the son of heaven, was seriously ill and could not discuss politics in the court, he ordered Zhou Yafu to discuss with Chao Cuo and Liu She.
However, even if he saluted to Liu Qi, the son of heaven, he said: "The prime minister has a lot of opportunities, and he can't remember such a trivial matter, the minister has seen the plan and report in the prime minister's mansion, and he still remembers a little, and he can report it to His Majesty."
I saw that Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said lukewarmly: "Doctor Yushi said it bluntly."
"Your Majesty, the rich families who were going to move to Yangling in the last year were 612 households, 80 households in Hedong County, and 60 .................. in Nan County."
After a short time, Chao Cuo recounted all the people reported by the entire Han family's counties.
And Liu She, who was standing on the side, was angry at this time, and his wrong words were clearly mocking Liu She, who was the prime minister, for not knowing anything about political affairs.
Originally, after explaining the matter of Yangling to everyone in the Yangling Palace, Liu She finally found a trace of the feeling of being the most honorable official and prime minister of the Han family, but at this time all this was gone.
"Doctor Yu Shi has a heart."
Chao Cuo even saluted: "The minister should not be appreciated by His Majesty."
After that, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, asked again: "Can the prime minister know that the rich family with a lot of property wants to move into Yanglingyi?" ”。
The Son of Heaven asked, Liu She naturally knew about it, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, two million dollars at that time!" ”。
"Spread the edict to all the counties and countries in the world, starting this year, it will be reduced to 1.5 million yuan!"
"No!".
For the rich and powerful, the sons of heaven of the Han family in the past dynasties all hated it, and they were eager to destroy all the rich and powerful families in these fish and meat towns.
Especially after Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, received the report of Tingwei about the interrogation of Shentu Gong and Zhou Yangyouzhi, he was eager to issue an edict and kill all the merchants in Hedong County, Jia Haoqiang.
However, the national policy of ruling the world with Huang Lao's inaction established at the beginning of the Han dynasty was completely contrary to the will of the Son of Heaven.
The imperial court never interfered too much in the operation of local politics, and the local counties and princes were even more so, as long as they did not break the law, they would not interfere in anything.
At this time, not only salt, iron and other things were not officially owned, but even the right to start furnaces and make money was delegated to the localities.
Therefore, the wealthy merchants of the Han family naturally sprung up one after another and developed rapidly.
Emperor Gao Liu Bang accepted the suggestion of Liu Jing in Langzhong, and relocated more than 2,000 officials, wealthy and powerful people and their families in the Kanto region to Guanzhong in large numbers, and ordered them to serve next to Changling, and built Changling County near the cemetery for the migrants to live. In this way, the prelude to the Han family mausoleum system was opened.
By the time of Emperor Wen, in order to make the Lingyi system more perfect, under the auspices of Prime Minister Zhang Cang, a set of exceptionally perfect local audit methods was established. As long as it is a wealthy and wealthy household in each county of the Han family, it will eventually be audited by the upper calculation.
In the end, he had to leave his hometown and go to Guanzhong.
In the local area, some heroes are more beautiful than the county order and the Taishou, but once they come to Guanzhong, not to mention whether their fields and houses far away from their homeland can be saved. When he arrives in Guanzhong, he will change from a tiger and jackal with teeth and claws to a docile sheep.
After inspecting Yangling, when he was about to leave and return to Chang'an, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, said again: "I still have something to ask the prime minister."
Seeing that the Son of Heaven was about to ask a question, Liu She was naturally extremely nervous.
"Your Majesty, please."
"How was the Queen's Mausoleum built?".
Although the queen is to be buried with the Son of Heaven, the system of the Han family is that the Son of Heaven and the queen have the same mausoleum but are different, and the queen also has her own separate mausoleum.
Therefore, Emperor Wen will issue an edict to the Empress Dowager Bo to build the Southern Mausoleum, if it is not for the Han family to have this law, even if Emperor Wen is filial, I am afraid that it will not be able to violate the ancestral system and repair the tomb for Queen Bo.
And when Shen Tujia and Kaifeng Hou Taoqing were in harmony, the queen was not favored by His Majesty as she is now, but was annoyed by His Majesty.
When the two of them designed the Yangling Mausoleum with Shaofu Ling Zhang Gong, they naturally had to design the queen's mausoleum in advance, but after the report was submitted to the Son of Heaven, Liu Qidang, the son of heaven, even vetoed his report on the construction of the queen's mausoleum.
Until the Wu Chu rebellion was quelled and the construction of Yangling began, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, still did not mention the construction of the queen's mausoleum.
At the beginning, after knowing about this, Queen Bo washed her face with tears in the palace and cried for many days before she recovered.
In accordance with this arrangement, Liu She only built the mausoleum of the Son of Heaven and the mausoleum of the ministers next to Sima Dao in the Son of Heaven Cemetery.
But now he asked whether the queen's mausoleum had been built, which of course Liu She did not expect.
Although this was vetoed by the Son of Heaven at the beginning, could it be said that this was His Majesty's fault, how could the Son of Heaven make a mistake?
Solid on this, Liu She had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Back to Your Majesty, the Queen's Mausoleum has not yet been built at this time."
Hearing this, I saw that Liu Qidang, the Son of Heaven, was even furious and said: "I and the queen are husband and wife, how can we only build my mausoleum and not build the queen's mausoleum!" ”。
"Your Majesty forgive your sins! Your Majesty forgives the sin, this is the fault of the minister."
Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said no more, and turned around and left with a cold snort.
Only Liu She was left standing in place.
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Sitting on the carriage back to Chang'an, Prime Minister Liu She was lost in his soul, and today is really the most "unforgettable" day in his voice, and the shame is lost.
With a long sigh, he said: "What face do I have to be the prime minister of this Han family."
In this way, Liu She had an idea, and as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he asked the Son of Heaven to resign.
However, because of the many actions of the Son of Heaven during his travels here, the courtyard of the Bo family, which had been silent for many years, suddenly became lively.
From time to time, people will bring a lot of money to hand over worship stickers to visit them in their homes.
However, once he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, the marquis Bo Rongnu knew very well how his father Bo Zhao died back then, and he was not pampered and arrogant, and became a thorn in the side of the Son of Heaven.
If it weren't for the presence of Empress Dowager Bo back then, the title of the only Marquis of Ten Thousand Households of the Bo family would not be able to be kept.
For example, today Zi finally changed his opinion of Empress Bo, although Bo Rongnu and others don't know why His Majesty is like this.
But no matter what, this is a great thing for the entire Bo family, how could Bo Rongnu dare to pull Queen Bo's hind legs at this time and accept heavy money and gifts from others without permission.
If someone with a heart reports to the court the crime of a relative's dictatorship, if this hat is buckled, then everything will be over.
Because of this, after someone handed over the gift slip, as the person in charge of the Bo clan, Bo Rongnu immediately informed the rest of the Bo clan in Chang'an City that they must not accept gifts from others.
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And when it came to the day of the early dynasty, Prime Minister Taohou Liu She looked worried and entered the Xuanshu Hall with the rest of the courtiers.
After Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, sat down, the ministers saluted and said, "Meet Your Majesty!" ”。
"Excuse me".
"Thank you, Your Majesty".
After discussing a few things with the courtiers.
As the prime minister, Liu She, the marquis of Tao, walked to the palace and arched his hand towards the Son of Heaven and said: "The minister has something to play for Your Majesty."
"Oh? What's the matter with the Prime Minister? ”。
Liu She said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the minister has been suffering from a vicious illness recently, and I am afraid that he can no longer hold such an important position as the prime minister.
However, when he heard Liu She say that he was suffering from a serious disease, Liu Rong turned around and glanced at Liu She standing in the hall, who did not look seriously ill at all.
However, Liu Rong also understood that Liu She may have resigned because of the recent Yangling incident.
If the prime minister wants to resign, of course, he wants to find a high-sounding reason, otherwise let others know that the prime minister resigned for no reason, and think that the Son of Heaven has no virtue.
is sick, this should be a reasonable reason for Liu She to find a reason for himself to resign.