Chapter 178: Moving the Imperial Tomb
The carriage galloped all the way, although Li Zhang kept urging the coachman to speed up, but after all, the imperial village was still a day's journey from Tokyo City, and the horses of the carriage could not run all the time, and when they arrived at the post station at night, they had to let the horses rest for one night, and maybe even replace the horses, otherwise the horses would be scrapped.
In desperation, Li Zhang could only rest at the post station for one night, but Lei Yungong was a serious offender in the imperial court, and even if he hurried overnight, he had to be sent to the capital, so Li Zhang arrived in Tokyo City one day later than Lei Yungong, and after he arrived in the capital, he did not go home, and went directly to the palace to see Zhao Zhen.
"Cousin, why did you come back, but you came back just in time, Lei Yungong was arrested!" Sure enough, when Zhao Zhen saw Li Zhang, he immediately told him the good news with an excited face, and it seemed that he had long wished that Lei Yungong was unlucky.
"I have already met Lei Yungong who was arrested on the road, but I am very curious, didn't he go to supervise the repair of the Emperor's Mausoleum, why was he suddenly arrested?" There is already martial law on the Imperial Tomb, so Li Zhang estimates that the news has also been blocked, and ordinary people will definitely not know, but Zhao Zhen should know.
"Cousin, you really asked you right, not only Lei Yungong was arrested this time, but even Ding Wei may be unlucky, because Ding Wei is the mountain envoy responsible for building the imperial tomb!" I saw Zhao Zhen smile at this time, and then he told the reason why Lei Yungong was arrested.
Speaking of Lei Yungong's arrest this time, he also asked for himself, some time ago, in order to collect money, he took the initiative to go to Ding Wei and asked to supervise the construction of the imperial mausoleum, originally Ding Wei was responsible for the construction of the imperial mausoleum, of course, Ding Wei, as the prime minister, must not be able to personally take charge of the imperial mausoleum, so he handed over this matter to another great eunuch Zhang Jingzong to supervise the construction of the imperial mausoleum, but Lei Yungong was red-eyed and had to take this matter on himself.
Ding Wei actually wanted Lei Yungong to help him consolidate the power in his hands, and it was best to put Liu E in the air in a short period of time, so he naturally refused to agree to let Lei Yungong leave at this critical moment.
Lei Yungong saw that Ding Wei disagreed, but he was indignant in his heart, because he saw that now that Ding Wei became the prime minister, the family was also full of guests, and the people who gave gifts outside the gate were lined up in a long line, but he couldn't get anything, which made him feel very annoyed, so he finally ran to beg Liu E, hoping to supervise the construction of the imperial mausoleum.
Liu E was already a big headache about Ding Wei's desire to seize power, especially many eunuchs in the palace were Ding Wei's people, the leader of which was Lei Yungong, and now Lei Yungong took the initiative to go to repair the imperial mausoleum, which was simply unbegging for her, so she immediately ordered Lei Yungong to be transferred to the imperial mausoleum, and when Ding Wei knew about it, it was too late.
Originally, Lei Yungong supervised the construction of the imperial mausoleum just for a name, and he didn't have to worry about it at all, naturally there were professional officials such as the Ministry of Industry to do it, and he just needed to make money with peace of mind, but the bad thing was that Lei Yungong was so smart that he felt that he was in the name of a eunuch, if he just followed the steps planned by other officials, the final credit was all those officials, and he couldn't show his ability at all.
At this time, there was an official named Xing Zhonghe, Si Tianjian was originally a Qingshui Yamen, usually responsible for astronomy, calendars and other things, and the emperor died, the location of the imperial tomb also had to use them, the location of the imperial tomb had been determined, but Xing Zhonghe had a different opinion, he thought that the imperial tomb should move forward a hundred steps, because this direction is suitable for descendants, so that the Zhao royal family can have more sons and grandchildren.
Speaking of Zhao Heng, it is very difficult for him to have children in his life, if the location of the imperial tomb can really make the royal descendants prosperous, it is also a great achievement, so Lei Yungong, who is obsessed with ghosts, actually agreed with Xing Zhonghe's opinion.
Of course, Lei Yungong couldn't do it himself, so he first asked Liu E for instructions, but Liu E said that she had no opinion, and asked Lei Yungong to discuss with Ding Wei, but Ding Wei was resolutely opposed, because Ding Wei knew that changing the location of the imperial tomb was not beneficial, but if it was changed, it would be a heinous crime.
However, Lei Yungong had been blinded by lard at this time, and it was estimated that he didn't want to listen to Ding Wei's arrangement everywhere, so after he had a big quarrel with Ding Wei, he actually ran to Liu E and said that Ding Wei had agreed, but Liu E also nodded, so the position of the imperial tomb moved forward a hundred steps.
However, what Lei Yungong never expected was that the gap of a hundred steps made him fall from heaven to hell at once, because after moving the location of the imperial tomb, tens of thousands of people began to excavate but not long after the construction started, they found that there were boulders everywhere under this location, and there was groundwater coming out.
After all, the ancients believed in feng shui, and water under the mausoleum was a bad omen, plus there were too many stones, and it was impossible to start construction at all, but Zhao Heng's burial date was seven months later, in other words, the imperial mausoleum must be completed within seven months, but now it can't be completed at all, and then where do you let the emperor's dragon body be buried?
Delaying the construction period of the imperial mausoleum and changing the location of the imperial mausoleum without authorization, no matter which of these two is a capital crime, so when Liu E got the problem with the imperial mausoleum, he immediately sent someone to arrest Lei Yungong back and blocked the imperial mausoleum, after all, it is not a glorious thing to repair the imperial mausoleum.
"That's the way it is, now it's just Lei Yungong who was arrested, but Ding Wei is the envoy of the mountain tomb, and he was originally responsible for the affairs of the imperial tomb, and now that there is such a big thing in the imperial tomb, he will definitely not be able to escape the responsibility, maybe the eldest lady will use this incident to dispose of Ding Wei!" Zhao Zhen finally concluded again that when Ding Wei was mentioned, he also had undisguised disgust.
"Not necessarily, even if Lei Yungong pleads guilty and surrenders to the law, but Ding said that now that the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, I am afraid it will not be so easy to fall!" After Li Zhang heard the whole story, he pondered for a long time before he spoke.
"Cousin, do you think this matter can't be defeated?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Li Zhang's words, he had long admired Li Zhang's vision, because as long as Li Zhang's words were said, almost nothing could be fulfilled.
"It's not that Ding Wei can't be defeated, it's just that I'm worried that Ding Wei is now powerful, and most of the people in the court are his henchmen, especially after Young Master Li was forced to leave, no one dares to oppose him, if Ding Wei insists that this matter is just a decision made by Lei Yungong privately, then the eldest lady is really difficult to deal with him." Li Zhang said with a frown at this time.
In fact, Li Zhang also knew that Ding Wei was brought down because he was implicated by Lei Yungong, but he didn't know much about this matter, and he didn't know who made a big deal out of it, anyway, with his current understanding of the court, I am afraid it will be very difficult to bring down Ding Wei through this matter.
"Then what should I do, if I miss this good opportunity, then Ding Wei will really have no one to control it!" Zhao Zhen also said with an anxious expression when he heard this.
"Don't worry too much, didn't I say it earlier, everything has a big lady, and Lei Yungong said before that he wanted to change the location of the imperial tomb, and the big lady immediately agreed, I always feel a little tired of it." Li Zhang comforted Zhao Zhen with a smile at this time.
"Cousin, what do you mean, could it be that Lei Yungong fell into the trap of the eldest lady?" Zhao Zhen was stunned again when he heard this, then turned his head to look left and right, and then asked in a low voice.
"I don't know if it's a trap, but the location of the imperial tomb is not a trivial matter, the surrounding area of the imperial tomb must have been carefully explored, and the imperial tomb is a hundred steps forward is a mess of rocks and groundwater, maybe the eldest lady has already known, but she is just happy to push the boat." Li Zhang spoke again at the moment, and even he suspected that Xing Zhonghe was also the person arranged by Liu E, only in this way would it make more sense, otherwise how could Lei Yungong think of moving the imperial tomb so coincidentally, and also moved to a stone ground?
"If it's true, then the big lady is really amazing!" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but shout excitedly when he heard this. Li Zhang smiled calmly when he saw him, Zhao Zhen is now happy that Liu E has powerful methods, but if Liu E uses these methods on him in the future, I don't know if he will be happy?
After inquiring about Lei Yungong's news, Li Zhang asked about Zhao Zhen's recent situation again, and then immediately got up to say goodbye, because he still wanted to go to Jinshan to see how their family was doing?
After leaving the palace, Li Zhang immediately took a carriage to the south of the city, Jinshan's family lived near Xingguo Temple, not far from Li Zhang's house, said that it was not close, and it was not close to Jinshan several times before inviting Li Zhang to his home, but Li Zhang was unable to go because he was really not available, but he didn't expect this first time to go in this case.
When the carriage came to the gate of Jinshan's house, Li Zhang also saw through the window that there were two officials guarding the door, and there were people from the Jin family in the door, but they couldn't get out of the door, which made him feel a sinking in his heart, something happened to the Jinshan family.
At that moment, Li Zhang jumped out of the carriage, and before he could get close to the gate, he was reprimanded by the two officials: "The yamen is handling the case, and the idle people are forbidden to approach!" ”
"I am His Majesty's companion, and I have an old relationship with this family, I wonder if I can go in and visit?" Li Zhang immediately identified himself.
Although Li Zhang is young, he is now wearing gorgeous clothes, and his bearing is quite extraordinary, so after hearing his identity, the official did not dare to determine the truth for a while, but his tone was much more polite: "The villain is also ordered by Fu Yin to strictly prohibit the family from entering and leaving, so please don't embarrass us!" ”
Hearing that it was the order personally given by Kaifeng Mansion Yin, this made Li Zhang's heart sink, and then he didn't embarrass the two officials, and left with a few polite words, but after Li Zhang got into the carriage, his face also became a little ugly and whispered: "It seems that I guessed correctly, Lei Yungong's matter must have been planned by the Queen Mother in advance, otherwise Lei Yungong had just been arrested, and something would have happened to the Jinshan family, and under normal circumstances, it would not be possible to be so fast!" ”