Li Yuanji's tomb was chosen in Xinfeng County, about fifty miles northeast of Chang'an.

The history of Xinfeng County is almost the same as that of Chang'an, according to legend, the ancient female snail improvised here, Shang is Liguo, Zhou is Lirong State, Qin set up Zhiyang County, and later changed to Li County, the Western Han Dynasty newly established Xinfeng County, changed Zhiyang County to Baling County, the Western Jin Dynasty re-reformed Xinfeng County, and experienced many changes on the way, but the name of Xinfeng County has been used.

Xinfeng County is a little strange and a little distant, but looking at the map of the states and counties drawn, Li Yuanji recognized at a glance what the name of Xinfeng County would be changed in the future.

Because there is a river in the east of the city and a Tong river in the west of the city, it was changed to Lintong during the Song Dynasty.

There are not only Huaqing Pond here, there is Lishan Mountain, but also the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang noted by later generations.

Of course, after nearly a thousand years, no one can find the specific location of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, even if he has been to the Terracotta Army, Li Yuanji can't find it.

But this does not prevent him from setting up his imperial mausoleum here, Li Yuan's dedication to the mausoleum is set in Sanyuan County, although he abdicated, but the people are still there, and there is the halo of the emperor, so whether Li Shimin is in power, or Li Yuanji is now in power, the construction of the mausoleum has not stopped.

And Li Shimin's Zhaoling is set in Liquan County, which can be said to be one of the more miserable among the emperors, and it was finished in less than two years after ascending the throne, and many of the construction of Zhaoling was not completed, and even had to be sealed to end the project just beginning.

The location of Yuanling was not chosen by Li Yuanji himself, and it was none other than Yuan Tiangang, who had warned Li Shimin in Chang'an before, and then went to Zhenzhou, and even calculated a hexagram for Ma Zhou.

Li Yuanji once came to see here, backed by Lishan Mountain, in front of a big river, beautiful mountains and rivers, whether it is the scenery or the wind. The water feels pretty good.

It's just that Li Yuanji doesn't plan to make his Yuanling project too vast, he is only in his twenties, so there is no need for that.

Coupled with the use of various advanced tools, it is not that the more people, the faster the progress.

The construction of the imperial mausoleum is not to build a house, when it will be built and when it will be completed, the construction of the imperial mausoleum is counted from the emperor's accession to the throne, and it will not end until the emperor's death.

The rules say so, but in most cases, after the death of the emperor, the project will continue, and it will only be considered a call for work to be completed after the current project is completed.

Of course, whether to continue or not depends on the opinion of the successor emperor, if he is unwilling, he can only withdraw the craftsmen and directly seal the tomb.

If he hadn't been the emperor, Li Yuanji probably wouldn't have learned that the craftsmen who built the imperial tomb according to folklore would not have been left in the imperial tomb.

Of course, there are also people who stay inside, but they are all voluntary guardians, all of whom are the most trusted and loyal to the emperor during his lifetime, and most of them are personal eunuchs and the like.

Their location is on the outermost part of the core of the Imperial Tomb, and they will leave some fine wine and food before sealing the soil, most of which are mixed with poison to prevent them from being starved to death inside.

In addition to this part of the people, the rest of the craftsmen, although their fate does not have to accompany the funeral, is not much better.

These people will be kept under special care, not allowed to have contact with the outside world, and future generations will inherit their craft, building imperial tombs from generation to generation, until the dynasty collapses, and they will have a chance to be reborn.

Losing their freedom is not a bad thing for them, at least they are safe, and they can live carefree in this life.

Yuanling only has more than 2,000 craftsmen, this is still this year's new addition of 300 people, the progress of the project is not fast, this is a place that pays attention to quality, not speed.

In addition, the mausoleum keeper also has the right to mobilize a mausoleum army of 1,000 people, and the mausoleum guard army has a general who guards the mausoleum, commanding a thousand people, and the duties are the same as those of other generals.

"What about Song Bao?" The plan is vast, but the action is cautious, Zhang Liang came to Yuanling with more than 20 guards first, looked around, and did not see the general Song Bao, so he asked the soldiers of the guarding army.

"The general was infected with a cold a few days ago, and he may be resting at this time, Shang Shu waited for a while, and then he went to call General Song." The faces of the soldiers guarding the tomb were a little flustered.

"No need, Ben Shangshu will go over in person." Zhang Liang waved his hand and said with a strict expression: "Lead the way!" ”

Is it the wind chill? Or are you lazy?

In fact, no one will pursue this matter, the task of building the imperial tomb is boring and boring, there is nothing to do here, not to mention Song Bao, the general who guards the tomb, is the sergeant who guards the tomb, and the daily task is to watch the craftsmen work, not to let them cut corners, or leave any back door or something like that.

It is normal for the general to be lazy, as long as there is no problem with the imperial tomb, no one will pursue it, as long as the person is still in the imperial tomb, he will do whatever he wants.

It's the norm, but it's not the same now.

No one cares, that's because there was no accident, and now that something has happened, no matter whether Song Bao is really infected with the wind and cold, or he is lazy, as a general guarding the tomb, he can't run away this time.

The sergeant guarding the tomb was very helpless, but in the face of the military department, he did not dare not lead the way.

took Zhang Liang and others to Song Bao's place of residence, and they could smell the smell of wine from a distance.

The wine was issued by the imperial court during the Chinese New Year, and the quantity was not much, even if it was a reward for the craftsmen and soldiers here, it would not make people drunk.

Just looking at the current situation, Song Bao obviously detained a lot of that batch of wine.

'Bang ......'

Approaching the front of the house, his own guard stepped forward and kicked the door open, and the rich smell of wine in the house instantly rushed out, which was faintly difficult for people to get used to.

The house was very messy, some leftover wine and food, littered wine jars, and dozens of unopened jars of new wine were placed on one side.

As for Song Bao, he was drunk and asleep on the bed, and the snoring sound was earth-shattering.

"Grab it!" Seeing this scene, Zhang Liang was somewhat heartbroken.

It wasn't until a basin of cold water was splashed on his face that Song Bao came to his senses, looking at his situation and the posture around him, the only trace of drunkenness in his mind dissipated instantly.

"Shang Shu...... "It's not a crime to be lazy, but it's not good to be caught, and my mind is spinning rapidly, thinking about what to do."......

"Let me ask you, can the task of guarding the tomb be arranged? Will the Mausoleum Guards leave? "Zhang Liang really doesn't have the heart to care about those, lazy? How do you calculate it? Alcohol deduction? The wine is still here, it's still easy to find a reason, and those are all trivial things, Zhang Liang is anxious to investigate the problem of the tomb guard.

"I did...... All arranged, 800 people scattered throughout the Yuanling, 100 people formed a patrol team, around the entire Yuanling patrol, four times a day from time to time, two times each day and night, 100 people in the camp in turn on duty, recently there are some soldiers to leave, but are a day of short vacation, at night to return to the camp, no one asks for leave today, all are there. Song Bao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, fortunately he had assigned all the work to his deputy, otherwise he would have to peel off his skin today.

Zhang Liang waved his hand at one of the guards, and then pointed to the sergeant who had led the way before, "You go to the mausoleum and call all the sergeants, and also the hundred people who are on duty in rotation." ”

Song Bao was confused, and he didn't know what happened from beginning to end?

I want to ask, but I am only the lowest-level general, which is to occupy the light of the Tomb Guarding Army, otherwise I will be a captain at most.

And what about the other side? The secretary of the military department, the big man of the cabinet, thinking left and right, Song Bao still felt that he didn't ask too much.

At most, I'm lazy, I just deducted some alcohol, and I'm very strict at work.

After a short time, the sergeant guarding the tomb began to slowly assemble over, and the hundred people who rested in the camp also came out, and the team of 100 people who patrolled outside the camp also returned to the camp loosely, their task was the easiest, and the most cool, every day they rode around the Yuanling Tomb a few times to finish the work, and they didn't have to stand guard or anything.

But as soon as he came back, he was shouted to dismount and stand in line, and everyone was a little confused.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of forbidden troops drove into the Yuanling Tomb from the outside, and in front of the Tomb Guard, they not only took over the task of the Tomb Guard, but also doubled the number of the Tomb Guard.

For a while, the people of the mausoleum guards were in turmoil, although they didn't know what was going on, but looking at this posture, they thought that they and the others were ordered to put their weapons over there, and now it was obviously not a good thing.

"Let me ask you again, near the Yuanling Tomb, among the guards of the Tomb Army, among the craftsmen who built it, have there been any abnormal reactions recently?" Zhang Liang asked again.

"No......" Song Bao was stunned, looked at his deputy with some hesitation, and saw that the deputy also shook his head to say no, and then responded.

"Take out the roster of today's leave and count people!" Zhang Liang didn't ask any more, he was a secretary of the military department to take care of these things, which was a bit funny to say, but Zhang Liang didn't think so.

"Shangshu, what the hell is going on? Is it because the last general is lazy? But the last general is lazy, and the soldiers are not lazy......" Song Bao couldn't help but defend himself, today's posture is obviously to wipe out the Lingling Army, he doesn't complain, but the soldiers are wronged.

"What?" Zhang Liang looked at it with some annoyance, at this time, he didn't even know anything, this time he was implicated, and it was really not a loss at all, "If it is found out that this matter is related to you, it will be the sin of turning around......"

The sin of a U-turn?

Not only Song Bao was stunned, but even the nearly 1,000 soldiers below were stunned, the sin of turning around, what a mistake did they have to make?

What Song Bao did in Yuanling on weekdays, everyone knew it, some were dissatisfied, some complained, and some didn't care, but no matter what everyone's mentality was, it didn't seem to have anything to do with turning around, and the little thing he did would not lose his head.

Zhang Liang did not scare Song Bao, as the general of Shouling, such a big thing happened, even if it was finally found out that this matter had nothing to do with Yuanling, the charge of negligence could not escape, not to mention that it was a life to be assigned to the frontier, if it was related, according to the serious situation of this matter, it was also possible to punish the nine clans.