The death of Empress Changsun is also a huge impact on the Tang Dynasty, first of all, Li Shimin fell ill, and all government affairs have to be handled by Fang Xuanling and others, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Xiu were also entangled in the funeral, which made the affairs they were usually responsible for also greatly affected, such as the bank that Li Xiu was responsible for.

Speaking of which, although the Tang Dynasty has not been threatened by any external threats in the past two years, and even internal disasters have been much less, Li Yuan and Empress Changsun have died one after another, which has dealt a huge blow to the royal family, especially the arrangement of funerals and the construction of hills, which also require huge manpower, material and financial resources.

However, Empress Changsun is worthy of being a generation of virtuous queens, on the night she died, she once told Li Shimin not to bury her after her death, and Li Shimin also agreed, but no matter how thin the burial is, it also needs to have the specifications of the queen, and because the Empress Changsun died too suddenly, even the location of the mausoleum has not been done, and this matter is not something that Li Xiu and Changsun Wuji can determine, and it must be approved by Li Shimin.

Feng Shui doctrines of the Wei and Jin dynasties were already popular in the Tang Dynasty, for example, Li Chunfeng was a famous feng shui magician, and of course he was also a great mathematician and astronomer. The location of the mausoleum of Empress Changsun naturally also needs to be explored by feng shui magicians.

Although Li Shimin was sick, he still struggled to make an order, asking Li Chunfeng and others to choose a site near Chang'an, but as soon as the holy decree was issued, Li Chunfeng took a map near Chang'an to ask for a meeting, and then pointed out the address he had already chosen, because he had already traveled all over the vicinity of Chang'an over the years, and the mountains and rivers were all in his chest, and he knew better than anyone where it was suitable to build the imperial tomb.

Originally, according to Li Shimin's meaning, the mausoleum should be like the long mausoleum of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, piled up soil on the plain as a mountain, and the mausoleum was also built in the appearance of Chengdu City, symbolizing the majesty of the emperor, in fact, the mausoleum where Li Yuan was buried was also modeled after the mausoleum of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

However, like the Han Dynasty, the cost of piling up the soil for the mountain of the imperial tomb is huge, just the people have to requisition tens of thousands of people, and it is not a short time to build, and the body of the eldest grandson queen can not always be buried, plus she hoped to be buried before her death, if the construction of the imperial tomb for the mountain, it will definitely go against her last wish.

In this case, Yu Shinan wrote to Li Shimin, although the emperors of the Han Dynasty built a huge imperial mausoleum, but in the end it was still inevitable to be stolen, and even the bones of the emperor were thrown into the wilderness, so the imperial mausoleum can not only be luxurious, but to focus on safety, so he suggested that like "Emperor Yao" because of the mountain as a mausoleum, so that the amount of work is much smaller, and the mountain stone is far stronger than the soil, which can prevent the tomb robbers from sneaking in.

For Yu Shinan's suggestion, Li Xiu and the eldest grandson Wuji and others also agreed very much, Li Shimin after careful consideration, finally adopted Yu Shinan's suggestion, and then in several locations provided by Li Chunfeng, finally chose the Jiuzhi Mountain not far from Chang'an City, this mountain is very peculiar, abruptly rising on the Guanzhong Plain, and the mountain is evenly distributed with nine mountain beams, similar to nine living dragons, because Guanzhong will call the low mountain beam "Rong", so it is called Jiuzhi Mountain.

After the address of the imperial tomb is selected, immediately start to build, open the mountain for the tomb to save the excavation and sealing the soil two of the most consuming process of manpower and material resources, now only need to dig the underground palace on the mountain, but the excavation on the mountain also needs professional knowledge, otherwise the mountain collapses in half, it will be a big joke.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Shimin handed over the construction of the imperial mausoleum to the Ministry of Industry, and Li Xiu was also relieved, so that he and the eldest grandson Wuji did not have to worry about the construction of the imperial mausoleum, and only needed to prepare for the funeral.

However, compared to the funeral events, Li Xiu is most concerned about Li Chengqian, because of the conflict with Li Tai before, so the two brothers were punished by Li Shimin to kneel in front of the spirit of the eldest grandson queen, and they were not allowed to eat for three days and three nights, among which Li Tai was nothing, he was already fat, and he was hungry for three days as a weight loss.

However, Li Chengqian did not eat for a few days because of the death of the eldest grandson queen, and even fainted, although he recovered some diet, but his body was still very weak, and now he was punished to kneel again, and he could not eat, which made Li Xiu also very worried, he once asked Li Shimin to relax the punishment of Li Chengqian the next day, but Li Shimin's anger had not subsided, and he did not agree, which made Li Xiu very helpless.

Li Chengqian is also very strong, he didn't eat for three days and didn't cry bitter, and even Li Xiu asked Li Zhi to secretly bring him something to eat, but he refused to eat, so stubbornly insisted, and finally knelt there a little shaky, but finally persevered, and Li Xiu had already invited the imperial doctor to come, mainly because he was worried about what was wrong with Li Chengqian's body.

After the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, although Li Chengqian's body is weak, there is nothing serious, after all, he is in his youth, and it is also the period when his body is the most resilient, so as long as he eats a few meals, he can recover quickly.

Knowing that Li Chengqian was fine, Li Xiu was also relieved, as time went by, Li Shimin's condition slowly improved, and the eldest grandson Wuji also adjusted and began to preside over the funeral, which made Li Xiu also feel that the burden on his shoulders was much lighter, and he finally had time to go home and rest, and he could also deal with the matter of financial supervision, after all, the establishment of a bank in Yangzhou had been put on the agenda, and Xu Jingzong had just finished the affairs of Taiyuan, so he ran to Yangzhou non-stop, so the affairs on the Chang'an side also need to be handled by Li Xiu personally.

It is worth mentioning that the banks in Taiyuan have been established, and the banks in Chang'an and Luoyang form a triangle that radiates to the north, although this banking network is still very simple, but over time, it will eventually form a banking network covering the whole country.

This afternoon, Li Xiu returned home after handling the official business at hand, but as soon as he arrived at the inner house, he saw Li Luo and Xin'er, two little guys of similar size, playing, Princess Pingyang watched from the side, and there was a warm smile on the corner of her mouth, she always wanted a daughter, but unfortunately she gave birth to two sons in a row, and now she has a new child, finally fulfilled this wish, and Li Luo also has a sister as a playmate, and the two little guys are very lively every day.

That night, Li Xiu slept until midnight, but he didn't expect to be woken up by his subordinates, saying that the palace had sent someone to come, which made Li Xiu a little strange, and then put on his clothes and came to the front hall, only to see a palace guard come forward and salute: "Qi Yu horse, the printing office is on fire, Your Majesty, please enter the palace quickly!" ”