Chapter 716: An Interesting Fact About the Tomb of Emperor Yang of Sui
Li Yuan is Yang Guang's cousin, but Yang Guang almost killed Li Yuan at the beginning, it is estimated that he didn't expect it at that time, and in the end, it was Li Yuan who helped him bury him with the emperor's gift, which gave him a decent cemetery. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, no matter what the reason, Yang Guang always got a reasonable placement after his death, and he was buried in his favorite Yangzhou, just when his descendants wanted to worship him, it became a little inconvenient, but Yang Guang's descendants were few people, so no one usually cared, and Li Yuan also arranged for some people to guard the tomb in Yang Guang's cemetery.
Li Xiu and Li Ke came to Yang Guang's cemetery, and then crossed a stone-paved path to a mausoleum in the shape of a hill, which was Yang Guang's tomb, and when Li Ke saw his grandfather's tombstone, the whole person became very sad, but he did not shed tears, after all, he and Yang Guang had no feelings, but because of the relationship between his mother, he came to worship on her behalf.
At that moment, Li Ke asked the guards behind him to put the sacrifices he brought, and then personally cleaned the tomb of Yang Guang on behalf of Concubine Yang, but Li Xiu, who was standing behind him, had a strange expression, because when he entered Yang Guang's cemetery just now, he suddenly thought that Yang Guang had given his eldest brother Yang Yong to death under false pretense of a holy decree in order to compete for the throne, and from this point of view, he and Li Shimin were really the same.
But it's very interesting, before Li Xiu crossed, Yang Guang's tomb was discovered by a developer when building a building, and it is said that the developer who dug Yang Guang's tomb was named Yang Yong, to sum up, Yang Guang killed his eldest brother Yang Yong, and was dug up by a guy named Yang Yong more than a thousand years later.
It was precisely when he thought of the above that Li Xiu felt very funny, especially when he looked at the large-scale mausoleum in front of him, he had the urge to laugh, and even at this time a spoof thought suddenly sprung up in his heart, if he engraved the words "Yang Yong, the person who digs Yang Guang's tomb" on Yang Guang's tombstone, I don't know if it will scare the developer of the later generations to death?
However, Li Xiu obviously thought too much, because Yang Guang's tomb had changed several times in the next thousand years, except for a tomb, nothing else was left, especially the tombstone was nowhere to be found, and even the monument erected for him by the Qing Dynasty could not be found, let alone the tombstone that Li Yuan erected for him in front of him.
Although Yang Guang's tomb has a special mausoleum keeper, but as a dead king, these mausoleum guards must not be very concerned, Li Yuan can build this mausoleum for Yang Guang is already good, and it is impossible to send people to monitor it from time to time, and there are usually no people in this cemetery, at most, there are a few literati who come to sigh, which also leads to the management of the cemetery is very lax, and Yang Guang's tomb is also overgrown with wild grass.
However, Li Ke seemed very calm, and cleaned up the wild grass around Yang Guang's tomb with his own hands, and then asked the guards to beat the mausoleum guards and throw them out, temporarily replacing them with the people he brought, it is estimated that he will hire some locals to guard the mausoleum in the future, anyway, he is the governor of Yangzhou, even if he doesn't come often, but it is no problem for local officials to take care of Yang Guang's cemetery.
After the worship, Li Xiu and Li Ke turned around along the path in the Yang Guang Cemetery, this cemetery is very large, surrounded by low hills, and because there are many gardens around, the scenery is also very beautiful, and even Li Xiu wants to buy a garden here as a place for the elderly in the future.
"Uncle, when are you going to leave for Suzhou?" At this moment, I saw Li Ke suddenly ask, Yangzhou is his destination, but Li Xiu and they are going to Suzhou, and he also knows very well why Li Xiu wants to go to Suzhou, after all, he got along with Jin'er and other children along the way, and naturally heard about Qi Niang.
"It is estimated that you will rest for another five or six days, since you are the governor of Yangzhou, you will stay here for a while longer, and learn about Yangzhou's military and political affairs, so that you can also give an explanation to your father when you return to Chang'an in the future." Li Xiu thought about it at this time and said.
Li Shimin is still a little wary of the officials of the Tang Dynasty, so he divides his sons into various places, but the princes of the Tang Dynasty are not like those princes of the Han Dynasty, who have the strength to divide one side, but their power is greatly limited, and Li Shimin's original intention of dividing these sons is also very simple, that is, to let them monitor the place, so as to stabilize the Tang Dynasty, so if Li Ke returns to Chang'an from Yangzhou, he will definitely be interrogated by Li Shimin about the local situation in Yangzhou, after all, he believes more in what his son sees than officials.
"Yes, I think so too, but before I came to Yangzhou, I only heard that Yangzhou is very prosperous, as for how prosperous but there is no clear concept, until I came here to find that Yangzhou here is so prosperous, I am really worried about whether I can be qualified for the position of Yangzhou governor?" Li Ke smiled at this time.
"Your father sent you here, not to let you manage Yangzhou, but to let you observe all aspects of Yangzhou, and then go back to report to him, so I send you a few words: listen more, watch more, talk less, do less, as long as you can do this, you will be qualified as the governor of Yangzhou!" When Li Xiu said the end, he also showed a serious expression on his face, if Li Ke rashly interfered in the local government affairs of Yangzhou, it would cause big trouble.
Hearing Li Xiu's reminder, Li Ke came to his senses, hurriedly thanked Li Xiu, and then asked him some things about government affairs, although he did not plan to meddle in Yangzhou's government affairs, but he must also have a certain understanding of this aspect, otherwise how to see clearly the reality of Yangzhou in all aspects?
Li Xiu is not very good at government affairs, so he can only give Li Ke some simple guidance, as for how to do it in the future, it depends on Li Ke's own understanding, but Li Ke seems to be extremely talented in this aspect, almost drawing inferences, which makes Li Xiu even more surprised, it seems that Li Ke is really the same as Li Shimin, and has natural political acumen.
A few days later, Li Xiu's family is almost rested, Li Ke also learned about the attractions around Yangzhou City in the past few days, before Li Xiu and they left, Li Ke invited them to play, by the way to taste the local food in Yangzhou, speaking of Yangzhou is close to the sea, many ships will go up the Yangtze River to Yangzhou, but also brought overseas food, although some Li Xiu they are not used to eating, but also have a unique flavor.
In addition, Li Xiu is not only patronizing and playing these days, by the way, he also learned about Yangzhou's business, especially Yangzhou's shipbuilding industry, because as far as he knows, Yangzhou is one of the most famous shipbuilding bases in Datang, and there are various shipbuilding workshops everywhere along the Yangtze River, including large workshops that can build hundreds of meters of ships, and there are also many small workshops that make a living by repairing ships.
Speaking of which, Li Xiu also learned something here, because in this era, wooden ships were all made of wood, and after the wooden boat traveled on the sea for a period of time, a thing called sea maggots would grow on the wood under the ship, and there were also various marine creatures attached to the bottom of the sea, if left unchecked, it would not only reduce the speed of the ship, but also reduce the service life of the ship.
It is precisely for this reason that the sea ships have to sail from the sea to the freshwater environment every once in a while, so that the auxiliary organisms at the bottom of the ship will slowly die in the freshwater environment, and then they can be cleaned from the bottom of the boat, and it is for this reason that most of the current seaports are built on the estuary of the river, so that there is enough fresh water to clean the sea boats.
After Li Xiu visited several large shipbuilding workshops in Yangzhou, he also had a general understanding of the shipbuilding industry in Datang, in fact, he had heard Qi Niang talk about the shipbuilding industry before, but hearing was false, only if he saw it with his own eyes, he would have a more intuitive impression.
After a few more days, Li Xiu finally decided to leave for Suzhou, to be exact, it should be Haiyan County, where Shangguanyi is located, Qi Niang should be there, as soon as he saw her, Li Xiu was worried about a day, so he had to arrest her back as soon as possible.