There are many ways to solve the problem of living people.

Including turning the living into the dead.

Then the problem can be solved in an instant.

But the problem of the dead is the most difficult to solve.

When the cabinet sent the planned route of the Western Railway, which had been drawn up at the beginning, to the local government. First of all, the opposition of local officials, which was already in the consideration of the imperial court, and there was already a way to deal with and weigh it.

However, I don't know who leaked the planned route of the Western Railway in advance.

And then.

Beginning in Henan Province, the prefectures and counties along the western railway line have erupted in an unprecedented amount of public opposition.

At this time, no one had time to think about the route that had been leaked out of the world, and the officials in charge of the construction of the western railway had already been confused by the people.

The opposition of the people left people speechless.

Because according to the route of the Western Railway, there are various situations on it.

Mountains, rivers, cities, fields and villages.

Railway construction can open mountains and mountains, build bridges when encountering rivers, and set up stations across cities.

Fields and villages can also be compensated by the imperial court to resettle the people.

But there are countless tombs in the route planning.

Once the Western Railway is built according to the planned route, it is necessary to carry out a side grave relocation operation at the same time in the process of relocating the people.

Grave relocation.

This has always been an unacceptable thing for the people of the Central Plains.

When people suffer or enjoy happiness during their lifetime, they will change their fortune for future generations or continue their family fortune after death.

The tomb became a place of luck.

If it's okay, who would be willing to move the graves of their ancestors.

It is precisely for this reason that countless books from ancient times to the present day have depicted that the rural people are usually submissive, but once the township tyrant moves the tomb at home, it will inevitably break out and hurt people, and even cause death.

This campaign to protect the tomb caught the imperial court off guard, and even put Xie Jin under pressure.

Wherever he walked now, he felt that the way others looked at him was strange.

In the duty room on the side of the cabinet room.

Xie Jin's face was full of sadness, and even the officials who came in and out did not dare to make a big move, for fear of making Xie Jin unhappy and scolding him in vain.

It was at this time that Bai Yuxiu walked in with a stack of papers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's the hour of the lunch break, why are you still busy?"

Bai Yuxiu glanced at the officials guarding the room, and said with a chuckle.

The officials immediately smiled cautiously, knowing that it was Bai Langzhong who was rescuing them.

Everyone immediately responded and quit the room.

Bai Yuxiu looked left and right, and then sat opposite Xie Jin with the paperwork.

"Why is the gentleman so sad?" Bai Yuxiu asked knowingly.

Xie Jin glared at Bai Yuxiu angrily, and then threw the teapot in his hand in front of the student.

"Pour your own tea and drink it."

Bai Yuxiu smiled, stood up and took the teacup from the side, sat back down, poured tea for herself, and said, "Mr. is worried about things in the northwest?" ”

Xie Jin pressed his hands on the table violently, and said with a puzzled face: "Tell me, the people oppose the relocation of the tomb of the imperial court, after all, filial piety comes first, and you can't ignore the aftermath of your ancestors in vain, which is understandable."

But those people who have never been crossed by the railway are also opposed, and bluntly say that the court is bad for the feng shui in front of and behind their houses.

What is this called? ”

Although Xie Jin kept complaining, he knew it in his heart.

He can solve the problem of opposition from the local government, but he cannot forcefully solve the opposition of the local people.

If he forcibly pushes it, forcibly moves the grave.

Then in an instant, he will become the public enemy of the whole world.

A cabinet minister in charge of the center, for the sake of his own political achievements, can actually do the thing of destroying the ancestral graves of the people.

Regardless of his true intention in building the Western Railway, it was for the country to develop the northwest, so as to reproduce the Western Regions of the Han and Tang Dynasties and reopen the Silk Road.

People will only think that Xie Jin is a traitor, a traitor who can destroy the people's tombs.

Bai Yuxiu frowned.

Such a problem is in front of us, and it is indeed troublesome.

After all, feng shui luck has always been mysterious.

Even the royal family has to believe in this, can it stop the people from believing in this?

And more importantly, this matter involves the dominance and legal rationality of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the so-called luck feng shui can also be explained by mysteries.

But this matter also involves filial piety.

This is where Xie Jin's real distress lies.

It is not without reason that all dynasties have ruled the country with filial piety.

Starting from this, the patriarchal ritual religion was extended, and only then did it have the core argument of educating the people.

Once filial piety is destroyed.

It also shows that the Ming Dynasty no longer recognizes the patriarchal rites and religions pursued by the current imperial court.

When the time comes, the world will be in chaos.

As long as Xie Jin forcibly pushes and moves the grave regardless of it, I am afraid that as soon as his decree comes out of Wenyuan Pavilion, others will be taken away by Jinyiwei.

No one can undermine patriarchal rituals.

Because this is not only to maintain the authority of the emperor and ensure the status and legitimacy of the king, but also to maintain the core foundation of the order of the entire world.

In the duty room, Xie Jin let out a long sigh, and only felt a sense of powerlessness all over his body: "The idea of the Western Railway has been planned for many years, and it has been discussed several times in the DPRK and China, and now it has finally been approved.

Originally, I knew that even if the court passed the proposal, it would inevitably be difficult to start construction, but I didn't expect it, but I still ignored this point, which led to such a big problem.

The local government complained, and the court could move the people, increase the land, and even hire the people, thinking that they would enrich the people.

But I can't touch the ancestral graves of the people. Even Your Majesty will not move it.

This is filial piety, but also human ethics.

Difficult......

It's hard to ......"

Bai Yuxiu's eyes turned and said tentatively: "What if you re-plan the route and avoid those graveyards?" If the place where the ancestors buried their bones was avoided, what objection could the people have?

If there is any unreasonableness, and the railroad is too much of the latter, such a person can move it elsewhere.

As long as the gentleman does not damage the tombs of the people, this matter will be solved, why is he so worried here? ”

In Bai Yuxiu's view, this problem is not too difficult to solve.

On the way over, he thought that what the people are against now is not the construction of the railway, but the opposition to the construction of the railway will destroy the feng shui of his ancestral tomb.

Then the railroad avoids the ancestral graves of these people.

Xie Jin shook his head helplessly.

His eyes looked at Bai Yuxiu and explained, "Why haven't I thought of your method? However, the Ministry of Industry also said that it is okay for the railway to avoid one or two places, but it cannot always be avoided everywhere.

If this were the case, the cost of building the railway would be an infinite number of times, and no one could estimate it.

What's more, the railway will avoid the people's tombs, and the route will have to be changed, but in some places the location of the route can be changed.

Once all the changes are made, the railway may not be able to afford the passage of trains on it, and can only become a track laid on the ground. ”

Bai Yuxiu's brows furrowed.

He didn't quite understand what the Ministry of Industry meant by this.

Xie Jin glanced at the student again, knowing that the other party didn't understand the reason.

He didn't speak, but took a few documents from the table, and put them in two rows, and then made a twisting passage on the table.

Then Xie Jin searched on the table for a while, and finally found a piece of ink of similar size and placed it in the passage sandwiched between the two rows of papers.

Xie Jin's fingers pressed on the ink strip and pushed from one end.

At first, the ink strip could still move normally in the middle, but when the front surface was densely curved, it was completely immobile.

"Do you understand?"

Xie Jin asked, and immediately explained: "When the Ministry of Industry first planned this railway, it considered the cost, route, access, and the need to demolish and relocate the villages and fields involved.

The plan that has been done now has balanced all the problems before it finally took shape.

Once the route is re-planned and modified because of the need to avoid the tombs on the road, the railroad tracks in many places will be like a mess, and at that time, not to mention the passing train, even the horse-drawn carriage will not be able to move. ”

After such an explanation, Bai Yuxiu finally understood the root of the problem.

"Is there really no way?"

Bai Yuxiu muttered in a somewhat frustrated voice.

It seems that there is no way to solve the problem.

"Sir, why don't you go and ask His Royal Highness?"

Gao Yangzhi's voice suddenly came in from outside.

Xie Jin and Bai Yuxiu both looked at the door at the same time.

I saw Gao Yangzhi, dressed in a red robe, standing at the door with smiling hands in his face.

"The High Court is here."

Bai Yuxiu immediately got up, and did not call the senior, but called the elder like a hundred officials.

Gao Yangzhi waved his hand into the threshold and closed the door.

He first looked at Xie Jin, who was sitting still, then looked at Bai Yuxiu, and said with a smile: "Sit down, now they are all Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Officials, and they are still so restrained." ”

Bai Yuxiu just smiled innocently, moved his position, and stood aside.

Gao Yangzhi naturally sat in Bai Yuxiu's original position.

By the time he sat down, Bai Yuxiu had already brought a cup of tea to Gao Yangzhi.

Gao Yangzhi nodded and looked to the side: "There are only three of us in this room, and we will move a chair over and sit and listen." ”

Bai Yuxiu hummed.

It was a little quiet in the room.

Gao Yangzhi held the teacup and tasted it for a long time, and if the gentleman did not speak, he did not intend to speak.

Xie Jin seemed to be a little impatient waiting, and frowned: "Are you saying that His Royal Highness Taisun has a way to solve the current problem?" ”

Gao Yangzhi shook his head.

Just when Xie Jin's face showed disappointment.

Gao Yangzhi turned his mouth and said with a smile: "It's not that His Royal Highness Taisun has a way to solve the problems that Mr. is encountering now, but that the method has long been placed in front of Mr. It's just that Mr. and many people are fans of the authorities and don't see what the method is. ”

There is a real way!

Xie Jin, who was already disappointed, immediately showed an expectant look in his eyes.

"How?"

He asked with some urgency.

It's really these days that Xie Jin has been a little anxious by the local opposition to public opinion.

Gao Yangzhi was already slow and meticulous: "Move the graves, and relocate the ancestral graves of all the people involved in the planning route of the Western Railway!" ”

Bai Yuxiu, who was sitting on the side, was taking a sip of tea from a teacup.

Hearing Senior Gao's words, he almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of tea.

Xie Jin's eyes widened, and he observed the most accomplished students in the officialdom several times, and wondered if this guy was joking with himself.

Gao Yangzhi continued unhurriedly: "In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the Duke of Xinguo passed away, and the imperial grandson was ordered to tour the north for the first time, and passed Fengyang to pay tribute to the Duke of Xinguo. Before leaving Beijing, the imperial grandson proposed to build a meritorious mausoleum in Zhongshan in the court to bury the meritorious civil and military forces of the Ming Dynasty. Outside the Yingtian City, build a mausoleum of meritorious heroes and bury the meritorious soldiers of our dynasty.

As soon as this move came out, hundreds of officials were eager, and the officers and men in the army were even more willing to serve the country with their hearts and minds.

Today, Mr. built the western railway for the country, and wanted to reproduce the grand occasion of the Han and Tang dynasties, and then open the Silk Road, but the people along the way were dissatisfied and obstructed, which is common sense.

It's just that because of the waste of food and sleep, how can you want to stop building a railway?

Now, in the opinion of the students, Mr. can play His Majesty, for the whole country, the people, and the imperial court's decree along the railway plan, build mausoleums, relocate the tombs of the people crossing the railway, and concentrate on burial in the mausoleum.

With the will of the imperial court to build mausoleums, build meritorious archways, and spread to various places, this move can promote the justice of the people, the benevolence and righteousness of the country, and complete the way of benevolence and filial piety in our dynasty.

In the future, every Qingming Festival and winter solstice, the local government must have officials enter the mausoleum to worship the people who moved the grave on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

In this way, I can be united in the monarch and the people, and it will become a good story for thousands of years. ”

After Gao Yangzhi finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and continued to drink tea with a teacup.

It's just that he felt that the tea soup seemed to be a little cold, so he put the teacup on the table and glanced sideways at Bai Yuxiu.

Bai Yuxiu has been given to Xiuma by Senior Gao's operation at this time.

It turns out that neither my husband nor I can figure out how to solve it, but it can be solved like this.

Locally, mausoleums were rebuilt for those who needed to be relocated.

This is the emperor's will, the emperor's order, and the emperor's grace.

Not to mention, this mausoleum was built by the imperial court, and a merit archway will be built. Just in the future, there will be local officials to replace the emperor every year and go to the mausoleum to pay tribute to those people during the Qingming and winter solstice, which is already a benefit that people can't refuse.

Perhaps no matter how much money and food the court gives, it can't be said that the people will move the graves of their ancestors.

But once this matter rises to the emperor's grace, Bai Yuxiu dares to swear now.

As long as this matter is approved by His Majesty, the court will issue a decree.

Then the northwest side will fall into another frenzy.

There will even be people who secretly take their whole families to dig the graves of their ancestors in the middle of the night, and move the ancestral tombs to the western railway planning route promulgated by the imperial court.

What we strive for is to let our ancestors be buried in the mausoleum with merit archway built by the emperor's decree, and officials will pay tribute every year.

No matter how great the luck is, it is not as good as the luck of the founding emperor.

No matter how good the feng shui is, it is not as good as the feng shui of the mausoleum built by the emperor's decree.

Xie Jin was also surprised in his heart.

I didn't expect that this problem, which should have been unsolvable, could be solved in this way.

He looked up with wide eyes and looked at the most accomplished student in front of him: "Is this really possible?" ”

Gao Yangzhi smiled slightly: "That's why the student said that Mr. should go to His Royal Highness Taisun first." ”

(At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the railroad was built, there were cases where the people protested against the construction of the railway because of the problems of metaphysics and feng shui.) Of course, at that time, there were also many officials and clans who opposed the construction of railways because of their personal preferences and their inability to accept new things. There were also Manchu rulers, afraid of destroying the dragon vein, and organized the construction of railways. ）

(The first railroad to appear on Chinese soil in 1876 was the Wusong Railway, which was built by the British capital group by deception.) ）

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