Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty spent so much money to build a spectacular building like Xiyuan just for his own enjoyment, and he also excavated the Grand Canal at the same time.

No matter how you think that the Sui Dynasty deserves to perish, when encountering such a loser, it can only be said that Yang Jian is unlucky.

You must know that in order to have a sea view in the West Garden, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty specially dug a "inland sea" with a radius of more than ten miles, which is comparable to the Kunming Pool in the Shanglin Garden of the Han Dynasty.

But when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the national strength was the strongest, and he did not engage in such a big project at the same time.

Not to mention that Emperor Wu's expansion of Kunming Lake was partly because he wanted to train the navy, not for his own selfishness, and the government and the opposition were relatively acceptable.

It can be said that throughout the ages, he seems to be the only one like Yang Guang who has built such a big project for pleasure.

Even Zulong's so-called Lishan Palace has no exact evidence, and it can only be regarded as Du Mu's family's words.

The reason why He Qiu has the hope of restoring Xiyuan is that he picked up the cheapness of Emperor Yang of Sui, or the previous Tang and Song dynasties all picked up the cheapness of Emperor Yang of Sui.

After three dynasties, the royal family of the three dynasties spent a lot of silver in the West Garden, which fixed the landscape of the West Garden.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to be restored, there are very few things that need to be done, and it basically doesn't cost a lot of money to restore this royal palace that is comparable to Chang'an Shanglin Garden in history.

But if it is delayed further, by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the landscapes and landforms fixed by these money will change again.

At that time, the emperors of later generations wanted to rebuild Xiyuan, and it would not cost a small amount.

In this case, why didn't He Qiu take advantage of the fact that he had just moved the capital to do these things well?

Of course, in addition to these reasons that can be said to the outside world, He Qiu also has some selfishness in his heart.

In today's Central Plains, there is no real royal garden.

Chang'an's Shanglin Yuan has long been abandoned, and because of the Hundred Years War between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, it disappeared without a trace.

What's more, it is the famous Shanglin Garden in the Han and Tang dynasties, which is essentially more like a royal hunting ground than a royal garden.

The royal gardens of the Song Dynasty were more inclined to the grace of the south, and some of them were petty, not to mention that they had disappeared because of the war.

As for the Yuan Dynasty, they did get out of a "dismount and release the flying park", but this is also a hunting ground, not a garden, not to mention that the Yuan Dynasty was established by the Mongols, and there is no artistic atmosphere.

Because of Zhu Yuanzhang's strict thrift, the Ming Dynasty did not build a royal garden, and the royal gardens of the Ming Dynasty in later generations could not appear in Beiping again.

He Qiu always has to leave a place like this for future generations, right?

You must know that the royal garden has always been the garden with the highest artistic level, with unique characteristics, and can be called the culmination of oriental architectural aesthetics.

Today's Ming Dynasty has embarked on a different path from history, and the Qing Dynasty is estimated to have no more.

In this case, He Qiu is even more obliged to leave a vast royal garden in Daming.

Isn't it more cost-effective and simpler to restore the old site of the West Garden than to build a new one from scratch?

However, He Qiu also knows that although the foundation of today's Xiyuan is still there, it is probably still a little difficult to cultivate such a powerful Luoyang Xiyuan in history.

At the very least, the money that Daming can invest in it now is not on the same level as the original Sui and Tang Dynasties.

But as time goes by, He Qiu believes that this Luoyang Xiyuan will eventually become a representative of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Gaochi also knew this in his heart, so he asked He Qiu directly.

"Master, it costs me a small letter, but can this restoration really reach the magnificence of the Sui and Tang Dynasties?"

He had learned some scientific knowledge, and knew that it was not easy to survey the terrain in the mountains and forests, let alone build a palace in such mountains and forests that complemented nature.

Such a request is too much of a test for the craftsmen below, and Zhu Gaochi is not so confident.

"This is easy to do, let Your Majesty order to summon skilled craftsmen who are good at building gardens, there are many such talents in Jiangnan, right? Compare some records of Xiyuan in history, and restore it little by little. ”

"It is best to invest manpower and material resources to stabilize the landscape of Xiyuan, so as not to return to nature, and then build buildings on it."

Zhu Gaochi gasped, didn't He Qiu mean to throw money into it, or to throw money persistently?

After calculating the account in his heart, Zhu Gaochi also didn't know whether to invest money in Xiyuan.

But when he thought that even a peaceful dynasty like the Song Dynasty had royal gardens, Zhu Gaochi's heart itched a little again.

"Did the brother-in-law calculate, how much money to put into it? How much labor is required? ”

He Qiu scratched his head and said.

"This has really not been carefully calculated, and it is not a one-time thing, anyway, it is good to put a million guan into it first, and the labor can be used to use the prisoners of war captured before, and there are not a lot of people sent over from the southwest?"

He Qiu is now more and more fond of using foreign prisoners of war, without him, saving money is not afraid of consumption.

When a foreigner dies, he dies, and no one in the DPRK or China will talk much.

Then, He Qiu thought of the famous 'Style Lei' family in the Taqing Dynasty, and almost all the royal gardens in the Taqing Dynasty were designed by the Lei family.

I think the current Daming will not lack such a heritage, right?

"In addition, I think you and Your Majesty can offer a reward, whoever takes out the best garden design can be the master craftsman of the West Garden, and he will be crowned as a five-grade official, and he will be hung under the name of the Ministry of Industry, I don't think there will be any craftsman who is not tempted, right?"

"As long as they come up with a design that can't be implemented."

He Qiu's approach was actually learned from Ta Qing, but this approach was useful.

There is no way, the status of ancient Chinese craftsmen is too low, and almost no dynasty attaches importance to it.

Especially after the Song Dynasty, everyone began to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and they looked down on craftsmen, and it became a fantasy for craftsmen to want to be officials.

As long as Zhu Di dares to come up with such a reward, there is definitely more than one skilled craftsman in the world.

Zhu Gaochi thought that his family might be able to come to the Daming West Garden at any time in the future, which is comparable to the Sui and Tang Dynasty West Garden, and his heart was bubbling with beauty.

Zhu Gaochi's mind was more delicate, and he quickly thought of a little.

"There are so many craftsmen in the world, if they all come to Xiyuan to survey, it will not be beautiful, not to mention that most of these people don't know how to survey the terrain.

Let's look at it alone, Qin Tianjian and those students who have studied the two courses of mathematics and geography taught by your brother-in-law, first surveyed and mapped here, summarized these data, and made a topographic clay model, so that those craftsmen can design the garden according to such a template. ”

He Qiu thought that this method was indeed very good, so he nodded, but still added a complaint.

"Forget about the people in Qin Tianjian, they are all bastards with a vegetarian meal, and it's useless to ask for them."

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaochi was a little embarrassed, this is still Zhu Yuanzhang's pot.

He ordered that the people were not allowed to study astronomy privately, and imprisoned the household registration of the officials of the Qin Tianjian and let them become officials of the Qin Tianjian in their time.

As a result, the people recruited into Qin Tianjian are all bastards, and they have no real talent and real learning, and they are rotten at the root, let alone the present more than 20 years later.