Tang's dining table

Chapter 1267 The giant bear is not dead

Before the emperor's body is eaten by insects, we must guard against his resurrection.

There was no emperor in the era before Yun Chu, but he had seen how a harmless leader could deceive a group of officials after his death.

In one county, two teams, a total of 69 people were arrested at once. The matter was very serious. An inconspicuous section chief received a sentence of two years and six months in this political turmoil.

Li Zhi's political wisdom far exceeded that of the dead leader. Yun Chu felt that Li Zhi wanted to take more people away in one go.

The mausoleum of Li Zhi in Qian County was built very large. The planning of this mountain mausoleum began in the year when Li Zhi ascended the throne. The drawings were constructed in the sixth year of Yonghui, and the construction officially started in the first year of Longshuo. It is still under construction.

It is located on Liangshan Mountain, 170 miles away from Chang'an, covering an area of ​​5,000 acres. The three peaks of Liangshan Mountain are all included in it. The highest peak in the middle is the cemetery prepared by Li Zhi for himself. After the high mountain was cut into a round hill, the other two peaks became two Rushan Mountains. The scale of the mausoleum is extremely spectacular.

The layout of Li Zhi's mausoleum is actually the same as that of Chang'an. There are two three-zhang-high city walls outside the cemetery, dividing the mausoleum into Guocheng and Neicheng, but there are fewer city gates than Chang'an, only four gates: Qinglong, Zhuque, Baihu, and Xuanwu.

Although the scale of the mountain mausoleum is large, it did not use much national treasury, which is very different from other imperial mausoleums, because the first year of Longshuo was exactly the time when Li Ji led the army to return to the court. In other words, it was because Li Ji destroyed the three kingdoms in Liaodong that the construction of Li Zhi's mausoleum officially began.

Li Zhi had told Yun Chu a long time ago that he had arranged a place for him in the imperial mausoleum...

Now thinking about it, it's scary. God knows whether Li Zhi wanted to bury Yun Chu alive in the imperial mausoleum or wait until Yun Chu died before burying him there.

If he was buried in the imperial mausoleum after his death, Yun Chu would still be willing. After all, this was also a great honor. If he was buried alive in the imperial mausoleum, Yun Chu felt that this might not be much of an honor.

Since Qin Shihuang used terracotta warriors instead of living people as burial objects, emperors in the future rarely used human sacrifice. Of course, this was just that there was no large-scale human sacrifice. Small-scale human sacrifices were still common. For example, Emperor Wu of Han buried Lady Gouyi with him.

The Book of Han said that Lady Gouyi died because she made a mistake and was scolded by Emperor Wu of Han, and finally died of depression.

The Records of the Grand Historian said that Emperor Wu of Han was worried that after his death, the son would be weak and the mother would be strong, so he ordered Lady Gouyi to be killed.

Yun Chu learned from Xu Jingzong that both of the above were nonsense. Was Lady Gouyi sacrificed by Emperor Wu of Han? Was she the kind of sacrifice that hollowed out her internal organs and filled them with spices to make them immortal?

Yun Chu was more inclined to Xu Jingzong's inference. After all, what made Lady Gouyi unforgettable to Emperor Wu of Han was her peerless beauty. If she was buried casually and was drilled by insects and had holes all over her body, it would not look good.

Crown Prince Li Hong also had this worry, especially after being beaten by Yun Chu, this worry became even more intense. He felt that according to what he was doing now, he might not live longer than his father.

So, after staying in Chang'an for 18 days, he went straight to the Liangshan Imperial Mausoleum construction site to inspect it. After inspecting the imperial mausoleum construction site, he found out a lot of illegal things. There was actually rampant corruption here, which was shocking.

The furious Prince Li Hong of the Tang Dynasty started a massacre at the Liangshan Imperial Mausoleum. He took the blood of corrupt officials and mixed it with cinnabar and other pigments to paint the murals of the White Tiger Palace to increase the killing power of the White Tiger.

Finally, he allocated 600,000 strings of cash from the East Palace treasury to purchase new building materials to make up for the mistakes of corrupt officials.

After doing these things, he hurriedly set off for Jiucheng Palace, ready to personally serve his sick and mentally unwell old father.

As for the ongoing fierce battle for Chang'an, Li Hong felt that such trivial matters could not be compared with the importance of taking care of the old man himself.

Li Hong has looked stronger recently, and even his handsome face has become much rounder than before.

People who don't know think that His Royal Highness has gained weight, but only those who know, such as Naha, know that the prince is swollen all over and has a low fever.

It took Prince Li Hong half a month to walk from Liangshan to Jiucheng Palace.

When he arrived at Jiucheng Palace, the prince finally recovered his former handsome appearance. Although the emperor allowed the prince to enter Jiucheng Palace, the prince stubbornly asked the prince to stay in the wilderness 60 miles away from Jiucheng Palace. He brought two hundred guards and Naha into Jiucheng Palace.

Li Zhi became fat. There was no way. As long as the people of their Li family did not insist on exercising, they would soon become fat.

Of course, at the feet of the obese Li Zhi, there was an even fatter flower bear lying.

Li Hong only took a look at the giant bear's eyes and knew that the dead giant bear was not the giant bear that Chang'an people were talking about, because other giant bears would not show pity to him in their eyes.

Li Zhi held a golden cup filled with grape wine in his hand, and his one eye was full of teasing. He said to Li Hong, who had just finished his greeting, "Why, were you scolded by your master?"

Li Hong put his head at his father's feet and said ashamedly, "The scolding was very severe. Father, please don't scold me anymore. I can't bear it anymore."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Take off your clothes and let your father see them, and then we can decide whether to continue to scold you."

Li Hong obediently took off his clothes, revealing his colorful body that had not yet healed.

Li Zhi stepped forward and poked Li Hong's green scars with his fingers and said, "It seems that your master has indeed taught you a lesson."

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "Except for the soles of my feet and this face, there is no good meat."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "Have you seen the second workshop?"

Li Hong nodded and said, "I have seen it."

Li Zhi smiled and said, "What did you see?"

Li Hong said, "My master taught me so much knowledge that I have learned."

This answer obviously did not meet Li Zhi's expectations, so Li Zhi continued to ask, "Why do you say that?"

Li Hong said with a strong sense of yearning, "That big kettle is really too important."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "What big kettle?"

Li Hong said in surprise: "It's the big kettle that can use steam to blow the impeller."

Li Zhi put down the wine glass and said: "Didn't you go to see the cannon?"

Li Hong said: "I saw it, it's nothing special. Besides, this thing is not used by the Tang army at present, but it needs to be kept secret and cannot be leaked, otherwise, it will be disadvantageous to our Tang Dynasty."

Li Zhi sat up and motioned Li Hong to put on his clothes, and then said: "Explain the reason."

Li Hong said while putting on his clothes: "The appearance of this thing actually caused the most damage to our Tang Dynasty soldiers. Originally, our Tang Dynasty soldiers were invincible. After the appearance of the cannon, it offset part of the combat power of our Tang Dynasty soldiers.

This thing must not fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise, the consequences will be very serious. "

Li Zhi pondered for a moment and said: "You mean, this thing can't be popularized?"

Li Hong nodded and said: "The emergence of artillery has offset all the advantages of my Tang Dynasty's soldiers in training, equipment, and tactics. After all, no matter how brave, smart, and well-equipped the soldiers are, they are not much different from the mob in front of artillery. The moment the bomb explodes, the brave and the cowardly will be turned into dust without distinction.

Therefore, I think that this thing should be strictly prohibited from being passed on except for my father's personal guards. "

Li Zhi stared at Li Hong's eyes for a long time, and then slowly said: "My mausoleum will be built soon, you'd better not be too anxious. "

Li Hong said: "I was originally forced by my mother to I was a little anxious. After being beaten by my master, I suddenly realized that I didn't need to be anxious at all. I still have a lot of agricultural work that should be promoted and I have a lot of new ideas that I want to implement in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. Now I have not implemented them yet. Now, there is a big kettle for the child to discover. Compared with doing practical things, power and everything can be put aside. "

Li Zhi asked the waiter to pour a glass of wine for Li Hong. After the father and son took a sip, Li Zhi said: "Don't learn from Prince Chengqian. That's not good."

Li Hong nodded and said: "Being upright and aboveboard is the code of conduct that the child is prepared to follow for the rest of his life. Without this, it is not enough to be stronger than the grandfather."

Yun Chu returned to the study, and Yin Erhu, who was waiting in the study, put a bamboo tube in Yun Chu's hand.

When he opened it, there was only a piece of paper one finger wide inside, which read-the giant bear is not dead.

Yun Chu placed the note on the candle, lit it, and then stomped it into powder. Then he said to Yin Erhu: "Prince Yong, is Princess Taiping casting cannons privately?"

Yin Erhu said: "So far, the person who cast the cannons privately is Jie Shilong, the scholar of the North Gate. It seems that this person has no connection with Prince Yong and Princess Taiping."

Yun Chu nodded and said: "Is Helan Minzhi still staying indoors?"

Yin Erhu said: "I suspect that the person who stayed in Helan Mansion is not Helan Minzhi."

Yun Chu was stunned for a moment and said: "Find him."

Yin Erhu said: "There are now three groups of people looking for Helan Minzhi. He should not be able to escape. "

Yun Chu sighed and said: "We should have killed him directly at the beginning."

Yin Erhu said: "Xu Jingye has also disappeared for four years, but someone claimed to have seen him in Caozhou recently."

Yun Chu shook his head hard and whispered: "I always thought that Li Chengxiu was the one who depended on Ying Gong's life, but I didn't expect that Ying Gong's final entrustment was given to Xu Jingye.

After all, he is an old guy who was born as a bandit. He is uncomfortable if he doesn't rebel..."

Yun Chu knew that after the birth of the cannon, with its powerful lethality, it would definitely attract the bad thoughts of countless ambitious people.

Li Zhi also knew this, but he seduced those who were eyeing his throne, while Yun Chu seduced those who had already hidden and were ready to hide and wait for the right time.

Anyway, at this moment, the casting technology of the cannon has been spread through the scholars of the North Gate. Presumably, it won't be long before the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty will become scarce again.

Yun Chu felt it was necessary to release the massive copper coins stored in Chang'an at a high price.