Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 351 Planning the Martyrs Cemetery
The memorial archway, also known as the meritorious archway, is one of the landmark buildings in the ancient feudal society. The main purpose of its construction is to commend people with outstanding military exploits or outstanding morals such as loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. It belongs to the auxiliary building of the ancestral temple.

The Datang Royal Martyrs Cemetery that Gao Ming intends to build is actually almost the same as the ancestral hall in essence. Make a fuss.

They don't want another Lingyan Pavilion to appear in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the "mud legs" in their eyes.

Gao Ming was not afraid of being disturbed by others, but based on the principle that more things are worse than less things, he simply said that what he built was an archway. Compared with the ancestral hall, the archway was obviously easier for those Confucian scholars to accept. After all, the specifications of the archway were much lower than the ancestral hall.

At first, when the officials of the Ministry of Industry heard that Gao Ming was going to build an archway for the fallen soldiers, they didn't have much thought, but when they heard that the size of Gao Ming's archway was [-] mu, they were suddenly shocked.

You know, the Furong Garden is only over 400 mu, that is to say, the Datang Royal Martyrs Cemetery that Gao Ming intends to build is bigger than the Furong Garden!
This is not the point, the point is such a large cemetery, but Gao Ming asked them to complete it in half a year, this is simply an impossible task!
So, as soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the officials of the Ministry of Industry knelt down a lot.

"His Royal Highness, it is absolutely impossible to complete such a large project in half a year. I hope His Highness will show mercy!"

At this moment, they all had some doubts, whether one of them had offended Gao Ming, that's why Gao Ming deliberately created such an impossible task to make things difficult for them.

Seeing the officials of the Ministry of Industry kneeling on the ground, Gao Ming frowned immediately.

"I can spend [-] yuan a month, use this money to recruit [-] laborers, let these laborers move stones and build walls, and then hire [-] stonemasons, let them build tombstones, build [-] tombstones in half a year , and at the same time fix the walls of the cemetery, no problem?"

"what?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the leading official from the Ministry of Industry immediately raised his head, showing surprise on his face.

"What about the house and archway?"

"unnecessary!"

As he said that, Gao Ming walked to a table and drew a blueprint on it with a pen and paper. While drawing, he waved to the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were kneeling on the ground.

"Come here, take a look at this blueprint I drew."

"Yes!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, several officials hurried over, and when they approached, Gao Ming began to explain to them.

"Look, apart from the two archways at the main entrance and the back entrance, there are no archways in other places. They are surrounded by walls, and inside are tombstones as tall as one person. There are twenty tombstones in a row, and each row of tombstones is planted with Evergreen trees, bluestone slabs on the ground, nothing else is needed, this tombstone needs to be like this..."

Hearing Gao Ming started to explain, the surrounding officials of the Ministry of Industry quickly held their breath and listened intently, not daring to be careless.

The blueprints drawn by Gao Ming refer to the martyrs' cemetery of later generations, and the deconstruction is very simple, so it only took him a while to explain the blueprints.

After the explanation was finished, Gao Ming put the brush on the table and raised his chin towards the official from the Ministry of Industry in front of him.

"During the past six months, I will spend 60 guan every month, a total of [-] guan. The money will be used to build the Datang Royal Martyrs Cemetery. You don't need to save me money. Now tell me, can it be done in half a year? Build it!"

"can!"

The leading official from the Ministry of Industry immediately regained his energy, and bowed his hands to Gao Ming immediately.

"His Royal Highness, if my guess is correct, the Royal Martyrs Cemetery you want to build is actually a mausoleum with only tombstones. It can be built!"

"Ok!"

Hearing what he said, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction.

"It's good to be able to build it in advance, but the most important thing is to complete it according to quality and quantity. Okay, let's not talk about it. I haven't eaten since morning. I'm very hungry. I'm leaving first. , and the rest is up to you.”

"Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Seeing more than a dozen officials from the Ministry of Industry bowing to him, Gao Ming nodded again, then left the Ministry of Industry with his hands behind his back, and returned to the East Palace.

When Gao Ming walked into the gate of the East Palace, a familiar face suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Lang Jun, you are back, the dinner is ready, I will let someone serve it to you."

Seeing this familiar face, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment.

"Uh... Wan'er? Why are you back?"

The person who came was none other than Su Wan'er. After hearing Gao Ming's words, she laughed again.

"I lived in Huaqing Palace for a few days, and my concubine was a little tired. I still felt more used to the palace, so I came back."

Although she said it lightly, Gao Ming knew that she was easing his heart.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately opened his arms and hugged Su Wan'er, while stroking her long hair, he sighed.

"Hey, Wan'er, I know you're worried about me and I came back with you. I'm really too busy during this time, how about this, when I'm free after the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's go to Huaqing Palace together, how about it? "

"Well, I've heard Mr. Lang, concubine..."

When she said this, Su Wan'er was startled for a moment, and two blushes suddenly appeared on her face.

"Lang Jun, your hand..."

"my hand?"

Hearing Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming looked at his left hand, then raised his eyebrows.

"My hand is fine, don't worry!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming gently patted Su Wan'er's back with his left hand again, and continued to pinch her plump cheeks with his right hand.

"what!"

Su Wan'er, who was "suddenly attacked", screamed immediately, pushed Gao Ming away in a hurry, and ran away blushing.

Looking at the back of her leaving, Gao Ming nodded immediately, and then smiled slightly.

"Well, it's very elastic and feels pretty good."

As if she heard Gao Ming talking to herself, Su Wan'er, who hadn't run far, suddenly ran faster.

After being teased by Gao Ming, the blush on Su Wan'er's face hadn't completely faded until eating.

But at this time Gao Ming was not in the mood to pay attention to these things. He was so hungry that he hadn't eaten a drop of rice since morning.

Seeing Gao Ming feasting, Su Wan'er's eye circles turned red, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

Seeing Su Wan'er who burst into tears suddenly, Gao Ming was stunned.

"Okay, why did you start crying all of a sudden?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Su Wan'er burst into tears immediately.

"If it wasn't for my concubine's absence, you...you wouldn't be so hungry. It's all because of my concubine's bad health. I will never leave you again... woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"Uh……"

(End of this chapter)