bastard seizes tang

Chapter 752 Daming Palace

As soon as Li Kezhi's words came out, Empress Yang and Gao Yang also knew what Li Ke meant. When they come here, they only need to tell the general to be a supervisor to do it. Li Ke is so fanfare, I am afraid that he is going to build a new palace.

Concubine Yang asked Li Ke, "What does Ke'er mean?"

Li Ke replied: "Tai Chi Palace is located in a low-lying place, and the humidity is very heavy. It is still like this in spring and autumn. Once summer comes, it will be even more difficult. My son will build a new palace for the mother, so that the mother can live more comfortably."

The design of Chang'an City was presided over by Yu Wenkai, a master craftsman of the former Sui Dynasty. When planning Chang'an City and Taiji Palace, he attached the six lines of "Book of Changes" and set Taiji Palace at the northern end corresponding to Ziweixing. There is no meaning, but it also ignores the geographical disadvantage of the north.

The north, especially the middle part of the Taiji Palace where the Baifu Hall is located, is the lowest place in the entire Chang'an City, that is, the most humid place. Once it comes to summer, it will be sweltering and hot, which is definitely not suitable for Yang Hou, who is afraid of humidity.

Empress Yang said: "I'm afraid it won't work. When you first came to the throne, you just followed the example of the previous emperor, cleared up government affairs, and rested with the people. It is really inappropriate to build another palace, lest people speak out. Your filial heart and mother's heart have taken care of you. Let someone repair Baifu Hall."

It was indeed inappropriate for Li Ke to build the palace at this time, not only because of the beginning of Li Ke's ascension to the throne, but also because the former emperor Li Shimin was diligent and thrifty all his life, and there were only a handful of new palaces built during his reign. If you want to build a new palace, it will definitely attract people's tongues.

Li Ke naturally knew this. Zhang Xuansu dissuaded Li Shimin when he wanted to restore the Qianyang Palace in Luoyang. If he would build a new palace as soon as he came to power, the pressure would be self-evident, but Li Ke had his own way to deal with it. .

Li Ke said: "Didn't Aunt forget the Daming Palace built for my grandfather on Longshouyuan? I don't want to build a new palace, but just continue to build on the old site of my father."

The Daming Palace that Li Ke talked about was the new palace ordered by Li Shimin to be built by Li Shimin in the eighth year of Zhenguan to prepare for the summer heat. It's a pity that the Daming Palace was only repaired at the beginning, and Li Yuan died of illness.

After Li Yuan's death, it happened that Li Shimin was busy managing the Western Regions, and Li Ke was about to use troops against Xue Yantuo, so the Daming Palace stopped working for a while, and it has been delayed until now.

Empress Yang asked worriedly: "I'm afraid it will cost a lot to build the Daming Palace. If the Daming Palace is built, it will inevitably waste people's money."

Li Ke smiled, walked behind Yang Hou, rubbed Yang Hou's shoulders with his own hands, and replied with a smile: "Don't worry, Auntie, the past two years have been good in the Tang Dynasty, Min Fu Cai, building a palace is not a problem, not to mention that the construction of the Daming Palace is not all funded by the imperial court, and there will be many donations in the southeast, so it's okay."

Upon hearing this, Empress Yang asked curiously: "The construction of the Daming Palace is something that was mentioned just now. How do you know that there will be donations in the southeast?"

Li Ke replied: "As early as the eighth year of Zhenguan, when the late emperor first built the Daming Palace, some wealthy gentry from Huainan came to Beijing to meet their sons and ministers, and volunteered to donate money and materials to the Daming Palace. If it is rebuilt this time, they will definitely donate tribute voluntarily."

The tribute that Li Ke said naturally came from the southeast salt company and water transport. Except for the materials used in the construction of the palace, they were taken from Guanzhong, and most of the others were taken from Jingyang. Support, whether it is money or material transfer, will save the court a lot of manpower and financial resources.

Li Ke and Empress Yang were talking, and Yan Liben, the master craftsman, and Yan Lide, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, had already arrived at Baifu Palace under the imperial edict.

In today's world, if there is anyone who is proficient in the administration of civil engineering and craftsmen, I am afraid that there is no one better than the brothers of the Yan family. He was ordered by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to dredge water transportation and build Linshuo Palace. He was very good at craftsmanship, which can be regarded as the origin of family learning.

The Yan family was passed on to Yan Lide and Yan Liben, and they showed this way to the fullest. The brothers of the Yan family are not only the famous Danqing masters in the world, but also served as general supervisors for twenty years, not only in palaces and buildings, but also in Li Yuan's Xianling Tomb and Li Shimin's Zhaoling Tomb were both built by their brothers. In terms of craftsmanship, there are few people in the world who can match it.

At the same time, they were also related by marriage to the Tang imperial family. Li Ke's fourth brother, Wei Wang Li Tai, married Yan Lide's daughter Yan Wan, who was also a relative of the emperor.

But now that the brothers of the Yan family were summoned by Li Ke, they were concerned. They knew about the restoration of the Baifu Palace to Empress Yang as the prisoner, and they were also very clear about how it was completed. Li Ke suddenly summoned them in Baifu Palace, probably because he got angry after seeing the appearance of Baifu Palace.

Wei Wang Li Tai is the son-in-law of the Yan family, and Li Ke has always been at odds with Li Tai. The Yan family brothers are naturally worried that Li Ke will be dissatisfied with them because of this, and blame them for this matter.

But obviously they were thinking too much, Li Ke still has the capacity to accommodate people, Li Ke also values ​​the talent of the Yan family, and is about to reuse it.

"You two, Yan Qing, don't need to worry. The reason I sent you to the palace this time is not to ask for the responsibility of repairing the Baifu Palace. The repair of the Baifu Palace is not a one-to-two-month effort. I will not be unreasonable, so I will be surprised." After the Yan family brothers saw the ceremony, Li Ke looked at the slightly nervous expressions of the two, and comforted them.

Hearing the words, the two breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Li Ke: "Then I don't know why your Majesty told me to come here?"

Li Ke said: "The Taiji Palace is low-lying and overly damp, and the queen mother is afraid of humidity. I'm afraid it won't work in the long run. Do you have any suggestions?"

Yan Liben heard the words and replied first: "How about inviting the Empress Dowager to live in Cuiwei Palace? The Cuiwei Palace was built by the first emperor last year, thinking that it would be suitable for the Empress Dowager to live there. Cuiwei Palace has all the stone materials and wood materials. As long as His Majesty gives an order, the construction can be started at an optional date, and it can be completed at the end of the year and the beginning of the year at the earliest."

Li Ke already had concerns in his mind, he asked Yan Liben just to find a reason, and naturally he would not approve of Cuiwei Palace, Li Ke said: "Cuiwei Palace is at the foot of Qinghua Mountain, it is still nearly forty miles south of Chang'an City, and it is even more distant from Taiji Palace. Yuan, if the queen mother lives in Cuiwei Palace, it is really inappropriate for me to greet her every day in the future."

Yan Lide is a person with a dexterous mind. Looking at Li Ke's appearance, he obviously thought about it a long time ago, so he asked Li Ke: "Then what is your Majesty's request for the location of the new palace?"

Li Ke replied without hesitation: "The site of the mother's new palace is best located in the north of the city, on a higher ground, so that it will be dry and dry, and it will be convenient for me to go to ask how I am."

In the north of Chang’an City, the nearest highland to Taiji Palace is Longshouyuan, and there is a Daming Palace that has stopped working on Longshouyuan. Li Ke’s words are probably short of saying the name "Daming Palace". How could Yan Lide not know.

Yan Lide heard the sound and knew the elegance, and asked Li Ke in a sensible way: "I don't know what your Majesty thinks of the Daming Palace. The Daming Palace was built by the first emperor for Emperor Gaozu. It is on the Longshouyuan and adjacent to the Taiji Palace."

Yan Lide's words caught his ears, Li Ke showed a smile on his face, Li Ke said: "Yan Shangshu's words are very good, so according to Yan Shangshu's words, the continued construction of Daming Palace, just in time, the wood and stone materials of Cuiwei Palace can be used for Daming Palace .”

Listening to Li Ke's words, Yan Lide paused for a moment, and said to Li Ke: "Continuing the construction of Daming Palace is not a problem, but the planning of Daming Palace is far larger than that of Cuiwei Palace, which is several times larger. I am afraid that the things prepared for Cuiwei Palace are far from enough to cope with it. .”

Li Ke waved his hand and said: "It's okay, you just need to worry about the construction, I will discuss these things with the Shaofu and the Ministry of Households."

(End of this chapter)