Chapter 23 Fenyang Palace Supervisor
“..... Thinking of his first offense, he was dealt with lightly, resealed as the supervisor of Fenyang Palace, and built Fenyang Palace within three months. ”
In front of the big tent, the eunuch finished reading the new will, and Yang Yuanqing said in a deep voice: "Minister Yang Yuanqing obeys the order!" ”
He got up and took the holy decree, but his heart was at a loss, he had thought about everything, and was ready to leave for Jiangnan early tomorrow morning, visit his aunt, and then return to Chang'an, but a piece of holy will changed his plan, and actually asked him to repair Fenyang Palace, he has never had the experience of building a palace, which makes him where to start?
The eunuch is still the eunuch surnamed Zhu, he has a good impression of Yang Yuanqing, handed over the holy decree to Yang Yuanqing, and advised: "Yang Yuanjun, time is very tight, you must start construction as soon as possible, it is a big crime to miss the construction period."
"I see, thank you father-in-law for reminding me."
Yang Yuanqing remembered something again and asked, "May I ask who will be the governor of Fengzhou?" ”
Seeing that there was no one on either side, the eunuch lowered his voice and said: "I heard that the position of the assassin of Wuyuan County was promoted by Wei Siyun, but the position of the governor of Fengzhou was led by Yan Wang Yao. ”
The meaning of Yao Ling is that he is nominally concurrent, and the actual military affairs are in charge of Changshi, and the governor of Fengzhou is also Wei Siyun, but he is a civilian official, good at government affairs, and he is not good at military affairs, Yang Yuanqing and Wei Siyun have worked together for many years, knowing that this person is cautious, and he should not easily change the military system he has established, and Yang Yuanqing's heart is also slightly lowered.
The eunuch reminded him again: "Yang Yuanjun, there are only three months to build the palace, and it is very urgent to start counting from today, Yang Yuanjun must discuss it with the deputy palace supervisor as soon as possible." ”
"I wonder who the deputy palace supervisor is?"
"The deputy palace supervisor is Feng Deyi, who is from the Inner History House, and he has experience in building Xianren Palace, so Yang Yuanjun might as well discuss with him more."
'Feng Deyi! ’
Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned, he seemed to have not seen this person for a long time.
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Feng Deyi is still serving as the internal history of the house, he has been in this position for nearly ten years, has not been promoted, the difference is that he has been tempered from a young junior official who has just debuted to a senior internal history of the Great Sui, and many major wills are drafted by him.
Although Feng Deyi is already a senior internal history, he still has a lot of resentment in his heart, he thinks that he should have been promoted to an internal envoy with his own talent, and the reason why he has not been promoted is because he relied on the wrong Yang family, and the loss of power of the Yang family dragged him down.
For this reason, Feng Deyi resented the Yang family, and even had the idea of divorce from his wife, his wife was the daughter of Yang Sudi's brother Yang Shen, and finally Feng Deyi did not divorce his wife for the sake of a son and a daughter, and was depressed all day long.
However, although the officialdom was frustrated, but he also had a glorious time, a few years ago, he took refuge in Yu Shiji, the first celebrity in the saint, and was quite valued by him, so he got the fat difference of building Xianren Palace, so that he made a lot of money, although he was not promoted, but the harvest was abundant, enough to make him worry about food and clothing for several generations, Feng Deyi was in a better mood again, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, just when Yu Shiji promised to promote him, Yu Shiji was knocked down by Yang Yuanqing, dismissed from office, and Feng Deyi's career hope was once again disappointed.
This time he went on a tour with the saint to the north, all the way was also breathing, listless, but he came to run, the saint actually issued an order, ordered him to be the deputy palace supervisor of Fenyang, to assist Yang Yuanqing in building Fenyang Palace, which couldn't help but make him happy and worried, happy is that the convenience of repairing the palace to make money is rich, so that he has another chance to make a fortune, the worry is that he actually followed Yang Yuanqing, that ruthless guy, he saw it from Yang Yuanqing when he was a child.
Just when Feng Deyi was sitting in the center of the tent, a report from his entourage came from outside the tent, "Envoy, Yang Yuanqing is here." ”
Feng Deyi was startled, he stood up quickly, walked out of the big tent quickly, only to see that under the moonlight outside the tent, Yang Yuanqing was looking at him with a smile on his face, he no longer wore a military uniform, but changed into a purple official robe, wearing a black lacquered sarong hat, a leather belt tied around his waist, a purple gold fish bag hung on the leather belt, and a pair of black leather boots on his feet, completely dressed as a civil official.
Even Yang Yuanqing himself was a little uncomfortable with this dress, he was used to wearing a tight-fitting military uniform, and suddenly it became this kind of loose and loose jacket, and he felt uncomfortable.
"Second Uncle Feng still remembers his little nephew?"
Yang Yuanqing bowed his hand, Feng Deyi suddenly woke up, and hurriedly returned the salute, "I didn't know that General Yang was coming, and the lower officials were disappointed." ”
Although Yang Yuanqing was removed from the post of governor of Fengzhou, his title and rank are not low, and more importantly, he is about to be his top boss, Feng Deyi does not dare to slack off.
At the same time, after Yang Yuanqing was removed from the Yang family, he has not returned, Feng Deyi knows that Yang Yuanqing calls him a second uncle, but it is just a kind of politeness, if he really puts on an elder shelf without interest, I am afraid that Yang Yuanqing will soon clean him up.
"General Yang, please sit in the tent!"
Feng Deyi hurriedly and respectfully invited Yang Yuanqing into the tent, and ordered his entourage to pour tea, the two sat down in the tent, Yang Yuanqing looked at his big tent, and saw that the layout was very simple, a small table, a blanket, a bookcase next to it, a suitcase, and nothing else.
"The other ministers are all tents full of books, why can't Second Uncle Feng see it here?"
Feng Deyi smiled bitterly, "They all take carriages, of course they can carry a lot of books, I am riding a horse, and I can only bring a box of books." ”
During this northern tour, officials over the age of 60 could ride in a carriage, but Feng Deyi was only from the fifth grade and was only forty years old, so he was not qualified to ride in a car, so he could only ride a horse.
Yang Yuanqing nodded and said with a smile: "This time to repair Fenyang Palace, Yuanqing has no experience, and he has no bottom in his heart, so he came to ask Second Uncle Feng for advice." ”
When it came to building a palace, Feng Deyi's spirits perked up, he had been thinking about it for an hour, and he had a little bottom in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Fenyang Palace is a small palace, covering an area of only more than 30 acres, unlike Xianren Palace, which covers an area of 100 miles, and it only took five months, and three months should be enough." ”
Yang Yuanqing thought about it, the Great Wall of 200 miles only took 20 days, and it only took 3 months to open the road across the Taihang Mountain and connect Bingzhou and Youzhou.
Fengde Yi Buddha understood Yang Yuanqing's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Although Fenyang Palace is a small palace, it also has difficulties, I heard that the place that the saint likes is on the mountain, and carrying materials up the mountain is the biggest problem, which requires a lot of manpower, I think at least 300,000 people are needed, and materials need to be transported from Taiyuan County, so three months is not enough." ”
Yang Yuanqing frowned, Fenyang Palace is in the north of Loufu County, Loufu County itself has a small population, if you really need 300,000 people, where to transfer people, and the materials for building the palace, can Taiyuan County provide them all? He felt like he had a lot of things going on, but he didn't know where to start.
The reason why Feng Deyi is very respectful and polite to Yang Yuanqing is also a deep-seated reason, Feng Deyi wants to take refuge in Pei Ju, but he does not have a referee, Pei Ju may not pay attention to him, and Yang Yuanqing is Pei Ju's grandson-in-law, which makes Feng Deyi have an idea in his heart.
"General Yang don't worry at all, the specific repair of the palace is responsible for the people who will be the supervisor and the Ministry of Works, the requisition of manpower is the matter of the magistrate, and the preparation of materials is also considered by the Shaofu Temple, General Yang is the palace supervisor, but he is responsible for the overall coordination and supervision of the locality, in fact, I think that the local government of Loufu County is the most important."
Feng Deyi's words made Yang Yuanqing's heart let go, it turned out that the specific trivial matters were not his concern, and he asked with a smile: "I don't know who the Taishou of Lou Fu County is?" ”
Feng Deyi smiled slightly, "The general should know this person, and when he was in Luoyang, he went hunting with him, Li Yuan, does General Yang remember?" ”
"Li Yuan!"
Yang Yuanqing squinted and laughed, "It turned out to be him." ”
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The palace site of Fenyang Palace is located in Loufu County. The northern part of Le County, close to Mayi County, is located next to the Tianchi Lake at the source of Fenshui, where it is sparsely populated, but the traffic is very convenient, and it is only ten miles away from the northbound Chidao.
What's more important is that the excellent scenery here has left a very deep impression on Yang Guang, the mountains are undulating, the peaks and stones are beautiful, the forest is dense, the clouds and mist are shrouded all the year round, and the water of Tianchi is as clear as a mirror, even in the hot summer, it is also quiet as spring, without the slightest heat, as if it is a place where the gods live.
Since last year, woodcutters, hunters, and herb pickers have been forbidden to go up the mountain, and several nearby villages have been ordered to move out.
But since the end of February, there have been troops stationed here, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Yu Wenkai personally led a large number of officials from the Ministry of Supervisors and the Ministry of Industry to appear in the area of Tianchi, they began to survey the terrain, design the road, the warlock Zhang Qiu Taiyi also led a dozen apprentices near the Tianchi to measure Feng Shui, determine the final palace site.
In mid-March, the holy decree was finally issued, from Taiyuan, Mayi, Loufu, Yanmen, Lishi five counties to transfer 300,000 people, began to build Fenyang Palace, ordered the former Fengzhou governor Yang Yuanqing as the palace supervisor, the inner history of the people Feng Deyi and will be the young craftsman Han Shun as the deputy palace supervisor, the time limit is three months, must be completed before the middle of June, if there is a delay, so the relevant personnel are beheaded.
Just three days after the decree was issued, the 30,000 people recruited by Li Yuan, who was too guarded by Lou Fu, arrived in Tianchi and began the first step in the construction of Fenyang Palace, the construction of roads.
The craftsmen who will make the road have already marked the area with lime, and the people need to tamp the land before laying the fired bricks, and the road will be paved all the way up the mountain.
When the palace supervisor Yang Yuanqing and Feng Deyi led 2,000 supervisors and soldiers from Yulin County to the Fenyang palace site, it coincided with the second batch of 150,000 people from Taiyuan County arriving at the road construction site, the whole construction site was crowded with people, a team of people under the supervision of the soldiers were busy ramming the earth, picking up fine stones with baskets, and scattering the fine stones evenly on the roadbed, the requirements for craftsmen were extremely strict, each stone was the size of the index finger, just knocking the fine stones used 30,000 people, and more than 100,000 people were distributed on the roadbed more than ten miles long. They rammed every inch of the ground with huge pieces of wood.
Yang Yuanqing, escorted by nine iron guards, rode a horse to inspect both sides of the construction site, when someone shouted in the distance: "General Yang! ”
As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw dozens of officials rushing on horseback surrounded by several officials, and the official headed by him was Li Yuan, who was the Taishou of Lou Fu.