Chapter 144     First discussion on the restoration of the garden (4)

After more than ten days, the hot work was finally completed. It was placed in Sushun Mansion. Everyone was invited to come and watch together. I saw a large square table in the back hall, with a circle of houses folded and ironed with hard paper on the table. The doors and windows were all available, but they were specific and small.

"Look carefully, what's the mystery?"

When Ming Shan first saw that there was nothing wonderful. He surrounded a hall, with two curved squares on the left and right rows, which were plain and plain. Looking closely, he found that the structure was unique and the door was unexpected. He seemed to have no way, but there was a different world when he turned around. He pushed it with his hands, and thousands of doors and doors were connected to the right. I thought that Emperor Yang of Sui's mysterious building was just like this.

"So this is the secret!" Mingshan suddenly realized, "This is the convenience. The land outside the palace, without restrictions on coming and going, it is convenient. There are multiple doors and doors, and no one knows where the emperor lives, it is the secret."

"That's what!" Lei Tingchang worked for several days and finally finished. He felt very proud and explained on the side, "But convenience is not only convenient for external convenience, but also convenient for inside, because there are many shortcuts that cannot be said at the moment. Let's ask the emperor first."

"Slowly! I'll figure it out first."

Mingshan and Sushun were at Sushun's house this afternoon and thought about this circle of models, and they made it clear and clear about the roads, secret mechanisms, and which house can be used for which they can be used.

"How can I send it into the palace like this?"

“Disassemble the box.”

"Okay! Take action!" Sushun said, "I will notify you again in the afternoon; don't go away, just wait at home."

This is the season at the end of May, and the daylight is still very long. Mingshan, Lei Tingchang and the staff of the Interior Office are waiting for dusk. They did not receive a notice. They thought that there would be nothing wrong this day. When they were about to take a shower and have dinner, they heard the noise at the door. Then a servant came to report in a panic: "Sir, sir! It's not good, long live the emperor is coming!"

Long lively Master is coming, what's wrong? Ming Shan shouted: "Nonsense!"

"Really, Lord Su sent someone to inform him."

Mingshan and Lei Tingchang had no time to answer him and hurried out of the hall. Sure enough, there were seven or eight eunuchs who, regardless of the details, piled up the furnishings in the Sushun Mansion in the corner of the house and took a screen. They spread the imperial objects, as well as the tables, chairs, curtains, etc. of the eunuch named Wu, who was a man of his mind, met Mingshan, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Ming, long live on the road! You don't have to prepare anything, just take care of the big and small things in the mansion, and send more hands to the kitchen to help, go and change your clothes yourself!"

"Yes, yes! Take care of it."

Ming Shanru did as he said. As soon as he changed his clothes, the emperor had already rode a horse to the door. In order to leave the palace, he had to change his clothes. He wore a big red silk arrow dress, green sleeves, loose-legged pants underneath, and his legs were stuffed in sheepskin short boots. It looked like a lantern. It was the most romantic dress for the playboys nowadays.

"The servant is very good at accepting the journey!"

"Get up, get up!" The emperor took the skin whip and gently tapped Ming Shan on his shoulder twice, "I'll see what you look like."

At this moment, Mingshan remembered that he had missed something and was speechless and could not answer. Fortunately, Sushun, who came with him, understood, "When he said, he looked very fine, afraid of damage, and he was put in a box." He said, "Please eat some fruit first to relieve the heat. My servant asked Mingshan to prepare quickly, and he didn't have to take it up to see it."

"Yes, yes! It doesn't take much time."

The emperor did not answer, shook the whip and walked straight in. A thin vine-shaped couch was set up in the middle of the Sufu Hall. The emperor sat up and then fanned the fan and gave the towel. Wiping the sweat on his head, face and arms, a eunuch held a huge crystal bowl in both hands. The bowl was filled with red ice-cold watermelon juice, and crystal-glowing broken ice cubes. The emperor took the bowl with one hand and heard the continuous "gugu,gugugu" sound. He drank it in one breath, and while wiping his mouth and gasping, he said: "It's so good!"

"The weather is too hot, so my master will take a break and use two snacks to urge them."

"Go." The emperor ordered, "Go faster."

All kinds of cold dishes and desserts have been prepared long ago. I lifted them up on the dining table. After eating a bowl of Eight Treasure Jelly, a plate of iced dirt cake, and the emperor slowly enjoyed it with the fruits in time.

At this time, Mingshan and Lei Tingchang had already installed the appearance of "Xinyuanzi". Sushun commanded and carried an extremely large square table with eight people, and placed it in front of the imperial couch to start the explanation.

As expected, after the emperor understood the mystery of the bungalow with two wings and rings, he was as fascinated by the fact that a smart child played with a snippet.

However, the emperor only knew that the secret twists and turns were very fun, and he still didn't expect another wonderful purpose. Su Shun naturally pointed it out, "Long live the emperor," he lowered his voice slightly and said, "No one knew about it for ten days and half a month. Even if he found a place, he could not find it even if he didn't know the way. "As he said, he pointed to a house at a corner, and gently pushed it twice, and the shape of the house changed immediately.

"Mius, wonderful!" The emperor was ecstatic. He realized the mystery. As long as the "new garden" was built, no matter what he did, he could hide it here without worrying about any interference. That was a very comfortable thing.

"This method of creation has another advantage. When you look at it, you will open and close those portals, hide from the wind and rain, warm in winter and cool in summer, which is the most comfortable."

Looking at the hot table filled with hot spots, thinking about what Sushun told him yesterday, the cost of three million taels of silver, the emperor was still a little unsupported, "Sushun, can three million taels of silver be really done?"

"Reply to the emperor, I have calculated that three million taels of silver are only a little more than that!" He replied loudly, "What happened? You ask me about my death penalty."

"This is what you said, it's a military order!" The emperor thought of something again, "By the way, if the construction starts at this time, when will it be completed?"

"If all the materials and staff are prepared, it will be completed in two years."

"Then, who will supervise the worker?"

"I think it's better to come by Lord Ming Shanming? I'll send him to supervise the worker, so that he can serve the emperor day and night. He can modify it at any time when he doesn't like it in the project."

"What about you? What are you doing?"

Su Shun understood as soon as he heard this, the emperor meant to let him take charge of this matter in Beijing. Some words were mentioned in the same way, and the emperor was most likely to be exempted from the emperor. He knelt down and reported, "Although the slave is so talented and virtuous, he dared not refuse the errands given by the emperor. However, in Shanxi Province, there is another palace in the near future, and the slave..."

"Oh, by the way, there is also business in Shanxi!" The emperor reminded him and changed his words, "Since that's the case, after the birthday celebration, you should go back to the province to take office. Oh, and there is no need to build a palace in Shanxi. I can't stay with you for a few days, and use a large amount of national treasury, which will cost the people and cause money."

"Zhe!" Su Shun touched her head with satisfaction and agreed loudly.

The emperor turned around and looked at Mingshan, "Mingshan, although the supervisor is your job, I will send the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts at any time. If you find out for me, you will get a tael of silver from it, and take care of your skin, um!"

"Yes, yes, yes. The servants and heavenly courage dare not do such a rebellious thing."

"You'd better not dare." Emperor Yu Mingshan was not as gentle as that. He glared at him coldly and turned around, "Sushun?"

"The slave is here."

"One more thing..."

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Naturally, the tricks made by Sushun and the Ministry of Internal Affairs could not be hidden from the court officials of the foreign court. The emperor did not want to hide them even more. When the Military Affairs Office called out, he brought up the matter. Zaiyuan was the first to meet and answer, "... The slaves and Lord Su all asked for advice. They all thought that the emperor had worked hard for more than ten years for state affairs, loved the people as their children, and the court officials saw each other, just as the people worked hard for a year, after autumn, it was time to harvest, and enjoy the fruits of their hard work, which was the right time."

The emperor had a proud and satisfied smile on his face, but he was not in a hurry to express his opinion. He asked instead, "Yan Jingming, you are the minister in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. Do you think Mingshan's memorial still has room for action?"

Yan Jingming had already made a decision. In his original intention, this kind of thing was naturally a hundred unwilling! The country had just got some money, and from top to bottom, he had to start to be extravagant and extremely lustful? But in the past ten years, the emperor had never had many entrusted responsibilities, working for his own selfish desires and wealth. Now he had to renovate it in the Old Summer Palace and build a landscape. If he didn't say a few words, he could let him dispel his thoughts. He did it. In the future, people would only say that he would not have any filial piety to the emperor! But if he went there, the upper and lower levels would be in vain. As a minister, he could not help but think about it.

He heard the emperor ask, and he took a step and replied, "I also agreed. But I think that the funds required to build the garden and the names of exchanges and use must be accounted for inspection. It is for future households and departments of the Ministry of Industry to investigate and conduct the innocence of the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and handle the innocence of the officials. I think that the specialist should be assigned to take care of it carefully. Only then can the subjects of the world look up to the filial piety of the emperor's health and good fortune, and not fall into the empty space."

"Okay, this was what I was worried about." The emperor begged him, and he said, "Let's leave it to you and Yuan Jiasan. I will give you two people to the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs at any time to check the detailed powers of the project funds. No one can stop it with any excuses." He thought for a moment, and said, "The amount reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 3 million taels. After you go down, you will write the Ministry of Revenue and send Zhu Xueqin from the Inspection Department to review it, and write down the detailed numbers, and I will issue an order in the future."

Yan Jingming thought that this was the best way to prevent the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs before the project began. As for the official start of the project, it was nothing more than working harder for himself and Yuan Jiasanduo to check the accounts from time to time. He met the leader's order, "Yes, I have recorded it."
Chapter completed!