"Yes, yes, Master Cheng suggested that these two things can be done at the same time." A group of civil servants in the hall agreed. People were very particular about feng shui. These ministers were in prominent positions. Many people began to think about what happened to them. They even selected a few treasures of feng shui. When the emperor’s mausoleum began to work, they had to plan for themselves. So they all can't wait.
However, they say that two things can be done at the same time is not a lie. The emperor’s mausoleum cost a lot of money, and it was a long and vast project, but in the eyes of everyone, the hero cemetery was nothing more than the cemetery of the martyrs in Xiangyang, and it didn’t cost much. With the reunification of the Han Dynasty, the national power has grown stronger, tax revenue has nearly doubled compared with last year, and the treasury is full. Even if these two projects are carried out at the same time, it is not a big event. Moreover, the emperor’s mausoleum could not be completed in one or two years, and it would not add too much burden to the court.
Liu Xin shook his head, and asked in a deep voice: "Aiqing, in your eyes, do I count as a hero? Have I contributed to the Han Dynasty?"
All the ministers said in unison: "Your majesty's great achievements, although the Qin Emperor and Hanwu reborn, it is hard to expect them. Your Majesty is not a hero, who dares to call it hero?"
This is not because the ministers are flattering Liu Xin, and they have followed Liu Xin for a long time, knowing that Liu Xin does not eat this set, and even feel a little disgusted. These words are entirely their true thoughts.
Liu Xin nodded and said, "Since I am a hero, why can't I enter this hero cemetery in a hundred years? If I am qualified to enter this cemetery, then you still need to build another mausoleum for me. ?"
The officials were stunned for a while, and Cai Yong said, "Your Majesty, you are the body of ten thousand gold, how can you be with those..."
"There's nothing wrong with it!" Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "In the future, neither I nor my descendants will be allowed to build special mausoleums, nor are they allowed to use various rare treasures as burials, let alone use living people for burial. Not only me and my descendants, but no one is allowed to be buried with a living person, and offenders will be treated as murder!"
It's not common to be buried with living people, but after the death of emperors and some high-ranking officials, they still let their personal servants, and even some wives and concubines who have never given birth, as burial objects. This bad habit, Liu Xin must be eradicated.
Regarding the use of precious gold and silver jewelry as funerary objects, Liu Xin did not have any special requirements for others. Because he knows that in this era, people’s thinking is still very superstitious, and many people think that after death, people will live a similar life to that before their lives, but the world they live in is different, so they always want to be the favorite of their lives. Things brought into the mausoleum.
However, Liu Xin himself would not do this stupid thing. Throughout the ages, how many emperors brought the gold and silver jewels into the tombs, but in the end they all made the arrogant tomb thieves cheaper, and eventually made the deceased feel restless. He just wanted to tell the world that there was nothing in the tomb of their Liu family, and naturally no one would make an idea.
Cai Yong hesitated: "Your Majesty, the hero cemetery still needs to be surveyed and a site selected from the beginning, but the eldest prince..."
Liu Xin scowled and said loudly, "Don't mention that wicked man again! What contribution does he have to the big man, and what qualifications does he have to enter the hero cemetery! You all wanted to make him the crown prince, and he was actually guilty of death. Scared to death alive, such a person is worthy of being a hero? If the great man’s power is in his hands, think about it!"
All the civil and military officials were speechless, especially those ministers who supported Liu Bang's position as the reserve, and their faces were full of embarrassment. Some ministers had thought that if the tomb was not repaired, they would continue to raise the issue of the Chu. Liu Bang is dead, and the "second son" Liu Yu has always been favored by Liu Xin and his wife. If Liu Yu is proposed as the reserve, Liu Xin should have no objection. After hearing Liu Xin's anger, no one dared to mention it anymore. Instead, Liu Xin was quiet for a long time.
After the dynasty was dismissed, Liu Xin returned to the harem, comforted Zhen Mi with a few words, and sent someone to send her home. He ordered a good coffin to prepare Liu Bang, and he was buried on the edge of Huangzhuang outside Chang'an City. The whole process was carried out in public. On the day of the funeral, Chang'an City was empty. Although Liu Bang was not executed in public, Liu Xin did not embarrass the girl. The people were finally convinced that the prince in the law of the Han Dynasty was not just a false statement.
Another winter came, and news suddenly came back from the city of Rome that Putimius was seriously ill and Caracalla and Getta declared ascended the throne at the same time. However, the two brothers did not fight openly and secretly like the Arshak and Ardaban brothers, but secretly agreed that whoever avenged Putimius first would formally become the Emperor of Qin.
Putimius's death was public, and the caravans from Daqin knew about the news, but the agreement that Caracalla and Getta were determined to avenge their father was only obtained by the Foreign Intelligence Service with great effort.
Although Putimius died of illness himself, the root cause of his illness was that he was defeated by the Han army in Parthia, so the two Caracalla brothers recorded this hatred on the body of the Han Dynasty.
Through this year's time, Caracalla also inquired that what the Han people used was not a "demon method", but a new type of siege weapon. However, the Han people kept the secrets of this device very tight, and outsiders had no way of knowing how the device was made, and even the principle of it was not clear. As long as there is no way to crack this siege weapon, Caracalla dare not act rashly, so the agreement between the two brothers can only be discussed in private.
However, the news reached Chang'an, and Liu Xin called a group of ministers to discuss. Zhang Fei said dismissively: "Big Brother has always looked at Da Qin in the past, but in my opinion, it is simply vulnerable. Just because they want to come to me for revenge?"
Liu Xin shook his head, and said, "Everything will stand before you. You shouldn't underestimate Daqin. Daqin's vast territory and population far exceed those of our big men. Moreover, Daqin people are tall and strong, and they are close to each other. In hand-to-hand combat, we Han people will still suffer a little bit. Therefore, I think we should prepare early to strengthen the guards of the two fortresses on the concession and Congling. So, I plan to add another 50,000 soldiers to the Western Region Army. Does Qing have any comments?"
In this way, the Western Region Army will be expanded to 150,000 people and become the largest legion. However, because Liu Xin has implemented a policy of taking a holiday with the Western Region Army, some of the soldiers of the Western Region Army will always be on vacation, and the East will temporarily There is no war, the only threat from the big man is from the West. Once something goes wrong in the West, the Western Regions Legion will bear the brunt. Therefore, it is normal to give them some more troops. The ministers all expressed no opinion.
In order to ensure timely support to the concessions and the Western Regions, Liu Xin decreed that the four main armies of the first, second, third, and sixth groups should be concentrated in Sili and Liangzhou, and at the same time further in the Uzbeli fortress and The Turugert Fortress gathers supplies. The allocation and transportation of various materials, even the road from Uzbeli to the Han Concession in Parthia, does not require Liu Xin to personally intervene. With the cabinet and six departments responsible for it, Liu Xin can also easily. a lot of.
The whole winter passed, and the Great Qin Empire continued to expand its army. The total size of the army reached a staggering 1.6 million people, divided into 32 legions. Naturally, these news cannot be concealed from the eyes and ears of Dahan's Foreign Intelligence Office. Dahan has also begun intense preparations for war. All soldiers have cancelled their vacations indefinitely and are on standby at any time. But in Parthia, sandwiched between the two empires, the country was singing and dancing. The death of "The Greatest Parthian Conqueror" Putimius completely lost his vigilance, and they did not realize that a greater crisis was approaching.
Although two Great Qin emperors appeared in Rome, the order was not in the slightest chaos, and the business of the caravan was not affected. However, among the two emperors, Caracalla was more stable and was more recognized by the nobles of Daqin. As the eldest son, he naturally lived in Putimius’s palace.
In a secret room of the palace, Caracalla is listening to Ojed's report. After the defeat of Parthia, Ojeed became a prisoner of the Han army, and was later released by Jia Xu and asked him to bring a letter to Putimius in exchange for more than a year of peace. However, according to Daqin's law, the army commander couldn't do it if Ojed was defeated this time. However, he is a close friend of Caracalla. After Putimius died of illness, Caracalla reactivated him and made him responsible for collecting information related to the big man.
Aojied sent two groups of people to try to pretend to be a caravan into the territory of the Han Dynasty, only to reach Maoling, and was told not to continue eastward. Ojed quickly changed his strategy and tried to buy the big man's businessman instead.
Merchants are chasing profits. It stands to reason that as long as they have money, they are not afraid of not being able to buy information. As a result, Ojed racked his brains, and no big caravan was willing to cooperate with him. Not to mention that these civilian caravans have no access to the secrets of the army, even if they know some news, they dare not disclose it to the Daqin people. Because after the law of the big man has been revised, the disclosure of secrets, whether it is commercial secrets or military secrets, is equivalent to treason. Treason is the most serious crime. It is true that the traitor himself cannot escape the death penalty. Even the exemption from the gold medal will not save his life, and it will also affect his family. The "price-performance ratio" of this is too low, and no savvy businessmen are willing to take this risk.
But Ojede was not discouraged. After several efforts, he finally found a Han who was willing to cooperate, and this Han also knew many important secrets. However, this Han Chinese has a big arrogance, and he must meet Caracalla himself before he can tell these secrets.