Ying Yuan did not punish the old eunuch.
Instead, he found a quiet villa in the palace for him to live out his remaining years there.
But the next day, the old eunuch hanged himself.
The third day.
Ying Yuan asked officials from the Ministry of Rites to take charge of the burial of the Queen Mother.
He was buried next to the tomb of the previous emperor.
No posthumous title.
This move surprised many people.
They all thought that based on the grudge between the emperor and the empress dowager, the empress dowager must be crushed to ashes.
However, the Empress Dowager was granted burial outside the late emperor's mausoleum.
This is indeed a bit unexpected.
Kunning Palace.
When Hu Ximei informed Daji about this matter, she also expressed her dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty is truly too kind to the Queen Mother."
Hearing this, the latter shook his head and smiled, “Some things, you can’t always look at the surface, there is no trivial matter in the royal family.
"Anything involving Your Majesty is politics. Your Majesty's lavish burial of the Queen Mother is precisely to demonstrate your benevolence and to show it to the people of the Great Qin."
After hearing this reason, Hu Ximei was instantly relieved.
In fact, Ying Yuan just wanted to express his grief and anger.
After all, Empress Dowager Lu Zhi could become his "comrade-in-arms".
The original plan was to bury Lu Zhi in the imperial mausoleum.
But when she thought of her biological mother's conflict with her, she buried her outside the late emperor's mausoleum.
She wasn't even given a posthumous title.
Having no posthumous title is the most poisonous posthumous title.
...
End of December.
The New Year is approaching.
As usual, Ying Yuan wrote an imperial edict to wish the people of Qin a happy new year and announced it to the world.
After the imperial edict was issued, he stood alone outside the Xuanzheng Hall.
At this time, heavy snow like goose feathers was falling.
It fell on his shoulder.
Daji walked over slowly, put a cloak on him, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, it's snowing hard here, you should go back to the palace."
"No problem."
Ying Yuan shook his head and said with a sense of loss, "It will soon be the fourth year of Chengping."
"The snow this year is heavier than usual."
Daji smiled and said, "As the saying goes, auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. Next year, the people of the Great Qin will surely have a good harvest."
These words really made Ying Yuan feel upset.
But on second thought.
While the country is in decline and incompetent, try not to affect the lives of the lower-class people.
For example, the top level can be in turmoil, and at the same time, when there is money, money can be thrown to the bottom level.
But forget about using the lives of the people to ruin the country and cause incompetence.
Even though the artifact would resurrect them, Ying Yuan still felt a little reluctant.
If it was when he first traveled through time, he would not have had this idea.
After all, times have changed.
He has been in this world for two years.
The many things he experienced in the past two years have gradually changed his character.
Just when Ying Yuan was about to say something, Zhao Gao and Sima Yi, the Minister of Works, suddenly came hurriedly.
Seeing this, Ying Yuan frowned and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
Sima Yi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Your Majesty, the Star-Picking Tower has been completed."
"Very good, Queen, would you like to accompany me to take a look?"
Ying Yuan received the news early in the morning that the Zhaixing Tower would be completed in the next few days.
Daji smiled sweetly and said, "Then I will respectfully obey your command."
Ying Yuan laughed a few times.
...
Afterwards, everyone came to the Zhaixing Tower.
Thirty-seven floors.
It is about two hundred meters high.
This is considered a relatively tall building in the territory of Daqin.
Of course, it is said that there is a building with 199 floors in Dafeng Dynasty.
It is said that the elites of the Mohist and Gongshu schools came out in full force to build that building.
There are very few Mohist disciples in the territory of Daqin, so it is not easy to build a thirty-seven-story building.
Of course, if Ying Yuan is willing, even building a ninety-nine-story building is possible.
Ying Yuan looked up at the Star-Picking Tower and felt quite satisfied.
"Pass the order on. Anyone who participates in the construction of the Star-Picking Tower will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver."
In recent days, he has also determined his future strategy for the destruction of the country.
That is, on the premise of ensuring that the lower-class people have a good life, we should engage in the destruction of the country and become incompetent.
For example, this Zhaixing Tower.
It is said that the number of civilian laborers mobilized has reached as many as 50,000 to 60,00
That’s why it was completed within one year.
There are fifty or sixty thousand people, and a reward of thirty taels of silver per person is a huge sum of money.
This is the behavior of a defeated country.
And those civilians can use the money to live a better life.
Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone?
But Ying Yuan didn't think of one thing at all.
If the lives of the lower-class people are prosperous, then even if the country's political system is chaotic, everything will be peaceful.
"Yes, I will give the order now."
Sima Yi bowed and took his leave.
Ying Yuan looked at Zhao Gao and said, "The New Year is approaching. This year, let all the officials in Xianyang come to Zhaixing Tower for dinner.
Prepare more dancers and fine wine, and I will drink with all the officials."
Now that the Zhaixing Tower has been built, arrangements must also be made for the wine pool and meat forest.
When returning to the palace, Daji suddenly thought of something and asked curiously:
"Your Majesty, what should you do with Sister Cai Yan? She has been in the palace for many days. Isn't it time for her to have a status?"
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