Chapter 1036 Han Qi’s Tomb

Su You smiled and said: "I think that after Ziyu has experienced practical training, he has a better chance of being admitted to the Jinshi. Today's imperial examinations pay more attention to policy theory. Wang Shao's 10,000-character "Pingrong Policy" is a classic in policy theory.

The Wang family also has a lot to learn from."

"Ziyu is now working as a secretary in Gao Guojiu's shogunate. This is not a bad thing. When I was nine years old, didn't I follow Zhang Gongxue to write official documents?"

"In this way, when you visit Hachigong, chat with Hachigong, and then ask Hachigong to dictate a letter. Remember to write it in Hachigong's tone, don't process it, and then send it to Uncle Da Shuan. I guess this matter will be settled.

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"I will also write to Uncle Gao Guo and ask Ziyu to come to Beijing to take the exam in September next year. It is not necessary to pass the exam. It is enough to see the examination room. I will do well next time."

Only then were Li Shuanzhu and his wife satisfied. Li Shuanzhu said with a smile: "In those days at the Tutu Temple, if someone had said that my son would work with the uncle of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, I would definitely think that he was ridiculing me; but now I hope

My son is a Jinshi, and I am afraid that his future in the shogunate will be delayed... If I go back twenty years, some people dare to say that, but I don't dare to believe it..."

"Hahaha..." Su You smiled happily: "Twenty years ago, I was still studying in the Bo Ke Examination and was being studied by Mr. Zhao. How could I have imagined that I would be here today."

After saying this, I felt a little dazed: "Brother, in a blink of an eye, we have reached the age where we have to worry about our children..."

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He separated from Shuanzhao and the others in Puyang. Su You could not go back with them yet, so he took a detour to Xiangzhou.

Han Qi was treated unfairly in Xiangzhou. Yushitai used the manslaughter case in Xiangzhou to cause trouble, and the Han family was once disgraced.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to rescue him, but Su Yuanzhen took advantage of the loopholes in the court system and spoke a fair word in the last chapter.

Su You was far away in the South China Sea when that incident happened. Although he knew that it might be too late before his memorial was sent to the resistance, he still analyzed the case and pointed out some deviations in the Song Dynasty's judiciary, and proposed "independent sentencing, several

The concept of "criminal punishment".

Zhao Xu thought this plan was very reasonable, and finally ordered the Justice Department to adopt it. According to this judgment, the Xiangzhou case was not wrongly judged.

Although the new sentencing law does not apply retroactively to past trials and judgments, and those involved in the Xiangzhou case were still held accountable by the court, at least Yushitai was blocked by Su You's suggestion from continuing to be implicated.

Moreover, this completely solved the problem from the root. Han Qi was relieved of his heartache and no longer had to worry about being overturned and liquidated by his political opponents after his death.

This point is related to the future of the family. Before Han Qi died, he specifically told Han Zhongyan that if there was a chance, he would repay Su You.

When Su You came to Xiangzhou, he had many things to do besides discussing potash sand.

The Han family is also a big collector of books. Starting from Han Qi's grandfather, they have been collecting books. By Han Qi's time, the collection was greatly expanded. Han Qi named his family's library "Wanji Hall".

You can imagine the scale just from the name.

The Han family members all work as officials in other places, and those who stay in the ancestral home are Han Qi's third son, Han Chunyan, and two little boys, Han Cuiyan and Han Jiayan, who are fourteen and twelve years old.

Counting Han Qi's sixth son Han Jiayan, looking back on his age, he is also a new branch of an old tree.

Zhao Xu’s personal letter, “The Heroes of the Two Dynasties Guiding Destinations and Determining Policies,” marks Han Qi’s grave, which is very different from that of ordinary important ministers.

Zhao Xu ordered his internal servants to supervise the construction of a large masonry tomb with a large stone gate and stone storage specially built for Han Qi.

It was decreed by the Song Dynasty that the tombs of officials were not allowed to have stone chambers. Han Qi was the first example in the Song Dynasty that the emperor specifically ordered, and the specifications were close to the Queen's Garden Mausoleum.

According to the principle that the five-yin surname is Li and Zhaomu is Guanyu, Han Qi's cemetery is located in the northwest of the ancestral tomb in Feng'an Village, Xiangzhou.

This is Han Qi's family cemetery. It not only has a tomb, but also a family temple and a tomb temple.

The family temple is a temporary residence for family sacrifices, and the tomb temple was built by Zhao Xu for Han Qi as a resting place for outsiders to worship Han Qi.

This is the true ultimate sorrow and glory.

It is worthwhile for the minister to do what Han Qi did.

The pines and cypresses on both sides of the corridor of Han Qi's main tomb have grown for several years and have become lush.

A generation of famous ministers is buried here.

Accompanied by Han Cuiyan and Han Jiayan, Su You was led by the monks from the tomb temple and supported by the monks from the family temple. They placed flower and fruit sacrifices and burned incense in front of the altar.

Su You didn't have any unnecessary thoughts in his heart. In addition to his respect for Han Qi, he also had worries about the Han family.

For such a big tomb, even if the imperial court showed sympathy, the Han family would have to put a lot of it in. I wonder if the Han family is now glamorous on the outside but embarrassed on the inside.

There must be many people like me who come here specifically to worship. Once you come to the Han family, you have to receive them once. You must not be rude every time. If you come here again and again, the gold and silver will be unbearable.

It's been several years and the project is still not finished.

Han Qi's life was a glorious one, and his epitaph is the largest epitaph in the Song Dynasty.

The epitaph is still being made. The epitaph is in the shape of a dome, decorated with the patterns of the four gods: green dragon, white tiger, red bird, and Xuanwu. The four slopes of the epitaph are carved with the images of the four gods using negative lines, and are surrounded by sea water and auspicious cloud patterns.

The center of the cover is square, one meter long and one meter wide, with twenty-one large characters in seal script in the middle - "The former Situ and Attendant of the Song Dynasty presented an inscription to the Minister, ordering Wei Guozhong to present the epitaph of Han Qi Gong."

The stone is also square in shape, with a length and width of 1.5 meters, a thickness of one foot, and a weight of three tons.

The epitaph was drafted by Chen Jian, a close comrade-in-arms whom Han Qi had made when he was out of Dingzhou in his early years. He was the counselor of the shogunate at that time and is now a direct bachelor of Longtuge. The full text has more than 6,000 words.

The inscription was written by Song Minqiu, a bachelor of Jixianyuan, and covered with seal script by Wen Yanbo.

This epitaph alone is equivalent to several years of income for a middle-class family and several years of work for a team of masons.

In addition, there are the Shinto inscriptions and prefaces written by Fu Bi, and the deeds of Han Zhongxian written by Li Qingchen.

Don’t think that Su You’s official position has been very long now. Listen to what Han Qi said:

In the Song Dynasty, Gu promoted loyalty, Xuande, Chongren, Baobun and Shouzheng, and praised Zhi Chuncheng, Liang Jie, Zuo Yunyi, Dai Gongchen, Yongxing Jun Jieduguan, observation and disposal, and other envoys.

He was in charge of military and state affairs in Xiangzhou and was also in charge of promoting agriculture. He was the envoy of Shangzhu State, Wei Guogong, and 16,800 households were granted food and 6,500 households were granted the title of Minister.

Ping Zhengsheng, who followed Su You, counted carefully twice, one hundred and ten words!

With such a long name, this old man should be much more powerful than Ping Jiangmen, and deserves to be worshiped respectfully and honestly.

After completing the necessary procedures, Su You was led back to Xiangzhou by Han Chunyan and had a conversation in the garden behind the government office.

This place is amazing, and it is a place that people who study ancient literature cannot avoid - Zhoujin Hall.

In the first year of Renzong's reign, Han Qi left the town of Bingzhou. Because he was seriously ill, he asked the imperial court to send imperial physician Qi Shiming to treat him.

Later, at the suggestion of Qi Shiming, he requested to return to his hometown of Xiangzhou to rest.

To be honest, if these requests were made by anyone else, Renzong would have asked him to leave get out of class long ago, but Han Qi was an exception, and Renzong complied with his requests one by one.

This was the first time that Han Qi returned to his hometown to take up a post. After returning, he built gardens in the Xiangzhou Administration Office, including Kangyuan Garden and Zhoujin Hall. Since their completion, they have been known as one of the four major gardens in the world.

The name of Zhoujin Hall comes from the sentence in "Hanshu·Xiang Ji Zhuan" "Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night", but the opposite meaning is used.

The old man's style has always been tough and arrogant. I just returned home rich and powerful, what the hell?!

After that, the children of the Han family lived here, and it was constantly being expanded. When Han Qi returned from assisting the Three Dynasties, there were also Wangji Tower, Apgu Pavilion, Guanyu Pavilion, and Wanji Hall.

Along the way, Su You saw the overall majesty, beauty, simplicity and elegance of the gardens, and secretly compared the differences between northern gardens and southern gardens.

Seeing the green trees in the garden and the moss marks everywhere, I couldn't help but think of an allusion: "Wang Yanzhang was renovating the garden pavilion and building the altar to plant flowers. He was anxious to have less moss to help his wild ambitions, but it did not grow for many years. His disciple Gu said: 'I can't stand this green flower!'

Hahaha... The young lady of the Jun family is not stubborn at all."

Han Chunyan and Su You were about the same age. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Shaobao Ya has a clear mind. I heard that there are orchids and bamboos in the courtyard of Su Jiawei's manor. They were all moved from the South China Sea in the middle of Sichuan. They are sparse and luxuriant, which is truly unique."

It seems that no family in Bianjing City can grow it well, and your Majesty was full of praise when he came to see it."

Su You said: "Both orchids and bamboos like warmth and humidity. If you are in the north, the best place to plant them is near the springs and ponds."

"Although orchids like humidity, their roots are afraid of water. They must be planted with corrupted pine bark, ceramic grains, and carbon grains. This is completely opposite to Chang Hejun."

"To put it bluntly, it means understanding the physical properties. In fact, it is worthless and there is nothing magical about it at all."
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