Qin Shi Mingyue's infinite punch card

Zhao Gao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have just received the news that most of your underground mausoleum has been built, and everything is progressing smoothly."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's expression changed, and he nodded: "Well, not bad."

The construction of the mausoleum began in the second year after he ascended the throne, and it has been more than 20 years now.

In fact, according to the initial plan, the construction of the mausoleum does not take too long, and it can be completed in at most ten years.

It's just that later he unified the six kingdoms and ascended to the throne. From the king of Qin to the first emperor, his status had a qualitative leap.

Therefore, the specifications of the mausoleum can no longer be built according to the standards of ordinary kings, so the expansion began.

With this expansion, its scale has increased several times.

And such a huge project consumes a lot of material and financial resources.

The manpower invested alone exceeded 70, and the money spent was countless.

Of course, in order to reduce labor costs, most of the coolies are actually prisoners who have committed crimes.Letting them build the imperial mausoleum can be regarded as a kind of labor reform.

In this way, with the efforts of so many people, it took decades to finally build the framework of the mausoleum.

"Your Majesty, would you like to take a look?"

Zhao Gao asked.

Ying Zheng thought about it for a while, and felt that he just had nothing to do today, so he agreed to the proposal.

Then he looked at Ye Chen and said, "Does the national teacher intend to go with me?"

Ye Chen chuckled and said, "Your Majesty invites me, and I am willing to accompany you."

He was also quite curious about the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, even if the former didn't take the initiative to speak up, he would propose to go there together.

Afterwards, Ying Zheng went to the imperial mausoleum with Ye Chen, Zhao Gao and some guards.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is located on the side of Lishan Mountain, facing the shore of Weishui River in the north.

Lishan is tens of miles away from Xianyang, and it took two or three hours to get there even by horse-drawn carriage.

When several people entered the mausoleum, they saw many craftsmen and peasants working.

But in order to avoid accidents, most of the people were temporarily expelled, leaving only a few craftsmen who had an overview of the situation and were responsible for explaining to the emperor.

After entering the imperial mausoleum, Ye Chen's first feeling was shock.Originally in his impression, the mausoleum should be dark and cramped.

But when I really saw it, I found that it completely subverted the previous cognition.

The Mausoleum of the First Emperor gives people a majestic feeling in terms of layout, floor area and building construction.

It doesn't feel like a cemetery at all, but like a majestic underground city.

It can even be said to be like a shrunken version of Xianyang City.

Through the introduction of the craftsman, he gradually got to know the imperial tomb.

The mausoleum was designed by Prime Minister Li Si, and Zhang Han, the Minister of Shaofu, was the supervisor.

It's just that these two people are very busy on weekdays, and they don't come here most of the time. Basically, other officials below are watching.

The Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is divided into two parts: the cemetery area and the burial area. It occupies a very large area, comparable to more than a dozen Xianyang Palaces!

This is the first emperor's cemetery in history. The cemetery was built according to the principle of death as life, imitating the layout of Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, and it is roughly in the shape of a Chinese character.

The mausoleum is approximately square, with a flat top and a slightly stepped waist. It is more than 100 feet high, more than [-] feet long from east to west, and more than [-] feet wide from north to south.

With the earth as the core, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has two layers of city walls, inside and outside. The city walls are surrounded by tall gates, shaped like three gates, which belong to the ceremony of the Son of Heaven. It is the place where the empire promulgates political and religious laws.

The majestic gate and dormitory buildings, as well as more than 600 burial tombs and burial pits, together constitute the complete form of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum on the ground.

And this form was built according to the layout of the palace and capital of Xianyang, the capital of Qin Dynasty.

The entire cemetery can be divided into four levels, the underground palace city is the core part, and the others are the inner city, outer city and outside the outer city in sequence, with distinct priorities.

Two city walls separated several parts, and the height of the city wall even reached three or four feet, not much different from the real city wall.

The most central place is the underground palace city, that is, the underground palace, where Yingzheng will rest forever after his death.

It is equivalent to the palace where he lives now.

As the emperor's exclusive location, the construction here is more delicate, and there are many organs, of course, to deal with those tomb robbers.

Among them, the most threatening ones are the injected mercury and the quicksand layer.

Mercury is highly poisonous and can kill people easily once it volatilizes.

The quicksand layer is located below, if there is no correct guidance, it is easy to sink in and be buried.

And if the underground palace at the core is moved, the quicksand layer may even collapse completely, leaving the tomb robbers here forever.

In addition, Ye Chen also discovered that the Mausoleum of the First Emperor used some mysterious means in the layout.

For example, after the imperial mausoleum is completely closed, the entrance to the mausoleum will continue to change and will not be in one location.

This also means that even if someone obtains the construction blueprint of the entire imperial mausoleum in the future, they may not even be able to find which direction the door opens.

Such a structure is really ingenious and cautious.

Appreciating such a majestic group of underground palaces, Ye Chen couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

The reason why Yingzheng wanted to build the imperial mausoleum in this way was to maintain the majesty and posture of the emperor after death.

The first emperor is still the first emperor even if he is dead!

But this is his opinion. As for Ying Zheng himself, when he saw the imperial tomb, his mood was quite complicated.

First of all, he is quite satisfied with the construction of the mausoleum. Everything is constructed according to his expectations, which is in line with the underground palace he imagined in his heart.

But at the same time, Ying Zheng felt uncomfortable.

The mausoleum is a cemetery and a destination for people after death.

No matter how majestic and perfect the imperial mausoleum was built, it was for the dead after all.

This huge mausoleum symbolizes his own death...

Chapter 424 Sacrifice and Ascension

Thinking that in the near future, I will be permanently buried in such a place, with no day in the sky.A feeling of oppression and deep helplessness could not help but emerge in his heart.