Which of the elder brothers did not participate when the nine sons of Kangxi Dynasty seized the throne? Why?
In this matter, Yongzheng showed a very contradictory side. On the one hand, he told ministers many times that he must be buried next to his father and grandfather after his death, which means that his mausoleum will never leave the Qingdong Tomb. On the other hand, he has almost strict requirements on the Feng Shui where the mausoleum is located, and there should be no problem with the requirements. The ministers considered the choice for a long time, but did not find him particularly satisfied. Finally, the ministers responsible for site selection finally found a good place in Dongling, called Jiufeng Chaoyang Mountain. Yongzheng also thought it was a good place, so he asked the people responsible for repairing the tomb to start transporting building materials there and prepare to start work.
In this way, the ministers may have been frightened by Yongzheng's "workaholic" attitude, worried that something had gone wrong, and went to investigate again. It doesn’t matter if they go or not. The problems they discover will scare the daylights out of them. Because when the ancients chose the location of the imperial mausoleum, there was a saying: "Three years to search for the dragon, ten years to build the cave". Choosing the location of a cave is much more difficult than dragon veins. When these ministers used compasses to dig holes for the imperial mausoleum, they all felt that the "Longsha" guarding the tomb, that is, the side peaks were a bit low, facing the "Case Mountain" where the imperial mausoleum was located, and the trees were too messy. The most terrible thing is that there are rules for building imperial tombs. The orientation of the mausoleum should blend in with the nearby dragon veins.
According to this principle, the direction of the Nine Peaks Chaoyang Mountain Imperial Tomb is not straight. After the direction can be adjusted, the buildings of the imperial tomb will be aligned with the entrance and exit of the water flow in the future. This is called "no hall, no bureau" in Feng Shui, and it will never be completed! Moreover, in addition to bad Feng Shui, there are also problems with the soil quality in this place. There may be hidden dangers in building a mausoleum here in the future. After hearing this news, the perfectionist Emperor Yongzheng was unhappy again: Since Jiufeng Chaoyang Mountain has so many problems, why should I choose this place as my eternally happy place? Get another one! This time, in order to find the perfect place for Feng Shui, he didn't care about the scope at all. He told the minister in charge of site selection that it would be fine if it was not around the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty.