Why did Yongzheng illegally build a mausoleum?
Yongzheng ordered not to follow his father, but to find another "land of eternal happiness" hundreds of miles away. Thousands of dumb people were secretly sent to the "dumb house". The prince and the governor made an excuse to build another "auspicious place" for Yongzheng. In the fourth year of Yongzheng's accession to the throne, Zhang asked to find a "auspicious place" to build a mausoleum for himself.
The people who were ordered to survey were first in Xiaoling and Jingling of Dongling, and then in chao yang shan, Jiumin, which is not far from Xiaoling and Jingling, but they didn't find the ideal place to build the mausoleum. Prince Bo Yunxiang, who was impressed by Yongzheng, and Governor Shang of Liangjiang, who was proficient in Feng Shui, would not stick to Dongling. District, rather than to the west, found a "blessed land" in Tianpingyu, Lining Mountain, Yizhou, so his wife strongly recommended it to Yongzheng.
After Yongzheng visited the tournament, he thought that "the landscape is clear and organized, and the inquiry is a hot spot." However, this choice of mausoleum site obviously violates the image of dutiful son. As he said: "The land of the upper class ... is hundreds of miles away from Xiaoling and Ling Ying. Is there any discrepancy with the regulation ceremony of the ancient emperor? The scholar Jiu Qing has a detailed understanding of the performance of the meeting. Respect this. " Soon, the Ninth National People's Congress of the University reached a discussion result: "Today, Tianpingyu in Taining Mountain is an auspicious place for thousands of years. Although it is hundreds of miles away from Xiaoling and Jingling, Yizhou and Zunhua are still with the capital, and Russia is lost. With China tied, a place is really far away. " The ministers further said: "The prosperity of the earth vein is related to the birthplace of the heavenly luck, which is a land of thousands of miles and has been prosperous for hundreds of thousands of years."
In this way, the choice of the mausoleum was linked with the fate of the country, and finally Yongzheng said, "My heart is high." That is to say, for the sake of good feng shui, the relationship between father and son can be completely ignored, and this "shame" was covered up. Subsequently, Yongzheng appointed Prince Ren Hongxi, Minister Chang Ming, Shangshu Li Hai and others to take charge of the tomb affairs.
In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), ground was broken. After eight years of intense construction, Tailing was finally built. The Qin Mausoleum is the main passage of the Xiling Mausoleum, located in the middle of the mausoleum area. Because of its large scale and complete system, it ranks first in the Houling Mausoleum.
At the southernmost tip of the Tailing Mountain is the Flame Arch, which stands in a flat area between two hills. The archway is three rooms wide, four schools and three doors ahead of schedule. Each one has a stone flame, which symbolizes the prosperity of the royal family. Across a hill to the north of the fire archway is a five-hole stone arch bridge, followed by the rapid paving of masonry. There are three stone archways in turn along Shenbei. One of the three stone tablet squares faces south, and two things correspond to Dahongmen in the north, forming a spacious quadrangle. The structure of this tomb. It is unique among tombs of past dynasties.