Chapter 41 Epilogue is not the end

On November 13, 2003, the life of First Secretary Li Zhenfengyunjihui ended in astonished silence outside the Tangshan Execution Ground. After Li Zhen's body was cremated in the Jidong Funeral Home, his urn was first stored in the Jidong Funeral Home in Hebei.It is quiet and cold here, and there is no name on Li Zhen's tablet, only two lines of matchhead-sized characters on the urn: name Li Zhen, serial number 6199. "This is filled in by the funeral home in Tangshan City." Li Zhen's family said.The tablet flashed, and in the middle of the urn was a photo of Li Zhen, wearing a red tie, with dark and fluffy hair, a fair face, and a slight smile. "I don't dare to write his name and I don't want to write his name. I'm afraid of causing trouble. Don't write it. If you say it's him, there is a cemetery that doesn't even allow the urn to be released." The family said.This is what the sinners of the people deserve.

In the first half of his life, Li Zhen was in the power field with ups and downs, and his emotional life also went through vicissitudes. It is said that Li Zhen left his last words before his death, asking Xiuling, Zi Ning, Bai Mei and other lovers to bury his ashes in the Eastern Tomb of Qing Dynasty, because there is a treasure land of geomantic omen, he will be reincarnated soon, and his descendants will also Radiant.It can be seen that he still believed in superstition hopelessly before his death. So where is the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty? The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are located in Malanyu, Zunhua City, Hebei Province, 125 kilometers away from Beijing.It is opposite to the imperial mausoleum in Yixian County, Hebei Province—the Western Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, so it is named the Eastern Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty.The mausoleum area was first built in the second year of Kangxi. It is about 125 kilometers long from north to south and 20 kilometers wide from east to west.There are five emperor mausoleums, four empress mausoleums, five concubine gardens and one princess mausoleum. Five emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Qianlong, Xianfeng and Tongzhi, 14 queens and 136 concubines are buried here.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the history of Chinese mausoleum construction paid more attention to geomantic omen.The guiding ideology during the construction was "the system of the mausoleum is commensurate with the mountains and rivers", "follow the regulations of the ceremony, and cooperate with the victorious situation of the mountains and rivers", and strive to find the ideal of "the sand and water in the dragon's cave are beautiful and not harvested, and the situation is rational and well-prepared". Good soil. Fengshui theory requires that the royal mausoleum should have a mountain in front of it, a mountain in the back, and between the two mountains, there should be a mountain in front of the mausoleum.On the left is Qinglongsha (left assistant), and on the right is Baihusha (right bi).To be surrounded by mountains and surrounded by water, the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty is just such an ideal place.The 247-year construction history of the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty is almost the same as that of the entire Qing Dynasty. The imperial tomb project was the number one key project of the country at that time. The most advanced construction equipment, construction technology and construction technology were used at that time. Therefore, the imperial tomb represented the highest architectural level of the country at that time. National officials managed the imperial mausoleum, and mausoleum sacrificial offerings were an important national ceremony at that time. From the site selection, construction, management, protection, maintenance, and sacrifice of the imperial mausoleum, we can see the basic political, economic, military, cultural, and religious aspects of the country at that time. The situation can reflect the process of the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty.

The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are the culmination of thousands of years of ancient Chinese architecture and the last masterpiece in the history of ancient Chinese architecture.The two-and-a-half-century operating history of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty not only reflects the development of Qing Dynasty architecture, but is also a precious object for the study of ancient Chinese architecture. However, no matter how good the geomantic omen of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty was, it did not prevent the demise of the Manchu Dynasty. It is said that when Li Zhen was the first secretary of Hebei Province, he came to the Eastern Qing Tomb several times to study Chinese Fengshui culture.He tried to seek peace of mind in this royal Fengshui place after his death.

On the second Qingming Festival after Li Zhen's death, Li Zhen's lover Xiuling and others placed his ashes in the Yanshan Tower Forest under Changrui Mountain in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty.Six women in plain clothes appeared in front of Li Zhen's tomb at the same time. A sad-faced beauty with a small white flower on her chest stood quietly in front of the tombstone.Pieces of fallen leaves floated in front of them, like dead souls begging.They looked up at the sky, unable to distinguish between tears and rain.