Chapter 60 The "Luban Emperor" with exquisite craftsmanship

Although Tuohuan Tiemuer ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the power of the country was not in his hands. It was still in the hands of the empress dowager Bu Dashili and powerful officials.He is well aware of this, so when his close ministers told him that the affairs of the world should be decided by the prime minister, if His Majesty does it himself, he will bear a bad reputation if he does not do it well, he is also happy. Regardless of everything, he hid in the deep palace to enjoy the blessings. However, it was difficult to enjoy this blessing at the beginning. Although the power minister Yan Tie Muer died, his family was still very powerful, and his younger brother and son were both in charge of the court, so Emperor Yuan Shun had to marry Yan Tie Mu'er's daughter is the queen.At that time he was thirteen years old, Yan Tie Mu'er's daughter was two years younger than him, she was still a child who was not very sensible, relying on the power of her uncle and elder brother, naturally she did not take Emperor Shun seriously.She passed on the decree privately, and took the 100,000 salt monopolized by the state as her own, and often beat the concubines of the court.Emperor Yuan Shun was also very dissatisfied with her, but due to the situation, he had to bear it temporarily.As for the person he really likes, it is Qishi, the daughter of Gaoligong.

At that time, Goryeo was a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty, and had the obligation to pay tribute to the Yuan Dynasty every year. These tributes included not only property, but also women.At that time, the noble officials of the Yuan court even showed their status by how many Koryo tribute women they had.Although Qi Shi was born in a humble family, she was beautiful, intelligent, well-behaved and clever, especially good at cooking tea.Emperor Yuan Shun was used to seeing the cold face given to him by the domineering queen, so he naturally doted on this well-behaved beauty very much.The queen was furious when she heard about this, and beat Qi's body black and blue in front of the emperor, but this method seemed to be useless, and the emperor's affection for Qi's love was even deeper.

Three years later, Yan Timur's son rebelled, was defeated and killed, implicated the queen, and was also poisoned to death.However, although Emperor Yuan Shun got rid of the authoritarian Yan Timur family, he could not take power because of this. The power of the court was once again in the hands of the powerful minister Boyan. At this time, Emperor Yuan Shun still had hope, and felt that although he could not hold power, it was okay to be the master of the palace, so he wanted to make his beloved Qi Shi his queen.But as soon as he made this request, Boyan resolutely blocked it back.So he had no choice but to appoint a woman from a Mongolian noble family as queen.But he only favors the Qi family, and hardly cares about the queen.Later, when Qishi gave birth to his prince Aiyu Shilidala, he immediately made her the second queen. After the queen died, he officially made Qishi the queen.

After finally appointing the beauty he likes as the queen, he can be the master of this harem, and Emperor Shun is naturally in a good mood.The result of being in a good mood is that he can give full play to his hobby, and his hobby is also very unique, that is, carpentry. Speaking of the emperor who did carpentry, the most famous one is Tianqi of the Ming Dynasty. Because of the famous "nine thousand years old" Wei Zhongxian, the emperor's hobby is well known.Although Emperor Yuan Shun's carpentry work is not as famous as him, the quality is not bad at all. At that time, the capital even called him "Luban Emperor", which shows the high craftsmanship.

He once personally designed a dragon boat, which was 120 feet long and 20 feet wide, with a tile curtain shed, a corridor, two warm pavilions in the front, and a verandah building in the back.The hull of the dragon boat and the temples above are decorated with colorful gold, and there are two dragon claws in front. When the dragon boat is driving, the dragon's head, eyes, mouth, claws, and tail can move, as if alive, opening people's eyes. , extraordinarily stylish.With this exquisite dragon boat, Emperor Shun asked 120 gorgeously dressed sailors, wearing golden hair turbans, purple shirts, and golden lychee belts around their waists, to pole on both sides in the Haizi under the front and back palace mountains. Contact game.When he was happy, he felt that Emperor Sui Yang's visit to Jiangdu was nothing more than that.

It seems that the emperor was quite talented in science and technology and knew how to apply mechanical principles to his works.He also created a palace leak, which was even more ingenious.The palace leak is a kind of timer, which measures time by controlling the speed of water flow, which is equivalent to the clocks of later generations.The palace leak made by Emperor Yuan Shun is about six or seven feet high and three feet wide.I made a cabinet out of wood, put a funnel pot inside, and the water in the clepsydra flows from top to bottom.A design similar to the "Three Holy Temples" in the West is designed on the cabinet.Standing on the waist of the cabinet is a graceful jade girl, holding a time chip in her hand, which rises to the surface with the passage of time.There is a bell next to the palace leak, and there are two gold-armored gods corresponding to it. One hangs the bell, and the other hangs the clock. After nightfall, these two gods will press the clock to strike the bell. Difference.Whenever the bell gong rings, the lions, phoenixes and other spiritual creatures designed next to it all dance to the sound.There are Sun Palace and Moon Palace on the east and west sides of the cabinet, and there are six flying immortals standing in front of the palace. At midnight and noon, Feixian can walk out automatically, walk across the fairy bridge, and arrive at the "Three Saints Hall", and then retreat after a while. to the original position. "It's so exquisite, it's rare to see it in the previous generation." It's just a pity that such a technological genius was wasted in the position of emperor.

Emperor Yuan Shun was not only able to make so many exquisite gadgets, he was also a master designer. He often designed houses for his ministers with great interest. Build a house according to the model.These models are very delicately made, and many rare gemstones are inlaid on them.So the servants around Emperor Shun often coaxed him, saying that the model was not as exquisite as the house of a certain family.So Emperor Shun destroyed the model and remade it, and the gems on it were all hidden in the pockets of the servants.Emperor Shun may have become addicted to making models, so he made a miniature palace for himself, which was cleverly built with wooden strips, about one foot high. .He also overhauled the palaces according to these models, and built the Tiaoyuan Pavilion, Liulian Pavilion, Wannian Palace, etc. in the forbidden garden, Qionglouyudian, etc., which are extremely luxurious.He also ingeniously dug a Longquan well and decorated it with various precious materials: agate stone is the well bed, Yuhua stone is the well pond, sandalwood is the cover, Lizhu brocade is the well cable, and mica stone is the drain bottle.Wells with such gorgeous decoration and precious materials can be said to be unprecedented. From this, one can also imagine how luxurious those palaces are.

Although there were a lot of fun things, the emperor was still not satisfied. He had nothing to do, so he opened a bazaar in the palace again.There are many shops in the market, displaying delicacies from all over Kyushu, rare goods from far and near prefectures and counties, and bright brocade flags swaying gently in the breeze.When the emperor opened the market, he was naturally generous. For the "tourists" who came, meals were provided by the royal chef in the palace.He also built a treasure-collecting platform, where all the treasures donated from far and wide and the utensils left over from ancient times were stored in it for people to appreciate.The whole palace presented an unprecedented noise, and the emperor himself also got unprecedented pleasure from it.

The emperor was having fun in the palace, but he didn't care about the messy state affairs outside the palace.However, although Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty was the king of subjugation, his hobby of being a carpenter was not the key to his final subjugation of the country. It can truly represent the most licentiousness of Emperor Shun's dynasty, and the famous "Sixteen Heavens Demon Dance" is still to be promoted. .