Chapter 68 Chapter 67: Duke Cheng and Zhang Mao

In June of the third year of Jin Daxing (320 A.D.), Zhang Shi, the former ruler of Liang, was suddenly killed by his subordinate Yan Sha.According to the rule of succession from father to son, the position of monarch should be taken over by his son Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun is still a child and unable to handle government affairs, so he had to follow the tradition of brother-in-law and Zhang Mao's younger brother Zhang Mao. State pastor, in power. Zhang Mao liked to talk about ostentation, and he started to build Lingjun Terrace in the spring of the second year after he ascended the throne.The construction scale of Lingjun Terrace is very large, and the base alone is as high as nine Ren.The migrant workers who built the platform worked hard day and night under the supervision of the foreman, and many of them were exhausted and collapsed on the construction site.Yan Zeng from Wuwei saw it in his eyes and hated it in his heart.Yan Zeng was very scheming. He was afraid that direct remonstrance would be bad for him, so he dressed up as a ghost and knocked on the door of the state pastoral mansion with his fist in the middle of the night. Come here and tell Zhang Mao not to waste people’s money.” The guards regarded Yan Zeng as a monster and begged Zhang Mao to kill him, but Zhang Mao said very seriously: “I also admit that this is a waste of people’s money. Yan Zeng is in my father’s name It's a good intention to come to persuade me, how can you say he is a monster!" On the same day, Zhang Mao ordered to stop work.

Not long after the work stoppage, Zhang Mao always felt that something was missing in his heart, and he looked at the stage and sighed from time to time.Especially after seizing Longxi and expanding the territory of Qianliang, Lingjun Terrace became a heart problem: continue to build, afraid of being opposed by people, I am sorry for the spirit of my father; continue to let the base of the platform suffer from wind and rain, and I can't bear , It does not show the majesty of the lord of a country.In the end, he made up his mind to start construction.In the first year of Jin Taining (323 A.D.), the construction site of Lingjun Terrace was boiling again.At the same time, the city construction project of the national capital Guzang (now Wuwei, Gansu) also kicked off.Don't drive Wu Shao pointed out the dangers of restarting work and advised to suspend work, but Zhang Mao has prepared a lot of reasons to refute, in short, he just doesn't listen.

In May of the second year (AD 324) when Taiwan and the city were completed, Zhang Mao was seriously ill. Before he died, he held the hand of his nephew Zhang Jun tightly and asked him to succeed him, manage the state affairs well, and passed away.Posthumous posthumous title "Cheng Gong".