Therefore, Emperor Wanli ordered Zhang Shouzhi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Da, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao Jin, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Li Ke to give advice to Liu Shude, Jiangxi Road and Yang Jiaxiang, as well as officials of the Ministry of Industry to visit Tianshou Mountain. After returning home, at the suggestion of Zhang and others, Emperor Wanli decided to use Dayushan as the location of his mausoleum.
In July of the 6th year of Qin Long (1572), Zhu Heng, Minister of Industry, came back from the construction site and described the situation of Xuangong to Wanli. He said that the mysterious palace built by Sejong for Rizu (the name of the temple dedicated to the emperor is "Zong Rui") is "purple and bright, and the door is clean, just like a" greenhouse ". Emperor Wanli was very happy to hear this, and immediately ordered the Ministry of Ritual to agree to introduce it. On August 22nd, Li's coffin was buried in Zhaoling, and on September 19, her coffin was also buried in Zhaoling. It was the first time in the Ming Dynasty to bury the queen with a mysterious palace built by others like this. On June 15th, the 6th year of Qin Long (1572), Emperor Wanli issued a letter to build a mausoleum in Dayu Mountain, and began a massive ground construction project. Zhu Heng, minister of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed as the governor of Shanling affairs, Zhao Jin, assistant minister of the left Ministry of Industry, was responsible for supervising the construction of wood and stone, Xiong Ruda, assistant minister of the right Ministry of Industry, and Zhou Xuan, eunuch of Neigong, were responsible for the construction of the project. In addition, Zhu, the left commander of the Royal Guards, and the secretary of the Royal Guards were also on the scene to supervise the work. The project progressed very rapidly, and in just one year, the Zhaoling project was all over. Therefore, Emperor Wanli specially gave a batch of silver coins to Zhu Heng, the minister of Xiaohong, and others, and also allowed the son of Lang Xiongru to study in imperial academy.
Because the construction was not careful, it took only one year, and the foundation settlement of the cemetery building appeared. In July of the second year of Wanli (1574), Tao Jin, supervisor of Jingu Palace in Zhaoling, said, "Since June, it has rained for two days, and the masonry inside and outside the mausoleum has sunk." Wang Shuling, director of the Ministry of Industry, ordered the inspection and came back in line with Tao Jin. He also said that temples, Ming buildings, Baocheng and other important places were not damaged. As a result, the Ministry of Industry also reported to Emperor Wanli that the mausoleum was an important place, and an accident occurred less than one year after it was built, and both internal and external management officials should investigate and deal with it. Zhang, assistant minister, also cited the example of water leakage in Hubei Xianling Temple Pavilion, punished the management officials and demanded an investigation. Therefore, Emperor Wanli criticized the echo of Wang Shuling, saying that the mausoleum is an important place. How can it be said that the sinkhole is not important? He also decided to question Zhou Xuan, the eunuch of the prefect project, Guo Quangen, the left supervisor, Yi, the foreman, the foreign minister and Wang Xuan, the official craftsman.
Before the matter was over, Wu, an engineering teacher, said to Emperor Wanli, "The city gates and temples have sunk a lot, and the collapse of masonry in Baocheng is even more worrying." Emperor Wanli immediately ordered Chen, assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Hu Ruqin, the master, to go to the cemetery again. When I came back, I reported that the cemetery was seriously sunken, and the square wall of Shan Pen and Maun Temple had different degrees of subsidence and flash, which was quite different from that of Tao Jin and Wang Shuling. Emperor Wanli was very angry and immediately ordered Duchayuan to join the Ministry of Industry to take part in the accident. This time, the punishment was more severe than last time. Zhou Xuan, each demoted by three levels, was relieved of the post of steward. Xiong Ruda became an official, had a crown, lived a leisurely life, and went out of business gracefully; Easy, each drop three levels, transferred from work; Wait for the legal department to ask again; Zhu Heng took Shangshu as an official; Four supervisors, including Yang Junqing, were downgraded, and Guo Yuanxiang's salary was reduced for half a year; Ma Lu and other legal departments asked questions. Tao Jin was exempted from false reporting because the reporting time was one month different from that of Chen and Hu, during which the heavy rain continued and the subsidence increased one after another.
Due to the serious subsidence of Maoen Gate, Maoen Temple and city wall in Zhaoling, in the first month of the third year of Wanli (1575), Emperor Wanli had to appoint Zuo Assistant Minister Chen and other magistrates to rebuild Zhaoling. In July, the palace bell ended.
Because Zhaoling started construction many times, it took a lot of manpower and material resources. When construction started for the first time (referring to the ground building), the Ministry of Industry counted the money and grain used in the construction in October of the first year of Wanli, counting 390,932 taels of treasury silver, not including the silver used for planting trees in Shenmu and other three factories, the silver used for brick in Baicheng of Datong Bridge Factory, the silver used for depreciation stone in Dashiwo and other factories, and the silver used for military grain hired by household soldiers. In December of the first year of Wanli, the factory inspection library of the Engineering Department presented beams and so on. The amount of money and food used to build Zhaoling. In addition to the above-mentioned practical silver from the Ministry of Industry, there are also silver 1 10 1050 for households and soldiers, totaling 50 1050. Among them; The company uses silver 204422, Yuheng 13 145, Dushui1kloc-0/8854, and wasteland 164628.
The amount of silver used in the second repair is not clearly recorded in the literature. However, according to the records of Xi in the Ming Dynasty, the silver used to build * * * was 654.38+500,000 yuan. This is not to mention the cost of building Gong Xuan during Jiajing period. If you count the expenses of Ling camp during Jiajing period, the total cost is at least 2 million taels, which is almost equivalent to the total fiscal revenue of Qin Long (Qin Long's annual income is about 2.3 million taels). Because the construction of Zhaoling needs huge funds and food, the Ministry of Industry is extremely short of treasury. In August of the second year of Wanli, Zhuozhou Bridge was repaired, but the Ministry of Industry could not afford the money and the Ministry of War could not send military craftsmen. Therefore, assistant minister Zhang had to ask Emperor Wanli to let his mother donate money to hire someone to build it. After the demise of Ming Dynasty, Zhaoling was destroyed twice. 1644, the Ming building was burned by the war; In the thirty-fourth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1695), it rained cats and dogs, and the Lingen Hall and Lingen Hall were struck by lightning and caught fire. Mausoleum soldiers did their best to save only two Lingen halls, which were completely burned down. With the passage of time, during the Qianlong period, two temples and Lingen Gate were destroyed one after another.
During the fifty to fifty-two years of Qianlong (1785- 1787), the Qing government renovated the Ming Tombs to ease ethnic conflicts. Zhaoling is also under repair. From the analysis of the site, only three projects were built at that time: Ming Lou, Maoen Gate and Maoen Hall. This reconstruction made the cemetery system more complete, but changed the original building regulations.