Why did the emperor attach so much importance to his own mausoleum?
First of all, we should know that the ancients attached great importance to geomantic omen, so we should take a look at the geomantic omen of this house when renting a house and set up furniture according to certain rules, because the ancients thought that the orientation of the house and the placement of furniture in the house determined their luck and fortune to a certain extent. Good placement and location can help them achieve a career, while bad placement and location will damage the fate and luck of the family to a certain extent.
The ancients paid so much attention to their own lives and treated their own affairs, and they were not careless. Especially for the emperor, whether his imperial tomb is complete and safe determines the foundation of their mountains and rivers and whether their mountains and rivers can be continued from generation to generation. This is in some ancient TV dramas, movies and novels. Some people always say that they want to abolish the emperor's luck. Chop Long Mai? The reason is that in the ancient values, will the emperor make his own decisions? Long Mai? Cutting and destruction can destroy the dominance of their family.
Because of this, the ancients, especially emperors, paid special attention to the tombs of their own families. Especially from the aspects of site selection, design and safety.
The treatment of craftsmen in some dynasties
If we say that the most classic dynasty to kill craftsmen is the Qin Dynasty. It is said that after the successful construction of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, Qin Ershi first let these craftsmen enter the Mausoleum, waiting for the reward. After all the craftsmen entered here, he put down the gate and starved these people alive. Although this statement is a bit sensational, as a ruthless Qin Ershi, it is really possible for him to do so. There are so many treasures in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor that these people involved in the construction know the structure, organs and routes inside like the back of their hands. For the safety of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, and for the continuation of his own Daqin Jiangshan, Hu Hai will do this.
After talking about China, let's talk about how foreign emperors deal with craftsmen who build their own tombs. It is said that there is an underground palace in Pharaoh's pyramid. After the Pharaoh's tomb is built, not only the builder, but also the person who sent Pharaoh's body in, will feel it in the underground palace, and then starve to death and be buried with Pharaoh.
Ming craftsmen have their own clever tricks.
As we all know, the people who built the imperial tomb were finally asked to be buried with them, but everyone had a desire to survive. Although they know that they will die one day, they still try their best to resist, in order to get wonderful and worthwhile in their lifetime. However, the construction of the emperor's mausoleum is so vast that it will definitely call the elite of craftsmen to carry it out. After learning that they were chosen to build the emperor's mausoleum, most craftsmen felt not honor, but death. Because they know that once the grave is built, they will never come out alive again. Some die-hard craftsmen will die before leaving, while others who know how to survive are thinking about how to come back alive.
The most famous craftsman who escaped was the craftsman who built the tomb of Emperor Wanli. After building the tomb, they will not foolishly seal themselves inside, but prepare an escape door for themselves when building the tomb. What are the names of these children? Natural stone? This is a stone door that can be moved by some operation. It was because of this stone gate that the craftsmen who built the imperial tomb for Emperor Wanli were able to escape.