"The Chinese Empire is an imperial state transformed from the Republic of China, with a land area of 11.3 million square kilometers, which is the third largest country in the world in terms of land area......"

This sentence was written in textbooks on this day, when China's land area swelled to 11.3 million after recovering the Mongol Tanu-Uliang Sea, Sakhalin Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the three Pacific islands.

This is not counting the more than 2 million square kilometers of Indonesia's territory, if Indonesia is included, it will grow to more than 13 million square kilometers.

The United States occupies the second largest land area in the world, and if the United States counts colonies such as the Philippines, it is indeed larger than China, but China does not count the Indonesian colonies, and Canada has a land area of 9.97 million square kilometers, which is squeezed out by China.

However, compared with Tsarist Russia, which had 25 million square kilometers in its heyday, China was less than half of the territory of Tsarist Russia.

A big country often means having a lot of resources, and China does have a lot of resources at this time.

Mongolia is a region rich in mineral resources, and its mineral reserves rank among the top 20 in the world. More than 80 minerals have been discovered and identified. There are mainly coal, petroleum, copper, manganese, tungsten, molybdenum, aluminum, lead, zinc, mercury, tin, gold, fluorite, rock turquoise, phosphorus, asbestos, graphite, mica and other mineral resources. Copper: Mongolia has the largest copper reserves in Asia, with reserves of more than 750 million tons, and gold: Mongolia's total gold reserves are 3,100 tons. It is divided into vein gold mines, loose gold mines and sand gold mines. Coal; It is estimated that Mongolia has 50 billion tons of coal reserves, and fluorite: Mongolia has fluorite reserves in Mexico, with 42 fluorite deposits. Oil: Mongolia is also rich in oil resources, with unknown total reserves, but at least more than 2.5 billion tons.

The northern region of the Asian continent is an area rich in mineral resources, and when China recovered Outer Mongolia, it naturally obtained a large amount of resources.

At the same time, the southern part of Sakhalin Island has also been recovered by China, and Sakhalin Island has oil, coal, natural gas resources, forest resources, water resources, and so on.

However, Sakhalin Island in the north was still under the control of Tsarist Russia, and it was said that Sakhalin Island was divided between Ben and Tsarist Russia, and China recovered only South Sakhalin Island.

At this time, China's mineral resources are already very rich, and basically all the minerals needed can be found.

However, in terms of energy, China's oil reserves are still small, even with the recovered Outer Mongolia, the southern island of Sakhalin, and the Chinese-controlled Indonesia, oil reserves are still very small.

In terms of the exploitation of these resources, except for those minerals that cannot be excavated, the others are rarely mined on a large scale.

The establishment of the Chinese Empire brought the East China political axe to the foreground and officially became the central political axe.

The founding ceremony will be held on 1 November, during which there will be nearly 10 days of preparation.

The founding ceremony also did not need to be too grand, so it did not give too long time to prepare.

Administratively, the newly established Chinese political axe re-divided the administrative provinces, and generally divided them according to the provinces of later generations.

Provinces such as Kangxi and Rehe were all abolished, while those ethnic minority autonomous regions did not have this term, Inner Mongolia was replaced with 'Monan Province', and the name of Outer Mongolia was changed to 'Mobei Province'.

The question of what Sakhalin Island should be called was discussed at the meeting.

You Zhengbin's opinion is: "In the Tang Dynasty, Sakhalin Island was called a cave, so it was better to call it a cave and say the province." ”

"It's not good, it's not good, the name is too huhty, it's better to call it Polo Province, the Ming Dynasty set up a Bolo River Guard on the island."

"That was the name of the river, and the Ming Dynasty set up three guards on Sakhalin Island, and the Balo River Wei did not have a representative surname."

"It's better to call it Yongning Province! The Ming Dynasty built the Yongning Pagoda on Sakhalin Island. ”

"It's a good name, I strongly approve of ......"

In your one-word discussion, the administrative scope of Sakhalin was named 'Vinh Ninh Province', and in the future it will include the whole of Sakhalin.

In order to more effectively manage the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River and Sakhalin Island, the Ming Dynasty political axe has sent eunuchs 10 times to patrol the Nuergan place, and established Yongning Temple, and set up two stone tablets of "Monument of Yongning Temple" and "Monument of Reconstruction Yongning Temple" to record the management of local affairs.

Kangxi Province was merged into Sichuan Province and the province was disqualified.

Kangxi is such a small place, and it is still a mountainous area, and it is indeed a bit too exaggerated to set up a special province.

In terms of the three northeastern provinces, Liaoning was renamed Liaodong Province and Liaoxi Province, and most of Liaodong Province was Liaoning Province, but a part of it was separated from Liaoning Province, and then combined with the Rehe region (eastern Inner Mongolia) to form Liaoxi Province, which was the name of the Ming Dynasty.

The names of Jilin and Heilongjiang remain unchanged.

The name of Tibetan Province has also remained unchanged, and the name of Xinjiang Province has long been changed to 'Western Regions Province'.

Hainan Province was also separated from Guangdong Province and formed a separate province.

In this way, the administrative provinces of the whole of China were determined and divided into Yongning Province, Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, Liaodong Province, Liaoning West Province, Monan Province, Mobei Province, Western Regions Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Tibet Province, Shaanxi Province, Shanxi Province, Shandong Province, Hebei Province, Henan Province, Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Sichuan Province, Yunnan Province, Guizhou Province, Guangxi Province, Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, Jiangxi Province, Zhejiang Province, Taiwan Province, Hainan Province, and Ryukyu Province.

In total, there are 31 provinces, and there are no special regions or autonomous regions, while the Ningxia region is divided into Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and the Ryukyu province governs the three islands in the Pacific Ocean.

It also covers an area of 1,130 square kilometres, but not counting the area of actual control in northern Burma, which is internationally British territory but is under the de facto control of China.

If the administrative division is clear, there will be no administrative chaos.

However, on the issue of determining the capital, there were differences within the East China political axe, and the differences were relatively large.

Hangzhou was no longer suitable as an administrative center, because it was an economic center, and it was crowded when mixed together, and Hangzhou was a coastal city, which was not conducive to war.

Although it is said that there is a tight defense along the coast, and the East China Navy acts as a barrier, but you have to consider what if, not afraid of 10,000, just in case!

Moreover, at this time, Xia Jun was developing the inland economy, and the capital was set in the central region, which could promote the development of the inland economy.

At the same time, it is necessary to change the culture of coastal discrimination against the inland, which is widespread in later generations, but it is much better, much better than Hong Kong's discrimination against the whole of Chinese mainland.

At this time, the whole of China was left with Hong Kong and Macao, and at the same time there was still the territory occupied by Tsarist Russia, but Tsarist Russia was annexed, not a concession. The concession is still not lost by China in terms of sovereignty over this territory, but is only temporarily lent out.

Later generations of Hong Kong people have a very good self-respecting surname, and do not even regard themselves as Chinese, Kong Qingdong scolded not wrong, the fault is that the Chinese thinking in later generations is not unified, the national ideology is suppressed, otherwise it will be very marketable, from the perspective of the nation, Hong Kong has not regarded Hong Kong and China as a whole.

At this time, the establishment of the Chinese Empire was naturally to choose a capital.

In the case of choosing inland cities, Nanjing was first excluded, Nanjing was also relatively close to the sea in the first place, and the feng shui of this land of gold powder of the Six Dynasties did not seem to be very good, and every time the dynasty that fixed the capital of Nanjing was short-lived.

In addition to Nanjing, the other capital cities have become Xi'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Wuhan.

Xi'an was first excluded, although it was the center of the first few dynasties, but the ecological environment is no longer as good as in ancient times, and the group of feng shui consultants who were originally invited by the East China political axe said that the dragon vein is out of the customs and is no longer in the guan (Tongguan).

In Luoyang, Xijing, and Kaifeng, Tokyo, there were many officials who supported the migration to these two cities, but even more people supported the migration to Hankow.

Luoyang in Xijing and Kaifeng in Tokyo, these two cities are old capitals, but from the perspective of historical evolution, the capitals are constantly moving westward.

First Xi'an, then Xijing Luoyang, then Tokyo Kaifeng, and finally Nanjing and Yanjing.

The choice of Hankou as the capital is the loudest, first of all, because the ecological environment of Hankou is very good, because it is located in the Yangtze River Basin, and the center of Han people's activities has been transferred from the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin.

The ecological environment of the Yellow River basin is getting worse and worse.

There is also a proposal to make the capital of Xiangyang in the Hanshui valley the city of Xiangyang, which is also supported by some people, who believe that Wuhan will be the economic center of central China in the future, and it is better not to be intertwined with the administrative center. Moreover, Xiangyang is in the northwest of Wuhan, deeper inland and northern, and the terrain is relatively flat, the economy is not developed, and the cost of planning is small.

Each of these proposals has its own agenda, but the capitals of Hankou and Xiangyang are louder, and Luoyang and Kaifeng have lost their competitive advantage in terms of ecology and the unstable surname of the Yellow River. Moreover, in terms of culture, the two places have undergone historical changes and have largely lost their original faces.

Xia Jun also looked at the map all day long, thinking about where to move the capital.

In terms of strategic depth, Henan is closer to the coast than Hubei, so Hubei Province's strategic depth is greater, and it is also good in terms of environment.

In terms of economic development, Henan is relatively weak, so moving the capital to Henan can better drive the inland economy, Hubei Province is a strong inland province in later generations, and it seems that there is no need to rely on moving the capital to help economic development.

In general, if the divergence of Dingdu is divided by rivers, it is the divergence of the three sections of the Yellow River Basin, the upper Huai River Basin, and the Yangtze River Basin.

The capital of Luoyang or Kaifeng is near the Yellow River.

The capital of Xiangyang is Linhan River, but it is on the same level as the Huai River.

The capital of Hankou is bordered by the Yangtze River.

Henan has an advantage in history and culture, and it is in line with the starting point of promoting the inland economy, which is the lack of water resources, which is the biggest weakness.

Xia Jun watched it for a long time and remembered the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.

It seems that if the capital is Luoyang or Kaifeng, it is also extremely convenient to transfer water from the Hanshui Basin, after all, it is not far away, as long as a water diversion project is several times smaller than the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in later generations.

"Let's make the capital Henan!" Xia Jun expressed his will at the meeting, and Tao Chengzhang immediately shouted: "No, wow, there is not enough water there, there is a shortage of water!" It's better to be in Hankow. ”

Tao Chengzhang, as a southerner, naturally hopes that the capital will be set in the south, and he is extremely reluctant to move the capital, but Hangzhou, as a port city, is indeed too congested to put the administrative center here, and it is already impossible to move it, plus military strategic considerations, as well as all aspects of economic development, it must be moved inland.

Therefore, Tao Chengzhang retreated and hoped that the capital would be set in the Yangtze River Valley.

Xia Jun has his own ideas, the capital of Henan mainly feels that the Henan people of later generations are discriminated against, because the economic development is not good, if the capital can be set in Henan, at least the economy will not develop so badly.

"Water is not a problem, it can be diverted from Han Shui." Xia Jun said to Tao Chengzhang: "We can build a large reservoir at the mouth of the Mudanjiang River, and with the flow of Han water, the supply to Henan is basically extremely sufficient." ”

"How much does that cost?" Tao Chengzhang muttered.

"At the same time, the capital of Henan is also to strengthen the management of the Yellow River." Xia Jun continued: "Moreover, Henan's economic development has no advantages, while Hubei's economic development has many advantages. ”

"Okay!" Tao Chengzhang didn't insist, Xia Jun's will represented absolute authority internally, and whenever Xia Jun spoke in such an affirmative tone, it was difficult to change his mind. However, Xia Jun is usually a leader who can humbly listen to advice, but he himself is also very assertive.

Facts have proved that most of Xia Jun's opinions are correct, and it is the existence of his strong leader that has created such a foundation today.

Now that the tone has been determined, the next step is to choose whether to set the capital Luoyang or the capital Kaifeng.

It has even been suggested that a new city between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, a brand new city, can be carried out without any constraints, and the cost is also lower.

Although there are not many people who advocate this proposal, Xia Jun has fully attached importance to it, Kaifeng and Luoyang are the ancient capitals of many dynasties, and the ancient buildings left in the city are not easy to move, and it is inevitable that it will be troublesome to plan, it is better to draw a piece of land out of the suburbs outside the city, but at the same time, Kaifeng or Luoyang is encircled in, and nominally it is still the capital Luoyang or Kaifeng, but it is much more convenient to plan.

After the establishment of the capital, Hangzhou still exists as a companion capital, and the administrative significance of Hangzhou is not something that other cities can temporarily replace, and China also needs a key administrative center on the coast in the future.

"The terrain of Luoyang is not flat enough, there are mountains on all sides, and the future development space is not large enough."

"It's better to Kaifeng, and not only has the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, but Yue Fei also achieved a great victory in Zhuxian Town during the Northern Expedition, and he has both martial arts."

Zhuxian Town is one of the four famous towns in China, which belongs to the same level as Jingdezhen, located in the south of Kaifeng, and belongs to the jurisdiction of Kaifeng District.

Kaifeng of the Republic of China, because it is located in a transportation hub, has a faster economic development than other cities, so it is the current provincial capital, not Zhengzhou.

In the discussion of whether to set the capital Luoyang or Dingdu Kaifeng, most of the opinions still choose Dingdu Kaifeng.

"Then let's open it! We are building a new capital outside Kaifeng. Xia Jun nodded and said.

This is the end of the discussion meeting on the capital, but it is the outskirts of Kaifeng, and it depends on the detailed investigation of the next step, if it is really not suitable for the capital, then it can only be changed.

(To be continued)