Chapter 197: The Forbidden City
After the funeral, Chen Shao returned to the Forbidden City. As for the place of residence, Chen Shao did not break the cost to rebuild, he is not a very demanding person, not to mention that the living environment of the Forbidden City can be said to be high? As the residence of the emperors of previous dynasties, Chen Shao has only one feeling for such a royal garden, luxury. Originally, there were only a few people in Chen Shao's family, and when they lived in a place like the Forbidden City at once, emptiness was the first feeling.
The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, decided to move the capital to Beijing, that is, he began to build the Forbidden City Palace, which was completed in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). According to the ancient astrological theory, Ziweiyuan (i.e., the North Star) is located in Zhongtian, which is the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, and the corresponding heaven and man, and is also known as the Forbidden City as the residence of the emperor.
It is the largest, most majestic and best-preserved ancient palace and ancient building complex in the world today. The Forbidden City is 961 meters long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, consisting of about 870 buildings and more than 8,700 houses. Among them, the Taihe Hall is the most tall and brilliant, and the grand ceremony of the emperor's enthronement, wedding, canonization, general, and expedition are all held here.
Chen Shao originally didn't plan to live here, but his subordinates persuaded him one after another, since the emperor naturally wanted to live in the palace, what was the matter with living elsewhere. Another point, the relationship between the base car, the base car can't cover the entire palace, but Chen Shao didn't plan to let the base car and the entire palace merge together, but only fused a few places, and a large amount of space in the base car was transferred underground. Due to the upgrade of the base car, Chen Shao also rebuilt several secret doors, which can be directly connected to the base console.
As for the vast space of the palace, it is not a problem, but I am afraid that no one will live there? Chen Shao is diligent and thrifty, but the protective force can not be less, and the Tiger special forces who originally escorted Chen Shao to a detachment in Beiping were officially changed to the royal guards after entering the Forbidden City. And cut off from the establishment of the Tiger special forces, and in the future, these more than 300 special forces will be Chen Shao's personal guards.
From the beginning of the establishment of the special forces, Chen Shao's guardian force when he went out was these special forces, and there was no special guard. This time it is confirmed, but it does not mean that these special forces are immutable, and they will be the same as the Tiger special forces in the future, survival of the fittest. The Tigers select their members from the armies, and the Royal Guard also selects from the Tigers, in the same way as the Tigers. At the same time, in the future, the Royal Guard will also be the pacesetter of the navy, land and air force, whether it is a matter of strength or image.
Since it is Chen Shao's guards, they naturally also have to live in the palace, and they are responsible for the security of the palace day and night. Moreover, an old scholar like Kong Hong did not stop there, and some gentry and representatives of various nationalities and regions who supported Chen Shao asked Chen Shao to learn from the emperors of ancient times.
As soon as Chen Shao heard this, his head was big, and he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately refused.
However, those people did not give up, Chen Shao has been in Beiping for the past two days, and he has written many times, asking Chen Shao to look like an emperor since he is an emperor. This matter is related to the face of China, and it must not be too shabby, lest other countries talk about the east and the west.
Chen Shao also refuted this, extravagance must not arise, and as an emperor, he must lead by example. Chen Shao's words made them a little speechless for a while, although they admired Chen Shao's diligence and thrift, but they had not given up yet.
Thrift is a good thing, but there are some things that must be there! A palace is so big, someone has to take care of it! And it's impossible to let the mother of the nation come all the time with three meals a day! How can the mother of a country cook every day, which also damages the face of the country.
Today, Chen Shao and Xie Yuxin just returned to the palace, and Wang Jie brought a bunch of paperwork again, and this time it was a little thicker. Chen Shao couldn't stand it after reading a copy, the same old problem, this time there are more, the first one in the book also hopes that Chen Shao can expand the harem a little, but it's just a request.
Chen Shao shook his head and asked Wang Jie on the side, "Wang Jie, what do you think about these things?" ”
"Honestly?" Wang Jie saw that Chen Shao was a little impatient, and asked in a low voice.
"When do I need you not to tell the truth."
"To be honest, I agree with them. It's a bit shabby for you to be like this, but I don't think thrift is shabby. And I think they have a point, you are about to ascend the throne and become an emperor, and your face is also the face of the country. I think there are some things that are necessary. After Wang Jie finished speaking, he looked at Chen Shao with affection, a little worried that Chen Shao would be angry.
However, Chen Shao was not angry, and was thinking about this problem on the way back. Hearing Wang Jie's words, Chen Shao was a little stunned, was he shabby? There are only five fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law in the family, and there is only one servant in the huge palace, which looks quite shabby. To be honest, Chen Shao didn't plan to change anything, many things were deliberately requested by him, and extravagance must not rise. However, recalling that Xie Yuxin was cooking all three meals in the past, and her mother-in-law was responsible for her pregnancy, this is a bit unreasonable, and it is indeed time to change it slightly.
"Answer them, the servants can, but not more than ten, and this includes the cook. This is my decision, and I will not talk about anything else. Tell them one more sentence, the founding of the country is the same thing, don't talk about these useless things. Chen Shao thought for a while and said to Wang Jie.
Wang Jie nodded to convey Chen Shao's instructions.
Like the emperors of previous dynasties, Chen Shao also had his own imperial study in the Forbidden City, which was usually Chen Shao's office, and the office of other officials was in Zhong Nanhai. The same is true for the navy, land and air force, except that the government is in the middle of the sea and the military is in the south China Sea.
Zhong Nanhai (deliberately) is a combination of Zhonghai and Nanhai; There is also a sea is Beihai (now Beihai Park), Beihai, Zhonghai, and Nanhai are collectively called Sanhai, which is located on the west side of the Forbidden City. Zhongnanhai covers an area of about 1,500 acres, including 700 acres of water surface. The "sea" of Zhongnanhai is the abbreviation of the Mongolian word "Haizi", which means water, and is called Zhongnanhai because it is located in the south-central part of Beiping.
After the Qing Dynasty fixed the capital of Beiping, it abolished the Inner Court of the Imperial City, changed a large area of land in Xiyuan into a residential house, and set up the "Inner Red Wall" around the Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai Seas, and the Imperial Garden retreated to the Inner Red Wall. Compared with the Forbidden City, which is a political symbol, the Qing Emperor prefers to live in the garden, and the emperors of Shunzhi, Kangxi and Qianlong all built palaces and pavilions in Zhongnanhai as a place to listen to politics in the summer. During the Tongzhi and Guangxu periods, when the Empress Dowager Cixi and the emperor moved from the Summer Palace to the Forbidden City in December according to the ritual system, they also lived in Zhongnanhai and only went to the Forbidden City when they saluted. After the failure of the Wuxu Reform, the Empress Dowager Cixi imprisoned Emperor Guangxu in Yingtai in the South China Sea.
During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beiping, Zhong Nanhai became the Russian army station, and the cultural relics in the garden were looted. After Pu Yi ascended the throne, he built the regent palace in Jiling on the west coast of the Zhonghai Sea.
But in the year Yuan Shikai said that the emperor Zhong Nanhai was occupied, became the presidential palace of the Beiyang government, Zhong Nanhai was renamed "Xinhua Palace", and at the same time Baoyue Building demolished the exterior wall and renamed Xinhua Gate. Since then, Xinhua Gate has replaced Xiyuan Gate as the main gate of Zhong Nanhai. Since then, Zhong Nanhai has been used as the office of the president and prime minister of the Beiyang government, as well as Zhang Zuolin's "marshal mansion".
This is also Chen Shao's usual office location, and it will also become the center of China's power in the future. In the future, both internal national policies and external implementation guidelines will be issued from here, and the general dispatch of the navy, army, and air force will also be integrated here. Of course, the navy, land and air force also have their own independent offices, which are only used as the headquarters of the Wehrmacht.
At this time, it was almost dusk, and Chen Shao slowly walked in the palace, which was the first time he had seen the palace of the emperors of the past dynasties up close. In later generations, Chen Shao only saw this royal garden on the computer or TV, and Chen Shao's original plan was to go to the Forbidden City to have a good time in his lifetime, and now this idea has come true in this time and space. And it's also a close contact with it as the owner, not to mention the pride in my heart.
Pride is pride, but Chen Shao did not lose himself, he came to this time and space to see too many tragedies, and he never forgot his ideals.
This ideal is not the so-called domination of the world, Chen Shao's biggest ideal is to let the Chinese people in the world live a happy life. If it weren't for this ideal, perhaps the people would not be so supportive of him now, and some things are inevitably related.
If you don't think about the people, why should the people support you.
Dominating the world is also to better make people feel happy, and happiness is not only material, but also spiritual.
No matter how good your domestic economy is, if you don't have a strong military strength to protect it, in the eyes of others, you are just a fat sheep, and you will bite twice when you are hungry.
But just with military strength, the country has no economic strength, and the people have no three meals, so it is called reckless and militaristic, and no matter how powerful it is, it is a flash in the pan. It is quite possible that the war has not yet begun, and the country is in turmoil first.
And only an army supported by the people is a strong army, even if it is millet plus rifles, it can burst out with strong combat effectiveness. Although the army is composed of soldiers, those soldiers are also changed from the people, and they are not satisfied with their lives, so how can the soldiers be willing to sacrifice everything for the country.
Chen Shao understands these things, if he doesn't care about these, maybe the current Chinese sea is already full of warships, and there are countless planes in the sky. In fact, Chen Shao has been restricting the production of the military industry all these years, just like the H-2, which has been developed for so long, why has only a few hundred aircraft been produced, is it because Chen Shao has no money? This is obviously impossible. Instead, Chen Shao wants to use the money to better serve the people. In non-wartime, these weapons of war are sufficient.
However, Chen Shao has never stopped in the construction of industrial scale, nor has he hesitated at all, these things are not only cheap, but can also speed up economic construction, but also maintain the continuous rise of the country's military potential.
(To be continued)