Every great dynasty or country has had a great capital, just as London is to the British Empire, Paris is to France, Chang'an is to the Tang Dynasty, and Yanjing is to the Chinese Empire.

Yanjing was a special capital, especially during the period of this great Chinese imperial dynasty.

In terms of the structural design of the city, Yanjing is certainly the most special capital in the world, but more precisely, Yanjing is a super-large city that governs the capital of the empire, and the real capital of the empire is Yanjing Kyoto County, in April 1937, Kyoto County was officially renamed Yanjing Central Special Zone County.

The Central Special Region is still only a Zhili county in terms of administrative specifications, equivalent to the standard of a county-level city, but it is indeed the political center of the empire in the true sense of the word, with a population of about 600,000.

Three of China's four most important national newspapers are headquartered here, representing the country's highest national universities, the Central Imperial University, the Central University for Nationalities, the Central University of Science and Technology, the Central National Defense University, the Central Academy of Arts, and the Central Military Academy, as well as the Chinese Central Academy of Social Sciences, the Central Academy of Sciences, the Central Academy of Engineering, and the Central Academy of Defense Sciences.

It is about the largest concentration of highly educated people in the world.

The Central Political Axe, the Central Military Department, the State Bank of China, the State Intelligence Administration, the Central Secrecy Bureau, the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Federation, the China Charity Federation, the Chinese Red Cross Society, the China Education Association, the Liberation Party Headquarters, the ** Party Headquarters, the Social Democratic Party Headquarters, the Labor Party Headquarters, the Orthodox Chinese Pastoral Headquarters, the China National Song and Dance Troupe, the Royal Chinese Opera House, and the Royal Chinese Drama Troupe are all located here.

It is also home to the embassies of various countries around the world in China, as well as the headquarters of national and international political organizations in China.

It was a brand new capital of the Chinese Empire.

It represents a great era of prosperity and prosperity and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

It is precisely because the function of the capital is separated from Yanjing that Yanjing is not only the capital of the empire, but also has enough space to develop economic and cultural industries, and combines with the central special zones and counties, which constitutes the first of the Chinese empire in a real sense.

A big ** that cannot be prosperous is also unique in the whole world.

In addition to the four major national universities in the Central Special Economic Zone, Yenching itself also has first-class universities such as Yenching, Furen, Yenching, Tsinghua, Central International Foreign Languages, Tongren Medical University, Central Medical University, Central Normal University, etc., with national universities as the main and private universities led by Yenching and Furen.

Yanjing is also the city with the largest number of scientific research institutions in the world, and one of the cities with the most well-preserved ancient buildings.

Around Yanjing, the cities of Luanzhou, Tianjin, Baoding and Xuanzhou, together with Tongzhou and Langfang, have built one of the world's most prosperous industrial zones, and Yanjing is the center of this urban agglomeration in North China, as well as the center of scientific research, education, finance and culture.

In the past 20 years, the empire has funded four large-scale repairs to the inner city of Yanjing, built a large number of parks, scenic spots, expos, and gardens around the prosperous mansions of the past, and effectively protected and repaired ancient buildings of historical significance according to the region, and rebuilt the modern infrastructure of the entire city on this basis, built sanitation, electricity, communications, and transportation systems, and retransformed Yanjing into a garden square city around [***] Square, Zhongnanhai and the Forbidden City.

Baoding is the capital of Hebei Province, Luanzhou is the largest heavy industry base and port base in Hebei Province, and Yanjing and Tianjin are both municipalities directly under the central government.

Over the past 30 years, the empire has also taken special care in the construction of Yanjing to ensure that the city can truly represent the glory of the empire.

When foreigners come to China, many of them must visit Yanjing, and Yanjing, a city that is both ancient and modern, is the best way to interpret the empire's strength, wealth, glory, advanced, modern and ancient.

You can dislike China and oppose China's strength, but it's hard for you not to like Yanjing, the city of **.

It should be one of the best cities in the world, not even one.

There is a very famous ultra-right-wing thinker named Okawa Shuming, who advocates nationalism and Greater Asianism, and advocates that the Yamato nation is the best nation in Greater Asia, the Indian nation and the Korean nation are second only to the Yamato nation, and the Chinese nation can only be sent to the fourth place.

The Greater Asianism he advocated demanded that the Yamato Empire and the Yamato nation rebel against the European and American powers, lead the whole of Asia, and establish a new system to rule Asia according to the merits of the race.

In fact, this is the source idea of the East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, which runs counter to the idea of breaking away from Asia and joining Europe that he advocated in the past.

This man had almost never been to China, and in 1933, for the first time, he planned for himself a trip to China, starting from Lushun to tour the whole of China, and when he visited the major cities of the three eastern provinces, although he felt that China's industry and economy were already stronger than the original, he insisted that the strength of the Northeast was due to the support of the European and American races, and the Northeast was indeed one of the most cosmopolitan regions in China, with about 1/10 of the population coming from Europe, America and Russia.

It was not until the spring of 1934, when Okawa Shumei arrived in Yanjing for a visit, that he completely understood that the Greater Asianism he advocated was simply nonsense.

Yanjing is not the most modern city in China, nor is it the most international city in China, because Yanjing has a large number of Ming and Qing dynasty buildings, in order to maintain the unity and harmony of the aesthetics of the whole city, Yanjing has been strict since the establishment of the imperial capital, except for churches and foreign embassies and a small number of specially approved buildings, all buildings can only adopt the reformist architectural style, and all buildings must not exceed 22 floors.

When the Far East Tower in Aurora County is 103 storeys tall and the Shanghai International Center Tower in Shanghai is 108 storeys high, the architectural style and layers of the entire Yanjing are still retained in the style of reformism, and the city maintains a good fit between modernity and traditional aesthetics.

It was in such a city, in the capital city of this empire, that Okawa Zhou Ming truly realized that China was the Chinese empire after all, and no matter how stubbornly he discriminated against, the Chinese were still the central nation in Asia, and the depth of Chinese culture could never have been challenged.

The country is horrible.

It is not at all a pinnacle country that other countries in Asia can surpass.

It was in such cities that Zhou Ming realized that the Chinese Empire was not at all a target that could have been challenged, and then he visited many cities in China, Suzhou, Shanghai, Wuhu, Qingdao, Jinan, Xi'an, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, ...... He spent three years traveling to more than 40 cities and regions in China, while collecting intelligence for the military.

In the autumn of 1936, he returned to his three-year absence, but immediately disbanded his right-wing organization, the Shenwu Society, and wrote in the newspaper that the only country capable of implementing Greater Asianism was the Chinese Empire, not the Zoben, and was assassinated by his own students.

This world is so sad and gloomy.

The city is so ancient, exquisite, vast and magnificent, harmoniously combining modernity and traditional culture to build a model of imperial reformism.

Okawa Zhouming's awakening came too far, and he also died a very tragic death.

On July 22, 1939, when the Chinese Empire was about to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Showa finally approved the battle plan of the Shomoto Military Department under the strong encouragement of Prince Zaihito.

In this way, with the idea that if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, and began the most stupid adventure in human history.

If Emperor Hirohito of Showa had the opportunity to visit Yanjing City, even if it was just for a visit, he would most likely completely and resolutely reject this plan, but unfortunately he had never come to it and did not have such an opportunity.

He had been to Europe, and since his return to his palace has lived in his palace, and no one has told him the truth about the Chinese Empire.

…… From the perspective of the Imperial Constitution, the Chief of the Imperial Court is the only bureaucrat directly serving the Emperor, and the General Administration of the Imperial Court is a central agency at the ministerial level, but it does not belong to the Central Cabinet Political Axe, which consists of the Secretariat, the Financial and Economic Bureau, the Secret Service, the General Staff Bureau, the Ritual and Law Bureau, and the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The Secretariat is responsible for handling internal affairs, regular official business, exchanging information with the central cabinet, managing social institutions and scientific research institutions funded by the royal family, conducting statistics and research on major domestic and foreign events, and is also the central organ of the General Administration of the Inner Court.

The full name of the Financial and Economic Bureau is the "Inner Court Financial Management Bureau", which is responsible for the management of royal property and the financial affairs of the Inner Court.

The Secret Service is responsible for ensuring the security of the imperial family, the General Staff Bureau is responsible for coordinating and communicating with the Central Military Department and sorting out military intelligence and information for the emperor, and the Bureau of Etiquette and Law is responsible for formulating the etiquette of the imperial court and presiding over state ceremonial affairs such as spring sacrifices, Temple of Heaven sacrifices, and sect and community sacrifices.

The Royal Academy of Sciences is the royal scientific research institution of Reading, mainly focusing on the pure theoretical research of the natural sciences of physics and mathematics, and presides over the Royal Science Prize of the Chinese Empire, which focuses on natural science research for the world, and is also responsible for evaluating the country's first-class scientists and outstanding contributors in the field of scientific research, and awards four to five honorary fellowships of the Royal Academy of Sciences every year.

In addition to these five institutions, the chief of the inner court was also responsible for assisting the emperor in administering the Central Secret Bureau and the Central Investigation Bureau, two ministerial-level institutions, and the work of these two institutions was also extremely heavy, the former was responsible for the research of a large number of special secret scientific projects in the country, and the latter was the highest authority in the country for the investigation of clean government and the investigation of national conditions.

All of these institutions, with the exception of the Royal Academy of Sciences, require absolute allegiance to the emperor, especially the Central Investigation Bureau, which must inspect all kinds of domestic [***] and corruption problems with the absolute will of loyalty to the emperor.

It is precisely for this reason that Shu Fangde, as the chief of the inner court, can also be called the fourth prime minister, whose power is second only to the prime minister, vice minister and foreign minister, and the work is naturally heavy, but every day from 9:30 to 45 in the morning, he has to personally report to the emperor the work of the General Administration of the Inner Court, the Central Secret Bureau, and the Central Investigation Bureau.

In the few days when the British envoys were still visiting the imperial capital, Shu Fangde arrived very early in the morning outside the office of the Central Palace to wait for the emperor, he could have arrived early, but he could not have seen the emperor early.

Although Song Biao also knew that something terrible would happen in the next few days, he still arrived at the office on time at 9 o'clock in the morning, as usual, and read the minutes of every state affairs news submitted by the Secretariat of the Inner Court and several newspapers with national surnames.

It was only at 9:30 a.m. that Shu Fangde entered the office to salute the emperor, and submitted the special information compiled in the early hours of the morning to the emperor, saying: "Inform Your Majesty, according to reliable intelligence sources, the emperor may have approved the plan to launch a surprise attack on our country, and the specific content and time of the plan are still under further investigation, according to the current estimate, it may be between the 28th of this month and the 2nd of next month, and the specific time is about 5 o'clock to 9 o'clock in the morning." ”

Song Biao opened the intelligence book and looked through it, and didn't feel anything surprised, and asked Shu Fangde: "How is the preparation from the military department?" ”

Shu Fangde replied cautiously: "Jiang Fangzhen, Chief of General Staff, and Chen Jiliang, Chief of Staff of the Navy, will report to His Majesty at 10 o'clock in the morning on the preparations of the military headquarters, and it is said that everything is ready. ”

Song Biao simply hummed.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Kim Jong-han, Special Minister of the Emperor of Korea, arrived in the Central Special Administrative Region yesterday, and this morning he will be received by Foreign Minister Kwak Tae-ki, and according to his request, he hopes to be able to meet His Majesty on behalf of the Emperor of Korea and present a letter from the Emperor of Korea. ”

Song Biao sighed, thought for a while, and replied: "You take the time to meet him, if he is here to discuss the issue of the national system, you can tell him that the most important thing at present is to ensure the reading ability of the DPRK, and to be able to join the Asian League on an equal footing with other member states, whether to implement a republican system or a constitutional monarchy, our country has no prejudice, and we will not make any consideration for the time being." ”

"Yes!"

Shu Fangde agreed, and continued: "At present, it has been confirmed that the King of Vietnam has given up the visit plan, but Queen Nam Phuong of Vietnam will still visit on behalf of the King of Vietnam and the royal family, and she hopes to be received by His Majesty!" ”

Song Biao replied without thinking: "Although it is a bit rude, since she is a member of the Vietnamese royal family, then handle the etiquette affairs in accordance with the normal principle of foreign royal visits, and arrange about forty minutes of meeting time, too much is not necessary, you can arrange for her to live in the Central Palace during the visit." ”

Shu Fangdeton first agreed, and then made a general report on some other things in the country, and asked for opinions on how to deal with them.

During this period, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are in a relatively severe flood stage, but fortunately, the scale of water conservancy project construction in China is large, and the overall harm is not great, and the cabinet has made a lot of emergency arrangements, and the royal court will also give a part of the royal donation in the near future to resettle local victims.

China's territory is too vast, there are many people, the pressure on the living environment is naturally great, and there are relatively many natural disasters, but for now, the situation is relatively good.

Since 1935, the domestic water conservancy project is experiencing the third [***] construction, the first round is in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in Wang Yongjiang's tenure to gradually promote the national water conservancy 15-35 planning and construction, the second round is the Great Depression period, the third round is from 1935, to 1938 just entered a relatively peak stage, this round of water conservancy construction is mainly based on small and medium-sized hydroelectric power stations, for the national rural and urban power grid construction, synchronous increase in domestic power supply.

Even in the world, China leads the world in terms of total water conservancy projects and per capita power generation and irrigation, which ensures the vigorous development of China's agriculture and the country's ability to respond to natural disasters.

Soon after Shu Fangde left, Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Jiliang also entered the general office to report to Song Biao on the latest combat plan of the military department, the first element of the military is not tired of deceit, since the army has a plan to attack Sanduao, the best plan of the emperor [***] department is of course to realize the lure of the main force of the navy to attack, launch a counterattack at a suitable time, and take the opportunity to eliminate the main force of the navy.

1939 year.

With the imminent outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War and the Soviet-German War, the Second World War is finally unstoppable, and these two wars on both sides of the Eurasian continent will eventually plunge the whole world into an unprecedented war.

As for the matter of the Vietnamese emperor, Song Biao didn't care too much.

After China explicitly pursued the policy of decolonization in Asia, Vietnam has always wanted to visit China in person to ask for assistance, and the French colonial authorities, considering the special surname of Sino-French relations, finally chose to agree to the Vietnamese king's northern visit after several blockades, but at this time, the Vietnamese king himself fell into a diplomatic problem, that is, as the "emperor" of the "Vietnamese Empire", what kind of etiquette should he use to meet the Chinese emperor.

Vietnam is also a country with a great emperor who regards itself as the center of the world, if they meet the Chinese emperor with the courtesy of monarchs and ministers, it is obviously unacceptable to them, and it is not appropriate to meet them with the etiquette of foreign kings, how can Vietnam be a fanbang?

If you visit with the courtesy of equality, will you be able to get any meaningful assistance?

Vietnam proclaimed itself emperor internally until 1884, when it was forced by France to change its title to "King of Annam", but it has always maintained the standard of emperor in state etiquette.

After a "complicated" domestic debate, the "Emperor of Vietnam" Nguyen Phuc Thanh finally gave up this hard-won opportunity to visit, and compromised his wife Queen Nam Phuong to visit China, which is also a precedent, not long before Queen Nam Phuong had visited the Vatican Pope alone in the name of the Vietnamese royal family, which was highly praised and praised in Europe.

Queen Nam Phuong is very special in her own right, she is not only young and beautiful, she was born in a wealthy and wealthy family in Vietnam, and she is a modern educated woman with a reading female surname to realize the new queen, because she has Chinese blood and can speak some Teochew dialect, which has a special advantage for her to visit China.

Whether it was the emperor, the queen, or the queen coming to visit, Song Biao felt that it didn't matter.

The Soviet Union's Soviet penetration in the Indochina Peninsula was very strong, and Thailand, Burma, and Vietnam were the focus of Soviet activities and support, and the threat to China was still very serious, so from a certain point of view, China must also support the Vietnamese royal family.

As for whether they are the Kingdom of Vietnam, or the Great Vietnamese Empire and the Great Indochina Empire, Song Biao doesn't care very much, this is someone else's internal freedom, he is called "the universe is sacred, infinite, eternal, the world's super first Vietnamese empire", that is also people's freedom, just like the Great Empire Long live the emperor of this empire, it is very scary to say, and in the end it is not a country with a big palm.

If you are not convinced, you will be beaten.

The emperor-centrism of Confucian culture was spread by China, and if it spreads itself, it is responsible for itself, and war is not necessarily a bad thing anyway.

(To be continued)