Chapter 405: The Palace Museum

Leaving the gym, I ran to the bathroom to rinse it well, and when Yan Shao washed off all the sweat on his body, he was ready to go out.

Seeing Yan Shao coming out with his coat on, the driver standing next to the car hurriedly opened the door, and then got into the driver's seat himself.

"Let's go, go to the presidential palace!"

With a wave of his hand, Yan Shao said in high spirits.

"Yes!"

At this time, it has been a while since the last nonsensical assassination, but the top and bottom are not very confident about this matter, so even the amount of protection around Yan Shao has increased.

Even Elaline and Caterina were surrounded by one hundred and eighty female bodyguards. There were quite a few complaints from the Congress, but considering that many of these expenses were borne by Yan Shao himself, he didn't say much.

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For many reasons, the distance between the presidential palace and Yan Shao Manor is not very far, at most it is more than 10 minutes by car, so it didn't take long for the car to drive to the presidential palace under construction.

The Presidential Palace, the Presidential Palace...

As the political core of a government, the presidential palace is definitely one of the most interesting places in a country.

In fact, when the presidential palace was originally selected, the proposal of the Congress was Yuan Shikai's original presidential palace, and within the Beiyang or Guoshe government, the choice was a certain South China Sea or something...

The reason why they would propose this is simple, because they have just entered Beijing. Yan Shao had already asked people to surround the entire Forbidden City, and he even took the time to run to the Taihe Hall and then sat on the dragon chair aboveβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” the reason why he didn't go to the Qianqing Palace was because he felt that there was no Taihe Palace.

By the way. Originally, Li Liang, Fu Xiuming, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others thought that Yan Shao just wanted to visit the Forbidden City, because before leaving, Yan Shao said that he was also visiting.

But when he saw Yan Shao throw off others and sit on the dragon chair by himself, whether it was a member of the National Socialist Party or a person from Beiyang, his face became very good-looking (it's a pity that the camera skills at this time were not developed, and Yan Shao didn't have a claw machine or anything in his hand, otherwise he must take it down as a souvenir, and maybe it will be sold for a sky-high price in the auction house in the future). Even Elaino, who was originally looking curiously at the surroundings of the palace, their faces changed slightlyβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” they had never been to the palace, and they only glanced at Beijing from a distance in the past, so they were naturally very curious about this place. So after hearing that Yan Shao was going to visit the palace, he also came with him.

After sitting on the dragon chair, Yan Shao also beckoned and called Elaline and the others over. Let them stand behind you. At the same time, I also asked the photographer to take a 'family photo' of a few of myself...

And the call for Yan Shao, after glancing at the faces of Li Liang, Fu Xiuming, the Kuomintang Socialist Party and the Beiyang gang, opened their mouths, Elaline and the others still did not refuse after all...

On the other hand, seeing that Yan Shao's family was taking a 'family photo' on it, they looked at each other, although their faces were ugly, Li Liangyi or Duan Qirui still didn't say anything after allβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” because they were on both sides of them. Hundreds of Guards and Secret Service personnel were standing there neatly, staring at them...

Start with the past. Li Liang and the others have always been worried about whether Yan Shao will take the path of the imperial system, especially after the complete victory of the Kuomintang government. No way, after all, not everyone can resist the temptation of the throne, not to mention how many people in China do not want to be emperors? That's the man who has been the most powerful man in China for thousands of years...

And Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others were also very disgusted with the imperial system, otherwise they would not have betrayed Yuan Shikai in history, which eventually led to Yuan Shikai having to announce the cancellation of the imperial system.

But unlike them, the education received by the Guards Regiment was originally to be loyal to Yan Shao, and the education received by the Special Affairs Bureau was somewhat similar because the director was Katarina, although there were some differences, but the difference was not very big.

For them, it has nothing to do with them whether Yan Shao wants to be a republic or a dictatorship, they just need to protect Yan Shao.

Especially the people in the Special Affairs Bureau, some of the more motivated (ambitious) people have even begun to observe Li Liang and them with vicious eyes, thinking about which of these people will oppose Yan Shao's claim to be emperor, if they can help Yan Shao solve a fewβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” these are their capital.

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When they were in the palace, there were many people, and Li Liang naturally couldn't persuade them.

But when they returned to their residence, not to mention the members of the National Socialist Party, even Elaline and the others persuaded Yan Shao in unison.

To be a queen? Of course, they didn't want to, but both Elaline and Caterina knew history very well, and knew that the emperors of China were different from those of Europe. In China, the emperor can be said to be supremeβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” of course, this is nothing.

The problem is that in China, the emperor can likewise open an infinite harem ...

Three thousand beauties in the harem...

Just listening to this, one can imagine how many daughters-in-law the emperor can marry.

As a woman, no one wants to share their husbands with other women, even Lu Ying, who has been in the red since she was a child, let alone Elino and Caterina from Spain and France.

In the current situation, they have no choice but to endure it, Lu Ying's words are reluctant, after all, they have always treated her as a sister. But if there were three more strange women......... There is no need for three thousand to be so exaggerated, even if it is only three or four hundred, they can't bear it.

If they can still manage Yan Shao a little now, and let him vent the energy in his body that seems to never be exhausted, then when he becomes the emperor, they are not qualified to take care of Yan Shao...

If there is a vixen (Lu Yingyu) who can charm Yan Shao one day, it will really be 'hehe'...

What's more, Katerina is still in charge of the Special Affairs Bureau, and she is still very clear about public opinion within the party.

Within the National Socialist Party. Although there are many people who agree with the imperial system, there are also many who oppose it, if Yan Shao really wants to go his own way. It's hard to say whether he can sit firmly in this position...

However, even if what Yan Shao did was wrong, Katerina and the others still had to support Yan Shao after all, so during that period, the Special Affairs Bureau was almost at full power, monitoring the Kuomintang and the army around Beijing to avoid any accidents...

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On the opposite side of Caterina and the others, Li Liang and the others also mobilized a lot of people to knock on the sideβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” in fact, when they were chatting, they inadvertently talked about the views and objections of all walks of life on the imperial system. And believed that China at this time was no longer suitable for imperial Yunyun...

Generally speaking, the momentum is still relatively largeβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” if there are no supporters later...

There is no shortage of speculators in this world, and this is true everywhere.

Since the defeat of Beiyang. Yan Shao's every move was originally noticed by many people, and now that Yan Shao has the idea of becoming emperor, naturally many speculators have come forward to make a come...

Compared with these people, Li Liang's voice is a little...

In fact, it has been since then. Li Liang and Duan Qirui's relationship has changed dramatically.

It's just that...

Just when Li Liang and the others were worried that Yan Shao would insist on going his own way. What happened later left their minds a little spinning.

About a few days after running to the Taihe Hall to sit on the dragon chair, Yan Shao suddenly decided to turn the Forbidden City into a huge museumβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” to put it simply, it is to turn it into a tourist place, similar to later generations...

(In fact, the Forbidden City at this time should be called the Forbidden City, and the Forbidden City Museum was founded in 1925.) After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the Forbidden City Palace was supposed to be fully nationalized, but according to the "Preferential Conditions for the Qing Family" drawn up at that time, Emperor Xun loved Xinjueluo? Pu Yi was allowed to "temporarily live in the palace". That is, the "back bed" part. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched the "Beijing Coup". Pu Yi was expelled from the palace, and at the same time, the "Qing Aftermath Committee" was established and the Forbidden City was taken over. On October 10, 1925, it was announced that the Palace Museum was officially established and opened to the public. After 1925, the Forbidden City "Forbidden City". With the decline of the Qing Dynasty, especially in the 38 years before 1949, the Forbidden City buildings became increasingly dilapidated, and many palace complexes collapsed and mountains of garbage became mountains. οΌ‰

At that time, Li Liang and the others were already thinking about what they would do if Yan Shao really became emperorβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” in fact, there was nothing they could do, the monitoring of the secret affairs bureau within the party was a secret that was not open, even if they thought about it with their knees, they would definitely have a lot of people from the special affairs bureau around them.

In other words, unless the Secret Service turned to them, they would not be able to contact the garrison at all, and if they did not have the army in their hands, whatever they did would be useless.

As for the Secret Service to them?

This time, even if they think on their toes, it is impossible, after all, Caterina is Yan Shao's fiancΓ©e, and she is still a Spaniard, how the fate of China has nothing to do with her, she just needs to care about Yan Shao's fate.

Besides, everything about Caterina is based on Yan Shao, and if she betrays Yan Shao, she will directly have nothing, even if she is not Yan Shao's fiancΓ©e, she will know how to choose...

Because of this, Li Liang and the others, who had not yet come up with any way, as well as Elano and the others, suddenly couldn't turn their minds after learning these words from Yan Shao's mouth...

Of course, after seeing the evil smile on the corner of Yan Shao's mouth when the news was announced, Elano and the others quickly reacted that everything in the past few days was actually Yan Shao's prank, and when there was no one around, they even punished Yan Shao with a leather whip and candlesβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” just a joke, a joke, not to say that Yan Shao was not interested in SM, but he preferred to be the 'attack' side.

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The reason why Yan Shao ran to sit on the dragon chair was entirely because he had been curious about what it was like to sit on it a long time agoβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” this is not only Yan Shao, I believe that many people are curious about what it is like to sit on it, and what it is like to look down from above.

As for the later pranks, they were purely improvised by Yan Shao.

Originally, Yan Shao didn't plan to do that, but when he saw Li Liang and their funny expressions after sitting on the dragon chair. Yan Shao couldn't help but play a prank, this is probably also a punishment for them for not trusting themselves, after all, Yan Shao said a long time ago that he would never be the emperor...

It turns out. After doing this prank, Yan Shao's mood was much happier...

By the way, he really didn't have much interest in living in the palace, after all, he already knew the inconvenience of ancient buildings. What's more, I don't know how many people died in the palace in the past, although Yan Shao is not very superstitious, and he doesn't believe that there will be ghosts or anything in this world, but ......... Just think of where you've walked or where you're in the room. It is very likely that someone has died in the past, or even more than one person, and he will feel a little uncomfortable...

So. It's better to build a new house, not to mention that it will also be a museum in the future, so it's better to forget it as usual...

Nature. The museum will not be able to open anytime soon. After all, the first thing is to 'invite' Pu Yi's family out of the Forbidden City, and the second is to take a good inventory of all the objects in the Forbidden City.

Overall, it's a big project and it takes a long time to get going.

However, in order to show his support for the 'museum', Yan Shao still selected some things from his private collection and sent them to the 'museum', preparing to use them for future exhibitionsβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” but they are actually worthless, really valuable......... Ahem, in fact, sometimes Yan Shao is also quite stingy...

For Yan Shao's decision. The community is very supportive.

After all, the imperial system in this period was indeed a little unpopular, and Yan Shao wanted to let the Forbidden City out as a museum. The itself already shows that he has little interest in the throne. What's more, giving up the former imperial city as a museum is also a great step forward in itself.

Therefore, after Yan Shao took the lead in donating some cultural relics, out of support for this decision, many people also donated a lot of cultural relics. Of course, most of them are not very valuable, after all, the government has no reputation and is almost becoming a Chinese tradition, although the current Guoshe government is much stronger than the Beiyang and Qing governments in the past, but it is always necessary to wait and see.

However, in the donated collection, there are really many rare treasures...

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"I haven't been here for a while, and it seems that progress is not small..."

got out of the car and looked at the 'Presidential Palace' in the distance Yan Shao smiled cheerfully.

As mentioned earlier, as a country's presidential palace, this kind of building is usually a local landmark, and sometimes when it comes to the country, the presidential palace will become the symbol of the country.

For example, the White House in the United States, the Kremlin in Russia and the Versailles Palace in France, almost all of them...

So, of course, after the construction of the presidential palace began, it also attracted the attention of many people.

Especially after the presidential palace gradually took shape and the design drawings were released to the public, it was called the largest 'palace building' in the world. Naturally, after this title was spread, it also aroused criticism from many people, believing that the country is still so poor at the moment, and there is no need to spend so much money in this regard.

However, when the news that this building was built by Yan Shao with his own money came out, the criticism from the outside world naturally disappearedβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” and it could not be said to have disappeared completely, and the voice criticizing Yan Shao for using the state's money to satisfy personal enjoyment was gone, but there were many criticisms of Yan Shao's private life, and some people thought that since Yan Shao had so much money, why didn't he use it for education and other aspects, so so...

It seems that they have taken Yan Shao's money as their money, and they need to ask them how to spend this money...

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Yan Shaolai had informed Wang Xuan, who was in charge of this place, before he came, so the convoy had just stopped outside the presidential palace, and Wang Xuan had already brought many people to greet him.

"The Great President..."

Walking in front of Yan Shao, Wang Xuan and some others said respectfully.

patted Wang Xuan's shoulder, signaling that he didn't need to be so restrained, Yan Shao continued to look at the presidential palace in the distance.

After a period of construction, the presidential palace was gradually completed. Especially the banquet hall that Yan Shao once took Elino and the others to, it seems that it is almost finished.

β€œβ€¦β€¦β€¦ How long will it take to complete the presidential palace? ”

led a large group of people to the presidential palace, and it was not until the distance was only 3 or 40 meters away that Yan Shao looked back at Wang Xuan behind him.

After learning that Yan Shao was coming, Wang Xuan had already guessed Yan Shao's intention, so he replied without thinking about it. "In June, it will be completed by mid-June..."

Originally, such a large building would definitely not be completed in a year or two, but whether it was Yan Shao or Elainor, they were very concerned about this buildingβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” after all, they were going to hold a wedding here later, and if it was not completed here, they would not be able to hold a wedding for a day, which naturally made them have to pay attention.

So under the attention of many parties, it also received the most funds here. The construction is 24 hours a day, so the progress is naturally much faster than other projects.

Hearing Wang Xuan say this, Yan Shao nodded with satisfaction.

The wedding was held in June, and he was able to accept it.

However, after taking a turn around the presidential palace and watching the construction process, Yan Shao suddenly glanced back at Wang Xuan, who had been following behind.

"The design of the building......... Is it done too? ”

If it's just the presidential palace, there's no need for him to come in person, what he really cares about is...

The 'miracle building' in the design... (To be continued......)