Zhu Zhongliang figured out Zhu Jingyuan's state, and lay back on his recliner:

"Do you have any other ideas other than gift tax and inheritance tax that could be regarded as risking the world's condemnation?

"In a few years, I may not be able to move anymore, and your father should retire.

"Take advantage of the fact that you can do as much as you can in the past few years."

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously shook his head:

"No...... No need to ......"

Zhu Zhongliang immediately waved his hand and pressed down:

"Don't be polite to grandpa, paving the way for your children and grandchildren is the due duty of your elders, and you will be the same in the future."

Zhu Jingyuan was silent for a few seconds, and then tried to say:

"If you want to say something that is unpopular in the world, and something that can be done well in a few years, there are probably these things.

"In addition to collecting taxes, it is to build buildings, move the capital, and repair the calendar, just a few major events......

Zhu Zhongliang was still listening carefully, but when he heard the back, he couldn't help but sit up straight again:

"What? What are you doing? It's okay to build a building and repair the calendar, what does it mean that you want to move?

"Are you going to find another place to build the palace and then move the capital there?"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded directly and said:

"Yes, I want to build a new palace on the north bank of the Yingtianfu River, and at the same time build a new set of central government facilities.

In this way, the Forbidden City replaced the northern and southern capitals as the official palace and administrative center of the new Ming imperial family and imperial court.

This is equivalent to moving the actual capital of the Ming Dynasty from the old city of Shuntianfu in Beijing back to Yingtianfu in Nanjing.

"At the same time, we will continue to dredge the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to ensure that 100,000-ton sea vessels can go straight to Yingtianfu against the current."

Zhu Zhongliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

It should also be Tianfu, which is a little less exciting than moving to another place.

However, Zhu Zhongliang still has a lot of puzzles:

"Why should you return to Tianfu? What's going on in your head?

"If you don't say one, two, or three, your father and I will not be able to support such a big thing."

Of course, Zhu Jingyuan knew that this matter had a great impact, so he had been thinking about it alone for a long time.

Now I don't hesitate to explain my thoughts to my grandfather:

"The original reason why Cheng Zu and his old man placed the capital in the north was to facilitate the handling of border troubles in the north nearby.

"In Beijing, the response speed is a big level higher than that of Nanjing.

"Before the border troubles in the north are completely eliminated, the capital of the Ming Dynasty can only be placed in the north.

"Although it is a choice, in the Ming Dynasty before Chongzhen, Beijing is also the most suitable capital.

"Before industrialization, the imperial court had limited control over the local area, and could only choose to directly administer certain areas.

"The north is the 'Wude Highland' of the Ming Dynasty, and if you master the north, you will master the knife handle.

"As long as the imperial court has mastered the handle of the sword, the money bags in the south must be obedient.

"On the other hand, if you only control the money bag of the south, you will not have a strong binding force on the knife handle of the north.

"The scholars of the South can only restrain the knife handles of the North with morality.

"Once the knife handles in the north give up the non-coercive moral constraints, the money bags in the south will only be robbed.

"After the Chongzhen Dynasty and before the Ankang Dynasty, Beijing was also a more suitable capital than Nanjing.

"This is the border between the Central Plains and the northern grasslands.

"It is located on the North China Plain, which can easily control the northern inland.

"But it's very close to both the grassland and Liaodong.

"Through here, you can control the northern grasslands, the Central Plains, and the Liaodong Plain at the same time.

"Coupled with the suppression of force, the rich South will have to be obedient.

"These are the most critical areas of the Ming Dynasty, and if you control these places, you will control the Ming Dynasty.

"After the completion of industrialization, before the Ming Dynasty reached the level of true global leadership, Beijing was also a relatively suitable capital.

"Because it's also the border between land and sea.

"It's both the inland area closest to the ocean and the coastal area closest to the inland.

"It's on the North China Plain, less than 300 kilometers away from Datong, and only about 400 kilometers away from the Naturalization City, which is already a Mongolian steppe.

"But at the same time, the city of Suncheonfu is less than 150 kilometers from the coast.

"The point is, although it is very close to the ocean, it is located in four layers of nested inland seas: the Bohai Sea, the northern Yellow Sea, the southern Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea.

"As long as the navy of the Ming Dynasty does not pull its crotch to the point of shattering at the slightest touch, it will be difficult for foreign forces to break through these four maritime defense lines.

"This place can take into account the control of the Shenzhou Continent and the Great Ming Ocean at the same time, and control the world's largest land and the largest ocean.

"There is no other place in the world where sea power and land power are balanced, and the geographical location is so superior."

Zhu Jingyuan blew Beijing when he came up, and Zhu Zhongliang couldn't help but nod and shake his head when he heard it:

"Then you still want to move the capital? Such a nice place you don't want? ”

Zhu Jingyuan said with a smile:

"Now that times have changed, Beijing's merits have basically lost their meaning.

"We now control the Xianbei Wasteland, and we have dismembered Lucia, and the northern border of the Ming Dynasty has been eradicated.

"After we took over Nantianzhu, there were no enemies left in most of the Great Ming Ocean and the Little Western Ocean.

"Keeping the capital in the middle of several layers of the inland sea is no longer practical in terms of defense, but will hinder transportation.

"At the same time, a new round of industrial revolution has brought military equipment and the complexity of warfare to a new stage.

"Coupled with the popularity of the internal combustion engine, the role of horses in the North in the war was infinitely reduced.

"The threat of the Wude Heights in the north to the south is gradually losing its meaning.

"It is no longer the time to gather enough peasants, build simple and usable knives, guns and clubs, and summon up a force of courage to confront or even defeat the regular army.

"The imperial court's control of the army, in addition to the direct control and influence of the personnel themselves, the importance of controlling logistics has once again risen by an order of magnitude.

"Now these mechanized troops, as long as the logistics are cut off, they will soon be directly paralyzed.

"The point is that it can be quickly routed by forces that have logistics.

"Complex war logistics require a system that is robust enough to be produced and integrated and to maintain supply.

"The center of this system, no matter where it is placed, can influence huge forces far away.

"Coupled with the popularity of wired telegraph, wired telephone, radio, fax and other equipment, distance no longer affects the efficiency of communication.

"So Beijing's advantage has been erased, but Nanjing's advantage has begun to become more and more prominent.

"The Jiangnan region is the richest place in Daming, and it is also the largest industrial center in Daming.

"Nanjing is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and controls the most important inland waterway in the Ming Dynasty and the world.

"This inland waterway also provides direct access to the world's largest ocean.

"If the Yangtze River is a giant dragon, then Nanjing is at the top of the dragon's skull or throat.

"The Yangtze River channel below Nanjing, as long as it is slightly dredged, can be navigated by 100,000 tons of sea vessels.

"The distance between this outlet and Tianjin and Guangzhou is basically the same.

"The distance from Vladivostok and Hainan Island is basically the same.

"The distance from Edo and Luzon is basically the same.

"The distance from the Drift Ghost (Kamchatka) and the Lion City is basically comparable.

"The distance from the Liaodong industrial base in the north and the Guangdong industrial base in the south is also basically the same.

"This is the real halfway point between the entire Ming Dynasty's native golden coastline and industrial system.

"Daming wants to control the world on its own local basis, and this is the most suitable place."

Zhu Zhongliang quietly listened to Zhu Jingyuan's explanation.

After a few seconds of silence, he nodded very seriously:

"Indeed, now that times have changed, we don't need to hide the capital at the bottom of several layers of inland seas.

"We now need an outward-looking capital, and we need a capital that controls the wealth of the world.

"If you look at it this way, Yingtianfu is indeed more suitable as the new capital than Shuntianfu.

"Songjiang Prefecture is closer to the ocean, but it is too far away from the land, and Ying Tiancai is the core of the Jianghuai region.

"Guangzhou's port environment may be better, and it is more convenient to control the small western ocean, but it is too far away from the northern core area.

"The point is that the conditions in the inner hinterland of Guangzhou and the Pearl River are far less extensive than those of Yingtian.

"We have the Yangtze River, a golden waterway, which is indeed unparalleled in the world, and the location of Ying Tianfu is indeed critical and dangerous......

"As for moving the capital, Ying Tianfu was originally the Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty, and its status has never changed.

"Moving the office now, although the impact is certainly still huge, is not a good risk to the world.

"In order to isolate the office area of the central court from the industrial and commercial areas like the old city of Shuntianfu, it is reasonable to rebuild a palace in the north of the Yingtianfu River.

"The point is, if you don't treat this palace as a palace, but use this new palace to replace the Forbidden City, as the official ceremonial palace of the Ming court, it will indeed have a huge impact......

"It has been a tradition to go to the early dynasty in the Wenhua Palace, to handle military affairs in the Wuying Palace, and to hold major ceremonies in the Fengtian Palace.

"Moreover, the middle line of the Fengtian Temple in the Forbidden City of Shuntianfu is still the base point of the prime meridian.

"The entire Forbidden City is a sacred place in the hearts of officials and scholars all over the world, and can even be regarded as the center of the world.

"Why are you changing this now? Just looking for a more comfortable office?

"That doesn't need to change the status of the Forbidden City.

"In addition, just choose a more comfortable place for the court and office."

Zhu Jingyuan scratched his head:

"I just think that the significance of the Forbidden City is too great, so I want to change it to a more suitable one.

"Its design can be said to be very unreasonable, and the point is that I am a little sorry for its status.

"It's not just a matter of comfort anymore......

"And I didn't want to tear down the original building and rebuild it, and I didn't want to change the original layout that had been maintained for hundreds of years.

"So I was going to find another location to redesign the building.

"To build a palace worthy of the special status of the highest authority of the Ming Dynasty and even the world."

Zhu Zhongliang was a little puzzled when he heard these words, and then instinctively continued to ask:

"A symbol of the world's highest authority? What exactly do you want to do? Don't say you're trying to make a spectacle! ”

The word spectacle has been around for a long time and can be used to describe sights and natural things, as well as to describe architecture.

But the daily application of creating wonders is probably from the influence of Emperor Sejo.

Zhu Jingyuan replied quite solemnly:

"I really want to make a spectacle, and make the largest hall a hundred or even two hundred meters high.

"It is precisely because of this idea that I feel that the construction of the building can be regarded as a great disapproval of the world.

"After all, opposing the construction of the imperial court was originally a hobby of scholars and doctors.

"The imperial court made the new hall a spectacle, and the repercussions among the people can be imagined.

"Even if they don't talk about it in court, it will definitely be discussed among the people, and there will definitely be comments in the newspapers."

The Forbidden City has a very special status, it is, of course, the palace of the Ming Emperor, but at the same time it is also a symbol of the Ming court.

In addition, it also serves as a part of the Tessie church.

The tallest and grandest building on the continent of Tessy is certainly a cathedral rather than a palace of kings and emperors.

The church is the house of God, and it seeks to be as tall as possible to show the exaltation and divinity of God.

This kind of house is usually designed and built without considering whether people feel comfortable living in it.

It is only this kind of building dedicated to the gods that can keep the Tessy people building for hundreds of years.

The situation was reversed in the palaces of the kings and emperors of Tessie.

Kings and emperors, of course, sought the comfort of living and, incidentally, the convenience of handling court affairs.

Therefore, King Tessie's palace basically has only a few floors.

And usually only one floor is used for the daily residence and entertainment of members of the royal family, as well as for office.

The other floors are basically warehouses for storing supplies.

Not only for storing food and daily necessities, but also for armoury and guard barracks and even prisons.

Without pursuing a divine function, the kings of Tessie tried to solve all their needs in one big house.

The purely religious buildings in Shenzhou are mainly various Taoist temples and temples.

The tallest building is usually a stupa dedicated to the bones of the Buddha.

The stupa also does not pursue living comfort, and may even have no living function at all.

Monks and Taoists usually live in other houses in the temple.

People who have not been exposed to these things may not be able to imagine that a huge building cannot be inhabited.

The key problem is that the Tessians are basically Christians, and religion has long been above the royal power.

Regardless of the turmoil and change of dynasty in secular society, the church of God will continue to be built.

Nor did war affect the transcendent architecture of churches.

The people of the Deep State are basically not Christians, and the local religion is still suppressed by the imperial power.

Once the religious forces affect the authority and interests of the emperor, there may be various incidents of "exterminating the Buddha".

Therefore, although the ancient temples in Shenzhou are religious buildings, they are usually incomparable with the churches of Taixi in terms of scale.

The Emperor's Forbidden City is a building with certain religious significance that all Shenzhou people worship.

Therefore, the Forbidden City has to satisfy the ritual or divine needs.

However, the Forbidden City is also the official home of the emperor, and the other palaces can only be palaces, which are equivalent to places for tourism and vacation.

Therefore, the Forbidden City also had to meet the living needs of the emperor and his family.

As we all know, if you want to take into account two unrelated or even opposite requirements in your design, the end result is usually that both needs cannot be met well......

In addition, in the traditional culture of China, brick and stone materials can only be used to build underground palaces, and living people have to build houses out of wood.

The tall timber is constantly decreasing with the cultivation of arable land, and the key is that it will disappear as soon as it is fired.

The later dynasties were, the less large timber could be found when building palaces.

The courtiers of Shenzhou also had political correctness against the emperor's large-scale construction projects.

The emperor of Shenzhou could not have built a palace as much as the Taixi man-made church.

Therefore, the palace building of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty is not only not majestic and grandiose, but it is definitely not very comfortable to live in.

Jiajing likes to live in Xiyuan, Qianlong's daily life is in the Old Summer Palace, and whoever loves to live in the Forbidden City lives.

In this world, the Forbidden City, which was renovated by Emperor Shizu, has become much more comfortable and reasonable than the original design after adding various industrial products.

However, it still retains the purpose of taking care of both needs, and of course the comfort is still not as good as the palace.

So Zhu Jingyuan wants to give up the Forbidden City now and redesign and build a ......

The ceremonial part was built as grand as possible, while the residential part was planned to be as comfortable as possible.

Although it can be placed in the same large courtyard, the two parts are completely designed and constructed separately.

Since the time of Emperor Sejo, it can be said that concrete was used in the construction of normal palaces, so that the restrictions on materials were broken.

The current financial and technical level of the Ming Dynasty can also support the construction of such a spectacle-level palace.

So Zhu Jingyuan had the idea of really going to make a spectacle......

The Ming Emperor is the most authoritative person in the world, and there is no one.

In order to maintain and strengthen this authority, in addition to the various resources and money under effective control, as well as a dozen or so powers, social influence is also a very important part.

Spectacle is certainly the one that increases the impact......

(End of chapter)