Zhu Jianyan listened to the brains and discussions between his father and son, and slowly nodded his head in agreement.

Zhu Jianyan's concern about the huge pedestal of His Royal Highness is mainly how to use this thing.

It is too wasteful of space and resources to simply make it solid, so it is better to build it directly on the top of the mountain.

If it is made hollow, but does not make reasonable use of the internal space, it is a large dark dungeon or more.

This inaccessible and shady dungeon can become a nest for shady creatures such as bugs and rats.

It may even become a hiding place for those with bad intentions.

If it is designed as an office building, it is also a mental torture for the people who work in it.

Zhu Jingyuan planned it as a special museum-like storage warehouse in the city, which solved these problems appropriately.

Zhu Jingyuan listened to his father and grandfather agree, so he continued to add:

"Since it should be added to the function of the shrine, it has been put into the pedestal of the main hall.

"Then this pedestal is not a pure pedestal, it can have a special name.

"I think it can be called 'Shejiku', or 'Sheji's Foundation'.

In addition, this is also in fact superimposing the function of the Sheji Altar and the function of the Fengtian Temple.

"The original function of the social altar does not have to occupy a special space.

"In the space directly in front of the main hall, a piece of green space can be reserved or developed into farmland, realizing the symbolic meaning of inheritance.

"The original sacrifices to the god of grain and earth have already declined.

"We can design a square around the main hall and directly name it 'Sheji Altar', which is actually Sheji Square.

"Ceremonies that need to be held in a large open-air environment are placed directly in this square.

"In order to make it easier to use and to walk through the square to the main hall, the square should be designed so that vehicles can drive directly in."

Zhu Jianyan was a little suspicious when he heard this:

"There is no problem with the Sheji Library, but if the Sheji Altar is placed in front of the main hall, then the planning of the left temple and the right society will be messed up......"

Zhu Zhongliang followed up and said:

"Are you going to really put the Taimiao Temple above the main hall?"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded directly and admitted:

"I think the design of the craftsmen stacking the main palaces on top of each other is more reasonable.

"The core of the palace itself is the hall, which is the auditorium used for various ceremonies, including sacrifices.

"The design is the core hall plus some annex rooms.

"No one said that the hall and the auditorium couldn't be stacked together, but the ancestors of the Chongzhen Dynasty couldn't do it at that time.

"However, the stacking of the main hall cannot be unlimited.

"A limited number of specific palaces should be stacked according to specific rules.

"My idea was to divide the part above the foundation of the main hall into three sections.

"Each section is based on a core hall, and enough ancillary rooms are designed around it, including the upper and lower ancillary floors of the core basilica, for preparation, rest, storage, and other related functions.

"Since the building as a whole is more than 300 meters high, the interior space is spacious enough.

"The core hall can be made tall and grand enough, and the surrounding annex floors and rooms can be designed to be comfortable enough.

"Even if you really have special needs and need to live in it temporarily, you don't feel depressed.

"The top section is used to worship the heavens, the middle section is used to worship the ancestors, and the next section is used to hold official ceremonies.

"Our buildings in Shenzhou must be designed with the lower floors wide and the upper floors gradually reduced.

"This design of the high-rise building is more stable, and it really meets the actual needs.

"The bottom section is the widest, and the palace itself will be the most commonly used.

"The functions of the canopy hall and the body hall in the original three halls can be integrated into the annex floor."

Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan, father and son, listened and nodded slowly again.

Then Zhu Zhongliang came up with a new idea:

"According to the suggestions of the craftsmen, there is a design to merge the Fengtian Hall, the Wenhua Hall, and the Wuying Hall.

"The Fengtian Hall is placed in the middle, and the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall are on both sides.

"In this way, the bottom section of the bottom section will be larger, and the theory should be easier to build......"

Zhu Jingyuan said with a strange expression:

"There is a tall building in the middle, followed by two low things on either side, and it looks like it is ...... from a distance

"I don't think this image is very good......"

As soon as Zhu Jingyuan said this, Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan were stunned for a moment, and then quickly reacted.

Zhu Zhongliang grinned directly:

"Haha, it's really not good-looking, it really can't be so improvised......"

Zhu Jianyan is the current emperor after all, so he had to hold his image, just grinning, and then changed the topic:

"Then the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall will continue to be built independently.

It is still placed in the southeast and southwest of the main hall, and is arranged in a zigzag pattern from the main hall building, and is separated from it sufficiently.

"These two palaces are relatively common, and the cabinet and staff are on these two sides.

"So in addition to the main hall, there should be enough office and living space.

"Then, the office buildings of the various ministries of the imperial court are scattered on the east, south, and west sides of this character, right?

Zhu Zhongliang stroked his beard and head:

"Well, in fact, these two halls are the focus, and the middle hall will not be visited often.

"Between these three halls and the office buildings of the various ministries of the imperial court, the road should be designed to be wide and smooth enough.

"The pedestals of Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall cannot be too high, and they must be able to drive the car directly to the square in front of the palace gate.

"The entire area is to be closed to the general public, and all personnel are to be able to reach all areas within five minutes.

"It's best to have a dedicated fleet of people who pick up and drop off office workers in the area."

Zhu Jianyan nodded lightly:

"These designs are all in the main schemes, just go back and let them put them together......"

Zhu Zhongliang, Zhu Jianyan, and Zhu Jingyuan's ancestors and grandsons continued to split and combine the design plans on the table, coupled with the new ideas of their own divergent thinking, and slowly discussed the design plans of the new formal hall and office building.

At noon, the three of them had dinner together, and in the afternoon, Zhu Zhongliang's energy couldn't keep up, so he went to rest alone.

The next morning, Zhu Jianyan received an official pilgrimage from officials in the Forbidden City of Yingtian, and then went directly to the morning pilgrimage here.

Tell the relevant officials of the Criminal Department about the proposals on the reform of the new tax law that were discussed by his ancestors and grandchildren.

Let them go back and revise the relevant provisions on the draft of the new tax law again.

After the early dynasty, Zhu Jianyan took Zhu Jingyuan to meet his father Zhu Zhongliang again.

Then at Zhu Zhongliang's residence, he summoned Zhu Jingyuan, the head of the Royal Engineering Company under the Royal Family Foundation.

Zhu Jingyuan handed over the survey data of Jiangpu County and the company's new palace plan, and made a brief introduction on the side:

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Royal Highness the Virtuous Brother:

"When it came to the design and location of the new palace, the first problem was the issue of shadows and occlusion.

"If you were to build a 400-meter-high main hall, it would be more than a kilometer long in winter.

"If you follow the traditional rules, the harem area of the Forbidden City is placed directly behind the main hall.

"Even if the foundation of the palace is too high to 100 meters, it will be obscured by shadows for a long time.

"A single palace is not completely shaded by shadows for a long time, but the huge shadows that are slanted over the harem area do not feel too comfortable......

"There's a huge building in front of you, and there's a certain sense of oppression.

"In addition, Your Majesty has specially arranged that the harem area department does not need to completely refer to the original Forbidden City, and should consider comfort more.

Based on this request, the engineering company's suggestion was to keep the living area away from the main hall sufficiently.

"Directly place the harem area where you live, at least two kilometers away from the north of the main hall.

"Between the harem area and the main hall area, the space of two to three kilometers can be designed as an enclosed garden, or as a purely low meadow, with a direct road in between.

"Moving around the expanded palace area is no longer possible on foot or on human resources.

"Now His Royal Highness's car is comfortable enough to travel directly to and from the car.

"The distance of two or three kilometers, if it is a straight road with a completely enclosed space, it only takes two or three minutes by car.

Zhu Jingyuan paused a little when he said this, watching the reaction of the Emperor Taishang, the Emperor and the Great Food King.

The main thing is to see if they can accept the suggestion.

If it's completely unacceptable, then there's no need to talk about a lot of things later.

Zhu Jingyuan felt that this design was completely feasible and very reasonable.

Anyway, the royal family has enough land, and it is a natural plan to avoid the shadow of the tall buildings in front.

The problem is still the breaking of traditional habits.

Stretching the formal harem area a few kilometers away from the main hall in front of it must have been an outrageous design in the past.

The length of the original Forbidden City was only less than one kilometer in total, and the emperor had to sit in the front hall from the harem.

When the emperor goes out, even if he is in the palace, he doesn't just leave.

It takes a while to prepare the staff and the guard of honor.

Yongzheng, a workaholic, did not go directly to the front hall, and his food, housing and work were all in the heart cultivation hall.

It's just to save time on travel and travel.

Before there were no cars, the harem where the emperor lived was not placed next to the front hall of work, but a distance of several kilometers.

Every day, he walked a distance of several kilometers by manpower, from the harem to the front hall to attend meetings and ceremonies.

It's not just sinful, it's inefficient.

But times have changed.

There is a car that is comfortable enough and at the same time very fast.

Daming Airlines' high-end cars run at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour and are still very smooth.

Even for the sake of safety, the speed is usually limited to 60 kilometers per hour, and the distance of three kilometers is three minutes.

In the past, the preparation time for the emperor to go out was definitely more than three minutes.

In Zhu Jingyuan's view, the design of the new palace in the future will either be the same as the official residence of a suitable modern head of state, and the work will be directly put together to improve work efficiency as much as possible.

Either they should distance themselves from their work and living areas and try to ensure the best of both aspects.

Now what I have requested, as well as the plans of the Royal Engineering Company and the Ministry of Construction, are actually "all wanted".

In the Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall where the office is located, in the Fengtian Hall where major ceremonies are held, and in the office building prepared for the various ministries of the imperial court, there will be places for the emperor to live and live.

If the emperor is a workaholic, he can live in the office area without going back to the harem area.

Zhu Jingyuan himself felt that if he was the emperor, then the natural choice was to run at both ends.

I usually live in the harem, get up every day to go to work in the Wenhua Palace, and go back to rest at night.

If you really encounter an emergency, you will work overtime directly in the Wenhua Palace, and you won't go back if you live there.

As for Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan, although they were a little surprised by this idea, they did not have too much resistance.

The two of them have also seen all kinds of outrageous schemes in the design of the hall itself.

Now I don't feel how unrealistic it is to distance the harem.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the Ming Emperor was in good health, and there was no way to complete the storage education if he was not in good health.

Life and rest are also very regular, unless you are really sick, you will not work in the residence.

Even if you live in the current Forbidden City, you have to live in the Qianqing Palace every day, and go to the Wenhua Palace to work after getting up.

If you walk from Qianqing Palace to Wenhua Palace, it takes more than three minutes on the road.

If you drive, most of the time is spent getting on and off the bus and getting ready for it, and the total time is far more than just three minutes.

If you add three minutes to the driving time, there will be no significant difference in the total time spent.

If you really encounter an emergency, you will live directly in the Wenhua Hall or the Wuying Palace.

Obviously, this can be done in the future.

In fact, the three of them have very similar ideas.

So in the end, Zhu Zhongliang spoke first:

"I think so, do you two have any opinions?"

Zhu Jingyuan immediately followed and said:

"I don't have an opinion, what about you, father?"

Zhu Jianyan thought for a while:

"Go on?"

Zhu Jingyuan already knew that this design was mostly passable.

But this matter is too serious, and I have always been quite apprehensive in my heart.

Now that I got the letter, I was immediately relieved in my heart:

"Then there's the formal planning of the residential area.

"The idea of the craftsmen of the engineering company was to directly enclose the entire old mountain with a wall.

"The palace for formal residence was built at the foot of the old mountain, and at the same time, a summer palace was built on the mountain behind.

"Behind or on the side of the formal palace, build a staircase to the top of the hill and a road around the mountain.

"Find a suitable valley inside the valley and build dams to build multiple artificial lakes.

"At least two small hydroelectric power stations will be built to supply the electricity needs of the palace area alone.

"Avoid fluctuations in electricity demand in urban areas that affect the stability of electricity consumption in the palace.

"It also prevents the dust from the thermal power plant from affecting the air in the palace area......"

The Royal Engineering Company was absolutely professional in the design of the palace.

After determining the problem of the site selection itself, Zhu Jingyuan added a princely introduction to the two generations of emperors, which was a very natural and smooth conversation.

Zhu Jingyuan's ancestors and grandchildren all nodded secretly in their hearts from time to time, and they didn't find much to adjust.

(End of chapter)