Zhu Jingyuan was used to living in the level, and now he looked at the huge dome above his head.

Thinking that there are two floors on top of this, I suddenly instinctively feel a sense of powerlessness.

So Zhu Jingyuan said seriously:

"The second hall on the upper floor should be climbed by the father and grandfather first, we will go around the bottom floor, and then go to the Wenhua Palace."

Lei Hong was going to invite Zhu Jingyuan to go up and have a look.

As a result, when Zhu Jingyuan said this, it seems that Zhu Jingyuan should not be allowed to go up.

It's okay for ordinary workers to go up to work, but Zhu Jingyuan's identity is too special, and it really should be that the emperor and the emperor should go first.

So Lei Hong agreed, and then left the main hall with Zhu Jingyuan.

After taking a look at the surrounding side halls, rest areas, cafeterias, and other auxiliary rooms, I went down from the main hall building.

Take the elevator again through the pedestal area to the ground level and get into the car parked under the side of the steps.

Wrap around under the heavy pedestal and turn to the building to the southeast.

The two new halls corresponding to the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall are arranged in front of the left and right sides of the main hall.

The two halls seem to have no pedestal from a distance, mainly because compared to the 100-meter pedestal of the main hall, it is really completely inconspicuous.

However, if you look closely, you can see that there is actually a pedestal under the main hall.

However, it is only four meters high, and there is an open gate underneath.

There's a ground floor garage inside.

It is a real palace for daily office use.

The staircase is four meters high, which is equivalent to one floor, and you can walk normally, and if you are lazy, you can also go inside and take the elevator.

Zhu Jingyuan's car stopped slightly in front of the palace gate.

When the garage door opened, I drove into the garage to take a look.

The internal structure design of this garage is very similar to the underground garage in Zhu Jingyuan's previous life.

It's just that the entire garage is above ground level.

The garage floor is even higher than the outside floor, and the entrance and exit are set up with a gentle slope to facilitate going up and down.

The ceilings are also higher, with floors already over three meters high.

In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, it could be used as a normal floor.

There are also multiple cores inside, as well as denser shear walls.

Therefore, the appearance of actually standing in the garage does not look like a huge underground garage in the style of a hall.

Instead, it looks like a small and medium-sized exhibition hall put together.

Zhu Jingyuan's car was parked in the garage, and he took the elevator from the garage to the first floor, and came out to the small side hall in front of the main hall.

This side hall can be considered a stairwell.

If you come out of the stairwell and walk forward, you will be able to go to the main hall in the center.

Lei Hong continued to follow Zhu Jingyuan to introduce the situation:

"The new Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall on the west side are highly consistent in the pattern, and the left and right sides are symmetrical.

"The height of the two halls is one hundred and twenty-eight meters, except for the top four meters and the bottom floor, which are four meters more, the other floors are every ten meters as a large floor, and from the outside it looks like there are twelve floors, with a total of twelve eaves.

"The height of the dome in the central hall of the main hall of the two main halls is 60 meters, and there is a height of 60 meters above the dome, which is designed as a space for living, working, leisure and recuperation.

"If there is a major urgent matter that Your Majesty needs to pay attention to for a long time and deal with it at any time, Your Majesty can not return to the harem for the time being, and live directly in the Wenhua Hall or Wuying Palace.

Or don't go upstairs directly, just live on the side of the main hall of the Wenhua Hall or the Wuying Hall.

"There are living rooms on both sides of the main hall, but they are a little more modest than the upstairs, but they are also more convenient to deal with affairs nearby."

Zhu Jingyuan slipped around the bottom floor of the new Wenhua Palace, and also did not go to the upper space.

The reason is still the same, the place above should let the emperor go first.

Just browsing the bottom two floors, Zhu Jingyuan feels that the design and layout of the new hall are still very good.

It is much better than the previous renovation of the old hall.

The most important thing is that the space is extraordinarily spacious, and the offices and conference rooms of the emperor and the cabinet are very abundant.

However, if you look at it from another angle, it can also be said that there is a great waste of space.

The space of more than a dozen floors above is said to be for the emperor's emergency residence.

But it is uncertain whether the emperor will be able to use it, and the rooms around the main hall are also abundant.

Looking at it this way, for the emperor's living and working needs, the side and upper floors of a single main hall are already double backups.

The entire Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall are double-backed up on a larger scale.

The Emperor could only use a small portion of one space at a time, and most of the other three spaces were idle.

However, if you calculate it in this way, the new Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall together are not as large as the New Fengtian Hall in the middle.

The Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall are still used for daily office, and they can really come in handy often.

The temple in the middle is purely ceremonial and symbolic.

Zhu Jingyuan came out after visiting the new Wenhua Palace, stood on the platform in front of the main hall, and looked at the Wuying Hall on the other side.

The mind begins to think and analyze society uncontrollably again......

Or rather, the key government......

If there were no dynasties and emperors and nobles, would there be such a formal waste?

A review and analysis of history will lead to a judgment that this formal waste cannot be avoided as long as the state apparatus still exists.

As long as the notification class remains, there is no way to avoid the waste of wealth by the ruling class.

The memories and experiences of his two lives do not allow him to find a truly stable and lasting way to eliminate the state and class.

Since there must always be rulers and the ruling class, even if you give it up, someone else will do it.

Under the circumstance that he is already an imperial aristocrat or even an emperor, an absolute ruling class or even a direct ruler, and the existing social productive forces are still developing at a sustained and rapid pace, there is no reason for him to subvert and change the existing order.

Even if someone tries to do so, he doesn't have a chance to succeed.

In the case of relative stability, as long as they are willing to work normally, they can have no worries about food and clothing, and they can have the opportunity to become richer, it is impossible for the vast majority of ordinary people to follow the conspirators to risk rebellion.

What you have to do as a ruler and head of the ruling class is to maintain this situation for as long as possible.

Zhu Jingyuan reflected in his heart for a round, and then left the Wenhua Hall under the leadership of Lei Hong.

Ride around the Wenhua Hall area and around to the rear of the new Bongcheon Hall.

Between the main hall and the harem, according to the original plan, a wide and regular meadow was designed.

The width of this green space is one kilometer from east to west and two kilometers from north to south.

The tip of the tallest hall in front of it is only 730 meters long at noon on the winter solstice.

The distance of the harem was opened by two kilometers so that the harem was completely unaffected by the main hall in front.

On the way the convoy gradually moved away from the main hall, Zhu Jingyuan could vaguely feel that the surrounding atmosphere was a little more relaxed.

For the people of this era, those huge buildings are indeed too oppressive.

But it's good to get used to it later.

When entering the harem area, Zhu Jingyuan felt a sense of relief.

The architectural layout of the central area of the new harem is very similar to that of the Forbidden City in the north and south of the city.

Passing through the main gate of Qianqing Gate, what you can see directly is the main palace of the emperor, Qianqing Palace.

The height of the main body of the Qianqing Palace is 36 meters, which is 16 meters higher than the original version.

Behind the Qianqing Palace is the queen's Kunning Palace, and there is also a Jiaotai Palace between the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace.

The two superlative large palaces are still surrounded by a circle of small houses like the previous royal palaces, forming a separate courtyard.

The small houses around were the places where the people and supplies for the life of the emperor and empress were supplied.

This includes food, medicine, minions, vehicles, warehouses, and more.

On the east and west sides of this small courtyard, like the previous Forbidden City, two groups of courtyards were set up for concubines to live in.

There have been only minor adjustments in terms of numbers and planning.

The original east and west six courtyards with the same specifications are also the so-called east and west six palaces.

Now the number has been doubled, and the six houses of the east and west have become the twelve houses of the east and west, for a total of twenty-four courtyards.

There are sixteen courtyards in it, and the interior houses and palaces are designed in a way that prioritizes them.

In the center is a palace dedicated to the master's residence, surrounded by other amenities and servants' rooms.

These courtyards were for the imperial concubines, concubines, imperial concubines, or other concubines who were particularly loved by the emperor.

Those who live here are the masters of a house, and they have a villa-style palace to themselves.

The remaining eight courtyards have an overall pattern similar to a courtyard house, with one building in each of the four directions.

However, the space is much more spacious than the folk courtyard, and the decoration and facilities are also exclusive to the royal family, and they are the most luxurious in the folk.

Inside the four buildings, there are many independent suites with similar layouts, similar to private multi-storey apartments.

This is where more low-level concubines live together.

In this way, a total of twenty-four courtyards, which surrounded the courtyards of the emperor and empress, formed a larger courtyard.

To the east of this large compound is the Renshou Palace of the Emperor Taishang, and in front of the Renshou Palace is the Chunhe Palace where the young princes and princesses live.

On the west side of the courtyard are the Cining Palace and the Ciqing Palace of the two palaces.

In this way, the whole area is integrated and is the core of the residential area of the new harem.

The overall layout is highly similar to the previous harem of the Forbidden City.

The front and back are uniform, the left and right are symmetrical, and the unconventional is neat.

In fact, this does not meet Zhu Jingyuan's original requirement of being as livable as possible.

So this area is only the core area, and the official palace area still retains the official symbolism.

The emperor, the queen mother, the emperor, the empress, the imperial concubine, the concubine, and the concubines with official status all have corresponding palaces.

On the east, west and north sides of this entire formal area, there are also three garden-style palaces.

These three palaces were built with the goal of living comfortably.

The total area of each of these three palaces is comparable to the standard harem area of the core area.

The total area is close to three square kilometers, that is, three hundred hectares, or four thousand five hundred acres, of which the water area is nearly two thousand acres.

This is the scale of the built-up area that completes the landscape arrangement.

The entire old mountainous area, with a total area of 100 square kilometers, is nominally part of this palace area.

The forest farm was originally surrounded by a simple fence, but now it has been converted into a concrete palace wall.

Two hydroelectric power stations dedicated to the two royal palaces are also located in the interior of this forest.

If the subsequent emperor had an idea, he could continue to expand the palace in the mountains in the northwest or in the plains in the northeast.

Zhu Jingyuan doesn't have too many ideas for the time being, and he doesn't have time to take a closer look here now.

After running along the main road in the courtyard, enjoying the scenery inside the new palace in general, we returned to the old city of Yingtianfu.

By the time we got back to the old town, it was already dark.

Zhu Jingyuan went directly to accompany his grandfather and father to finish dinner, and by the way, he reported his feelings about visiting:

"I think it's okay......"

Zhu Jianyan's beard trembled:

"Ok means...... Passable?

"In recent years, the imperial court and the royal family have made a huge amount of investment in the construction of this new national capital and palace.

"It's all planned according to your ideas, and now it's getting a bad rating?

"You're not going to renovate and expand any more, are you?"

Zhu Jingyuan immediately shook his head and waved his hand:

"No, no, Father, you misunderstood.

"I said okay, that is, unsatisfactory, unsatisfactory means acceptable, but not particularly satisfied.

"Actually, I want to say that whether it is the apartment buildings and office buildings of the officials, or the new halls and new harems, I am very satisfied with the buildings themselves.

"This completely new city has already fulfilled most of my original visions.

"I don't feel very satisfied with the things in general, but it's really about the building itself and the design plan.

It can be regarded as the general trend of the world, the people and the court, the royal family and the subjects, and the feelings of social relations.

"We aspire to a more reasonable and fair social order.

"In order to avoid unnecessary waste, all production capacity is used for the development of the whole society.

"It's not about spectacle.

But at the same time, I knew that it was impossible.

"Those new halls that are not used a few times a year do need to be built.

"Even if I don't build, someone else will build.

"Others are actually still building.

"So instead of letting others toss, let me do it myself and toss according to my ideas.

"It's with such a complicated feeling......

"I said 'OK.'"

Zhu Jianyan silently listened to Zhu Jingyuan's chatter, nodded lightly with a wry smile and said:

"You are right, many things in the world are not subject to personal will.

"It's the same even for the Emperor.

"When the emperor realizes this, if he does not reconcile himself well, it can be dangerous for the state.

"Master Wei Miao (Chongzhen) may have been in that state at the beginning.

"You can accept the thinking that you have to not do it, and if you don't do it, others will do it, at least you bypass the psychological barrier.

"At least in my mentality, I have surpassed Master Weimiao, and I have nothing to worry about......"

After Zhu Jianyan finished speaking, he looked at the Emperor Zhu Zhongliang.

Zhu Zhongliang's tone was a little stunned, and he asked the father and son here:

"You shouldn't have worried, this kid has been precocious since he was a child, and the key to a good mentality is to be good at self-adjustment.

"Question, do you think surpassing Master Wei Miao is a high evaluation? Are you confused at the age of sixty? ”

Zhu Jianyan seemed to realize that his mouth was pursed, but he forcibly explained without admitting it:

"Of course, although Master Weimiao has done a lot of foolish things, his mentality is actually okay among the ancestors of the past dynasties.

"When the Xi Temple (Apocalypse) was the master, the situation was much better than during the Chongzhen period.

"But Ximiao Yuji couldn't stand it for long, and it only lasted seven years before he died in a daze.

"The three sons and two daughters all died young, raising things like Wei Zhongxian, and spending all the savings left by the temple master.

On the contrary, in the face of the worse crisis of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the drought and flood disaster that lasted for more than ten years, the master of Weimiao was still able to barely maintain the situation.

"The most important thing is that he insisted on the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, but he did not die in a daze like Ximiao.

"There are no eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian in the palace, and there are no ministers in the outer court who can't be cut down.

He also gave birth to a total of thirteen children, which is relatively large among the ancestors of the past generations, and five of them were raised to the Renwu Dynasty.

He also lived to be sixty-six years old after his abdication, second only to Emperor Taizu Gao among Chongzhen's previous ancestors.

"He was indeed a little impatient in his early years, but after experiencing the major events of the Chongzhen Dynasty and Renwu in his early years, his mentality in his later years can indeed be regarded as very good."

Zhu Zhongliang shook his head with a very speechless face:

"You kid has even learned to use strong words......"

Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help laughing, feeling that his father's mentality was also changing.

It's more and more like a grandfather who just retired, and the whole person has become relaxed, and he no longer holds a serious shelf.

He should be ready to retire.

(End of chapter)