Daming 1805

Chapter 473

Zhu Zhongliang wanted to understand Zhu Jingyuan's state, and lay back on his reclining chair:

"Besides collecting gift tax and inheritance tax, do you have any other ideas that can be regarded as risking the world?

"In a few years, I may really be unable to move, and your father should retire.

"Take advantage of these years to do as much as possible."

Zhu Jingyuan froze for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head:

"no, I'm fine……"

Zhu Zhongliang immediately waved his hands and pressed down:
"Don't be polite to grandpa. Paving the way for descendants is the duty of elders, and it will be the same for you in the future."

Zhu Jingyuan was silent for a few seconds, then tried to say:
"If you want to talk about things that are against the world, and things that can be done in the past few years, there are probably these few things.

"In addition to collecting taxes, building buildings, moving the capital, and cultivating calendars are just a few major events..."

Zhu Zhongliang was still listening seriously at first, but he couldn't help sitting up straight again when he heard the following:

"What are you doing? What are you going to do? It's okay to build buildings and repair calendars. What do you mean by moving the capital?
"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 river in Yingtianfu City, and at the same time build a new set of central government office facilities.

"In order to replace the Forbidden City in the northern and southern capitals, it will serve as the official palace and administrative center of the new Ming royal family and court.

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

"At the same time, we will continue to dredge the lower reaches of the Yangtze River to ensure that [-]-ton seagoing ships can go upstream to Yingtianfu."

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

Returning to Yingtianfu is a little less exciting than moving to other places.

But Zhu Zhongliang still has a lot of puzzles:
"Why do you want to return Duying Tianfu? What exactly are you thinking in your head?

"For such a big thing as moving the capital, if you don't say one, two, three, it is impossible for your father and I to support it."

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

Now take your time and explain your thoughts to grandpa:

"Cheng Zu and his elders put the capital in the north, the original reason was to facilitate the handling of border troubles in the north.

"The handling of northern border affairs in Beijing has a much higher response speed than Nanjing.

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

"Although we have to choose, Beijing was also the most suitable capital in Ming Dynasty before Chongzhen.

"Before industrialization, the imperial court had limited ability to control local areas, and could only choose certain areas directly under its jurisdiction.

"The north is the 'Wu De Heights' of the Ming Dynasty. If you master the north, you will master the handle of the sword.

"As long as the imperial court has the handle of the sword, the pocketbooks in the south will have to be obedient.

"Conversely, if you only control the pockets of the south, you will not have a strong binding force on the knives in the north.

"The scholar-bureaucrats in the south can only use morality to restrain the handles of the sword in the north.

"Once the sword handles in the north give up the unenforceable 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.

"Located on the North China Plain, it can easily control the northern inland.

"But it is very close to the grassland and Liaodong at the same time.

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

"Combined with force suppression, the wealthy south has to be obedient.

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

"After the completion of industrialization and before Ming Dynasty became a true global leader, Beijing was also a relatively suitable capital.

"Because this is still the boundary between land and sea.

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

"This is on the North China Plain, less than [-] kilometers away from Datong, and only about [-] kilometers away from Guihua City, which is already a Mongolian grassland.

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

"The key point is that although it is very close to the ocean, it is located in the four-layer nested inland sea of ​​the Bohai Sea, the northern Yellow Sea, the southern Yellow Sea, and the East China Sea.

"As long as Ming's navy doesn't stretch its hips until it breaks when touched, it will be very difficult for external forces to break through these four sea defense lines.

"Here, we can simultaneously control both the mainland of China and the Daming Ocean, controlling the world's largest land and the largest ocean.

"It is unique in the world to have both sea power and land power, with such a superior geographical location."

Zhu Jingyuan played Beijing once when he came up, and Zhu Zhongliang couldn't help nodding and shaking his head:
"Then you still want to move the capital? You don't want such a good place?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and said:
"It's not that the times have changed now, the advantages of Beijing have basically lost their meaning.

"Now that we control the Xianbei Wasteland, and have dismembered Lucia, Ming's northern border troubles have been eradicated.

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

"Continuing to place the national capital in several layers of inland seas has no practical significance in terms of defense, and will instead hinder traffic.

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

"Coupled with the popularity of the internal combustion engine, the role of horses in northern warfare has been infinitely reduced.

"The threat of Wude Highland in the north to the south has gradually lost its meaning.

"Now is no longer the time to gather enough peasants, make simple and usable knives, guns and sticks, and muster a burst of courage to fight or even defeat the regular army.

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

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

"The point is that it can be quickly defeated by troops with logistics.

"Complicated logistics of war require a system robust enough to be produced, put together and maintained in supply.

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

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

"So Beijing's advantages have been wiped out, but Nanjing's advantages have become more prominent.

"The Jiangnan area is the wealthiest place in Ming Dynasty, and it is also the largest industrial center in Ming Dynasty.

"Located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Nanjing controls the most important inland waterway of the Yangtze River Daming and even the world.

"This inland waterway can go directly 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 can be used by sea-going vessels of [-] tons with a little dredging.

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

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

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

"The distance to Liugui (Kamchatka) and Lion City is basically the same.

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

"This is the real middle point of the golden coastline and industrial system of the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Da Ming wants to control the world based on his own homeland, 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, times have changed now, we don't need to hide our capital at the bottom of several layers of inland seas.

"We now need an export-oriented capital, and we also need a capital that controls the wealth of the world.

"Looking at it this way, Yingtian Mansion is indeed more suitable as the new capital than Shuntian Mansion.

"Songjiang Mansion is closer to the ocean, but too far away from the land. Ying Tian is the core of the Jianghuai region.

"Guangzhou's port environment may be better, and it is easier to control Xiaoxiyang, but it is too far away from the northern core area.

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

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

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

"Now that the office is moved there, although the impact is definitely still huge, it is not a risk of the world's disgrace.

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

"The point is, you don't use this palace as a temporary palace, but instead use this new palace to replace the Forbidden City. If it is used as a palace for official ceremonies of the Ming court, it will indeed have a huge impact...

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

"Moreover, the central line of Fengtian Temple in the Forbidden City of Shuntian Prefecture is also 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 it can even be regarded as the center of the world.

"Why do you want to change this thing now? Simply want a more comfortable office?

"That doesn't require changing the status of the Forbidden City.

"Choose another more comfortable place for going to court and working."

Zhu Jingyuan scratched his head:
"I just think that the meaning 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, the key is that it is a bit sorry for its status.

"It's not just a matter of being comfortable...

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

"So we are going to find another address to redesign and build.

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

Zhu Zhongliang was a little puzzled when he heard these words, and then instinctively continued to ask:
"A symbol of the highest authority in the world? What exactly do you want to do? Don't say you want to create a spectacle!"

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

But the daily application of making wonders probably came from the influence of Emperor Shizu.

Zhu Jingyuan replied quite solemnly:
"I really want to create a spectacle and make the largest hall 100 meters or even 200 meters high.

"It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that I feel that building a building can be regarded as risking the disgrace of the world.

"After all, opposing the imperial court's large-scale construction projects was originally a hobby of scholar-bureaucrats.

"The imperial court turned the new hall into a spectacle level, so the response among the people can be imagined.

"Even if they don't talk about it in court, they will definitely discuss it 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 it is also the symbol of the Ming court.

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

In the Western continent, the tallest and most magnificent buildings must be cathedrals, not the palaces of kings and emperors.

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

When this kind of house is designed and built, it usually does not consider whether people feel comfortable living in it.

Only this kind of building used to worship gods can allow the Taixi people to continue to build for hundreds of years.

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

Of course, kings and emperors must pursue the comfort of living, and consider the convenience of handling court affairs by the way.

Therefore, the palaces of Thai and Western kings basically only have a few floors.

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

The other floors are basically warehouses for storing materials.

Not only are they used to store food and daily necessities, but there are usually armories, guard barracks and even prisons.

Without pursuing divine functions, the kings of Tessi tried to meet all their needs in one big house.

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

The tallest building is usually the stupa enshrining the relics of the Buddha.

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

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

People who have never been in contact with these things may not be able to imagine that a huge building cannot live in people.

The key issue is that the Thais and Westerners are basically believers, and religion has long been above the royal power.

No matter whether the secular society is in turmoil and the dynasty changes, the church of God must continue to be built.

Wars seldom affect such a detached building as the church.

People in Shenzhou are basically not believers, and local religions are still suppressed by the imperial power.

Once the religious forces affect the authority and interests of the emperor, various "Buddha extermination" incidents may occur.

Therefore, although the ancient temples in China are religious buildings, they are usually not comparable to the churches in Taixi in terms of scale.

The emperor's Forbidden City is a building with certain religious significance that all Chinese people worship together.

Therefore, the Forbidden City must meet the ritual or divine needs.

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

Therefore, the Forbidden City must also meet the daily needs of the emperor and his family.

As we all know, if you want to take into account two irrelevant or even opposite requirements in design, the final result is usually that the two requirements cannot be well satisfied...

In addition, in traditional Chinese culture, brick and stone materials can only be used to build underground palaces, and living people must use wood to build houses.

The tall timbers are constantly decreasing with the development of cultivated land. The key is that they will disappear immediately when they are put on fire.

The later the dynasty, the less large timber can be found when building the palace.

The courtiers in Shenzhou still have the political correctness to oppose the emperor's large-scale construction projects.

It is impossible for the emperors of China to build palaces as extensively as Taixi man-made churches.

Therefore, the palace buildings in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty are not only not majestic and grand enough, but they are definitely not very comfortable to live in.

Jiajing liked to live in Xiyuan, Qianlong lived in Yuanmingyuan, and whoever liked to live in the Forbidden City lived there.

In this world, the Forbidden City remodeled by Emperor Shizu, after adding various industrial products, is much more comfortable and reasonable than the original design.

However, the purpose of taking into account the two needs is still retained, and the comfort is of course still not as good as that of the palace.

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

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

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

From the time of Emperor Sejo, it was possible to say that concrete was used in the construction of normal palaces, which broke the restrictions on materials.

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

So Zhu Jingyuan had the idea of ​​really creating a spectacle...

Emperor Ming is the most authoritative person in the world, bar none.

In order to maintain and strengthen this authority, in addition to the various resources and money that can be effectively controlled, as well as a dozen forces, social influence is also a very important part.

Spectacle certainly increases impact...

(End of this chapter)