Daming 1805

Chapter 478 Confirmation of the main hall plan
Zhu Jianyan listened to the brainstorming and discussion between his father and son, and slowly nodded his approval beside him.

Zhu Jianyan's concern about His Highness's huge platform is mainly how to use this thing.

Simply making it solid is too much of a waste of space and resources, it is better to build it directly on the top of the mountain.

If it is made hollow, but the internal space cannot be used reasonably, it will be one or more huge dark underground palaces.

This inaccessible and gloomy underground palace may become a lair for all kinds of dark 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 will also be a kind of mental torture to the people who work in it.

Zhu Jingyuan planned it to be a special museum-like storage warehouse in the city, which solved these problems just right.

Zhu Jingyuan heard that both his father and grandfather agreed, so he continued to add:
"Since it should be added to the function of the Sheji Altar, it was put into the foundation of the main hall.

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

"I think it can be called 'Sajiku', or 'The Foundation of Sheji'.

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

"The original function of the Sheji Altar does not need to occupy a special space.

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

"The original sacrifices of the God of Valley and the God of Earth have already declined.

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

"Ceremonies that require a large open-air environment are placed directly on this square.

"For the convenience of use and the convenience of passing through the square to the main hall, the square should be designed so that vehicles can drive in directly."

Zhu Jianyan was a little suspicious when he heard this:
"The Sheji treasury is fine, but if the Sheji altar is placed in front of the main hall, then the planning of the left temple and the right shrine will be messed up..."

Zhu Zhongliang went on to say:
"Are you going to really put the Taimiao above the main hall?"

Zhu Jingyuan directly nodded and admitted:

"I think the craftsmen's design of stacking the main palaces is more reasonable.

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

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

"No one said that the hall and auditorium cannot be stacked, but the ancestors before the Chongzhen Dynasty could not do it at that time.

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

"Several limited specific palaces should be stacked according to specific rules.

"My idea is to divide the part of the main hall above the platform into three sections for design and construction.

"Each section is centered on a core hall, with enough auxiliary rooms around it, including the upper and lower auxiliary floors of the core hall, for preparation, rest, storage and other related functions.

"Because the overall height of the building exceeds 300 meters, the interior space is wide enough.

"The core hall can be made tall and grand enough, and the surrounding auxiliary 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 won't feel depressed.

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

"Our buildings in China must be designed with wide lower floors and gradually smaller upper floors.

"The tall buildings designed in this way are more stable and indeed meet the actual needs.

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

"The functions of Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall in the original three halls can be integrated into the auxiliary floors."

Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan and his son nodded slowly again.

Zhu Zhongliang then proposed a new idea:

"According to the craftsmen's suggestion, there is a design to combine Fengtian Hall, Wenhua Hall, and Wuying Hall.

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

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

Zhu Jingyuan said with a strange expression:
"There is a tall building in the middle, followed by two low buildings on both sides, it looks like from a distance...

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

When Zhu Jingyuan said this, Zhu Zhongliang and Zhu Jianyan were taken aback for a moment, and then quickly realized it.

Zhu Zhongliang grinned directly:
"Haha, it's really not good-looking, and it really can't be done like this..."

After all, Zhu Jianyan is the current emperor, so he had no choice but to show his image, so he just grinned and changed the subject:

"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, arranged in a zigzag shape with the main hall buildings, and has a sufficient distance.

"These two palaces are relatively commonly used, and the cabinet and staff work 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 nodded:
"Well, in fact, these two halls are the key points, and the main hall in the middle is not often visited.

"Sufficiently wide and smooth roads should be designed between the three halls and the various office buildings of the imperial court.

"The foundations of Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall should not be too high, and the car must be able to drive directly to the square in front of the hall.

"Ordinary people are prohibited from entering the entire area to ensure that all personnel can rush to all areas within 5 minutes.

"It would be best to arrange for a dedicated convoy to pick up and drop off office workers in this area."

Zhu Jianyan nodded lightly:
"These designs are available in the main schemes, and it's enough to let them combine later..."

Zhu Zhongliang, Zhu Jianyan, and Zhu Jingyuan, the grandparents and grandchildren, continued to split and combine the design proposals on the table, coupled with their new ideas of divergent thinking, and slowly discussed the design proposals for the new formal hall and office building.

The three of them had dinner together at noon. In the afternoon, Zhu Zhongliang couldn't keep up with energy, so he went to rest alone.

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

Tell the relevant officials of the Ministry of Punishment about the proposals on the reform of the new tax law discussed by the three generations of your grandparents.

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

After the early court, Zhu Jianyan took Zhu Jingyuan to visit his father Zhu Zhongliang again.

Then at Zhu Zhongliang's residence, he summoned Zhu Jingchi, the head of the Royal Engineering Company under the Royal Consortium.

Zhu Jingji handed over the survey data of Jiangpu County and the new palace plan made by the company, and gave a brief introduction next to it:
"Your Majesty the Supreme Emperor, Your Majesty the Uncle Emperor, Your Royal Highness the Brother and Prince:
"With regard to the design and siting of the new palace, the first issue was that of shadows and occlusion.

"If you build a 400-meter-high main hall, there will be a shadow of more than one kilometer in winter.

"If the traditional rules are followed, 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 covered by shadows for a long time.

"A single palace will not be completely covered by shadows for a long time, but the huge shadows obliquely press on the harem area, giving people a less comfortable feeling...

"There is a huge building in front of us, so there will be a certain sense of depression.

"In addition, His Majesty has specially arranged that the harem area department does not need to fully refer to the original Forbidden City, and more consideration should be given to comfort.

"Based on such requirements, the engineering company's suggestion is to separate the residential area from the main hall by a sufficient distance.

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

"The two to three kilometers of space between the harem area and the hall area can be designed as a closed garden, or a pure low grass, with a direct road built in the middle.

"Activities in the enlarged palace area, it is impossible to rely on walking or human facilities.

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

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

Zhu Jingchi paused for a while when he said this, to see the reactions of the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor and the Great Food King.

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

If it is completely unacceptable, then there is no need to say 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 the breaking of traditional habits.

It must have been an outrageous design to separate the formal harem area from the front hall by a few kilometers.

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

When the emperor went out, even if he was in the palace, he didn't just leave.

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

Yongzheng, a workaholic, didn't go to the front hall directly, and all his food, lodging and work were in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

It is to save the time spent on traveling and rushing.

Before there were no cars, the harem where the emperor lived was not placed next to the front hall where he worked, but a few kilometers away.

Every day, they walk a few kilometers by manpower, from the harem to the front hall to attend meetings and ceremonies.

That's not just suffering, but more importantly, the efficiency is too low.

But times have changed.

There are cars that are comfortable enough and fast enough.

The high-end car of Daming Airlines is still very stable at a speed of [-] kilometers per hour.

Even for the sake of safety, the speed is usually limited to less than 3 kilometers per hour, and the distance of three kilometers can be covered in three minutes.

In the past, the preparation time for the emperor to go out was definitely more than 3 minutes.

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

Either distance the working area from the living area, and try to ensure the best protection in both aspects.

What I asked for now, as well as the plans of the Royal Engineering Company and the Ministry of Construction, are actually "all I want".

In the Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall for office work, in the Fengtian Hall where important ceremonies are held, and in the office buildings prepared for 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 directly in the office area instead of going back to the harem area.

Zhu Jingyuan himself felt that if he became the emperor himself, then the natural choice would be to run on both ends.

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

If it is really an emergency, I will work overtime in Wenhua Palace directly, and I will not go back when I live there.

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

Both of them have already seen various outrageous schemes in the design of the hall itself.

Now, I don't think it's unrealistic to think of this idea of ​​keeping the harem apart.

After the Renwu Dynasty, the Ming emperors were all in good health, and those who were not in good health had no choice but to complete the reserve education.

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

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

If you walk from Qianqing Palace to Wenhua Palace, it will take more than 3 minutes on the way.

If you drive, the main time is spent on getting on and off and the preparation process, and the total time is far more than 3 minutes.

If you add 3 minutes to the driving time in the middle, there will be no obvious difference in the total time spent.

In case of an emergency, you can directly live in Wenhua Hall or Wuying Hall.

Obviously, this arrangement can continue in the future.

In fact, the thinking of the three grandparents is very similar.

So in the end Zhu Zhongliang spoke first:
"I think it's okay, do you two have any opinions?"

Zhu Jingyuan immediately followed up and said:
"I have no objection, how about you, father?"

Zhu Jianyan thought for a while:

"Continue to talk?"

Zhu Jingqi knew that this design was probably acceptable.

But this matter is too serious, and I have always been quite uneasy.

Now that I got the confirmation letter, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief:
“Then there is the planning of the formal residential area.

"The craftsmen of the engineering company envisioned that the entire old mountain would be surrounded by walls.

"The palaces for formal living are concentrated at the foot of the old mountain, and the summer palace is built on the mountain behind.

"Behind or on the side of the official palace, build stairs leading to the top of the mountain and a road around the mountain.

"Find suitable valleys inside the valley, build dams and build multiple artificial lakes.

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

"To avoid fluctuations in power demand in urban areas from affecting the stability of the palace's power consumption.

"It can also prevent the dust from the thermal power station from affecting the air in the palace area..."

Royal Engineering Company is absolutely professional in palace design.

After determining the problem of site selection itself, Zhu Jingchi added a prince's introduction to the two generations of emperors, and he talked in a very natural and smooth manner.

Zhu Jingyuan, grandparent and grandson all nodded secretly in their hearts from time to time, but they didn't find much to adjust.

(End of this chapter)