Daming 1805

Chapter 484 The Emperor's Mentality Is Important
Zhu Jingyuan is used to living in the flat, and now he is looking at the huge dome above his head.

Thinking that there are two floors of the same height above this, I immediately felt a sense of powerlessness instinctively.

So Zhu Jingyuan said solemnly:
"Father and grandpa should go up first to worship heaven and ancestors in the second hall on the upper floor. Let's walk around the ground floor and then go to the Wenhua Hall."

Lei Hong originally planned to invite Zhu Jingyuan to have a look.

As a result, what Zhu Jingyuan said, it seemed that Zhu Jingyuan really shouldn't be allowed to go up.

It's fine for ordinary workers to go up to work, but Zhu Jingyuan's status is too special, and it is indeed right for the emperor and the Supreme Emperor to go up first.

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

After looking at the auxiliary rooms such as the side hall, rest area, and cafeteria, I went down from the main hall building.

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

Go around under the heavy platform and turn to the building in the southeast.

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

The two halls seem to have no foundations from a distance, mainly because they are completely inconspicuous compared to the [-]-meter foundation of the main hall.

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

But it's only four meters high, and there's an open door underneath.

There is a ground floor garage.

This is a real palace for the everyday office.

The height of four meters is equivalent to a staircase on the first floor. You can walk up it normally. If you are lazy, you can also go inside and take the elevator.

Zhu Jingyuan's car stopped for a while in front of the palace gate.

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

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

Only the entire garage is above ground.

The floor of the garage is even higher than the ground outside, and a gentle slope is set at the entrance and exit door to facilitate going up and down.

The ceiling is also higher, and the floor height is already more than three meters.

In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, he could be a normal floor.

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

So the impression of actually standing in the garage is not like a huge hall-style underground garage.

Instead, it looks like small and medium-sized exhibition halls put together one by one.

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 regarded as a stairwell.

Go out from the stairwell and go forward, you can go to the main hall in the center.

Lei Hong continued to introduce the situation with Zhu Jingyuan:
"The New Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall on the west side are highly consistent in layout and symmetrical from left to right.

"The height of the two halls is 120 meters. Except for the top four meters and the bottom floor, which are four meters longer, the other floors are regarded as a large floor every ten meters. It looks like there are twelve floors from the outside. There are ten floors in total. Double eaves.

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

"If there is a major urgent matter that requires His Majesty to keep an eye on for a long time and deal with it at any time, His Majesty can temporarily not return to the Harem and live directly above the Wenhua Hall or the Wuying Hall.

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

"There are living rooms on both sides of the main hall, but they are simpler than those upstairs, but it is also more convenient to deal with affairs nearby."

Zhu Jingyuan slipped around the ground floor of the New Wenhua Hall, but also did not go to the upper space.

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

Just looking at 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 effect of the renovation of the old temple before.

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

But looking at it from another angle, it can also be said that there is a huge waste of space.

The space of more than a dozen floors above is said to be for the emperor to live in emergency.

But it is uncertain whether the emperor will need it, and the rooms around the main hall are also plentiful.

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

The entire Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall are double backups on a larger scale.

The emperor can only use a small part of one space at the same time, and most of the other three spaces are idle.

However, if calculated in this way, the new Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall combined are not as large as the new Fengtian Hall in the middle.

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

The Fengtian Temple in the middle is purely ceremonial and symbolic.

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

My mind started to think and analyze society uncontrollably again...

Or key policy...

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

Judgments can be made by reviewing and analyzing history. As long as the state apparatus still exists, this kind of formal waste cannot be avoided.

As long as the informed class persists, the squandering of wealth by the ruling class cannot be avoided.

The memories and experiences of my two lifetimes did not allow me to find a truly stable and long-lasting way to eliminate countries and classes.

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

When I am already an imperial aristocrat and may even become an emperor, I am already an absolute ruling class or even about to become a direct ruler, and when the existing social productive forces are still developing at a high speed, I have no reason to subvert and change the existing order.

Even if someone tries to do that, he is not without a chance of success.

In the case of a relatively stable life, as long as they are willing to work normally, they can live comfortably and have the opportunity to become richer. It is impossible for the vast majority of ordinary people to follow the conspirators to take risks and rebel.

As the ruler and the head of the ruling class, what I have to do is to maintain this situation for as long as possible.

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

Take a car around the Wenhuadian area and go around to the rear of the Xinfengtian Temple.

According to the original plan, a wide and well-organized grassland was designed between the main hall and the harem.

The green space is one kilometer wide from east to west and two kilometers long from north to south.

At the tip of the tallest hall in front, the shadow length at noon on the winter solstice is only 730 meters.

The harem was separated by two kilometers so that the harem would not be affected by the front hall at all.

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

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

But after a while you get used to it.

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

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

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

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

Behind the Qianqing Palace is the Queen's Kunning Palace, and there is a Jiaotai Hall between the Qianqing Palace and the Kunning Palace.

Around the two most senior large palaces, there is still a circle of small-sized houses like the previous palaces, forming an independent courtyard.

The surrounding small houses are where the people and supplies for the life of the emperor and empress are supplied.

Includes food, medicine, minions, vehicles, warehouses, and more.

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

Only minor adjustments have been made in quantity and planning.

The original East and West have six courtyards with the same specifications, which is the so-called East and West Six Palaces.

Now double the number, the east and west six palaces have become the east and west twelve palaces, with a total of 24 courtyards.

There are sixteen courtyards, and the interior houses and palaces are designed with a clear distinction between primary and secondary.

In the center is the palace dedicated to the residence of the master, surrounded by other supporting facilities and servant rooms.

These courtyards are for imperial concubines, noble concubines, imperial concubines, or other concubines who are particularly loved by the emperor to live alone.

Those who live here are all the masters of the first palace, and they enjoy a villa-style palace to themselves.

The overall layout of the remaining eight courtyards is similar to that of a courtyard house, with one building in each of the four directions.

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

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

This is where more low-level concubines live together.

In this way, a total of 24 courtyards, surrounding the courtyards of the emperor and empress, formed a larger courtyard.

To the east of this large courtyard is the Renshou Palace of the Supreme Emperor, and in front of the Renshou Palace is the Spring Harmony Palace where the young princes and daughters lived.

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

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

The overall layout is highly similar to the former Harem of the Forbidden City.

Uniform front and rear, symmetrical left and right, very regular and neat.

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

So this area is just the core area, the official palace area that still retains the official symbolic meaning.

The emperor, empress dowager, emperor, empress, imperial concubine, noble concubine, and concubines with official status all have corresponding palaces.

There are three garden-style palaces on the east, west, and north sides of the entire formal area.

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

The total area of ​​each of these three palaces is equivalent to the area of ​​the standard harem in the core area.

The total area is close to three square kilometers, which is three hundred hectares, or [-] mu, of which the water area is nearly [-] mu.

This is the scale of the built-up area where the landscape arrangement is completed.

The entire old mountain area with a total area of ​​over one hundred square kilometers is nominally part of this palace area.

There used to be a simple fence around the forest farm, but now it has been changed into a concrete palace wall.

The two hydropower stations dedicated to the two palaces are also inside this mountain forest.

If the subsequent emperor has an idea, he can continue to expand the palace on the mountains in the northwest or the plains in the northeast.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't have too many thoughts for the time being, and he didn't have time to visit here carefully.

After driving around along the main road in the courtyard, after a general appreciation of the interior of the new palace, we returned to the old city of Yingtianfu.

When we got back to the old city, it was already dark here.

Zhu Jingyuan went directly to finish the meal with his grandfather and father, and reported his feelings about the visit by the way:

"I think it's okay..."

Zhu Jianyan's beard trembled:
"It's okay, you mean...not satisfactory?
"In the past few years, the imperial court and the royal family have invested heavily in the construction of this new capital and palace.

"It was all planned according to your ideas, but now it has a not-so-satisfactory evaluation?

"You don't plan to renovate and expand, do you?"

Zhu Jingyuan immediately shook his head and waved his hands:
"No, no, Father, you misunderstood.

"I said it's okay, that is, it's not satisfactory, and it's acceptable, but it's not particularly satisfactory.

"Actually, I want to say that whether it is the apartment buildings and office buildings for the officials, or the new hall and the new harem, I am very satisfied with these buildings themselves.

"This completely new city has realized most of my original vision.

"In general, I feel unsatisfied, which lies in the aspects other than 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 subjects, and the relationship between society.

"Desire for a more reasonable and fair social order.

"To avoid unnecessary waste, use all production capacity for the development of the entire society.

"Instead of using it as a spectacle.

"But at the same time, I know that it's impossible.

"Those new halls that are rarely used a few times a year do need construction.

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

"Others are actually still building.

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

"It is with such a complicated mood...

"I said 'okay'."

Zhu Jianyan silently listened to Zhu Jingyuan's chanting, smiled wryly and nodded lightly, saying:
"You're right, many things in the world are independent of one's will.

"It's the same even for the emperor.

"When the emperor realizes this, if he cannot mediate himself well, it may be very dangerous for the country.

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

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

"At least I have surpassed Master Wei Temple in terms of mentality. I have nothing to worry about..."

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

Zhu Zhongliang asked the father and son here with some astonishment:

"You shouldn't have worried at all, this kid has matured precociously since he was a child, the key to a good mentality is being good at self-adjustment.

"Question, do you think it's a high evaluation to surpass Master Wei Temple? Are you confused at the age of 60?"

Zhu Jianyan seemed to realize that he was talking about it, but he refused to admit it and forcefully explained:

"Of course, although Master Wei Temple has done a lot of stupid things, his mentality is actually not bad among the ancestors of the past generations.

"The situation during the reign of Master Ximiao (Apocalypse) was much better than during the reign of Chongzhen.

"But Ximiao Yuji couldn't stand it for a long time, and passed away in a muddle after only seven years.

"Three sons and two daughters all died young, raised something like Wei Zhongxian, and spent all the savings in the inner treasury left by the temple master.

"On the contrary, Master Wei Temple was able to barely maintain the situation in the face of the worse crisis of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the drought and flood disasters that lasted for more than ten years.

"The most important thing is that the old man persisted until Chongzhen for 17 years, but he didn't die like Ximiao in a daze.

"There is no such extraordinary eunuch as Wei Zhongxian in the palace, and there are no chief ministers in the outer court who he can't kill.

"The old man also gave birth to a total of thirteen children, which is relatively large among the ancestors of the past dynasties, and five of them were raised to the Renwu Dynasty.

"He also lived to be 66 years old after he abdicated, second only to Emperor Taizu Gao among the ancestors before Chongzhen.

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

Zhu Zhongliang shook his head with a very stern face:
"You kid actually learned to argue with words..."

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

He looks more and more like the grandfather who just retired, and the whole person becomes more relaxed, and he no longer puts on a serious air.

He should also be ready to retire.

(End of this chapter)