In the next few days, Zhu Jingyuan, Zhu Jianyan, Zhu Zhongliang and their grandsons selected and discussed the final plans for the new palace and office building based on the plans of the Royal Engineering Company and the Ministry of Construction.
The office building cannot be a conjoined building, because the scale of the target is too large. If a conjoined building is built, it may become a huge formal city wall.
Therefore, it is still necessary to build multiple dedicated high-rise office buildings dispersedly arranged on the east, south, and west sides of Fengtian Hall, Wenhua Hall, and Wuying Hall according to functional zoning.
At the same time, the Royal Engineering Company exchanged survey data with the Ministry of Construction, and both parties began to draw formal engineering drawings for construction.
At the same time, around the royal palace and the central government office building whose location and scope had been determined, the construction plan for the entire new administrative center city began to be formulated.
There must be a place for nearby clan members to live, and a place for officials at all levels of the central government office to live.
There are also various facilities that provide basic living services for them and their families.
Including infrastructure such as power supply and water supply, support facilities such as schools and hospitals, and living facilities such as shopping malls and parks.
While moving the capital, new restrictions and guarantees must be made on the living standards of clans, nobles, and bureaucrats.
It is equivalent to rebuilding a city, which is also a huge project.
Even with the engineering construction capabilities of this era, it is estimated that it will take several years to complete.
The Brazilians spent more than three years rebuilding the capital Brasilia on the Brazilian plateau in 1957.
Compared with Brasilia, Jiangpu County itself has the best industrial foundation and the most complete facilities.
The construction speed of Ming Dynasty's new capital will definitely be faster than that of Brazilians in the 1950s and 1960s.
But the scale of Ming Dynasty's new capital will be larger than Brasilia.
Because this is the capital of a super empire that controls two-thirds of the world's land and has a population of more than 800 million.
Zhu Jingyuan personally estimates that if it can be completed within three years, it will be considered faster.
On the morning of June 16, the revised inheritance tax and gift tax laws were once again submitted to the emperor for preview.
After the emperor approved and sealed it, it was officially finalized and officially implemented on the first day of the first lunar month of the twelfth year of Ankang.
After the revision of the tax law was confirmed, Zhu Jianyan gave a special order to Jianghuai Chief Envoy Zhu Jingyuan:
"In conjunction with the construction of the new palace, we will start and complete the demolition of people in the areas involved in the Jiangpu County project as soon as possible."
Zhu Jingyuan immediately stepped out and agreed, and at the same time made a modest suggestion:
"I would like to inform my father that Jiangpu County, where the new palace is located, is already located at the westernmost boundary of Yingtian Mansion's jurisdiction.
"Erchen suggested that Chuzhou and its two counties of Lai'an and Quanjiao, Hezhou and its jurisdiction of Hanshan County, and three counties of Dangtu, Wuhu and Fanchang under the jurisdiction of Taiping Prefecture can be abolished as state capitals and transformed into counties. It was placed under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Mansion.
“These eight prefectures and counties can serve as the western barrier of Yingtianfu, and can also drive the construction of the Jiangbei region with Jiangpu as the center.
“Now that there are roads, railways, telegraphs, telephones, and airplanes, prefecture-level yamen now have the ability to directly govern more distant and numerous counties.”
Zhu Jingyuan's actual purpose was to strengthen the capital in the future and increase the size of the jurisdiction.
It is also guiding the development of the central urban area of Yingtianfu across the river, and gradually building it from a Jiangnan city into a cross-river city.
In the future, the construction of Yingtianfu City should expand upstream and downstream along the Yangtze River.
At the same time, this is also a further adjustment to the existing grassroots administrative divisions.
Zhu Jingyuan is preparing to gradually abolish most states.
In Zhu Jingyuan's view, in most cases, the existence of states between prefectures and counties has little significance.
There are two kinds of states in the Ming Dynasty, Zhili state and Sanzhou.
Zhili Prefecture means directly under the Chief Envoy, and Zhizhou is the direct subordinate of the Chief Envoy.
Sanzhou is subordinate to the prefecture, and Zhizhou is a subordinate of the prefect.
Regardless of whether it is a Zhili prefecture or a scattered prefecture, it is possible to have multiple counties under its jurisdiction, but the number is usually not large.
No matter whether it is Zhili Prefecture or San Prefecture, there is no Fuguo County.
While the magistrate manages the counties under the state, he is also the parent official of the city where the state is located.
The status of Zhili Prefecture is that of a small-scale independent prefecture.
The status of Sanzhou is the "deputy government" that governs a few counties for the government.
The reason for their existence is that in areas that are relatively remote or isolated in a region, and where it is difficult for the formal government to directly govern, an intermediate-level state is established to take charge of this area.
There are usually many counties under the jurisdiction of the prefecture, usually more than five or six, or even a dozen.
States usually have very few counties, usually two or three.
The existence of a state has its practical significance.
However, with the development of science and technology, transportation has become more and more convenient and communication efficiency has become higher and higher.
Many isolated and remote states can already be placed under the direct jurisdiction of the government.
In Zhu Jingyuan's view, this type of state can already be revoked.
However, the administrative divisions at the state level themselves should still not be abolished directly, but their functions should be slightly adjusted.
This could be converted into the status of a county-level city in later generations.
For counties with larger populations and higher levels of development, they will be upgraded to states, but they will no longer have jurisdiction over other counties.
This process should be done slowly, starting from Jianghuai Province, which is managed by oneself.
Zhu Jianyan knew Zhu Jingyuan's purpose.
After thinking about it for a while, he gave a response that he could try.
He also ordered the corresponding departments to cooperate with the review and approval and make appropriate arrangements for the removed officials.
As for the specific adjustments at the local management level, it is the job of Zhu Jingyuan, the Jianghuai Chief Envoy.
This adjustment directly eliminated one prefecture and two states, and a group of fourth- to sixth-grade officials had to be relocated.
In modern times, it is equivalent to canceling one prefecture-level city and two regions, and merging eight counties into another prefecture-level city.
To the local bureaucrats, this was a big deal, but to the emperor it was just a word.
For the relevant bureaucrats of the central court, they only considered that such an adjustment in administrative divisions would allow the already strong Yingtian Mansion to expand again.
Although the increases are all in areas in Jiangbei, they are relatively not particularly wealthy places from the local perspective.
But after all, it is also the territory of Jianghuai Province, which is a good place compared to other provinces.
However, these officials who had small laws in mind did not stand up and speak out in the end.
Officials from several state capitals may not be able to find a better place if they change places. Prince Dashi has always been generous.
The key is that no one will contradict the emperor and Prince Dashi on such an issue that is not particularly important. It is really unreasonable.
So this matter is so certain.
After the morning meeting, Zhu Jingyuan returned to his office and asked his secretary to call the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, the magistrate of Jiangpu County, and the shopkeeper of the government-owned engineering construction company of Yingtian Prefecture to come to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen for a meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon. .
Jiangpu County is not some no-man's land, nor is it the old capital city taken over from the enemy.
Zhu Jingyuan wanted to build a new capital here and a completely independent central court administrative region.
If we continue to keep the administrative district isolated from other urban functional areas, ordinary people living in the planned new capital area will have to be relocated elsewhere.
The jurisdiction of Jiangpu County is basically the Pukou District of Nanjing in Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, with a total area of more than 900 square kilometers.
Zhu Jingyuan's target is not the entire Jiangpu County, and the new capital administrative region does not need such a large area.
The total area of Shuntianfu Old City is just over one hundred square kilometers.
There are no buildings above six floors in the old city of Shuntianfu. There are still a large number of close clan clans and high-ranking nobles living in the city. It can still meet all the needs of the central government office.
In the administrative districts of the new capital currently being planned, the heights of office buildings and residential areas will be relaxed to twenty stories.
If all the existing residents of Sunchonbu Old City are directly moved here, the land area directly occupied in the new capital administrative area should be significantly reduced several times.
Considering the future expansion of the imperial court and the need to continue to improve the work and life security levels of senior officials, Zhu Jingyuan still planned to set aside about 100 square kilometers of flat land as construction land for the new capital.
The Laoshan Mountains in the central and western part of Jiangpu County generally run in the northeast-southwest direction. The Yangtze River in this section also runs in the northeast-southwest direction, but the angle of inclination is slightly different.
The area between this group of mountains and rivers is between four kilometers and ten kilometers wide and about eighteen kilometers long. The overall shape is trapezoidal and the area is almost one hundred square kilometers.
Zhu Jingyuan's goal is this flat land between mountains and rivers.
On the northwest side of this flat land, the Laoshan mountainous area with a total area of about 100 square kilometers was originally the forest farm of Huangzhuang.
Now it is just right to encircle this forest farm and use it as the forest farm behind the new royal palace.
Laoshan and the Yangtze River are exactly the boundaries of this area.
The location of the new palace and office building is right in the middle of the southeastern foothills of Laoshan, which is exactly in the middle of this area.
This also happens to be the old town of Jiangpu County, the largest population gathering area in this area.
If new cities and palaces are to be built here, these people will have to move away.
Fortunately for Bijie, the old town of Jiangpu County is not the most populous place in Jiangpu County.
The northeastern corner of Jiangpu County, the Jiangbei area north of Pukou, is the Jiangbei New Town planned by Yingtianfu.
Because the first Yingtian Yangtze River Bridge invested and constructed by the imperial court was placed here.
North-south highways and railways also pass here.
Naturally, this area has become a newly developed urban area that is the focus of local construction in Jiangpu County.
With the continuous construction in the past ten years, this area has become the most densely populated place in Jiangpu County.
Zhu Jingyuan naturally chose to keep this new development zone in Jiangbei.
Then move the population from the old urban area of Jiangpu County here.
This natural plan is in line with the migration tendency of most people in the old town of Jiangpu County, and will make work easier.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the three people Zhu Jingyuan was looking for arrived on time.
When Zhu Jingyuan received the news, he did not let them wait any longer and let them enter the conference room directly.
Zhu Jingyuan first told Yingtian Prefecture about the zoning adjustment of Yingtian Prefecture, letting him know what was going on and take over the affairs of the other eight counties as soon as possible.
The number of counties under the jurisdiction of Yingtian Mansion suddenly increased from seven to fifteen.
Moreover, two of the original seven were Fuguo County. There were originally only five suburban counties, and eight were added this time.
Magistrate Yingtian was shocked by the news, but was soon surprised by the new news.
Zhu Jingyuan explained the migration plan and direction of Jiangpu County to the three people.
Tell them clearly that the land west and south of Puzikou in Jiangpu County will be allocated to the royal family and the central court in the future.
The people in this area will all move to the new city of Jiangpu County in the next six months to one year.
The construction company is responsible for building enough resettlement housing in the new city.
The county magistrate is responsible for organizing people to publicize and implement the plan. Notifications are sent from the county seat to the lower towns, so that local people can prepare to move in advance and do not do any construction from now on.
If the two of them have problems that they cannot resolve, they go to the prefect to coordinate.
The prefect will come back to him if he can't solve the problem.
Although this job was assigned to me by my father, I really could only leave it to the prefect and magistrate.
Zhu Jingyuan still has a lot of work on his hands. It is impossible to do everything by himself. This is also the role of the bureaucracy.
The magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, the magistrate of Jiangpu County, and the boss of Yingtianfu Engineering Construction Company had heard before that the emperor was going to build a new palace at the foot of Laoshan in Jiangpu County.
Originally, they were very happy and quite confused.
With the emperor's palace at the foot of Laoshan, it will definitely attract more people to invest, build and settle in the old city of Jiangpu County.
But now their key development area is the new urban area.
Now, it is true that a palace must be built here, but the scope of the construction is beyond their imagination.
Everything south of the new city was requisitioned by the emperor...
The three of them had nothing to say and agreed honestly, saying that they would do a good job in the demolition work.
After receiving the order, the three of them went directly to Jiangpu County together without stopping at Yingtian Mansion.
For Zhu Jingyuan, besides demolition, there are equally important things to do.
But for the three of them, cooperating with the emperor's palace construction and preparing for demolition is the most important thing.
The prefect of Yingtian Prefecture directly moved his yamen to Jiangpu County temporarily and planned not to go back until the work was completed.
The prefect and county magistrate directly approved the land for the construction company and asked them to immediately organize manpower to start construction.
The construction company immediately went to the bank to get a loan to buy more equipment and materials.
While directly recruiting more workers and craftsmen to work, at the same time outsourcing part of the construction to private construction teams, and at the same time trying to acquire residential area projects under construction.
There is no design to speak of for this part of the demolished houses. They all adopt the most mature and typical building types at present, and are constructed directly using existing typical drawings.
Driven by the two-level yamen and official engineering companies, the construction speed of Yingtian Jiangbei New Area has soared like never before.
On the other side, the Royal Engineering Company also took action very quickly.
The scheduled new main hall and side hall, as well as the office building of the central government office, are basically located in the northern area of the old city of Jiangpu County.
There are some large-scale residential areas here, and construction cannot be started until the locals move away.
However, the location of the harem area of the new palace is at the foot of Laoshan. This area was originally a royal forest farm and had no residents living there. Construction can now be started directly.
The places where dams and hydropower stations are to be built are also located in forest farms, and construction can be started directly.
Although the official construction drawings have not yet been released, site preparation before construction can begin in advance.
The infrastructure and supporting facilities in the entire new urban area can also be tidied up in advance.
Various materials and equipment required for project construction also began to be continuously transported by trains and cargo ships.
At the same time, the Royal Engineering Company cooperated with Jiangpu County and organized manpower to begin demolishing the city walls of the old city of Jiangpu County.
The work that can be done now is started in advance, and no preparation is made for the work that can be started later.
In this way, driven by the highest level of power in the Ming Dynasty, various projects moved forward at an alarming speed.
By the end of the 11th year of Ankang, just over five months after the start of construction, the demolition houses for the residents of the old town of Jiangpu County had been completed, and the unified basic decoration had been completed. They could move in with furniture.
Residents of the old town of Jiangpu County began to gradually move to the new town after the Lantern Festival in the twelfth year of Ankang.
House prices in Daming are not high, and there is no tradition of "demolition to get rich".
Now that the imperial court is providing a new house of similar size for free, located in the most popular Jiangbei New Town, plus a subsidy for purchasing new furniture and electrical appliances, most people in Jiangpu County are happily moving.
A small number of people who cannot leave their homeland cannot withstand the pressure from the mayor to the county magistrate to the magistrate's yamen as well as the suppression of traditional imperial power.
After all, this is the emperor's own project, and individual objections are meaningless.
At the same time, because it was a project of direct concern to the emperor himself, although the ordinary people involved did not get rich from the demolition, they did not suffer any loss and got new houses and new furniture for free.
As soon as the residents of the city left, the construction team immediately followed them into the city and began to demolish the buildings that hindered the construction.
At the same time, new inheritance tax and gift tax laws were officially implemented.
After the New Year's holiday, the registration of changes in asset ownership, which had been suspended for more than half a year, was restarted.
However, the corresponding inheritance and gift taxes must also be strictly collected at the same time.
The people involved in the Gusu Bank incident, who had been imprisoned for more than half a year, were also released after the Lantern Festival.
Liu Yudong and Wang Baoqing admitted that their wedding last year was for tax avoidance.
The equity transaction procedures were re-implemented according to normal procedures, and the taxes due were paid according to normal standards.
(End of chapter)
