Wild North America 1846

Chapter 747 The new imperial capital Chaoge City (Philadelphia)
The land of the Tang Empire
The planned new capital, Chaoge (Philadelphia)
After two and a half years of large-scale infrastructure construction, the entire city of Chaoge (Philadelphia) has reached a new level. The main roads of the city are wider and tidy. It raises the city skyline and presents a magnificent and magnificent side of the bustling city.

Today's Chaoge City (Philadelphia) is still a large construction site. The edge of this metropolis with a population of one million is rapidly expanding, and the population is also increasing rapidly. The imperial government departments that have been transferred one after another have increased its significant influence.

The total population of Chaoge City (Philadelphia) reached 189 million in June 8-6. It was the fastest growing city among the thirteen million cities in the empire, none of them.

nowadays

After a period of verbal disputes, the imperial newspapers and periodicals gradually unified the old imperial capital Chang'an (San Francisco) as the "Western Capital", Washington as the "Eastern Capital", and the new imperial capital Chaoge (Philadelphia) as the "Western Capital". Zhongdu".

In Chaoge City (Philadelphia), the new imperial capital, McKate Street and Broad Street in the core central square are the two main roads, east-west and north-south, and now these two main roads have all been renamed.

A tall triumphal arch stands on the easternmost side of McKate Street, which is a huge landmark building in Chaoge City (Philadelphia), the new imperial capital. Therefore, McCate Street was renamed Triumph Avenue.

The north-south Bruder Street was renamed Glory Avenue. The most iconic place is that the Royal Guards have a total of 18 divisions, and all their ex-soldiers clubs are placed on both sides of Glory Avenue. Each club occupies a large area. place.

These honorary legions of the royal guards who have followed His Majesty the Holy Emperor for more than 50 years have added infinite glory to this imperial avenue.

It is worth noting that;

On both sides of the 29.6-kilometer-long Glory Avenue, there are also 5 institutions of higher learning, 23 churches, 7 temples, 3 Taoist temples, and 11 large and medium-sized hospitals. It is also a place where imperial nobles and wealthy businessmen gather.

At the southernmost end of Glory Avenue, the original Fairmont Park covering an area of ​​more than 1600 hectares has now become the new core of the empire.

it's here

The unprecedentedly magnificent Imperial Parliament Building rose from the ground, and there were 21 large buildings of various government departments, including the official residence of the Prime Minister known as the "Sky Palace".

Why do you want to become Yunxiao Palace?

Because the official residence of the Prime Minister stands on a gentle low mountain with an altitude of 79 meters, and the three-story Han and Tang palace-style buildings are majestic and majestic, with a total height of more than [-] meters. Philadelphia) at a glance.

From a distance, it looks like it goes straight into the sky.

Originally, the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet did not want to be repaired in such a way that it would be compared to the new imperial palace which is only a few kilometers away, which is very presumptuous.

However, after seeing the design drawings, His Majesty the Holy Emperor personally designated the Prime Minister's official residence with the "Cloud Palace" as the core, the Imperial Parliament Building, the Imperial Supreme Court, the Imperial Supreme Prosecutor's Office, the Royal Army Headquarters, the Royal Navy Headquarters, the Royal Guards Headquarters, A series of central institutions such as the Imperial Finance Department are lined up along the two sides of Yunxiao Palace, forming a towering Han and Tang style palace complex with scattered heights.

The New Imperial Palace of the Empire is located in the forest a few kilometers away, on the bank of Yiwang Lake. Its building scale is much smaller than that of the Daming Palace, and it is also much more low-key.

There are 7 small lakes in the new palace, the larger one covers an area of ​​tens of acres, and the smaller one covers an area of ​​several acres. The total of them is less than one-seventh of the Taiye Lake in the original Daming Palace.

But these small lakes are beautiful in scenery, one step at a time, and they have the charm of Jiangnan gardens. Even the Taihu stones used in gardening were transported thousands of miles from the Qing Dynasty, and a total of tens of thousands of tons were used.

There is no Longevity (note, homophonic animal) mountain in the new palace, but a small lake with seven stars to separate the three main halls, the east, west and north palaces, which are still under large-scale infrastructure construction.

In terms of the number of palaces, the New Palace is not much less than the Daming Palace, about 7% of the former.

But without the vast Taiye Pool and Wanshou Mountain, the layout of the New Palace is more compact and low-key. Most of the palaces and pavilions are hidden in the lush forest trees, which looks very inconspicuous.

Ordinary people cannot approach the palace area, because one side of the palace is close to the wide Schuylkill River and is hidden by lush forests. From the riverside, you can only occasionally see the corner of the golden palace cornices and brackets, and you can't peep into it. overall appearance.

On the other side of the front street of the palace is a vast lake covering hundreds of acres. Along the lake are a series of aristocratic mansions built by the Royal Household Office.

The new palace is very low-key, which is also in line with His Majesty's original intention of elevating the status of the cabinet and lowering the royal family's right to speak, gradually moving closer to the British constitutional monarchy.

Not far from the imperial palace is the very low-key Royal House of Internal Affairs building. This is a very large building complex, which is almost a smaller government, but it is more inclined to financial holding investment.

After several decades of development, the eight major funds of the Royal Household Office have become deeply rooted behind-the-scenes holding consortiums. The shadow of the Royal Fund can be seen almost behind the major corporate consortiums of the empire.

It's just that in recent years, according to His Majesty's instructions, he has become more and more low-key. From the list of shareholders of many listed companies, the names of the Royal Eight Funds cannot be seen.

This is because the Royal Eight Funds have registered many companies and then use these companies to hold shares, so the existence of the Royal Eight Funds cannot be seen in the financial statements, but the huge annual dividends and control have not been reduced at all.

In the fields of politics and economy, the comprehensive weakening of the imperial presence was personally deployed by Emperor Li Cha, and it was naturally carried out without compromise.

but no matter

The royal family of the Tang Empire will not be reduced to a ceremonial mascot like the British royal family. The most critical one is because of the existence of the powerful Royal Guards.

This is a powerful armed force comparable to the Royal Army. It has unquestionable control over the areas around the old and new imperial capitals. Its military power is much stronger than that of the Royal Army (note, only referring to the above-mentioned areas).

As long as they wanted to, the powerful military force controlled by the royal family of the Tang Empire could overthrow the government and the upper echelons of the army and navy at any time, making them die without a place to bury them.

From another point of view

The high-ranking nobles of the empire are basically under the control of the Royal Guards, so why are their children and families not hostages?

Through this veil, the royal family of the Tang Empire can firmly control the political situation and make it evolve according to its own will, instead of being led by the nose by the imperial government.

The Royal Guard is different from the Royal Army. Most of its officers come from traditional military aristocratic families. They have inherited the brainless and fanatical worship of the royal family, and the atmosphere of loyalty to the royal family is extremely strong.

It can be said that most of the most fanatical royal loyalists are in the Royal Guard.

For example, retired veterans in Chicago and Detroit who worship the royal family madly, their children choose the Royal Guards for military service, so as to inherit the glory of generations.

So far, the third generation of young people has served in the Royal Guards, forming a tradition that is passed on from father to son and from son to grandson.

The royal family is very generous to these fanatical diehards, and most of the retired soldiers can be better placed and given priority care.

Either enter the government department as a low-level employee, or enter the police department or a large company, factory, charity hospital and school supported by the royal family, and you can get a stable and high salary and have a decent job.

In this regard, it is much stronger than the retirement of ordinary Royal Army soldiers.

Longer
This has formed a social phenomenon that soldiers of the Royal Guards are superior to others. Every year, recruits are recruited enthusiastically, and often only one outstanding person can be selected among five or six people or even more.

When the Royal Guard recruits recruits, priority is given to the children of military families that have been passed down from generation to generation. This is also a reward for their loyalty to generations, and it has formed a practice.

Today's Fairmont Park is still a large construction site, where tens of thousands of workers are working day and night, and tall buildings have sprung up.

The main buildings of various government departments are roughly in shape, and will basically be delivered at the end of this year or the middle of next year, welcoming the settlement of imperial government departments.

Some personnel from various departments of the imperial government have arrived in Chaoge City (Philadelphia), the new imperial capital, first, and more functional departments will be stationed in this year and next.

According to the construction period
The new office buildings of various departments of the imperial government will be delivered before the end of next year and officially opened at the beginning of the new century.

Due to more and more complicated construction projects, the New Palace will be a long-term construction project lasting more than ten years or even longer, but it can also be opened first at the beginning of the new century.

Because the three priority halls and the East Palace are under intensive construction, with another three years of construction time, most of them can basically be completed and Shengjia can be welcomed into the main palace.

The follow-up French-style palaces, Baroque palaces, temperature-controlled basements, treasure pavilions and other buildings located in the West Palace area will continue to be built in the future.

end of june in early summer

Emperor Richard Shengjia arrived at Chaoge City (Philadelphia), the new imperial capital, inspected the Yunxiao Palace and a number of government buildings under construction, and also inspected the new palace under construction. He was generally satisfied with the current construction progress.

However, he also made new demands.

The new imperial capital, Chaoge City (Philadelphia), cannot only have a few landmark buildings such as the Arc de Triomphe and Yunxiao Palace, but also needs more landmark buildings.

For example, the unprecedented height of the Bell and Drum Tower, the octagonal 21-story Yunxiao Pagoda on the banks of the Schuylkill River, the unprecedentedly large-scale royal temple, the large iron bridge across the Schuylkill River, the second and third ring elevated roads, and the upstream reservoir. And so on, should be included in the construction plan of the new imperial capital.

Thus

Chaoge City (Philadelphia), the new imperial capital, is about to set off a new round of construction boom, which will greatly change the original appearance of Chaoge City (Philadelphia), and at the same time fully upgrade the city's grades, and will soon be on par with first-class metropolises Chang'an, Los Angeles and New York , becoming one of the top metropolises in the empire itself.

The Tang Empire was not short of money, nor was the imperial family short of money.The unprecedented scale of royal temples, Taoist temples and 21-story octagonal pagodas can be built with funds from the Royal House of Internal Affairs, adding new landmark buildings to the imperial capital.

The new Royal Museum, the Royal Charity Hospital, and the Royal Chaoge University can all be put on the planning agenda, and the construction work can be advanced according to the plan.

Anyway, if you have money and willfulness, you can spend it freely and promote a large number of city image projects.

(End of this chapter)