The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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In the new year, the Republic of China also carried out urban transformation on Beijing.

This urban renovation is to first transform the traditional architectural layout, and second, to officially establish a place where the president lives and administers, that is, a building like the White House in the United States, and also to build a large square.

"The main problem of Beijing's urban transformation is the protection of those ancient buildings, so the city of Beijing should be expanded and the second ring road added to ease the pressure of population growth."

Song Jiaoren listened to the report below, then nodded, and approved the plan to expand the urban area of ​​Beijing. [

As the capital, Beijing has a large natural population.

But this time, the system is different.People don't have to squeeze into Beijing, and the country's economic development doesn't put too much emphasis on Beijing's development.

Beijing is only used as a political center.

Huhua in the north is a serious problem, the Republic of China decided to place the cultural center in the south.

The reason why Beijing is still regarded as the capital is because of luck.

Beijing's three-dimensional pattern cannot be found everywhere, at least there will be no mistakes when the capital is set in Beijing.

Nanjing is not suitable to be the capital at all, even though Nanjing is known as the land of golden powder and the city of royal spirit in the Six Dynasties.But Nanjing is only compared to the Jiangnan area. Compared with the problem of being too soft in the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing does have a royal air.

However, compared with the terrain in the northern region, it is a bit worse. The city of Nanjing has a strange luck, and it will be bloodbathed almost every time the dynasty changes.

In addition to Japan's massacre in Nanjing in modern times, there were also incidents such as Zhang Xun's robbery in Nanjing before.

Most of the dynasties that established their capital in Nanjing were relatively short-lived.

Therefore, the Republic of China still has its capital in Beijing, and it is only building Beijing as a political center.The cultural center is placed in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the economic center is placed in Shanghai.

If there are too many people crowded together, there will be too many people in Beijing.

Think of so many people crowded in Beijing in later generations, and they all created the Sixth Ring Road.In the later generations, the prosperity of the cities of Beijing and Tianjin was maintained in the north, while the other cities declined in an all-round way.

Mainly lack of water.

Cities such as Beijing and Tianjin can support it.The main thing is policy bias.

Tens of millions of people are crowded in Beijing, and there will be sandstorms and poisonous smog for a while, and the water that ordinary people drink is still black.

Beijing's economy relies on the support of the rich and powerful.

The four pillars are technology, finance, service industry, and cultural creativity.

The two pillars of technology and cultural creativity are policy-oriented, and the financial and service industries are driven by the rich and powerful. [

At this time, the Republic of China did not have so many dignitaries, and not all of them crowded into Beijing.At least the military is not crowding into Beijing, and the current military base camp is still in Huai'an.

Although politicians gather in Beijing, the political circles of the Republic of China are relatively clean. Except for a few important officials such as the president who are "funded" by financial groups, politicians in other departments have no extralegal income.

Therefore, in Beijing, the financial industry is not the main force of the economy.Although the service industry is also booming, the market will not appear so extreme.

In terms of technology research and development, the Republic of China obviously will not establish an area like "Zhongguancun" in Beijing, and the United States does not have Silicon Valley in the capital.

In terms of cultural creativity, it is also not placed in Beijing.

As a capital, first of all, it cannot appear too prosperous, against the background of prosperity.It will inevitably increase the desire for money and power.

The rich and powerful are all crowded together, and all kinds of dirty things such as power and money transactions appear.

A relatively quiet, stable, and beautiful capital city is the best, so there must be problems when so many people get together.

Given the national conditions of the Republic of China, it is obviously impossible for Beijing to have too many people.

In the summer of this year, the Congress began to discuss the proposal of repairing Chengtianmen and building "Chengtianmen Square". Chengtianmen is located on the central axis of the Forbidden City.

Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty built Chengtian Gate, which was destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty.

This is the Tiananmen of later generations.

After the founding of the Republic of China, it was still called Chengtian Gate.

Repair Chengtianmen and build Chengtianmen Square.It was Jiang Yu who made the decision in the summer of this year, because the tenth week of the founding of the Republic of China is still more than two years away.

For the tenth anniversary, there must be some military parade or something.

If Chengtianmen Square is not built, there will be no place in Beijing to open it.

"Before we had no money and no energy to repair it. Now we have enough money. We can also allocate enough construction capacity. After the war, we have to publicize it. We have to repair the Chengtianmen and the square." Jiang Yu decided to give Song the same day. Jiaoren called.

"It really needs to be repaired. The central government is very shabby now." Song Jiaoren sighed, "Why don't we also repair office places like the Capitol?"

The office of the central government is indeed very shabby, just a very ordinary building.

In the past, it was necessary to build, to develop the economy and people's livelihood. After Jiangyu took control of the central government, the central government could save as much as possible. Many departments just found a house at random, and then put up a sign and established it.

"Fix it! Repair the Xinhua Palace by the way." Jiang Yu agreed.

The Xinhua Palace is the presidential palace where the president lives. Yuan Shikai’s family has moved out of the Xinhua Palace and built a big house when they returned to their hometown. up. [

Xinhua Palace, also known as Zhongnanhai in later generations.

As the presidential palace where the president of the Republic of China lives and works, it will also be a building that often appears in the news, so repairs can also package the country's image.

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Proposals to build Chengtianmen Square, the Capitol, the Xinhua Palace, and the State Council were successively passed in congressional votes, with some disputes arising only on funding issues.

"In my opinion, although these buildings are a representative of the country's image, they can't spend too much money on repairs. We have to spend resources on construction."

"Since it is a representative of the country's image, it should be repaired more magnificently. The office buildings of other departments can be repaired to the same extent."

Both voices have a lot of market in Congress, and the two sides start from different perspectives, and have disputes over how much money should be used to repair these key buildings.

In the final voting process, the congressmen who supported the grander revision still prevailed.

final decision.The Ministry of Finance spent 1000 million yuan to repair these buildings, which was equivalent to 2000 million silver dollars in the late Qing Dynasty. Compared with the gardens in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this amount of money is really nothing.

The main reason is that the construction of the plaza and the Capitol took up a lot of money, but 1000 million yuan each is quite enough.

a month later.The first batch of audit plans were submitted.

But these designs were sent to Huai'an for Jiang Yu to choose.

Naturally, these construction projects were also undertaken by Jiang Yu's consortium, so the consortium submitted a design plan.

Jiang Yu looked at these plans and was not very satisfied.

Although some designs are very luxurious, they seem too tacky, like a nouveau riche.The image building of the Republic of China.Of course it can't be so tacky.

"What we want is a majestic design with national characteristics and a subtle style, not a building that shows off wealth. The Capitol should highlight the characteristics of modern architecture. Let's redesign it!" Jiang Yu Criticize these designs, and then send these plans back to redesign.

"Okay!" Zhou Ziyue nodded.Although the construction of the Central Plaza, the Presidential Palace, and the Capitol this time did not cost as much as those big projects, it was a very important project, so Zhou Ziyue personally intervened.

Zhou Ziyue took the design back and asked the designer below to redesign it.

Another month later, the second batch of design proposals were submitted.

Zhou Ziyue personally sent it to Jiang Yu again. Jiang Yu took the design drawings and looked at them. At the same time, a top designer of the consortium began to explain the design concept and structure of these drawings to Jiang Yu.

"The design of Chengtianmen Square is the best design among the designs submitted this time. Various facilities have been taken into consideration. This will be a giant square that can accommodate 100 million people, and it will also become the world's largest The square in the city. At the same time, in Chengtianmen Square, we will build a tall national hero monument. The nation of national heroes from ancient times to the present will be engraved on it..."

"Hmm! The design of this plaza is good, let's do it! Submit it to Congress for review immediately." Jiang Yu nodded.

"Yes, sir."

"The following design plan for the presidential palace... generally adopts a garden design, and the interior of the building is mainly simple. A large lawn will be opened in front of the building for the president to interact with citizens."

Jiang Yu listened to the designer's explanation, then nodded.Said: "This plan is not bad, but the garden should be modified. The garden of the Presidential Palace should be designed as a tourist attraction. We can open the garden of the Presidential Palace to tourists on Saturdays, and we can charge a fee..."

As a consortium for the actual ruler of the country.The president is used for show, so there must be a platform for show, and it is necessary to interact with citizens on the lawn in front of the presidential palace at ordinary times.

As for using the presidential palace as a tourist attraction for profit, it is certain in terms of the behavior of the consortium.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the presidential palace is the highest symbol of a country's power. If it is open to tourists, I believe the business will be good.

"Uh..." The designer was a little stunned and asked in confusion: "If tourists can enter the presidential palace, the president's safety may be threatened."

"There is no problem at all, let's do it like this." Jiang Yu directly decided without explaining.

In a country controlled by a consortium, one president can be elected after his death.No enemy country will come to China to assassinate the president.

As for some people going crazy to assassinate the president, the presidential palace also has guards!

"Okay..." The designer agreed with some words, and went back to revise with the design plan.

At this time, the designer responsible for designing the Capitol began to explain the design plan of the Capitol to Jiang Yu.

"The Capitol will be a three-story building with white marble as the main material, 220 meters long, and a tower-shaped bell tower will be built on the upper middle floor, and a statue of two dragons grabbing pearls will be cast on the top of the bell tower."

"This plan is also good. Let's see if there is a better design plan. If not, let's use this!" Jiang Yu felt that it was okay after seeing the design.

The design proposals passed by Jiang Yu were then submitted to the Congress, and these design proposals caused some controversy in the Congress.

Members of Congress should not be too idle. It is good to let them find something to do.

Under the various revision suggestions of the councilors, many details were modified and improved. Among them, the repair of Chengtianmen and the construction of Chengtianmen Square were the first to start.

This project had to be completed before September 1921, that is, a two-year construction period, and there was still plenty of time.

Beijing will be a purely administrative city in the Republic of China, just like Washington, the capital of the United States. As a professional administrative city, packaging is necessary.

However, the packaging does not need to be so urgent, it can be built part by part.

Except for the few buildings that often appear in newspapers, the office buildings of other departments are relatively simple. In terms of bright lighting, firm buildings, and some Feng Shui orientation and interior design issues, the lower the cost, the better.

This year, Jiang Yu himself also engaged in some projects, that is, the establishment of a racetrack.

With the development of the economy and the emergence of a large number of cars, ordinary people generally do not ride horses, and horse riding will become a sport for the upper class.

Jiang Yu himself also wanted a private racetrack, so that he could take his wife, children, and children to ride horses to relax.

So Jiang Yu encloses a piece of agricultural land of over a thousand hectares in Huai'an. These agricultural lands are usually used to grow wheat, but now China does not give up the land for growing wheat, and there is no pressure to enclose it to build amusement facilities.

In addition to building a horse farm, the thousands of hectares of land will also be used for afforestation and deer breeding, that is, a hunting ground will be built. At the same time, lawns will be laid and a golf course will be built.

Of course, this is Jiang Yu's private racecourse and hunting ground, and he usually invites a few confidants to come and have fun together.

The consortium has built middle- and upper-class social leisure places that combine racetracks and golf courses in cities with a large number of wealthy people across the country.

There are horse racing activities all over the country, among which the horse racing in Shanghai and other cities is the largest.

In short, it is to find a way to get money out of the pockets of the rich.

Don't horses need money?

Once a person has money, raising horses is generally the choice of most men.

The price of a thoroughbred horse is very high.

For this reason, the consortium has also specially established a high-end horse farm, and introduced various horses from all over the world for breeding. However, the tariffs on imported horses are extremely high. horses.

The merchants of the East China Chamber of Commerce now also raise horses for everyone. They will never buy imported horses, but only buy horses bred by the consortium, because the ethnic businessmen of the East China Chamber of Commerce are the main businessmen in the Republic of China. He also started raising horses.

These programs that get the rich to pay for them are essential.

When a person has too much money to satisfy ordinary consumption, he must find an outlet for them.

Otherwise, they will find some messy outlets for themselves, thereby robbing ordinary people of scarce social resources.

The catharsis built by the consortium is a higher quality of life, but the fees are also very high, but it is affordable for the rich. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)