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spn1952, June.

The weather is getting hotter, and since Hanking is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the heat wave is gradually rising.

Hanjing Mountain, the emperor's official residence, Zhou Guolai was walking with Zhang Shusheng.

"Your Majesty, I agree with the construction of the palace."

Zhou Guolai was in a good mood. The emperor's ascension to the throne was accompanied by the promulgation of a series of major policies, as well as the advancement of the aristocratic system, especially the treatment of the royal family, which was imminent.[

"When it comes to building a palace, some people's first instinct may be that it is a waste of people and money. In fact, with the territory and national power of our current empire, even building a Forbidden City does not cost much.

If the majestic imperial family does not even have a palace, it would be looked down upon."

Zhou Guolai remonstrated earnestly. According to the design of the Imperial Palace Preparatory Committee of the Government Council, it would not cost much to build a Forbidden City or even a new palace twice the size of the Forbidden City. In today's highly mechanized world, the originally massive project would seem much smaller.

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For example, the construction of the Forbidden City took a long time just because of the foundation problem, but what about now? Not to mention Shusheng Company, even several very large state-owned enterprises can produce a large number of modern machinery, and Shusheng Company even installs

An engineering spacecraft.

This kind of engineering spacecraft was used when building the Earth Energy Processing Center around Jeju Island. It only took a week to flatten the area of ​​the two Forbidden City.

What is a little more troublesome are carvings, antique furnishings, garden design, etc. However, whether it is the previous nationwide system or the current "ball-raising system", these things do not waste people and money. On the contrary, those gardeners and artists will be very willing to participate.

At that time, a piece of Taihu stone could exhaust a car and a boat of civilians. Now, a spaceship of Taihu stone can be loaded on the ship within an hour. After all, when it is transported to the place, the rest is only the artificial decoration and craftsmanship.

While Zhang Shusheng felt the warm sunlight coming through the gaps in the leaves, he chuckled and said, "Guolai, in principle, I have no objection to the construction of the palace, and it should indeed be built.

As for the funding, the royal family will provide it themselves."

"How is this possible? Your Majesty, the royal palace is the dignity of a country. How can the royal family pay for it on its own? There is absolutely no such thing. On this point, I cannot agree with you."

Zhou Guolai shook his head vigorously. Although he knew that Zhang Shusheng's Shusheng Company was as rich as any country, he also knew that the current Shusheng Company was still in its infancy and would join the interstellar business world in the future. Although the empire was actually owned by Zhang Shusheng,

But this precedent cannot be set.

This is just like in ancient times, the country had a treasury and the emperor had internal funds, so the rules could not be messed up.

"That's alright. Then I'll do as you say, but we need to consider the long term in the design. For example, the transportation of the palace, etc. Don't make it like an hour-long walk from the east end to the west end. You can consider setting up more expressways.

Horizontal walking elevator, or horizontal suspension elevator.

It is best to build the palace into three parts. One part is open to the public for people to visit; one part is the office area, where the military and political leaders of the empire work together; and the other part is the royal inner palace for the royal family's daily life.

Such an orderly arrangement is both ancient and in line with the high pace of modern civilization.

In addition, there is another point. The palace must be repaired once and never be expanded in the future. The annual repair costs must also be set at a low amount. It must not be expanded from generation to generation and made more and more luxurious. "

Zhang Shusheng had no objection to building a palace. Looking at the universe, every empire has its own luxurious palace.

When the country is poor, large-scale construction projects waste money and waste the people. But once the country becomes rich and powerful, building buildings like the palace will inspire the people.

The people need faith, and they need a high-ranking emperor, not just a person in power who wears overalls at work and acts like an otaku after get off work.[

In these matters, Zhang Shusheng still followed the trend. In his vision, these things should be in moderation. Don't make it like some empires. The palace covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. Let alone visit the palace.

Even a hundred miles around the palace is a restricted area.

Such an empire has lost touch with the people's hearts.

"Yes, Your Majesty. You will set the rules yourself. Even if it is a few years later, future generations will not dare to violate it."

Zhou Guolai said with a smile that the emperor still thought about the problem so thoroughly. At least, he could take the initiative to raise things that were inconvenient for others to mention.

The two walked for a while, and after discussing some government affairs, Zhang Shusheng turned the topic to the royal family again.

"Guolai, I plan to use 10% of Shusheng Company's annual profits to establish a royal fund starting from this year. This royal fund will mainly be used for awards, charity, relief, and social welfare.

The two princesses are also not suitable to hold any government positions in government departments and are responsible for the operation of the royal foundation."

Zhang Shusheng stopped and said seriously.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhou Guolai was slightly startled. He didn't expect Zhang Shusheng to be so decisive and to transfer the two princesses from government departments just after he ascended the throne. However, in his opinion, it was a good decision for the two princesses to manage the royal foundation.

Zhang Shusheng: "Haha, when the country comes, the success or failure of the monarchy depends on whether the system is perfect. From now on, you have to pay more attention to state affairs. The position of prime minister is of great importance. I will focus more on more far-reaching strategic issues and major projects.

, as well as Shusheng Company’s next move into the galaxy and other major issues, domestic matters depend on you, Prime Minister.”

"Yes, I must work hard and be loyal to the emperor and patriotism."

If someone else had said this, Zhang Shusheng might have thought it was a bit false, but when it came to Zhou Guo, he believed it. In the past, prime ministers also had great talents in managing the world, but they were too restricted to realize their ambitions. Now they are in high positions

If he holds the position of prime minister and delegates power to him, he will definitely manage the entire empire in an orderly manner.

From now on, the empire's government affairs will basically depend on him.

Military affairs were handled by the emperor himself, and were specifically responsible for the reorganized Imperial Military Affairs Council. Compared with Zhou Guolai's post of left prime minister, Jiang Baili was appointed as the right prime minister.

After the implementation of the imperial system, although the overall situation did not change significantly, the changes in the empire's high-level institutions were still relatively large.

At the highest level are the Government Affairs Council and the Military Affairs Council, with Left Prime Minister Zhou Guolai and Right Prime Minister Jiang Baili in charge respectively.

Zhang Shusheng originally considered Cai E as the right prime minister, but in the end he decided to give up and instead suggested that Jiang Baili, who had a more strategic vision, be appointed as the right minister.

Eventually, Cai E became deputy minister of the Imperial Military Academy and concurrently served as executive vice president of the Imperial Military Academy. He was fully responsible for the overall education of reserve talents for the imperial army.

Not only is this job not easy, it is also very important.

In Zhang Shusheng's plan, the military is the next largest employment unit and the most urgent task. It is conservatively estimated to require hundreds of millions of soldiers. In other words, there will be 1 soldier for every 30 people on the planet.

At present, the total size of the imperial army is less than 20 million, and the gap is very large.[

In Zhang Shusheng's plan, in addition to the regular garrison of the earth and the ground troops responsible for planetary defense, such as the planet fortress artillery group, the moon will be transformed into a military fortress satellite in the future, and all the planets in the solar system will be developed and garrisoned.

The Trident Galaxy, Avatar Star, and Changqing Star at the exit of the Lost Star Territory all have troops stationed there. The gap is too big.

That's not all. The Space Force is also a big eater of troops.

A battleship may have a combat effectiveness of several thousand people plus thousands of robots, but for a battleship to have 100% combat effectiveness, in addition to robots, at least tens of thousands of battleship soldiers are needed.

In the future, the number of qualified soldiers required by all warships and even all spaceships combined will be a very terrifying number. The shortage of these soldiers is even more terrifying. They are all high-tech talents. If they are not trained well, they will not be able to board the ships at all.

This is only a gap in peacetime. Once war comes, Zhang Shusheng cannot believe it.

Therefore, the Space Force and Interstellar Ground Forces, which are about to expand on a large scale, are too short of manpower. Cai E will be responsible for this job. This is not a demotion, but a great deal of attention.

Cai E himself is also very satisfied.

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"I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

At lunch, Zhang Shusheng and his family sat together. Although he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, his daily customs had not changed significantly, and those feudal etiquette and customs had not been brought into the Zhang family.

"Good news!"

The three women and a girl all said in unison.

"You guys, you just can't hear bad news, so let's tell you the good news first." Zhang Shusheng laughed and then said, "I talked with Zuo Xiang in the morning about building the palace. We will live in it in half a year at the latest.

Entered a new home."

"Wow!!"

Several people couldn't help but cheered, no one disliked the palace, especially when she could live in the palace, and this palace didn't have so many feudal rules, so it was all about enjoyment.

"Be careful, if we live in the palace, do we have to live separately? That would be so lonely."

He Ning said worriedly.

Zhang Shusheng smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Our family still lives in a big house in the inner palace. The entire palace is divided into three parts. One part is open to the public, one part is the office space of the Government Affairs Council and the Military Affairs Council, and the other part is for us

It is collectively called the Inner Palace where the emperor's relatives live, and it mainly includes residences, practice centers, science and technology centers, the Inner Palace Airport, etc.

There are not many people now, but it will become more lively in the future.”

He never thought of living alone in the palace. Living with the royal family and relatives was not only convenient for management, but also ensured that the royal family ties could be preserved within a small circle.

Of course, in the face of the extremely strict regulations he set, things like palace fights are impossible. If a palace fight cannot meet the regulations, who will fight if there is no benefit?

In short, in his consideration, this palace, this emperor, and this empire not only have traditional Chinese characteristics, but they will never become a laughing stock in the eyes of future generations or a feast venue for film and television dramas.

"What about the bad news?"

Tantai asked curiously.
Chapter completed!