Chapter 5: The Palace

Although some ministers think that now that the treasury is full, it is completely possible to build a huge and magnificent palace, but now Chen Xin has no intention of building a palace for himself. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Therefore, the temporary palace where Chen Xin lives now was rebuilt from a fortress built in the past to prevent the Houjin raid.

Located on a hill less than 5 kilometers along the Yalu River, the fort overlooks the area along the river and is equipped with several shore defense heavy guns to effectively deter ships on any river.

The outer walls of the fortress have been heightened on the original foundation, and the rammed earth walls are covered with beautiful large blue bricks.

Wells, toilets, warehouses, bathhouses, canteens, dormitories, training grounds, weapons depots and other facilities were originally prepared for the soldiers stationed in it, and a squadron of nearly 500 people was originally stationed here.

Now, all the soldiers have been transferred to other places, or retired to participate in the Southern Development Project, and the Guard Flag Team has been stationed in the original dormitory.

On the huge open space reserved for growing vegetables and raising pigs in the fortress, the temporary royal palace where Chen Xin now lives was quickly established.

It is a three-story square, thick reinforced concrete building, which gives people a sense of security at first sight.

Behind the palace, there is a small quiet garden filled with flowers and plants of different flowering periods, and a small pavilion in the middle.

This is a place for Chen Xin to take a walk and rest in his spare time.

Originally, Chen Xin was very satisfied with the rough style of the industrial age.

However, the subordinates agreed that there was something wrong with the king's taste.

Although this royal palace is temporary, it also represents the dignity of the country and cannot be sloppy.

So, while Chen Xin was busy dealing with various problems in the newly occupied area in the south, the craftsmen made some changes to the originally bare walls.

They painted the palace with wood paint in accordance with the architectural style of the traditional Chinese cultural circle, making the palace look like a luxurious wooden building.

Then the corners and corners are connected with huge bucket arches, and brilliant colors and patterns are painted.

If Chen Xin hadn't discovered something wrong in time and stopped it urgently, they would have added a white marble pedestal to the palace and golden glazed tiles.

By this time, Chen Xin was glad that he had launched a purge and swept away most of the problematic civil servants of the old era.

Because, for the remaining two or three big cats and kittens, the old-style civil officials who had never made a big mistake, for the sake of the shape of the palace, reported to Chen Xin twice in three days, and even in front of Chen Xin, who was on the runway, put on a dead attitude and asked to revise the architectural drawings of the palace.

They believed that the palace was important and that the sword soldiers were unknown, and they demanded that the palace should not be built in the barracks, even if it was a former barracks. However, the rest of Euiju is now either fertile land or factories, and there is still extra vacant land to build the palace. As a king, he was not willing to forcibly expropriate the land of the peasants for the construction of this palace, you know, the peasants of Yiju, but they have been cultivating this land for at least 4 years, these people are Chen Xin's hardcore supporters, how can they push the iron rod in the direction of the enemy. If you go to other states and counties, there will be a lot of open land, but who has ever seen a capital built in a wilderness? You must know that even Pyongyang, the important town in the occupied area, has been destroyed by the war and is empty. Overrule;

Based on the Five Elements Doctrine, they demanded that the palace should not be built so high, and that the king must always be down-to-earth. But the previous problem, the land is not enough, so this kind of multi-storey building can only be used. Overrule;

With the concept of filial piety first, they demanded that a temple must be set up in front of the left side of the palace to honor their ancestors. But Chen Xin came through time, and his parents are still alive, how can he build a temple for sacrifice? If the temple is built without a spiritual seat for parents, it will be a big storm, so it is better not to build it for the time being. Overrule;

It was requested that an altar be erected in front of the right side of the palace to worship the gods. Chen Xin has not completely decided on the policy of religion, but has implemented a strict regulatory system, as a king, Chen Xin's every move is very noticeable, he is not in the matter of religion, so now Chen Xin does not dare to worship any god casually, even if it is land, dismissed.

The various requirements and suggestions they submitted were really very cumbersome.

Chen Xin also explained again at the beginning, now that the country has just been established, everything is in ruins, and there is no extravagance, etc., but it is useless.

The brains of these old-style civil officials are really very dead, in their opinion, everything that does not conform to etiquette must be eliminated, and what cannot be eliminated must be corrected by the king.

In the end, Chen Xin was angry.

However, being angry is angry, he can't just kill these guys.

The previous purge was because those old civil officials wanted to seize power and try to empty him, so Chen Xin was the second purge higher.

Now, the old civil servants are just practicing their Confucian ideals.

You must know that just half a year ago, Chen Xin just launched a purge and eliminated most of the old-style civil officials in the kingdom.

What reason did Chen Xin have to kill a few gentlemen who risked their lives to persuade him?

In desperation, Chen Xin could only send those few old civil officials to inspect the place, and temporarily separated a few people from afar, preparing to wait until the palace was built and then let them come back.

This kind of person, although very stubborn and annoying, is still very trustworthy in ethics and should be entrusted with important tasks.

The third floor of the entire palace is the private living area of Chen Xin and his future family, and the reception room, bedroom, washroom, study, dining room, showroom and so on are all on this floor.

The second floor is the office space, which not only contains the king's office of Chen Xin himself, but also the offices of various high-ranking officials of the kingdom and the king's staff, and several conference rooms of different sizes.

There are also rooms that can be used as temporary lounges.

On the first floor were the quarters and workshops of the servants, who were responsible for providing various services to the palace, but they were not minions, they were contract workers, with separate personalities and clear rights and duties.

Although Chen Xin established a kingdom and ascended the throne as king, and in the future, when the country is larger, he will establish an empire and reclaim the emperor, but he has always opposed slavery when he has traveled from the 21st century.

Especially when he himself was captured by Houjin as a slave for more than half a year and suffered a lot, this consciousness became stronger and stronger.

Opposing slavery was also the main reason why Chen Xin was able to win the support of the people of all nationalities who fled from the Later Jin Dynasty when he first raised an army against Jin.

Chen Xin does not intend to abandon this politically correct concept of governance.

Chen Xin walked all the way in his thoughts, and finally, after passing through the long corridor connected by the square, Chen Xin arrived at the location of the restaurant.

However, the moment the manmaid opened the door of the restaurant, Chen Xin couldn't help but moan softly with a headache, "Oh, no, don't." ”