Chapter 3189
On the eve of National Day in 1657 in the Haihan calendar, West Lake in Hangzhou.
Tens of thousands of people gathered on the banks of the West Lake and truly experienced the beautiful scene of "Fire Trees and Silver Flowers Never Night".
Ordinary people may not have an exact idea of how much money these beautiful fireworks exploding in the sky cost, but this is the first time in their lives that they have seen such a spectacular scene, and it will definitely be burned into their memory. , as material for passing on to future generations.
If there were many people who participated in the city entry ceremony the day before yesterday just to watch the excitement, then the fireworks display that lit up the entire West Lake tonight made many people truly feel the glory of Hangzhou becoming the capital of the empire. .
Looking back on the reign of the Ming Dynasty, although Hangzhou was considered a prosperous place, the imperial court had never organized a grand event like this for ordinary people?
Instead of spending money for the people, the government is trying every means to take money out of people's pockets.
In the last few years of the Ming Dynasty's rule in Zhejiang, the government levied a lot of money from the people in the name of "training pay" in order to train troops to cope with the military pressure of Haihan, which caused widespread complaints among the people.
In the end, the Ming Dynasty was defeated without a fight and gave up most of Zhejiang to Haihan. And whether these "training salaries" went into the national treasury or were spent elsewhere, no one knew where they were going.
After Haihan took over Hangzhou, what he did was very different from the previous ruler. He immediately launched a large number of infrastructure projects such as building roads, bridges, and dredging rivers, and carried out large-scale development on the east and west sides of Hangzhou outside the city. construction.
All the various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were canceled after Haihan arrived, and some industries even received tax-free treatment for a certain period of time.
Although not everyone has benefited from the process of changing dynasties, local people have relatively consistent views on which of the two dynasties performed better and worse, and which one provided better local governance.
From infrastructure projects, to fireworks displays, to the military parade that will be held tomorrow, ordinary people gradually have a clear understanding of the powerful national power of the Haihan Empire step by step.
However, the assassination cases that have spread in Hangzhou in the past two days have inevitably given people who have just touched the peaceful and prosperous era a sense of crisis.
If the Ming Dynasty really messed up Haihan with this dirty trick, and then took the opportunity to send troops to retake Hangzhou, how many people would be liquidated because of their surrender in the past few years?
Yesterday morning I went to the canal dock ten miles outside the city, waiting to meet the local gentry and celebrities of the Haihan Executive Committee. I was afraid that all of them would be included in the liquidation list.
Although ordinary people will not be held accountable, they will certainly not be able to avoid going back to the days when they were taxed and paid by the government every two days.
For most people, returning to Ming rule does not seem to be a promising option. This is why today’s event outside the Ming Dynasty Embassy in Kinmen quickly evolved from a few dozen people to a collective demonstration of thousands of people.
If the government had not dispatched troops to the scene in time to maintain order, the Ming embassy might have been razed to the ground by the angry people.
However, for the Executive Committee, the assassination incident was just an episode during the inspection of Hangzhou. For them, investigating the implementation status of the capital relocation plan is far more important than pursuing this attempted case.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to visit the West Lake at night, Shi Diwen introduced the planning of the area around the West Lake to everyone.
Although the area of West Lake is not small, there is actually not much area available for development around it.
On the east side of the West Lake is Hangzhou City. The distance from the lakeside to the city wall is limited. In addition, there are many scenic spots and historic sites near the lakeshore. It is now difficult to carry out large-scale renovation and reconstruction. However, this area is close to Hangzhou city, life is convenient, and you can enjoy the lake view, so it is suitable for building private houses. So last year, when Tao Hongfang and others came to Hangzhou to choose a location for their family's residence, most of them chose the lakeside area on the east side of the West Lake.
The terrain on the southwest side is mainly mountainous, and there are many famous temples with a long history, such as Lingyin Temple, which was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Jingci Temple, which was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. They are all located in this area.
Hangzhou's most famous specialty tea, Longjing, is also produced in the mountains and forests here.
The areas that are really undergoing large-scale development are mainly concentrated in the flat area on the north side of West Lake.
This area used to be mainly farmland. After Haihan took over Hangzhou, Shi Diwen used various means to take back the land here to the government, preparing to build it into the power center of the future capital.
In the future, the executive committee, official offices of various ministries, and embassies from various countries will basically move into this area.
Compared with the construction and transformation of Sanya in the initial stage of Haihan, the scale of the project here is larger. However, the Hangzhou area has more abundant manpower and a wider range of construction material sources, so the project progress is much faster than when Sanya started thirty years ago.
According to Shi Diwen, about 70 to 80% of the construction progress of the main office area has been completed, and the executive committee's office building has entered the final interior decoration stage.
In the end, Shi Diwen made a guarantee that if the executive committee planned to move to Hangzhou, it would be possible within the year at the latest, and the office environment would be better than Fort Victory.
"It's easy for people to move, but our old equipment has to be moved all the way from Sanya, and there are still some technical problems that have not been solved, so we probably won't move here so soon."
Tao Donglai's answer also revealed a major problem in the process of moving the capital.
When Chuanchuan Group first settled in Sanya, it was still unable to judge the future development situation. Therefore, in the process of building Victory Fort, many infrastructure projects were aimed at the goal of ultra-long service life.
Especially for electromechanical equipment such as power supply facilities and server rooms, the possibility of relocation in the short term was not considered during installation and commissioning.
Now, thirty years later, it is not a simple task to dismantle these old equipment intact and transport them thousands of miles away for reinstallation.
Meng He, Wu Zhuo and others who are responsible for maintaining these antiques admit that if these devices are rashly cut off and disassembled, no one can guarantee whether they will still be usable after being put together again in the future.
How to disassemble and install, these seemingly simple problems have already stumped the few technical personnel among the traveling public.
Therefore, there is another school of thought regarding the capital relocation plan, which believes that important facilities such as large databases should not risk relocation, but should be allowed to continue to exert their residual heat in Sanya Victory Fort until the end of their lifespan.
However, if the executive committee moves to Hangzhou and lacks the assistance of these equipment, the operational efficiency of various departments may be affected.
(End of chapter)