The civil servants of the dynasty were actually like this. Just like they did with Liao and Xia, they would choose to compromise when they knew they were unable to resist.

It was Sima Guang who surprised Zhao Xi.

The reason why Zhao Xi did not clearly explain the nature of the renovation of Yanfu Palace at the beginning was because he was worried that the court would endlessly argue about the cost. In the end, it would delay the opportunity for cheap labor for thousands of disaster victims, so he started this matter regardless of the court.

This time when Yanfu Palace was renovated, he did not just do it because of the victims, or even because the palace was in disrepair. He had many far-reaching thoughts.

Taking advantage of this reconstruction of Yanfu Palace, he guided Su Song to make a cast-iron boiler, and Li Jie to build a caisson with a sound amplification effect, as well as all kinds of new things needed to build the meeting hall.

Zhao Xi felt that after the main body of the palace complex was completed, if he was willing to take a trip, whether he was a minister or his father-in-law, he would understand that he did not really build a palace with an inner garden...this was a palace complex used for court affairs.

From the place where the emperor handled government affairs, to the public palace where the six ministries and nine ministers worked, as well as the court meetings, the meetings of the political hall, etc., everything is included in this palace complex.

Even ordinary courtiers can understand the role of this palace complex by actually seeing it in person. But Sima Guang just relied on hearsay and made his accusation.

As always, it starts with the ancient sages and denounces all the wanton emperors of the past dynasties, as if to get himself into the right position.

It doesn't matter. Anyway, nothing fits him... Zhao Xi just doesn't understand. Is it so difficult for you, Sima Guang, to go and take a look in person?

I really don’t want to embarrass my husband.

From the beginning, he abandoned the court and let Gongfang City take the lead. He was afraid that there would be too much opposition in the court and that he would be unable to deal with it in the end.

I hope they can believe their eyes, and then the harmony between the king and his ministers will pass. How wonderful.

As a result... Old Man Sima, alas, it seems that he can only take them on a trip.

Zhao Xi is not an architect, so he doesn't understand how the force and stability of a building should be.

When telling Li Jie about his design concept for this so-called palace complex, he focused on practicality and ignored the traditional number of columns and beams.

Besides, if he really had to follow the traditional royal specifications, he really didn't know if he could achieve the functions he wanted to achieve, so the entire palace complex became what it is now.

I don’t blame Sima Guang for criticizing.

The moment they entered the main hall door, the warm warm wind made all the gentlemen forget about the symmetrical stone pillars on the front of the main hall... two stone pillars on one side, which is not in line with the royal standards.

The main hall is a semicircular hall, which is larger in area than the current Daqing Hall. Directly opposite is the Imperial Palace, a double-story nine-step hall, which is in line with the royal standards.

The arc-shaped palace walls start from the steps, diverge to both sides, and then slowly converge. When they reach the entrance of the palace, they are still arc-shaped.

The dome of the main hall has no rules. When you look up, it looks like densely packed small squares. Starting from the center, they are distributed in layers, like a sky full of stars... This is probably the so-called caisson, right?

Along the arc-shaped palace wall, about one leg high, there are rows of pipes from top to bottom, like copper pipes...

"Pipes are used for heating. Due to technical reasons, Gongfangcheng cannot build the hot gas boiler envisioned by the government, and can only use cast iron boilers."

"According to the test results, ten boilers are needed to heat the entire hall. The water is heated in the boiler, then flows along the pipes, and then returns to the boiler. This forms a cycle. As long as the boiler keeps heating water, the hall will

It will keep you warm as spring.”

"It's summer. Turn off the boiler and circulate cold water to ensure that the hall will not become stuffy."

Su Song was standing next to Guan Jia to explain.

This time everyone from Gongfang City came, from Han Zhen, Su Song, and Xue Xiang to Li Jie, Shen Kuo, and Jia Xian.

"The caisson on the top allows every official in the hall to speak, and they can be heard clearly from any position in the hall. This is the result of Jia Langzhong's mathematical deduction."

Li Jie introduced that when Jia Xian saw him mentioned, he stepped out of the queue to bow to the officials and ministers.

"Every interval in the dome's caisson is a lighting point..."

As Su Song spoke, he opened a secret compartment on the wall of the palace, reached in and started shaking it. As he shook it, a small platform tied by four ropes slowly fell from the top of the dome.

After the platform was lowered, people discovered that the platform was transparent... Is it made of colored glaze?

Regardless of whether it's using national funds or not, this is a bit of a luxury.

"This is glass, the latest product in Gongfang City. To be honest, the government has been guiding this method of calcining glass for more than a year. Unfortunately, Gongfang City can only make flat glass the size of a palm..."

"It is also for this reason that the main hall cannot make the windows according to the specifications, so the windows of the main hall have to be made into a style suitable for inlaying glass."

Hearing what Su Song said, people thought of looking at the windows of the main hall...

Entering the temple from the outside, people are so blown away by the warm wind that they don't seem to realize the light in the temple... This is not the effect of the window paper.

The windows are composed of countless square grids, and the two-layer wooden window edges sandwich the glass in Su Song's mouth, greatly increasing the sealing effect of the entire hall.

Han Zhen led everyone inside. The huge hall was empty, and the messy footsteps were accompanied by echoes...

"The officials originally requested that seats be set up in the main hall, and that they should be placed in a semicircle to protect the throne according to the shape of the main hall... Because this is contrary to the ancestral system, we and other ministers in Gongfang City did not dare to comply. It still needs to be negotiated by the political affairs hall."

It is obvious that the function of this hall is for the imperial court. Whether it is for court meetings or celebrations, there is no other palace that can compare with it today.

Not to mention anything else, just the enjoyment of being warm in winter and cool in summer is irresistible.

"On the left are the civil servants, and on the right are the generals. Going out from the doorways on both sides are the public houses of each yamen..."

At this time, Li Jie arrived at the head of the team and guided everyone to the side door on the left... They were all civil servants, so naturally they wanted to see the civil servants' mansion first.

Wen Yanbo wanted to see if there was a Privy Council on the right, but now he could only accompany everyone to the left.

After exiting the side door on the left, there is a platform. Further from the platform, there are seven or eight covered bridges connecting the platform.

At this time, a gust of cold wind blew, and people felt a little stunned.

I looked up at the public houses, and the sunlight was dazzling on the windows... It seemed that these public houses were also equipped with glass, and they should have been heated by so-called boilers.

At this time, I couldn't wait to see the design of Zhengshi Hall. No one even asked why there were seven or eight covered bridges.

In fact, from the moment they entered the main hall, no one in the political hall said anything, because everything in this main hall was out of their sight.
Chapter completed!