Edo Traveler

"Can!"

When Songping Qixuan was appointed as the first elder, he naturally had to have a new look. It would take a lot of time to clarify the administration of officials, or to rectify the military, and it would take a while to show the majesty of his Marquis Mingshi.

But Zhu Liu said that building a new building can be done!

Edo has become a "Little Oriental Paris", and there is nothing wrong with the use of Western-style buildings in the official offices of the shogunate. Even the Nihonbashi Bridge, the central point where the streets of the world converge, has now been replaced by an iron bridge. What's wrong?

Don't look at the fact that there are countless people who respect the king and oppose the barbarians in Japan these days. It seems that as long as they have a little bit of "foreign", they will be angry with the gods, and they have tarnished the gods on earth that have been in line with each other since Emperor Shenwu.

Similarly, there are countless people who are willing to accept new Western ideas, new technologies, and new knowledge. In a few years in history, some people even shouted the extreme slogan of "Bringing out of Asia into Europe". The old set in Asia is garbage and cannot be used. Even the lunar calendar, which has been used for thousands of years, is simply abolished.

In Japan in later generations, the so-called Mid-Autumn Moon is not round at all, and the so-called Tanabata may even be in the rainy season. The agricultural time has been completely messed up, and it is no longer related to agricultural production at all.

So, let alone the shogunate's official offices adopt Western-style buildings, in a few years in history, he wished that the whole country would be filled with Western-style buildings.

Even in the next-door Yuanmingyuan, there are still Western Zodiac Dashuifa and Western-style buildings. The Qing court was quite conservative, so when the emperor built the Western-style building, he was not as happy.

"If that's the case, we might as well build another Western-style elementary school." Seeing that both Chuemon and Matsudaira Qixuan were quite moved, Sukeroku naturally continued.

"Isn't it better to renovate ordinary mansions and shops into Western-style ones?" Chuemon immediately understood what Sukeroku was thinking.

The shogunate was determined to communicate with foreign countries, not to mention the need to send foreign students to foreign countries to purchase advanced weapons and equipment. Just talking about the small tens of millions of raw silk business every year is not something that the shogunate can afford.

Since I tasted the sweetness of the customs, whether it is the Tokugawa shogunate in front of me, or the Qing court next door, they have opened their mouths to trade, and have no complaints. The tariffs collected by the customs are really fragrant. The days when you have money to spend are too cool, and it is impossible to give up.

If that's the case, why are you covering it up? It is better to be generous and present the good side of the West in front of everyone. You have to learn about science and culture. But the beautiful architecture can immediately reflect the goodness of the West.

Today's Japanese-style houses have low floor heights, because everyone is sitting on the ground, so there is no need to make the house too high. But doing so will lead to poor ventilation in the house and it is also prone to moisture.

Japan itself is a relatively rainy place. In Edo, there are more than 200 rainy days in 365 days a year. The building is tall and airy, and it is indeed easy to live in.

We might as well be a pioneer in leading the trend once, and make all kinds of Western architecture for him, and show it to the people in a grand manner. Perhaps after seeing it in the eyes of the common people, they feel that Western architecture is good, they love houses and Wu, and they are more able to accept Western things.

"It's best if Marquis Akashi directly builds a Western-style shiba shiki." Zu Liu turned to Songping Qi Xuan.

The so-called Shimoyashiki is the villa of the princes in Edo. As we said about the upper house, it was the house that surrounded the main castle of Edo and was bestowed by the shogun to the lords of the daimyo to live in. It embodies the great grace of the general, and also divides the relationship between the princes and the shogunate.

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Generally, the feudal lord himself, as well as his wife and son-in-law, had to live in the upper house. It not only shows respect for the shogun's residence, but also facilitates the shogunate to monitor the princes and their wives.

However, the princes who abdicated and lived in seclusion were allowed to live in the lower house built by themselves. Not only is there no surveillance in life, but freedom of movement. In terms of architectural form and architectural scale, there are no requirements, and you can completely follow your own ideas.

You can directly build a garden-style lower house, there is no problem, just do what you want.

Shigeo Shimadzu in history built the Shimadzu's Shimoyashiki in Takanawa. He ceded the title of Shimadzu's family governor to his heir, Shimadzu, and asked Shimadzu to "go to jail" in Kamiyashiki, near Edo Castle, instead of him. He happily moved to Takanawa Shimoyashiki, a little far from Edo Castle.

How jolly? Shigehao Shimadzu can still have a baby when he is in his 70s!

Geez, that's enviable.

"Haha, yes, it's time to build a suitable lower house." Matsudaira Qixuan agreed very quickly.

Before the Great Edo Earthquake, the houses of the princes, both upper and lower, and those near Edo Castle were basically destroyed. The upper house is funded by the shogunate and has been repaired, but the lower house has not been built for the time being due to the lack of financial resources of many princes.

Songping Qi Xuan served as the old middle school, and he had a lot of extra money and filial piety. Naturally, he was not short of money. But in the past year or so, he was not bombed and has been recovering in Osaka and Akashi. Since no one is in Edo, build a **** Shimoyashiki.

"The founding of the country and Westernization is the current strategy of the shogunate..." Chuemon also nodded.

The Central Olympics and the Great Olympics, which were simply burned down by the Honmaru, should not be rebuilt. Chuemon doesn't want to keep so many three or five thousand women in the Dao harem, it's too wasteful. It's not that Chuemon is not good at women, but the shogunate is really poor and doesn't have so much money to waste on useless things.

Daao has thousands of harems, which is quite pleasing to the eye. Even if I use 20 a month, it will only be 240 throughout the year. It takes twenty years for three to five thousand people to take a turn, and some people don't even get their turn, and they are over thirty years old, and they are sent out of the palace in old age.

Co-author Chuemon spends money to support a bunch of women he doesn't use yet?

That's impossible!

Right now, a wife~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and two side rooms are fine. At most, it is because of some political reasons that one or two side rooms need to be married, and the scale of Daao will not be large.

Since there are no people in Daao, naturally there is no need for a vast building. Directly imitating the West Maru Western Museum, and then build a Western-style palace that is not too large. The rest of the place, how good it is to build a garden.

At present, there are still more than six or seven hundred people in Dao. According to Chuemon's idea, two or three hundred people are enough. Three or five pillow people, plus one or two hundred maids serving, it's simple. Don't spend too much money, and can enjoy the blessings of Qi people.

"You and I might as well go find the French together." Chuemon patted Songping Qixuan's hand.

"That's exactly what it means!" Songping Qixuan nodded with a smile, looking for a designer together if not, the unit price can still be reduced a bit.