manynovel Chapter 224
Chapter 224
: The location of the imperial capital
Currently participating in the meeting are Chen Lin, Chief of General Staff of the Legion, Xu Qian, Commander of the First Route Army, Zhao Wenlong, Commander of the Second Route Army, Sun Hao, Commander of the Third Route Army, Wu Jue, Commander of the Militia and Guards, and Commander of the Air Force. Zhou Wenbin, Chief Administrative Officer Duan Tianming and others.
These people are currently the core senior leaders of Wang Yao. Among them, several commanders such as Chen Lin and Xu Qian have followed him since the early days of the army, which only had a few hundred or a few thousand people. They were still competing for territory with the Southern Wa State Army. .
Duan Tianming is the chief administrative officer under Wang Yao. Now as the legion’s control area expands, more and more affairs are handled. The Shan State, Mandalay Province, Magway Province, and Bago Province are under the control of the entire legion. Civil affairs officials in , Yangon Province, Ayeyarwaddy Province and Naypyitaw Capital Territory are all under his management.
In ancient times, he was a proper prime minister!
The meeting was still chaired by Chief of Staff Chen Lin: “Currently there are three cities suitable as our national capitals, namely Naypyitaw, Mandalay, and Yangon.”
“Although some people have mentioned Taunggyi, considering that Taunggyi is located on the Shan State Plateau, its special environment is not suitable for being a national capital.” Chen Lin said.
The new capital city of the founding of the People’s Republic of China must be in a plain area, which is suitable for development, so Jingdong, an inland city, and Taunggyi, a city on the plateau, were both rejected.
Xu Qian, commander of the First Route Army, said: “As the capital of the former civilian government of Myanmar, Yangon City has developed for decades, with a population of more than two million, and in the coastal areas, as long as our navy develops, it will soon Suitable for a capital city.”
Zhao Wenlong, commander of the Second Route Army, said: “But Yangon is located in the Irrawaddy Delta, which is prone to floods during the rainy season, and as a coastal city, there are no barriers. Storms at sea can easily cause a lot of damage to the city. Don’t forget The number of casualties caused by Storm Nargis fourteen years ago.”
When talking about this, Zhao Wenlong also prepared a piece of information to pass on to everyone through video conference.
Wang Yao also clicked on the information to check.
Fourteen years ago, a very strong storm named ‘Nargis’ occurred in the Indian Ocean. It made landfall in the Ayeyarwaddy Province of Myanmar and then passed through Yangon Province, Bago Province, Kayah State, and Shan State. , causing more than 138,000 deaths and more than 2.5 million people affected.
Even the Myanmar Navy lost 25 warships in this natural disaster.
Therefore, for this reason alone, coastal cities including Yangon City were denied.
Then, Sun Hao, commander of the Third Route Army, said: “Commander Zhao and I have the same opinion. We believe that the coastal area is not suitable as the capital of the new empire, and there is no royal palace in Yangon City for His Majesty.”
“I think Mandalay is a good city. Not only is it located deep inland and is little affected by storms, but it also has the imperial city of the Konbaung Dynasty that can be given to His Majesty.”
Mandalay Palace was built in 1857 by the Konbaung Dynasty, the last feudal dynasty in Myanmar. It had a war with the Qing Dynasty, and both sides claimed to have won the war.
This royal palace is located in the center of Mandalay, covering an area of 4 million square meters. It is square in shape, with red palace walls and a moat outside the walls. There are 104 halls in the palace. The entire building is a wooden structure. It was destroyed during the Second World War and later rebuilt. Only 89 halls were restored.
Wang Yao looked at the Mandalay Palace on the tablet in his hand, but found that there were far fewer buildings inside the palace walls than outside the palace walls, and there were barren woods everywhere.
Sun Hao explained: “The Mandalay Palace was burned down by the Japanese army during World War II and was later controlled by the Burmese military. As an asset of the Burmese military, the buildings here have been rarely repaired. Living here The people inside are all military families, as well as Myanmar government agencies.”
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“This place is too close to the Irrawaddy River. If there is a flood, it will be easily submerged.” Duan Tianming frowned.
The Irrawaddy River is the largest river in Myanmar, with an annual water flow of more than 486 billion cubic meters, more than half of the Yangtze River.
However, the Irrawaddy River does not have various water conservancy projects like the Yangtze River. Every year during the rainy season, the Irrawaddy River will have various floods that inundate farmland and cities on both sides of the river, causing serious distress to local residents.
“Although the Mandalay Palace is an asset of the Myanmar military and has been confiscated by us, Mandalay has a population of 1.6 million, most of which are civilians. If we want to transform Mandalay, it will inevitably We need to relocate some civilians.” Duan Tianming looked at Wang Yao, who was in the middle of the video conference.
Although the latter words were not spoken, Wang Yao also heard them.
Although he is not afraid of those civilians making trouble, the transformation of Mandalay and the resettlement of migrating civilians will require a lot of manpower and material resources.
“So what’s your opinion?” Wang Yao looked at Duan Tianming.
The latter said: “Your Majesty, I personally think that Naypyitaw is more suitable as your imperial capital.”
“｀. Tell me the reason?” Wang Yao motioned for him to continue.
Duan Tianming opened a file and selected several PPT files to put in the video conference.
Soon, a document released by Duan Tianming appeared on the video conference, which was a satellite image of Naypyidaw.
Duan Tianming said: “Naypyitaw is the base camp of the Myanmar military. There are more than 400,000 people living in Naypyitaw city. Adding the surrounding areas, the entire Naypyitaw Special Zone has a population of 900,000.”
“But in terms of land, most of the land in Naypyitaw is controlled by the Myanmar military. For example, in the northern and western urban areas of Naypyitaw city, compared to the eastern and southern urban areas, you can see obvious greening and forest areas. Much more, which shows that Naypyitaw’s population is mainly concentrated in the eastern and southern urban areas.”
“The western part of Naypyidaw is the area where the Myanmar military’s family members live, and the northern part of Naypyitaw is where government agencies and military agencies work.”
“If the capital is here (is it possible), we can build His Majesty’s Royal Palace in the northern city, knock down the Myanmar Parliament Building and the General Staff Building, and re-plan it into a royal palace, including the Bayan Mountains in the north. As a royal garden, Bayan Reservoir can also be used as a park.”
“And urban development can extend to the south, middle and north of the Xitang Valley.”
“The national economic development center can be developed from Yangon City in the south and Mandalay City in the north as the midpoint. Naypyitaw will only be His Majesty’s imperial capital!”
Wang Yao looked at the map and nodded silently.
Although Naypyitaw is located in a narrow area of the Xitang River Valley, the imperial capital does not require a large population.
Yangon can be the economic city. Such a coastal port city is most suitable for economic development.
Mandalay in the north can also be developed as a second economic city.
From now on, Naypyitaw will only have one identity, and that is Wang Yao’s imperial capital! .