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He pointed out that the lightning struck the three major halls precisely because of the relocation of the capital to Beijing.

Because in the first month of this year, Zhu Di officially announced the relocation of the capital to Beijing. Xiao Yi proposed to move the capital to Beijing, discarding the place where the Ming Taizu Dragon Vein Mausoleum was buried in Nanjing, and the relocation of the capital also caused a lot of inconvenience to officials and people, so this is a warning from heaven.

Xiao Yi begged the emperor to immediately move the capital back to the Nanjing Imperial Palace.

Seeing this recital, Zhu Di trembled with anger.

"Good for you, Xiao Yi, relying on the opportunity of me to 'ask for a straight talk', you don't want to worry about the king, but you deliberately slander the government, demagogue, and bewitch the public! There is no mercy for killing. ”

At this time, this Xiao Yi did not understand until his death that the matter of moving the capital was the most important achievement in the life of Emperor Yongle, and he would have no regrets even if he died.

Therefore, no matter what the situation arises, the emperor will never allow anyone to oppose the matter.

Emperor Yongle immediately ordered Xiao Yi to be killed.

However, though a man is killed, it is difficult to keep the mouth of the people shut.

Most of the officials sympathized with and supported Xiao Yi.

The Yan officials of the Ming Dynasty consisted of six departments and thirteen supervising imperial histories, and most of them were generous and outspoken.

After killing Xiao Yi, the voices of the court officials against moving the capital still did not subside.

And most of these officials represented the interests of the Jiangnan gentry.

As for the matter of moving the capital, they felt that it was unwise to move the capital away from the rich land south of the Yangtze River and go to the bitter cold land in the north.

Most of the ministers were old ministers who followed Zhu Di's rebellion, and most of them came from the north, and they were full of favor for Beijing, so they strongly supported Zhu Di's decision to move the capital.

Zhu Di faced the dispute between these two factions on the issue of moving the capital, thought for a long time, and finally came up with an ingenious solution.

In order to prevent people from saying that I acted arbitrarily and blocked the way of speech, the officials of the Department of Science and Technology who opposed the relocation of the capital, as well as the ministers of the ministries and institutes who supported the relocation of the capital, held an open-air debate competition. The more you argue, the clearer it becomes. ”

Emperor Yongle's seemingly democratic method was immediately unanimously approved by the ministers of the two factions.

So, Zhu Di asked the pros and cons ministers to kneel in the square outside the noon gate to debate the pros and cons of moving the capital.

And he, as a "referee", stood above the noon gate and listened to the arguments of the ministers about the pros and cons of moving the capital.

Just in time for the season of continuous autumn rains, these two groups straightened their chests, encouraged their lips and tongues, and talked endlessly.

On the one hand, it emphasizes the general trend of the world, and on the other hand, it exaggerates the ancestral foundation, spitting on the stars and raining, and the throat is not dry at all.

They fought until they were doused with chickens in soup, and they were not to be outdone.

The first day of the debate was inconclusive, and the second day it was repeated.

The ministers of the two factions knelt on the ground and debated, and Zhu Di lay on the city tower with a Huang Luo umbrella to watch the excitement.

Regarding the fierce debate underground, Zhu Di saw it in his eyes, and only said coldly: "In his scholar's opinion, how do you know the strategy of my hero!" ”

It means that these people are all scholars, and they don't understand my heroic feelings at all!

So what are the feelings of Zhu Di's heroes?

Moving the capital to Beijing was actually an important national policy for the future development of the Ming Dynasty set by Zhu Di after careful consideration.

First of all, he sealed the domain in Beiping, raised troops and used it as a logistics base. It should be said that his affection for Beiping is extremely deep.

Secondly, considering that the most serious border trouble after the founding of the Ming Dynasty came from the Mongols in the north, Beijing, which was extremely conducive to defense, became the best choice for the capital. The Son of Heaven guarded the border, and Zhu Di placed his mausoleum in Changping, Beijing, so that future generations would stick to Beijing and never give up the north.

Again, he always had a dream in his heart to surpass the ancient emperors. The previous Yuan Dynasty used Beijing as its capital, controlled the Quartet, and commanded the world. He seized the throne of his nephew, which can be described as "not right", and he wants to prove the correctness of his seizure of the throne with his own merits. And taking Beijing as the capital to dominate the world and dominate the Quartet is his inevitable choice.

In the end, the heroes of Jingnan who followed him to raise troops were basically northerners, and many civilian officials came from the south. Their influence in the south is intertwined, and many of them are sympathizers and even supporters of Emperor Jianwen. In order to stabilize the regime and get rid of the influence of the civil official group in the south, Zhu Di hoped to meet the interests of the group of heroes in the north by moving the capital.

In fact, Zhu Di ordered the ministers to kneel in the rain to argue, which was also a deliberate attempt to demoralize the scholars! In the final analysis, moving the capital is also his sole decision, and there is only one answer to this debate.

The two sides argued for several days, and the positive side was full of energy, but the opposite side gradually drooped their heads and lost their energy.

Knowing that the emperor is on the right side, if you look at his posture again, even if Lei Gong splits his ten halls again, he will not move back to the old capital.

Not to mention, kneeling and arguing, how much torture their knees have to endure, and the bleak wind and cold rain of autumn also drenched their clothes.

Many of the old and infirm were shivering. So, in the end, the opponents abstained, after all, it was not comfortable to soak in the rain, so Emperor Yongle announced that the positive side had won, and no one ever took advantage of the topic to play and raised the matter of opposing the relocation of the capital.

However, although the ministers did not dare to oppose the relocation of the capital with power and trickery, Emperor Yongle still had some lingering palpitations in his heart. After all, the new palace in Beijing, which has been built for thirteen years, was completed less than four months ago, and Zhu Di's heartache was still overwhelming.

He ordered the cessation of all projects that were inconvenient to the people and not a matter of urgency, and exempted the arrears of taxes and grains, courses, salt classes, and horse leather before the seventeenth year of Yongle, as well as the grain and grass in the disaster-stricken areas of the eighteenth year of Yongle.

On the 17th, it was supposed to be the Wanshou Festival, but due to the fire in the three halls, the pilgrimage was stopped.

Just when Emperor Yongle was in a panic and repeatedly reflected on his gains and losses in politics, the news that the three major halls were all burned down spread to the Han Wangfu in Shandong.

"Hahahaha, my father Emperor Yingming I, I couldn't have imagined that this heavenly fire, in fact, everyone is artificial, hahaha!"

King Han's smug laughter could no longer be hidden.

"Lord Wang, could it be that the fire in the three major halls of Nanjing was caused by His Royal Highness? The prince said that he was joking, right? Can you bring in thunder fire? ”

Prince Unhara was a little incredible.

"Our fine work at the Nanjing Imperial Palace also went to Beijing. I didn't bring the thunder and fire, but, Prince, have you heard of the saying that it adds fuel to the fire? ”

King Han smiled mysteriously.

"The prince is wise, I thought that the prince had forgotten about the big things by playing with Miss Wu during this time. Unexpectedly, everything was under the control of the prince.

Prince Wen Hara looked at King Han approvingly, and suddenly understood.

It turned out that the thunder and fire did concentrate on the roof of the Fengtian Temple that night, but the Han King's fine work took the opportunity to set fire in the palace, and when he poured water to extinguish the fire, he deliberately poured oil into the fire. (To be continued.) )