Zhu Ci's royal car stepped directly into the imperial palace in Beijing.

Seeing that it was still majestic, and it didn't seem to have been damaged in the past few years, Zhu Ci nodded with satisfaction.

Manchu was quite knowledgeable, and when he left Beijing, he only took some valuable things with him, but he did not damage a single plant or tree in the palace. In fact, Zhu Ci knew that Dolgon would not let the Manchurians damage the palace before leaving, although there were some goodwill intentions, but there was also the intention of coming back in the future, and Dolgon was not really willing to lose in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, even if Zhu Ci knew that Dolgon had such an idea, he would not care, the Ming Dynasty had him, and the national strength would continue to rise in the future, and the Manchus would never have a chance to match the Ming Dynasty, and it might not even take a few years, Zhu Ci would order the army to follow the footsteps of the Manchus into the Middle East, and the Manchus would only have one way to surrender unconditionally.

Walking into the palace gate, on the white stone slab in front of me knelt a black pressed group of palace maids and eunuchs, the number of which was about three thousand, and most of them were still wearing the clothes of the full court.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as they saw Zhu Ci coming, the group of palace maids and eunuchs all fell to the ground.

Zhu Ci was stunned for a moment, frowned, and then reacted, this group of palace maids and eunuchs have been living in the palace since the time of Emperor Chongzhen, and there were no less than 100,000 palace eunuchs living in this Daming palace city back then, although after Emperor Chongzhen cut it several times, there were still more than 50,000 when Li Zicheng broke through Beijing City.

When the city of Beijing was broken by Li Zicheng, many people took the opportunity to run away, but some of them lived in the palace since they were children, never contacted the outside, and didn't know how to live at all.

Except for a small number of unlucky people who were killed when the rogues entered this palace, there were nearly 20,000 palace maids and eunuchs who stayed in the palace of Li Zicheng's era to serve Li Zicheng.

Later, when Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhaiguan and abandoned Beijing City and fled, Beijing City fell into the hands of the Manchus, and this palace also lived in the Manchu Emperor.

When Li Zicheng gave up this palace and the Manchurians were about to enter the city, because they were tortured by Li Zicheng and were afraid of the Manchurians, nearly 20,000 palace maids and eunuchs ran away for more than 10,000, and there were still 4,000 people left.

Going around and around, the Manchurians are gone, the former Emperor Ming is back, and the palace maids and eunuchs who can still be left now are those eunuchs and palace maids who have really lived in the palace since childhood, don't know anything about the outside, and really have no place to go and no way out.

In the face of the return of the real master of this palace, the true orthodox emperor of the world, the palace maids and eunuchs who were abandoned again after the Manchurian people left, chose to stay, this time it was nearly three thousand.

Zhu Ci sighed, there were nearly 50,000 palace female eunuchs back then, and there were less than 3,000.

"Get up, do your job in the future, don't panic!" Zhu Ci said calmly, he didn't plan to make more trouble, he finally left behind the group of palace maids and eunuchs.

Although it may be mixed with one or two nails that Dolgon deliberately left behind, but more people who have lived in this palace since childhood, have no family, and don't know where to go, they are all poor people, besides, if you drive this group of people away, he is also recruiting another group to maintain this palace, why bother.

Nearly 3,000 palace female eunuchs were overjoyed, and as soon as they heard the words of the current emperor, they knew that the current emperor would not hold them accountable for serving Li Zicheng and the two great thieves of the Manchurians.

"Slaves and maids, wait for Emperor Xie Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Nearly 3,000 palace female eunuchs, after bowing to the mountain, all retreated, each performing their duties.

As the palace maids and some palace maids and eunuchs moved around, this palace, which had changed hands several times in the past few years, seemed a little angry.

The defense of the palace was temporarily taken over by the Ying Long Army, and there were Ying Long Army soldiers standing as straight as javelins everywhere.

Walking into the Jinluan Palace, Zhu Ci staggered on the dragon chair in the center.

Qian Qianyi and Liu Zongzhou followed in a group of high-ranking commanders and generals of various armies and fell to their knees.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After bowing, Qian Qianyi stood up first.

"Old minister Qian Qianyi, congratulations to the emperor on recovering Beijing City and restoring the ancestral foundation, the emperor is"

Before Qian Qianyi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Ci waving his hand.

"Okay, don't say the compliments later, just get down to business, and I'm going to rest for a while, I've been fighting outside the gate these days." Zhu Ci said with a light smile.

I really heard too many compliments, and Zhu Ci was too lazy to waste that time to listen to it again.

Qian Qianyi's old face was red, and he was embarrassed, but in the end, he was in his sixties, and he occupied the position of the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and he recovered in a moment, since the emperor didn't want to listen to compliments, he didn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, the old minister and Liu Ge rushed to Beijing together, in addition to congratulating the emperor, the most important thing is that there is something for the emperor to decide!" Qian Qianyi's face was solemn, and when it came to that serious matter, he seemed to have forgotten the embarrassment just now.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Ciji had actually guessed something.

"Back to the emperor, that is whether to move the capital back to Beijing!" Qian Qianyi said: "Beijing City is the former capital of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, starting from the Yongle Emperor, the 14th emperor of the Ming Dynasty has lived, and it should be moved back!" ”

Listening to Qian Qianyi's tone, there is no doubt that Qian Qianyi supported the relocation of the capital from Nanjing back to Beijing.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is better for the capital to stay in Nanjing, the city of Nanjing has not been damaged by the war, and it is the capital of the Taizu period, these years, it has been skillfully operating the duties of the capital, if you move back to Beijing City, the people will lose money, and the old minister will not support it!" Liu Zongzhou stood up and said.

If Qian Qianyi supported the relocation of the capital back to Beijing, then Liu Zongzhou supported the retention of the capital in Nanjing.

After Liu Zongzhou finished speaking, he and Qian Qianyi faced Zhu Ci and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers can't make a final decision, please think twice about the ruling!" ”

Half of the six cabinet elders supported moving the capital back to Beijing, and half supported keeping the capital in Nanjing, and they debated endlessly since the victory of Wei Dajie in Tianjin, and no one could convince anyone, and they really did not have the right to make a final decision, so Qian Qianyi and Liu Zongzhou put down the cabinet and came to Beijing to meet Zhu Cicheng for the purpose of this.

Zhu Ci frowned, pretended to think about it for a while, and then made a decision.

"I think that it is better for the capital to stay in Nanjing, as Liu Aiqing said, Nanjing City is the capital of the Taizu period, and there is the spirit of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing is to solve the threat of Mongolia in the north nearby, as Emperor Yongle said, the Son of Heaven is the gate of the country, and the king is dead! It is to warn future emperors not to forget the threat of the north, now that the northern Mongolia has been destroyed by the Son of Heaven, the words of the Son of Heaven have lost their effectiveness, and the capital should be redesignated as the city of Nanjing in the Taizu era! ”

Zhu Ci hesitated to explain, Qian Qianyi and Liu Zongzhou glanced at each other and nodded. Qian Qianyi had nothing to say, and Liu Zongzhou had nothing to say, so he agreed with what Zhu Ciyi said and left the capital in Nanjing.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

With Zhu Ci's decision, Zhu Ci's Ming capital was officially set in Nanjing, and more than 200 years after Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, Nanjing City regained the status of the orthodox capital of the Ming Dynasty.