On the second day after the end of the imperial military meeting, the generals left Beijing, and Zhu Yunwen personally sent them to the Jinchuan Gate, giving wine and making a strong walk, and the generals were all draped in their bodies, and they were all generous and parted.

This is a big war that affects almost all countries in East Asia, Zhu Yunwen is very cautious, and after careful consideration, he made the following arrangements:

Yiguo Ping'an sat in Liaodong, and supervised An Pingbo Li Yuan, Song Xuan, Wang Zhong, Wu Sheng, Xiong Hai and others to defeat the Mongols, naturalize the Jurchens, and make the Jurchens surrender within a time limit, otherwise there will be no forgiveness.

Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, sat in Beiping, and supervised Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, Cao Yushu, Guo Jian and others to enter Kaiping, and chose the opportunity to go north, intercept the return of the Mongolian army, and join forces with Ping'an, striving to eliminate the main force of the Mongolian army.

Licheng Hou Shengyong sat in Pyongyang, and Governor An Yuanbo Qu Neng, Zhang Lun, Zhang Fu and others attacked and destroyed Korea, and the Liaodong Naval Division and Shandong Naval Division were under its control.

Song Sheng, Marquis of Xining, ruled the elite of Ganzhou, Suzhou and other western regions, and sat in Jiayuguan to resist Timur's invasion and pay close attention to the movements of Wara Ugqi.

Mu Sheng, the Marquis of Xiping in Yunnan, commanded the garrisons of Yunnan and Guangxi, paid close attention to the movements of Annam, kept the enemy out of the country, and focused on defense.

Zhang Rong, the son of the navigator Zhang He, served as the general of Fubo, and commanded the Fujian Navy, the Zhejiang Navy, and the Yangtze River Navy, to inspect the sea frontier and prevent the Japanese from landing.

Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, inspected the guards on the southeast coast, trained sergeants, and prevented the Japanese from landing.

The army's grain, grass and ordnance were mainly transported by sea, and Zhu Xin and Xuanxin were responsible for the governors.

The grain and grass transshipment of the Beiping garrison was in charge of Lian Zining, the political envoy of the Bu, and it arrived in Zhigu by sea, and then went north along the canal to Beiping and along the Luan River to Kaiping.

Cheng Benli, the political envoy of the Liaodong garrison, was responsible for the transshipment of grain and grass, and after arriving in Dalian by sea, he then went north by land.

The transportation of grain and grass for the Korean garrison was in charge of Mei Yin, the commander of the horses, but most of the transportation eventually fell on the Liaodong and Shandong naval divisions, because the road conditions in North Korea were too poor and the land transportation was difficult.

In the end, Zhu Yunwen ordered to change Beiping to Beijing, in order to command the war in the north nearby, he would move to Beijing in ten days, Geng Xuanshuai 50,000 Royal Forest Army as an escort, and the military aircraft department, Wenyuan Pavilion and officials from the six departments accompanied him; At the same time, the crown prince Zhu Wenkui was ordered to supervise the country, and was assisted by Yu Xin, the secretary of the household department, Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, and Chang Sheng, the founding prince.

After the news came out that the holy car would not leave Beijing and that Beiping would be changed to Beijing, hundreds of officials were in an uproar and petitioned outside the noon gate to stop the emperor from traveling north. Soon after, the students of Guozijian also rushed to petition.

Zhu Yunwen, who was reviewing the recital in the Qianqing Palace, also had a headache after hearing the report, he thought about it and called Liu Zhen: "Liu Zhen, you go to the noon gate, let them elect ten deputies to come out, come here to see me, I am here, listen to their opinions." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After two quarters of an hour, Liu Zhen walked in with ten people, judging from the clothes, there were six low-level officials and four students, but they were all very young, all of them were energetic and sharp, and after coming in, they knelt down in unison to salute.

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Let's all get up." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

"I heard that you are petitioning outside, what is the matter?"

"Your Majesty," a fat man with a short stature, dark skin, and small eyes stood up, bowed down and said, "Chen Hanlin Xiu Wang Gen, I heard that the emperor was going to move the capital to Beiping, and I thought it was impossible. Due to the urgency of the situation and the low official position of the ministers, they could not meet the emperor in person, so they had to petition outside the noon gate. ”

"Wang Gen?" Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "I remember you, you are a jinshi the year before last, and you can be regarded as my protégé, tell me your truth." ”

"The emperor Rong Bing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is Jinling, although there is a risk of partial security, but it is indeed a foolproof strategy, and it is not easy to move the capital to Beiping."

"Defensively, Beiping is not easy to be the capital, its place is too close to Hulu, although it has Yanshan, the Great Wall barrier, but the terrain is narrow, can not maneuver, once the Hu people cross the Great Wall to the south, the Beijing division is surrounded, the emperor will inevitably call the world Qin Wang, if Hu Lu is strong, then my reinforcements are easy to be broken by each, and finally the Beijing division is still not defended; If Hu Lu is weak, then I am diligent Wang army labor division expedition, food and grass are gone, after arriving in Beijing, Hu Lu is far away, not only labor and loss of money, but also destroy the people near the Beijing division, and so on, the people are exhausted. ”

"Jinling is different, the first emperor built three lines of defense to prevent the invasion of Hulu, the first is along the Great Wall, the second is along the Yellow River, and the third is along the Yangtze River and Huai River, so that even if Hulu goes south, it will be blocked by multiple defense lines, and the imperial court has enough time to prepare, from this point of view, Jinling is better than Beiping."

"From the point of view of grain and grass, the vicinity of Beiping is unable to support the army, and it must be supported by transportation and shipping. Jinling, on the other hand, has fertile land and abundant products, making it easy to raise an army. From this point of view, Jinling is also better than Beiping. ”

"Therefore, the minister thinks that it is not suitable to move the capital to Beiping."

Listening to Wang Gen's words, Zhu Yunwen was secretly shocked in his heart, this Wang Gen's appearance was indeed a little worse, so he didn't point him as the champion, and now it seems that he made the mistake of judging people by their appearance. Wang Gen's description is very similar to the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty entering the customs at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yunwen thought about it, now that the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, how could Wang Gen think of Hu Lu entering the customs? Could it be that he is also a traverser?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen carefully observed Wang Gen, but he couldn't see anything, maybe it was associated with the revision of "Taizu Records". Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and asked, "What did Wang Gen say just now, what do you think?" ”

Everyone thought about it and nodded yes, but only one young Gongsheng did not nod, his face was a little hesitant. Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen smiled, pointed at him and said, "This student, do you have a different opinion?" ”

"Your Majesty," Gong Sheng bowed his hand, "The student is the prisoner Lu Changsheng, and he has some different ideas. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Beiping used to be the capital of Nanjing, Jinzhongdu, and Mengyuan, and what they have in common is that they control Liaodong and the grassland, but once they are unable to control it, there will be elbow and armpit troubles, such as Liao died in the Jin that rose in Liaodong, and Jin died in the Mengyuan that rose in the grassland, so Beiping Jiandu has a fatal weakness, that is, the threat of Liaodong and the grassland. Only by controlling Liaodong and the grasslands will Beiping be a more ideal place to build the capital. ”

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the students believe that Your Majesty will definitely be able to control the grassland and Liaodong, but what about Your Majesty's descendants? Will future emperors be able to do this? Once this is not done, there will be problems faced by Liao and Jin. ”

"Therefore, for the sake of future generations, for the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, the students hope that Your Majesty will carefully consider the matter of moving the capital."

Lu Changsheng's words made Zhu Yunwen fall into contemplation, I have to say that what Lu Changsheng said is very reasonable, the Ming Dynasty in the previous life dealt with the threat of Liaodong and the grassland at the same time, and was finally destroyed by the Jurchens of Liaodong.

However, if the capital has been set in Jinling, then once there is a change, future generations may easily give up the land north of the Yellow River, when the Tumubao Incident, the courtiers planned to move south, so that the Ming Dynasty is another Song Dynasty.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yunwen said, "Everyone, do you have any other ideas?" ”

"No more!"

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Zhu Yunwen looked at Wang Gen, Lu Changsheng and others, and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't want to move the capital this time, just to command the war in the north nearby, and since the Yan rebellion, the people's livelihood in Beiping has withered, and I also need to personally inspect it; As for whether to move the capital or not, I still have to think about it. ”

"I am very relieved to see you today, I want you to go north with me, are you willing?"

"Your ministers are willing." The crowd fell to their knees in thanksgiving.

"Okay, you guys go down, let the courtiers and students outside the noon gate disperse. That's right, Lu Changsheng! ”

"The students are here."

"You can contact some students to see if they are willing to go north with me, I will stay in Beiping for about half a year, and there should be a lot of things that need their help!"

"Okay, student command!"

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After everyone returned to the noon gate, they announced to the students that the emperor was not going to move the capital, but just to command the war nearby and inspect the news of Beiping, so that everyone did not have to worry. In addition, Lu Changsheng also announced the news that the emperor needed people to follow him to Beiping, and called on everyone to go together.

Although Zhu Yunwen asked the Ministry of Rites to simplify the honor guard as much as possible, in the end, it still took a month to leave the Beijing Division and go north.

In the past two years, Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, not only dredged the Huitong River, but also planned the Cao Yun system, and completed the project of diverting the white tide near Beiping, and introduced the water of the White River into the Chaohe River, which greatly facilitated the grain transportation of Miyun Zhuwei and saved the people's power.

When Zhu Yunwen traveled north along the canal, the war in the north had already begun, and Li Fangyuan of North Korea was in the midst of anxiety......