When the kings visited the steel mill and shipyard, Zhu Yunwen held the first meeting of the three years of Jianwen in the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, and the participants included the Military Aircraft Department, the Wenyuan Pavilion, the Governor of the Five Military Governors' Mansion, the Six Shangshu and the Shilang and the Hanlin Bachelor, etc., focusing on the important matters to be done in the three years of Jianwen, and the meeting had been notified to the relevant personnel before the year, so everyone made more adequate preparations.

Zhu Yunwen asked each official to mention two things, and then summarized them in Wenyuan Pavilion, which were sorted out by Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and others, and reported to himself, and then put forward them one by one at the meeting for everyone to discuss and negotiate.

This way of discussion made everyone feel very novel, so they didn't speak enthusiastically at the beginning, but once they started, everyone got carried away and slowly couldn't keep their mouths shut, while Zhu Yunwen basically didn't make any speeches, giving the ministers as much space as possible to play.

Zhu Yunwen asked them to quickly go through all the topics first, so that the things that everyone has consensus on will be passed quickly, and the rest of the things that are more controversial will be discussed one by one, and everyone will be consulted as much as possible. Everyone has their own conclusions when they ask questions, and they have made detailed preparations in advance, so things gradually evolve into the point where the proposer answers everyone's questions one by one, and if they can convince everyone, they pass; If you can't be convinced, put it on hold for the time being; As for the controversial issue, it was also put on hold for the time being, waiting for the emperor's ruling.

At the meeting, Zhu Yunwen adopted the method of voting, and all the voting results will be archived for future reference.

In the morning, many less controversial and imminent issues were passed, such as the issue of Su Song's excessive taxation; The problem of silting up the estuaries in Jiaxing, Wu, Song and other places in the south of the Yangtze River and the backflow of river water into the fields; the relief of the victims near Beiping and the eradication of the White Lotus Sect; tax evasion and official corruption, etc.

However, there are still some unresolved issues, such as the Tusi issue of Luchuan in Yunnan, the Jurchen rebellion in Liaodong, the issue of immigration to Liaodong, the issue of immigration to Beiping, and the issue of building canals.

The ethnic minorities in Yunnan, Guizhou and Burma in the southwest have always been troubled by the Central Plains Dynasty, and they generally do not cause much trouble, once they get out of the jungle and high mountains, they are often vulnerable in the wilderness. However, when the Central Plains army entered the jungles and high mountains, and fought fiercely in the Nu River, Lancang River, Jinsha River and other river basins, it often suffered heavy casualties, and the gains outweighed the losses. Later historians believe that although the Ming Dynasty died in the Jurchens in the northeast, its decline began in the three expeditions to Luchuan in the orthodox period, as well as the rebellion of Lu'an in the Tianqi and Chongzhen periods. Therefore, there is "the Tang Dynasty conquered the Southern Zhao and declined, and the Ming Dynasty conquered the Luchuan River and died." Of course, this is just the word of one family.

Finally, at the suggestion of Xiping Hou Musheng and Pingnan General He Fu, the main thing was to stabilize the southwest, and the troops were not used in Luchuan for the time being.

The question of the rebellion of the Jurchens in Liaodong was raised by Wu Sheng, the governor of Liaodong, Yiguo Ping'an, and Cheng Benli, the political envoy of Liaodong. Since the progress of Mongolia Kaiping and Daning, the imperial court used silver money to recruit the Jurchens, so that they robbed and killed the Mongols, the Jurchens were greedy for money, coupled with brave and good fighting, after equipping the armor of the Ming army, they were even more unstoppable, and made a lot of military achievements. After the war, the imperial court organized the people in Liaodong, moved the tribal leaders to Liaoyang and Shenyang to live, and the rest of the people were scattered, which caused the resistance of the people in eastern Liaodong, among which the Jianzhou Jurchen Mengke Timur was the most, and even some Jurchens fled into Korea, and the Jurchen tribes in northern Korea were of the same clan as them, and often accepted them for refuge.

Most of the courtiers did not support the formation of households in Liaodong, but the generals did support it, Ping'an, Wu Sheng and others hoped that the imperial court would increase troops and completely eliminate the Jurchens, while Cheng Benli advocated not to exacerbate the contradictions too much, and advocated building cities in key places, and adopting the method of advancing step by step and slowly.

Zhu Yunwen could back down on the matter of Luchuan, but on the issue of Liaodong, Zhu Yunwen had a rare insistence, and finally he made a decision to order Gao Wei, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to inspect Liaodong, set up the Jilin Metropolitan Division and the Heilongjiang Metropolitan Division, and organized the Liaodong Departments into a guard; Yiguo Ping'an, Li Yuanbu of the Guards Cavalry Army stationed in Shenyang, requisitioned the Liaodong Provinces, attacked the grasslands, exterminated those who did not obey the draft, and gave heavy rewards to those who obeyed the draft, and gradually moved them to the plains for farming.

At the same time, Zhu Yunwen ordered the Ministry of Rites to send an envoy to North Korea to deliver the decree, ordering him to return the Jurchens to the Ming Dynasty and not to shield them.

In the end, Zhu Yunwen ordered to speed up the immigration to Liaodong, and equipped the Liaodong garrison with a large number of firearms, recruiting merchants to open up the wasteland, and the merchants could be equipped with firearms and bows and arrows, and even when attacked by the Jurchens, they could ask the nearby garrison for help. The garrison is obliged to ensure the safety of merchants and civilians in its jurisdiction.

The section of the Huitong River (Linqing to Xuzhou) in the Shandong section has been silted up in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, and it has been seven or eight years since then, and the imperial court has not cleaned it up. This is because the imperial court built the capital of Jinling, and the food of the northern garrison can rely on sea transportation, and the north is mostly guarded, which can only be self-sufficient, and the imperial court does not collect much tax, so there is no incentive to dredge the canal. In addition, the imperial court was not very active in emigrating to Beiping, because it would increase the burden of sea transportation.

When Zhu Yunwen proposed to move the capital to Beiping, everyone was in an uproar and objected, most of them were southerners, accustomed to the summer rain and autumn wind in Beijing, the red-sleeved crisp hands and warm fragrant soft words on the Qinhuai River, and they were unwilling to suffer in the bitter cold land in the north. Moreover, people of insight also pointed out that once the capital is moved to Beiping, the people in the south of the Yangtze River will suffer, and in order to support the Beijing division and the army in the north, the people's livelihood will inevitably wither, and the gains will outweigh the losses. There were even important ministers such as Yu Xin, Xia Yuanji and others who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging Zhu Yunwen to take back his fate.

But Zhu Yunwen shook his head, asked people to hang up the map of the Ming Dynasty, and then said: "Everyone, I don't want to waste the people's strength, but this is also a helpless thing. ”

"Since ancient times, the land of the capital must be the place of strong soldiers, and there are mountains and rivers to block it, and the dynasty of those who live in the anointed land often cannot last."

"In the former Han Dynasty, the capital was Chang'an, the Western Regions surrendered, and there was no wolf smoke in Mobei; In the Later Han Dynasty, the capital was Luoyang, Chang'an was regarded by the courtiers as an outside, and the Western Regions were not in the eyes of the imperial court, so in the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the Qiang Rebellion could not be quelled, and the Western Liang also rebelled repeatedly, and the Western Liang soldiers such as Dong Zhuo and others directly led to the demise of the Later Han Dynasty. ”

"From this point of view, it is more appropriate to move the capital to Beiping."

"Secondly, in the foreseeable future, Beiping will be the first line of attack on Mongolia, and the elite soldiers will inevitably come out of it, and the Yanshu people will rebel against it; So what about the future, will there be no more rebellions? ”

As soon as the words fell, a person in the seat rushed out, knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general will never dare to have this thought!" ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, quickly helped Guo Jian up, and said with a wry smile: "Mingshu, I didn't mean to target you, just an analogy, you get up, I still believe in you." ”

Zhu Yunwen reassured him repeatedly, and Guo Jian returned to his seat with peace of mind, but found that he was in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to wipe it.

Zhu Yunwen looked around at the ministers and continued: "Since the Qin Dynasty in China, for more than a thousand years, what I admire most is Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, and what he did is difficult for future generations to do. He," Zhu Yunwen looked up and said as if reciting: "He made a country name an eternal name of a nation, and he gave us the confidence to stand tall for thousands of years." ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless and abused the people's power, and the emperor must not follow suit!" Yu Xin, the head of the household, Xia Yuanji, the squire, Zheng Yi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, and others hurriedly knelt down and admonished in unison.

Zhu Yunwen shook his head, helped them up one by one and said, "I have long known the shortcomings of Emperor Wu, but I must also study them carefully. ”

"After Emperor Wu's vigorous expansion, the southwest, northeast, Mobei, and Western regions know the prestige of our people, and now in the four seas and eight wildernesses, they all call my people Han people, isn't it the work of Emperor Wu?"

"Of course, if it abuses the people's power, I won't take it, so the secretaries don't have to worry."

"But I am not the only one in China who has this talent, there are also in the grassland, that is Genghis Khan, he made his country name Mongolia the name of the people of the steppe, so it is unrealistic to kill all the Mongols, so Mongolia must be the border trouble of my Ming Dynasty until our side is destroyed."

"So in the foreseeable future, the northern Xinjiang will have frequent wars and have to rely on the supply of the south, which is easy to have problems, the northern border fortress is too far away from the Beijing division, one military order is slow to convey, and the two imperial courts can not understand the suffering of the border army, if you ignore it, it will inevitably cause chaos again, and even such as the Anshi Rebellion is not impossible."

"Therefore, I want to sit in Beiping and share weal and woe with the frontier soldiers, one can deal with the problems encountered in time, and the other can command the war against Mongolia nearby."

"The last one, is the people's livelihood problem, I Ming Dynasty is vast, the north and the south are far apart, now the south is rich, but the north is withering, the reason is also very simple, before the Tang Dynasty, the economy of the north is stronger than the south, but since the Anshi Rebellion, the five dynasties, the Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, the north are all years of war, the people's livelihood withered, especially at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it is the life of the people, the people are not happy."

"The south is different, since the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, the development of Huguang, Fujian, Zhejiang, plus less war, so the people are rich, not comparable to the past."

"Since the Anshi Rebellion, it has been more than 600 years since the North and the South were reunified. If we do not make great efforts to appease the north and develop the economy of the north, it is not impossible for China to split again. ”

"As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for me to turn a blind eye to this, so it is imperative to move the capital."

The ministers looked at Zhu Yunwen in amazement, but they had to admit that the emperor's statement had a certain amount of truth, and the perspective of considering the problem was also very unique, but considering himself, there were still not many supporters.

In the end, Zhu Yunwen ordered Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to inspect the canal to ensure that the main artery of north-south traffic was unblocked.

Zhu Yunwen Juntong Canal is not to restore the water transport, but to facilitate the transportation of goods from the north to the south, so that in the north of the Ming Dynasty has formed a situation of equal emphasis on shipping and river transport, bulk goods by sea, bulk cargo, pedestrians by canal. As for the smaller goods, the post roads were taken, and thanks to the cement, the construction of the post roads was greatly accelerated. Zhu Yunwen ordered the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War to design the country's main roads, and the political envoys and the capital department to design the roads in their jurisdictions, and the road construction situation was also officially included in the scope of evaluation.