Chapter VII Relocation of the Capital
After Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang revoked the post of prime minister. It is equivalent to a country with only ministries and commissions, and no prime minister.
But no matter how energetic a person is, it is impossible to be busy with everything. Zhu Yuanzhang likes to do everything himself, but Zhu Di doesn't have as much spirit as him, so now he has a cabinet, that is, the secretariat.
At the time of the emperor's hegemony, the cabinet was initially created, and it had no real power, nor did it have the power it later had.
Xie Jin is only 34 years old this year, and he is the head of the cabinet, but he is only equivalent to a big secretary.
The entire cabinet is less than 100 people, except for seven cabinet members, and the total number of clerks is less than 100.
Although the area of Wenyuan Pavilion is not large, it is enough to accommodate them.
Since Zhu Zhanji's soul became a tour, he doesn't like to be hugged, and when the distance is close, he doesn't want to sit in a sedan chair.
I like to carry a small wooden knife from Zheng He around my waist all day long, wander around, and exercise my body.
Along the way, everyone saw him, even if they didn't know him, and saw him followed by two long entourages and four little eunuchs, they all knew who he was, and they all leaned over to say hello.
Entering Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhu Zhanji saw Zhu Di's imperial guard of honor stationed in the courtyard, and then knew why Xie Jin didn't go to announce his dismissal.
With the class assignments he studied today, Zhu Zhanji didn't care what national affairs were being talked about inside, so he went straight in.
Several guards didn't dare to stop them, so they could only salute loudly. "I've seen His Royal Highness."
He is still young, and there are some things that need to be taboo, but he doesn't have to worry too much.
If Zhu Di hadn't come, he would have let people spread the word, and it would be good to see him alone.
But now that Zhu Di is here, the first thing he, who is a grandson, should show is joy, not avoidance.
Alienating Zhu Di at a young age because of avoidance, this is not a good thing, and it will end up with a thoughtful evaluation.
He dared to swagger inside, but several eunuchs did not dare to follow up and stamped their feet outside.
In the hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, when he heard the voice of the guards, a voice paused and continued: "The land of Wuzhi Beiping is barren, and the capital has been moved here, so it is necessary to continuously transport grain from the south to Jingshi to increase the burden on the people. Six ......"
At this time, Zhu Di shouted: "Sun Aiqing doesn't need to say much, the capital is not the national capital, and I have no intention of moving the capital today." ”
"Move the capital, why move the capital?"
Everyone looked at Zhu Zhanji, who had just come in and was swaggering like a little adult.
When the emperor spoke, no one dared to interrupt him, and this was probably the first time that Zhu Di had been interrupted since he became emperor.
However, in the face of Zhu Zhanji, he was not angry, but smiled gently: "Why doesn't Ji'er return to the inner palace, your imperial grandmother is afraid that she will have to wait for you to eat together." ”
Zhu Zhanji walked through the ministers and walked towards Zhu Di, the great eunuch Wang Yan stretched out his hand to help, but he gently waved his hand to stop him. When he came to Zhu Di, he bowed to the end and straightened up before saying: "I have seen the emperor's grandfather, I can still get by without a meal, but I can't pass a wrong law." ”
Zhu Di smiled and asked, "What is right or wrong?" ”
"It is right to benefit the people, but it is wrong for the people to have no livelihood."
"Is it right or wrong to move the capital?"
Zhu Zhanji said loudly in front of everyone: "It is right to stand up, and it is wrong to build a country." ”
The smile on Zhu Di's face was a little embarrassed, because almost no one was in favor of moving the capital, so he used roundabout tactics to accompany the capital first. But when he came to his grandson, he even said that it was wrong to move.
He coughed lightly and asked, "Could it be that Ji'er is reluctant to respond to the prosperity of Tianfu?" So don't approve of moving the capital? ”
Zhu Zhanji went up two steps, leaned on Zhu Di's lap, looked at him and said, "My grandson was born in the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping, and I grew up there since I was a child. The queen of heaven has also been in the palace and has never been to the market. So where is the prosperity of the grandson does not know. ”
"Then why don't you approve of moving the capital?"
Zhu Zhanji said loudly: "My grandson studied the Three Character Classic some time ago and saw my map of the Ming Dynasty. Since ancient times, the dynasties of the Central Plains have changed, except for the 100-year period of the invasion of the Mongol and Yuan dynasties, the capital of the north, and no other dynasties have deviated from the Central Plains. Although I was born in Beiping, which is my hometown, I also know that it is not suitable to be the national capital. ”
In this era, no one can know better than him the mistakes of setting the capital of Beiping.
The pressures of pollution and population explosion do not need to be considered now, and the food problem alone has brought a heavy burden to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
A consumer-oriented city with a population of more than one million people is like a giant bloodsucking worm, absorbing the resources around the capital.
In an era when the north could not be self-sufficient in food, a northern capital consumed too many resources.
Moreover, there is still a shortage of water in Beiping, so I don't feel it when there are few people, but when there are many people......
Secondly, although the capital of Beiping has a high evaluation in history as "the Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country and the king dies", in fact, whether it is politically or militarily, it will do more harm than good.
The historical pro-opinion on Yongle's relocation of the capital held that because the capital was close to the Great Wall, the central government could effectively manage and mobilize troops to defend against invasion.
Zhu Di himself used Beiping as a base for the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty in five Northern Expeditions, and the advantages of Beiping in military command were incomparable to those of Nanjing, which was in the rear.
At the same time, the momentum of the Son of Heaven's garrison and the fact that the imperial palace and the mausoleum of the first emperor were on the front line made the court more determined to resist in the face of crises; For example, after the Tumubao Incident and the destruction of the Ping army, the Ming Dynasty resolutely organized the defense of Beiping, rather than abandoning the north like the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty.
The historical opposition believes that on the one hand, the relocation of the capital to Beiping has caused huge pressure on the finances of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, the status of Beiping has been sharply improved, so that the entire northern defense line has shrunk inward and concentrated in Beiping, which has destroyed the balanced configuration of the northern border defense during the Ming Taizu.
After Zhu Zhanji gave up Kaiping and the three guards in history, the Ming army had no stronghold outside the Great Wall, which exposed the two wings of Beiping and lost its strategic depth, so that the Beijing division was under the direct threat of foreign enemies for a long time, and it was also an important reason why Mongolia was in the desert in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and Jurchen was in Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty.
Regarding the relocation of the capital of Yongle, if it didn't coincide with the meeting today, Zhu Zhanji would not have thought of this incident at all, so he was completely unprepared.
But this matter is too related, and even affects the historical changes in the next few hundred years, if you want Zhu Di, who is bent on moving the capital, to change his mind, Zhu Zhanji must come up with a suitable reason.
If he is an adult, he can talk about it casually, but he is only a six-year-old child now, and it is doubly difficult to convince Zhu Di.
Zhu Di looked at his grandson with a smile, wanting to hear what legitimate reasons this six-year-old guy had.
Zhu Zhanji also felt that he was Alexander, and this matter should not be something he should be involved in. But since it's the right time, if you don't change history, then what kind of time-traveler is it!
So he just thought about it for a while, and then said: "My grandson needs to wear five layers of clothes in Beiping in winter, and when he arrives in Yingtian, he only needs four layers." The yield per mu in Beiping is less than three stones, but Yingtian has a yield of more than four stones per mu, and the grain in Beiping is insufficient. In addition, the construction of a new palace requires countless manpower and material resources, making life even more difficult for the people. ”
Zhu Di smiled and asked, "Is there no other reason?" ”
If you are twenty-six years old, even if you are only sixteen years old, you can reason and present the facts with reason, but at this age, it is too embarrassing.
He could only shake his head.
Zhu Di touched his head and said with a smile: "But the capital of the country is in the north, so you can get close to the grassland and defeat the Mongolian people!" ”
Zhu Zhanji shouted: "That's even more impossible. Whoever fights will stick out their necks first and let others catch them before fighting! ”
The ministers didn't dare to interject at first, but when they heard Zhu Zhanji say this, some ministers couldn't help but kneel down and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince is wise, although this is vulgar, it is also just, please think twice, Your Majesty." ”
Zhu Di was a war maniac, and he moved the capital in order to be close to the grassland and compete with the Mongolian people.
But he is also a strategic master, and he was also touched by Zhu Zhanji's words.
He glanced at the minister kneeling on the ground, and said indifferently: "Su Aiqing is flat, the proposal to move the capital has not been decided, and now I am just considering establishing a capital in the north, so that I can use troops against the grassland." The matter ...... Let's talk about it again, Zhong Aiqing, please come back...... Xie Aiqing, please stay. ”
The ministers bowed one after another. "Yes!"
Shouldn't it be said? Just say yes.
Zhu Zhanji was a little puzzled, and he didn't understand what the ministers should say at this time.
He didn't know that his first appearance in front of several major ministers had already left an almost perfect impression in the minds of the ministers.
At the age of six, he was able to talk to the emperor eloquently, and what he said was reasonable.
In front of dozens of people, he did not have the slightest fear, and dared to reason with the irascible Zhu Di.
This son of the world is definitely competent in front of this group of ministers!
In the lobby, Zhu Di asked about Zhu Zhanji's homework, and when he saw today's classwork, he asked directly: "Liang Tangjin and Han Zhou said that the five dynasties all have a reason, do you know what this sentence means?" ”
Zhu Zhanji said in a child's tone: "The teacher told me that after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou were the five new forces, and they were called the first five dynasties, because they did not have a long history and did not have the foundation to be called the dynasty, so they were called the five dynasties. ”
Zhu Di snorted, put away the homework he wrote and asked Xie Jin: "Xie Shi Read, how is the study progress of the prince?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, the son of the world is smart, and the three-character scripture has been learned. In order not to make him feel bored, the minister was also telling him about hundreds of family names and thousands of poems and thousands of words. ”
Zhu Di said gently: "The son of the world is still young, and some things should not be contacted too early, and don't let irrelevant people approach the son of the world in the future." ”
"The minister doesn't dare, except for the three hundred thousand thousand people who have learned from Mengxue, without the permission of His Majesty, the minister does not dare to make a false claim."
"What's going on with the map?"
Zhu Zhanji understood, and immediately pulled the corner of Zhu Di's clothes and said, "Grandpa Huang, the map was not found by the teacher, I asked Yu Xian to find it from Tianyi Pavilion." ”
"Why do you want to see it?"
"I want to know where Kyushu is! Otherwise, how can you figure out the three-character scripture! ”
Zhu Di picked him up and laughed: "Then what you said to me today, no one taught you?" ”
"The grandson doesn't let people teach, and the grandson understands it by himself."
"That's good! Ji'er is smart, don't be taken advantage of by someone with a heart. Excuse me, read and step aside. Dogs, swing and drive. ”
(continues to weakly beg for votes...... )