Moving the capital to Nanjing is probably the wish of the Ming kings of the past dynasties. What do you say about the Son of Heaven guarding the country, if you have a choice, which Son of Heaven is willing to stay in this bitter cold land in the north, dozens of miles to the north is the grassland, and I am always worried that the Tartars on the grassland will break through.

How good Nanjing is, the land of gold powder in the Six Dynasties, there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, even if the north falls, you can also rely on holding the Jianghuai and emulating the former Song Dynasty to protect half of the country. What's more, Nanjing has the wind flow of the Qinhuai River and the wealth of the land of fish and rice, which is the best place as the national capital.

Now there are full of Tartars outside the pass, there are thieves entrenched in the Central Plains, the Ming Dynasty has reached the verge of defeat, if you can move the capital to Nanjing, according to the Jianghuai, keep half of the country should be no problem

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Chongzhen looked at it with excitement, and it was Zuo Zhongyun and Li Mingrui who spoke.

"Your Majesty can take the princes, kings and hundreds of officials to move the capital to Nanjing, and Beijing only needs to leave one important minister to stay. Nanjing has six departments, and soldiers can be recruited from the taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, so that it only takes a few years to return to the Northern Expedition, fight the Central Plains with the thieves, and restore the homeland. There is the story of the Southern Song Dynasty in front of you, and Your Majesty can follow it. ”

Li Mingrui talked eloquently and said the benefits of moving the capital one by one. Chongzhen listened carefully with excitement.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is Zuo Zhongyun's words?" Chongzhen smiled and looked at his assistants, but what disappointed him was that whether it was the cabinet scholars, or the scholars of the Sixth Department, or even the senior officials of the Jiuqing Temple of the Hanlin Academy of the Zhan Mansion, they all lowered their heads, no one was willing to speak, and no one stood up to echo Li Mingrui's words.

Chongzhen's heart suddenly cooled, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on his head.

"Motosuke, what is your opinion?" Chongzhen asked the new first assistant Wei Zaode.

"Your Majesty, the matter of moving the capital is a major matter, you must not be cautious, you must not think clearly, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate to move when you think clearly." Wei Zaode said it, but did not make it clear whether he was for or against.

"What do you think?" Chongzhen asked the other ministers again, but to his disappointment, no one came forward and echoed the proposal to move the capital.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks what Li Zhongyun said is very true, and the capital should be moved to Nanjing!" A voice suddenly sounded, Chongzhen looked at it when he heard it, and was disappointed to find that it was Gong Yonggu, the commander of the horses, who spoke. Gong Yonggu is just a colt without a trace of power, even if he agrees, what is the use?

In fact, you can't blame the ministers for not saying anything, because Chongzhen's behavior has broken the hearts of the ministers. In his reign of more than 16 years, Chongzhen has changed 50 first assistants, with an average of less than four months for each first assistant. Changed 11 criminal department secretaries, 14 military department secretaries, killed 7 governors, killed 11 governors, and forced one to death.

As an official in the Chongzhen Dynasty, everyone has to tremble, not to mention the merits, if there is a slight mistake, they will definitely be severely punished.

Take moving the capital as an example, I am afraid that most people agree with the suggestion of moving the capital, and it is of course much better to be an official in the warm and rich Jiangnan than in the bitter cold land of Beijing. But no one dares to echo it, and there will definitely be ministers left behind in Beijing while moving the capital. Even if he didn't stay and went to Nanjing with him, once Beijing fell, he might have suffered for others because he echoed the proposal to move the capital. It's better to be silent, it's better to keep your mouth shut honestly and let others come out!

As a result, there was a strange phenomenon that most of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty agreed with the relocation of the capital in their hearts, but no one dared to echo it.

At the critical moment, there were spoilers again, and the proposal to move the capital was completely smashed.

"Your Majesty, Li Mingrui's proposal to move the capital is a fallacy, please behead Li Mingrui to thank the world!" In the middle of the incident, Guang Shiheng jumped out and pointed at Li Mingrui and shouted.

"How is it a fallacy?" Chongzhen's face turned completely cold, and he looked at Guang Shiheng with disgust.

"Since Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, it has been more than 220 years, relying on the Son of Heaven to guard the country, relying on the nine sides, resisting countless attacks by Mongolia and Manchuria, which has preserved the Ming Dynasty. If there is no Son of Heaven to guard the country, I am afraid that the entire north will no longer be owned by the Ming Dynasty.

Every inch of the territory of the Ming Dynasty was laid down by Emperor Taizu with the blood of the martyrs, how can he give up easily? Those who echo this remark are all ministers of Gou An who misled the country!

Li Mingrui said that he imitated the story of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty was conquered by Jin soldiers after Kaifeng was captured by Jin soldiers, and Gaozong settled in Nanjing. At present, Beijing is still there, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the nine sides, and there are tens of thousands of elites in Beijing. Li Mingrui's words are clearly a curse to Beijing for not protecting the existence of the community, such a traitorous person, not killing him is not enough for the people to be angry and uphold the national law! ”

Guang Shiheng's big hats were buttoned down one after another, even Chongzhen was speechless, giving up Beijing is equivalent to discarding the foundation of the ancestors, who dares to bear this consequence?

"Your Majesty, the proposal to move the capital is inappropriate," At this time, Li Banghua, the imperial historian of the left capital, also stood up and put forward other opinions, "But the old minister thinks that it is indeed the moment of intermittent survival, and he has to be prepared."

Your Majesty is the honor of a country, and he should guard the society to boost morale. However, it is also necessary to make preparations with both hands, so that the prince can go south to Nanjing to supervise the country, and at the same time divide the kings, so that if Beijing is lost, the prince can ascend the throne in Nanjing, so that I will not have a rebellion without a king. The prince led the six civil and military departments of Nanjing, and he could also take the south as the foundation to protect half of my Ming Dynasty! ”

Yes! Chongzhen's eyes widened suddenly! If you follow this method, you still can't escape if you stay in Beijing, even if it is like a blessing from heaven, the armies from all walks of life resisted the thieves and kept Beijing, and the prince supervised Nanjing, maybe he will repeat the old drama of Tang Suzong's Lingwu ascending the throne, he is not yet forty years old, but he doesn't want to be the Tang Ming Emperor!

"Hmph," the more Chongzhen thought about it, the more angry he became, and sneered: "What is the truth of what Mr. said?" I have been running the world for more than ten years and still can't make money, what have my brothers and children done? Mr. has already talked about the strategy of war and defense, and there is no need to say anything else! ”

Feeling Chongzhen's thick anger, Li Banghua sighed and closed his mouth and stopped talking. Li Banghua's suggestion cannot be said to be a way to get the best of both worlds, but everyone has a selfish heart, Chongzhen himself can't sacrifice himself to let his son go to Nanjing no matter what, he is full of thoughts about moving the capital to Nanjing by himself, and leaving the prince in Beijing to supervise the country.

The matter has been discussed so far, and it can no longer be carried out. Chongzhen is in the way of his own face, no matter what, he will not take the initiative to say the words of moving the capital, the ministers know the emperor's mind but no one wants to come forward, and there is a-stirring stick like Guang Shiheng, and there is no point in discussing it anymore.

Chongzhen could only sigh and announce his retreat!