Fang Yuan condescended to the dignity, and poured wine for the two of them with his own hands, which shocked the hearts of the two of them, Fang Yuan's position was clearly a salute before the soldiers, and now the etiquette is more thoughtful, and the important things to be discussed after that will inevitably become more important.

The two glanced at each other again, and sat opposite Fang Yuan with a heavy heart.

Fang Yuan smiled, raised his glass and drank with the two, still not talking about business.

Xi Benzhen, who was outside the official mansion, couldn't help but ask, "Regent, what is the important thing you want to ask me for, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Fang Yuan slowly put the wine glass, looked at the two of them, and said straight to the point, "I want to move the capital!" ”

Wang Bingjian and Xi Benzhen looked at each other, and before they came, they had thought as much as possible about important events, perhaps they wanted the two of them to collect military expenses, and even asked the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan to donate military expenses, which was within their expectations.

At present, the nominal military and political center of the Jiangnan regime is in Nanjing, but in fact it is in Suzhou Prefecture, and both the cabinet and the Taihu military base are all in Suzhou Prefecture. Fang Yuan suddenly wanted to move the capital, which really surprised the two.

Wang Bingjian asked, "The regent wants to move to Nanjing?" When you get there, it's easy to have a dislike with the prince of the prison country! ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "I am not moving to Nanjing, but to Fengyang, at least before dominating the world, I will temporarily move to Fengyang." After the unification of the world, the real address of the capital will be further decided. ”

The address of the capital in his mind turned out to be Fengyang in Jiangbei, not only Wang Bingjian and the others, but even Chen Yuanyuan was stunned, stopped singing, and looked at Fang Yuan in a daze.

Wang Bingjian said in a lost voice, "Regent, Fengyang is in the land of the four battles in Jiangbei, Sun Chuanting in the north, and Li Zicheng in the west, there is no danger to defend, and it is within the strike range of the enemy's half-moon march. If there is a mistake, it will repeat the mistakes of the civil fort of the past! ”

He obviously did not approve of moving the capital to Fengyang, and even Fang Yuan's proposal to move the capital was opposed, and it was not possible to move to Nanjing.

Fang Yuan nodded thoughtfully, looked at Xi Benzhen and asked, "Master Xi, what do you think?" ”

Xi Benzhen was silent for a while, and then he knew the purpose of Fang Yuan's invitation to an idle cloud and wild crane. If Wang Bingjian represents the government affairs system of the Jiangnan regime, then he represents the wealthy businessmen of the Jiangnan economic system.

Now Fang Yuan left more than 100,000 of the most elite Xuanjia troops in Fengyang, and did not withdraw to the Taihu military base, obviously the military was on Fang Yuan's side and agreed to move the capital to Fengyang.

The military's support is also easy to understand, because only by constantly fighting foreign wars can the military's interests be preserved for a long time. If Fang Yuan decided to live in Jiangnan, the role of the military would be greatly reduced, and it would be impossible for the military to tilt toward the military in terms of funds and power.

Fengyang Mansion is closer to Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and if you want to start a war with both sides, the cavalry can come to the city within ten days, and there is no need for a long march. Therefore, whether it is in terms of the overall interests of the military or specific strategies and tactics, the military also supports the relocation of the capital to Fengyang.

Fang Yuan's purpose in calling the two was already about to come out, that is, to explore the tone of the political and economic system. If one of the two thinks that it is feasible to move the capital, the other person will inevitably be unable to support it alone, and the matter of moving the capital is ironclad. Only when the two of them oppose it together can it be possible to dispel Fang Yuan's idea of moving the capital.

Therefore, Wang Bingjian, the old fox of officialdom, saw through Fang Yuan's thoughts at a glance, hesitated too much at all, and directly rejected Fang Yuan's proposal with a clear banner, and then it was up to Xi Benzhen to say something.

Xi Benzhen opened his mouth and said, "Regent, if you want to move the capital to Fengyang, you must rebuild Fengyang, and there are two difficulties. ”

"First, to rebuild Fengyang, it is not only necessary to rebuild the palace, the government institutions, as Wang Ge Lao said, but also to rebuild the fortifications of Fengyang, otherwise there will be a disaster of Jingkang. This amount of money is expensive, at least three million taels of silver! Does the regent plan to spend this money from the household or from the regent's palace? ”

The problem that can be solved with silver is not a problem, Fang Yuan has made a lot of money through the welfare lottery in the past two years, and the treasury of the palace has a surplus of at least forty or fifty thousand taels of silver. In addition, this time he snatched back more than one million taels of silver from Gao Jie, which is more than enough to cope with three million taels of silver.

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "The problem of silver is not from the household department, but from me to pay for it, what about the second difficulty?" ”

Xi Benzhen said, "Second, if Fengyang wants to be the capital, it must be prosperous and sufficient. Historically, when the capital was moved, it was inevitable that the wealthy merchants and wealthy households would be moved to the new capital to create a prosperous and prosperous atmosphere. Is the regent planning to move some of the rich merchants and wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River to Fengyang? ”

At this point, it is estimated that the rich businessmen and wealthy households in Jiangnan will not agree. Because Jiangnan has long formed a prosperous and prosperous business environment, it is very convenient to go south to Zhejiang or north to Huaiyang. If you move to Fengyang, the west is full of Liukou and refugees from Henan, the north is the northern imperial court, and the south is too far to go to Jiangnan or Zhejiang. Only to the east is closer to Huaiyang, but the rich merchants and wealthy households in Huai'an Mansion have just been destroyed by Sun Chuanting's department, and there will be no business opportunities in a few years. Moreover, Huai'an Mansion is still the territory of King Lu, and Jiangnan businessmen want to share a piece of Huai salt, and it is estimated that they will have to take off a layer of skin after passing the pass of King Lu. ”

Xi Benzhen reasoned and refuted the significant impact that Fang Yuan's relocation of the capital to Fengyang had on the economy of Jiangnan and the circle of wealthy businessmen and wealthy households, leaving Fang Yuan speechless and indefensible.

Fang Yuan asked in a deep voice, "If I hand over the project of rebuilding Fengyang to the wealthy businessmen of the business association to subcontract, and also auction off the houses of the military and political institutions left over from Suzhou Prefecture, and even my Canglang Pavilion, to them, will they agree to this plan to move the capital?" ”

He couldn't be convinced, and then threw the bait of sugar-coated cannonballs. No businessmen are not greedy for profit, according to Fang Yuan's estimate, the big order of rebuilding Fengyang alone is enough to make those merchants flock to it. What's more, the regent mansion of Suzhou Mansion and the houses of the Cabinet Mansion are all in the most prime location, and the surrounding land price has long been every inch of land, and if it is auctioned to those merchants to make a profit, it will inevitably make a lot of money. Even if you don't make a profit from it, if you can live in the Canglang Pavilion where the regent lived, what kind of boasting of capital, even if you sell it for a million taels, someone will come to fight for it.

Xi Benzhen also saw through Fang Yuan's thoughts, and said in a deep voice, "Regent, the nature of a businessman is that favorable things naturally flock to him. If the regent threw out a big order of three million taels of silver, or even the real estate of Suzhou Mansion, those merchants would naturally be eager to try. If you want them to support the relocation of the capital, they may agree. However, the nature of the merchants is that they can't afford to be early if they are not profitable, and when they really want to do their duty to move the capital, they will inevitably push back and hinder, and the implementation will be greatly discounted, I am afraid that it will provoke the regent's anger! ”

Xi Benzhen stood up, and Chong Fang Yuan bowed his hand and said, "Regent, I am not from the official palace, and I shouldn't make irresponsible remarks about the regent's opinion. But I can't help but be ashamed of the fact that the Lord Regent has placed faith in me and invited me to participate in such an important deliberation. Regent, if you want to hear it, you will listen to it, and if you don't want to hear it, it will be like me being drunk and talking nonsense. ”

Fang Yuan stared at Xi Benzhen, who was righteous and insistent, and nodded secretly, Xi Benzhen analyzed the nature of the businessman to the bone. It is foreseeable and inevitable that businessmen will seek profits, and favorable things will rush to them, and perfunctory responsibilities will be perfunctory for things that are not profitable.

And Fengyang Mansion, from a commercial point of view, whether it is the business environment or the business atmosphere, it is far from enough to attract those businessmen to give up the foundation of Jiangnan. Unless they sent the Xuanjia Army to escort them there, they would never choose to take the initiative to settle in Fengyang.

If the Xuanjia Army were to be dispatched to solve the problem of moving the capital, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the economy of Jiangnan, and it would also completely violate the principle of economic development.

Xi Benzhen did give a reasonable reason to convince Fang Yuan that he could not move the rich businessmen and wealthy households to Fengyang. Presumably, Zhu Yuanzhang did not forcibly move the capital back then, but also out of similar considerations.

Fang Yuan was already inclined to Xi Benzhen's statement in his heart, if the money bag could not be moved to Fengyang, Fang Yuan would be inclined to another compromise plan that he had been thinking about for a long time.