Exiting the chat group, Wen Tiren looked at the classified recitals placed on his desk, looked up at his colleagues, and suddenly sighed: "Look at it, most of the current recitals are from the south. There are so many things going on in the south! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Xieyuan, the new assistant minister, stopped working, put down the brush, and said with a smile: "Northern Mongolia, Jianyu and everything have been pacified by my Ming Dynasty, so naturally there are a lot of things missing!" And in the south, there are many vassal states in the South Seas, and there are so many things just for trade, which can't be compared at all! ”

Xue Guoguan listened, and also joined in the fun: "This side of the north, the land is vast and sparsely populated, as long as there is food to be guaranteed, it is very safe." The South is different, with more people than others, and there are many hurricanes, tsunamis, torrential rains, and so on. ”

Another auxiliary minister, Zhang Zhifa, did not suspect anything, and said on this matter: "Now that I have a lot of trade at sea in the Ming Dynasty, it is naturally a lot of things in the south. ”

Wen Tiren listened, smiled on his face, nodded and said: "Even the income of the treasury, most of it is related to that side, and it is related to maritime trade. If we can work nearby, our Daming's work efficiency can increase a lot! ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the cabinet was suddenly silent!

None of them were stupid, and they immediately understood the meaning of Wen Tiren's words. No wonder Shoufu suddenly came to such an emotion, the feelings are because of this! However, the Ming Dynasty has been in Beijing for hundreds of years, and it is all in Beijing, if the capital is moved, is it too big?

In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, set the capital to celebrate and changed his name to Yingtianfu, that is, Nanjing.

In 1421, that is, in the nineteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved the capital to Shuntianfu and became the current Jingshi.

After the death of Ming Chengzu, Ming Renzong ascended the throne. Ming Renzong is the fat man Zhu Gaochi, he has been the crown prince in Nanjing for a long time, after ascending the throne, in the face of the dilapidated Beiping Palace, he immediately had the intention of returning the capital to Nanjing, and ordered the repair of the Nanjing Palace. In addition, the original seal letter of the six departments of Beiping was withdrawn, and the new seal letter was reprinted with "Xing Zai", which was equivalent to abolishing the status of Beiping as a Beijing teacher.

However, Akihito's reign was short, and he died less than a year later, and at this time, the actual action of the capital had not yet begun. Although Renzong's edict strongly stated his desire to return the capital, his son did not do so, because his son, Ming Xuanzong, lived in Beijing and had a very good relationship with his grandfather Zhu Di, and did not want to go back to Nanjing.

By the time of Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, this matter was determined, and the capital would not be moved.

But no one expected that hundreds of years later, Shousuke would provoke this matter again. For a moment, there was silence in the cabinet.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhifa, an auxiliary minister from Shandong, immediately admonished: "It hasn't changed for hundreds of years, can An bring up this matter again?" And moving the capital is a matter of great importance, labor and money, and my Ming state affairs have just improved, so we must not interrupt it! ”

However, several other ministers of the cabinet had their own thoughts, and they did not think that the first assistant would mention this matter for no reason. Thinking of the personnel changes in the past year, coupled with the fact that Shoufu has always been the emperor's leader, many of them suddenly realized that it could be the emperor who moved the idea of moving the capital!

They were thinking like this, but Wen Tiren spread his hands and said to Zhang Zhifa with a smile: "The old man didn't say anything about moving the capital, Xian Song said this, think about it carefully, it seems that if I move the capital back to Nanjing, it is indeed a good idea!" ”

"......" Zhang Zhifa was speechless when he heard it, is this pot going to be carried by himself? But what you just said, isn't that what you just said about moving the capital?

Wen Tiren didn't care about him, still looked at his colleagues with a smile, and continued: "To be honest, the land of Daming is not the beginning of the founding of the country now, and the emergence of steam ships has made water transportation and sea transportation the main way of travel in the future. Nanjing has the convenience of the Yangtze River, whether it is to contact me in the southeast and northwest of the Ming Dynasty, or to contact many feudal states, it will be very convenient! Judging from various causes and effects, Nanjing is now the capital of our Ming Dynasty, and Xiansong's proposal is very good, and the old man is very much in favor of it. What do you think? ”

In fact, it was the Ming Dynasty that regarded Beiping as its capital, and other Central Plains dynasties generally chose Guanzhong or the Central Plains as their capital. At the beginning, Beiping still relied on Zhu Di's forcible relocation of wealthy merchants from Jiangnan, Shanxi and other places to make Jingshi slowly prosperous.

If it was said before that Beiping "has a majestic terrain, consolidated mountains and rivers, all countries in all directions, and the road is suitable for everything", if the capital is moved here, it can resist the threat of Mongolia, and can occupy favorable terrain and control all parts of the south, then this situation is actually no longer applicable in today's Ming Dynasty.

As soon as Zhu Xieyuan and the others among the auxiliary ministers heard this, they immediately agreed, and the southerners naturally liked to return to Nanjing.

But among the auxiliary ministers, Xue Guoguan is also a northerner, and he is also from Shaanxi, seeing that Zhang Zhifa was yin by Wen Tiren, he hesitated a little, but he couldn't make a sound, so he still opened his mouth and objected: "Now that the war between the north and Tsarist Russia is about to start, there are many things, and the capital is moved to Nanjing, and the lower officials think it is inappropriate!" ”

As soon as Zhu Xieyuan heard this, he immediately retorted: "What is there to worry about in Tsarist Russia, a seventeen-year-old boy can return with eight hundred horsemen with a big victory." Not to mention, our Ming Dynasty has already made enough preparations on the side of the Heavenly Province. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then said, "Besides, if there is war in the north, is there no war in the south?" In any case, the Mughal Dynasty is still very strong today, and it has been ready to go, and most of the Xiyi have come from the sea. And many things, if I move the capital to Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, it will be more beneficial. And again......"

From a military point of view, Zhu Xieyuan has been leading troops abroad for a long time, and he can say more than Xue Guoguan. He was talking there, and Xue Guoguan had no room to interject at all.

Zhu Xieyuan's tirade was finally finished, and before Xue Guoguan could refute it, Wen Tiren took the lead and said: "Okay, okay, since Xiansong proposed to move the capital, and everyone discussed it so hotly, then you might as well write to the emperor and make this matter public." Whether to move the capital or not is ultimately up to the emperor to decide. ”

Zhang Zhifa has never had a chance to speak, and when he heard Wen Tiren throw the pot on him again, and when he really wanted to speak, Zhu Xieyuan laughed and snatched his words again: "Okay, Shoufu's proposal is good, no matter what, we are courtiers after all, and the emperor still has to have the final say!" ”

As soon as he said this, Zhang Zhifa held back, everyone had already pointed out that the courtiers had no right to decide, should they oppose it again and exceed the duty of the courtiers?

Wen Tiren naturally understood the grievances in Zhang Zhifa's heart, so he heard him say with a smile: "Hengyue is right! In this way, we will write down all the reasons for moving the capital and submit them all to the emperor, and the emperor will decide! ”

Actually, the best thing is that it didn't happen. But if it is brought forward, there are many officials in the south in the DPRK and China, needless to say, even if the emperor does not agree to the matter of moving the capital, it will definitely make a big fuss. At that time, if the capital is successfully moved, Wen Tiren will not be able to run away from Zhang Zhifa's initiative.

No matter what, now I can only hope that the emperor is unwilling to toss.

However, what Zhang Zhifa didn't know was that as soon as Emperor Chongzhen saw the music sent over, he knew that Wen Tiren had done a good job!

In fact, the matter of moving the capital was Emperor Chongzhen's idea. With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, moving the capital to Nanjing is more beneficial to the control of the Ming Dynasty and the expansion of the world by the Ming Dynasty. The transportation of Beijing is too inconvenient without water conservancy.

The national policy after the Ming Dynasty, since it is to be globalized, the sea route is the most important one. The Yangtze River leads to the sea, no matter where you go, with a steamer that doesn't have to worry about the wind direction, it will be much more convenient!

In addition, there is another point, the Jiangnan side has always been the fashion of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the economic center of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, whether it is military, political or cultural, Nanjing will be more suitable than Jingshi!

Therefore, as soon as the chapter came up, Emperor Chongzhen let his courtiers discuss it publicly, which made the southern officials very happy, and they were saying that this was the emperor's New Year's gift!

Of course, the officials in the north strongly opposed it, but their number of high-ranking officials such as the Eight Ministries and Nine Secretaries, and the Cabinet Auxiliary Ministers was pitiful. Even Sun Chengzong, who went home to retire, wrote a letter to express his willingness to oppose it, but in the end, it could not stop the approval of most officials. The most important thing is that the emperor's will is also to go south.

Therefore, in the last few days before the Chinese New Year, Emperor Chongzhen decided to return to Nanjing in the coming year.

This news came out, and it was also very bad news for the people of Beijing. However, they could not affect the decision-making of the imperial court, and could only scold those who proposed to move the capital, so Zhang Zhifa was miserable!

After the will to return the capital to Nanjing came down, Zhang Zhifa continued to write to resign. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not agree, and instead sent him to Nanjing to prepare for the return of the capital.

Compared with Jingshi's side, Ying Tianfu celebrated, and the firecrackers sold several times better than the previous New Year, and even many people rushed to Ying Tianfu to buy a house. The house price is going up slowly. The specific plan of Huandu has not yet come out, and the housing prices in Yingtianfu have already doubled.

After the New Year, it is the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and since the beginning of the year, the biggest topic of discussion is the matter of Nanjing.

Of course, the relocation of the capital, although there is the existence of the capital, there are a lot of things to be done accordingly, involving all aspects, and it will not be possible to move for a while. At the same time, elsewhere, what to do or what is being done.

For example, on the side of the Japanese Kingdom, a large number of warships sailed to the stations in the Americas. And Goa has been defeated, in addition to the people, there must be a considerable garrison to prevent the Mughal dynasty from taking advantage of the chaos to loot. The vassal kings of Goa are also in the auction.

One thing, to the frustration of Emperor Chongzhen, was that Svera ran away again, and the Portuguese who caught him said that he seemed to have run back to Portugal. In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen still has a little regret.

But if you think about it carefully, Chongzhen doesn't care. This is also beneficial, and if you go back to Portugal, you will also be famous!

Thinking of this, another fugitive, who was also very slippery, could not be run away this time. If you run away again, you may be able to harm a lot of overseas Mingren!

Thinking so, he made a decree to Wu Sangui, who had arrived in the Americas, through the chat group. When the war against Mexico starts, no matter what, Liu Xiang can't be allowed to run anymore.

At the same time, the English envoys, who had lobbied around in Europe, had also returned to England one after another to inform Charles I of the situation.

For Charles I, the situation was not as good as expected. The greatest advantage of trade with the big countries in the East, whether it is friendly cooperation with them or forcing them to bow their heads, is that the goods of the East can be monopolized on the European side, so that there are huge profits.

Therefore, each country has its own plans, and does not agree to lobby as Charles I thought.

The Portuguese, for example, had a calculating plan to occupy the lion kingdom and block the road to the east, so they were not enthusiastic about forming alliances against the great powers of the east. In particular, the plan to conquer the entire Lion Kingdom went well, and the Governor of Colombo, Shwila, brought back a shipload of wealth, which made the Portuguese feel that this move was the most appropriate.

And the Spaniards, at this time, already knew that Luzon was robbed by the great powers of the East, but now they are more focused on the American side, and your other countries are still robbing his treasure ships, so it is strange that they can cooperate!

France currently has no colonies in the East, and is not very willing to form alliances and confront the great powers of the East. More often, they wanted to develop colonies in North Africa.

However, the Netherlands replied to Charles I's request for an alliance, but it was really because the Dutch East India Company suffered too much loss, not only was the Batavia base robbed, but even the huge fleet sent to the Far East was wiped out, which made the Dutch realize that the rise of the Eastern powers on the sea posed a serious threat to the maritime hegemony of the Dutch.

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All in all, as far as the current continent is concerned, Charles I has only received a response from the Dutch, and the rest of the world, most of them, are only prevaricating, or perfunctory, or simply want to be fishermen, thinking about the good thing of the snipe and the clam competing with each other.

Charles I was very angry about this: "They are all a group of incompetent people with a small eye of the mouse, the size of the Ming country, the abundance of products, once you start to pay attention to the outside, it is a male lion who wakes up, who can compete with it?" Taking advantage of the fact that Ming Guo began to pay attention to the sea, he beat them back at once, so that it could be profitable, don't they understand? ”

When he heard about the huge fleet of the country, he knew that the countries of Europe had to unite before they could fight against the great power of the East!

While Charles I was angry, someone from outside came to report that Captain Weddell had returned, saying that he had brought back good news. This surprised him a little, and he hurriedly ordered a summons.