Chapter IV is undue

He Xi said: "The minister has always thought that the industrial revolution and social transformation cooperate with each other, first from one place and then to the world. Most convenient. And Liaodong is the most suitable. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Isn't Fengyang good? ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "This -------"

He didn't know how to answer that question.

Zhu Yuanzhang's idea is very simple.

Maybe He Xi didn't have many ideas. But Zhu Yuanzhang must consider political changes.

Now the Huaixi Group is in power, although Zhu Yuanzhang tried to split the Huaixi Group into several factions, each fighting for itself. But the Huaixi people, or the two Huai people, still have a pivotal position in the Ming court.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang has more trust in the old brothers of Huaixi than others.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi people were very popular in the imperial court, known as the Manchu Dynasty and half of Jiangxi, not that Jiangxi was the first to fall into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, which was regarded as a meritorious service. Lay the foundation for the rise of Jiangxi people in the imperial court. And Zhu Yuanzhang can be sure that if he follows He Xi's method. For a considerable part of the future, the court will be the world of the Liaodong people.

It's a given.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang has some thoughts about such a political pattern.

Because the Liaodong region has never been the basic plate of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that many people in Liaodong today are Koreans. In the future, there will be many Koreans who will become high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang a little dissatisfied.

As for the two resources of coal and iron, Liaodong is the best. However, in the whole Ming Dynasty, it is not only Liaodong that has the foundation for industrial development. For example, Fengyang, Xuzhou, north of Zhu Yuanzhang's Fengyang hometown, had iron ore in the Han Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, it was an important iron-smelting town.

Based on Xuzhou, taking into account Fengyang, the Huai River enters the sea. Isn't that really possible?

However, Zhu Yuanzhang soon gave up.

It's not that it can't be done, but the Yellow River.

This year, the Yellow River broke again, although it did not affect Fengyang. But there will come a time in the future. If the Yellow River can't be done in one day, it can't put real money into Fengyang.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Forget it." However, Liaodong is too biased. You also need to think about this. ”

He Xi said: "Yes." ”

As for when He Xi will be able to return to Liaodong, I don't know.

He Xi walked in the corridor outside the Qianqing Palace and sighed softly.

He wanted to go back to Liaodong so much. Not without reason.

The reason is the love of the prince.

Last year, the prince inspected Liaodong and looked at all the factories in Liaodong, all the confidential and non-confidential things, and the prince looked at them all over again. He really cares about the officials of Liaodong, especially those who have experience in setting up factories.

Repeatedly sealed.

Although they couldn't be promoted, they were all promoted to official positions, added money, and even made their wives and sons.

This made He Xi feel a sense of crisis.

The prince is clearly digging into He Xi's lair.

But He Xi had no choice.

The prince has too many advantages. It is true that all the officials under He Xi have a close relationship with He Xi. They are all people from He Xi's faction. Interests. But they are just close to He Xi. They are still officials of the Ming Dynasty. And not He Xi's private.

This is impossible to change.

The prince has a righteous name, and there will be no moral condemnation from He Xi to seek refuge in the prince. Even He Xi is not binding. And many people think that He Xi has a good relationship with the prince.

At least now, the contradiction between He Xi and the crown prince is still hidden under the water.

After a long time, Liaodong is really not He Xi.

In addition to losing the foundation of Liaodong, He Xi's power in the imperial court was greatly reduced.

This is also He Xi's most worrying thought.

It's just that the more this time, the more He Xi has to be open-minded, and even take the initiative to write to his subordinates. Let them cooperate fully with the prince. No matter how anxious you are, you have to endure it.

He Xi looked at the Forbidden City with red walls and golden tiles, and said secretly in his heart: "Prince, Prince, what do you want to do?" Are you so worried about me? ”

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If the prince is not at ease with He Xi, it is too much.

The crown prince is just the instinct of being a superior.

That's the most important thing, there must be a backup. You can't let the people below take care of it. If there's one thing, it's not going to work without someone. This is a very serious problem. Moreover, the disagreement between the prince and Zhu Yuanzhang on the future is only a matter of the degree to which one thing needs to be done, not whether to do it.

If you make an analogy, it is that what the prince wants to engage in is the Westernization movement, and what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to do is to change the law.

But in any case, the prince knew that industrialization, or the factories that had been built, were very important. You can't let one person have a monopoly. It's as if Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't tolerate the Ming army being monopolized by one faction.

The prince is planning with Mu Ying at the moment, a map of the new Beijing city.

The prince said, "Big brother, what do you think of those factories in Liaodong?" ”

Mu Ying recalled what he had seen in Liaodong, suddenly sighed, and said, "It's only been a few years, and the world seems to have become something I don't know." ”

He Xi's mode of promoting industrialization actually started with the Ordnance Bureau. bit by bit, there was the first fire, that is, Taiping Iron Works. It's just that the Taiping Iron Works is far away from Nanjing, and ordinary people can't see it. And the Taiping Iron Works supplied the army directly. Many people simply feel that the cost of weapons for the army has been greatly reduced.

Every pair of armor used to be a treasure, but now it doesn't hurt to throw one by one.

And when Mu Ying saw thousands of workers, working together and working together, it was as if she saw an army rolling in with unstoppable footsteps.

Mu Ying didn't have enough knowledge to judge what impact such a production model had. But he knows the importance of these factories. Even he keenly felt that who could control these factories in the future would have stronger combat effectiveness.

In the past, when judging the combat strength of a country, it was necessary to combine how many people there were in the country. How much grain there is. How many weapons. Now it's up to how many factories there are.

The prince said: "He Xi is a great talent in the world, but there are some places where he hasn't thought it through. Liaodong was too remote, and these factories had to be controlled by the imperial court in order to balance the world. Liaodong is too far away. Why did my father set up Beijing? A lot of reasons are here. ”

Mu Ying nodded and said; "What His Highness said is extremely true, these factories are not under the nose of the imperial court, and I am not at ease."

The prince said, "So, I want to transfer the men and horses of Liaodong to set up a factory near the city of Beijing. And the city of Beijing cannot be on the site of the old capital of the Yuan Dynasty, but to the east. The use of Zunhua's coal and iron is convenient for the southeast shipping. ”

The prince was not idle in Beijing for a while, and he inspected Beijing's coal and iron resources in detail. I feel that Beijing's coal and iron resources are no worse than those of Liaodong. He wanted to build Beijing into a city of heavy industry.

Different eras, different ideas.

In the future, Beijing will be deindustrialized. But now, if Beijing can produce 80% of the world's steel. As long as you control the city of Beijing, then you will have no obstacle to the general control of the world.

The prince also felt the importance of shipping, and also wanted to make the Ming capital closer to the sea.

In fact, in the Yuan Dynasty, the canal was directly connected to the capital. It's just that it hasn't been repaired for many years, and the canal is no longer there. But if the capital is moved a few dozen miles east, it will be connected to the canal.

So as to make the transportation conditions of Jingshi more convenient.

Of course, this is not without its problems.

There are two problems.

First, the geological conditions of Beijing.

Beijing appears to be flat, but in fact it is a watershed between two rivers. The terrain is relatively high. There is usually no flooding. But the further east, the lower the terrain, the greater the possibility of flooding, and the city of Tianjin has been repeatedly flooded.

If you abandon the original site of the capital, you must choose a new piece of land that will not be flooded. It's a little difficult.

Second, it is the condition of military effectiveness.

Beijing is located on three sides. Easy to defend and difficult to attack. But if it moves east. Then we entered the plains.

It is a little further to the north and the mountains to the west.

Of course, this distance depends on the military environment. In ancient military conditions, a situation of one or two hundred miles was enough for the enemy to deploy a large number of troops. Beijing has lost its support.

Just, these questions. In the eyes of the prince, none of this is a problem.