Chapter 22 Cold Treatment

In the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "How is the situation with the prince?" ”

The prince is not in good health, although he is bent on covering it up, it also allows He Xi to see the clues. He Xi naturally put down the funeral of King Qin and sent the prince back to the palace to rest. Now what happened at King Qin's funeral, Zhu Yuanzhang soon knew.

He didn't ask the prince directly. But when He Xi wanted to leave the palace, he summoned He Xi over to ask.

He Xi said: "The imperial doctor said that there is no big problem, but he is just anxious. It's just that you have to take good care of your body and calm your mind, otherwise you will fall ill in the future. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "This kid." ”

Human growth is very painful. In particular, the growth of people's hearts is something that outsiders can't help. Only in the midst of pain, denying what you insisted on before, can you see a new life, in a sense, it is to kill the previous self, and then you can have a new self.

It's useless for outsiders to say anything.

The prince is so old, and his thinking has long been fixed. Want to make a difference. It's hard in itself.

The death of King Qin, this event, is a big threshold for the crown prince. But here in Zhu Yuanzhang, it is nothing at all? It's long gone.

In fact, the prince's situation is normal. Like Zhu Yuanzhang, he will always keep progressing, and he is fifty or sixty years old, but he can maintain a learning attitude. Rather than denying new things, it is difficult for many people to do it.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang is a big hero and a hero. But these heroes and heroes have to face a problem, an ordinary problem, that is, having a son who is far inferior to himself.

The same Zhu Biao is actually not bad. His problem is that with such a heroic father, being the son of Zhu Yuanzhang, especially the heir, the pressure is not ordinary.

The prince has today, he is cautious and thoughtful, and he has not made any major mistakes, but once he encounters things that have exceeded his carrying capacity, encounters major setbacks and failures, and does not know what he should deal with. However, this is also a good thing for the crown prince.

If only the crown prince could come out of this situation. Then in the future, when you encounter such a thing, you will not know what to do.

After all, whoever it is? Who has not made a few big mistakes in his life, who has not cleaned up a few messes for himself in his life. In the face of adversity, keep your mindset. In the case of losing all the games, look for the next move. It is also a very important ability.

After all, in the game of life, you can't fall into the middle of the game. It's going to be reopened, right? It's a pity that life can't be reopened, and no matter how bad the situation is, it must continue.

Zhu Yuanzhang also hopes that the prince can get out of this trough by himself. But I still want to ask He Xi what he can do, and said: "What do you think, how to deal with this matter?" ”

He Xi said: "Your Majesty, this matter should be handled coldly. Let the people below keep their mouths shut, even if it spreads some, don't care. Something else? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What news? ”

He Xi said: "It's best to be peachy news, it's best to be peachy news, these things are what the people like to spread the most." The people spread it a lot. Other things will be spread less, and after a long time, no one will care. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at He Xi, and there was something very strange in his eyes.

He Xi didn't notice anything, and he didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him with such strange eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang said for a long time: "I know." "Didn't go on. Instead, he went straight to the next topic and said, "What do you think about Beijing?"

He Xi said: "Beijing's terrain is dangerous, and if the Ming Dynasty wants to control the grassland, it must strengthen the construction of Beijing. Therefore, it is right to build the city of Beijing. The minister also agreed, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to establish an industrial base with Beijing as the center, and the minister also felt that it was a suitable method. ”

He Xi pointed out the most important geographical elements of Beijing.

If you can control Monan, Northeast. So Beijing is the capital, in fact, it is not wrong. If you can't control the south and northeast, then Beijing is the capital, and then the brain is pumped. From this point of view, the Ming Dynasty's capital was Beijing, but there was actually a certain problem. However, the Qing Dynasty fixed the capital of Beijing, but there was no problem at all.

For the Qing Dynasty, Beijing was the obvious choice.

Now, the Ming Dynasty controls the south of the desert, and the northeast is also pacified.

The establishment of Beijing, although it is a companion capital, is also appropriate.

Not to mention, the north has more coal and iron than the south, which is more suitable for the development of industry.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then this one thing will be taught to you." ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "What does Your Highness mean?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You are the secretary of the military department, the governor, Monan, Liaodong, Beizhili, Daning, Changchun, Goryeo, Japan and other places. and the construction of Beijing City. The prince's errand to the north has been handed over to you. ”

When He Xi heard this, his heart shook suddenly.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang carried out some reforms to the Ming court, adding secretaries and cabinets. However, the secretary, the superintendent and the cabinet are both powerful and lowly officials. The Ming Dynasty is recognized as the head of civil officials, or the six Shangshu.

He Xi has the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, and he can be regarded as entering the top-level circle of Daming civil officials. Of course, He Xi knew that this was pushed up by Zhu Yuanzhang. There is no way to compare the connections in the imperial court with other scholars.

Fortunately, this is the Hongwu period, and the power of the Ming Dynasty is not in the hands of civilian officials. Coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's repeated clean-up of the imperial court. In this case, the power and connections of the various Shangshu are also very limited. Not much stronger than He Xi.

This is also the reason why the six Shangshu books in this book do not spend too much pen and ink, because these people are like horses changing officials. Few will last long.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, they were just clerks.

But anyway? He Xi has climbed to the top in the Ming civil official system. It's time to take on the challenge of reaching a higher level. With a higher official position, you can have more power. Do more.

Secondly, He Xi took over the power of the crown prince. In other words, the pilot project that He Xi said in Zhu Yuanzhang is going to be expanded. It is no longer limited to Liaodong, but has more options.

He Xi actually agreed with some of the prince's ideas. Judging from the current situation, it is better for Beijing to establish an industrial system than Liaodong. This kind of good is not a hard environment such as resources, but a soft environment such as geography and humanities.

The first is people.

Although it is said that the north has experienced many wars, it is the land of the Central Plains, which is much better than Liaodong. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang has already run a lot, especially Beijing, as a logistics base for the Northern Expedition, I don't know how many people have been placed in Beiping. There are millions of Hermes-Epitek throughout Beizhili.

This alone made He Xi very happy.

He's annoyed that no one has a problem.

Secondly, there is the market problem.

Liaodong's products are sold by sea, to Japan, Goryeo, Nanyang and other places, although there are other reasons, but the most fundamental reason is geography, from Liaodong to Shandong, the best way in Tianjin is to take sea.

However, after all, sea freight is a relatively new mode of transportation, and the sales network or something must be re-established. In this era, work efficiency and local protection. It takes time to complete.

Needless to say in Beijing.

Because Beijing, as the largest city in the north, is naturally a place for goods to be distributed. There are many businessmen who themselves are centered in Beijing and sell their goods all over the country.

That is to say, the goods produced in Beijing are directly connected to the national sales network, and there is no need to bother with He Xi at all. In Liaodong, it is necessary for He Xi to personally find businessmen to sell, and it must be in the maritime business circle created by He Xi.

It's not that He Xi doesn't want to find businessmen in other circles. But the problem is that in this era, there is not only a geographical barrier between circles, but also a message barrier. A barrier of trust. How do others know that you didn't take it by chance?

Now that the transportation is convenient, many people can't understand the fear of people in the field before.

Even in the 80s, there were people who went out to ask for accounts, never returned, and died in other places. The police, courts, and other places pushed the matter and finally settled it. No one can say exactly what happened, but when the family arrived, there was no evidence. Even people have been turned into ashes.

What can you do? This is even more true in this day and age.