Zhu Yuanzhang has money in hand, as well as prestige, as well as military reform, official reform, and some turmoil in the hearts of the people.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang called the prince in and wanted to tell him about the fact that he wanted to move the capital.

Zhu Biao was still celebrating Lan Yu, but after being summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, he hurriedly entered the palace, and he didn't know what had happened, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's face, he knew that this should be a good thing.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for him to sit down before he spoke.

"Biao'er, I want to move the capital! As the crown prince, you will patrol the four directions for me to see which places are suitable as the capital, and go to build a new city! ”

Zhu Biao was stunned when he heard this, moving the capital? He is not opposed to moving the capital, but does the imperial court have so much money to move the capital now?

Zhu Biao couldn't help but ask: "Does my father have the money to move the capital?" It doesn't take a small amount. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily, "I have money, and I received a batch of commercial tax reforms, which were originally used to go to the Northern Expedition and spent some, but this sale of cattle and sheep, the court got another batch, and I made a small profit." ”

Zhu Biao was really surprised now, he made money from the war, he really hadn't heard of such a battle, if it was a foreign invasion of the Central Plains, he didn't say it.

But this is the Central Plains counterattacking the alien race, and it stands to reason that you can't get so much income, right?

Faced with the prince's doubts, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is all the credit of He Qiu. ”

Zhu Biao heard that it was He Qiu's credit again, combined with Lan Yu's previous words about He Qiu's talent in front of him, he was a little envious of Zhu Di, he really found a good son-in-law.

Zhu Biao pondered Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and then asked again.

"I don't know if my father has a favorite place?"

When it comes to this, Zhu Yuanzhang is also a little contradictory in his heart, the first choice in his heart is naturally Fengyang, his hometown, but Fengyang Mansion is poor, that is, he made Fengyang the central capital and moved many people, but he still can't change the nature of Fengyang's poverty.

What's more, there is another thing that makes Zhu Yuanzhang vigilant, most of the nobles under him are also from Huaixi, if the capital is really built in Fengyang, the power of Huaixi nobles will definitely skyrocket again.

He Zhu Yuanzhang has been killed for more than ten years, if they resurrect because of this incident, wouldn't that be equivalent to killing in vain?

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little reluctant and asked tentatively.

"What do you like, prince?"

Zhu Biao knew that you were going to say it, and said with a wry smile on his face.

"My father doesn't know, I have always been more concerned about the development of Zhongdu, and I have been concerned about it for a long time, but the situation over there is really not good."

Speaking of this, Zhu Biao hesitated a little, hesitated, and then said cautiously.

"In addition, my father may not know that today's Fengyang Mansion is no longer the Fengyang Mansion in my father's mind. Most of the people were newly relocated and seemed to be dissatisfied with the imperial court. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this, I kindly moved you to my hometown, such a great honor, you dare to be dissatisfied!

Seeing this, Zhu Biao immediately persuaded.

"Father, don't be angry. This is also the normal situation of people, when the people were moved, the main ones were the wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River. Moreover, after moving them to Fengyang, they were conscripted and conscripted for many years to build the central capital, and they naturally had some resentment in their hearts. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Biao was actually euphemistically waking up Zhu Yuanzhang, Dad, you had a good heart when you wanted to cultivate Zhongdu, but the use of people's power was too much, and it is too normal for the local people not to buy our Zhu family's account now.

Zhu Yuanzhang can naturally understand the meaning of the prince's words, and he has nothing to do with these small people, so he can't move them away again? The imperial court also doesn't have that much time and energy.

The most important point in Zhu Biao's veto is because of the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family.

Zhu Biao directly told Zhu Yuanzhang that if you want to move the capital to the central capital, you must first move the ancestral tomb of the old Zhu family!

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and he knew the connection in his heart.

The main reason is that the boundary of Fengyang Mansion is really not coincidental, it is next to the canal and the Huai River, once the water is issued, the Huai River will flood and wreak havoc on the land.

If you don't want the imperial tomb to be flooded, there is only one way, release the water and let the water of the Huai River rush into the boundary of Fengyang Mansion.

In recent years, Zhu Yuanzhang has done all this, but if Fengyang Mansion is regarded as the capital, this matter will be troublesome.

You can't let a country's capital soak in water for years, right? But you can't let the ancestral grave of the old Zhu family be soaked in water, you always have to choose one!

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a complicated mood, it seemed that he had no chance to return to his hometown, so he could only say a little depressed.

"I see."

Zhu Yuanzhang cheered up a little, and told Zhu Biao about the location of several other capitals he liked, such as Kaifeng, Luoyang, and Chang'an.

Zhu Biao carefully remembered that he would set off in the near future to inspect various places to see if the capital could be built.

There was nothing else to do, so Zhu Yuanzhang asked the prince to stay for a meal together, and the two of them were silent during the banquet, both of them remembered Queen Ma.

I think that at the beginning, when Queen Ma was still alive, the three of them often ate together like this.

When will this not be the case?

Probably after the death of Queen Ma, their father and son were busy with court politics!

After eating this meal, Zhu Biao returned to the East Palace in a depressed mood, and Huang Zicheng was already waiting on the side.

Seeing that the prince's mood was not high, Huang Zicheng took the initiative to ask.

Zhu Biao lifted his spirit a little and said.

"It's fine, it's just that I miss my mother a little."

turned to Huang Zicheng and said, "My father intends to move the capital and wants me to go to various places to investigate." ”

Huang Zicheng is not surprised, the Son of Heaven does not like Ying Tianfu, and smart people can see this matter.

On the one hand, during the Northern Expedition, he personally inspected Kaifeng, but unfortunately these two places were relatively dilapidated at that time, and they were not suitable for establishing the capital at all, so Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to give up.

Even Huang Zicheng himself understands very well that it is indeed not a good choice to be the capital of Tianfu.

Yingtianfu, that is, Jinling, has too many shortcomings, claiming to have the Yangtze River natural insurance, and the dragon is in the tiger's position, but in fact, the Yangtze River natural insurance does not mean that you really only guard the Yangtze River.

Once the Huai River is lost, it will be to share the Yangtze River with the enemy, and the strategic posture of the two sides will basically be equal.

And these mountains near Jinling are inferior to those in Luoyang, they are really just small hills, and the key is that there is no danger to defend!

The mountains on its side did not protect Jinling City very well, unlike Luoyang, which is in the basin, and only a few passes can break through.

The most fatal problem is still the war horse!

Jinling is too far away from the production area of war horses, and in ancient times, only cavalry can really be called a decisive battle.

Riding on foot is easy to say, but in fact it is too difficult, basically only the cavalry fights the infantry, the infantry cannot catch up with the cavalry at all, and the strategic initiative is all on the side with cavalry.

Just look at the Song Dynasty, obviously the victory rate in foreign wars is not low, but it has always been pressed there, giving people the impression that the Song Dynasty has not won foreign wars.

In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the Song Dynasty lacked war horses, could not pursue, and could not win a big victory with high capture.

Naturally, it will make people have some impressions.