The fifteenth year of Yongle, the end of March.

The mist shrouded in the sky above Jinling City, and in the month when the swallows flew north, King Qi also discussed with his ministers in the Wenhua Hall to move the capital to the north.

The person who presided over the meeting was the crown prince, and the participants in the meeting were the cabinet bachelor, the Shangguan of the Six Metropolitan Inspectorates, the Governor of the Five Armies, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, the commander of the palm prints of the guards of Nanzhili, the middle of the book, the Thirteen Palm Seals of the Imperial History, the General Administration, the Dali Temple, the Taichang Temple, the Taifu Temple, the Yingtianfu, the Hanlin Academy, the Chunfang, the Guanglu Temple, the Qin Tianjian, the Shang Bao Division, the Five Armies and the Jingxian officials.

Something doesn't seem right with this list......

By the way, the Ming Dynasty has had no prince since the thirteenth year of Yongle.

The original crown prince was deposed as the king of Gan and replaced by the king of Qi.

To be more precise, since February 2 of the fifteenth year of Yongle, there has been no King Qi, and now he is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

The following is the edict read by the old man Tang at the court meeting on February 2:

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said:

The country's construction and storage cannot be open for a long time, and the foundation of the world is in the world. In the past, I determined the chaos and became a great unification, and the merit was due to the many difficulties, but now the foundation has been completed, the country and the people are safe, and Zhu Gaoxian is the crown prince. Zir is in the East Palace, his respect for heaven is prudent, and he cares for the army and supervises the country, and his position is also; The six masters and the people should be convinced by benevolence, faith and grace, and be cautious with the state family. ”

Since the fight began more than a month ago, His Majesty the Emperor has begun to ignore state affairs and become the shopkeeper after he became the prince.

Although the ministers were shocked, they also felt that it was very reasonable, they had expected this matter a long time ago.

Since two years ago, Yongle Ye has begun to delegate power to King Qi, and the military and political power are handled by King Qi, who is in charge of the country in the Wenhua Palace, and even the King of Han has never come forward when he rebelled.

Zhu Di, who had just ascended the throne, had already led the army to kill him as soon as he heard that someone had rebelled, and there was nothing else to do.

It's just that His Majesty the Emperor two years ago was still in charge of some things, but now he doesn't care about it completely, and the ministers also realize that this old man, who is nearly sixty years old, is really determined to treat Zhu Gaoxian as a prince this time, and has no intention of changing the prince again.

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At the meeting of the Wenhua Palace, in addition to the addition of a prince, there was also one less person who was the most active in the matter of moving the capital.

- Zhu Di.

Because since the time of the establishment of the prince, this Yongle Lord has already gone to Shuntian Mansion to retire, and the affairs of Jinling City have been handed over to the crown prince Zhu Gaoxian and the young master Yao Guangxiao, waiting for the completion of the relocation of the capital to move the national capital to Shuntian Mansion.

This master is really clean enough, and he went to Shuntian Mansion to be idle, and he didn't care about anything else.

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"The Shuntian Emperor's Palace has been repaired to this day, and the general works have been completed, and the buildings and policies are perfect, and the difference is in the name of an official announcement of the imperial court."

Zhu Gaoxian took a sip of tea and said, "Everyone here is an important minister of the state, let's talk about when this day should be." ”

The Qintian Prison Supervisor stood up and said: "Chen Qi, last night I watched the heavens, calculated the fortune, and measured the twenty-third day of April as the auspicious day of the zodiac, and there are no taboos. ”

Zhu Gaoxian frowned slightly: "I don't think April 23 should be considered an auspicious day for the zodiac." ”

The Qin Tian Prison Supervisor asked tentatively, "Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince what he thinks, when is the auspicious day?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian said surgingly: "The ninth day of the fourth month is a good day. ”

The Qintian Supervisor said solemnly: "Your Highness is wise, and the minister is trying to say that in early April, 90,000 stars will return to the throne, and the world will be auspicious, and it is the best time to move the capital." ”

Zhu Gaoxian gave a thumbs up: This Qin Tianjian is good and sensible.

There is no good day and auspicious day, the so-called good day and auspicious day is just in the name of Qin Tianjian, to explore the thoughts of the superiors, and finally come to a conclusion.

In ancient and modern times, there is a great sage and martial marquis Kong Ming, have you ever counted the heavy rain that poured out the luck of the Han family? There is Qingtian Confucian Liu Ji, have you ever calculated that you were hidden by the birds?

Those who are good at observing words and feelings, and are sympathetic to the superiors, are the best people in the world.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu got up and asked: "Since His Highness established the reserve, he has only announced the people, and has not yet sacrificed to the temple, and the Ministry of Rites has been dragging this matter down, I don't know when His Highness wants to make a big gift?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand and said: "This matter is not urgent, where can my personal small things compare to the major affairs of the country, the state affairs in the first half of this year were busy, and the affairs of the clan have not yet come to an end, so I have to solve the matter of moving the capital first, and then I will talk about my own business when I am done." ”

Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites just wanted to say that the prince's sacrifice is not a trivial matter, and you have to talk to the ancestors in the mausoleum when you become the prince.

But when the words came to his mouth, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu swallowed back again, and said instead: "Your Highness is dedicated to the public and does not spare his own life, which is really a matter of justice and righteousness. ”

The last secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Zhen, although he was not a great talent, did not make any big mistakes during his tenure, and he returned to his hometown inexplicably.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, although he has not changed the emperor, he is just a prince, but it is enough to change the court for blood. The last crown prince, Zhu Gao, was cold, and the courtiers who followed him were also cold, even if they were members of the six departments.

Therefore, it is important to stand in line.

Sensible is more important.

In front of a wise and authoritarian person like today's prince, whatever he says, the people below will do it, and they can't be wrong.

Zhu Gaoxian said: "By the way, I said earlier that Su Wu, the political envoy of Goryeo Province, has made great merits during his tenure, and now the government affairs of Goryeo Province are thriving, and Su Wugong is indispensable, what do you think of transferring him back to the capital?" ”

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During his year in Goryeo Province, Su Wu built the system of Goryeo Province into an impregnable wall, and did an extremely outstanding job both economically and politically.

In the past, Zhu Gaoxian had Su Wu, the secretary by his side, and he felt brisk in doing everything, but now that he sees that the affairs of Goryeo Province are down-to-earth, he also thinks about transferring Su Wu back.

Although Su Wu did a good job in other provinces, he could not show his strength as well as in Beijing, and Zhu Gaoxian also needed such an all-round player's auxiliary left.

Yang Rong opened his mouth and asked: "The position of the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has been vacant for a long time, and with Su Wu's talent, he is completely qualified for this position...... Well, these are all one-sided words of the minister, not true, not true. ”

Over the years that Mr. Yang has been in charge of the cabinet, he has become more and more transparent.

In King Qi, well, doing things under His Royal Highness the Prince, what can and cannot be done, what should be done and how to do it, Yang Rong can analyze it smartly, and do it in the most appropriate way, what he pays attention to is personal sophistication.

Zhu Gaoxian just said a word, and Yang Rong could guess the meaning that the superior wanted to express, and skillfully hooked out the chatterbox.

"As it should be."

Zhu Gaoxian bowed slightly, and said, "Then the cabinet will first draw up a draft, and plan to transfer Su Wu back first, after all, it is a transfer of a provincial official, who should fill the vacant position later, the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries will discuss it, I won't ask too much, you do a good job of the charter and report it, you report, I will approve the note." ”

"No."

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After the discussion of various state affairs, when the hundred officials of the Wenhua Hall were dispersed, Zhu Gaoxian breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his waist: "Every day, the folds in the Wenhua Hall can run around Jinling City twice, and the uncle is tired to death." ”

The black-clothed Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao said with a smile on the side: "Doesn't this show that Your Majesty values Your Highness, in the past, when King Gan was in charge of the country, Your Majesty had never delegated power like now." ”

"The old man went to Shuntian Mansion alone to enjoy Qingfu, and let me fall here alone to toss." Zhu Gaoxian sighed.

Thanks to the old man, he still has a little conscience, and left Yao Guangxiao to assist him, otherwise let Zhu Gaoxian handle the state affairs alone, even if he cracks in half, he will not be busy.

A huge Ming Empire, up to the six ministries and nine qing, down to the prefecture and county yamen, all affairs big and small have to be reported to the imperial court to deal with, and the iron-clad people can't bear to carry it like this.

This also made Zhu Gaoxian determined to reform the rule of officials, and if the Ming system was not changed, even if he lifted the empire to the top of the mountain, within thirty years, the foundation under it would be corrupted and rotten.

"The salt merchants of Lianghuai, the landlords of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the foreign merchants of Fujian, the customs of Liangguang, and the private mines of Yunnan are all rich and flowing, and all of them are dancing on the tip of the knife."

Zhu Gaoxian sighed, "It's obvious that he is exploiting the loopholes of the imperial court's policies, but he can fatten his belly, where do these ointments come from?" It is nothing more than grabbing silver from the people and the country, and now the national capital can still suppress these petty people in Jinling City, if the country moves its capital to the north, I am afraid that it will be more debauched. ”

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "This is the truth since ancient times, the court is in charge of the court, the local government is in charge of the place, the former Emperor Yang of Sui intended to get involved in the place, and finally was knocked out of the bones and marrow by the local government. ”

Zhu Gaoxian asked: "It seems that the young master is quite experienced, can you talk to this palace?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "Since ancient times, if you want to govern the local decentralization policy and collect taxes, you must first take the lead in paying the money. The gentry paid the money, and the people followed suit. After the matter was completed, the money of the gentry was returned in full, and the people's money was divided into three or seven accounts. ”

Zhu Gaoxian frowned slightly: "Why is it only seventy?" ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "Seventy percent is from other people, and thirty percent has to look at his face." ”

"Look at whose face."

Yao Guangxiao pointed to the ground: "He." ”

The gentry pressed below, and the imperial court could not collect taxes for 10,000 years.

Zhu Gaoxian smiled: "I became this prison country, I became this prince, I didn't taste defeat in the southern and northern wars, and I defeated all the opponents, and I have to look at his face?" Shouldn't I be on my knees begging for food? ”

Yao Guangxiao's eyes were sharp: "If you want to bring up the tax, you can only do this, just like this, how many people can't collect the tax while kneeling." ”

"I can't kneel on my knees!"

Zhu Gaoxian slapped on the eucalyptus platform, "Isn't it just a little gentleman, do him!" ”

"I have to collect this tax!"