"Beijing, I'm back!"

On the first day of the fifth month, outside the Jiangdong Gate.

When Zhu Di shouted in his heart, there were officials standing on the left and right outside the Jiangdong Gate, and there were as many as two or three thousand people.

They were all ordered to come to greet Zhu Di, but they were also happy to welcome Zhu Di.

Judging from the situation for most of the month, Zhu Gaoxu will definitely not inherit the throne, so Zhu Di becoming the emperor is a sure thing.

They have to take advantage of this opportunity to perform well.

Thinking of this, the ministers knelt on the ground and bowed five times and knocked three times: "Long live the new king, long live, long live......

"What are you doing here?" Zhu Di enjoyed it very much, but he still pretended to be innocent on his face.

"I have no choice but to save the disaster with soldiers, and I swear to eliminate the traitor to Anzong Society, which is the honor of the Duke of Zhou."

"Who would have thought that my nephew was deceived by traitors, but he didn't understand my intentions, but cut himself off from the sky."

"Today, there is no emperor, and I should choose a talented and virtuous person to be the new king, I only know how to lead troops to fight, how can I have this merit?"

"Don't talk about it again."

After that, Zhu Di shook the reins of his horse and took Qiu Fu, Fang Kuan, Wang Yi, Zhang Fu and others into Jiangdong Gate wearing armor.

When the ministers heard this, they all knew in their hearts that Zhu Di was going to play three words and three concessions, so they got up one after another.

They rode mules, donkeys, horses and other livestock to follow Zhu Di around the inner city, from the Jiangdong Gate in the west to the Purple Mountain in the east.

At the foot of the mountain, thousands of Bohai navy had taken over the place, and Zhu Gaoxu changed into a plain round-necked robe and sat under the yellow tent.

When he saw Zhu Di coming, he got up and greeted him: "The kid has seen his father......"

"Dick!"

Watching Zhu Gaochu walk out of the yellow tent, Zhu Di's worried heart finally let go, and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, holding Zhu Gaoxu's arms with both hands.

Feeling Zhu Gaoxu's strong arm, Zhu Di swallowed his saliva, he really didn't know what Zhu Gaochu should do to win against him if he didn't give way to himself.

"Let's go, let's go and incense your grandfather first."

Zhu Di signaled the generals not to follow, and then put on armor and rode with Zhu Gaoxu to the Purple Mountain.

The father and son were speechless all the way, until they climbed the Ming Tower, the two of them got off the step, and then walked into the Ming Tower one after the other.

Looking at the hanging portrait, Zhu Di swallowed his saliva.

"Dad, I've come to see you......"

At this moment, Zhu Di was a little cautious in his demeanor, as if Zhu Yuanzhang would jump out of the painting.

However, Zhu Gaoxu was not worried about these at all, strode forward and lit six incense sticks, handed Zhu Di three sticks, and motioned for him to take the lead in kowtowing.

Looking at Zhu Gaoxu's gaze, Zhu Di held the incense, folded his hands together, and then said:

"Dad, Yun Wei ......"

"Grandpa, my eldest brother was not forced to death by my father, but he couldn't help but go down to accompany you."

Before Zhu Di finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in interrupting him and said his own words.

Zhu Di didn't feel very right when he heard it, he hadn't arrived in the capital yet, Zhu Yunwen was dead, no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with him, so why should he have anything to do with himself?

"Second child, I didn't come at that time?" Zhu Di spoke cautiously.

"In my heart, you came early." Zhu Gaoxu held his face, making Zhu Di speechless.

It's just that when he thought of Zhu Gaoxu's sturdy tendon meat, and there was no one else in this Ming Building, Zhu Di still suffered this loss.

He looked back at the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang and breathed a long sigh of relief: "Huh......"

"I thought I was afraid that your grandfather would die of fear, but now when I see his portrait, although I know that he is gone, I am still afraid."

"I helped my father take the capital, and my father didn't hurt you in vain."

"Hmm." Zhu Gaoxu responded, but said again: "Big brother still talked about you before leaving." ”

"Huh?" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu say that Zhu Yunwen was talking about himself before he died, Zhu Di turned back in confusion.

Wasn't it the second child who forced Zhu Yunwen to death? Why is it my fault?

Zhu Di has sorted it out, and Zhu Gaoxu just doesn't want to take the blame, so he pulls himself south to carry the pot.

"Second, you're a little disrespectful to me."

He wanted to put on his father's shelf, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't eat it: "That kid will explain it to the world, and then ascend the throne." ”

"......" Zhu Di has nothing to say, the throne and the back pot must be tied together, if Zhu Di ascends the throne, then the people of the world will also think that he instructed Zhu Gaochu to attack the capital and forced Zhu Yunwen to death, Zhu Gaochu is the executor, and he is the one who gives orders.

"You're still young, I'll do it for you in a few years." Zhu Di painted cakes as always, but Zhu Gaoxu said bluntly: "How many years was that? ”

"......Forehead" Zhu Di couldn't say anything when he was squeezed by Zhu Gaoxu, so he could only avoid this question and coughed: "I know that you have something to say to me, and I also have something to say to you, so our father and son are here to talk about it, anyway, there are no outsiders." ”

"Okay." Zhu Gaoxu didn't squeeze Zhu Di anymore, but took out a book directly from his arms.

"This is the list of heroes I have drawn up, you can take a look at it."

"Heroes roster?" Zhu Di grabbed it and flipped through it.

In this register, seven dukes, twenty marquises, and thirty counts are recorded.

Among them, the duke wrote the names of Zhang Yu, Yang Zhan, Meng Zhang, Wang Yi, Zhu Neng, Chen Heng, and Qiu Fu, while the marquis and earl were each in charge of Yanfu and Bohai.

Looking at this roster, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochu in surprise, he didn't expect Zhu Gaochu to be willing to give half of the quota.

"What do you want?"

He put down the roster and asked Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaochu just looked at him: "I want the crown prince, military power, household department, official department, and industry department." ”

"You're leaving? What about me? Zhu Di's eyes widened, but Zhu Gaoxu said: "You are the emperor, isn't mine yours?" ”

"......" Zhu Di was silent, he could hand over the military power to Zhu Gaoxu, but he had to be sure of one thing.

"The crown prince can be given to you, but what about your eldest brother?"

"Grandpa canonized him as Yan Shizi, so naturally let him be the king of Yan, what does the emperor's throne have to do with him?" Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth with a face, as if to say that this was not what he thought, but what Lao Zhu thought.

"He is the king of Yan......" Zhu Di took a deep breath, but he didn't expect Zhu Gaoxu to be so sophistry.

However, Zhu Gaoxu is not wrong, it is better to be the king of Yan than Li Jiancheng.

"Your eldest brother, I'll have to write to ask him." Zhu Di didn't dare to let Zhu Gaochi go south, but Zhu Gaochu saw through it but didn't expose it, just continued:

"In a moment, the ministers should ask you to be the emperor again, if you want to resign, you can resign, but don't resign too many times."

"There are many things that need to be solved as soon as possible."

"The sooner you ascend the throne, the sooner the unification of the world can be stabilized."

"Enthronement ......" Hearing this word, Zhu Di couldn't stop being happy, but he was still a little apprehensive.

He sat on the futon, crossed his legs, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with his back bent: "This governs the world, although I have also helped my eldest brother govern for a period of time, but after all, it is a little shallow." ”

"You are the most pleasing to your grandfather, how do you say the world should be governed?"

Backed by Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait, Zhu Di felt a little more confident in speaking.

"How can it be governed? Internally, the levy was lightly levied, the taxes of the provinces were re-apportioned, and at the same time, Liaodong and Bohai were developed to prepare for the future conquest of Modong and the deterrence of Mobei. ”

Zhu Gaoxu briefly summarized what he wanted to do, Zhu Di kept bowing his head after hearing it, he also felt that it was very good to do this, but he still spoke:

"When I went south, I heard that you gave eighty percent higher pensions to the soldiers who died in the world, and it was set as a permanent system?"

"It was done by the kid, the kid thinks that the soldiers will protect the family and defend the country, if the pensions are all picked and searched, then how to improve the treatment of soldiers?" Zhu Gaoxu replied without hesitation, he was not worried about the military people disrupting the country, because he only improved the treatment of grassroots soldiers, but he was not ready to improve the treatment of military attachés.

"It's all well done." Zhu Di affirmed his approach, and at the same time said:

"This capital is Jiangnan after all, too far from the north."

"Back then, your grandfather wanted to move the capital, but my eldest brother died suddenly, so it was delayed."

"Now that the question is left to you and my father and son, where do you think it is better to move the capital?"

"Naturally, it is Beiping, and it should be changed from Beiping to Shuntian, and the three divisions of Beiping should be changed to Beizhili."

"As for Yingtian, it should also be retained, but Yingtian, as Nanjing, can only control Yingtianfu, and the original Zhili has been renamed Nanzhili, and all the state capitals of Nanzhili are not under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, but under the jurisdiction of Beiping."

It is necessary to make Beijing the capital, this is a fact that Zhu Gaoxu thought from the beginning.

Since ancient times, China's military pressure has been in the north rather than in the south, so successive dynasties have devoted a lot of resources to military struggles on the northern border, and the Ming Dynasty is no exception.

During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, with his personal prestige, power and skill, he could control the heroes and brave generals to garrison the northern border, and divide the princes to guard the border and control the military forces in various places.

However, the northern border is too far away from Nanjing, and the emperor is far away, so it is easy for the border ministers and border generals to independently control the huge military resources, forming a military group that cannot be defeated, and the emperor of the national capital is also easy to form suspicions of the border generals who hold heavy troops.

Compared with the army on the northern border, the army of Nanjing, the capital of the country, has long enjoyed a peaceful environment, and with the curtain of the first generation of generals and veterans of the country, the new generation of soldiers and generals who have not experienced real battles will inevitably become weak.

In contrast, in order to survive, the army on the northern border has been facing nomadic military pressure for a long time, and the army's combat capability will not be weakened, and the generals have ample opportunities to temper themselves in actual combat.

Therefore, the longer the founding of the country, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the border army will be stronger than that of the national capital, and the longer the capital of Nanjing, the more unstable the country will be, and the more likely it will be for the heroes of the northern border towns to break away from the central control and become an independent kingdom, and eventually the war will rise again.

If you want to annex and control the north, and also be able to connect to the ocean, then only the city of Beiping is left.

The canal built in the Yuan Dynasty can completely connect the Bohai Sea, whether it is to transport materials to Beiping by sea, or to take the inland canal, it can be said that it is very convenient, the only problem is that after the capital of Beiping, the surge of population in Beijing in Beiping will squeeze out the grain of the northern military system.

"Dingdu Beijing?" Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and Zhu Gaoxu continued:

"There are advantages and disadvantages to making Beijing the capital, but on the whole, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages."

"What's the downside?" Zhu Di subconsciously asked, and Zhu Gaoxu also expressed his worries:

"If the capital is Beijing, it will naturally bring a large number of people."

"These populations will develop Beizhili, but they will also bring a burden to Beizhili."

"Jiangnan transports four million stone grains to the north every year, and these grains are basically supplied to Beiping, Daning, and Liaodong."

"If Beijing's population increases dramatically and food doesn't increase much, then Beijing will have to rely on Jiangnan for food."

"Therefore, if you want to make Beijing the capital, there is another premise, that is, to develop the cultivated land in the northeast."

"The Northeast was a granary during the Jin and Song dynasties, and now I have been cultivating the Bohai Sea for several years, and I can also be self-sufficient, and even part of it can be transported to Liaodong."

"If the situation of the Jin and Song dynasties can be restored, and the Bohai grain can be transported to Beiping, then the grain problem in Beiping can be solved a lot."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished saying his opinion, Zhu Di also suddenly realized: "This is the reason why you moved nearly a million people from Qing, Deng, and Lai to Liaodong?" ”

"That's right!" Zhu Gaoxu bowed: "Liaodong is now reorganized into three divisions, and there is Bohai as a forward, which can vigorously develop people's livelihood and economy." ”

"The situation in Liaodong, if it settles down and the imperial court is willing to invest, it can completely increase the cultivated land tenfold within ten years."

Zhu Gaoxu understands the situation in eastern Liaoning: As long as they are willing to spend the capital and let the migrated population have enough to eat, clothe, and feed enough livestock, then they will be able to reclaim 2 million mu every year, and it will not be difficult to reclaim 20 million mu in 10 years.

Even if the output is only seven or eight buckets of real grain, it will be able to feed itself at the same time, and send millions of stone grain straw to Beiping.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Daming can afford to invest millions of stones every year.

"You've got too much to need." Zhu Di was undecided, but Zhu Gaoxu said:

"In the case of Liaodong, only immigrants in spring, summer and autumn can build city houses."

"So in the kid's opinion, it will take at least a year for millions of people to move this time."

"The water warehouse of the canal, the kid has asked Cui Jun to transport half of the eight million stones to the grain, there may be some loss on the way, but it should be able to transport seven and a half million stones."

"Over there in Liaodong, millions of Liaomin have opened up more than 100,000 mu of land this year, and before winter, at least Liaodong's cultivated land will exceed 3.5 million mu."

"At that time, it will be able to meet the expenditure of 2 million stone per year, and with the grain transported this time, it will probably last until the beginning of spring the year after that."

"In the year after tomorrow, after millions of immigrants from Shandong have settled in Liaodong, the local cultivated land should reach 6 million mu, which can meet the expenditure of about 4 million stones, and the imperial court only needs to fill 6 million stones every year, and it will decline year by year."

"This process will last for about five or six years, and then Liaodong will be self-sufficient, and then it will be able to send grain to the army to Modong Wuliangha City to reclaim the barren land, or send it to the capital."

After gaining experience in farming, Zhu Gaoxu naturally knows how much investment can be done.

Invest 6 million stones in Liaodong every year, and 20 million mu in ten years is the most basic.

His sworn appearance made Zhu Di a little uncertain.

However, before he could react, Zhu Gaoxu spoke: "I asked Meng Zhang to write a book of ministers, and 2,964 officials were arrested in Beijing, and 3,427 people are being arrested outside Beijing. ”

"How to deal with the culprits in this group of people depends on you, father."

"However, the rest of the people will be connected and sent to Yunnan."

Zhu Gaoxu said his thoughts indifferently, and the number of people in this plant made Zhu Di's heart tighten: "More than 6,000 people are connected, I'm afraid there are no less than 100,000 people, right?" ”

"About 200,000 people." Zhu Gaoxu responded, and said: "If this group of them is transferred to Yunnan, they will definitely be able to promote the sinicization in Yunnan, so that the local young people will become Han people in a few decades." ”

Zhu Gaoxu wants to plant too many people, if these 200,000 people are invested in Yunnan, coupled with the continued deep cultivation of Mu Chun and He Fu, many young people under the rule of Tusi will be completely sinicized after changing the land and returning to the stream.

Of course, even with the addition of these 200,000 people, the number of Han people in Yunnan is only 600,000, and it is very difficult to assimilate Yunnan and the millions of young people in Sanxuan and Six Comforts.

But it doesn't matter, there will be corrupt officials in the future, and they will all end up in the southwest.

For the sinicization of the Han people, it is they who make the greatest contribution.

"You're a lot tougher than your grandfather......"

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochu with a complicated expression, he never thought that Zhu Gaochu would be so strict in dealing with political opponents.

However, such a move also made Zhu Di more and more sure that Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu could not be allowed to become political enemies.

Thinking of Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Di also thought of the matter in Beijing, so he asked: "If Beiping becomes Beizhili, then how can your eldest brother's Yan King be sealed?" ”

Faced with the problem, Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and then said: "Moving the capital is not something that can be done overnight, it will take more than ten or even twenty years. ”

"Father can temporarily set up Beiping as the line, and let the eldest brother temporarily guard the line and build the palace city."

"When the palace is almost built, my father can choose a place for the eldest brother to become a vassal."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't force Zhu Di, but he knew Zhu Di's thoughts.

Zhu Di wanted to split the influence of the Mu family in Yunnan, so he successively sent King Min and King Han to conquer Yunnan, but the former was not at a good level, and the latter never went, and finally changed the title to the mainland.

Now that he has no himself, Zhu Di estimates that he can only seal Zhu Gaochi to go to Yunnan to balance the Mu family's power in Yunnan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu also slowly got up: "There are still many things to govern the country, but I believe that my father has his own thoughts and judgments. ”

"In the future, my father will be the monarch's father, I will be the East Palace, and I will be responsible for the construction of the world, the goods, the soldiers and horses, and the selection and transfer of officials, and I will never let my father lack money in his business."

"But before that, the kid has to be alone with his father."

"Who?" Zhu Di also got up, and the height of Wei'an on weekdays was a little 'short' in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

"Ma and." Zhu Gaoxu smiled, but Zhu Di smiled when he heard this: "He was renamed by me, and now his name is Zheng He." ”

"But if you want him, then give it to you."

Zhu Di grabbed his beard, and then walked out of the Ming Tower with Zhu Gaoxu's crotch and walked down the mountain.

After a short time, the father and son went down the mountain, and even though they saw thousands of officials, most of them were only from Jiupin.

Zhu Di was surprised why so many officials suddenly came, but found that most of them had just arrived here, and there were still beads of sweat on their foreheads.

"Of these, three thousand were brought from the north by Eshaha."

Zhu Gaoxu stood behind him and explained to Zhu Di that from the beginning of the large-scale purge of Jiangnan, he asked Yishaha to take the officials from the north to the south, and let the people of Bohai Chengding go south to take over the reclamation of land in Liaodong, Daning, and Shandong.

Therefore, on the back foot of Zhu Di's arrival, Yishiha arrived in the capital with 3,000 officials from Liaodong.

"With them, my father won't have to worry about money and food for at least three years."

Zhu Gaoxu's words were quite meaningful, but Zhu Di just bowed his head: "Since you have asked for these things, then you don't need to tell me." ”

"I'll shirk it a few more times, and after a few days I succeed to the throne, and I'll make you the prince."

He made a promise, and then walked off the Sifang City with Zhu Gaoxu.

Seeing the main lord appear, the hundred officials guarding under the Purple Mountain immediately knelt down and shouted long live.

Among them, Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stepped forward to make a move:

"A saint is born, thinking that the society is born to the people, today's subordinates, the world of Taizu, the people, the people of Taizu, how can the world be without a king for a day? Shall the living people be left without a master for a day? In addition, the country has a long monarch, the blessing of the community, His Royal Highness is the heir of the Taizu, the crown of virtue, the meritorious society, the livable position, so that the great cause of the Taizu will always be trusted, and the people of the world will always have to rely on, and it is not appropriate to be fixed, with the heart of a lonely man. ”

"I just arrived in the capital, and when I heard that the emperor's nephew had set himself on fire, I felt very uncomfortable, and I will discuss this matter again." Zhu Di rejected the persuasion of the ministers here, and at the same time said:

"From now on, the old system of Jianwen will be restored to the old system of Hongwu, and in addition, he will drop out of the dynasty for three days to mourn for ......the emperor."

"My nephew's funeral will be handed over to Yousi to handle, and it must not be harsh."

When the ministers heard this, they all saluted back: "Your Highness is benevolent......"

Zhu Di didn't answer, but turned back to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "I live in Jiming Temple, where do you live?" ”

"The kid lives in a big church, which is convenient for handling government affairs." Zhu Gaoxu responded, and Zhu Di also nodded:

"There is no master in the world, Emperor Gao often praises you, and today you should temporarily manage the government."

Zhu Di's words were standing in line for Zhu Gaoxu, and the generals of Yanfu were also very happy to see this scene and echoed one after another.

After the statement was over, Zhu Di spoke: "Bring Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Violent Zhao, Fang Xiaoru and other criminals!" ”

"Yes!" Qiu Fu and the others were shocked when they heard this, and Zhu Gaoxu also gestured to Meng Zhang with his eyes.

Seeing this, Meng Zhang took the initiative to walk in front of the generals of Yanfu, and after talking a few words with Qiu Fu, Chen Wu and others, several people rushed to the inner city with more than 100 Yanfu cavalry.

Due to the success of Zhu Gaoxu's encirclement, none of these old Jianwen ministers escaped, among them there were 76 people who committed suicide, 147 people like Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were defeated and captured, and the rest were typical people like Bang Zhao and Fang Xiaoru who squatted at home and were then captured by the Bohai Navy, more than 400 people.

Not long after, these four people were caught at the foot of the Purple Mountain and were put in front of Zhu Di by the soldiers.

Qi Tai raised his chin, so did Huang Zicheng and Violent Zhao, but Fang Xiaoru was silent, neither arrogant nor did he say anything else.

"Is that what you're trying to do to my family?"

Zhu Di questioned the four and counted several crimes.

When Huang Zicheng heard this, he spoke directly: "If you want to kill, you will kill, there is no excuse for the crime you want to add, no matter how much you say, you can't clear the fact that you are a traitor!" ”

"Huh!" Zhu Di sneered, his eyes were cold, and he said, "If it weren't for you and the others who separated my family, why would Your Majesty have set himself on fire?" ”

"Pull it down, the car cracks!"

As soon as he said a word, the four of them were carried not far away by the soldiers, and the ministers took refuge one after another, giving up a vacant lot.

Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Storm Zhao scolded Zhu Di one after another, and Fang Xiaoru hung his head, but then he also scolded.

"Unfilial son Zhu Di! Are you worthy of Emperor Taizu Gao's spirit in the sky?! ”

"Emperor Taizu Gao, look at this unfilial son and grandson!"

"Do it!" Zhu Gaoxu didn't bother to listen to these people continue to bark, and directly urged Meng Zhang to do it.

When Meng Zhang heard this, he immediately ordered people to send horses, tied ropes to the saddles, and put ropes on the four people with five horses.

With the sound of the whip of the horse, the invective, which was still full of anger, began to appear frightened and became rapid.

Gradually, it turned into screaming......

"Ming Taizong Record": In May, he was ugly, went to Beijing, and the traitorous ministers Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, and Tyranny Zhao went to His Majesty, counted their crimes, and ambushed Gu, and then killed in the city.

(End of chapter)