The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 252 Moving the capital and leading Yu Qian
winter moon.

Zhu Di led part of the Beijing camp army, and went south from Shuntian Mansion to Yingtian.

The emperor officially returned to Beijing from the expedition, and it was another unprecedented victory. The emperor issued an order to celebrate the victory, and canceled the three-day curfew to have fun with the people.

It was King Shunning who was wronged, and three generations of grandparents danced for Hou Xungui, a civil and military official, at the state banquet.Of course, this time Mahamu had companions. The whole family of Ariel Kunel, who was captured by Zheng He, and the whole family of Li Jisuo, who was captured by Zhang Fu, also performed exotic dances, which was quite special.

Moreover, according to the military report delivered by Jiaozhi, Chen Jikuo has been chased to the point of desperation by the Ming army, and his family will be reunited in Yingtian soon.

The nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day for marriage.

The Spring Harmony Palace is dressed in red and hung with green, which is full of joy; the minister of the Ministry of Rites welcomes you in person, the prince is the best man, the emperor blesses you, and issues a golden book and a golden seal...

Like a wooden man, Li Yu was messed with for a whole day, and all kinds of tedious etiquette and procedures made his head big. After all the dust settled, Li Yu finally kicked away a group of watching siblings. Enter the grandson's wedding room.

Hu Shangyi's complexion was complicated, and he brought a dozen female officials to serve, and there were seven or eight kinds of cumbersome etiquette. Concubine Sun Ruowei, grandson concubine Qiao Qingniang, Zhaorong Qiao Qingniang—the twins in the draft, Li Yu called them Big and Little Qiao.

The three of them entered the door seven days before the big wedding, and eight palanquins were carried in from the side door of the Spring Harmony Palace. After awarding the book treasure, they have a status. As for the wedding and so on, where did the concubine get it!
Tonight is the grand wedding of the great grandson. According to the regulations, they are concubines, and they have to wait on the sidelines. If the concubine grandson cannot be conquered, they have to help.

It was almost midnight, and the red candles were flickering...

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is already eight years later.

Yongle 19 years!
Qinggong, Li Yu sat under the tree, the spring breeze was blowing, and the peach blossoms in the courtyard were falling in the wind. Hu Shanxiang gently helped him brush off the petals on his shoulders, and then continued to help him knead his shoulders.

This is the mansion of Taisun, the other courtyard of the King of Yan during the Hongwu period, close to the imperial city, where the three brothers Zhu Gaochi were imprisoned during the Jianwen period. After Li Yu got married, he asked for this five-in-one courtyard from the old man and renamed it Qing Palace, and moved here from Chunhe Palace.

From the name, Qing Palace, like Chunhe Palace, means East Palace.The ancients often used Qinggong to refer to Donggong, at least the name Li Yu was not wrong.

Compared with eight years ago, Li Yu's face has faded, and a short beard has grown on his lips; Hu Shanxiang behind him is the same as when he was a girl, but the temperament and charm of his body have become more mature, and he is more mature. There is a faint majesty.

It's no wonder that since she moved away from the Prince's Mansion and set up her own family, Hu Shanxiang has handled all the affairs of the family. She is worthy of growing up with Hu Shangyi since she was a child. The eldest grandson's daughter-in-law helps the crown princess Zhang Yan take care of the affairs of the emperor's harem and the prince's Chunhe Palace.

"Your Highness, His Majesty will send troops to the Northern Expedition again in a few days. Will His Highness go with you this time?"

"Northern Expedition? Don't go!" Li Yu shook his head and sighed: "That's the obsession of the old man. If Alutai is not destroyed, he will never sleep well in his life. If so, then let the old man go. Anyway, it doesn't matter whether it is Tatar or Wuliangha, it is just lingering, and there is no trouble."

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are futile.

Eight years ago, Daming began to build concrete roads leading to the interior of the grassland, building forts along the roads, and building cities for hundreds of miles.

Nowadays, the two main roads, one vertical and one horizontal, together with the Wubao along the road, have completely divided the grassland into pieces.

Coupled with Ming's policy on herdsmen, setting up prefectures and counties on the grasslands to manage herdsmen, at least Monan has been firmly brought under the rule of Ming Dynasty, and even the herdsmen in Monan, in order to protect their own property, actively participated In the Ming army, the 30,000 battalion expanded again and again, and it already had a scale of [-] people.

It's not that they have absorbed so few soldiers, but they really don't want these cavalry who fight with cold weapons!
The absolute main force of the Ming army now is the Hundred Thousand Divine Machine Battalion!
Guns, artillery!
The steel pipes brought by Li Yu have already been used up, and the steel used in the muskets produced later was produced by Daming. Although Li Yu improved the steelmaking process relying on the information he brought, the quality of the steel produced is still poor. The sword is a good material, but the gun barrel is not enough. In the end, the wall of the barrel has to be thickened, and the Yongle musket has increased from the original [-] catties to [-] catties. Fortunately, the power has not changed much.

Make do with it, what else can it do, this is enough to sweep the surrounding area.

As for the artillery, it has also been improved on the basis of the musket, but the improvement is not much, but fortunately it is enough.

But Tatar and Wuliangha on the other side of the grassland are getting worse every year.

During the Battle of Onanhe, Arutai was so frightened that he fled north in a hurry. He rested in Mobei for three years before going south again, occupying a large amount of territory vacated by Wala, and reunifying Mobei, but it still had no effect.

The population of Wala was ransacked by the Ming army, and the policy implemented by the Ming army in Monan also attracted a large number of herdsmen to move south with their families every year.

Now that eight years of recuperation have passed, not only has Alutai failed to recover its strength, the original [-] string-controlling soldiers have dropped to more than [-], and the soldiers have no courage to fight.

It's not that Arutai didn't think of a way, and he also sent troops south to plunder the herdsmen, but what came immediately was the Ming army's big report and revenge.

The Ming army dispatched more than [-] troops, along the cement road, sitting in a car, singing songs, and went deep into the grassland. With the cooperation of three thousand battalions and thousands of cavalry, they chased Alutai and beat them all the way to the cement road. the end.

The situation on Wuliangha's side is a bit better. After all, he bowed his head to Daming early on, and Tulu Huchar can still gather [-] people who control strings, but that's all.

Fighting must not be able to fight, and Tulu Huchar didn't know what to think, so he made a list for three consecutive years and was willing to join his family.However, because he put forward too many conditions, Zhu Di did not agree.

Anyway, after cleaning up Tatar, the next one is Wuliangha.

If the old man wants to make a northern expedition, then let him go. Anyway, the continuation in the treasury of the Daming Household Ministry over the years is enough to supply a hundred thousand troops to roam the grassland for a year.

Li Yu complained leisurely: "The old man has long ignored the government affairs. To say something disrespectful, it really doesn't matter if the emperor is in the court or not."

Zhu Di didn't like government affairs at first, and most of the time the prince would take care of them. However, this situation has changed a lot since eight years ago.

In the past, most of the government orders came from the Spring Palace, but now, most of the government orders come from the Qing Palace. Anyway, with the support of the old man, the power of the grandson has already overwhelmed the power of the prince. , are all under the control of Taisun.

The prince has no objection!With the help of his son, he is even so happy.How good it is to ignore state affairs!Look at the life of the old man, drinking tea and wine every day, hunting with horses, performing sand table games, debating with old monks, and visiting Emperor Jianwen who lives in Jiming Temple if he has nothing to do, how comfortable his life is!

It's a pity that all the beautiful ladies in the Chunhe Palace were kicked out by the Crown Princess, and urged the Crown Prince to exercise every day, which made me very irritable, but the effect was obvious. He weighed two hundred catties, and his body has improved a lot with the naked eye.

Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han who had been single-mindedly trying to seize the crown prince, left Beijing for Daning after his grandson got married, and is now in charge of the military administration around Daning.

The king of Han stayed away from the court, and the country was naturally stable.

The foundation of the country is stable, and the world is at ease.

The grandson also offered advice and advice for eight years, personally took the lead in leading the industry and commerce. Today's Yingtian City is no less inferior to Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, with a population of 2 million, and it is even more prosperous.

This made Zhu Di more assured that the grandson would cooperate with the prince to take charge of the government. However, the only fly in the ointment was that the grandson had been married for eight years and had no heirs.

The royal family is the most important inheritance, and this matter has become a heart disease for the emperor and the prince.

The old man suggested more than once that another draft should be held to choose a concubine for the grandson, but Li Yu refused.He also summoned the imperial physician to feel the pulse of the grandson and concubines of the grandson, and there was nothing abnormal.

Zhu Di didn't know that it was Li Yu's intention not to have children.

At the time of their wedding, Li Yu was over sixteen, Sun Ruowei was older at nineteen, the concubine Hu Shanxiang was only fifteen, and Qiao and Qiao had just passed the age of sentencing.

In future generations, he will still be a physically underdeveloped child!
Giving birth early will definitely affect life expectancy, and it will also affect the fetus, which will be hypoplastic and cause the root cause of the disease.

That's the case with the prince!

Although Sun Ruowei, the concubine of the grandson, is physically mature, Li Yu does not want the first child to come out of her stomach.

That is the Great Ming God of War. Although the history has been tampered with beyond recognition, he was honestly imprisoned in Yingtian long ago, but the God of War thing is too disgusting!

However, in the past six months, as several concubines got older and their bodies were fully developed, Li Yu did not take any more measures.

"Ouch!" Hu Shanxiang, who was kneading his shoulders, suddenly retched, and Li Yu couldn't help frowning slightly.

He raised his hand and grabbed Hu Shanxiang's wrist, put three fingers on the pulse gate, pressed lightly, and there was a result in his heart.

"Congratulations, madam. I have worked so hard for my husband for half a year, and it finally bears fruit."

Hu Shanxiang was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood, and couldn't help showing a smile: "Your Highness is talking nonsense, my concubine's body is not up to date, and I haven't been able to give Your Highness a son and a half for eight years. How can I conceive like this. Where is Your Highness?" He can feel his pulse, and he can coax people with nice words.”

Hu Shanxiang was still young when she got married, how did she know that she had to go in to get pregnant!For so many years, Li Yu was either outside, or counting the safe period, or not following the right path, she thought it was normal!
Li Yu didn't argue either: "Haha, if you don't believe me, just call the imperial doctor to invite Ximai in the afternoon."

The husband and wife were talking under the peach tree, and the maids and eunuchs in the Taisun Mansion stood far away, afraid of disturbing the interest of His Royal Highness and Concubine Taisun.

At this moment, Ma San, the eunuch in charge of Taisun's mansion, rushed in.

Ma San has been working hard these years, not only assisting the concubine to manage the family affairs, but also mastering the large and small industries in the mansion, from the first white sugar to the later wool spinning, wine making, glass, paraffin and other businesses, working tirelessly to make He is well organized and deeply trusted by Li Yu.

What's even more rare is that Ma San, as an eunuch, doesn't like money.

This guy is the same as Ma Si who is now living in Dongchang Dadangtou. He is Zheng He's godson, and he wants to be famous in history.

"His Royal Highness, there are two small matters."

Li Yu frowned and reprimanded: "What are you panicking, look at your sweaty head, how many times have you said it, be cautious! This problem can't be corrected after so many years? What happened, speak slowly."

"Yes, servant girl, servant girl..." Ma San gasped for a few times, and slowly calmed down.

"What's the matter, did the old man make a fuss at today's court meeting?"

A strange thing happened today. Zhu Di, who had not been in charge of politics for many years, suddenly issued an order today to call Hou Xungui, a hundred civil and military officials in Beijing, to hold a court meeting.

It's normal for the emperor to hold a court meeting, but it's very abnormal not to let the prince and grandson of Jianguo attend.Some people had strange thoughts, secretly wondering if the emperor had the intention of changing the prince.

It's a pity that the prince is not in a hurry at all, and Li Yu is also sitting firmly on Mount Tai.

In the current court situation, do you want to change the prince?Even Emperor Yongle didn't move!
It's been 19 years, and Jing Nan's old officials are dead, old, and retreating. The ones who really control the government are the officials who have been single-handedly promoted by the prince and grandson.Even in the army, the group of soldiers who were born in the young army, with the help of the military department, have been transferred to the Beijing camp and the nine side guards, and they have become hundreds of households and thousands of households.

The general is still the group of princes and nobles of the five armies' capital governor's mansion or their heirs, but more than half of the middle-level officers in the army, especially the most capable Shenji battalion, are from the young army.

Li Yu has already mastered more than half of the military power of the Ming Dynasty without showing the mountains.

"Your Majesty officially decided to move the capital at the court meeting today." Ma San breathed out and reported.

"That's it? It's worth panicking? Isn't the relocation of the capital a long time ago?"

From the fourth year of Yongle, the repairs to Shuntian, the construction of the Changling Mausoleum, and the meeting to connect the river, until the completion of the Shuntian Palace last year, and the move of the capital, the courtiers have long been aware of it, and those who oppose it have long been killed. .

"His Royal Highness, at today's court meeting, His Majesty formally proposed to move the capital, and the six cabinets and other courtiers had no objection, but there were two undead, who actually sang against His Majesty at this time."

"Hey, who is so closed-eyed?"

Although the old man is old and doesn't manage politics very much, his might still exists. The prince and grandson are filial and will not easily oppose the old man. The old man is still the Emperor Yongle who holds the power of the world - and the older he gets, the more irritable he is!
"Xiao Yi, the head of the household department, made a statement in court, saying that everything will be inconvenient after moving the capital, and abandoning the emperor's line and Xiaoling Mausoleum, which is against the will of heaven and fears being punished by heaven."

"Hmm...Xiao Yi, the second-class Jinshi of Yongle for 13 years?"

"Yes, Your Highness has a good memory."

"Stop flattering, Xiao Yi is very capable. When the palace invites you to buy straight, will you die peacefully?" Li Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"This...Master Xiao was dragged out of the imperial staff to die. It is said that it is quite peaceful." Ma San didn't know how to answer, so he could only answer according to Taisun's words, and then reported: "There is another person, this year's Xinke Scholars, Yu Qian, the head of the Ministry of War, after Xiao Yi was dragged to the imperial staff, made a statement, saying that Yan was the former capital of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, not the capital of the Central Plains, and Jin Zuo was a hundred years old, and Yuan Zuo was not full of hundreds, so it was not an appropriate capital."

"Fuck! Who!" Li Yu's hand trembled, and he almost didn't hold the teacup.

"Yu Qian is in charge of the Ministry of War."

Ma San didn't understand why His Royal Highness Taisun had such a big reaction. Just as he was wondering, he heard His Highness Taisun asked sharply: "Where is Yu Qian? Is he still alive?"

(End of this chapter)