Daming Zhu Di: Father, why aren't you dead? !

Chapter 7 Zhu Yuanzhang Meets His Brother

"The capital cannot be moved easily."

What Ji Boying meant was to tell Zhu Di that if you are really determined to move the capital, don't just regard Beiping as the only choice, even if you choose the hinterland of the north.

The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies.

People of later generations, when they mention the move of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, most of them will think of this bold and powerful statement.

The full version is: Do not profess ministers, do not pay tribute, do not make peace, do not cede land, the emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies.

Many people in later generations thought that this was what Zhu Laosi said, but in fact this sentence did not come from the mouth of Emperor Yongle, but was just a tribute to Daming's integrity.

But as far as the matter is concerned, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he wanted to move the capital to Beiping. The reasons are by no means a dispute of backbone, but the following.

20. Although Jing Nan has succeeded, the former Jianwen ministers in Yingtian Mansion are not of the same mind as Zhu Laosi, and the aristocratic families in the southern provinces are even more intertwined. To these gentry, Zhu Di is like a foreigner, and Beiping is Zhu Di’s hometown for [-] years. Moving the capital to Beiping can stabilize his unjust imperial power;

[-]. It is convenient to fight the Mongols. After all, Jing Nan has been wiped out and can only rely on meritorious deeds;
[-]. Build a line of defense against the northern Mongols as the Son of Heaven. The original main force of the northern line of defense was built by the nine kings of the Great Wall, including Zhu Di, King of Yan, and Zhu Quan, King of Ning. However, after a catastrophe, Zhu Di almost wiped out all the troops in the northern border, including the three guards of Duoyan, and Zhu Di was worried about sending other generals or vassals to guard the northern border. After all, who can say whether there will be another Jingnan;
Fourth, it is purely personal preference, Zhu Di is used to life in the north.

After moving the capital, look at the entire Ming Dynasty for 276 years.

One, it is a waste of money.According to historical records, it took 19 years for Yongle to relocate the capital. Tens of thousands of wealthy households in the south were forcibly moved to Beiping.

Second, it is a huge waste of finances.Beiping's hematopoietic ability is naturally insufficient. In order to maintain the imperial capital, it is necessary to transport the taxed grain from the south of the Yangtze River, most of which have to go through the canal, raising millions of waterworkers for food and clothing in vain. In the late Ming Dynasty, water transportation has become a moth-like existence in the empire;
Third, the capital is too close to the border. Once the Great Wall defense line is breached, the enemy can go straight to the heart of Ming Dynasty. In Zhu Di's period, with its strong military strength, it could attack instead of defending.

And during Zhu Di’s time, Ming Dynasty had three David’s camps north of the Great Wall, and the farthest Kaiping Guard was more than [-] miles deep. From this perspective, Beiping can also be called the hinterland, and its security is guaranteed to a certain extent.

However, since Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty gave up Kaiping and the Three Guards, the Ming army had no strongholds outside the Great Wall, which exposed the two wings of Beiping and lost its strategic depth. This made the imperial capital under the direct threat of foreign enemies for a long time.

And after Xuanzong, the defense line of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty shrank again and again, Beiping in Jiajing period became a border city completely, and the Mongolian pastures opened to the present Fangshan and Miyun;

Fourth, after moving the capital, the emperor's decision-making error rate in military operations has decreased, and it is impossible for every generation of Zhu family emperors to be Zhu Laosi and other famous generals with buffs. Don't you see the foreign students of Wala, and the civil fort ruined all the elites of the three major battalions of Ming Dynasty overnight.If it wasn't for Yu Qian who was born out of nowhere, Daming might be Guozuo who would perish within a hundred years;
Fifth, the shift of the army's center of gravity led to the backwardness of the military establishment in the southern coastal areas, so that the Japanese pirates were rampant in the late Ming Dynasty and could not be eradicated.

In short: Although there are short-term benefits in moving the capital to Beiping, it has played a big role in the Ming Dynasty, but it is not as good as the long-term disadvantages.

Originally after Yongle, Hongxi Emperor Zhu Gaochi had issued an imperial decree to return to the heaven four months after he succeeded to the throne. All preparations were made, but it was a pity that Fatty died too fast, and before he had time to move the capital back, he went to heaven to report to Zhu Laosi.

"Fourth, do you want to move the capital?"

Old Zhu frowned. In fact, he also had the idea of ​​moving the capital, but Lao Zhu's intention to move the capital was different from that of Zhu Laosi. When Lao Zhu just became the throne and founded the country, he wanted to move the imperial capital to his hometown Fengyang.

As the saying goes, "wealth and honor do not return home, such as traveling at night in brocade clothes", he, Lao Zhu, also wants to experience it.

In the second year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu ordered Fengyang to be the central capital, and Li Shanchang was responsible for supervising the construction of the Fengyang Palace. No matter how much Liu Bowen and other admonishers tried to persuade him, it was useless. However, Lao Zhu stopped this matter in the eighth year of Hongwu.

Later, Lao Zhu also moved the idea of ​​moving the capital to Xi'an, and specially asked the eldest son A Biao to inspect Xi'an. It was after this inspection of Xi'an that Zhu Biao died suddenly, and the matter of moving the capital to Xi'an was put on hold.

After that, Lao Zhu's life was not long, and he didn't think about moving the capital anymore.

But one thing is certain, Lao Zhu has never considered moving the capital to Beiping, which shows that at least from Lao Zhu's perspective, Beiping is not suitable for becoming an imperial capital.

"Returning to my father, my son does have the intention of moving the capital."

Zhu Di knew in his heart that it was best to tell the truth in front of his father, as it would be counterproductive to be careless.

"Dispel your thoughts and follow the words of the immortal master. If you dare to move the capital again in the future, we will abolish you."

Zhu Lao Si's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he quickly looked at Ji Boying.

"Follow the teachings of the immortal master."

Lao Zhu cast his last glance at Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen, who was in a daze, and waved his hands, indicating that they should all get out.

Zhu Di respectfully kowtowed again, then got up, took Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Neng, and left the Xiangdian. As for Zhu Yunwen, he also walked out of the Xiangdian with Fang Xiaoru's support. This kid seemed a little deranged.

"Sir, is it almost time?"

Lao Zhu looked at everything around him with emotion.

In his time and space, the construction of Xiaoling Mausoleum had not yet begun.

"Well, it's almost there."

Ji Boying himself can freely travel through sixteen time-spaces, but the people he brings can only stay in other time-spaces for an hour. Ji Boying doesn't know if this system setting will change accordingly.

"It's really amazing."

Lao Zhu sighed, he felt a resistance around his body, as if to push him away.

"Mr. Ji, we have a proposal. Since you and I hit it off so much, why don't we become brothers of the opposite sex."

hit it off?

Ji Boying looked at Lao Zhu with a cigarette in his mouth.

I thought about your uncle, who wanted to kill Lao Tzu an hour ago, now it's a coincidence?

"can."

For Ji Boying, it is a good thing to be sworn brothers with Lao Zhu. With this status, he can more easily influence Hongwu Time and Space's policy promulgation, so as to achieve the goal of extending the country.

"We are 52 this year, I don't know sir?"

Lao Zhu looked at Ji Boying's appearance, no matter how he looked, he looked like a guy in his 30s or [-]s.

Ji Boying stood up, walked two steps forward slowly, looked at the white clouds drifting across the sky outside Xiangdian, took a deep breath of the cigarette he was holding, and the white mist came out of his nose and curled up.

"The world is long, the years are countless, I don't remember."

"I just remember that the day that kid Yingzheng ascended the throne as the King of Qin is my 9000th birthday."

Ying Zheng? !
Although Lao Zhu didn't read when he was a child, he has never put down his book since he led the army, so he naturally knows what Ying Zheng is!
The first emperor was 1 years old, so isn't it more than [-] years old now?
This is the serious Long Live Lord!
"Zhu Yuanzhang met his brother!"

Lao Zhu, who was limped by the fool, got up quickly and bowed his hands to Ji Boying.

(End of this chapter)