If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 240

With Zhu Zhanjun's guarantee, Zhu Di naturally felt more confident about moving the capital.

However, Zhu Zhanjun did not intend to let Zhu Di move the capital directly, but had other ideas.

"Grandpa, moving the capital to Beiping is good for the country, but you have to see that Beiping cannot support the current capital of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Zhanquan pointed out to Zhu Di the most criticized issue of the Ming Dynasty's move to Beijing: "During the BC Yuan Dynasty, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty needed to mobilize a large amount of grain from the south every year to meet its needs. If the Ming Dynasty moved its capital here, it would have to transport at least one million dan of grain from the south of the Yangtze River every year to meet the consumption of the city of Beiping. This was very important to the imperial court. It’s a huge burden financially.”

Food, this is indeed a very important issue.

The Ming Dynasty was in the cooling stage of the Little Ice Age, and the grain production in the entire north could be said to be seriously insufficient. Otherwise, a large amount of grain would not have to be transported from the south every year to meet the consumption of the capital.

Moreover, this incident started when Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing and lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty, which lasted for nearly 600 years.

During this period, not only did the strange system of "the food and clothing of millions of workers" emerge, it also nourished a series of cities along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

But water transportation was detrimental to the Ming Dynasty's economy.

After all, sea transportation is much more convenient and faster than water transportation. The reason why the Ming and Qing dynasties did not use sea transportation was just for their own interests.

"Didn't you say before that the land of Liaodong is the richest fertile land in the world? If the imperial court reclaims it and uses it to grow food, can it meet the needs of the capital?" Zhu Di was determined to move the capital. At this time, he was directly Peking was called the capital.

After listening to Zhu Di's inquiry, Zhu Zhanquan nodded affirmatively: "If Liaodong is developed, the richness of Liaodong will be able to meet the needs of the capital in terms of grain output, but this is only the impact of moving the capital to Peking. one.

The center of gravity of the imperial court's rule moved northward, and many cities in the south were inaccessible for political orders. For example, Jiaozhi was already far away from Nanjing. If the imperial court moved its capital to Beiping, a single political order might not be conveyed to Jiaozhi for a month or two, which was not conducive to the country's control of the place.

Especially for the seven southern provinces, once the center of imperial rule moves northward, there will be more problems in these places. "

Regarding this issue, Zhu Di couldn't help but look solemn. It is said that the sky is high, the emperor is far away, and the imperial power does not go to the countryside. In the feudal era, it was very unimaginable for the imperial decree to reach the whole country.

Because in many cases, the imperial court's decrees could reach the county level at most. The townships, towns and villages further down did not have government offices set up by the imperial court. They relied more on local squires, village elders, and people with Ming characteristics. clan to manage.

On the one hand, this is due to the inconvenience of transportation. After all, even in the 21st century, there are still places on this land without access to cars, water and electricity. In this era of feudal dynasties, it is expected that local governments can accurately deliver the decrees of the imperial court. It is indeed too demanding for local officials to implement it effectively and efficiently.

After all, the government's manpower is limited, and there are even fewer literate people. You can hardly expect them to send people to every village and accurately convey the government's decrees.

"In your opinion, how should we solve these problems so that the imperial court can move the capital smoothly?" Zhu Di did not say so many empty words and directly asked Zhu Zhanyu if he had any way to solve this series of problems.

Zhu Zhanjun originally wanted to talk to Zhu Di about the impact and disadvantages of moving the capital, but when he heard what Zhu Di said, he had to give up and planned to talk about it with his fat father later.After all, fat dad Zhu Gaochi is the deputy emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di?He is just a general conquering the north.

However, Zhu Di's question still needed to be answered. Zhu Zhanquan thought for a while and said: "In fact, the imperial court can implement a two-capital system, one in the south and one in the north. Nanjing governs the seven provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and Beijing governs the six provinces in the north. In this way, Both the north and the south can be effectively controlled, which can avoid the adverse effects of changes in the focus of the imperial court's rule.

Of course, doing so will undoubtedly lead to the division between the north and the south. Therefore, the imperial court must strengthen the circulation and exchanges between the north and the south. Beijing is the official capital of the empire, and Nanjing is the companion capital or deputy capital. While the two capitals operate in parallel, Beijing must still be the focus. .

However, Nanjing cannot become a decoration. The imperial court must give Nanjing officials something to do and cannot let them become a decoration. Therefore, it has become inevitable to let Nanjing manage Jiangnan.

In addition, there are the Grand Canal and shipping. The imperial court must not give up shipping. This is not only related to the imperial court's rule over the Japanese country and control of North Korea, but also because shipping is an important lifeline for the country's economic development.

If the imperial court only relied on the transportation capacity of the Grand Canal, then sooner or later the imperial court would face the problem of poor transportation between the north and the south as the river gradually silted up.

Maritime transportation does not have this trouble. Not only can it transport more materials and food, it is also more convenient and faster. "

"These two things you said are very good! The two capitals work in parallel, which not only takes care of those who don't want to move to Beijing, but also prevents the imperial court from losing control of Jiangnan. This is good." Zhu Di praised. I am still very satisfied with Zhan Yun’s suggestion.

Although Zhu Di could tell with his knowledge that there would still be many problems if the two capitals were to move in parallel, it would still be much better than the arrogant move of the capital directly to Peking as he had imagined before.

Moreover, according to what Zhu Zhanyu said, after the development of Liaodong, the economy of the north can also develop with the relocation of the capital to the north, which is very helpful for the prosperity of the entire Ming Empire.

However, although Zhu Di was already satisfied with Zhu Zhanjun's suggestions, he still wanted to get some more money out of Zhu Zhankun's belly.

So he asked Zhu Zhankun: "Do you have any other suggestions? Just these few suggestions are enough to convince your father, right? Grandpa is waiting for you to convince your father and give you the title of King of Wu! This is all he needs to do I suggest you become Prince Zheng!"

Regarding Zhu Di's attitude of telling lies with his eyes open, Zhu Zhanquan felt a little helpless, but still replied to him: "Returning to grandpa, of course I have suggestions for my grandson, but this matter has a huge impact, and my grandson dare not speak nonsense. "

Zhu Zhanjun did have a long-planned suggestion, but he also knew very well that once this suggestion was put forward, it would really shake the whole country for Ming Dynasty.

"Tell me, let me hear what you dare not say." Zhu Di suddenly became interested. He wanted to know what the suggestions were that Zhu Zhanjun did not dare to say.

Zhu Zhanjun had no choice but to explain to Zhu Di, and as he explained, Zhu Di's expression changed.

　I didn’t make up the two-capital system. In fact, the Ming Dynasty always had two capitals. However, the original system adopted by the Ming Dynasty was to use Nanjing as a backup for Beijing. Basically, these Nanjing officials did not work and became exiles. and a place to retire.

　　
　
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