Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 464 He really loves Qin Shihuang

When the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern dragon, woke up from its deep sleep and began to forcibly sweep away the 'side of the bed', the surrounding big and small countries began to panic.

Needless to say, the Japanese country will deal with them next, not to mention that the mere Japanese island is not taken seriously by Zhu Zhen at all.

After Zhu Quan's side has completely calmed down the situation on Korean Island, it's time to send troops.

At the same time, there is no need to worry about the north and northeast directions.

To the northwest, the Golden Horde and the Ottoman Empire have united and are eyeing the Ming Dynasty.

However, the people guarding that side at this time are Wang Fu, Zhu Chu's Duke Fu, and the assistance of Zhao Kuo and Cen Hua. Li Jinglong and Hou Dagou in the rear can also support at any time, and the supply line in Yunnan in the rear can continue continuously. Send support, so Zhu Zhen is not very worried.

For the time being, let Wang Fu stand still and wait for Zhu Shu and Zhu Bai to calm down the situation in Southeast Asia before making plans.

In fact, Zhu Ming has one more thing to deal with recently, and it's not a small matter.

Without him, Zhu Zhen was preparing to move the capital.

Yes, it was the fiefdom of the former Qin King Zhu Ping.

As for the place to move the capital, Zhu Zhen considered three places. One of them was Yunnan. After all, it was his territory, and he would not hesitate to say it there.

There are many reasons, one of which is naturally because the capital is now located in the Jiangnan area, which also leads to the large number of officials from Jiangnan families in the DPRK, which will inevitably affect the policies of the DPRK and China.

The Han people still have to focus on the Central Plains. The core position of the Central Plains cannot be shaken. How can they forget their roots?
So Zhu Ming also considered Yanjing, that is, Beijing.

In addition to Yunnan and Yanjing, the third choice is Xi'an.

Even Qin Shihuang swept through the six countries, unified the Central Plains, and established Xianyang as his capital.

It can be seen.

Being an emperor is really tiring, especially trying to be a good emperor is even more tiring.

And it’s hot in summer and humid in winter, so it’s actually not a great place to live for a long time.

In addition to the first reason, there is also the fact that the current capital is located in Nanjing, which is actually somewhat restrictive.

They thought that with the Supreme Emperor's presence, they could control the new emperor to some extent.

Fortunately, now, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Zhen, the imperial power is highly concentrated, and both father and son are very powerful, which makes the family unable to lift its head.

Yes, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to move the capital before, but it was not completed because of the sudden death of Prince Zhu Biao.

Unless you want to be a foolish king, that's another matter. Otherwise, it's really better to be an idle and carefree king.

There are endless government affairs to deal with every day, and Zhu Zhen doesn't even have the pressure of the harem. Otherwise, once the concubines in the harem compete for favors again and stage one palace fight after another, then he will not have to do anything else.

Moreover, if we want to move the capital, we need to re-plan the layout of Xi'an and create a super metropolis.

If it were just used as the capital city in ancient times, it would certainly be enough.

In terms of culture, the Western Zhou Dynasty established culture, martial arts, rituals and music here, laying the foundation of Chinese civilization.

In addition, Xi'an is Chang'an. It was not only the capital of the Tang Dynasty, but also the capital of thirteen dynasties. It was also known as the golden city thousands of miles away and the land of abundance. Even in later generations, it was one of the four ancient capitals.

Historical records record that "Chang'an is also Xianyang".

However, with the development of science and technology, we will inevitably enter the era of industrialization in the future. By then, the existing city scale will not be enough.

There are also environmental factors. Nanjing not only has Xuanwu Lake, but also the Qinhuai River, and it is also located on the banks of the Yangtze River.

The civil and military officials wanted to persuade him at first, and even thought they could find the Supreme Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang to intervene.

You don't need others to break the dike before you are submerged.

Zhu Chu has been to Xi'an and is deeply trusted and loved by the local people.

It is not easy to handle the government affairs of a place, let alone the government of a country.

Now Zhu Chu also wants to move the capital.

Moreover, with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is convenient to develop into the European continent, the Middle East, the African continent and the Australian continent.

To put it bluntly, Nanjing’s geographical location is not ideal.

In order to live a retired life as soon as possible, Zhu Zhen began to speed up the historical progress.

Zhu Ming felt this and said that the so-called emperor was just a prisoner imprisoned in the palace by the state.

Even if you don't consider these, from a geographical point of view, with today's Ming Dynasty territory, Xianna is also located at the heart, and can take care of all parts of the country.

Zhu Zhen did not have to choose Yanjing.

It's a pity that they made a mistake. Zhu Yuanzhang also thought about moving the capital, but he just didn't have time to do it.

But in this way, it is too far away from the Central Plains, and it is almost like settling down in a corner of the country.

Once a flood occurs, it is unthinkable.

But what about future generations?
The Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty was a party composed of officials from Jiangnan aristocratic families. Even if Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, it was still inevitable that the Donglin Party would dominate the government in the late Ming Dynasty.

Who would have thought that what Zhu Yuanzhang had to do most of the time was to protect Zhu Yu. Now that Zhu Yu was doing a pretty good job as emperor, he simply didn't even come to the court anymore, and just stayed in the side hall of the harem to help handle official affairs.

Therefore, the capital must be moved when moving the capital.

But in history, Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing because Yanjing was his territory. He could get rid of the political structure of the Jiangnan region as soon as possible and consolidate his position. Naturally, he had his strategic vision and political purpose.

All in all, there is no doubt that the capital must be moved when it is moved.

Relying on his strong cultivation and physical fitness, Zhu Zhen worked so hard that he wished he could cut a person into four halves for use.

He handles various issues such as political affairs between the DPRK and China, scientific and technological development, agriculture, civil affairs, taxation, etc., from top to bottom.

And as the examination was about to come, Zhu Zhen also began to bring the fourteen Taibao and the fourteen precious nephews to him, and first took them to get in touch with all the large and small affairs of the court.

Originally, the fourteen Taibao also had their own areas in which they were good and bad.

But Zhu Chu trained them to be crown princes, so he was not good at it? Is there anything you are not good at as an emperor? Of course not.

For example, the brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were the most powerful, and they should have been exposed to military and political affairs.

But Zhu Ming just asked them to deal with people's livelihood issues, making the two brothers miserable every day.

But they know that Uncle Eighteen loves the people as much as his own children. How dare you try to be so arrogant to the common people?
Zhu Gaosui actually tried it. He once shouted something "arrogant" to an old man.

Later, Zhu Zhen learned about it and sealed an arrogant layman as a joke.

Do you dare to try yelling at me?
Later, Zhu Gaosui personally brought gifts to meet the old man and apologized profusely. Otherwise, Zhu Gaosui would not just seal his account, but would really whip him.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Yunwen were good at issues related to people's livelihood and government affairs. Zhu Gao asked them to get in touch with the battle reports sent back from the northeast and southwest to cultivate their military literacy and strategic vision.

When you are an emperor, you don't have to go on a personal expedition, but you have to be able to read battle reports, you have to be able to grasp useful information and know what's going on.

If you don’t even understand the most basic things, how many people, how many horses, and how much logistics and food are needed, then who will the ministers below fool you if they don’t fool you?
There are also nephews from other families who have no leisure time.

Especially when discussing affairs with ministers at court meetings, Zhu Ming always taught them: "Don't trust others' words easily, and you must make your own judgment. You must repeat every word they say three times in your mind." , and then make your own decision.”

Some ministers still wanted to argue that they were doing it for the country.

Zhu Ming added: "Even if you are really an upright and good official, you will be in different positions and have different issues to consider. For example, if there is a flood in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, the downstream banks need to be breached, but it will destroy a county. People’s livelihood, what should we do?”

"The official in the lower reaches refuses to break the dike for the sake of the people. Is he doing it for the people? But how do the people in the upper reaches live? Many times, even if the officials have good intentions, they may do bad things. For example, Liu Sanwu's nickname is the bearer, which is the style of a humble gentleman. But in fact, many times His advice is nonsense."

Liu Sanwu lowered his head, you scolded me, you scolded me hard, how many more years can I live?
Zhu Ming used Liu Sanwu as an example to teach his nephews: "For example, when the Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister were dismissed by your emperor, it was because he felt that the Prime Minister and the Zhongshu Sheng had too much power and could even threaten the throne and the country. The original Hu Weiyong, you can really rebel and overthrow our old Zhu family."

Zhu Zhen was taking a precaution to prevent unscrupulous descendants from setting up a cabinet system for leisure in the future. And with such a resolute and resolute emperor setting an example above, the officials below will naturally go all out, otherwise they will really point their fingers at you and scold you, but you still can't defend yourself.

As various policies were gradually implemented, Zhu Zhen also began to plan for the next step.

That is military reform.

To put it simply, the system was changed from forced recruitment and household registration to a recruitment system.

Since the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to be changed in the past, the sources of troops were recruited from the military household registration, which was the obligation of the people.

However, Zhu Chu abolished the lowly and slave registrations, and by the way, completely eliminated the differences in the household registration system.

It is equivalent to saying that military household registration no longer exists. From now on, there will only be one identity, and that is the people of the Ming Dynasty.

But how should the imperial court recruit troops in the future?
The answer is to recruit soldiers.

In the subsequent issue of the Ming Dynasty Official News, Zhu Zunzhao told the world about the new recruitment system.

From now on, military recruitment will be open to all Ming people across the country, regardless of gender. Men will serve as male soldiers, and women will serve as female soldiers. There is no gender distinction.

After Zhu Chu had seen the female soldiers on the grasslands, and Cen Hua, a woman who was not inferior to men, went into battle to kill the enemy, he also had his own three wives who were both civil and military.

Coupled with the birth of new firearms.

The role of female soldiers on the battlefield is no less important than that of men.

What's more, Zhu Chu has already asked his fifth brother Zhu Chu and Dai Sigong to conduct research and development in medicine. Sooner or later, they will build medical corps. Women are more careful than men, so they are naturally suitable for this position.

Therefore, the establishment of female soldiers will be inevitable sooner or later.

It just depends on whether people of this era can accept it. After all, this is ancient times, and feudal ideas are still very heavy, and they are not as sturdy as prairie women.

In addition, the conscription model under the new rules is no longer a forced service on the people. There is no military service anymore. It all depends on voluntary service.

At first, some people thought, relying on self-awareness? It would be strange to be able to recruit troops.

There is a saying in ancient times that goes, "A good man should not be a soldier, and a good man should not be a soldier." If you can make your own choice, who should be a soldier?

But Zhu Ming also made it clear about the treatment issue.

First of all, if you serve in the military as an individual, not only will your family not lose military household registration, but you will also receive military pay every month, which is equivalent to a guaranteed job.

Secondly, if you have served in the military for more than three to five years, you can also voluntarily apply for discharge.

In this case, the people have to think about it carefully.

Can you still retire at any time? Then you can give it a try.

In fact, what the people are most worried about is that once they are drafted, they will be permanently fixed under the military household registration. In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, many troops even had the military household registration left over from the Northern Yuan Dynasty and were directly 'transferred'.

It is equivalent to saying that before Zhu Chu reformed the household registration system, many people had suffered for many years.

And because the reform of the army happened to be during the general examination, Zhu Zhen asked Liu Sanwu to add this question on a temporary basis, asking the candidates what they thought of this series of reforms.

Many candidates were immediately dumbfounded.

Because they are scholars and literati, and they really don’t understand the military.

Only Sanyang answered. Although it wasn't a very good answer, it was at least much better than others.

So after Zhu Ming took a test in the palace, he decided on three people as the top three, Yang Shiqi as the top pick, Yang Rong as the second place, and Yang Pu as the third overall pick.

Sanyang got it.

If this were placed in a game, Sanyang at this time, even if he could not reach the epic level, would still be above the elite level.

Zhu Ming even asked Sanyang to directly join the six departments, following Zhuo Jing, Qian Gui and Li Shuran respectively, participating in the government affairs and familiarizing himself with the procedures in the court, and becoming their students at the same time.

Zhu Zhu also worked hard, and Zhuo Jing and the other three were all excellent in terms of knowledge, ability, and personal conduct. Except for Li Shuran, who was a bit older, the others were still the mainstay.

If Sanyang can be cultivated as soon as possible, the Sixth Division will be stable.

It's just that he didn't dare to hand Sanyang over to Gu Wen. Once the poisonous warrior got angry, it wouldn't be easy.

As for Yan Shitai, he is not suitable to be a role model. He is too upright, but it is easy to break if he is too strong. Things in the DPRK are not just about right and wrong.

What Zhu Chu wants is a capable minister who is both a gentleman and talented, learned and practical, rather than just a straight minister who is upright and upright. Yan Shitai is enough for him.

This is also the reason why Zhu Ming made Yan Shitai the censor of Zuodu instead of other departments.

Although Yan Shitai is also capable, if he is placed in the middle of the court, he will be a breath of fresh air.

Things in the DPRK were developing normally, and Zhu Min also began to send people to Xi'an. After the survey was completed at the end of the year, expansion would be carried out next year to prepare for the move of the capital.

But in this case, the second king of Qin (not Hu Hai), that is, Zhu Shangbing, would have to give up the fiefdom.

Look, even if you don't come to the capital, wouldn't Uncle Eighteen still be able to cure you?

However, Zhu Xi was not a devil after all, so he wrote a letter to Zhu Shangbing first, not in the name of the emperor's imperial edict, but in the name of his clan uncle, sincerely stating his attitude to Zhu Shangbing.

Zhu Ming said in the letter: "My nephew Shang Bing, we said goodbye two years ago. My uncle still misses you. It's a pity that your grandpa wanted you to come, but you found a reason to shirk it. But it doesn't matter. Next year My uncle plans to move the capital there so that we can get close to each other."

Zhu Shangbing: Uncle Eighteen, just be a human being.

Fortunately, Zhu Ming also said later: "Now that you have inherited the throne of King Qin, according to my uncle's wishes, I, the Prince of the Zhu family, should not be restricted in my freedom, so I revoked the vassal titles of each vassal king. The intention was not to reduce It is for a greater purpose. For example, your uncles are currently fighting abroad and have conquered large tracts of land. Who do you think they will give it to? Are we, the second-generation princes, working so hard for you, the third generation? "

"You can rest assured and stay in Prince Qin's Mansion. Uncle will never have the heart to hurt you at all. Prince Qin's Mansion will keep it for you. If you like the title of Prince Qin, it will also be reserved for you. But according to my wishes, uncle , you are not young anymore. If you have some abilities and want to put some ambitions to use, why not come and help uncle? "

"So we plan to leave the expansion of Xi'an and the construction of the imperial palace to you. Don't worry, eldest nephew and uncle, I will treat you descendants kindly. After all, we are all descendants of the Zhu family. One family does not speak the same language as the other. ”

Zhu Zhen actually knew that Zhu Shangbing was afraid of him, fearing that he would cut down the vassal, or even have murderous intentions towards him.

Therefore, all the good things Zhu Chu said in his letter were like coaxing Zhu Shangbing.

Because what Zhu Zhen is worried about is that if Zhu Shangbing really misunderstands something or commits suicide again, how will he explain to the world?
There are already reasons and excuses among the people for not blackmailing him.

Not to mention that in history Zhu Bai was forced to burn himself to prove his innocence because of the reduction of vassal status and being suspected of rebellion. Zhu Zi's eighth brother, Zhu Zi, was worried about being implicated in the Hu Weiyong case, so he burned himself to death together with the princess.

(Digression: Every time I see this case and recall the early plot, some readers complain about why the protagonist is afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and feel speechless. This is not a question of whether Zhu Yuanzhang is good to his son, but a question of whether his sons are afraid or not. Look at Lao Ba, how proactive he is.)
Zhu Zhen was afraid that Zhu Shangbing would not learn well. If he imitated his eighth brother and his whole family set themselves on fire, the explanation would be unclear.

Therefore, before officially announcing the move of the capital to the world, he had to give his eldest nephew a shot in the arm.

Don't be afraid, nephew. My uncle doesn't eat people and won't harm you. You have to live well.

While Zhu was extremely busy, the time came in October of the first year of Yongchang.

With the expansion of territory in the past few months, the population of the people of the Ming Dynasty has also grown crazily. It is not a problem of the new population, but the Ming army's iron discipline and the practice of returning the land to the people. won the hearts of countless people.

The number of ethnic groups in the Ming Dynasty has also increased crazily. It has already exceeded sixty and has reached nearly one hundred ethnic groups.

On the treasure island of Xiaoliuqiu alone, there are no less than a dozen ethnic groups.

There are also twenty or thirty ethnic groups in Yunnan and other places.

Of course, Zhu Chu would not favor one over another, and would not treat him differently. As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention a hundred ethnic groups, even ten thousand ethnic groups, they were all members of the same family.

Not to mention the resources in the past few months, in the face of the current multi-ethnic situation in the country, Zhu Zhen once again promulgated a policy, that is.

"Trains share the same track, books share the same text, and we promote the unification of official Chinese into Putonghua."

He really loved Qin Shihuang.

(End of this chapter)