Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 283 Chapter 283 It’s better to move the capital
Zhu Yuanzhang admired secretly.

When it comes to using their brains to do this kind of business dirty stuff, they really can't think as fast as Wang Buli.

"Then let's arrange it this way."

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely concerned about weakening Bei Yuan's strength.

At present, this is the only force that can be called an opponent around Ming Dynasty, and Lao Zhu attaches great importance to it.

If he could push forward in one go, Lao Zhu wouldn't use Wang Buli's roundabout moves.

However, the Ming Dynasty's current strength is still unable to completely kill the Mongols huddled outside the Great Wall.

Zhu Yuanzhang created a false leader to promote, but in fact, deep down in his heart, he really longed for several leaders to appear.

In this way, it is better than if the Ming soldiers went out for a walk, the Mongols would immediately flee and not fight you, thus preserving their strength.

On the contrary, your own army will easily spend a lot of money on military expenses, and even get sick, and it will be much better to gain nothing.

Therefore, people from the Zhedong Group could only hold their noses and admit it, which was a disguised support for Wang Buli's operation.

Therefore, Hu Weiyong subconsciously thought that Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry was a slap on the Huaixi Group. He pretended to agree and said:

The population there is even more scarce.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty has not yet been determined, but Nanjing is the capital by default.

Not to mention that in addition to Wang Buli, there are many people who were personally selected by Prince Zhu Biao.

Even if the population is to be repopulated, it will only be migrating from the mountains and Shaanxi areas to the surrounding areas of Peiping.

"Hu Weiyong, I have plans to move the capital."

"I am staying in the Imperial College today. Many people have great opinions on this group of students going north."

Even if they go to the north to practice, so what?
It is up to the Huaixi people to decide whether they can be promoted in the future.

The main reason is that the Ming army cannot be stationed outside the Great Wall for a long time.

If there is not enough population in the interior, they will migrate outside the Great Wall first.

After all, not everyone wants Lao Zhu.

Hu Weiyong threw the pot directly at them.

Hu Weiyong immediately rejected this plan. After all, the emperor sent Wang Buli to find a suitable mausoleum outside Nanjing. How could he move the capital!

Supplies such as salt, iron, tea, and cloth were suddenly rarely produced, and they were all goods in short supply.

As a result, Wang Buli acted like this. Although they gave up their biggest advantage, they finally had a way out as an official and were not blocked by Hu Weiyong and the Huaixi Group.

With this relationship, even if the southeastern landowners want to take power in the DPRK, it will not be monolithic.

Wang Buli didn't say anything, but he was thinking, how many people in the world are of the same mind as you?

Only those whose studies are at least somewhat well-known in the local area can be called to Nanjing to eat royal food with subsidies.

Those in the Zhedong Group had to tolerate Wang Buli's trick even if they didn't want to admit it, while those in the Huaixi Group didn't care at all.

In other words, they are too lazy to form a party.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Hu Weiyong didn't say much.

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded in agreement. He was really disappointed with the officials selected through the imperial examination.

This group of people is even more motivated. They are still young, and the prince is also young, but they are the crown prince after all. If the prince wants to be promoted in the future, he will definitely give priority to this group of people.

"If it is to annihilate the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Nanjing is indeed not suitable as the capital."

Hu Weiyong was a little surprised. Could it be that His Majesty wants to go back to the old place in Fengyang?
What a fart!
wrong.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong: "Hu Xiang, how do you think we should deal with it?"

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "These people are not of the same mind as us."

After all, there is no such way, the emperor does not hold imperial examinations, and the imperial examination system is almost monopolized by the Huaixi Group.

At least Wang Buli did not belong to any party in the court, especially after observation, Zhu Yuanzhang found that Wang Buli, his son-in-law, disdained to form a party.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Buli who was standing aside: "Buli, do you think the capital should be moved?"

But there is another thing that makes them even more unhappy. Without the imperial examination, they will not be able to become the tutors of these students, and their future relationships will be much stiffer.

Of course, Hu Weiyong knew that most of the opponents were from the Huaixi clique, while those from the eastern Zhejiang party held their noses and supported it.

Once they do this, they will all become slaves of the Mongols, or provide them with a large number of scarce living supplies.

"Your Majesty, why do you say this?"

"Your Majesty, I have also heard that Song Lian and others want to reopen the imperial examination. They are quite dissatisfied with the prince-in-law's choice of many study seeds to go to the north to practice."

To be honest, most of the students in the Imperial College are from the south, and there are very few northerners.

Now that Wang Buli was talking about the method of going to the north to practice, he always felt that it was worth giving it a try, so he strongly supported it.

Not to mention filling the population outside the Great Wall.

Many southern students flattered Huaixi nobles to have the opportunity to become officials, but Song Lian and others did not handle the case.

After all, the prince is also their "master".

Wang Buli directly gave Lao Zhu a seemingly affirmative answer.

Because he knew that Zhu Biao got sick and died when he came back while he was out inspecting the geographical location of the capital.

This matter was definitely planned by Lao Zhu himself.

According to the fact that he planned several years in advance if he wanted to establish a prime minister system, it makes sense that the whole matter of moving the capital has been planned all the time.

After all, Fengyang, which had previously wanted to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was forced to give up.

The palace there became the largest unfinished building in the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Weiyong also looked at Wang Buli beside him, thinking that he dared to take up such a topic!

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang said while looking at the memorial: "Tell me about it."

He has always wanted to move the capital, otherwise he would not let his son personally supervise the matter in the future.

But since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, things have been too complicated, so this matter has been delayed again and again.

After Zhu Biao passed away, the old Zhu gave up on this idea.

"There is no future for all dynasties to set the capital of the empire in Nanjing."

Wang Buli has no scruples. If you dare to ask, I dare to tell you.

Anyway, Jianzheng is just putting forward its own ideas, but it won't actually do it.

Wang Buli's words shocked Lao Zhu himself to put down the memorial in his hand, and then stared at Wang Buli.

Why does this kid always want to give me the whole big job!

You are usually lazy, but if you ask him something, he will tell you everything.

But after listening to it, you still think what he said makes sense.

"what?"

Hu Weiyong felt that he had lost his composure and hurriedly twisted his body slightly to the side to show the emperor that we were really not in the same group.

But Zhu Biao quickly asked: "Why?"

"Simple." Wang Buli gestured to the eunuch to reveal the map of the Ming Dynasty. He pointed to the north with a small, polished stick:

“The entire geographical environment shows that the northern pastoral areas have low-cost horse-producing land that is not available in the south, if combined with the stable productivity of the farming areas.

The army would become powerful all of a sudden, and it would be difficult for the southern soldiers alone to resist it. "

"But Xiangyang City and Diaoyu City have blocked the powerful Mongols for decades. Even the Mongolian Khan Meng Ge died in the battle, which gave Kublai Khan the opportunity to ascend to power."

Zhu Biao posted this historical fact.

Wang Buli did not deny it, he just asked: "What does the prince want to prove by giving this example?"

"Soldiers from the South can also resist the Northern Army."

"I don't deny it, but if the two cities of Xiangyang and Diaoyu can resist for more than thirty years, can they counterattack and regain their old land and return to the old capital?"

Wang Buli pointed in the direction of Sichuan: "The Han people in the north will also be coerced by the nomads and fight south together, and the farming gap between the two sides will become smaller and smaller.

Even if the nomads are not good at attacking cities, they can drive their Han troops to attack cities and fill in the lines. With such a large population, they can force you to occupy a city. How much population can you replenish?

If you fight from south to north, it will be difficult to defeat the northerners. "

"But my father fought from south to north."

"But encountered a difficult obstacle?"

"Not really."

Zhu Biao shook his head slightly, the Ming army moved north very quickly. Those lower-class Mongolians who belonged to Dayuan were all happy to welcome Master Wang's arrival.

Not to mention that the Beiyuan Emperor and the nobles did not dare to resist and simply gave up the entire North China.

Wang Buli pointed to the location of Nanjing: "In fact, there is a huge hidden danger in establishing the capital here, that is, if the Mongols become strong again in the future, North China and other places will be lost.

The southerners will definitely abandon the northerners. Of course, the southerners here are limited to the wealthier provinces along the southeastern coast.

Southerners in remote and remote areas such as the Southwest do not think that they are worthy of being called Southerners. "

Wang Buli drew a circle in the southeastern coastal area.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also standing next to Wang Buli at this time, looking carefully at the circle he drew.

Although Wang Buli didn't know the history, he also understood that those Jurchens would definitely go south, and the Ming Dynasty would also have the Nanming Dynasty.

It will probably look like the Southern Song Dynasty.

The capital of Lin'an is really a peaceful corner, and there is no intention of counterattacking the north.

The meaning behind Wang Buli's words was not expressed outwardly, that is, after such a delay in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the division between the north and the south was actually quite large.

In the Yuan Dynasty, these southerners were not able to be high-ranking officials. Even in the south, northerners mostly sat on their heads.

"After the Song Dynasty, I think every emperor will want to understand the truth. If you want to maintain a unified country, the Sixteen States of Yanyun must not be discarded."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the map and pointed further north:

"If the north is lost, most of the southern regimes will think of crossing the river to rule the country. Why do they have to attack the north?
In that endless plain, how many war horses can you have to resist the northern cavalry! "

Wang Buli glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang. It was difficult for this emperor who came from the bottom to hide some things from him.

Even though Lao Zhu vigorously eliminated the power of the Huaixi Group and the Zhejiang Group in the DPRK, two years before his death, the southerners dared to do things like the North-South List to test Lao Zhu.

At that time, Lao Zhu's body was already on the verge of collapse and he was blind. Many government affairs were left to Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen was surrounded by mostly southerners. How could they guarantee the interests of northerners?

Since Shi Jingtang became emperor, the north has been separated from Chinese rule for almost four hundred years.

Why should this territory be my Ming Dynasty’s territory if the Ming Dynasty attacks?
Anyway, my southern hometown is not in that area, and their ancestors brought barbarians down to bully us.

The Mongols over there have been in rebellion for years. Wouldn't it be better to let them bleed and fight and torture each other?
You see, if Lao Zhu hadn't been deaf and dazzled, would these southerners dare to do such a thing?

They began to believe that Lao Zhu would not live for a few more years and something was coming.

"It was a coincidence that we were able to successfully conduct the Northern Expedition." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice and looked at Wang Buli with admiration:
"It is also a good way to conquer people from the south and rule from the north."

Only then did Hu Weiyong realize that Wang Buli's method of selecting materials had such profound meaning.

He hadn't told anyone about it before, and no one could understand it.

Zhu Biao, who was standing on the other side, was also a little confused. When had his father and Wang Buli communicated about this kind of content?
"We think the capital of the Ming Dynasty should go north."

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that there would be a general with heavy troops stationed in the north. He might become An Lushan.

Even if the vassal kings are released, they should release a few more to prevent one family from becoming dominant and successfully usurping the throne by counterattacking the central government.

But Zhu Di's successful counterattack was within Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.

Anyway, no matter what the civil strife is, it must be the descendants of our old Zhu family.

"Your Majesty, having said that, the focus of the entire Ming Dynasty is now on Jiangnan. If we start moving the capital, our control over the Jiangnan area will become weaker."

Hu Weiyong started from the current reality: "At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it will be impossible to collect taxes from the southeast. Since the Ming Dynasty is far away, can we avoid this?"

Wang Buli glanced at Hu Weiyong unexpectedly, and he had to say that Lao Hu had some discernment.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the landowners in Jiangnan could no longer collect taxes, let alone when they needed money even more in the later period.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's father and son, who had knives in their hands, could collect taxes.

Xuande had already started to default on arrears. After the Wala foreign students incident, there was no emperor who could restrain the Jiangnan landlords from crazy land annexation.

That is to say, after the Jurchens came with knives and killed many people, they were able to successfully collect taxes in Jiangnan.

In other words, the landowners in Jiangnan mostly only recognize knives and not people!

Once Yongzheng died, the government and the gentry all ended up receiving food from one another.

The Qing court no longer had any deterrent effect, and the Jiangnan landowners still went their own way. They paid no taxes when they should.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly. Nowadays, all kinds of taxes in the Ming Dynasty are heavily biased towards the Jiangnan area.

Otherwise, Lao Zhu wouldn't have thought of every possible way to steal from these people.

Ming Dynasty had no other economic dependencies.

Except for Jiangnan, the people in other places could barely make ends meet just because of the harvest from their fields.

Ming Dynasty's current policy is to desperately suck the blood of the Jiangnan region in order to maintain better operations.

In addition, Lao Zhu originally deceived those Jiangnan landowners into boarding his pirate ship, but now they were all deceived by him. Who doesn't feel resentful?

It's just that this resentment did not fully explode during Lao Zhu's period.

In other words, they dare not explode, and can only hope that Lao Zhu will die of exhaustion soon and the more benevolent Prince Zhu Biao will take over.

Hu Weiyong quickly transferred the target group to the Jiangnan scholars.

In short, we have to guard against this group of people, we must make them lose their temper, and it is best to prevent them from having a chance to come back.

Wang Buli also heard Hu Weiyong's voice-over, and he hoped that Lao Zhu would promote Hu Weiyong and even give him the opportunity to be the independent prime minister.

At present, it is not only necessary to abolish the prime minister system, but also to kill rabbits and deal with those people in Jiangnan.

"Hey."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed longly: "As for the people in Jiangnan, they are not really loyal to us. We are very worried about this matter.

Even if the admission standards for northern students were lowered, they would still not be able to compare with the southern scholars.

They are intertwined together, and after so many years, they are no longer something we can easily shake. "

None of the three people present were speechless.

After all, the four people on the surface are all from the small circle of Huaixi Group.

We are all our own people, and the rest are outsiders.

But just in terms of "one's own people", Hu Weiyong and Wang Buli both have their own opinions.

Who can be truly one of one's own with the emperor?
"Got to think of a way."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised another question, but this time Wang Buli did not pick it up. He knew that Lao Zhu was going to set off a big case and implicate a large number of people.

This point is Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong glanced at Wang Buli and saw that he seemed to be thinking, and then said:
"Your Majesty, there are more and more things going on in the world. It is difficult for me to handle it alone. The position of right minister has always been vacant. I hope your Majesty can find a candidate as soon as possible."

Hu Weiyong was not willing to come forward on his own in this matter.

An idea is an idea, but if you want to do something, someone has to take the lead.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while: "I heard that Wang Guangyang is ill in Guangdong. It seems that he is not suitable for the climate there. Let's ask him to come back and serve as the right prime minister."

Lao Zhu is actually very satisfied with Wang Guangyang and has always compared him to his Zhang Liang and Kong Ming.

However, he was not good at hanging out in officialdom. He wrote a letter to sue Hu Weiyong but was not allowed, so he became scared first.

Lao Zhu can only ask him to leave the center of the court to think carefully. After all, I still trust you more than Hu Weiyong.

It's just that I have a very deep plan, which is not enough for outsiders to understand. You should suffer a little injustice first.

I will compensate you in the future.

But apparently because Lao Zhu favored Hu Weiyong too much, Wang Guangyang became disheartened and no longer had any enterprising spirit.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang has transferred him back, which is a signal that he wants to continue to reuse him.

Hu Weiyong never imagined that the emperor would still transfer Wang Guangyang to this position. He originally thought it was Wang Buli's position.

That's why he gave Wang Buli a push in front of him.

This Wang Guangyang is not easy to deal with. It seems that he will need to be beaten again in the future.

"Hu Weiyong." Zhu Yuanzhang shouted again:
"I have found a helper for you. Wang Guangyang is good at handling complicated matters and has repeatedly offered suggestions. You two can work together to solve the problems I have raised."

"Your Majesty, Wang Guangyang is indeed not an ordinary person." Hu Weiyong paused and spoke again:
"But those Jiangnan scholars cannot be easily caught at fault, and there is no way to punish them."

"Hey, don't talk about punishment." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "We want them to leave their homeland and go to the north to settle down and start a business.

There are too many people in a small place like the south of the Yangtze River. On the contrary, in the vast north, there may not be any human habitation for dozens of miles. How can this be done? "

(End of this chapter)