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Chapter 874 Debate
Obviously, Zhu Di deliberately let the prince hide behind the screen, just to let him listen to what Wang Xian had to say.How can Zhu Di not see Wang Xian's cunning when he is scheming and has a vicious vision?For this kind of bastard who talks about people and talks about people, only this method can cure him!

"His Royal Highness!" Wang Xian cried out in shock.

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly to Wang Xian, but did not speak, but from his eyes, he could still see traces of anger and a little contempt.

Seeing that his splitting strategy had immediate results, Zhu Di was delighted and stood up and said, "Wang Xian is right, but it's a pity that the layout is too small!" As he spoke, he sneered slightly, and turned his eyes to the huge wall hanging on the west wall of the Qianqing Palace. The map said: "This picture has been hanging here for half a year. You have seen it many times, but no one can understand my painstaking efforts!"

Wang Xian and Zhu Gaochi looked at the map, only to realize that it was not the whole map of the Ming Dynasty, but a map that was wider in all directions, even surpassing the heyday of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties!
"It is said that I moved the capital to defend against the Mongols, so I am too underestimated!" Zhu Di walked up to the map, opened his arms and said, "I will manage Mongolia! Open up Liaodong! Set up the Nurgan capital! Open up the Western Regions !Take control of Uzang! Send Zhang Fu to conquer Annan, and set up the Chief Secretary! Send Zheng He to the West! Tianwei reaches as far as Malaga! , are all Han natives! This is how we live up to the title of our country of Ming Dynasty!"

Wang Xian was dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help but quickly exchanged glances with the prince. The prince quickly motioned him not to reveal his secrets, and Wang Xian quickly put on an extremely flattering posture, and his excited voice trembled: "Is it the king's land in the world?" , Could it be that the king's minister is on the shore of the land, how lucky is the minister to be born in the prosperous age of Yongle?! The minister is determined to be full of heart and mind, and contribute a little to your majesty's grand plans and ambitions!"

"Hahaha!" Zhu Di couldn't help laughing loudly, sweeping away the haze of the past few days, and glanced at the prince complacently.It seems to say, your son, your number one general, is on my side!

The prince remained expressionless, but seemed to be holding back his anger.

The emperor ignored the crown prince and asked Wang Xiandao, "Is there any displeasure in sending you to Shandong?"

"Go back to the emperor, never think about it!" Wang Xian knew that he had passed the inspection, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and replied without hesitation: "The emperor has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility. It's just entrusted!"

"Okay! I hope you think so too!" Zhu Di nodded approvingly, and said in a deep voice, "That's right! There is no other reason why I sent you to Shandong, but because the situation over there has reached the point where it is about to explode!" As he spoke, he looked closely at Wang Xiandao: "I appoint you as the imperial envoy of Shandong governor, and give the king orders to play chess and cards. You can control the officials of Shandong's third department, and those below the fourth rank will beheaded first and then played!" After a pause, he took out half of the yellow jade talisman in his sleeve , weighed it in his hand, and seemed to be quite hesitant.

Wang Xian didn't speak, and waited quietly for the emperor to finish his act... Sure enough, Zhu Di finally handed the half jade talisman to Wang Xian, and said in a solemn voice: "It's ready, if you lose it, I will Copy your Nine Clans!"

"Yes!" Wang Xian quickly took it with both hands, and put it close to his body.

"Unless it is absolutely necessary, it must not be used." The emperor was still worried, and he said sharply: "If you take it out casually, I will punish you! Remember!"

"I remember it!" Wang Xian hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Go!" Zhu Di waved his hand, glanced at the prince and said, "His Royal Highness, let's go too."

"Yes." The crown prince and Wang Xian saluted and retreated together.

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After leaving Qianqing Palace, Wang Xian wanted to go forward to help the crown prince, but Zhu Gaochi flicked his sleeves and said, "Don't dare to trouble the imperial envoy!" But no one saw it, Zhu Gaochi used his sleeves as a cover, and firmly shook Wang Xian Let's do it.

Then, His Royal Highness let the two young eunuchs help him away angrily under Wang Xian's embarrassed gaze.

Wang Xian's eyes were full of sadness, and it took him a while to recover, when he saw His Royal Highness Taisun coming slowly.

Zhu Zhanji walked up to Wang Xian, patted him on the shoulder, and said with compassion in his eyes: "Do you know my suffering?"

"Hey..." Wang Xian nodded in frustration, Zhu Zhanji grabbed his shoulders and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, I have everything."

"Okay." Wang Xian nodded again, hugged Zhu Zhanji vigorously, and left the palace in frustration.

Zhu Zhanji looked at Wang Xian's back with a relaxed expression, turned around and entered the hall, and saw his grandfather standing in front of the map, still fascinated.

"Grandfather." Zhu Zhanji bowed and saluted.

"How about it, aren't they acting?" Zhu Di asked slowly without turning his head.

"The grandson saw it with his own eyes, and my father pushed him away." Zhu Zhanji said softly: "The emperor also knows that my father will never lie. It’s because different ways are not conspiring with each other. Since Wang Xian supports moving the capital, my father will naturally ignore him..."

"Idiot." Zhu Di snorted, stopped continuing the topic, and asked instead: "How are you preparing for tomorrow's debate?"

"Grandson has already got through with the ministers. At that time, several university scholars, as well as Jian Shangshu and Xia Shangshu, will speak." Zhu Zhanji hurriedly replied softly.

"Hmm." Zhu Di nodded, and asked again, "Where are the officials? Have you communicated with them?"

"We've communicated." Zhu Zhanji said softly.

"How?" Zhu Di asked coldly.

"Not very optimistic..." Zhu Zhanji swallowed, and said softly: "Those guys are all elm-headed, and they don't get oil and salt very well."

"No matter what, there must be no mistakes!" Zhu Di gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Even if you grind them, you must smooth their edges and corners!"

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji responded softly, and he couldn't help sighing secretly.

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The next day, the first spring rain of the year fell, and the city of Beijing in early February was still chilly. The two groups of officials participating in the debate arrived at the square outside the Meridian Gate on time, and none of them was absent.After bowing down to the emperor and prince sitting on the Meridian Gate together, the ministers and ministers sat on the left side of the Meridian Gate under the guidance of the eunuch, and the seats were covered with a roof.The officials were not of sufficient status, so they stood on the right side of the Meridian Gate without any shelter from the rain, and they were all drenched, but no one felt embarrassed or insulted.

Zhu Zhanji looked at the emperor and prince on the tower, took a deep breath, and let the officials speak first.One of them stepped forward first, and said loudly and generously: "The capital of Jinling is the foundation of a country, the place where the Taizu founded the country! I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! Ordinary people still know that the graves of their ancestors should not be taken lightly. How can a dignified country be taken lightly?" Go to the emperor's veins? If you go lightly, you will disrespect your ancestors, and if you don't respect your ancestors, everything will be out of harmony. If you don't rein in the precipice and repent, I am afraid that the fire of the three halls will only be the beginning!"

That was all talked about in an eloquent way, basically it was Xiao Yi's way, which could no longer anger the emperor at the Meridian Gate, Zhu Di smiled, and said to the prince standing aside: "It's all about it, and there's nothing wrong with it." Order fresh."

"There is only one truth, how can it come and go." The prince said neither soft nor hard, but he almost didn't let the emperor get angry.

After everything was finished, Zhu Zhanji asked the senior officials of the Ministry to speak. All the adults looked at each other. Jin Chun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up to speak first. Looking at those speech officials who looked like soaked chickens, the aura of senior officials in the department was fully displayed.

After posing enough, Jin Chuncai said: "Most of you are around 30 years old, and you may not know much about the affairs of your ancestors. This official is two rounds older than you, and I am an official of the Ministry of Rites. You can talk to everyone."

Seeing that he put on his old status as soon as he came up, and still suppressed his ancestors one by one, the officials naturally showed indignation, but they could only listen to him: "Fifty years ago, Emperor Taizu Gao founded this dynasty. The capital is Nanjing, but from the very beginning, Emperor Taizu felt that Nanjing was not very suitable as the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"

The officials couldn't help it, and some even reprimanded: "It's a bunch of nonsense!"

"Quiet!" As the host, His Royal Highness, the grandson, naturally hurried to maintain order, "If you have anything to say, wait for Jin Butang to finish speaking!"

The officials had no choice but to shut up, and Jin Chun continued: "Because it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is very unfavorable to control the vast north. In the first year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu issued an edict, saying: "Jiangzuo opened the foundation, and the four seas will be established forever." The foundation of the Qing Dynasty; the central plains are governed, and everyone treats everyone equally. Take Jinling and Daliang as the south, and Beijing.' This is well documented. If you haven’t heard of it, you can go to my official to check the original imperial decree of Emperor Taizu! "Jin Chun obviously came prepared, and after finishing speaking, the two Zhongshu officials showed an imperial edict some years ago.It's just that it's raining heavily, so it's inconvenient to show it among the officials, but obviously it's impossible to cheat on this kind of thing.

"So," Jin Chun looked at the somewhat surprised officials, and was very satisfied with the current effect, and said louder and louder: "So, the establishment of the northern and southern capitals is not created today, but is actually the ancestor of Emperor Taizu. Family law!"

On the tower, Zhu Di was very happy. He glanced at the prince standing beside him and said, "Those speech officials are young, so it's fine if they don't know about this. The prince should understand."

"I have indeed heard of it." Zhu Gaochi said blankly, "But Daliang is located in Kaifeng, Henan, not Beiping."

"Daliang is not suitable..." Zhu Di snorted, "Naturally we have to change places."

"Later, Emperor Taizu considered that Kaifeng was still dilapidated and had long since lost its grandeur in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Yellow River was severely flooded, making it unbearable to be a king's capital." Under the city, Jin Shangshu then told the young officials the old way: "In the 24th year of Hongwu , Emperor Taizu was deeply aware of the troubles in Nanjing and it was difficult to continue, so he wanted to move the court to Chang'an, taking Yingtian as Nanjing, Kaifeng as Beijing, and Linhao as the central capital. In August, Taizu sent Prince Yiwen to governor Shaanxi, I just want him to investigate whether Xi’an is suitable as a capital city! After Prince Yiwen returned, he thought that Chang’an’s imperial power was gone, and he lived in the west, so it was not suitable for him to be the capital. Later, Prince Yiwen died early, and Taizu was old and moved the capital It was put on hold for the time being.”

"So today, the two capitals in the north and the south, and moving the capital to Beijing, is the continuation of Taizu's unfinished ambition!" Jin Chun cupped his hands at the top of the city, and said loudly, "How can it be said that going to Jinling lightly will hurt the country's constitution?!"

(End of this chapter)