I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1125 Nanjing is the last barrier of Ming Dynasty
Li Tian smiled lightly and said,

"It's all over. Although the current Daming is not extremely powerful, it is still no problem to let the children and grandchildren eat a few meals."

Zhu Yunwen sighed softly,
"Yes, Fourth Uncle is indeed a wise monarch, and I am far inferior to him.

This may be where the destiny comes from somewhere, this world should have been handed over to Fourth Uncle..."

The two chatted about the daily routine for a long time, and they finally got to the point.

Li Tian's expression gradually became serious.

"Cousin, you took the risk of your own death to lure me here on purpose, you shouldn't just have a few homely words with me!"

There was a flash of light in Zhu Yunwen's eyes, but his expression remained unchanged.
"You, you are still so straightforward!
Well, now that I've come to this point, I won't play tricks with you anymore. "

Having said that, he paused for a while, then got up and turned his back to Li Tian, ​​looking at the bustling street below the mountain and the people hurrying up and down.

And the city of Nanjing where he lived for more than 20 years and was emperor for four years.

"Gao Chi, do you know the origin of Nanjing City, and why grandpa established the capital here!"

Li Tian naturally knew the origin of Nanjing City, but he really didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang regarded Nanjing City as Chengdu City back then.

But he estimated that it might have something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang's birth in Fengyang, Anhui, and he was originally a southerner.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang was the first emperor who raised troops from the south and finally won the world. It is understandable that he prefers to put the capital in the south.

But Li Tian felt that these were not the real reasons, so he shook his head lightly and said,
"I'm really not sure about this, does my cousin know?"

Zhu Yunqi nodded silently, as if recalling some scene, and then said,

"My father passed away not long after he got a serious illness, and my grandfather was very sad. At that time, I was still young, and my grandfather was afraid that I would be too sad, so he stayed with me every day...

He often told me the stories of the time when they fought in the South and the North.

Grandpa asked me again, do you know why we regard the capital as the capital?
I was too young then, of course I didn't know. "

"Grandpa explained at the time that Nanjing is located in the south, and it is an important node from the corn country in the south of the Yangtze River to the north.

The waterway is smooth, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a place that will never lack food! "

"I asked my grandpa at that time, how could we return the grain because of the vast land and resources in Daming.

Grandpa laughed and said that everyone in Daming seems to have enough food and clothing. That's because there have been no disasters in these years, and people have food in their homes, so no one is hungry.

But if there is a big famine, natural disasters and man-made disasters, it will be hard to say. "

"At that time, I couldn't understand the meaning of Grandpa's words at all, even after I became the emperor, I couldn't understand.

It wasn't until later, when I fought against my fourth uncle, that I realized how far-sighted Grandpa was..."

Hearing this, Li Tian suddenly became interested, sat up straight, and listened carefully to what he said.

"Jiangnan is originally a land of corn, with abundant food and smooth waterways. As long as the river can be kept from being breached, the enemy will have to pay several times or even ten times the price if they want to capture Nanjing."

"You should be able to understand this, Gao Chi!"

Li Tian nodded slightly, expressing his understanding.

That was indeed the case back then. When Zhu Di raised his army back then, his initial plan was just to show off his nephew, so that he would back down in spite of the difficulties. .

If it wasn't for Zhu Yunqi's trust in Huang Zicheng's bookworms who didn't understand anything, if he knew a little bit of military common sense.

With such a big advantage, no matter how bad it is, Zhu Di and others can be blocked on the other side of the river, forming a situation of confrontation between the north and the south.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang chose Nanjing as his capital is definitely one of the very important factors.

You know, even though Zhu Yuanzhang had driven the Mongols to the Great North, they had almost no strength to fight back.

But he knew that he could hold down the Mongols, but his descendants might not still be able to defeat the Mongols.

If one day the north loses its hand, the emperor who sits in Nanjing City still has the hope of persevering. If he works a little harder, he may not have the opportunity to drive the enemy out again.

But how could Zhu Yuanzhang have imagined that the enemy attacked from the north, but they were not stopped by the river, and even the gate of Nanjing City was opened by insiders.

His idea back then had no effect at all.

To be honest, according to the situation at that time, and even hundreds of years later, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts are not wrong. As long as the court is still there, Ming Dynasty will not perish.

It was indeed after his careful consideration that Nanjing was regarded as the capital of the country.

Who made the Mongols really so cruel that they frightened even a hero like Zhu Yuanzhang to dare to put the capital in the north where there is no natural danger to defend.

Had it not been for Zhu Di, who was not inferior to him at all, and the Mongols would have joined forces, perhaps Zhu Yunqi would have been forced to guard against danger and face off between the north and the south.

Hearing this, Li Tian basically understood what Zhu Yunqi wanted to express.

He just wanted to tell Li Tian that Nanjing City is Daming's last natural insurance, and also our old Zhu's last insurance.

Forgive such a big circle, even the old man Zhu Yuanzhang moved out. I have to say that Zhu Yunqi was indeed well-intentioned.

However, the times are different. Li Tian is not the former Zhu Gaochi. He doesn't care about the Mongols or the threat from the north at all. In his opinion, the issues that Zhu Yunqi is worried about are not worth mentioning at all.

However, the current Li Tian couldn't tell him what he was thinking clearly.

So he could only sigh slightly,

"Cousin, I know what you want to express, indeed, as you said, Nanjing City is indeed the last barrier to prevent the enemy from going south.

But cousin, have you ever thought that if you join for one day, there will be no enemies in the north, so this natural danger will be meaningless! "

Zhu Yunqi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and stared into Li Tian's eyes for a long time before he was sure that Li Tian was not joking, but really had the confidence.

For a while, he didn't know what to say. A lot of speeches he had prepared were completely eliminated in Li Tian's extremely confident sentence.

But after all, he came with the mentality of saving the world and Daming, and it was impossible to give up so easily.

(End of this chapter)