My Daming New Empire

On the first day of May in the first year of Yongle, Li Zhigang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and others stated that Yanping and Beiping were the emperor's "Longxing Land", and should follow the example of Ming Taizu's approach to Fengyang, Henan, and establish it as the accompanying capital.

As soon as this memorial came out, it immediately caused a lot of discussion in the court.

Everyone can see that this move is to cater to Zhu Di's heart, and it is also Zhu Di's test of the court.

Zhu Di's heart for moving the capital can be described as Sima Zhao's heart, but today's Jinling is the largest city in the world with a population of over one million.

The area of ​​Jiangsu and Zhejiang is also known as a land of fish and rice, with a developed economy. Moving the capital to Beiping, which is now only a small city, is very difficult for the court.

Even if Zhu Di has a rare hegemony, he can't directly go against the trend. If he wants to move the capital, he must pay attention to the method.

The first step is to list Beiping as the accompanying capital, and when the time is ripe, announce the relocation of the capital.

Everyone in the cabinet also had different opinions on this move. They argued for several days about this matter, but there was no result.

Zhu Zhanji, who was studying in Wenyuan Pavilion, knew nothing about this matter. He studied in the side hall between Wenyuan Pavilion and Tianyi Pavilion of the library, which is still some distance from the lobby.

There are five side halls, a separate small courtyard, and direct access to the inner palace, directly to Wenhua Hall and Benren Hall where he lived.

The Wenyuan Pavilion was built on the wall of the imperial palace. It was on the southernmost side of the imperial palace. When entering the palace gate, one could directly enter the Wenyuan Pavilion. If one wanted to enter the inner palace, one had to go through the gate control.

He is too young and has too much contact with foreign ministers, which is not a good thing.In order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Zhanji rarely enters Wenyuan Pavilion.

However, it was past noon that day, and Xie Jin hadn't arrived yet. In addition, he was inevitably a little curious about the cabinet built in the early Ming Dynasty, so he simply brought Jin Kuo and Yu Xian to find Xie Jin.

He never studied in Wenyuan Pavilion, besides Fu Dianyi and Xue Zhangwei, he also had two long-term attendants sent by Zhu Di to him.

Chang Sui was considered a middle-level cadre among the eunuch ranks in the Ming Dynasty, but he did not have much real power.But now with Zhu Zhanji, there is hope.

Jin Kuo's ancestral home is Yangzhou, dull and few words, but honest and steady.

Yu Xian's ancestral home was Xingguo Road in Huguang Province. Zhu Zhanji found out after asking that the so-called Xingguo Road is the Xianning of later generations.

Yu Xian also doesn't talk much, says what should be said, and doesn't say what should not be said, and does things in a strict manner.

Zhu Zhanji is still young, and Zhu Di deliberately chose two such eunuchs to be beside him, which can be regarded as well-intentioned.

Fu Dianyi and the others could not follow Zhu Zhanji to contact foreign ministers, but Jin Kuo and the others had no such scruples.So now, instead, they spend more time with Zhu Zhanji.

(Continue to ask for a small ticket...)

Chapter 7 Moving the capital

After Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang revoked the post of prime minister.It is equivalent to a country with only various ministries and commissions, and no prime minister.

But no matter how much energy a person has, it is impossible to be busy with everything.Zhu Yuanzhang likes to do everything by himself, but Zhu Di is not as energetic as him, so now he has another cabinet, which is the secretariat.

When the emperor was domineering, the cabinet was newly established and had no real power, nor did it have the power it would later have.

Xie Jin is only 34 years old this year. He is the chief assistant of the cabinet, but he is only equivalent to a big secretary.

There are less than a hundred people in the entire cabinet. Except for the seven cabinet members, there are less than a hundred staff in total.

Although the area of ​​Wenyuan Pavilion is not large, it is enough to accommodate them.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't like to be hugged since his soul became a roaming, and he doesn't like to sit in a sedan chair when the distance is close.

I like to walk around with the small wooden knife given by Zheng He in my waist all day long, and it is right to exercise.

Along the way, everyone who saw him, even if they didn't know him, saw him followed by two long attendants and four little eunuchs, they all knew who he was and bowed down to say hello.

After entering Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhu Zhanji saw Zhu Di's royal guard of honor stationed in the courtyard, and immediately knew why Xie Jin didn't go to announce that he was dismissed from school.

Holding the homework for today's class, Zhu Zhanji broke in directly, regardless of what national affairs were discussed in it.

Several guards wanted to stop but did not dare to stop, so they could only salute loudly. "I have seen His Royal Highness."

He is still young, there are some things that need to be taboo, but there is no need to worry too much.

If Zhu Di hadn't come, he would have sent someone to tell him that it would be nice to see Jin Jin alone.

But now that Zhu Di is here, the first thing he should show as a grandson is joy, not avoidance.

It is not a good thing to alienate Zhu Di at a young age because of taboos, and it will make a thoughtful evaluation.

He dared to swagger and rush inside, but the eunuchs didn't dare to follow in and stomped their feet outside.

In the hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, after hearing the voice of the guards, a voice paused and continued: "Five cases, the land in Beiping is barren, and moving the capital here requires a steady stream of food from the south to be transported to the capital, increasing the burden on the people. Six cases..."

At this time, Zhu Di shouted loudly: "Sun Aiqing don't need to say too much, the accompanying capital is not the capital of the country, and I have no intention of moving the capital at present."

"Move the capital, why move the capital?"

Everyone looked in amazement at Zhu Zhanji who just came in, holding the handle of the knife like a little adult, swaggering.

When the emperor was speaking, no one dared to interrupt him. This was probably the first time Zhu Di was interrupted after he became emperor.

But facing Zhu Zhanji, he was not angry, but smiled gently: "Why doesn't Ji'er return to the inner palace, your imperial grandmother is afraid to wait for you to have dinner together."

Zhu Zhanji passed through the ministers and walked towards Zhu Di. The eunuch Wang Yan stretched out his hand to help him, but he waved his hand gently to stop him.When he came in front of Zhu Di, he bowed to the end, straightened up and said: "I have seen the emperor's grandfather, one meal is not bad, but one mistake is not for the people."

Zhu Di smiled and asked, "Why do you say right or wrong?"

"It is right to benefit the people, but it is wrong for the people to live in poverty."

"Is it right or wrong to move the capital?"

Zhu Zhanji said loudly in front of the crowd: "It is right to establish a company, and it is wrong to establish a country."

The smile on Zhu Di's face was a little awkward, because almost no one agreed to move the capital, so he adopted a roundabout tactic to establish the accompanying capital first.But when he came to his grandson, he even said that everything was wrong.

He coughed lightly, and asked: "Could it be that Ji'er is reluctant to accept the prosperity of Tianfu? So he doesn't agree to move the capital?"

Zhu Zhanji went up two steps, leaned on Zhu Di's thigh, looked at him and said, "Grandson was born in Yanwang Mansion in Beiping and grew up there since he was a child. Lai Yingtian has always been in the palace and has never been to it." The market place. So my grandson doesn’t know where it is prosperous.”

"Then why don't you agree to move the capital?"

Zhu Zhanji said loudly: "My grandson studied the three-character scriptures some time ago and saw my map of Ming Dynasty. Since ancient times, dynasties in the Central Plains have changed. Except for the hundred years of Mongolian and Yuan invasions, when they established their capitals in the north, there is no other dynasty that deviates their capital from the Central Plains. Although I I was born in Beiping, which is my hometown, but I also know that it is not suitable for a country's capital."

In this era, no one knows better than him the mistake of establishing the capital in Beiping.

The pressure brought by pollution and population explosion does not need to be considered now. Just one food problem brought a heavy burden to the Ming and Qing dynasties.

A consumer city with a population of more than one million is like a giant bloodsucking worm, absorbing resources around the capital.

In an era when the north cannot be self-sufficient in food, a northern capital consumes too many resources.

Moreover, Beiping is still short of water. When there are few people, you don’t feel it. When there are many people...