Chapter 623: Moving the Capital! The Real Reason Why Zhu Di Moved the Capital!
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Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Di was a little frustrated.
Because his prince is a bit unreliable!
Originally, Zhu Di thought that after letting the second son take charge of the East Palace, the rebellious son would be spurred and would not dare to act as recklessly as in the past.
After all, the abilities and skills of his second son have been recognized by Emperor Yongle.
Zhu Di also wanted to let the prince Zhu Gaoxu supervise the country's governance, so that he could live a happy and peaceful life for a few years.
But how can I think of this bastard? Even if he becomes the prince and the heir apparent, he still goes his own way!
Let him supervise the administration of the country. He spends three days fishing and two days drying nets. The courtiers often cannot even find others!
As soon as it came to matters related to Xinzheng, this bastard showed up, took the jade seal and stamped it, and then disappeared!
Zhu Di gets a little angry every time he thinks about this!
How can you be such a prince?
Except for Xinzheng matters, I don’t care about anything else!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a figure walking in.
"Dad, where is your jade seal?"
"Where is it? Bring it here and I'll stamp it!"
Zhu Gaoxu said carelessly, not noticing Zhu Di's eyes at all.
After searching for a long time, he didn't see the jade seal. Zhu Gaoxu then raised his head and looked at Zhu Di, and suddenly he froze on the spot.
"Ahem, Dad, why are you staring at me so viciously?"
"Ha." Zhu Di chuckled, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really busy with everything. The courtiers can't even see you, and they don't know what you, the Crown Prince who oversees the country, are doing all day long!"
Oops, it turned out that someone was snitching!
Zhu Gaoxu didn't panic at all and sat down on the chair.
"What else can I be busy with? The implementation of the whipping method is not going smoothly!"
"Besides, Dad, you are His Majesty the Emperor. Why are you hiding in Qianqing Palace if you don't deal with government affairs all day?"
Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this, and then slapped the desk angrily.
"You still want me to handle government affairs?"
"Then why do I confer you as the crown prince?"
"You know how to be lazy at a young age, why don't you take advantage of now to gain some experience in supervising the country's governance..."
Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes helplessly. No matter what you say, I just won't listen.
Damn it, you are also Emperor Yongle after all, why do you only think about letting people help you handle government affairs?
You have the nerve to say I'm lazy, what are you doing all day?
The father and son stared at each other like this, neither of them willing to give in.
After a long silence, Zhu Gaoxu was the first to give in and speak.
"There is really something that I have to let you make up your mind about!"
"Say it!" Zhu Di replied proudly.
"The Beijing Palace will be completed soon. If you really want to move the capital to Beijing, you can start preparing!"
Has the new capital been built?
Zhu Di was delighted when he heard this, with a smile on his face.
Moving the capital to Beijing, compiling the "Yongle Dadian", Zheng He's voyages to the West, these are the three carriages of Yongle and Xinzheng!
Now that the "Yongle Ceremony" has been completed, Zheng He also brought back divine seeds from his voyages to the West, and the last step is to move the capital to Beijing!
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and immediately gave the order.
"In this case, let's discuss it tomorrow morning to give a signal to the ministers."
Looking at Zhu Di who was full of joy, Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he did not lose his joy at this time.
Because Zhu Gaoxu knew very well that it was not easy for Zhu Di to move the capital to Beijing.
There are many voices of opposition in the court, and I am afraid that the court tomorrow morning will not be as satisfactory!
After all, Beijing is located in a frontier fortress and the climate is not very pleasant. How can one live happily in Jinling?
Accustomed to the gentle countryside of Qinhuai, it is not easy to get those dignitaries to move to Beijing now!
But Zhu Gaoxu can also understand why Zhu Di insisted on moving the capital to Beijing.
One is to consolidate political power.
When Zhu Di was still King of Yan, he controlled Beijing. Beijing was his fiefdom and the base camp and base for his rebellion against the regime.
Zhu Di has worked and lived in Beijing for decades. This is his base and he knows everything. Even the food in Beijing suits his appetite. In order to stabilize the throne, Zhu Di needs to move the capital.
Second, Nanjing’s geographical location is poor.
Although Nanjing is rich and prosperous, sits on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, it seems suitable to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty. However, in fact, the Six Dynasties of Nanjing - Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen were all separatist states in the south. regime.
The Ming Dynasty was a unified empire. At this time, Nanjing, as the capital, was obviously too far south and had very little control over the Central Plains and the North!
We must know that the capital is the heart of a country, but due to the inconvenience of information transmission and transportation, the farther away from the capital, the more difficult it is to transmit military information, convey government orders, deploy troops, and provide food and grass support, and the weaker the court's control over local areas.
If the capital is always set in Nanjing, then the economy of the south will become more and more prosperous driven by the capital, while the north will gradually weaken and the population will not be able to increase. The underpopulated north will face greater difficulties.
The capital is set to be Nanjing to control the defense of the north, so we must face a strategic choice - focus on the outside and focus on the inside but not on the outside.
The strategy of emphasizing internal importance while neglecting external affairs will inevitably lead to insufficient border strength, and the lesson of the collapse of the Northern Song Dynasty is still before our eyes; and if we emphasize external emphasis and neglect internal affairs, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net The Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty is also vivid, and Zhu Di himself gradually grew bigger by guarding Beijing. , Chang'an and Kaifeng are still in the north, and Nanjing is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, which will inevitably lead to more serious consequences.
If you want to ensure the stability of Serbia, you must garrison a large number of troops. However, once a large number of troops are accumulated, it is easy to overwhelm the enemy and cause rebellion. In order to solve this problem, Zhu Di chose the method of "the emperor guarding the country" and directly moving the capital to Beijing!
The huge Northern Xinjiang and Central Plains regions are as important as Jiangnan and other places, so moving the capital is imperative!
Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Yuanzhang, also considered this and tried to move the capital to Xi'an, Kaifeng and other places, but in the end it was not possible due to a series of changes.
Finally, Zhu Di, as a wise emperor with great ambitions and ambitions, could focus his strategy on attacking the nomadic regime in the north after moving the capital to Beijing.
As the centralized destination for southern grain, Beijing is also the starting point for the transportation of military grain to the nine-border army. Most of the food for the northern frontier army is under Beijing's control, which is conducive to stable control of the army.
What's more, the imperial court has now recovered the Lingbei Province, and has begun to promote potato cultivation. As long as the focus is on managing the Lingbei Province, the Ming Dynasty may never be able to eliminate the troubles of the Northern Barbarians!
All in all, Zhu Di's move to Beijing was not a whim or a conspiracy theory, but a real national plan.
Setting the capital in Nanjing is firstly not conducive to the stability of the regime, secondly it is not conducive to the country's strategic security, and finally it is not conducive to Zhu Di's pioneering and management of the north. Moving the capital to Beijing actually realizes the transfer of the economic and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty and the shift of the focus of military defense, which has a great impact on the Ming Dynasty. 's rule has far-reaching benefits.
Therefore, it is imperative to move the capital to Beijing!
I just don’t know if those dignitaries will cooperate honestly.
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