Author: West Lake in the Rain

Jiang Xinghuo didn't wait for the two of them to think again. With their brains and knowledge, even if they could think of the real answer to the question, the delay would be too long.

There is some content here, including history, geography, economics, and the examples given in many lessons in the past. In fact, they are all connected in series at this time.

Jiang Xinghuo had no interest in repeating it to the new inmate. He didn't care whether he understood or not. He was telling Zhu Gaoxu anyway.

Jiang Xinghuo said directly: "The attempts of the powerful Han Dynasty to control the expansion of trade routes in the Western Regions in the prosperous Tang Dynasty ended in 'temporary success, but final failure'. After that, with the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the optimal precipitation line for farming began

Moving south will bring about chain reactions

That is, Guanzhong no longer became an economic center, which also caused the Tang court, which was based on Guanzhong, to be even more financially stretched. So it began to change the two-tax law, and the two-tax and three-thirds rule, and entered the central area with the vassal towns.

Do you remember all the contents of the tax game?"

Zhu Gaoxu was a little stunned for a moment.

He had never thought that all the seemingly isolated, scattered, and different subjects he had talked about before would be miraculously connected together in the end?

"This means that economic factors such as population, money, technology, etc. are actually distributed following economic activities."

“So what is the core of economic activity?”

"Naturally it's the time and quantity of cargo transportation."

"We have also said before that the reason why Chinese civilization is a river civilization is because the Chinese ancestors originally lived on both sides of the Yellow River. Using the Yellow River to transport goods can effectively save transportation time and increase transportation quantity. In fact, throughout ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad

, it’s all like this. Prosperous cities are easy to develop if they are close to water sources. This was the reason why the Tang Dynasty saw eight rivers surrounding Chang’an.”

Seeing that the two of them were still a little confused, Jiang Xinghuo made it clear.

"It's difficult for you to understand when we talk about goods, money, and economy. You can actually replace these words with one word."

"food!"

"Food is goods, money, and economy since ancient times!"

When Jiang Xinghuo said this, Zhu Gaoxu and Zheng He understood.

You should have told me earlier!

It seems quite complicated to talk about so many goods, money, economy, etc. In fact, to put it bluntly, isn't it just considering "the time and quantity of food transportation"?

After saying this, the two of them understood what Jiang Xinghuo meant.

Zhu Gaoxu thought of the example mentioned in Mr. Jiang's geography class again, and said: "Then the Ming Dynasty established its capital in Nanjing, but later considered moving the capital but gave up. Is this the same reason?"

"Of course, the status of the economic center of Guanzhong has long been transferred, and naturally it is difficult to afford the status of the temple center. After all, in the tradition of Chinese history, temple centers are often gathering places for large populations. Emperor Taizu Gao, Tianzong Shenwu, must be

I also thought about this, and if Xi'an, which is not an economic center, is forced to bear the burden of the temple center of the Ming Dynasty, there is naturally only one way."

"——Rely on the food from Jiangnan, the economic center, to support the population of Xi'an, the temple center."

"And if things continue like this, there will inevitably be a separation between Jiangnan, the economic center, and Xi'an, the temple center."

"This is an almost irreconcilable limitation of agricultural society, and there is no solution."

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As soon as these words came out, there was an eerie silence in the secret room.

Zhu Di looked a little embarrassed.

Li Zhigang was so frightened that large beads of sweat began to flow from his forehead again.

There is no other reason. Anyone with a memory better than a goldfish knows that it was Li Zhigang who just sent the proposal to "change Peking Prefecture to Beijing" to the cabinet a few days ago.

Yes, it was Li Zhigang who figured out Zhu Di's ideas and boldly advocated moving the capital.

But now that Jiang Xinghuo said this, he was not only slapping Li Zhigang in the face, but also slapping Zhu Di in the face!

"The new emperor won't send me to prison in a fit of anger, right?"

Emperor Hongwu sent him to prison once.

Emperor Jianwen sent him to prison once.

Emperor Yongle hasn't sent him in yet.

Li Zhigang looked at Zhu Di nervously, waiting for the other party's thunderous wrath and possible defeat.

Li Zhigang knew about Zhu Di's bad temper when he served as an official for Zhu Biao more than 20 years ago.

Although Zhu Laosi is not as violent as Zhu Laoer, he is definitely not a kind person.

Li Zhigang silently sent an elegiac couplet in his heart to the warrior on the other side of the wall who dared to speak such straightforward truth.

Isn't it better to just sit in jail?

Why do you have to point out the wild words in Jiangshankou?

Isn’t life delicious?

Li Zhigang felt that if nothing unexpected happened, Zhu Di would be furious in the next breath. Just like how Zhu Di treated people like Lian Zining and Fang Xiaoru.

At least nine tribes will be killed, and at worst, ten tribes will be killed.

But as expected, it soon became unexpected.

Li Zhigang witnessed an incredible thing that made him begin to doubt his life.

Zhu Di looked embarrassed, but finally he took a deep breath and calmed down?

Li Zhigang's eyes almost popped out of his head. Is this still the Zhu Di he knew?

Can you tolerate this?

If it were any other king, even a good-tempered king, if he heard a prisoner disobeying his will, even if what the other person said was reasonable, he would have lost his temper and ordered the prisoner to be killed on the spot.

Li Zhigang really couldn't figure out how Zhu Di, who always had a bad temper, tolerated it.

Zhu Di did hold back. Not only did he not order punishment for the person who spoke on the other side of the wall, but he asked with great interest: "Li Shangshu, what do you think of these remarks? What do you think the Ming court should do after establishing Peking Prefecture as Beijing?"

Shouldn’t the capital be moved from Nanjing to Beijing?”

Li Zhigang screamed in his heart that it was terrible. The prisoner opposite had just finished talking about the theory of economic center and temple center. Zhu Di mentioned the matter of moving the capital at this juncture. No matter what he said, he would add fuel to the fire.

It was difficult for Li Zhigang to judge whether the smile on Zhu Di's surface at this time was a prelude to sharpening his sword and heading towards the family tree. He only knew that this man who rose to the throne as a vassal king through rebellion could not be disobedient, and at this time

, some people actually questioned Zhu Di's intention to move the capital.

This is simply courting death!

Li Zhigang hurriedly replied: "It all depends on your Majesty. The Holy Judge, I don't dare to speak nonsense."

Zhu Di looked at him with a smile: "Oh? Why don't you just talk about it?"

This tone made Li Zhigang feel great pressure. Suddenly, Li Zhigang's face was covered in cold sweat, and even his lips turned purple.

"Weichen." Li Zhigang gritted his teeth and said, "Weichen thinks the capital should be moved to Beijing."

"Oh, really?" Zhu Di's expression seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"real!"

"Well, since what you said, I think you should have some ideas about moving the capital, so I would like to hear your opinions."

"Your Majesty is making ridiculous compliments, and you should not take your lofty opinions seriously." Li Zhigang smiled bitterly and said: "I just thought about it from the perspective of a bystander, boldly thinking about it for Your Majesty."

Zhu Di said quietly: "Tell me and listen."

Li Zhigang said respectfully: "Wei Chen feels that if we continue to stay in Nanjing, in this prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, whether it is the army, honorary ministers or court ministers, I am afraid that they will inevitably become slack. Many previous dynasties have proved that in this prosperous land,

The south tends to lose its spirit."

"Your Majesty, now that the government has decided, the relocation is the time when the resistance is the least, and I feel that." Li Zhigang considered, "Your Majesty definitely wants to work hard to achieve prosperity, but if he delays in Nanjing, it will be difficult to do anything at this time.

It’s not necessarily a good thing.”

Zhu Di sneered for no apparent reason.

Of course Zhu Di understood the meaning behind Li Zhigang's words.

Jiangnan is the base of the gentry class, and this is not Zhu Di's home base. Whatever Zhu Di wants to do will be in the way, so it is better to move the capital back to the north, out of sight and out of mind.

But what happened? Zhu Di was afraid of the gentry and hid in his hometown in despair?

There is no such possibility!

In his entire life, Zhu Di has never been afraid of anyone except his father, Zhu Yuanzhang!

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and asked: "According to Aiqing's wishes, if Beiping Prefecture and Beijing are the center of temples, and the economic center is in Jiangnan, how should we deal with the food problem?"

Li Zhigang pondered for a moment and said: "Wei Chen believes that the Grand Canal should be dredged again and water transportation should be carried out. Water transportation has an additional benefit, ahem."

Li Zhigang didn't say these words, but it was actually equivalent to telling Zhu Di that water transportation could add wealth to Jiangnan in disguise, always keeping the gentry class in Jiangnan weighing down a huge mountain!

For Li Zhigang, a native of Songjiang, to be able to act like this and defy the disdain of the gentry in the world, he is considered a class traitor.

"Hahaha"

Who would have thought that Zhu Di burst into laughter suddenly, and the laughter was deafening, resounding throughout the secret room.

After laughing, Zhu Di calmed down and said, "Ai Qing, do you know why I appointed you as the Minister of Rites?"
To be continued...