Xu Jingchang stared at his chubby son, but the little guy didn't pay attention to his father. He just closed his eyes and fell asleep, and even farted a little.
Huang Yunfang was able to walk now, and she came over with a smile.
"My lord, what are you looking at? Can you still run away?"
Xu Jingchang rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Look at our family's treasure, look at the gift you gave me, and look at the future of the Xu family."
Huang Yunfang couldn't help but laugh and said: "Does a real man care so much about the love between his children?"
Xu Jingchang sighed: "More than that? People are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless! You said that a person spends all day scheming and working hard, and for what? It's not his wife and children, it's not the family business! Otherwise, if you live alone, the Kitchen God will stick to you.
On the calf, wouldn’t it be a good idea for people to move around?”
Huang Yunfang listened silently to her husband's words and suddenly chuckled, "My lord, you are different from before."
Xu Jingchang was about to ask when he suddenly noticed that his son's brows were moving and he was muttering, as if he hated disturbing his sleep... Xu Jingchang quickly stood up, and gently pulled his wife out.
When they arrived in the outer room and the couple sat down, Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "What's the difference?"
Huang Yunfang smiled and said: "In the past, the Duke of Guo seemed to have the aura to break the sky. No matter how big the issue was, he didn't care, but now the Duke has aged a lot overnight. It's really surprising!"
Xu Jingchang touched his chin and chuckled: "I dare to break the sky, but if the falling debris hits our house and falls on you, mother and son, it will be too late for me to regret it!"
Huang Yunfang was stunned for a moment and sighed: "What my aunt said is indeed true."
"Auntie, what did she say?" Xu Jingchang asked curiously.
Huang Yunfang smiled and said: "My aunt told me that before he had a son, His Majesty also had a restless temper, jumping up and down, like a big monkey. But after having a son, he immediately changed into a different person, and he also imitated others.
Cut off your beard and become dignified."
Xu Jingchang subconsciously touched his chin, "Really?"
"Of course it's absolutely true. Could it be that the Duke of the State also wants to grow a beard?"
Xu Jingchang pondered for a moment, "I'm not in a hurry about this, I'm just thinking about it. Now Xia Yuanji advocates that the two capitals should be equal, each with its own emphasis. Jian Yi promised me to block Xia Yuanji's actions and keep Yingtian's position. Now
Both important ministers are begging me, and I really don’t know what to do.”
Huang Yunfang paused for a moment, "Is the Duke feeling embarrassed?"
Xu Jingchang shook his head, "I can't say it's too difficult. If it were in the past, I would have really wanted to watch the excitement, or add fuel to the fire, let these two people take a gamble, and wait until they both lose, and get out of the court."
"Then I can do the same thing now!"
Xu Jingchang immediately shook his head, "No, I'm a father, and my family, country, and the world can't do anything reckless. Especially moving the capital, there are too many implications, so we must be cautious."
Huang Yunfang smiled faintly. She had to admit that the birth of a little baby really made Xu Jingchang a different person.
"Then please work hard for the world. I will take care of your son."
Xu Jingchang nodded. After becoming a father, he has the responsibility of a man. He needs to support the family and think about the next generation so that they can live in a better country...
Thinking about it this way, it’s really stressful!
Another three or five days passed, and Xu Jingchang thought carefully and weighed it repeatedly.
Finally, Zhu Di sent an order to let him pass.
Before Xu Jingchang left, he even rubbed his son's tender little face, not to mention how comfortable it was.
Xu Jingchang was in a good mood and greeted the courtiers warmly, which made Xia Yuanji and others feel like they were taking a breath of spring breeze.
"Dong Guo, you are really different."
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "People always have to be mature, Xia Shangshu. In the past, I made too much nonsense and caused you a lot of trouble. Especially your brother, who has been involved in a lot of things with me, and I don't think so."
Sorry."
When Xia Yuanji heard this, he was not relieved at all. Instead, he felt a chill down his spine, and instinctively felt that something was wrong.
I was deceived too much by this kid, and my whole spirit was not good.
Isn't it because he is a cat and a dog and wants to harm people again?
In fact, Xia Yuanji was really worried too much.
Xu Jingchang really plans to change his mind and start a new life, not for anything else but to set a good example for his son!
"Your Majesty, after much consideration, Peiping still does not meet the conditions to become the capital."
Zhu Di hummed: "Why? Is it because the taxes are not enough?"
Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, if we only count this year, the tax revenue is indeed enough. But the accounts cannot be calculated like this. After all, next year, there will not be so many industries to sell. This year, they are all sold out. It is considered a year of eating."
Xia Yuanji immediately shook his head and said: "That's not right. With the current momentum, business will be more prosperous next year, and finance and taxation will also increase. I think within at least three to five years, Peking's tax revenue will exceed 10 million taels. If we include
The salt tax is enough to support the capital!"
Xu Jingchang smiled and said: "Xia Shangshu, I would like to ask you, where is the focus of Ming Dynasty right now? Is Peking more important, or Yingtian?"
Xia Yuanji chuckled and said: "Of course it's Yingtian, not only the finance and tax matters, but also the population, the city... But in my opinion, the north can still catch up."
"Then give the north enough time to catch up." Xu Jingchang said: "Beiping right now is like a newborn baby, stretching its arms and growing its legs. Xia Shangshu hurriedly moved the capital here, which is equivalent to
It is a noose attached in advance and a heavy burden is placed on the back, which is really not conducive to the development of Beiping. The purpose of moving the capital is to postpone it for ten years, which will benefit the country and the people."
Xia Yuanji was speechless for a moment, but Zhu Di said: "Xu Jingchang, are you just perfunctory with me?"
Xu Jingchang said quickly: "Your Majesty, I think it may be stipulated that every two or three years, the emperor will visit the north. Your Majesty can also arrange people to keep abreast of the development of Beiping. If the conditions for moving the capital are met, I will definitely agree to move the capital."
Zhu Di sighed heavily. He liked Peiping very much and hoped to move the capital there.
But as Xu Jingchang said, Beiping does need time to develop now.
And the South cannot be ignored casually.
A ten-year moratorium might be a good idea.
"Xia Qing's family, what do you think?"
After Xia Yuanji pondered for a while, he said helplessly: "It is true and fair that the Duke of Dingguo will serve the country when he is old, and I agree with him."
"What about you?" Zhu Di turned his attention to the others.
Yang Rong, Wu Shan and others seconded the proposal.
Even Huang Guan nodded in agreement.
Zhu Di finally laughed loudly, "Okay! Xu Jingchang, you can be regarded as answering a hundred questions."
Xu Jingchang said calmly: "It's not that I can respond to everything at once, it's just that all the courtiers have the country in mind and the world as their top priority."
Zhu Di laughed even more, "Okay, you are getting better and better at talking."
Then Zhu Di looked at Xia Yuanji and others and asked: "Although I can temporarily let the matter of moving the capital go, Peiping is dominated by merchants, and the tax revenue is almost the same as that of the sky. I want to arrange for people to manage it, what do you think?"
After a moment of silence, Xia Yuanji stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I originally planned to move the capital to Peking, with Peiping as the main center, and gradually rectify the entire official system. But now Ding Guogong is opposed to moving the capital, and it would be unreasonable to retain the Peking Department.
.After all, a second-rank minister is in charge of half of the country. His authority is too heavy, and it is difficult for the officials below to assign him."
Zhu Di said: "That's true. Then tell me, what if we follow the example of Tian and set up six ministries and nine ministers in Beiping?"
This time Huang Guan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't work. If we set up two sets of official systems, one of them must be vacated and the other will be the main one. But now it seems that Yingtian cannot be vacated, and Peking has the most important responsibility."
, this arrangement is not appropriate."
Zhu Di nodded and became embarrassed again, "What you all said makes sense, but truth cannot be eaten. Now that the situation is like this between the north and the south, how should I deal with it?"
After repeated silence, someone finally stood up. Yang Rong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, now that things have come to this, I think it is necessary to set up an yamen to take charge of the north and south, coordinate the internal and external affairs, and connect the past and the following, so that we can live up to the emperor's favor and not interfere with state affairs."
Zhu Di hummed: "I have already said that I will not reappear, haven't you forgotten?"
Yang Rong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am not asking you to be reinstated as prime minister, but I suggest that your Majesty restore the method used when he ascended the throne and restore the authority of the General Affairs Department."
Zhu Di was even more puzzled, "I don't understand what you are saying. Isn't the General Affairs Department done well by handing it over to Xie Xueshi? What's wrong with it?"
Yang Rong sighed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, when Duke Ding was appointed as the general envoy, he supervised all officials and hung on the desk what each yamen should do, just like Tai'a hung it high. I ask the courtiers, who dares to neglect it?
Since Xie Xueshi took over, although he has continued the law of Ding Guogong, how many people care about it? It is just a formality, which is really sad."
Zhu Di frowned, "Yang Rong, are you saying that the Bachelor of Science is not good? Is he lazy in government affairs?"
Yang Rong shook his head hurriedly, "That's not the case. Your Majesty, what I want to say is that even if it were someone else, it wouldn't be better than Bachelor Jie, unless that person is Duke Dingguo!"
Zhu Di chuckled and said: "What, you mean, except Duke Dingguo, no one can be a good general official?"
Yang Rongrong said loudly: "That's right! Your Majesty, Duke Dingguo is a genius. The current prosperity of Beiping is enough to prove the talent of Duke Dingguo. It would be a pity if he is still wasted in Pingzhangyuan."
Zhu Di thought for a while and said with a smile: "That's right. I can't waste talents...Xu Jingchang, I have decided to promote the General Affairs Department to a first-class yamen, the same position as the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army."
The official positions in the Ming Dynasty are interesting to say. The chief officers of the Five Army Governor's Mansion were the left and right governors, all of whom were first-class officials.
The chief officers of the six departments are all of the second grade.
In the middle and late stages of development, culture was used to control military force.
A first-grade military general may be subject to the control of a second- or third-grade civil servant, which is extremely insulting.
Zhu Di decided to promote the Secretary of General Affairs to the first rank.
On the civil service side, there are also official posts of first grade.
"Xu Jingchang, this new general affairs envoy is yours."
