"He Wuzou, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, would like to report: In order to request that the capital be moved to Nanjing, it will be a foundation for eternity:
Jinling's royal aura is known to all the world. In the past, Emperor Taizu Gao expelled the Northern Yuan Dynasty and established his capital here. All the nine barbarians and eight barbarians came to the court, and the sound of the mountains shouting rejoiced far and near. Your Majesty, following Taizu's legacy, pacified the Qing captives.
, the restoration of China is the same as that of Taizu, so why should Nanjing not be the capital?
The capital of the country is the center of the celestial dynasty, and the people of the world rely on it as the foundation for eternity. It cannot be defended unless it is a city of long-term peace and stability. The land of Nanjing is surrounded by rivers, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with dragons and bells on Mount Zhong, and tigers roosting on stones. It lives in the heart of the celestial dynasty, far away from barbarians.
, there are no dangers from the border troops, and there is the security of Mount Tai. Moreover, in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, there is abundant material and people, and the use of wealth is half of it. The capital is here, and there is no cost of transporting grain and fodder, so that the people can rest and the national treasury is full. In the play
!Heaven descends on Nanjing to Your Majesty!
Nowadays, shipping is booming, transportation is available, goods are colonizing the world, and tariffs are increasing day by day. All the Western Yi vassals are building large ships, raising naval forces, and expanding territory. It is a time when all countries are rising up! The capital is Nanjing, and relying on the big rivers, they can benefit from seaports. There are many ports.
, then the wealth and goods are sufficient; the wealth and goods are sufficient, the country is rich; the country is rich, the soldiers and horses are strong! The soldiers and horses are strong, the treasury is full, sweeping across the world, and swallowing up all directions.
However, since your Majesty conquered Beijing, you have been forgetting to return and have stayed there for a long time without leaving. All the ministers are frightened, thinking that your Majesty intends to make Beijing the capital. The matter of your country's capital is even more important, including the governance of the world and the peace and security of the people.
All my uneasiness depends on this. As a cabinet minister, I have been deeply favored by the country, and I dare not speak for Your Majesty without speaking openly and courageously. Your Majesty has established the capital in Nanjing. The clan is very lucky, and the world is very lucky. I have little knowledge, but I would like to report it.
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"Li Mingzhong, the official of the Chang Kingdom, would like to write this report: In order to invite the emperor to visit the border and establish Beijing as the capital:
The land of Youzhou is surrounded by the sea on the left, Taihang on the right, Juyong on the north, Heji on the south, and the land of Chengtianfu. In the past, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gao conquered the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties in the north and changed the capital of the Yuan Dynasty to Beiping. Cheng Zu lived here and ruled the world.
There is nothing like the 'Longxing Land' like Beijing!
In the past years of Taizu, he also sent envoys to the north several times to discuss moving the capital. In the 19th year of Emperor Taizu's reign, his long-cherished wish was fulfilled. All dynasties in the past have used the Great Wall as a screen to keep out the barbarians. I am the king of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor hunts the border and controls the four sides.
The barbarians dominate the world. Everything north of the Great Wall is included in the territory; the king's way is rough, and the barbarians everywhere are in submission.
Magnificent! The glorious Ming Dynasty established the foundation of unification, inherited more than 300 sacrificial rites, and successively succeeded to your majesty, Yan Zuo, and succeeded to 17 kings. The Lord, the saints, and the ministers were loyal, and their reputation spread overseas; the father was kind and the son was filial, and all the nations attached themselves to the dynasty.
Mencius said, 'Be born in sorrow, die in peace and happiness'. 'The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country'. This is called the character of the Ming Dynasty.
Your Majesty, the God of Heaven, rides on the dragon to control the pole, builds the Yuan Dynasty and Guangwu, rises to the occasion, personally leads the heavenly master, and defeats the evildoers. He is the wise king of the ages and the unparalleled hero! How can you not inherit the legacy of the saints and hunt for the border to defend against the barbarians? Now that I have heard that the ministers have said that Nanjing will be the capital, oh! How can there be anyone who prefers to live in the south of the Yangtze River and the long-term destiny of the country? Moreover, His Majesty has inherited the great power of Emperor Lie, how can he abandon Siling and go south? I am a despicable person, but I can survive in troubled times. Fortunately,
The Lord Meng Ying was promoted to the army and given military posts, and he dared not fail to speak for His Majesty. His Majesty Fu Wei established the capital in Beijing to educate the barbarians and spread the wind of benevolence; to frighten the disobedient and spread the word of loyalty. The ministers shed blood and shed blood
Sincerely, I am extremely excited and overjoyed. A little bit of foolish loyalty, I would like to report it."
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The two tit-for-tat memorials are truly worthy of Zhu Hengjia’s imperial court.
The first one was taught by the great scholar He Wuzu. He believed that Nanjing was a good place to make the capital. There are four reasons: first, Nanjing was the place where Emperor Taizu Gao made his capital, and it had a royal atmosphere; second, Nanjing was located in the heart of the Celestial Dynasty.
, there are no major border troubles, and the politics are stable; thirdly, the southern Zhili area is very wealthy and has sufficient money and food. It does not need to transport materials through canals like Beijing does, which can save freight; fourthly, it is already the age of navigation.
All countries are vigorously developing maritime trade and navy. Nanjing is close to the river, close to the sea, and has many ports, which is conducive to the development of maritime trade. If Beijing is the capital, facing grasslands and deserts all day long, there will be no energy to develop maritime trade. After Zhu Hengjia read it, he felt it was very reasonable. Especially the fourth point, he was deeply in agreement with it. As a time traveler, he naturally knew the importance of the Age of Discovery. If he grasped it, he would become an empire on which the sun never sets; if he failed to grasp it, he would become an empire on which the sun never sets.
It is a country where the sun is declining.
The second course was taken by Li Mingzhong, the official of the Chang Kingdom. He believed that Beijing was a good place to make the capital. There were three reasons: first, Beijing’s kingly spirit was the best in the world and its feng shui was good; second, there were many barbarians in the north and Beijing was far from the border.
It is close and can deter the barbarians. Unlike the previous dynasties, our Ming Dynasty has its capital here. It has the intention of the emperor to hunt for borders, and it can show the vigorous and enterprising spirit to the world; thirdly, except for Taizu, all the tombs of the previous emperors are the capital.
In Beijing, there is the Siling Mausoleum of Emperor Chongzhen. You succeeded Emperor Chongzhen, so naturally you should stay in Beijing.
After Zhu Hengjia read it, he felt that it made sense. Especially the second article, the emperor's ferocious attitude, represented the pioneering spirit of the Ming Dynasty. When he thought of the heroic spirit of "the emperor defends the country, the king dies for the country", there was a burning fire in his chest.
.I am the only emperor in history who drove a long chariot through the Helan Mountain gap. If Nanjing is the capital, wouldn’t it give people a feeling of being in the south of the Yangtze River? No, it is better to make Beijing the capital!
Zhu Hengjia preferred to make Beijing the capital, but most of his senior ministers, except for a few people such as Chang Guogong Li Mingzhong, were in favor of making Nanjing the capital. Guan Shouzhen, Sun Jinding, He Wuzou and other cabinet ministers unanimously supported Nanjing.
The main reason is that Zhu Hengjia was a soldier in Guangxi, and most of his senior ministers were from the south. The southerners supported Nanjing as the capital, which is natural and right.
Ask Zheng Feng if you are in doubt.
Zhu Hengjia found his confidant Zheng Feng, "Zheng Qing, do you think it is better for me to be in Beijing or Nanjing?"
Zheng Feng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, do you know why both Taizu and Chengzu wanted to build their capital in the north?"
"Hey, Zheng Qing, why do you need to ask? Of course I want to defend against the Mongols in the north!"
"When Your Majesty, Taizu, became the ancestor, the remaining forces of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty were still strong and still had the power to aspire to conquer the Central Plains. Therefore, the two saints both wanted to establish their capital in the north to control the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Now, the Qing captives have been wiped out by you.
Mongolia in southern Mongolia has surrendered, and northern Mongolia and Mongolia are divided into pieces. Looking to the north, there is no strong enemy. What is the point of making Beijing your capital?"
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"Your Majesty, does your Majesty know why Taizu changed the capital of the Yuan Dynasty to Peking but did not establish a capital in Beijing? Chengzu always wanted to make Beijing the capital, but it took him nineteen years to succeed."
"In Taizu's time, most of the capital was destroyed by wars and the canals were blocked. There was insufficient farmland in the north, and the output of grain and grass was limited, so we had to rely on the canals. At that time, the country had decided that there was insufficient national supplies and it was impossible to dredge, so we could only use Nanjing as the capital. Chengzu
They immigrated to the north to farm and resume production; they also built palaces in the name of the Northern Patrol; they then sent people to dredge the Huitong River and dig Qingjiang Pu. So it took nineteen years to succeed."
"Your Majesty is right. Emperor Chengzu ordered Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Jin Chun, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, to dredge the Hui River. He also ordered Pingjiang Bo Chen Xuan to dig Qingjiangpu in the Huai'an section. It took several years to dredge the shipping line and transport it annually.
Six million shi of grain went to Beijing. But does your majesty know how much was lost when these 6 million shi of grain were transported to Beijing?"
"I really don't know about this, Zheng Qing said it."
"Your Majesty, half of it was lost!"
"What!"
Zhu Hengjia was shocked. If Beijing were to be the capital, three million shi of grain would be lost every year in transportation. Based on the grain price during the Wanli period, that would be equivalent to 2.4 million taels of silver. Nowadays, with the war and chaos, grain prices are even more expensive.
This does not include the hired boats and the wages of the civilian workers.
He is a well-known iron rooster and is reluctant to pay so much money every year. Besides, now that the powerful enemy in the north has been destroyed, it no longer makes sense to make Beijing his capital.
Then he issued an order to make Nanjing the capital, with Beijing as the companion capital, and Guilin as Xijing.
After deciding to make Nanjing his capital, Zhu Hengjia was not in a hurry to return south. Instead, he led his army to the northeast, jumped over the Great Wall, and went straight to the Horqin Left Wing Center Banner of the Taining Guard.
He did not go to his old Taishan Wu Keshan family to escape, but to join the Monan Mongolian Sixth League, the Twenty-four Divisions, and the Forty-nine Banners.