News of Gao Shaoyi's quick return to Beijing also spread to the capital. The emperor also called the two princes over to discuss how to deal with this matter. Regarding the emperor's move to the capital, Gao Shaoyi had already sent people to disperse a few days ago.
Nowadays, the whole capital is in panic.
"Haven't you caught that slave yet?"
In the past two days, news about moving the capital was all over the streets in the capital. The emperor quickly understood what was going on. Eunuch Li must have escaped, so he sent the imperial guards to arrest him, but there was no result.
He would definitely not wait at home. If he did something like beheading, he would have run away long ago.
There were only three people in the room at that time, and the emperor himself would definitely not tell anyone, nor would the man in black, so only Eunuch Li would be left. Moreover, after the news spread, Eunuch Li not only disappeared from the imperial city
Now, including his nephews in the capital, there is no trace.
"When we return to the emperor, we have stepped up the investigation, but there is no news yet. Eunuch Li's clan members in his hometown have also disappeared."
An imperial guard knelt next to him and said, "The emperor was very disgusted after hearing this. These people under his command are becoming more and more useless. It turns out that we can't rely on you to fight the war, but it's okay to arrest someone. Now
They couldn't even handle such a small thing, so the emperor was very depressed and told them to get out.
The king of a country is most afraid of being surrounded by other people. Who leaked this news? The emperor has not guessed it yet. Although he has guessed it is Gao Shaoyi, the person who least wants the emperor to move the capital now is probably Gao Shaoyi.
Already.
"This kid Gao Shaoyi returned to Beijing early because I want to move the capital. You two should also tell me whether the empire should move the capital?"
The emperor pointed to the seats on both sides. These two princes were also top-notch in the country. They usually had the right to sit and talk with the emperor. Naturally, others did not have this ability, so the two old princes sat down. Regarding the emperor's
The problem is, neither of them spoke first.
According to their understanding of the emperor, the emperor would definitely not choose to move the capital, but that is not the case in the current situation. The emperor did not have this idea in the past, but now he must have been tempted. How can he allow others to sleep soundly beside the bed? Before
The capital was still in the hands of the emperor, but after several changes, the emperor had lost control of the capital. This was a definite fact.
"My dear brother, I don't think it's appropriate. Although Zhongjing is also the capital, it has not been used for many years. Not only is the palace dilapidated, but the various transportation arteries have also been neglected for many years. If the capital is moved to Zhongjing, it will be a huge expense for the imperial court."
Prince Ding stood up first. Moving the capital to Beijing is a big project. Now the imperial government's finances are already demolishing the east wall to pay for the west wall. If the emperor insists on doing this, he will probably have to borrow money again. Now he is already struggling to make ends meet.
, if the loan continues, the court may no longer have any collateral.
In the past year, most of the court's loans have been borrowed from Gao's Bank, but Gao's Bank is not just a freeloader. They need the court to mortgage various physical objects and other foreign banks.
It's different. Why did the imperial court borrow money from Gao's Bank? It's because Gao's Bank's interest rate is relatively low, but the collateral required is real. This is also different from foreign banks.
The emperor only saw the low interest rates of Gao's Bank. In the past, he was unwilling to give such high interest rates to foreign banks, so the emperor did not approve borrowings from other banks. Now the collateral has come to an end. If the capital is to be moved, it will at least require The cost of nearly 40 million silver coins is only at the beginning, and the various subsequent costs are not yet mentioned, so the engagement prince disagrees.
Prince Ding did not talk about other aspects of the impact, only the cost. This is also the most realistic difficulty. Unless the emperor takes the money out of the internal treasury, then we don't need to consider this.
"Prince Kang, what do you think?"
Regarding Prince Ding's opposition, the emperor seems to have known in his heart for a long time. For his younger brother, he has indeed loved and hated him in recent years. What he loves is that this younger brother does business. Compared with other members of the royal family, this younger brother is still Relatively reliable.
What I hate is that this guy is not loyal to me. Everyone knows that Prince Ding is loyal to the entire Daqian Empire and will not be loyal to the emperor at all.
This is not a secret at all. The emperor also knows about this matter, and has revealed murderous intentions several times. Of course, this is all in the past few years. In recent years, due to the weakening of national power, foreigners have bullied them to the extreme. No matter how much the emperor does, If you want to get rid of this younger brother, you can't bring trouble to Xiao Qiang.
Nowadays, the relationship between Gao Shaoyi and Prince Ding is obviously much better than that of his uncle. If he attacks Prince Ding, the emperor will have no way to explain to Gao Shaoyi, so this idea has basically been eliminated.
"Wei Chen believes that the capital should be moved. Although there will be all kinds of troubles in the process of moving the capital, and it will also bring huge waste to the empire, the capital of the empire is no longer safe now. We have trained so many troops, and we still have There is no way to resist the suppressing army. As we advance, they are also advancing. Since we cannot achieve absolute security in the capital, we should abandon it."
Prince Kang’s reasons are also very abundant. Is the capital of the empire still in our hands now? Ever since that time when the Suppression Army arrested people in the streets, Prince Kang has already felt this. The dignified Prince’s residence, Suppression An officer from the army rushed over to arrest him. This was simply too audacious.
At that time, Prince Kang raised it in the court. Unfortunately, no one in the court took this seriously, so no one sanctioned Gao Shaoyi. Now that the development has reached this stage, if we think about sanctioning Gao Shaoyi again, it will be too late. It's too late, not to mention we don't have the strength.
Prince Kang even had another idea, perhaps uniting with foreigners to punish Gao Shaoyi. Although this was an act of traitor, it could still maintain their control in the capital. Unfortunately, the foreigners have now been defeated by Gao Shaoyi, and South The leased lands in the three provinces have been taken back, which also means that this path will not work. Even if they have this idea, I am afraid that the major Western powers will not have the courage...