Zhu Di laughed loudly and said: "What makes me happiest is that the proposal to move the capital was successfully passed. [] As for the establishment of a crown prince, I can only decide the king of a generation. Gao Chi's temperament has been decided, so I don't need to worry. Zhanji
Although he is smart, it is unpredictable how he will fare when he becomes an adult, and he is still not sure what he will do now."
Xia Xun said carefully: "The emperor's grandson is smart and talented..."
Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "I think Li Longji can be regarded as a young hero if he can take back the Li family from the hands of Empress Zetian. But in his later years, the court will re-appoint a group of ministers, and the outsiders will favor a group of people who have long-held ambitions.
Because of his stupidity and the chaos of Anshi, the Li and Tang Dynasties went downhill from then on and never rose again.
I like this eldest grandson very much, and I know all these strengths. What I am talking about is character. Now, of course, there is no problem with Zhanji, but he has not grown up yet and has not yet decided on his character. Now he is older than Li Sanlang back then.
It's still a long way off, and there are still many unpredictable things in the future, so we shouldn't be arbitrary.
Zhu Di sighed leisurely and said: "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings! One generation of virtuous people may not necessarily succeed the virtuous ones. I can't do anything about whether the descendants of future generations are filial or unworthy, virtuous or unvirtuous. But moving the capital is not the case. This matter can only be done by me.
If you want to manage it, you can definitely do it with my hands. In my hometown, the golden land of Nanjing, the national destiny is really difficult to last.
If the emperor sits in Jinling and controls the north, even if he can't afford external troubles, he will definitely have internal troubles. It is for this reason that the emperor conferred titles on the kings and northern frontiers to fight against foreign enemies. However, although I, because the kings were influenced by Fang Huang and others, I deceived the emperor.
, inflicted unbridled persecution, and had no choice but to raise troops to quell the difficulties, but in the end it was a bad start. The kings supported their troops and respected themselves, and it was difficult to prevent them from having different intentions. Now that the kings do not have different intentions, it is impossible to ensure that their descendants will not have different intentions, and it will not happen in the long run.
What a serious problem.
I have relocated the kings of the Northern Territory to their original places. The Northern Territory is empty, and the border generals cannot give them easy access. I mobilize the power of troops and horses. Whenever there are major or minor matters, military information needs to go back and forth between Jinling and Jiubian.
In vain, we have delayed the opportunity to fight. Therefore, this problem cannot be solved without moving the capital to Peking. Once the capital is established in Beijing, unless we have a series of foolish emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and there are successive natural disasters, otherwise...it is expected that the country will be safe for three hundred years."
Xia Xun said in surprise: "Three hundred years?"
Everyone who is an emperor hopes that their family's empire will last forever for generations to come. Although they also know that this is impossible, most people are unwilling to face this fact and do not even have the courage to mention it. Xia Xun actually did not expect that Zhu Di would admit it frankly.
This matter, and the assumptions made are actually not outrageous.
Zhu Di smiled and said: "The world will not always belong to one family. When all the surnames are exhausted, the country will naturally change hands. Since the first emperor Yingzheng unified the world, for more than a thousand years, the country has been in the state for more than three hundred years.
Is there a dynasty? There is not one! So... if my descendants can protect the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years, it will be enough.
If Guo Zuo can last longer, that will be their blessing. If they cannot hold the country for three hundred years, then it will be a disgrace to their descendants. If the ancestors can earn them a family fortune, will this family fortune be able to survive?
It's their own business to defend it. Even if I give them an iron-clad country today, they will still make it riddled with holes. By then, I will have turned into a piece of loess, so what can they do?"
This is true, but how many people can be so reasonable? After listening to Zhu Di's words, Xia Xun couldn't help but secretly admire his spirit and courage. However, Zhu Di himself could talk about the long and short of this, but he couldn't talk nonsense.
Zhu Di loosened the reins of the horse and let it run freely. His eyes slowly looked around. On the grassland, the sun was shining brightly, the autumn air was crisp, the universe was clear, and the world was clear.
Zhu Di said in a manly voice: "Why do I never forget to move the capital? Don't think that I don't know anything because I am in the deep palace, huh! Those idiots hate me for moving the capital, and they say all kinds of unpleasant things, saying that I am not in the right position.
Feeling guilty, I wanted to go back to the foundation of Beijing, saying that when I ascended the throne, I killed too many people and offended the Jiangnan nobles, and I was afraid...
What a joke! What a big joke!
In this life, when have I encountered an enemy and escaped? When I led 50,000 soldiers to fight against the imperial court's 500,000-strong army, I did not escape! When I led 20,000 soldiers to chase down the 100,000 Tatar cavalry, I did not escape! I was in the south of the Yangtze River.
, in the 95th year of my reign, I control the world's troops, but I feel guilty? If there are really people in Jiangnan who are secretly against me, I will not stay in Jiangnan, but I will avoid the north, sit back and watch the disasters in Jiangnan, and lose half of my country.
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When I ascended the throne, the only people I killed were Fang, Huang, Qitai, and their relatives. What did they have to do with the Jiangnan nobles? What relationship did these people have with the Jiangnan nobles? I have been on the throne for more than ten years, and I have no regard for Jiangnan.
Isn’t it true that the control of the noble clan is not as good as that of a yellow-mouthed boy who has accomplished nothing in four years as king? I am opening up a new subject to recruit scholars, and the scholars from Jiangnan are flocking to them, so where are their objections to me?"
Zhu Di said with disdain: "If I were afraid of the Jiangnan nobles, so afraid that I would not even dare to set up the palace throne here, I would dare to send the navy to the east to send Xuanfu to the sea, send a large army to the south to attack Jiaozu, and send a heavy army to the west to fight against Tiemu.
Son, he personally led the army to the Northern Expedition to the Tatars and depleted the capital of the capital? Hey! In order to slander me, these shameless villains have done everything they can to slander me, but some idiots who have no brains believe it."
The more Zhu Di talked, the angrier he became. He pointed at Xia Xun and said, "Xuan, remember, the most filthy and filthy people in the world are those hypocrites who have read books!"
Perhaps it was because of Zhu Di's series of plans that he successfully controlled the entire world and achieved his goal in one fell swoop. He was very excited, so at this time, he was as high-spirited and heroic as every time he went to the battlefield in military uniform: "Xuan
, hundreds of officials opposed the relocation of the capital, threatening justice, and I am not a vegetarian, the emperor protects the country! Haha, this sentence is what I used to deceive them!"
Xia Xun was shocked and lost his voice: "Liar?"
Zhu Di said proudly: "That's right! I want to move the capital to Beijing because today's territory is no longer what it used to be. Less than two years after the founding of our country, Huang Kao, I had the idea of moving the capital because the Imperial Kao also came out and Jinling was not built.
But at that time, the Beiyuan Dynasty had just fled abroad. They had been running the capital for hundreds of years, and the foundation of Huangkao was in Jiangnan. It was impossible to consider Beijing when building the capital. Otherwise, once the Beiyuan Dynasty counterattacked successfully, there would be chaos just after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
It was a joke that the capital fell, but now it is different.
How to defend the country? You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. At present, the Northern Di, Xirong, Southern Barbarians, and Eastern Japanese, none of them have the strength to compete with our Ming Dynasty. However, although the ancient tribes have become weaker, in the
Countries from all directions including east, west, south, and north are still the biggest threat to our Ming Dynasty.
If the capital is located in Jinling, it will be inconvenient to communicate with the important towns in the north. This is one of the reasons. Furthermore, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xifan and Beidi have become increasingly powerful. The old saying of "whoever conquers the land conquers the world" no longer works.
Well, if we cannot secure the horse-raising land in Xifan and north of the Yellow River, we will have to fight against the nomads with our bloody flesh and blood, and we will have to pay a hundredfold sacrifice.
Beijing is located outside the Great Wall and at the throat of Liaodong into the original. If I make Beijing the capital, I can deploy the main military force of our Ming Dynasty along the line of the Great Wall, push our defense of the Ming Dynasty to the front line of northern border defense, and transform the defensive country into an offensive one.
The capital of the country has a great deterrent effect on enemies outside the customs.
If we set our capital here, the first thing foreign enemies will face when entering the customs is not the weak common people, but the emperor who dominates the world. How dare they go deep! If our capital is set here, then even if some of my unworthy and unworthy descendants become emperors, they will
We cannot rest in comfort like we did in Jinling, we have to pay attention to northern border defense!"
Zhu Di's eyes sparkled and he said: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Yes, the biggest disadvantage of making Beijing the capital is that it is too close to the enemy, but if you want to keep the capital far away from the enemy, is there only one way to retreat? Retreating is really enough to protect yourself.
?Why retreat instead of expanding the northern territory?
With the expansion of the northern territory, is Beijing still a nation? Is it still too close to the enemy? Hundreds of armies are vying to travel. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If a country doesn't make progress, it will only be replaced by others faster! Retreat? A joke?
!I moved the capital to Beijing not to protect the country, but to move the capital of Ming Dynasty to Beijing to push the country of Ming Dynasty further north!"
Xia Xun looked at Zhu Di intently and thought: "So that's it, that's it. Emperor Yongle's five expeditions to Mobei, and the last three were just for the purpose of suppressing and containing the Tatar Oara, there was no need to send more troops. He just didn't do it."
Following the footsteps of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he began to launch a military campaign. It turned out that his intention was to completely annex the Menggu grassland!
It is a pity that no one is perfect. The two generations of emperors of Yongle were good at governance rather than martial arts. They also paid too much attention to the opinions of officials. During their governance, they were influenced by the official group. Annan's troops were withdrawn.
The Western ships were recovered, and the North's consistent policy of suppressing the Tatars and Oaras who were stronger, and striving to maintain mutual checks and balances between them, was also cancelled.
As a result, Walai rose again, and finally in the hands of the great eunuch Wang Zhen, he destroyed all the elite soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty. The military strength of the Ming Dynasty never recovered... However... Today's Walai and Liaodong are no longer the same as their original history.
There are huge variables, maybe it will be as the emperor imagined..."
Just as Xia Xun thought of this, Zhu Di's voice suddenly rose: "The Tatars are weak, the Valais are fighting internally, and Liaodong is in hand. Why don't I seize this opportunity and make good use of it? Beijing is the connection hub between the inside and outside of the Great Wall, and the north and south of the desert.
The south has always been stable. With Beijing as the capital, I can not only rule the vast areas of the original and southern areas, but I can also intimidate the vast areas north of Heilongjiang, Lake Baikal, and the Altai Mountains. Those who have been under the rule of foreigners for hundreds of years in the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties
The northern Han people felt a sense of belonging to the imperial court and strengthened their control over Nvzhen, Tatar, Wala, and Uliangha.
Zhu Di stared at Xia Xun with stern eyes and said: "I established the Nurgandu Division in the far north, established the Hami Guard in the northwest, controlled Jiaozhi to the south, and to the east... I sent a huge fleet to sea, not for
Like Qin Shihuang, he sought the elixir of immortality, but for the purpose of combining kindness and power to control the countries in Southeast Asia.
I will rule the world with force. I will conquer the desert in the north and the sea in the South Pole. I will reach the sunrise and sunset in the east and west. I will be omnipresent and unyielding to all countries that can be reached by boat and chariot. I will surely make all the countries from far away come to court and surrender. What I have to do is not just the original.
The Lord is the Lord of Huayi! How can my ambition be guessed by those ignorant people?"