Obviously, Zhu Di deliberately let the prince hide behind the screen, just to let him listen to what Wang Xian said. Zhu Di was scheming and had a vicious vision, how could he not see Wang Xian's cunningness? For this kind of person who talks to others but not to others. The bastard who talks nonsense, this is the only way to cure him!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Wang Xian shouted in shock.
Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly towards Wang Xian and did not speak, but from his eyes, you could still see a trace of anger and a little bit of contempt.
Seeing that his strategy of differentiation was immediately effective, Zhu Di was delighted, stood up and said: "What Wang Xian said is right, but it's a pity that the pattern is too small!" As he spoke, he smacked slightly and looked at the huge stone hanging on the west wall of the front hall of Qianqing Palace. Map said: "This picture has been hanging here for half a year. You have all seen it many times, but no one can understand my painstaking efforts!"
Wang Xian and Zhu Gaochi looked at the map and discovered that it was not the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, but a map that was even broader in all directions, even more than during the heyday of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties!
"It is said that I moved the capital to defend against the Mongols, so as not to underestimate me!" Zhu Di walked to the map, opened his arms and said: "I will manage Mongolia! Open up Liaodong! Set up the Nurgan Capital Division! Open up the Western Regions !Control Uzang! Send Zhang Fu to conquer Annan and establish a chief minister! Send Zheng He to make several voyages to the West! The power of heaven reaches as far as Malaga! My grand plan and strategy are to let the sun and moon shine and the rivers reach , they are all Han! Only in this way can we live up to our title of Ming Dynasty!"
Wang Xian was speechless secretly when he heard this. He couldn't help but quickly exchanged glances with the prince. The prince quickly signaled him not to reveal his secret. Wang Xian quickly put on an extremely flattering posture and said with excitement in his voice: "Is it the king's soil in the world?" , Is it possible that the person who is on the shore of the land is a royal minister? How lucky is it that I was born in the prosperous age of Yongle?! I am determined to do my best to serve your majesty’s grand ambitions!”
"Hahaha!" Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh loudly. He swept away the gloom of the past few days and glanced at the prince proudly. It seemed to say that your son and your number one general are on my side!
The prince remained expressionless, but he looked like he was suppressing his anger.
The emperor ignored the prince and asked Wang Xiandao: "I sent you to Shandong, do you feel unhappy?"
"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no such intention!" Wang Xian knew that he had passed the inspection, but he still did not dare to take it lightly and replied without hesitation: "Your Majesty has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, but I am only worried that I am not strong enough and will fail the Holy Spirit." It’s just a request!”
"Okay! I hope you think so in your heart!" Zhu Di nodded approvingly and said solemnly: "That's right! I sent you to Shandong for no other reason than because the situation there has reached the point of breaking out!" As he spoke, he looked at Wang Xiandao closely: "I appoint you as the imperial envoy to the governor of Shandong, and give you the king's order of chess and cards, which can control the officials of the three divisions of Shandong. If you are below the fourth rank, you will be killed first and then played!" After a pause, he took out half of the yellow jade talisman from his sleeve. , weighing it in his hands, he seemed quite hesitant.
Wang Xian didn't say anything, and waited quietly for the emperor to finish his pretense... Sure enough, Zhu Di finally handed the half piece of jade talisman to Wang Xian, and said solemnly: "Put it away. If you lose it, I will Copy your nine clans!"
"Yes!" Wang Xian quickly took it with both hands and put it away close to his body.
"It must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary." The emperor was still worried and warned sternly: "If you take it out casually, I will deal with you as well! Remember!"
"I have remembered it!" Wang Xian nodded hurriedly in agreement.
"Go!" Zhu Di waved his hand, glanced at the prince and said, "His Royal Highness, let's go too."
"Yes." The prince and Wang Xian bowed and left together...
After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Wang Xian wanted to step forward to help the prince, but Zhu Gaochi flicked his sleeves and said, "I don't dare bother you, Lord Imperial Envoy!" But no one saw it. Zhu Gaochi used his sleeves as a cover and shook Wang Xian's hand tightly. Give it a try.
Then, under Wang Xian's anxious eyes, His Royal Highness asked the two young eunuchs to help him walk away angrily.
Wang Xian's eyes were full of sadness. It took him a while to calm down, and then he saw His Highness the Grand Sun approaching.
Zhu Zhanji walked up to Wang Xian, patted him on the shoulder, and said with sympathy in his eyes: "You know my suffering, right?"
"Hey..." Wang Xian nodded in frustration. Zhu Zhanji grabbed his arm and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, I will take care of everything."
"Okay." Wang Xian nodded again, hugged Zhu Zhanji vigorously, and then left the palace in frustration.
Zhu Zhan looked at Wang Xian's back with a somewhat relaxed expression. He turned around and entered the hall, where he saw his grandfather standing in front of the map, still fascinated.
"Grandpa Huang." Zhu Zhanji bowed and saluted.
"What's going on, aren't they acting?" Zhu Di asked slowly without looking back.
"My grandson saw it with his own eyes, and my father pushed him away." Zhu Zhanji said softly: "Grandpa Huang also knows that my father has never been a cheater. He was led astray by those Confucian scholars and is full of thoughts. We have different opinions and do not seek each other's will. Since Wang Xian supports moving the capital, my father will naturally ignore him..."
"Idiot." Zhu Di snorted and stopped continuing the topic. Instead, he asked: "How are you preparing for tomorrow's debate?"
"My grandson has already made peace with the ministers. Several great scholars, as well as Jian Shangshu and Xia Shangshu, will all speak at that time." Zhu Zhanji replied hurriedly and softly.
"Hmm." Zhu Di nodded and asked, "Where are those officials? Have you communicated with them?"
"We've communicated." Zhu Zhanji said softly.
"How?" Zhu Di said with a cold look.
"Not very optimistic..." Zhu Zhanji swallowed his saliva and said softly: "Those guys are all stupid, and they don't get enough oil and salt."
"No matter what, there can't be any mistakes!" Zhu Di said in a deep voice through gritted teeth: "We must smooth out their edges and corners even if they are polished!"
"Yes." Zhu Zhanji responded softly, sighing secretly in his heart...
The next day, the first spring rain of the year began. It was still cold in Beijing in early February. However, the two groups of officials who participated in the debate came to the square outside the Meridian Gate on time. No one was absent. They sat together at the Meridian Gate. After the emperor and the prince knelt down and saluted, the ministers, under the guidance of the eunuchs, sat on the left side of the Meridian Gate, and their seats were covered with ceilings. The ministers did not have enough status, so they stood on the right side of the Meridian Gate without any protection from the rain. Everyone was soaked in water, but no one felt embarrassed or insulted.
Zhu Zhanji looked at the emperor and the prince on the tower, took a deep breath, and let the officials speak first. One of them stepped forward first and said generously: "The capital of Jinling is the foundation of a country. Taizu founded the country." Land! Where is the imperial bloodline of the Ming Dynasty! Ordinary people still know that ancestral graves should not be left lightly. How can a dignified country easily remove the royal bloodline? If you leave it lightly, you will not respect your ancestors. If you do not respect your ancestors, everything will be out of harmony. If you don’t rein in the cliff and repent, you will only Fearing that the three main halls will be burned is just the beginning!"
After all, he explained the matter eloquently, and basically it was still the same as Xiao Yi. This could no longer anger the emperor on the Meridian Gate. Zhu Di chuckled and said to the prince standing aside: "That's it after all, it doesn't matter.
Order something fresh.”
"There is only one truth, how can it be changed as it comes and goes?" The prince said neither softly nor hard, but he almost made the emperor angry.
After all was said and done, Zhu Zhanji asked the senior officials of the ministry to speak. All the adults looked at each other. Jin Chun, the Minister of Rites, stood up first to speak. He walked slowly for two steps and walked to the awning. He spoke majestically.
Looking at those officials who were drowned in soup, the momentum of the high-ranking officials in the ministry was fully displayed.
After setting up his posture, Jin Chuncai said: "Most of you are around thirty years old, and you may not know much about the affairs of your ancestors. I am two rounds older than you, and I am also an official of the Ministry of Rites. I have some affairs about my ancestors.
I can still talk to everyone."
Seeing that he showed off his seniority as soon as he came up and talked about his ancestors, the officials naturally showed anger, but they could only listen to him: "Fifty years ago, Emperor Taizu Gao founded this dynasty. Although
The capital was Nanjing, but from the beginning, Emperor Taizu felt that Nanjing was not very suitable as the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"
The officials couldn't help it, and some even reprimanded: "That's a bunch of nonsense!"
"Quiet!" His Royal Highness Taisun, as the presiding officer, naturally hurried to maintain order. "If you have anything to say, wait until Jin Budang finishes speaking!"
The officials had no choice but to shut up, and Jin Chun continued: "Because it is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is very unfavorable for controlling the vast north. In the first year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu issued an edict, saying: 'The foundation of Jiangzuo will be established to establish the Four Seas forever.
The foundation of the Qing Dynasty; to govern the Central Plains, treat everyone equally. With Jinling and Daliang as the south, Beijing.' This is well documented. If you haven't heard of it, you can go to this official to check the original imperial edict of Emperor Taizu!
"Jin Chun obviously came prepared. After speaking, two Zhongshu officials showed an imperial edict that was a few years old. It was just raining heavily, so it was inconvenient to show it to the group of officials, but it was obviously impossible to do this in this matter.
fake.
"So," Jin Chun looked at the surprised officials and was very satisfied with the current effect. His voice became louder and louder: "So, the establishment of the two capitals in the north and south was not created by today's emperors, but was actually created by the ancestors of Emperor Taizu.
Family law!"
On the city tower, Zhu Di was very happy. He glanced at the prince standing aside and said, "It's just that those officials are young and don't know about it. The prince should understand."
"I have indeed heard of it." Zhu Gaochi said expressionlessly: "But Daliang is located in Kaifeng, Henan, not Beiping."
"The beam is not suitable..." Zhu Di snorted, "Of course we have to change the place."
"Later, Emperor Taizu considered that Kaifeng was still dilapidated, no longer as prosperous as it was in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Yellow River was seriously flooded, making it unfit to be a royal capital." Under the city, Jin Shangshu continued to tell the young officials about the ancient saying: "The 20th anniversary of Hongwu
In the fourth year of his reign, Emperor Taizu felt deeply that Nanjing was suffering and it was difficult to continue, so he wanted to move the imperial court to Chang'an, with Yingtian as Nanjing, Kaifeng as Beijing, and Linhao as the central capital. In August, Taizu sent Prince Yiwen to be the governor.
Shaanxi wanted him to investigate whether Xi'an was suitable as the capital! After Prince Yiwen returned, he thought that Chang'an had lost its royal power and was living in the west, so it was not suitable for making it a capital. Later, Prince Yiwen died young and Taizu was old.
, the matter of moving the capital was temporarily put on hold."
"So now we have established two capitals, the north and the south, and moved the capital to Beijing. This is to continue Taizu's unfinished ambition!" Jin Chun bowed his hands towards the city and said loudly: "How can you go to Jinling so lightly and harm the national system?!"