Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 166 Considerations for Moving the Capital
"Yunfu, Yunfu?"

Zhu Biao stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Chen Yunfu a few times, and asked in surprise, "What's the matter with you, you just go away after a few words, what are you thinking?"

The latter woke up suddenly, and he kept confessing his crimes, but anyone could see the joy on his face.

"But what's going on recently?"

"It must be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's eyes are like a torch." Chen Yunfu said: "Today, Jiannei, please have a happy pulse."

Zhu Biao also laughed when he heard this, and congratulated: "Really, no wonder we see you so out of your mind today. If so, then go back to the house early to accompany your wife, and we won't keep you."

"It's okay, I'm fine, I've settled down, His Royal Highness must have something important to discuss with me, so let's talk about the business first."

Zhu Biao joked: "Isn't it for staying and eating?"

"How could it be, is Chen such a person?"

After a few jokes between the two, Zhu Biao began to introduce the topic to the business.

"A few days ago when I entered the palace alone, my father told Gu that he wanted to leave Jinling, and asked Gu what he thought of Beiping."

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to move the capital?

Chen Yunfu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't express his opinion in a hurry, but listened to Zhu Biao's continued speech.

"Father said that any dynasty with Jinling as its capital will have a long-term national fortune, so he wants to leave Jinling and move to a new capital. Mr. Qingtian Liu Bowen also said these words."

Zhu Biao diverted the conversation away, and then asked Chen Yunfu: "Father is also hesitating about this matter, and it is just a casual remark to me. What about you, what do you think?"

He said this because he was worried that Chen Yunfu would pay too much attention to it and would not dare to speak freely, and wanted the latter to speak freely.

Chen Yunfu thought for a while, then smiled wryly: "Your Highness, don't blame me for pretending to be confused, the matter of moving the capital is reasonable, and it is also reasonable not to."

"Then you should tell both the truths, we choose the lesser of two evils, and the more important of two benefits."

"The capital is Jinling, and the center is located in the south of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, which is convenient for the imperial court to obtain taxes. Jiangnan is the most important place for the country's finances and taxes. Its power ratio has reached [-]% compared with the north. If you leave Jinling and have no time to supervise in real time, it is very likely that Jiangnan's finances and taxes will be lost in the future. You must know that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Once the central government moves away, all ghosts and snakes will come out of this place.

In addition, Hebei is poor. In the past 30 years, there have been wars in the north, and the people's livelihood has been poor and impoverished. It may be difficult to recover within 20 years. If the capital is moved to the north, all the supply and demand of the Chinese government will have to be transferred from the south in the future, so it is not conducive to future use.

The advantage of moving the capital to the north is governance.

It has been more than [-] years since the Northern Land lost the hands of the Hu. The people of the Northern Land favor the Hu instead of the Han. Since King Yu ruled the floods and divided Kyushu, the land of Yanyun has never been so far away from Zhongxia for so long as it is now.

Especially now that the imperial court has just destroyed the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the calamity of the grassland that has lasted for 2000 years around our Central Plains Dynasty can be calmed down, but the vastness of the grassland is greater than that of the Central Plains, and a new grassland regime will emerge again in a few decades.

The imperial court was a little negligent in prevention and control, and border troubles immediately resumed.

That's why the minister said that it is reasonable to move the capital, and it is also reasonable not to. "

After finishing speaking, Chen Yunfu cupped his hands: "The degree of balance among them is better to listen to His Majesty's holy order."

For what Zhu Biao said, although Chen Yunfu was a little surprised, he was not very surprised. In history, Lao Zhu had indeed considered the matter of moving the capital many times, not only considering Jinling and Beiping, but also asked Zhu Biao to visit Xi'an. Speaking of several famous ancient capitals in ancient China, Zhu Yuanzhang had considered them all in his mind.

Who would have thought that Zhu Biao would die of illness after seeing Xi'an. While guarding the child's coffin, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the officials, while still thinking about who can live and who must die.

In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang, who forced himself to kill all the obedient people in the world, left the country to Zhu Yunqi, so there was no time to move the capital.

It is now the 19th year of Hongwu, so it is not surprising that Zhu Yuanzhang will put the relocation of the capital on the agenda.

"The north and the south are both reasonable, so there is no other alternative?"

Zhu Biao pondered for a while, and put forward his own idea: "For example, Xi'an or Luoyang? What do you think?"

"The situation in Shaanxi-Gansu is similar to that of Beiping. Moving the capital to Shaanxi-Gansu will facilitate the control of the Yellow River, curb the serious situation of soil erosion, and ensure the fertile soil in Guanzhong. It is not as developed as the south of the Yangtze River, and moving the capital to Shaanxi requires dredging the northwest river and expanding the road administration, which is a waste of money and people.”

"Luoyang is not bad. There are many people and the land is vast, and it hasn't been affected by wars in recent years. Its geographical location is in the middle of the world. It can be said that it has the best geographical advantage to gather six provinces and canals. However, Luoyang is too balanced. There are advantages everywhere and disadvantages everywhere, choose the mean.”

Regarding Xi'an and Luoyang proposed by Zhu Biao later, Chen Yunfu also gave his own personal views, which were quite satisfactory and did not affect Zhu Biao's own judgment.

Now Zhu Biao has proposed a total of four cities, apart from the current Jinling, they are Beiping, Xi'an and Luoyang.

All of them are the cities that have been chosen as the capital more times in the past dynasties in China's history.

Is it because there are no better and more suitable cities in China than these cities? Not completely, mainly because the benefits of choosing the old capital can save a huge part of the money.

Take Beiping as an example. Beiping was the capital of the Yuan, Jin, and Liao dynasties. Although they were all foreign regimes, they could serve as the capital. These three changing regimes brought a lot of political dividends to Peiping.

The city walls are high and strong, and the drainage and sewage systems are complete. It is even rarer that the palace can be directly lived in without new construction or renovation and expansion on the old site.

Many palaces of princes and ministers in the Yuan Dynasty can also be directly distributed to hundreds of officials to live in, without having to build a new city from scratch.

Save a lot of trouble.

"It's better not to listen to you."

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "I was more hesitant at first, but now after hearing what you said, I am even more hesitant. I don't know which one is more suitable."

Chen Yunfu laughed a few times to accompany him, and then his mind tensed up.

Why do these words sound like Zhu Biao is here to choose the capital?

It is impossible for Lao Zhu to let go of such a big matter, let Zhu Biao make up his own mind.

He really guessed right!

When Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Biao into the palace to talk about this matter, Zhu Biao was ambiguous like Chen Yunfu at first, and pushed the question back to Zhu Yuanzhang, letting Lao Zhu make up his own mind, who knew that Lao Zhu said something.

"The country will be yours sooner or later. You can go wherever you like. If we can control you now, can we control your future?"

He is honest.

Zhu Biao wanted to decline again, so Lao Zhu played his temper first.

"You can figure it out for yourself. Longxing Temple (formerly known as Huangjue Temple) has been completely rebuilt. Let's go for a stroll and visit the Fengyang Ancestral Land along the way. In the past few months, you have supervised the country."

Only then did Zhu Biao find Chen Yunfu, but what made Zhu Biao dumbfounded was that the latter had the same idea as his original idea, that is, to kick the job back.

"Yunfu"

"My lord, it's time to eat."

Chen Yunfu was stunned for a moment and then stood up: "Your Highness, eat first, and you will have the strength to continue the discussion when you are full. Are you right?"

This idiot also said that he didn't come here to make money.

Zhu Biao covered his face and shook his head, unable to bear to look directly.

(End of this chapter)