Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 429: First assistant changes life: Whoever can ensure that I get off the operating table smoothly, I will let him be the first assistant!

"Your Majesty, I believe that the Imperial Hospital should seriously study and come up with a plan. After all, your body is the most important thing in the world, so you can't be careless at all!"

Zhu Jianji felt a trace of regret in his heart.

Returning to Beijing to succeed the crown prince was perhaps the worst decision in his life.

He always thought that Zhu Jianqi deserved his death. He was unfilial, so he deserved to die; he was unfaithful, so he was deposed.

But when he saw the old emperor's true face, he realized that Zhu Jianqi became like this. Wasn't it deliberately brought up by the old emperor?
He did transfer the power of the emperor, seemingly without reservation, because Zhu Jianqi was nothing and would only be reviled by the people after he came up. It was precisely because he had seen through Zhu Jianqi's character and ability that his mistakes would exactly reflect the old emperor's wisdom.

Zhu Jianqi became the prince, but things got worse and worse, and the world became more and more chaotic. People in the world will naturally miss the old emperor.

The old emperor may not have done very well, but he all relied on the support of his peers.

With Zhu Jianqi's foil, the old emperor became a god, and people all over the world began to look forward to the coming of the gods again. At this time, the old emperor was the safest.

Because God cannot die, and everyone in the world is supporting him, this God cannot die.

Zhu Jianqi, this idiot, never thought that everything he did was clearly seen by the old emperor behind the scenes. Instead of stopping him, he only added fuel to the fire, completely transferred power, and even wanted to become the Supreme Emperor.

Because he was saving his life.

As you get older, just a pill can take someone's life. With the development of the times, the emperor's role has been infinitely weakened. Therefore, the old emperor highlights his role all the time. As long as he is still useful, the world wants him to live. .

Moreover, Zhu Jianqi also had to rely on him. He could not control the court with his own ability and needed divine power.

Therefore, everyone in the world needs the old emperor to be in charge, and naturally Zhu Qiyu lives a stable life.

Until Zhu Jianqi knew that his wings were hard and he was trying to get rid of the old emperor, he suddenly mobilized the crowd to stir up excitement and forced the palace to change the prince.

But from the perspective of those with vested interests, the old emperor is the biggest winner.

After the prince changed.

After Zhu Jianji returned to the court, he began to encourage Zhu Jianji to deepen reforms.

why?

Because Zhu Jianji is not Zhu Jianqi, he is the emperor himself, with both military and political skills. Even though he lacks a solid foundation in the country, it is only a matter of time before he can take control of the court with his ability. By then, the old emperor will no longer be needed by him, and even the people of the world will Gradually he is no longer needed.

Therefore, the old emperor encouraged him to reform.

Zhu Jianji's reforms shocked the world, so the old emperor needed to act as a rein, responsible for tying the wild donkey Zhu Jianji at any time.

Then the old emperor cannot die.

It seems that the old emperor is dedicating himself to the Ming Dynasty, to the inheritance of the country, and to Zhu Jianji's children and grandchildren, but in fact it is for himself!

He is afraid of death, he is extremely afraid of death.

It's just that he disguised it too well.

Anyone who saw through his disguise would be dead long ago. Over the years, he has been pretending to be a kind elder and doesn't care much about power. In fact, he has become an old silver coin, hiding behind the scenes and controlling the world.

When Zhu Jianqi might threaten his life, he made an immediate decision to get rid of Zhu Jianqi.

Today, when Zhu Jianji and the civil servants reached a reconciliation, the old emperor once again tore off the mask of hypocrisy, poisoned Li Dongyang and shocked Zhu Jianji.

He doesn't care what the world will be like, or what will happen to his children and grandchildren, he just wants to live on his own!
He is eighty-nine years old this year!
Life is not enough!
Even Li Dongyang, who devoted his whole life to the country, did not see clearly what kind of person the old emperor was. At that time, there were Hu Hui, Yu Qian, Wang Hong, Nian Fu and others who knew the old emperor's true face, but they were all dead.

He has watched the important ministers who now occupy the court grow up. The character of these people is in his heart. He does not need to go to court, he does not need to read the memorials, and he does not even need to give up the throne, but the situation in the world is not Still in his heart.

Blood gushed out from Li Dongyang's mouth, and he looked at the old emperor in disbelief. He didn't understand until his death, why?
The old emperor had been pretending to be weak for many years and deceived everyone. No one could imagine what his purpose was.

"I want surgery!" Zhu Qiyu was not discussing with him or the courtiers, but was issuing an imperial edict!

Zhu Qiyu's hands could no longer support his body. He slowly sat down and said with undiminished momentum: "Fourth, I'm not old enough to even make decisions about my own body!"

"My son, I will pass on the message!" When Zhu Jianji saw his father's true face, he didn't know how to get along with him.

The two men, who were once close to each other, suddenly became strangers.

tool.

In the eyes of the old emperor, everyone is a tool.

The same goes for Zhu Jianji.

"Go."

Zhu Qiyu stopped pretending and said: "Li Dongyang has bad intentions. Because Li Dongyang has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, his family will not be implicated, and his title will not be taken away."

"Let his family bury him and bury him as soon as possible."

"Fourth brother, you don't need to teach me what to do in the past, right?"

"I understand." Zhu Jianjian felt that the pillar had fallen.

When he walked out of the Yangxin Hall, he looked very haggard. He wanted to reconsider his relationship with the old emperor.

Zhu Qiyu in the Yangxin Palace also had to reconsider his relationship with the prince.

It’s all because the boss deteriorated too quickly.

After a few more years of being the prince, the throne will be yours, but you have to hurry up and replace me with someone who is difficult to deal with. I am already so old, how easy will it be to live for a few more years?

Zhu Qiyu felt that he was in danger now.

If the courtiers reconcile with the prince and no longer carry out reforms, but simply purge the court, then the world will no longer need him.

Surgery can be successful or it can fail.

Even if he is the emperor, he cannot control the outcome.

Another possibility is that he is half-dead and becomes a vegetative state. Zhu Jianji can still fulfill his filial piety and live without looking at his face.

"Of all the ministers, who is the most trustworthy?"

Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "Go and bring Liu Daxia here."

The last loyal minister turned out to be Liu Daxia.

Because this person only cares about benefits, then give him benefits, let him be the first assistant, give him the grand master, let him be the most popular minister, or if it doesn't work, just make him the king!

When Liu Daxia came, there were still blood stains on the ground.

He had already heard that Li Dongyang died, but the cause of death was not clear. He only said that he had bad intentions and nothing else.

The person was carried out from the Yangxin Hall.

He couldn't imagine what Li Dongyang had done to anger the old emperor?

"Shi Yong."

Zhu Qiyu just drank the medicine and his face turned rosy: "My body is getting worse day by day. Now my legs are like lead and I feel uncomfortable all over."

"When people reach my age, life is difficult."

"I know that your Majesty is in a difficult situation, but your Majesty is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, so nothing will happen to you." Liu Daxia is actually sober in the world.

To engage in politics, one has to become a power animal, always talking about feelings and hurting money.

Hiding and tucking, isn't it still necessary to engage in exchange of interests?

Let’s just talk about money.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly liked Liu Daxia, so he asked his attendants to go out.

"Shi Yong, now the first, second and third assistants of the cabinet are vacant. I feel that with Shi Yong's ability, he can be honored as the first assistant."

Zhu Qiyu didn't draw a cake, he could still appoint and dismiss courtiers.

Liu Daxia likes this kind of transaction.

However, the old emperor is so old, he is already a minister, and he is only one step away from becoming a minister. Should he stay a few more years and wait for Zhu Jianjian to promote him, or should he follow the old emperor's path and go up immediately.

Why did the old emperor suddenly give him the promise of Yunguan?

Over the years, the old emperor always took the senior position first and took turns to be the first and second-in-command. He was very humane. Why did he suddenly break the logic of officialdom this time and suddenly promote him?

There is something wrong here.

Combined with Li Dongyang's death, could it be that there was a disagreement between the emperor and the prince?

Liu Daxia thought again of Zhu Jianzhen's attitude today. He seemed to have become very depressed. Before coming to Yangxin Hall, they had talked on the phone. He could tell that Zhu Jianzhen was in a depressed mood.

Something must have happened!

"Shi Yong." Zhu Qiyu called.

"Your Majesty, you have established the civil service by yourself. There are still a few veterans among you. I am afraid that the position of chief assistant will not come to the veterans yet." Liu Daxia was testing the old emperor.

"Shi Yong, Liu Jian is not the oldest either."

"My tricks are no longer useful."

"When the prince ascends the throne, he won't be able to use it anymore."

"The cabinet is now seriously empty and unable to help the prince carry out his duties."

"I think you can be the chief assistant. I think the prince has no objection. If he is not satisfied, I will tell him personally."

Zhu Qiyu never called Lao Si the prince, he always called Lao Si.

Liu Daxia heard the different meanings inside and his eyes flashed slightly.

He has taken refuge in the old emperor. Once the old emperor dies, he may not be able to keep his position as minister, let alone chief minister.

However, Zhu Jianji has already shown his dissatisfaction with the team left to him by the old emperor. Will he still be used when he takes full power?

Liu Daxia couldn't guarantee it.

But he was caught between the father and son, in a dilemma.

Did Li Dongyang fail to satisfy the old emperor, so the old emperor killed him?

Thinking of this, Liu Daxia shuddered.

There was silence in the palace.

Liu Daxia's forehead was beaded with sweat. He paused for a while and then said: "It all depends on your Majesty's decision."

The corners of Zhu Qiyu's lips raised: "My bones are getting worse and worse. I want the Tai Hospital to perform surgery on me. I know that at such an old age, the risks must be very high."

"But you know, my body is related to the entire Ming Dynasty."

"I'm just afraid that some people don't want me to live."

"Shi Yong, can you keep me from getting off the operating table smoothly?"

Suddenly, Liu Daxia was terribly frightened.

The emperor was worried about Zhu Jianji, wasn't he?

If he was asked to protect him, Liu Daxia would definitely stand against the crown prince. And even if the operation was successful, how long would the old emperor live?
When the old emperor died, he would be the first to be buried with him.

This is totally a loss-making business.

Only then did he understand why Li Dongyang was dying.

Now there is a knife placed on Liu Daxia's neck. As long as Liu Daxia says no, he will be chopped to death immediately.

To be honest, Liu Daxia has not seen through the old emperor in these years.

But this time I saw through it.

The old emperor was too afraid of death.

If fear of death can be used to explain all the strange behaviors of the old emperor, it would make sense.

As a power animal, Liu Daxia would die without power. He would do anything for power.

So he couldn't understand that the old emperor, who was in his prime, suddenly retreated behind the scenes, saying it was to pave the way for the prince, but Zhu Jianqi was deposed again.

Let's say he really likes power. He even handed over military power.

He has never been able to understand the old emperor's mind.

But at this moment, I suddenly understood.

He was afraid of death, so he didn't want to read the memorial.

He is afraid of death, so he doesn't pay attention to the world's major events, so as not to worry.

He was afraid of death, so when faced with power and life and death, he decisively chose the latter.

"Your Majesty, how can I protect you? I am not a surgeon!" Liu Daxia pretended to be confused.

"Shi Yong, if you want to be a great minister, you have to pay something. This court may look like a beautiful scenery, but it is actually dancing on the tip of a knife."

Zhu Qiyu said: "After the prince ascends the throne, he must be replaced by someone from his own team. Do you think your qualifications are better than Liu Jian, or Yang Tinghe?"

"You know, when the prince was replaced, Yang Tinghe contributed a lot, and he was related to the eldest son, but he clearly supported the fourth son."

"Tell me, after the fourth son ascends the throne, will he use you more, or him?"

"Shi Yong, you are a hero."

"Self-protection is not suitable for you. You should die vigorously. You should climb to the pinnacle of power and see the scenery above. So what if you die? At least you have obtained it. This is a hero."

"If I live for one year, you will be my first assistant for one year. If I live for five years, you will be my first assistant for five years. If I am here, you will be here."

"Even if I'm gone, which dynasty's chief assistant did you see die?"

"No matter how powerful he is, can he kill you? If not, if you go to the feudal kingdom to be your chief assistant, can he still go to the feudal kingdom to beat you?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "But if I am no longer here, your position as Chief Assistant will also be gone. You will be nothing more than Shangshu for the rest of your life, let alone get involved in the position of Grand Master."

"Grand Master, you can count how many Grand Masters there are in the Ming Dynasty. Don't you want them?"

"I can give it to you!"

Liu Daxia was indeed moved.

He is a power animal and just wants to risk everything to climb up.

He is different from Yang Yiqing and Yang Tinghe, and even more different from Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others.

"Your Majesty, how can I guarantee you this?"

"This is what you are considering. I will leave this life to you. If I am gone, your Liu Daxia clan will be buried with me."

Zhu Qiyu hasn't done this kind of transaction for a long time.

The last person to trade like this was Hu Hui, right?
He has controlled the power of the world for so long that he no longer needs to make deals, he just has everything.

Liu Daxia trembled all over.

"The prince can't protect you, I always have a back-up, Shi Yong, don't play tricks, you can't afford the gamble." Zhu Qiyu chuckled.

He does have a backup plan.

He has been the emperor for more than sixty years. Even if he has retreated behind the scenes for ten years, he still has countless back-ups. No one can figure out how much he has hidden.

"I don't dare." Liu Daxia didn't know what the old emperor could do.

However, as long as the old emperor leaves a secret decree in his own handwriting, and as long as it is made public, the whole Liu Daxia family will not be able to survive.

These old emperors encourage all courtiers to have more children, and their clans are flourishing. They are waiting here. Who can abandon the whole clan?

"Congratulations to Liu Shoufu, my decree will be spread."

Zhu Qiyu didn't believe in the so-called loyalty. As we all know, he had only a few years to live and could not keep everyone rich. It was normal to change families, so this kind of loyalty was dispensable.

Now, he is about to reveal his face that has been hidden for more than fifty years and make political deals with everyone.

An imperial decree came from the palace, Liu Daxia was appointed as the first assistant, Wang Shu was appointed as the second assistant, Yu Zijun was appointed as the third assistant, Liu Jian was changed to minister, and Xie Qian was dismissed.

A series of imperial edicts regarding personnel appointments and dismissals came.

The courtiers were stunned for a moment. Didn't the old emperor not care about the affairs of the previous court?

Why were such a large group of veterans suddenly activated?

In the East Palace, Zhu Jianji's eyes flashed with coldness. His biggest mistake was to return to the capital. What kind of prince would he be? It would be great to be the emperor in the Shang Kingdom.

When he reconciled with the courtiers, it meant breaking up with the old emperor.

They are no longer father and son, but enemies.

Xie Qian was deposed because he did not dare to stand out. It is estimated that Xie Qian will be driven to the vassal state soon. Even if Zhu Jianji wants to use him in the future, there is no way. After going to the vassal state, Xie Qian will live or die. The old emperor said a word That’s all.

The most precise thing is that the old emperor does not have military power, and the military power is still in the hands of Zhu Jianji.

But do you, Zhu Jianji, dare to come and kill me?

He simply filled the official void, once again replacing his own men.

These old ministers who were frightened by Zhu Jianji will definitely unite closely with the old emperor. This is the old emperor's backup plan.

When these people ascend to high positions, they will oppose Zhu Jianjun.

And Zhu Jianjian suddenly found that he didn't have anyone available to him. To be precise, he didn't have anyone available to him, Lao Chen.

Because these people were all trained by the old emperor. The old emperor seemed to have nothing, but in fact he had everything.

Yang Tinghe, whom Zhu Jianji wanted to reuse, was silent at this moment.

The most influential people in the DPRK are these veterans.

When they sided with the old emperor, Zhu Jianjian realized that he was so powerless. His so-called deepening of reforms only encountered some resistance. The root cause was that these veterans did not unite to fight him, otherwise he would not be able to carry out anything.

This just shows that Zhu Jianqi seems to be in control of the court, but in fact as long as he uses these veterans, their hearts will always be with the old emperor.

It also just shows that the old emperor encouraged him to deepen reforms in order to harm him and make him stand on the opposite side of the courtiers. He likes to profit from others and uses vicious methods.

Even if Li Dongyang was poisoned and killed.

They are still supporting the old emperor.

Because the old emperor could give them the last wealth, but Zhu Jianjian would not give it to them, so just enjoy it day by day.

"You don't even want the last reputation? Dad, my son has been plotted by you all the time, but he was treated as a fool and betrayed by you."

Zhu Jianjian murmured to himself: "Tell me, did the boss figure it out before he died? Is that why he died?"

"Dad, you are terrible."

"I'm almost sixty years old, and I think I'm quite scheming, but compared to you, I'm nothing. You're too scary."

There was bloodshed in the palace.

It does not affect outside the palace.

Zhu Houyong went west to Anhui. Anhui was split from Nanzhili. Hefei is the second largest city in Anhui with a population of only 7 million. Who dares to believe it.

It is a provincial government located in the core province of Jiangnan, with a population of seven million.

Not even a small city in Borneo.

Anhui and Jiangxi are brothers in need.

Zhu Houying walked around Hefei and found that Hefei was really poor. After getting used to the prosperity of the three places in Shangnan and Hangzhou, when he looked at Hefei again, it was just a big rural area. How could it be so desolate?

The population has been sucked away, but it can be replenished by sucking in the population of small cities. The big fish eats the small fish and the small fish eats the shrimp.

Not all big cities come here like this. Not so in Hefei. No matter how hard you try, you can't attract people in Zhongdu. Fengyang is really good at attracting people.

As the central capital of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court could invest all its resources into it. A small inland city had a population of over ten million.

But all the old Fengyang residents were attracted to Nanjing.

Fengyang continues to absorb the population of Anhui. After two generations of living in Fengyang, young people are running to Nanjing, so Hefei will definitely not be able to attract Fengyang.

Fengyang is the only city in Anhui Province with a population of over 10 million.

When Zhu Houyong came out of Nanjing, his first stop was Fengyang, the central capital. After paying homage to his ancestors, he went to Hefei.

Hefei's urban planning is incomparable to that of Nanhang. These three cities are all carefully designed. Among the thousands of cities in the Ming Dynasty, Hefei is unknown and its urban construction is not good. It is also the fault of the imperial court. Don’t skew resources.

Tourism is not good, planting is unreliable, let's call it an agricultural city, there is some industry, let's call it an industrial city, but it can't support a population of tens of millions, and the population is exodus like crazy.

In recent years, people in small cities in Anhui have come to understand why Fengyang and Hefei are allowed to be second-tier dealers. It would be great if we just move to Nanjing. Our final destination is Nanjing anyway.

In this way, in the first quarter of the 67th year of Jingtai, Anhui lost another million people.

Zhu Houying also saw the wave of migrant workers.

The trains were overcrowded, and they were all trains going to Nanhang.

It is estimated that Anhui Province only has a population of 20 to 30 million, and all young people have gone to work in big cities.

The imperial court did not give up on Anhui.

Instead, we are vigorously developing tourism in Anhui. Welcome to the beautiful Anhui. In recent years, the imperial court has vigorously developed natural resource tourism, and the main areas are Anhui and Jiangxi.

Let people all over the world see the beauty of Anhui and Jiangxi, stimulate local employment, and promote the return of people.

The development of tourism is indeed not bad, but don't even think about returning. I have never gone to Nanhang to make money. I am used to the rhythm of big cities, and I can't adapt to the sudden return.

Zhu Houying went to Jiangsu first and took a bus from Xuzhou to Jiangxi.

Jiangsu, which is also located in the south of the Yangtze River, was not sucked to death because it also attracted others. Suzhou, Changzhou, and Nantong are all from Jiangsu Province.

Jiangsu is divided into southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu.

Southern Jiangsu is so rich that it bleeds, while Northern Jiangsu is so poor that it vomits blood.

The Huaihe River divides the two Sus. Huaibei is poor and Huainan is rich. Of course, this poverty is compared with Jiangnan. If compared with the north, it is still rich enough.

Huainan is basically Suzhou Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, and the southern part of Huai'an Prefecture. The reason why it is rich is also due to the big city effect. It is close to megacities and the cost of living is low. Many companies have opened here.

Relatively speaking, the labor costs in southern Jiangsu are much lower than those in the upper, southern and Hangzhou places, and northern Jiangsu is even cheaper.

Yangzhou was also a key area supported by the imperial court. Factories transferred from Beijing were settled in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Not so in Northern Jiangsu.

But no matter how bad it is, it is still better than Anhui and Jiangxi.

Jiangsu has a total population of 2.1 million, and its permanent population is about 2.35 million, which also attracts the population of Anhui.

Anhui wanted to cry.

In Zhu Houyong's eyes, southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu are completely two different regions. Southern Jiangsu is extremely rich and has very high prices and is full of people. In northern Jiangsu, prices have plummeted by 70% and everything is cheap.

This has contributed to the fact that during holidays, people from southern Jiangsu form groups to go shopping in northern Jiangsu.

Southern Jiangsu makes money while Northern Jiangsu spends money, causing prices in southern Jiangsu to skyrocket further. If it doesn't rise, it won't make money.

The best business in southern Jiangsu is restaurants, because you can’t go hungry for five days, so why not go to northern Jiangsu to eat? On the contrary, it is very difficult to do business in Sunan such as clothing and small commodities.

Northern Jiangsu relies on sucking the blood of southern Jiangsu. Not only does the population not flow out, but it is also sucked in. Anhui is crying again.

Northern Jiangsu also has some well-known cities.

Xuzhou, the most important transportation hub city in the country, has trains to Eurasia. If you get on the train from Xuzhou, you can go anywhere in Eurasia.

Xuzhou has a total population of 1700 million, and it receives hundreds of millions of tourists every day. These tourists passing through Xuzhou will definitely spend money in Xuzhou, which supports the city of Xuzhou.

To the north of Xuzhou is Peixian County.

Peixian County, as the land of Longxing by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Jingtai Dynasty can vigorously develop tourism in Peixian County, which is a well-known strong tourism county.

Zhaoyang Lake and Weishan Lake next to each other are areas where crabs are raised. Crabs are on the market every year. Jiangsu crabs are famous all over the world, and Yangcheng Lake is in Suzhou.

During the Jingtai Dynasty, Jiangsu crabs were a tribute. The old emperor recommended Jiangsu crabs many times, so it has a reputation that crabs from all over the world love Jiangsu.

Xuzhou is a Zhili Prefecture and was later included in Jiangsu Province.

Downstream of Xuzhou, passing through the Luliang Mountains, there is a place called Pizhou. During the Three Kingdoms period, it was also called Xiapi, and Liu Bei was here.

Therefore, when Jingtai develops tourism, Pizhou is also a key development target.

There are countless histories in the Central Plains. The old emperor was a history lover, so the imperial court focused on developing cities with historical heritage. If there were not, history would be created.

Historical tourism is an important part of the tourism industry.

But the most famous thing in Jiangsu is not Lianyungang, Xuyi, Yancheng, or Gaoyou, but Suqian.

It’s a famous flower and tree planting base. I wonder who hasn’t been fooled.

Zhu Houyong inspected in Jiangsu. Since the 42nd year of Jingtai, the imperial court has focused on the construction of Haizhou, namely Lianyungang. Especially after the reclamation plan was proposed, Lianyungang will become a key coastal city.

After years of development, Lianyungang has become one of the largest cities in Jiangsu, with a population of over 10 million and its economic aggregate ranking among the top five in the province.

Jiangsu's area is very small. Compared with many southern provinces, it is not as big as a city, less than 100,000 square kilometers.

Over the years, Ming Dynasty has been reclaiming land from the sea.

Advancing eastwards at a rate of ten kilometers per year.

All coastal cities, except Shandong, are reclaiming land from the sea.

In the sixty-seventh year of Jingtai, the old emperor personally issued a decree to encourage coastal cities to reclaim land and sea, and include it in the assessment of political performance. The amount of sand control of northwest officials should also be included in the assessment. If a desert is hollowed out, it will be filled with water, and it will become Lake after lake.

Use the sand from the northwest to fill in the coastal areas and expand the territory. If possible, you can fill in another Jiangsu.

In the eighth year of Jingtai's reign, Haizhou was an island. Now the island and the mainland have been connected, and the ocean has been filled for 100 kilometers.

The reason why Shandong is not filling in is because we have to wait until the two bays are filled in before we can consider where in Shandong we should fill in and where we should not fill in.

Jiangsu is small in area, so you can fill in as much as you can, and try to fill in another Jiangsu.

North Korea is also filling in the west, striving to border Jiangsu as soon as possible.

Zhu Houying took a bus from Xuzhou to Jiangxi.

When talking about Jiangxi, we must talk about Poyang Lake.

As one of the most important inland lakes in the Ming Dynasty, from the forty-five years after Jingtai, farmland began to be returned to the lake and water was diverted to expand its capacity.

The islands on the lake are developed for tourism.

The two best things in Jiangxi are Poyang Lake and Jingdezhen.

It attracts 30 million tourists to Poyang Lake every year.

In the 55th year of Jingtai's reign, the imperial court issued an imperial edict and began a thirty-year ban on fishing in Poyang Lake.

And artificially breed fish fry and scatter them into the lake to restore the ecology.

Some subsidies were given to fishermen along the coast. The imperial court encouraged them to switch to aquaculture. The fishing of wild fish was prohibited. The imperial court was very supportive of artificially raised fish and allocated some funds to provide strong support.

Fifty-five years after Jingtai, all lakes and rivers in the world have gradually entered the fishing ban period.

For example, in the Yangtze River, a ten-year ban on fishing began in the fifty-eighth year of Jingtai, and returned to normal in the sixty-eighth year of Jingtai.

In the next ten years, the lockdown will be lifted and arrests will be banned for ten years.

During the ban on hunting, the court was responsible for funding ecological restoration.

Ming Dynasty did not strictly protect wild animals, but it would ban the capture of wild animals regularly, and the ban would be lifted again after the deadline.

In the past two years, the ecology of Poyang Lake has basically recovered. There are so many fish in the lake, and there have been incidents of crocodiles attacking tourists.

Some people are calling for Poyang Lake to be unsealed.

The court ignored it, but it has begun to control the number of crocodiles. As a top predator, it must not be extinct. Once extinct, other creatures will flourish.

Zhu Houying stayed at Poyang Lake for three days. It was really comfortable here, with low prices, low house prices, and everything was cheap, except that there were few people and poor people.

The young people all ran to Nanhang.

The cities around Poyang Lake are doing relatively well, but other cities are even worse.

Apart from Poyang Lake, only Jingdezhen in Jiangxi can retain its population.

No matter how the world changes, porcelain will always be a necessity, and there will never be a shortage of porcelain workers.

Jingdezhen has long been upgraded to a city, with a registered population of 1100 million and a permanent population of about million. It is the largest city in Jiangxi.

Jiangxi is also in a miserable state. Jiangnan was exposed to a wave of the virus, and Wuhan was exposed to another wave of the virus, resulting in a direct lack of oxygen.

After coming out of Jiangxi, Zhu Houyong was ready to return to Beijing.

The last stop is Henan.

Due to the temporary martial law in Yunnan, he was unable to enter. Shandong was working and it was very chaotic. Guangdong and Guangxi were not on the same road, and the last stop was Henan.

Take a special train from Jiangxi, pass through Wuhan, and enter Henan.

Henan, the heart of the world, has a total population of 2.98 million, making it the most populous province in the world.

But it is also the province with the largest net outflow of population.

Sandwiched between Beizhili, Shandong, Wuhan and Jiangsu, how can he do well?
People from Henan give priority to going to Beizhili to work, followed by Jiangsu, and finally Wuhan and Shandong.

In the heart of the country, the permanent population is only 1.7 million.

There was a net outflow of 1.3 million people, the highest among any province in the world.

It's useless for the imperial court to develop Henan. People's hearts are not in their hometown. Who gives them the geographical advantage? It's close to everywhere, and we can go wherever we can make more money.

The Chief Minister of Henan Province cried every day and complained that even though we have done so well, people are still leaving the country.

No matter how well you do, it's still not as good as the emperor's feet.

The emperor's feet are not as good as a place where you can make a lot of money.

When Zhu Houyong came to Henan, he didn't know where to go. There were so many fun places and delicious food. It was the province with the largest net population outflow, but there were still people everywhere.

All cities in Henan are tourist cities, can you believe it?

Longqi brand cars are manufactured in Henan.

There are five major car manufacturers in Ming Dynasty, Jilin, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanghai and Guangdong.

From Henan, we returned to Beizhili.

Northern Zhili assigned Daming Prefecture to Henan and established Hebei Province. Only Beijing and Tianjin were left in Northern Zhili.

The small city of Beizhili has a population of 7000 million, and its permanent population has reached a terrifying 1.7 million.

With such a huge population, not to mention transportation, even drinking water is a problem. The water diversion project has been accelerated in the past two years.

Because Hebei has to give priority to water supply to Beizhili, people in Hebei cannot drink water.

Hebei's water needs to be supported by the Liaohe River, and Liaoning's insufficient water needs to be supported by the Songhua River.

Hebei also has a large population, around 1 million, but its permanent population is not that large, only 6000 million.

The power plant in Beizhili was built in Hebei to provide power to the capital.

The Lena River water diversion project is speeding up, and it is expected that Hebei and North Zhili will be able to drink water from the Lena River within ten years.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, has a permanent population of more than 6200 million.

It is the second largest city in Ming Dynasty.

The largest city is still Shanghai.

Beijing, the name Beijing is no longer appropriate. In the future, it will be changed to Zhongjing, Shengjing, Longjing and so on, because the Ming Dynasty will build the city of Beijing in Rehe.

Under the Ten Capitals System, the names of many cities had to be changed.

Beijing ranks second because Beijing split Beizhili into several cities. If they were combined together, the population would be 1.7 million. Which city can compare?
The reason why the city is divided is that even drinking water is difficult. How can we talk about happiness?

It also provides heat and transportation.

It's hard to power up.

It's terrible to see such a majestic Ming Dynasty city crowded like this.

In the 65th year of Jingtai's reign, the central government decided to relocate state-owned enterprises to Hebei, Henan, and Liaoning, and to relocate the population.

Moreover, household registration is strictly restricted, and people in Beizhili are not allowed to enter casually.

The ecology of the Capital City will collapse once we enter again.

Let’s wait and see what happens after the Lena River water diversion project.

Entering the capital, you can indeed feel the ultimate prosperity, but this kind of prosperity can also make people breathless. The extremely oppressive prosperity is too crowded.

With eight rows of lanes, it can take two hours during work hours. Who knows?

There are still traffic police standing there directing traffic, and they are still riding bicycles.

Roads are being expanded every year and are not enough every year.

The roads are repaired every year and are blocked.

Who knows?

Last year Zhu Jianjun wanted to move the capital, but it was too crowded to leave here.

Tianjin is also so crowded. Tianjin has a population of more than 4000 million and is a super metropolis.

Now that Tianjin is close to the sea, sewage discharge is not a problem.

When the Bohai Bay was filled in and Bohai Province was born, sewage was a problem, and the domestic waste generated by 1.7 million people could not be processed.

In the 66th year of Jingtai's reign, the imperial court proposed that traffic in Beizhili must be eased and the population of Beizhili must be evacuated. With so many people crowded into a small city, sooner or later something would happen.

Therefore, at the beginning of this year, more than 100 state-owned enterprises moved out of the capital and settled in Hebei, but not much of the population left.

The underlying logic is very simple, because there are more people, business is easier to do, and small businesses tend to crowd here. The more people there are, the better the business will be, and the more people will squeeze in.

Even after the state-owned enterprises were relocated, they were still overcrowded.

Because there are so many people coming in.

There can't be any restrictions. If Beizhili doesn't allow in-migration, then will it still be able to develop?

The establishment of the capital in Rehe can only be put on the agenda.

The imperial court had just decided to build its capital in Xilinhot, called Shangjing.

Originally, the imperial court wanted to choose Chifeng, the original site of Liao Shangjing, to build the capital. However, it was too close to the capital and lacked political significance.

Some courtiers also believed that building on Hangai Mountain would be problematic. The question is, what use will be made of the Mongolian Plateau after the height is raised in the north?

It was still built in Rehe Province.

However, after Qin Tianjian sent people to see it, he thought that this was not the land of dragon prosperity. He went all the way to the north to investigate and believed that Helin had dragon energy and should build his capital in Helin.

Horin itself was the capital of the Mongol Empire, later called Ulaanbaatar.

Zhu Jianji said it was nonsense.

However, personnel from the Ministry of Industry conducted an inspection and concluded that Xilinhot was ecologically fragile and indeed unsuitable for building a capital. The forests on the Mongolian plateau were more suitable.

Going to Beijing has political significance, but not economic significance.

Rehe Province was originally used to shield the capital. If a capital was built again, the location would overlap and it would not play the political role of building a capital.

The capital should be built further north, and Helin has the spirit of an emperor and was once the capital of the Mongol Empire. It is very suitable to build a capital here. The capital here can govern the entire north.

After more than half a year of discussion and investigation, it was finally decided to build the capital in Helin and change Helin to Shangjing.

If the capital is built in Helin, it will be impossible to transfer the capital's industries to Helin. First, there is no sea transportation, and second, the weather is cold and not suitable for the development of industry and commerce.

So the significance of Shangjing's existence is limited to political significance.

If it cannot transfer the population, then we can build Kyoto when, but there is no need to worry.

The imperial court was quite anxious about the out-migration population. Zhu Jianji even issued a death order. Before Jingtai 70 years, the population must be reduced to 100 million, and it will decrease year by year, and it must not increase.

When Zhu Houyong entered Beijing.

It happened that the old emperor was undergoing surgery.

After consultation with the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital and experts from all over the world, it was decided that several top doctors in the industry would operate on the old emperor.

The operation took place on the third day of August in the 67th year of Jingtai's reign.

The operation takes place in the palace. Professionals build a professional sterile operating room using the most advanced instruments and equipment.

During the operation, all the courtiers were waiting at the palace gate, waiting for the results.

Only Zhu Jianji had a gloomy face.

Zhu Houyong happened to enter Beijing.

The palace gates of the imperial city are closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will.

Only then did he realize that it was the old emperor who was undergoing surgery. The news of the surgery was known to the whole world, and hundreds of millions of people were praying for the emperor.

All the doctors participating in the consultation were trembling.

I was afraid that there would be a slight mistake. If the old emperor made a slight mistake, his life would definitely be lost.

The operation took a full six hours.

When the surgeon came out and told everyone that the operation was successful, many veterans cheered. Liu Daxia couldn't hide his excitement. If the old emperor lives longer for a few years, he can be the chief assistant for a few years. This transaction is worth it.

Xie Qian, who was Dai Zui at home, boarded the train to Wei at the same time.

Looking at the familiar capital, he sighed.

When he got on the train, he heard that the old emperor's operation was successful. He lay on the train and cried loudly. Not only was he crying because of his failed bet, but he was also crying because he was angry with himself.

Once he leaves, he will never come back.

Even if Zhu Jianji wants to issue an imperial edict, the King of Wei will not let him go. He will die quietly and no one will remember him.

The old emperor was so cruel.

The doctor said that the emperor was weak and the recovery time after surgery would be long.

During this period, all doctors participating in the consultation must accompany him throughout the entire process and observe the old emperor's physical condition at all times.

After twenty-four hours of anesthesia, Zhu Qiyu woke up and asked, "Am I still alive?"

"Your Majesty, you are so blessed that everything will be fine." The chamberlain said something nice.

Zhu Qiyu grinned slightly, as if smiling. It feels so good to be alive...

　The new book is useless. I spent two months preparing it. It’s so uncomfortable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)