Chapter 168 Reconsideration of the Capital

In the early morning, officials of various ministries once again raised the matter of setting the capital. Now that the Dazhong Dynasty has been established for a year, Xiao Tianjian has not yet determined where it is, which has had a certain impact on many affairs of the Dazhong Dynasty.

Now Beijing has been conquered by Xiao Tianjian, and officials have begun to discuss the capital many times before the New Year.

At present, there are two opinions being debated. One is that Beijing has been conquered now, and because Beijing did not have a fierce battle when it was taken down. Under the strict order of Xiao Tianjian, the military discipline of the Dazhong army was relatively strict after entering the city, and all the government officials and the imperial city in Beijing did not suffer too much. It is a big destruction, so some ministers believe that Xiao Tianjian can completely make the capital city of Beijing. The advantage is that with the capital of Beijing, it will make the economy of the north recover faster, and it can also attract more people to move northward, which will be faster to recover the north, which has suffered a sharp decline in population due to war and natural disasters. Recovery.

However, there are also some ministers' opinions that Beijing is too close to the outside of the customs, which is vulnerable to Mongolians or slaves. In addition, it will cost a lot to set the capital of Beijing, so it is better to stay in the middle of Nanjing, and Nanjing is located in the middle of China, which can effectively take into account the south, plus Nanjing. The surrounding area of the city is rich, and the capital of Nanjing can reduce the burden of transportation in the north.

These two opinions have been debated for a long time, and the ministers have also expressed their own opinions. Therefore, the situation in the north has gradually calmed down, and this matter has been mentioned again.

Xiao Tianjian has not considered this matter, and he is also more inclined to set the capital in Beijing, because once the Dazhong Dynasty set the capital of Beijing, the political center is destined to move north to the north, which will undoubtedly help the recovery of the economy and population of the north, and will help the next step of the recovery of Liaodong and even Mongol rule.

Due to geographical reasons, the Central Plains regime has been repeatedly invaded by nomads in the north for thousands of years. For the stability of the situation in the north, Beijing can strengthen its control over the north. Xiao Tianjian agrees with the opinions of many ministers who are the capital of Beijing.

However, there are two most important reasons why Xiao Tianjian has not made up his mind to set the capital of Beijing immediately. One is that the southern provinces have not yet been pacified, and now the temporary capital is Nanjing, which is of great benefit to his future command and pacify the southern provinces. In addition, he is now vigorously developing the navy, many related He has to pay close attention to the formation of the navy in Nanjing. After all, the ministers in this era have a strong sense of land power. Few people attach great importance to sea power, and few people have a clear understanding of the importance of Yu Haihai to the Chinese people in the future, which makes Xiao Tianjian not plan to go to Beijing to determine the capital in a short time. He must It is necessary to put the construction of the navy and the pacing of the situation in the south first, which is one of the most important reasons why he has not decided on the final capital.

The second reason is that with his understanding of history, Li Zicheng easily won Beijing in history. There is a very important reason, which is very unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty. That is, in the 16th year of Chongzhen, there was a very large-scale plague epidemic in the whole North China. A large number of people have died, and the affected area is very large. In such a densely populated place as the army, the harm of the plague is even more serious, resulting in a large number of deaths or loss of combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the north.

As a result, when Li Zicheng was leading the army to the north, there were basically ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Beijing, and the Ming army guarding the capital also basically lost its combat effectiveness, making it relatively easy for Li Zicheng to take Beijing and control the North China region. If not, It is not easy for Li Zicheng to take Beijing easily, so this possible rat epidemic in the future is also the objective reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, according to history, it has just reached the fifteen years of Chongzhen. Xiao Tianjian does not know whether there will be such a large-scale plague in the north in the future. If the capital is immediately settled in Beijing now, it is bound to affect a large number of people and troops to move northward. Once the north follows the historical situation, If there is a large-scale plague, it will undoubtedly cause great losses for China and North Korea, and may even shake the root of the country.

Therefore, this layer of concern is also one of the reasons why Xiao Tianjian has not made up his mind to capital Beijing.

Now the ministers have once again put forward the issue of determining the capital. Obviously, if Xiao Tianjian does not make a clear decision, it will certainly have a negative impact on the development of political affairs in the future.

Listening to the opinions of the two factions, they held their own opinions and argued under the court. Xiao Tianjian coughed and raised his hand to stop the ministers who were arguing. After pondered for a moment, he said, "You are all for the sake of the sake of the country, and the matter of the capital should not be delayed for a long time. Zhu Qing's words are reasonable. Seeing that Zhuqing arguing about this matter, I'm actually very happy!

As for the matter of whether to be located in Nanjing or Beijing, both sides have advantages, but they also have disadvantages. My intention is really hard to break for a while!

However, in the long run, I think that the advantages of Beijing are greater than the disadvantages. If the capital is Beijing, it will undoubtedly be of great help to the recovery of the economic population in the north, and it can also deter the north. It can be said that it is the best of all. Although it will increase the burden because of luck in the early stage, I don't think it is nothing. Difficult things to do!

There are too many malpractic policies in the Ming Dynasty, and the consumption of transportation is very large, which has spawned a lot of corruption. From my point of view, if you want to eliminate such shortcomings, the transportation can be completely replaced by sea transportation. Sea ships can be made larger, the single shipment capacity can be more, and the consumption along the way will be less, and the speed can be improved. Along the way, it passes through various locks, and sea ships can reach Tianjin to dock directly, which saves a lot of expenses. Therefore, once the capital is set in Beijing in the future, for sea transportation, it can completely replace sea transportation!

In addition, although the grain in the north is not completely self-sufficient nowadays, the main reason is not that the land in the north is barren, but that a large number of former Mingxuns have occupied too much land, resulting in a food shortage in the north. Now that our dynasty is newly established, all kinds of malpractic policies have been eliminated recently. It is expected that it will only need to be restored. After the population of the north, the grain produced by the land of the north is enough to meet the food demand of the north.

What's more, the land in Liaodong is very vast, and the land is very fertile. Although it can only produce grain for one season a year due to climate reasons, the population in Liaodong is sparse, and the grain produced is enough for the people of the north and the garrison. If it is done well, there is no need to transport grain from the south to the north, but on the contrary, the grain produced in Liaodong. It can also be imported into the mainland!

Don't believe what I said. I'm not fantasies. As long as I restore the population of Liaodong and increase the reclamation of Liaodong after the chaos of building slaves in the future, I expect that grain in the north will not be a problem!

In addition, the reason why the former Ming Dynasty was the capital of Beijing was that he had the idea of the emperor guarding the gate of the country. The former Ming emperor was able to do this. Chongzhen did not leave Beijing until his death. At least at this point, I also admired what the emperors of the Qianming Dynasty did. Now if I were in charge of the world, would I not be better than Can't those former emperors make it? Therefore, I think that if the capital is settled, it is better to take Beijing!"

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, the ministers immediately understood Xiao Tianjian's intention. Xiao Tianjian had said that the capital would be settled in Beijing. In this way, their argument would be meaningless, which made the ministers who were mainly in Nanjing a little discouraged.

So the ministers immediately bowed to the holy and wise...

"But! Zhuqing, don't worry. Although I have made up my mind about Beijing, it is not the time to immediately move the capital to Beijing!" Xiao Tianjian raised his hand to stop the clapping of the ministers and continued to speak.

After Fu Deming heard this, he couldn't help but be a little worried. He looked up and asked Xiao Tianjian, "Your superior, please forgive me for your offense. I don't know what it's not the right time. What does it mean?" Now the Ministry of Household is under great pressure because it has to deal with the war in the northwest and the upcoming war in the south. Although Weichen is preparing to implement the national debt according to the emperor's suggestion, the Ministry of Household can't afford too much money to rebuild the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the Forbidden City is not dilapidated at present. I hope it's not too late to repair the Forbidden City after our national strength is restored!"

Xiao Tianjian was almost happy by Fu Deming. Fu Deming is a good housekeeper. This money bag is really tightly covered! So he laughed and said, "Fu Aiqing will be wrong about me. How can I be the kind of person who cares about people's livelihood! Now that I am newly established, there are too many places to use money. How can I not know? Am I that kind of extravagant emperor?"

Fu Deming quickly bowed his head and said, "Weichen dare not!"

"Huh! You don't dare, you dare! What you just said has made it clear that I am the emperor who spends money indiscriminately! Humph!" Xiao Tianjian was very unhappy and couldn't help scaring Fu Deming.

Niu Jinxing wrote at this time, "Fu Shangshu speculated about the holy will. It's really a crime and deserves to die!" Please punish him severely, so as to be an example! The sky is majestic, and the holy meaning can we speculate about it? Lord Fu is really too much!"

Fu Deming was really scared. He lay on the ground and claimed guilt, but he was really not convinced. After all, the Dazhong Dynasty is everywhere to spend money now. However, Xiao Tianjian has invested a large amount of financial resources in the bottomless shipyard and navy in the past six months. Now there is no land affairs. After calming down, Xiao Tianjian threw all the money into the sea so lavishly. What is this? How can Fu Deming, a household secretary who is in charge of money, not feel distressed! That's why Fu Deming said such words in a hurry today.

Xiao Tianjian glanced at Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing needs to knock again during this period. Although he flattered well, it was clear that he wanted to take this opportunity to give Fu Deming a black brick. Which of them is more loyal to himself? Xiao Tianjian naturally knows that Fu De Ming is like this. What does he say? Sometimes he really doesn't care much about his face, so Xiao Tianjian coughed and said, "Fu Deming should be punished today. Unexpectedly, he guessed my intention and thought that I like to spend money indiscriminately!" Are you dissatisfied with me and trying to expand my naval strength during this period? Unexpectedly, there is an insinuation of slander on me! Humph!

If this matter is someone else, I won't forgive you! However, for the sake of your whole country, I won't go deep into you! The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is not forgiven! I'll punish you for three months' salary! Pay attention to it in the future, otherwise I will not spare you any more!

Niu Jinxing, you should also retreat! This matter has been exposed, and I will not mention it again from now on!"

Niu Jinxing was so boring that he had to retreat into the court class and no longer dare to talk more. Although Xiao Tianjian did not scold him, he stared at him, which made Niu Jinxing alert again at once. He remembered that what Xiao Tianjian didn't like most was the court. The ministers dismantled each other's stage. Although he just now He wanted to flatter Xiao Tianjian, but obviously Xiao Tianjian didn't like him to do it at all, so he had to scold himself in his heart and dared not say anything more.

As for Fu Deming's three-month fine, such punishment is actually nothing. Xiao Tianjian just did it just to protect his son. After Fu Deming received the punishment, he also retreated to the court class.

"Fu Aiqing is wrong about what I mean. The reason why I said that I can't move the capital to Beijing for the time being is not because I dislike the dilapidated Forbidden City. For me, the Forbidden City is magnificent enough, and it also looks a little too big. I have no three palaces and six courtyards, only three imperial concubines, such a big Forbidden City, I have known for a long time! I will never spend money to repair anything in the Forbidden City again! Fu Aiqing, you can rest assured!

As for you think that I have invested too much in the navy, I won't do anything more to explain. I have already said at the New Year's Eve dinner that the next few hundred years will be an ocean world, and we can no longer build cars behind closed doors! Otherwise, missing this era is the biggest crime for our descendants!

The most important reason why I put off moving the capital to the north is that the situation in the south is still undetermined. In addition, the people in the north also need to rest for a period of time. We need to use the current limited resources to restore people's livelihood as much as possible. Although it is a little cramped in Nanjing City now, it is enough!

Only after the situation in the south calms down will I move the capital to the north. That's all for this matter today. For the matter of the capital in the early stage, all departments can pave the way first and send personnel to Beijing to the front station! But I only have one requirement. It is absolutely impossible to be extravagant and wasteful. Try to use the original government to simply clean it up. We are still too thin now, and we can't tolerate any extravagance! I hope you can remember my words!"