I want to be a grandson

Chapter 495 The king dies first, and Xiao Zhu wakes up with a smile

Qin Kui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, continued: "This method of forcibly changing the course of the Yellow River will cause the Yellow River to flood wantonly in the Huanghuai Plain in a disaster year, and the people will suffer accordingly..."

Zhu Yunxi said: "Qin Butang's words are reasonable. The Yellow River has flooded repeatedly. Although there are natural disasters, there are many times human disasters! As an emperor, I will never let the people suffer because of this!"

Historically, during the Yongle period, embankments were built from Meng County on the north bank of the Yellow River in Henan Province along the Yellow River eastward to Kaifeng Prefecture.

After that, embankments were built on the north and south banks of the Yellow River, among which the Taihang Embankment was built for hundreds of miles on the north bank of the Yellow River, and a new embankment was built on the south of the Taihang Embankment, Jinglongkou and other mouths on the north bank of the Yellow River.

However, man-made dams are built to block the Yellow River North River, which violates the natural characteristics of water flowing downhill.

Coupled with the natural nature of the Yellow River's high sediment content and the serious problem of soil erosion in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, the sediment flowing down the river was deposited in the Jialu Ancient Road, and the river bed quickly silted up.

This forced the Yellow River to divert its course and flood in places such as Guide Prefecture in Henan, southwest of Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, Xuzhou in the north of Nanzhili, and Huai'an Prefecture on its south bank.

Among them, Xuzhou is the most serious, not only affecting the smooth flow of the canal south of Jining, but also the entire Huanghuai Plain is suffering from the flood of the Yellow River.

In August of the fifth year of Wanli, the Yellow River burst through Cui Town between Suqian and Taoyuan in South Zhili.
As a result, "Gao, Bao, Xing, Yan, Shan, Qing, Tao, Su, etc. in the north and south of the Huaihe River, the fields and huts are drowning, the Zhenghe River is shallow, and the transportation is difficult."

Lian Zining nodded and said in agreement: "The flood of the Yellow River destroyed the houses of the people and submerged their land, resulting in the failure of crops. The originally peaceful life was destroyed by the sudden flood.

This year's life is so cheap, it's not worth mentioning at all!
This will lead to a lot of disaster victims, and once these disaster victims are not properly evacuated, they will become refugees or even thieves!The imperial court must not be ignored in this world, so it has to transfer food from neighboring counties to help the victims, which will lead to skyrocketing prices..."

"Secondly, the floods destroyed farmland and disrupted agricultural production. The Huai Plain was repeatedly affected by the flooding of the Yellow River, and large areas of fertile land were flooded. After the flood, a large amount of sediment settled down, even after many years. It is still a silt land, bringing Severe soil desertification and salinization made it impossible to cultivate...

Most of the land in Xiangfu County, Henan's chief envoy, has become saline-alkali land. Instead of collecting grain, nitrate and salt are collected here. Now each household needs to pay the government more than [-] catties of nitrate every month. More than ten catties, in exchange for grain..."

"It's a pity that the good fertile land is destroyed... So I think, since the harm of moving the capital is so far-reaching, why bother to mobilize the people?"

Next, several officials analyzed the dangers of moving the capital to the north from various aspects, especially moving the capital to Beiping.

If you don't say it, you don't understand it, and you don't understand it.

For some things, it is necessary to use such discussions to let everyone understand the dangers of moving the capital!
Of course Zhu Yunxi would not move the capital.

As a latecomer, he certainly understands that Dingdu Yingtianfu is the best choice.

Finally, Zhu Yunxi said: "Since you have all said that and made the damage of moving the capital clear, then let's let the matter of moving the capital go, and don't mention it again in the future."

"Yes, I will obey!"

Now that I have communicated with my subordinates and reached a consensus, the matter is settled.

From today onwards, if anyone proposes to move the capital again, since they know what the emperor means, they will refute it and will not let such remarks gain the upper hand.

After everyone left, Zhu Yunxi walked behind the screen in the side hall.

There is a map hanging on the wall, which shows the territory of Ming Dynasty, as well as some important mountains, rivers and lakes.

On this map, three lines are clearly drawn.

The first line connects Daning, Beiping, Datong, Taiyuan, Ganzhou (now Zhangye, Gansu), Guangning, and Ningxia from east to west.

The second line is Kaifeng, the fifth son of the emperor Zhou Wangzhu; Qingzhou, the seventh son of the emperor Zhu Ju, king of Qi;

There is also a third line, which is Zhu Chun, the king of Shu in Chengdu, Changsha, guarded by Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, Wuchang, guarded by Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, and Jingzhou, guarded by Zhu Bo, the king of Xiang.

Looking at this map, Zhu Yunxi was filled with emotions.

He asked, "Ma He, do you understand the meaning of these three lines?"

Ma He lowered his head and said cautiously: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant is dull and can't see clearly."

Zhu Yunxi knew that this was due to his caution, so he said, "Tell me, what effect do these three lines have on Daming."

Seeing that His Majesty asked himself to speak sincerely, Ma He strengthened his courage and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, the first line to the north connects the nine princes Liao, Ning, Yan, Gu, Dai, Jin, Qing, and Su." where the king stands,
These vassal kings are the mainstay of the Ming Dynasty, defending the border of the Ming Dynasty against the entry of the Mongolian Oala and Tatar tribes for the Ming Dynasty. "

Ma He looked up at Zhu Yunxi, and saw that his eyes had been fixed on the map without any indication.

Then he continued: "This second line connects the fiefdoms of the princes of Qin, Zhou, Lu, and Qi. Once there is any change in the border, these princes can immediately mobilize troops and send them to fight on the border..."

"As for the third line of defense, it is the princes in the southwest..."

Zhu Yunxi nodded and waved back.

Ma He retreated tactfully and stopped disturbing.

Looking at these three lines, Zhu Yunxi admired Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts from the bottom of his heart.

These three lines on the map represent Daming's three lines of defense!

Zhu Yuanzhang enfeoffed the kings of Liao, Ning, Yan, Gu, Dai, Jin, Qing, and Su in the nine borders, guarded the border fortresses, and faced foreign aggression.

This is the outer screen vassal defense line, which belongs to the real battlefield!

Separate the kings of Qin, Zhou, Lu, Qi, and Chu in the second line.

Moreover, he deliberately kept a distance of hundreds of miles away from the first-line vassal kings stationed on the Nine Sides.

This is the defense line of the Inner Screen feudal lord, it is for when foreign enemies attack, even if the first line of defense fails completely, there is still a second line of defense as a buffer,
At this time, the imperial court has the time and energy to mobilize enough food and grass, and organize enough troops to counterattack!
If the enemy wants to occupy a large area north of the second line of defense, they need to divide their troops to garrison, which will consume their number of soldiers and horses.

So basically by this time, due to the enemy's strength being dispersed.

They also need to govern the place, eradicate hidden dangers, and completely swallow the occupied places. Not only are they soldiers and horses, but they will involve their energy in many ways!

Therefore, at this time the enemy has been unable to go south!

This is why the regime can be brought back to life once it returns to the south after its failure in the north.

It's also the reason why the enemies in the north didn't go all out and take the opportunity to seize the whole world.

It's not that they don't want to, it's really beyond their capabilities.

Although lingering on the last days of life, the country will not be completely lost.

It's not like the Song Dynasty, where the northern defense line is useless, as long as foreign enemies invade, they can kill them near the capital.

But since Zhu Di moved the capital to Beiping, the Ming Dynasty fell into the same situation as the Song Dynasty. They were exposed under the eyes of the enemy, and the city was besieged by soldiers and horses if they were not careful!

Among them is the famous Civil Fort Change.

In addition, in the 29th year of Jiajing, Ida, the leader of the Tatar Tumed tribe, launched a war against the Ming Dynasty
In addition, there are self-changes.

In the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the Houjin and Mongolian allied forces to bypass Shanhaiguan Pass, enter the pass from Longjing Pass, Da'ankou and other places, conquer Zunhua, and approach the city of Beijing.

The capital was attacked, but the city of Beiping, which had high walls and thick walls and was defended by cannons, was never able to break through. With the continuous arrival of follow-up reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji decided to withdraw his troops, and the capital of the Ming Dynasty declared a relief.

What dignity is there for a dynasty that has been beaten to the capital?

What majesty does an emperor who has been beaten to the door of his house have in the court and among the officials?
Just imagine, if Zhu Di hadn't moved the capital to Beiping, and the two barriers in the north still existed, perhaps Daming would have looked different.

The third line of defense is in the southwest and Huguang. This is to guard against the enemies in the west and completely consolidate the regime.

But around the capital, there are no kings entrusted.

Zhu Yunxi knew that Ma He hadn't finished speaking just now.

In fact, the setting of the two barriers in the north is also a natural check and balance for the feudal king.

If the first-line outer-screen vassals rebel, the second-line inner-screen vassals will stand in the middle, which will make it difficult for their rebellion to succeed.

If the second-line inner-screen vassals rebel, the first-line outer-screen vassals are responsible for outflanking the rear and cooperating with the central government to attack from both sides.The latter's rebellion is also very difficult to succeed.

So they govern each other and check and balance each other.

It's unlikely that all the vassal kings will rebel together.

When people get together, they all pay attention to their interests. There is only one emperor's throne, who can not fight for it?

And because there are no vassals near the capital, they are not worried about repeating the scene where the Western Jin vassals backfired on the imperial power and led to the chaos of the Eight Kings.

There is also no need to worry about the rebellion of border towns like the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor has nothing to do with the towns.

In history, many people criticized Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that he entrusted him to spoil his son.

In fact, this statement is biased.

Because if Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to spoil his son, why didn't he send them to the rich and peaceful land in the south?

This way you can also enjoy peace and happiness.

There is no need to worry about the vassal princes holding military power and posing a threat to the court, so that there will be no war between China and the United States in the future, so why not do it?

I dare not say whether Zhu Yuanzhang has selfishness in this matter, but his starting point and focus are always in the world!
For the sake of the stability of the world, he divided the kings in this way.

In the TV series Hanwu Emperor, Liu Che once sighed why Liu Bang didn't seal those vassal kings in the north!
In fact, if you think about it selfishly, standing in the position of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, no one will feel aggrieved!

Why should I do my best to start a war with the Huns?

And those vassal kings who are popular and drink spicy food in the back?

If the feudal king is really sealed at the border...

In this way, it is the feudal lord who fights the enemy first, even if he is defeated and dies, it is the feudal lord who dies!

The emperor can wake up with a smile!
Zhu Yuanzhang did this in order to keep power in the hands of his own family and avoid a situation where power ministers messed up the government.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are different from those of the Western Han and Western Jin Dynasties.

The enfeoffment of the Ming Dynasty is more like a replica of Zhu Yuanzhang's imitation of the rule of the kings of the Yuan Dynasty.

The vassal king has no territory, the so-called territory is the palace.

The vassal king can't support himself with soldiers. The so-called right to support the soldiers is the guard of his own palace, and there are only three guards at most.

The army of the imperial court, without the order of the imperial court, the vassal king cannot move a single soldier.

Because although these soldiers and horses will be subject to their restraint, in fact, the upper and lower officials are appointed by the imperial court!
Even their guards are dispatched by the imperial court, and they need to go to the battlefield when needed!
Moreover, when the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had no territory and no military power, their actual status was only equivalent to that of the general army.

The only difference between them and the general soldiers is that they are princes!

So Zhu Yuanzhang's conception was already perfect in that era.

One is the defense line of the Great Wall, and the other is the defense line of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains. As long as they are well managed, they are guaranteed to be foolproof!
But things, many times backfired...

What can you do to meet a Jianwen Emperor who is stupider than a pig?
He insisted on favoring Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, leaving aside all those loyal officials and people of insight in the court, and started to cut down the feudal clan!

And it's still starting from the second barrier near the capital, and several vassal kings in Huguang...

As long as Zhu Yunqi listened to Qi Tai and others' honest advice, he wouldn't end up with such a result!

Zhu Yunxi will never move the capital.

There are so many vassal kings at the front, attacking the enemy for themselves, solving problems for themselves,
Enjoy yourself in the back...

Uh... Isn't dispatching and commanding good?

As for whether the military power will be controlled by the vassal king, although Zhu Yunxi will think about it, it will never come true!

Feudal kings can have their own forces, but definitely not that much!

The imperial court has plenty of checks and balances!
"Wang Zhong!"

"My servant is here, please order from the emperor..." Wang Zhong bowed and saluted.

"Shouldn't the lecture hall and the Imperial College start classes?"

"Reporting to the emperor, classes will start after the Lantern Festival."

"Ah."

Zhu Yunxi said: "The Jiangwu Hall should also change its name. Go and ask someone to make a plaque with the words "Daming Jiangwu Hall" written on it, and send it over when the time comes."

Wang Zhong hesitated for a moment and said: "My lord, it is best for the words on this plaque to be written by the lord himself..."

"Um……"

Zhu Yunxi glanced at him, nodded and said, "That's fine...you remind me to go and have a look when the time comes."

"Yes, the servant obeys!"

With the two powerful weapons of Guozijian and Jiangwutang in hand, Zhu Yunxi is not afraid of anyone!

If the local officials make friends with the vassal king, Zhu Yunxi can immediately choose someone who is loyal to him in the Imperial College, and go immediately!

If the generals and the vassals are on good terms, the people who come out of the lecture hall will immediately replace them!
People and rights are all in their own hands, so what is there to be afraid of?

(End of this chapter)