My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 580 Move back to Nanjing
Ever since he visited Zhu Gaochi that day and learned that Zhu Gaochi had the idea of ​​moving back to Nanjing, Zhu Zhanhe had been very worried during this period, fearing that Zhu Gaochi would announce the news of moving the capital someday.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Gaochi had been recuperating peacefully during this period, and all government affairs in the DPRK were left to Zhu Zhanji and the cabinet. As for the move back to Nanjing, there was no news at all.

This made Zhu Zhanhe's anxious heart finally slowly fall away. He thought that Zhu Gaochi just mentioned it on a whim when he was ill that day, but in fact he had no intention of actually moving back to Nanjing.

After the beginning of spring, the progress of the project at Changling accelerated. Not only did Zhu Zhanhe have to supervise the construction of Changling, he also had to pay attention to Zhu Di's funeral, so he often traveled between the capital and Changling.

It was not until April that the construction of Changling finally came to an end. The main building of Changling had been completed, and the remaining supporting palaces and buildings could be slowly built.

And just when Zhu Zhanhe rushed back to the capital in high spirits, preparing to tell Zhu Gaochi the good news, he did not expect that as soon as he entered the capital, he learned a shocking news: Zhu Gaochi announced that he would move the capital back to Nanjing!

This matter was announced by Zhu Gaochi at today's morning meeting in front of all civil and military officials.

Zhu Gaochi, who had not been to the morning court for many days, suddenly came to the morning court today, which surprised all the officials.

If Zhu Gaochi occasionally attended morning court before he fell ill, but after he fell ill a year ago, he never attended morning court again. Even after he recovered from his illness, he never got up early, let alone attended morning court.

Therefore, all civil and military officials were very surprised when they saw Zhu Gaochi appearing in the morning court.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Zhu Gaochi attended the morning court just to announce one thing, that is, to move the capital back to Nanjing. Moreover, after he said that, he did not allow any officials to express any opinions, and immediately announced his withdrawal from the court with a wave of his sleeves. .

Now there is a stir in the court, and everyone is discussing the matter of moving the capital.

You must know that moving the capital to Beijing was accomplished by Zhu Di under tremendous pressure. As a result, Zhu Gaochi announced that he would move back to Nanjing less than a year after he ascended the throne. This was a clear expression of his dissatisfaction with Zhu Di's decision.

More importantly, Zhu Di has not been buried yet. Now that the coffin is still in the mourning hall in the palace, Zhu Gaochi announced that he will move back to Nanjing. This is already a bit treasonous.

In addition, ministers in the court also had mixed reactions to the matter of moving the capital. Many officials from the south welcomed the move, especially those who had properties in Nanjing and had not had time to take action at first. They were even more enthusiastic about the decision. It was caused by raising both hands and feet.

However, many officials expressed opposition. In the view of these officials, Zhu Di's move of the capital had already caused some turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. Now it has finally settled down. If the capital is moved again now, it will definitely trigger a new round of turmoil.

Especially since Zhu Gaochi had just ascended the throne and the throne was not stable, it would be too risky to announce the move back to Nanjing now, so they did not agree to move the capital, at least not now.

Among these opposing officials, the military generals were the most fiercely opposed, because after moving the capital to Beijing, the Ming Dynasty had to pay attention to the army. Zhu Di's previous northern expeditions had allowed many military generals to make military exploits.

Therefore, for the military generals, moving the capital to Beijing will not only help improve their status, but also make it easier for them to achieve military success. In addition, when the capital was moved, they, the military generals and nobles, invested a large amount of money in Beijing and bought many If the land is moved back to Nanjing, all the money will be wasted.

Supporters and opponents had their own opinions and continued to argue after the morning session.After Zhu Zhanhe learned the news, he gave up the idea of ​​entering the palace because he needed to digest the news.

But before Zhu Zhanhe could finish digesting the news, Zhu Yong came to find him and said anxiously: "Zhanhe, you must find a way to stop His Majesty. The late emperor had great difficulty in moving the capital, and now he has to move it back. , isn’t this nonsense?”

"I have just received the news. I heard that there is a fierce quarrel in the court. Has there been any result from the quarrel now?"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled bitterly, and then asked Zhu Yong again.

Zhu Yong has now officially entered the cabinet, and he and Zhang Fu are the only two generals in the cabinet, so he is also very well-informed.

"Forget it, there are many people who support moving back to Nanjing. After all, when the capital was moved, it touched the interests of many people. These people dreamed of moving back to Nanjing, so they kept arguing with us, but the key point is No matter how much we argue, His Majesty is the one who ultimately makes the decision, and His Majesty was the first to raise this matter, and what he said to the court earlier was more like informing us to prepare, and no one can refute it!"

When Zhu Yong said the last word, he slammed the table in anger.

Now he is becoming more and more dissatisfied with Zhu Gaochi. It's okay to like beautiful women. After all, men like her. It doesn't matter if he doesn't go to court. Anyway, their cabinet can handle government affairs.

But now Zhu Gaochi did not discuss with anyone and directly issued an order to move back to Nanjing. This is simply arbitrary and even more domineering than Zhu Di at the time.

When Zhu Zhanhe heard Zhu Yong's words, he frowned tightly. The matter was more serious than he thought. Zhu Gaochi directly issued an order to move the capital without consulting anyone, and the support in the court was loud.

In other words, the matter of moving the capital has great support from top to bottom, so if no miracle happens, it is likely that Zhu Gaochi will do it. After all, the resistance he encounters is much smaller than that of Zhu Di. .

"Zhan He, Your Majesty has the deepest relationship with you. The only one who can dissuade His Majesty now is probably you!"

Zhu Yong saw that Zhu Zhanhe was silent, so he spoke to him again.

However, after hearing Zhu Yong's words, Zhu Zhanhe smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Zhu, you think too highly of me. My uncle's temperament has changed drastically since he came to the throne. The last time he was sick, he asked me I mentioned moving back to Nanjing, and I moved out directly to Grandpa Huang at that time, hoping that he would change his mind, but I didn’t expect that after so many days, he still decided to move back to Nanjing.”

"What? Your Majesty, he actually mentioned this to you before!"

Zhu Yong was also shocked when he heard this. Zhu Zhanhe had already expressed his opposition to the idea of ​​moving back to Nanjing in front of Zhu Gaochi, but Zhu Gaochi still decided to move the capital, which meant that he did not care about Zhu Zhanhe's opinion.

In other words, even if Zhu Zhanhe goes to Zhu Gaochi now, he may not be able to change his mind.

(End of this chapter)