After exiting the chat group, Wen Tiren looked at the memorials placed on his desk, looked up at his colleagues, and suddenly sighed: "Look, most of the memorials are from the south now. There are so many things in the south!"

Hearing this, the newly promoted assistant Zhu Xieyuan stopped working, put down his brush, and said with a smile: "The northern Mongolia, Jianlu and other things have been pacified by our Ming Dynasty, so there are naturally many things! In the south, there are many vassal states in the South, just trade, and this is impossible to compare!"

After hearing this, Xue Guoguan also joined in the fun and said, "The north is vast and sparsely populated. As long as you can ensure food, you will be very stable. The south is different. There are many people, and there are many disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and heavy rain."

Another assistant minister, Zhang Zhifa, did not doubt anything, and said about this matter: "Now, I have traded a lot in the Ming Dynasty, so naturally there are more things in the south."

Wen Tiren smiled and nodded, "Even the income of the national treasury is related to the other side and the maritime trade. With many benefits, things are inevitable. If we can work nearby, our Ming Dynasty's efficiency will increase a lot!"

As soon as these words were said, the cabinet suddenly became quiet!

They were not fools, and they immediately understood what Wen Tiren said. No wonder the prime minister suddenly felt that his feelings were because of this! However, the Ming Dynasty has been in the capital for hundreds of years, and the capital was set in the capital. If the capital was moved, wouldn’t it be too big?

In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Jiqing and changed his name to Yingtian Prefecture, which is Nanjing.

In 1421, the 19th year of Yongle, Zhu Di moved the capital to Shuntian Prefecture, creating the current capital.

After the death of Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty, Emperor Renzong ascended the throne. Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty was the fat Zhu Gaochi. He served as the prince in Nanjing for a long time. After ascending the throne, he immediately planned to return the capital to Nanjing and ordered the renovation of the Nanjing Palace. In addition, the original seal letter of the six ministries of Peking was taken back, and the new seal letter was added to the "Zhengzai", which was equivalent to abolishing the status of Peking as the capital.

However, the Ming Renzong enjoyed the country for a short period of time and had passed away less than a year. At this time, the actual actions of the Handu had not yet been launched. Although Renzong's will strongly demonstrated his desire to return to the Handu, his son did not do so, because his son, Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, lived in Beijing and had a very good relationship with his grandfather Zhu Di and did not want to go back to Nanjing.

By the time of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, this matter was confirmed and the capital would not be moved.

But no one expected that hundreds of years later, the prime minister would initiate this matter again. For a moment, the cabinet was very quiet.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Zhifa, an assistant minister from Shandong, immediately advised: "There has not changed for hundreds of years. How can we mention this matter again? Moreover, moving the capital is a major issue, which is a waste of money and is a waste of money. The state affairs of our Ming Dynasty have just improved, so we must not be interrupted!"

However, several other auxiliary ministers in the cabinet had their own thoughts. They did not think that the prime minister would mention this matter for no reason. Recalling the personnel changes in the past year, and the prime minister has always followed the emperor's leader, many of them immediately realized that it was the emperor's idea to move the capital!

They were thinking this way, but Wen Tiren spread his hands and said to Zhang Zhifa with a smile: "I have never talked about moving the capital. Xiansong said this, and if I think about it carefully, it seems that if I moved the capital to Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty, it would be a good idea!"

"..." Zhang Zhifa was speechless when he heard this. Could it be that he had to take the blame? But what you said just now was not meant to move the capital?

Wen Tiren didn't care about him, but still looked at other colleagues with a smile and continued, "To be honest, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has long been the beginning of its founding. The emergence of steamships allows water and sea transportation to be used as the main way to travel in the future. Nanjing has the convenience of the Yangtze River, and whether it is to contact our Ming Dynasty, the southeast, northwest, or many vassal states, it will be very convenient! Judging from all kinds of causes and effects, Nanjing, as the capital of our Ming Dynasty, is now very good, and I agree with it. What do you think?"

In fact, it was the Ming Dynasty that regarded Beiping as its capital. Other Central Plains dynasties generally chose the capital of Guanzhong or Central Plains. At that time, Beiping was relied on Zhu Di forcibly migrating Jiangnan, and wealthy businessmen in Shanxi and other places to make the capital prosperous.

If it was said that Peking had "magnificent terrain, with mountains and rivers consolidated, with all directions and even roads", if it moved its capital here, it could resist the threat of Mongolia, occupy favorable terrain, and control various parts of the south, then this situation is actually no longer applicable in the current Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xieyuan and others, among the auxiliary ministers, immediately agreed, "Why do people from the south?" They naturally like to return the capital to Nanjing."

But among the auxiliary ministers, Xue Guoguan was also from the north, and he was from Shaanxi. When he saw Zhang Zhifa being humbled by Wen Tiren, he hesitated a little, but he couldn't speak out, so he still spoke up and said: "Now the war against Tsarist Russia in the north is about to begin, and there are many things to do. The capital is moved to Nanjing. The officials think it is inappropriate!"

When Zhu Xieyuan heard this, he immediately retorted: "What are the concerns about Tsarist Russia? A seventeen-year-old boy who brought 800 cavalry can return with great victory. Not to mention, our Ming Dynasty has made enough preparations in Tiansheng."

Speaking of this, he stopped and said, "Besides, there is war in the north, isn't there in the south? No matter what, the Mughal dynasty is still very powerful today and is ready to go. In addition, the Western barbarians mostly come from the sea. If I expected it, the future wars of the Ming Dynasty would have to rely on sea battles. For many things, if my Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Nanjing, it would be more advantageous. Furthermore..."

From a military perspective, Zhu Xieyuan has been leading troops outside for a long time, which is even more vocal than Xue Guoguan. He was talking and making Xue Guoguan have no room for interruption.

After Zhu Xieyuan's long speech was finally finished, before Xue Guoguan had time to refute, Wen Tiren took the lead and said: "Okay, okay, since Xiansong proposed to move the capital and everyone was discussing it so passionately, then you might as well write to the emperor to make the matter public. In the end, whether to move the capital or not, the emperor will decide."

Zhang Zhifa had no chance to speak. At this time, he heard Wen Tiren throw the pot on him again. When he was about to speak, Zhu Xieyuan laughed and snatched his words: "Okay, the prime minister has this proposal. No matter what, we are ministers after all, and the emperor has to decide where the capital is!

As soon as he said this, Zhang Zhifa held back. He had already pointed out that his ministers had no power to make a decision. Should he still object and surpass his ministers' duties?

Wen Tiren naturally understood Zhang Zhifa’s aggrievance, so he heard him say with a smile: “Hengyue is right! Let’s do this, we will write down all the reasons for not moving the capital and submit them to the emperor. It is up to the emperor to decide!”

In fact, the best thing is to pretend that this matter has never happened. But if it is mentioned, there are many officials in the south in the court, and it goes without saying that even if the emperor disagrees, it will definitely cause a big deal. If the capital is moved successfully, Wen Tiren will be unable to escape the first merit of Zhang Zhifa.

No matter what, now I can only rely on the emperor's unwillingness to make trouble.

However, what Zhang Zhifa didn't know was that when Emperor Chongzhen saw the memorial sent over, he knew that Wen Tiren was doing well!

In fact, moving the capital was the idea of ​​Emperor Chongzhen. With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, moving the capital to Nanjing would be more beneficial to controlling the Ming Dynasty and expanding the global expansion of the Ming Dynasty. The transportation in the capital would be too inconvenient without water conservancy.

Since the national policy after the Ming Dynasty was to globalize, the sea route was the most important. The Yangtze River was connected to the sea. No matter where it went, it would be much more convenient if there was a steam ship that didn’t have to worry about the direction of the wind!

Another point is that Jiangnan has always been the fashion of the Ming Dynasty and the economic center of the Ming Dynasty. If you are in charge, you will definitely be able to promote scientific and technological knowledge more easily.

In other words, whether it is military, political or cultural, Nanjing will be more suitable than the capital!

Therefore, after the memorial was launched, Emperor Chongzhen asked the ministers to discuss it publicly, which made the southern officials very happy and said that this was the emperor's New Year gift!

Of course, the officials in the north strongly opposed it, but they were pitifully small in the number of high-ranking officials such as the Eight Ministry of the Nine Ministers and the Cabinet assistants. Even Sun Chengzong, who went home to support his old age, wrote a letter to express his opposition, but in the end it could not stop the approval of most officials. The most important thing is that the emperor's will was also going south.

Therefore, in the last few days before the Chinese New Year, Emperor Chongzhen decided to return to Nanjing next year.

This news came out, which was also very bad for the people in the capital. However, they could not affect the decisions of the court, and they could only scold those who proposed to move the capital. As a result, Zhang Zhifa was miserable!

After the order to return the capital to Nanjing was released, Zhang Zhifa wrote letters to resign. However, Emperor Chongzhen disagreed and sent him to Nanjing to prepare for the capital.

Compared with the capital, Yingtian Mansion celebrated, and firecrackers were several times more popular than during the Chinese New Year. Many people even rushed to Yingtian Mansion to buy houses. The housing prices were rising. Before the specific plans were released, the housing prices in Yingtian Mansion had already doubled.

After the Chinese New Year, it was the eleventh year of Chongzhen. Since the beginning of the year, the biggest topic of discussion was that this is still in Nanjing.

Of course, although there are people accompanying the capital to relocate, there are many things to do, involving all aspects, and they cannot move in a short while. At the same time, other places are still doing what they should do.

For example, in Japan, a large number of warships were heading to the American garrison. Goa had already been defeated. In addition to the people, there were also considerable troops to prevent the Mughal dynasty from taking advantage of the chaos to rob. The vassal kings of Goa were also bidding for auction.

One thing that made Emperor Chongzhen more depressed was that Schvira ran away again. He heard from the Portuguese who caught him that he seemed to have gone back to Portugal. Emperor Chongzhen was still a little regretful about this.

But if you look back carefully, it doesn’t matter to Chongzhen. This is also beneficial. If you go back to Portugal, it’s not that it’s famous!

Thinking of this, another fugitive who was also very slippery could not be run away again this time. If he ran away again, he might harm many overseas wise men!

Thinking of this, he issued an order to Wu Sangui who had arrived in America through the chat group. When the war to attack Mexico began, Liu Xiang could not be allowed to run away any longer.

At the same time, British envoys who had lobbyed in Europe had returned to Britain one after another and reported the situation to Charles I.

For Charles I, the situation was not as good as expected. Whether it was a friendly cooperation with them or forced them to bow their heads, the biggest benefit was that Eastern goods could monopolize the European side, so that they could make huge profits.

Therefore, all countries have their own plans, and did not agree as Charles I thought.

For example, the Portuguese had a plan to occupy the Lion Kingdom and block the road to the East. Therefore, they were not enthusiastic about forming alliances against the Eastern powers. In particular, the plan to capture the entire Lion Kingdom was smooth, and the Governor of Colombo, Schvira, also transported back a ship of wealth, which made the Portuguese feel that this move was the most appropriate.

The Spaniards already knew that Luzon was stolen by the Eastern powers, but now they are more concerned about the Americas. Other countries are snatching his treasure ships, so it would be strange if they can cooperate!

France currently has no colonies in the East and is not very willing to form alliances with the Eastern powers. They are more likely to open up colonies in North Africa.

On the contrary, the Netherlands responded to Charles I's alliance request, because the Dutch East India Company suffered too much loss. Not only was the Batavian base robbed, but even the huge fleet sent to the Far East was wiped out, which made the Dutch realize that the rise of the Eastern powers at sea posed a serious threat to the Dutch's maritime hegemony.

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In short, as far as the current European continent is concerned, Charles I only received a response from the Dutch. Most other countries are just ruling, perfunctory, or simply want to be fishermen and think about the good things of fighting against the snipe and clam.

Charles I said angrily: "They are all incompetent people who are short-sighted and incompetent. The Ming Kingdom is so big and the wealthy. Once you start paying attention to the outside, a lion will wake up. Who can compete with it? Taking advantage of the Ming Kingdom's attention to the sea and beat them back in one go, so that they can be profitable. Don't they understand?"

When he heard about the country's huge fleet, he knew that European countries must unite to fight against the Eastern power!

When Charles I was angry, someone came to report that Captain Widdle had returned and said that he had brought good news back. This surprised him a little, so he quickly ordered the summons.
Chapter completed!