In the morning court at Fengtian Palace, the officials were quarreling among themselves. Zhu Gaojie, dressed in royal robes, stood in front of a golden chair and took a nap.
"Ahem." As Prince Qi's old father-in-law, Zhang Fu coughed slightly, hinting that Zhu Gaojie should pay attention to his manners.
This is Fengtian Palace, is this the place where you dozed off?
"Huh?" Zhu Gaojie woke up from his drowsiness, his eyes showing confusion, "What, you are retreating from the court?"
Zhang Fu almost fell over when he heard this and whispered: "The emperor is watching you."
Zhu Gaojie looked at the golden armchair and found that Zhu Di was also looking at him.
He smiled coquettishly and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, what you did is not honest. Why didn't you call me earlier?"
Zhang Furen was all numb.
"alright!"
Zhu Di, who was sitting on the golden chair, interrupted the speeches of the ministers and said, "The matter of moving the capital has been generally decided. I don't want to hear any more opposition to the move of the capital from the DPRK!"
The debate between the DPRK and China this morning was nothing more than revolving around the matter of moving the capital.
Because both the Hongwu and Jianwen dynasties of the Ming Dynasty were enthroned in Jinling City, and Zhu Di was also enthroned in Jinling City. However, Zhu Di, who had lived in the north for so many years, did not like the climate here. He always wanted to return to Shuntian Mansion. After all, Shun Heaven is the starting point for him to compete in the world, and it also has the foundation he has laid over the years.
But it is obviously not enough to move the capital based on this alone. Moving the capital is not his job alone and requires the support of all civil and military officials.
However, it was obvious that the officials were not willing to support Zhu Di in moving the capital.
Decades after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, large and small clique forces have gradually formed in the capital. Their foundation is in Jinling City. If the capital is moved, their foundation will inevitably be affected. Moreover, the weather in Shuntian Prefecture is very cold, and the officials who are used to the spring-like life in Jinling City all year round are not willing to go there and suffer the cold.
However, a great change occurred in the seventh year of Yongle, which gave Zhu Di sufficient reason to insist on moving the capital.
In August of the seventh year of Yongle, Qi Duke Qiu Fu's 100,000-strong army in his expedition to Mobei was completely annihilated. This made Zhu Di furious. An army of 500,000 marched to Mobei in a mighty manner.
Such a large-scale army must have a city suitable for repair as a support, so Shuntian Mansion began to reflect its strategic significance.
Although Emperor Taizu Gao defeated the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia was the "base camp" of the Yuan Dynasty. They were still eyeing the Central Plains region. If they continued to set their capital in Jinling City, the entire northern region would still have the possibility of becoming the main battlefield, so Zhu Di moved the capital Shuntian hoarded the main forces of the Ming Dynasty in the north, which gave him the confidence to continue fighting with the Mongolian and other nomadic peoples. In this way, he could guard the country for the emperor and the king would die in the country.
However, due to the flood in Shandong, the transportation project to build the Shuntian Palace was delayed. The ministers who were unwilling to move the capital found an opportunity to jump out and opposed the move of the capital on the excuse of "God is not good".
In order to silence these people, Zhu Di said loudly: "I have decided to patrol Shuntian to calm the people!"
"Now, let me tell you the list of people accompanying me on this northern tour..."
Zhu Gaojie laughed when he heard this. He even sorted out the list. The old man had already prepared the Northern Patrol Shuntian.
All the civil and military officials in the dynasty kept shouting, but it was of no use at all. No one could shake the emperor's mind.
Zhu Di handed Tang Cheng the list he had written long ago, and the eunuch read it aloud.
"After my northern tour, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi will supervise the country, and the crown prince's young master Yao Guangxiao will assist..."
Hearing the name "Yao Guangxiao", Zhu Gaojiu couldn't help but look at the old monk standing at the head of the civil servants.
Yao Guangxiao was a godly man. Although he was a monk, he was engaged in rebellion. He was the biggest conspirator behind the Jingnan Campaign and assisted Zhu Di in bringing down the world.
After Zhu Di proclaimed himself emperor, Yao Guangxiao was appointed as Zuo Shanshi, the chief minister of monks and monks. He was worshiped by Zishan as a doctor and the prince's young master, and was known as the "prime minister in black".
Later, Zhu Di ordered Yao Guangxiao to grow his hair and return to secular life, but Yao Guangxiao refused. Zhu Di also gave him a mansion and a palace maid, but Yao Guangxiao still refused to accept it. He just lived in a temple, wore court clothes when he went to court, and changed back to monk's clothes after leaving court. When he went to Suhu to provide disaster relief, he went to Cheung Chau and distributed all the gold he received to the people of his clan.
Whenever Zhu Di traveled between Jinling and Shuntian, or when he was conquering Mongolia, Yao Guangxiao stayed in Jinling City to assist Prince Zhu Gaochi in supervising the country.
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Yao Guangxiao, who was wearing court clothes and had a plain face, may have noticed someone looking at him, so he turned sideways and looked at Zhu Gaojie with sinister triangular eyes.
This face does not look like that of a monk, he is clearly a heinous villain!
Zhu Gaojie slightly arched his hands to show full respect to the old monk.
He should really thank the old monk. If Yao Guangxiao hadn't kept fanning the flames to persuade Zhu Di to rebel, he would not be King Qi now, but a king of the group. In addition, there is another possibility that Zhu Di was forced to rebel due to Jianwen's reduction of vassal status, but the rebellion failed because he did not have the assistance of Yao Guangxiao, a top adviser, and was eventually deposed as a commoner, and Zhu Gaojie also had a miserable ending.
"King Qi... is interesting." After observing King Qi's face, Yao Guangxiao evoked a smile.
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"Accompanying on the northern tour, the escort general Fan Zhong will lead the pro-army, Qi King Zhu Gaojie, the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji will accompany him, as well as cabinet great scholars Hu Guang, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi..."
Zhu Gaojie listened with great interest at first, but the more he listened, the more something seemed wrong.
How come his name, King Qi, is still on the list of people accompanying him on the Northern Tour!
Guard General Fan Zhong has always been Zhu Di's personal bodyguard leader, so it makes sense for him to serve as the commander of the personal army.
The emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji has been following the emperor all over the world for so many years, and the cabinet bachelors accompany him to teach him. This is also reasonable.
But why did Zhu Di take his King Qi to patrol the north?
The emperor is on a northern tour, how can there be any reason for the prince to accompany him!
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After Zhang Fu heard that King Qi was accompanying him on the northern tour, he turned his eyes to Zhu Gaojie with doubts: "Why does the emperor want you to accompany him on the northern tour?"
Zhu Gaojie responded depressingly: "How did I know? The emperor always thinks about it. Who could have predicted that this would happen."
He was not willing to accompany him on the northern tour. Zhu Gaojie lived a good life in Jinling City, living a happy life with the princess in the palace every day without shame. This northern tour is only a few months old, how could he be willing to go?
Zhu Gaojie felt bitter at the thought of spending the next few months relying on his hands.
Damn it, after being single for more than 20 years, I finally got out of it, and now I have to rely on my hands to make a living!
Zhu Gaojie had already greeted Zhu Di's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.
This old man does nothing day by day, only doing some dirty tricks to harm people.
"Zhu Di nmsl!"
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"Retreat!"
After announcing his resignation, Zhu Di inadvertently walked past Zhu Gaojie. When he heard the boy muttered and didn't know what he was talking about, he frowned and asked, "What were you talking about just now?"
Zhu Gaojie raised his head and smiled like a peach blossom: "My son, I wish the emperor to be as blessed as the East China Sea and live as long as heaven!"
Zhu Di touched his chin: "You must be filial."
