Chapter 22 Cold Treatment
In the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "How is the prince's condition?"
The prince was in poor health, and even though he tried to hide it, He Xi could tell. He Xi naturally put aside the funeral of King Qin and sent the prince back to the palace to rest. Now Zhu Yuanzhang knew what happened at King Qin's funeral soon.
He did not ask the prince directly. But when He Xi wanted to leave the palace, he summoned He Xi for questioning.
He Xi said: "The imperial doctor said that there is no serious problem, it's just shortness of breath. However, you need to take good care of your body and calm your mind, otherwise the root cause of the disease will fall in the future."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "This child."
Human growth is very painful. Especially the growth of human nature, which outsiders cannot help at all. Only in pain and denying what you have insisted on before can you see new life. In a sense, it is by killing your previous self that you can have a new self.
It's useless what outsiders say.
The prince is so old that his thinking has already been fixed. Want a change. It is difficult in itself.
The death of King Qin was a huge threshold for the prince. But to Zhu Yuanzhang, it was nothing at all? It's long gone.
In fact, the prince's situation is normal. People like Zhu Yuanzhang always keep making progress. Even when they are fifty or sixty years old, they can still maintain a learning attitude. Rather than denying new things, that is what many people find difficult to do.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang is a great hero. But all these great heroes have to face a problem, an ordinary problem, that is, having a son who is far inferior to themselves.
The same Zhu Biao is actually pretty good. His problem is that with such a heroic father, being Zhu Yuanzhang's son, especially his heir, is extremely stressful.
As the prince is today, he is cautious and thoughtful, and has never made any big mistakes. However, once he encounters something that exceeds his ability to handle, encounters major setbacks and failures, he does not know how to deal with it. However, this is also a good thing for the prince.
If the prince can come out of this situation. Then if you encounter something like this in the future, you won’t be at a loss as to what to do.
After all, whoever it is? Who doesn't make a few big mistakes in his life, and who doesn't clean up a few messes for himself in his life. In the face of adversity, keep your attitude. When everything is lost, look for the next move. It is also a very important ability.
After all, in this game of life, you can never fail. Is it going to reopen? It's a pity that life cannot be reopened. No matter how bad the situation is, we must continue to go on.
Zhu Yuanzhang also hoped that the prince could get out of this trough on his own. But he still wanted to ask He Xi what he could do, and said, "What do you think should be done about this matter?"
He Xi said: "Your Majesty, this matter should be handled coldly. Let the people below keep silent. Even if some spread, don't worry about it. Are you going to release some other news?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What news?"
He Xi said: "It's best to have sexy news, and it's best to have sexy news at the top. These things are what the people like to spread the most. The more people spread the news, the less other things spread. As time goes by, it will No one cares anymore.”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at He Xi with something very strange in his eyes.
He Xi didn't notice anything and didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him with such strange eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a long time to say: "I understand." He did not continue. Instead, he went directly to the next topic and said: "What do you think about the things in Beijing?"
He Xi said: "Beijing's terrain is dangerous. If the Ming Dynasty wants to control the grassland, it must strengthen the construction of Beijing. Therefore, it is right to build the city of Beijing. I also agree. Your Highness the Crown Prince wants to build an industrial base with Beijing as the center. I also agree." I think it’s the right approach.”
He Xi pointed out the most important geographical factors of Beijing.
If you can control Monan and Northeast. So Beijing is the capital, which is not wrong. If you can't control Monan and Northeast China, then Beijing will be the capital, and that's a shame. From this perspective, there were actually certain problems with the Ming Dynasty’s decision to establish Beijing as its capital. On the other hand, there was no problem at all when the Qing Dynasty established Beijing as its capital.
For the Qing Dynasty, Beijing was the only choice.
Today, the Ming Dynasty controls Monan, and the Northeast is gradually pacified.
Establishing Beijing, although it is a companion capital, is still appropriate.
Not to mention, the north has more coal and iron than the south, making it more suitable for industrial development.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then I will teach you this thing."
He Xi was stunned and said, "What do you mean, Your Highness?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You serve as Minister of War and Governor of Monan, Liaodong, Beizhili, Daning, Changchun, Korea, Japan and other places. You also build the city of Beijing. The prince's errands in the north are left to you."
He Xi was shocked when he heard this.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang carried out some reforms to the Ming Dynasty, he added secretaries, supervisors and cabinets. However, the secretaries, supervisors, and cabinet are both powerful and low-ranking officials. The recognized leader of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty was still the Six Ministers.
With the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, He Xi entered the top circle of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, He Xi knew that it was Zhu Yuanzhang who pushed him forward. His connections in the imperial court were incomparable to those of other ministers.
Fortunately, this was the Hongwu period, and the power of the Ming Dynasty was not in the hands of civilian officials. Coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's repeated cleaning up of the court. In this case, the power and connections of each minister are also very limited. Not much better than He Xi.
This is also the reason why the six ministerial books in this book did not spend much ink, because these people changed their positions like a horse. Few can stay in office for long.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, they were just clerks.
But anyway? He Xi has climbed to the top of the Ming Dynasty's civil service system. It’s time to challenge to a higher level. Only with a higher official position can you have more power. Do more things.
Secondly, He Xi took over the power of the prince. In other words, the pilot project that He Xi mentioned in Zhu Yuanzhang will be expanded. No longer limited to Liaodong, but with more options.
He Xi actually agreed with some of the prince's ideas. Judging from the current situation, it is better for Beijing to establish an industrial system than for Liaodong. This kind of good is not the hard environment such as resources, but the soft environment such as geography and humanities.
First is the people.
Although the north has experienced many wars, it is still the land of the Central Plains, which is much better than Liaodong. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang has already operated a lot, especially Beijing. As the logistics base for the Northern Expedition, I don't know how many personnel have been placed in Peiping. There are millions of Han people in Beizhili.
This alone made He Xi extremely happy.
He was tired of no one having questions.
Secondly, there is the market issue.
Although there are other reasons why Liaodong's products are shipped by sea to Japan, Korea, Nanyang and other places, the most fundamental reason is geography. The best way to sell things from Liaodong to Shandong and Tianjin is by sea.
But after all, shipping is a relatively new mode of transportation, and the sales network and other things need to be reorganized. Work efficiently with local protection in this era. It takes a certain amount of time to complete.
This goes without saying in Beijing.
Because Beijing, as the largest cities in the north, is naturally a distribution center for goods. There are many businessmen who are centered in Beijing and sell their goods to all parts of the country.
In other words, goods produced in Beijing are directly connected to the national sales network, without He Xi having to worry about it. But in Liaodong, He Xi needs to personally find merchants to sell them, and they must be in the maritime business circle created by He Xi.
It's not that He Xi doesn't want to find businessmen in other circles. But the problem is that in this era, there is not only a geographical gap between circles, but also a news gap. The trust gap. How do others know that you didn't come here just to steal something?
Now that transportation is more convenient, many people can no longer understand the fear people had before.
Even in the 1980s, there were people who went out to collect debts, never to return, and died in other places. The police court and other places pushed the matter aside, but in the end it was settled. No one can tell exactly what happened. Anyway, when the family members arrived, there was no evidence. Even people were turned into ashes.
What can you do? This is especially true in this era.
