An inventory of the sinners who have subjugated the country in the past dynasties, Lao Zhu’s number

Ming Dynasty, Yongle period

"Am I really wrong?"

When Zhu Di looked at Tiandao's evaluation of himself in the air, he couldn't help but look in a daze, thinking of the scene when he succeeded to the throne. At that time, he first entered Yingtian. Although Zhu Yunwen burned himself, he was already at the end of his strong crossbow. He was able to successfully attack Entering Yingtian was a stroke of luck.

But outside, there were Tie Xuan, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others, and Zhu Di was still a little relieved.

Even if all these people were finally arrested, Zhu Di was still worried about the world. There are still people who will oppose him.

In order to scare the monkeys and stabilize his throne, Zhu Di chose the most bloody method and executed these loyal ministers of Jianwen.

Zhu Di's purpose was very simple, which was to shock the people of the world and make these people afraid of him. Only then can he securely sit on the throne under his own butt.

Obviously, his goal has been achieved.

Now that he has been in power for ten years, even the capital has moved to his base camp,

Peiping. The world is peaceful, the people are stable, and almost no one can shake it anymore His own throne, but Zhu Di was still uneasy. He often dreamed about his father.

In the dream, he was arrested by Zhu Yuanzhang. He asked himself why he wanted to rebel? Why did he kill Zhu Yunwen? Why did he kill so many loyal ministers? Good general?

Zhu Di was speechless. He felt guilty, but even he didn't know. Did he feel guilty about Jianwen or those Jianwen ministers?

Now that the law of heaven has been revealed, Zhu Di did not feel sorry for Zhu Yunwen, but he felt sorry for those people. Jianwen loyal minister.

After hearing Zhu Di's soliloquy, Zhu Gaochi slowly knelt down and said to Zhu Di:

"Father, I ask my father to pardon the descendants of Jianwen’s old minister."

"The Battle of Jingnan has passed. These people should not be involved in these killings."

"We have already sorry for their father, and we can no longer be sorry for their children. Please have mercy on us, Father. Zhu

Zhanji on the side also knelt down and echoed:

"Please be magnanimous, Grandpa Huang, and spare these people."

Zhu Di rolled his eyes slightly, turned his gaze to the two of them, and remained silent.

Just when Zhu Gaochi thought Zhu Di was going to reject his request, he heard Zhu Di's slightly tired voice:

"allow!"

【Next, let’s take stock of Zhu Di’s second crime: moving the capital to Beijing and abandoning Daning.】

【Since ancient times, moving the capital has been a major event no matter which dynasty it is, and Zhu Di's move of the capital is undoubtedly the one that has the greatest impact on future generations.】

【In March of the first year of Yongle, the Mongolian army attacked Liaodong and looted a lot. The local commander Shen Yong was incompetent. He was unable to resist and failed to report to the court in time, which delayed the military flight and caused heavy losses to the people in the north.】

【When Zhu Di heard about this, he was very angry. He immediately killed Shen Yong and summoned the ministers to inquire about the reasons for the deterioration of the military situation in the north.】

【Zhu Di asked his ministers that the northern defense was so weak that the Mongolian army seemed to be in an uninhabited country. How could this continue? Who should be responsible for this?】

【But no one answered Zhu Di's question. Although none of the ministers spoke, they were not timid. Instead, they looked at him blankly.】

【Zhu Di was angry and was about to get angry, but suddenly his mind changed and he swallowed his words.】

【Because he understood that the reason why these ministers kept staring at him was because the person responsible for this matter was himself.】

【At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang granted the title of king to guard the border. In Zhu Yuanzhang's vision, the main people responsible for the defense of the north were King Zhu Di of Yan and King Zhu Quan of Ning.】

【But Zhu Di has now become the emperor in Yingtian, and Prince Ning has been kidnapped to the south by him during the Battle of Jingnan. The north is now empty. The main reason is, isn't it because of his king Zhu Di?】

【It has to be said that Yingtian is a good place to go. The tiger is on the dragon's plate here, the Yangtze River is in the north, and the south is the main grain producing area. Since the economic center of China had moved south at that time, it was very beneficial to build the capital here. To maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty】

【But the problem now is that the main foreign enemies of the Ming Dynasty are on the northern border. If they send troops from Yingtian to the north, they will not be able to respond in time to the invasion of foreign enemies from the north.】

【However, this problem can still be solved. Because the north is empty, generals can be sent to guard it. There is no need to move the capital.】

【Zhu Di's move of the capital was certainly partly due to the military and political situation, but the other part of the reason was the key to moving the capital.】

【Although Zhu Di was born in Yingtian, Zhu Di's fiefdom was in Peiping. Compared to Yingtian, Peiping was Zhu Di's base camp, and his living habits have been completely northernized.】

【Zhu Di preferred northern food and liked Korean kimchi very much. At that time, the North Korean king Li Bangyuan once sent a Korean fireman to serve Zhu Di, and he happily accepted it.】

【Although the north is windy and sandy and far inferior to the beautiful mountains and rivers in the south, Zhu Di has been living in such an environment. For him, what is familiar is the best.】

【The reason that made Zhu Di decide to move the capital was another important war.】

【On July 3rd of the seventh year of Yongle, the Tatar Khan Benya accidentally killed the Ming envoy Guo Ji and refused Zhu Di's request for peace talks, making Zhu Di furious.】

【He immediately appointed Qiu Fu as the chief military officer, wore the seal of the general who conquered the captives, and asked him, together with the Marquis of Wucheng Wang Cong, the Marquis of Tong'an Huozhen, the Marquis of Jing'an Wang Zhong, and the Marquis of Anping Li Yuan, to lead a hundred thousand elite cavalry to the north to conquer the Tatars.】

【Before the expedition, Zhu Di specifically reminded Qiu Fu that he must act with caution and not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. Advance and stop at the right moment. Caution will lead to victory, and carelessness will lead to defeat.】

【In August of the same year, Qiu Fu's troops arrived at the Tatars, but he left the main force of the army and led more than a thousand cavalry to go ahead and defeated the Tatar cavalry south of the Luqu River.】

【Taking advantage of his victory, he crossed the river and captured another Tatar minister. Qiu Fu became more and more contemptuous of Tatar Khan Benya, but he did not know that he had fallen into their trap.】

【Qiu Fu took the Tatar minister as his guide and went deep alone, intending to attack the enemy camp directly.】

【Unexpectedly, during the march, the Tatar army suddenly arrived and surrounded Qiu Fu and others. Anping Marquis Li Yuan and Wucheng Marquis Wang Cong led a formation of 500 Tutu troops and killed hundreds of thieves. Wang Cong died in the battle, and Anping Marquis Li Yuan was kicked off his horse. Qiu Fu, Wang Zhong, and Huo Zhenjin were all captured and killed, and the entire army under his command was wiped out.】

【When the Hundred Thousand Greats destroyed the northern frontier, Zhu Di was so angry that he personally conquered the Tatars, vowing to avenge this blood revenge!】

【It would take more than a month of marching from Yingtian to Peiping, which greatly delayed the opportunity to fight. At the same time, it also strengthened Zhu Di's determination to move the capital.】

【But moving the capital is not moving. Moving the capital not only requires Zhu Di and his family to move away, but also takes away all the civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians.】

【Beiping has been fighting for many years. The streets and palaces have to be rebuilt, and the city layout has to be rearranged. Moreover, the people who went to Peking with him were not ordinary people, and a large amount of money was needed to settle these people. The difficulty is definitely no less than rebuilding the capital】

【Although these problems are difficult to solve, they can still be solved, and there is another biggest problem. If this problem cannot be solved, then moving the capital will never be possible.】

【This problem is food】

【The vicinity of Peiping is not a grain-producing area, and moving the capital will inevitably bring an influx of people. These people will consume a lot of food, and if they want to control the border, they must maintain a large number of soldiers. The rations for so many people must be solved, otherwise the capital will be moved to Peking. Just asking for death】

【In order to solve this problem, Zhu Di had to open water transportation, and to open water transportation, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal must be cleaned】

【The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is an artificial canal that directly connects Peking and Jiangnan. As long as the Grand Canal can be dredged, Zhu Di can transport grain from the grain-producing areas in the south to Peiping, thus ensuring Peking's sufficient grain.】

【However, renovating river channels is not something that can be brought up casually. The fuse that triggered the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was to manage river channels. Water conservancy projects are an extremely dangerous project in any era.】

【Once too much money is spent and the foundation of the country is shaken, or if someone makes trouble during the corvee, it will probably be another tragic end of the world.】

【Fortunately, during Zhu Di's reign, he actively repaired people's livelihood, allowing the people to return to the level of the original Hongwu era.】

【It can be said that Zhu Di's prosperous Yongle era has ushered in a precursor. The people are prosperous and the world is stable. This has created excellent conditions for Zhu Di to dredge the canal.】

【In the ninth year of Yongle, Zhu Di ordered Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to manage the river to ensure the smooth flow of the river. Song Li was a very capable official, and he lived up to Zhu Di's hopes.】

【Thanks to Song Li's efforts, water transportation from the north to the south was unimpeded. The so-called Antarctic River Estuary and the Datong Bridge in the north were more than 3,000 miles long. The food problem was finally solved.】

【Zhu Di's plan to move the capital finally came to light】.......The dividing line..

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