Immediately, Fang Shiyu walked to the top and sat down slowly and said, "Everyone, the chair has not been taken away, sit down!"

After everyone was settled, Fang Shiyu sighed and said, "Your Majesty is old, and this idea is different. He wants to cut off the vassal state and move the capital. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people."

"The Ming Dynasty could not be a court with only half of the country. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun fell into the hands of the captives for more than three hundred years, causing the land of Shenzhou to sink."

"Faced with the nomadic iron cavalry, the Central Plains without the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is just fish and meat that can be slaughtered. People gallop on the North China Plain, burning, killing and looting, as if they entered a nobody's land."

"Zhao Song was so weak that Zhao Kuangyin bullied my widowed mother, and forgot how much he asked me. When he was strong, he didn't want to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun first. He thought that the barrier of the Central Plains was causing trouble in the south of the Yangtze River."

"I read history books and hate the history of the Song Dynasty. The land of China was not bad for the Song Dynasty. There were no border walls and no sixteen states in Yanyun. The Central Plains were just nomadic horse racing venues."

"Your Majesty wants to move the capital and set the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the north. On the one hand, it can stabilize the hearts of the people and morale of the northern people. On the other hand, it can coordinate the 13 towns of the border wall at close range. (The Great Wall Shanhaiguan in the early Ming Dynasty was just the beginning, and it was built from Liaodong to Liaojin area)."

"Only in this way can the people in the north be calmed down and the barbarians can stop the south from invading, and the frontier guards can gradually erode the grasslands as the horse breeding ground for the Ming Dynasty."

"I think you know more about what I said than me. Your Majesty has made up his mind. If you oppose him at this time, there will be no good ending!"

"Since the prince Zhu Biao fell ill, His Majesty's temperament has changed. I don't want to go to His Majesty one day to plead for you!"

Fang Shiyu first explained the importance of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Ming Dynasty. It was no exaggeration to raise the Tian Dynasty with cold weapons to national defense and security. Without the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Ming Dynasty would have no border defense and national defense. People would come whenever they wanted, leave whenever they wanted, and fight wherever they wanted.

This is like why A San in later generations hated the Mianzi family so much. He took out a map to see the two lands of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Mount Everest. He fought down from Mount Everest, and was covered with plains all the way, which could be pushed flat. In the highly developed period, the terrain advantage was extremely important, let alone the ancient times of cold weapons.

For example, A San lost Zhao Song, who had lost the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, had no favorable terrain at all on the border with Rabbit.

"Your Highness, the most important thing about moving the capital is to be the most important thing, so don't be careless."

"That's your Highness, such a state-owned matter, once the capital is moved, Yingtian Mansion will be incarnated for decades of operation?"

"Your Highness, please advise the emperor to persuade the relocation of the capital to waste the people and cause money, which will be unfavorable to the country!"

Except for Zhan Hui and Li's original names, it seems that everyone is obstructing the capital's move, but they have no courage to say this to Zhu Yuanzhang, so they can only complain at Zhan Shiyu's Mansion and Fang Shiyu.

"Zhao Mian, what is your attitude?" Fang Shiyu looked at Zhao Mian who said nothing and said, "Your Ministry of Revenue coordinates the household registration, money, grain, military pay, taxes, and expenditures in the entire territory. When it comes to moving the capital, I think your Ministry of Revenue has the most say."

At this time, a man sitting behind Zhao Mian stood up and said, "Your Highness, the matter of moving the capital is indeed a waste of money and has no benefit from our country."

"What's your name?" Fang Shiyu asked firmly.

Qi Tai said: "There is a good minister, Qi Tai, the head of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Officials of the Ministry of Revenue, scholar? I am not saying that scholars are useless. Reading is for wisdom and increase your knowledge, not for reading a dead end."

"Moving the capital means reducing the vassal states. If the capital does not move, it means not thinning. Qi Tai, do you think it should be moved?"

Fang Shiyu's mouth rose slightly.

Moving the capital and reducing the vassals are actually complementary. When the imperial court arrived in the northern border, it naturally did not need the vassal kings to guard the nine borders. The imperial court was still in the south, so Zhu Yuanzhang said that it would be impossible to reduce the vassals when he died.

Even if the new king ascends the throne, he will move the capital and reduce the vassals. Otherwise, who will be allowed to command the nine borders? If he refuses to move the capital, it is naturally impossible to reduce the vassals.

What is the purpose of the vassal kings in the north?

Protect the northern gateway of the Ming Dynasty and maintain the rule of the Zhu Dynasty over the northern region.

Fang Shiyuzhi has been here for so long and has to say that if Jianwen really successfully cut off the vassal states and the capital is still in Yingtian, the northern border will definitely be lost within a hundred years. In a moment, the north will be lost, repeating the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty, and how long can the rule be maintained by digging the river?

"The court, the vassal king, do you think, who is more suitable in the north?" Fang Shiyu threw this fatal problem to everyone.

Zhan Hui and Li's original name looked at each other and seemed to see what the other person meant.

At this time, Qi Tai stood in the crowd and sighed: "Why did the imperial court cut off its vassals and relocate the capital together? The capital is in Yingtian. Can't we control the northern border?"

"How to control it?" Fang Shiyu sneered.

Qi Tai said: "The emperor fought from the south to the north. He had no vassal kings in his early years, so he had a good control?"

Zhan Hui looked puzzled, glanced at Qi Tai, and sneered in his heart: "It's really a newborn calf, arrogant."

Li's original name shook his head secretly.

When Fang Shiyu heard this, he gradually laughed out loud and looked at Qi Tai and said, "When did the three kings of Qin, Jin, Yan, and became vassal?"

"The two kings of Qin and Jin left Beijing to become vassals in the 13th year of Hongwu, and the king of Yan to become vassals in the 13th year of Hongwu."

Qi Tai drives the road.

"Mr. Qi has a good memory. Let me tell you, when the old General Xu Da died. What was the old General Xu Da doing when the three kings were in the vassal state?" Fang Shiyu looked calm. He was too clear about these things, so how could he not be clear about them.

Qi Tai said in confusion: "The King of Zhongshan passed away in the 18th year of Hongwu."

"In February of the 18th year of Hongwu, before that, the veteran General Xu Da had already relapsed due to years of old injuries and was plagued by illness. At the end of the 15th year of Hongwu, the veteran General Xu Da could no longer go to the battlefield in person!"

"The King of Zhongshan is dead. Who else in the court can defend the border defenses in the northern border, block the nomadic cavalry, and mobilize the army of various towns?"

"Or, let a general go over, throw away the city and land? Let the bandits enter the pass? Kill the people in the northern border? They are not your father and mother, so of course you won't be sad."

"Your family is in Yingtian, and you are happy in this Jiangnan flower world. How could you shed tears for the war in northern Xinjiang?

"You can sing and dance to peace, because it has nothing to do with you, but the border people in the northern border who were looted, murdered, and massacred by foreign races are all the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"Qi Tai, you can sit down, I remember you!"

No matter how fierce Fang Shiyu rebuked him before, he was far from comparable to the last sentence. When Zhu Yuanzhang was in the sky, no matter who was the heir, Fang Shiyu's position as the auxiliary minister would definitely not be able to escape.

The regent is remembering you, and it is in such a very bad thing, and the consequences can be imagined.

Fang Shiyu did not waste much time on Qi Tai and said bluntly: "You should have heard clearly the discussion with Lord Qi just now. No one in the court can coordinate the troops of the 13 towns of the Great Wall."

"To be honest, even if this person has achieved his ability, has his virtue and loyalty to the court reached? Since Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, there will be no more marshals in the court who can mobilize the entire northern army alone."

"So, the vassal king and the court can only choose one of two. His Majesty has chosen to let the court go to the north to coordinate the army of important border defense centers and concentrate its forces."

"So, there is nothing to say. The Ministry of Revenue has prepared money and grain, summoned the people and the Ministry of Works is preparing to start construction on the basis of the capital, based on Yingtian Prefecture, and build a new capital three times the size of Yingtian Prefecture!"

Fang Shiyu's words just ended.

Zhao Mian, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, finally spoke: "Your Highness, this is inappropriate!"

"Why is it inappropriate?" Fang Shiyu said in confusion. Zhao Mian didn't seem to be someone who would block the major affairs of the court, otherwise, Lao Zhu would not have let him sit as important as the Minister of Revenue.

Zhao Mian said: "Your Highness, you offer corn, sweet potato, potato and other magical objects from the court, including corn and potato, to be planted in the northwest and Liaodong plains."

"The Ministry of Revenue has sent the seeds. The emperor sent thousands of students from Hanlin Academy and nearly a thousand students from Imperial College to go to Liaodong and the Northwest Plain to learn and teach local officials how to plant them and teach them about the growth cycle of crops."

"Liaodong is already deserted and is located in a cold place. Whether it is reclamation or sowing, Liaodong is the place where the most land is abundant and the population is sparse. If the court wants to collect corvee labor, it will inevitably delay the court's livelihood plan. If spring sowing is not timely, the harvest will not be good."

Zhao Mian's reason really made Fang Shiyu stunned on the spot, took a deep breath of air and said, "How many civilians are needed to recruit corvee labor?"

"According to the scale of Yingtian Prefecture, three times that of it, it will be completed within ten years. At least 1.3 million civilians will start construction at the same time to achieve this."

Zhao Mian did not make any careful calculations, but the Yingtian Prefecture under his feet had been built for more than ten years and had more than 200,000 people strong. The newly built Tai'an Prefecture was three times the scale of Yingtian Prefecture, and its project volume was naturally extraordinary.

"How much money can the Ministry of Revenue take out every year to build a new capital?" Fang Shiyu frowned. This was indeed a difficult task.

Zhao Mian bowed and said, "The money will not exceed three million taels. The land reform policy in recent years has been implemented very well, but there is no shortage of food. The court can take out more than 15 million stones of food every year."

"And as time goes by, the grain is still growing. The land that was stored was 60,000 million acres, but now the imperial village has been stored for 72,300 million acres. However, the population in the north has withered, and such a large new city is built..."

"The capital is urgent to move, and the imperial edict to reduce the vassal states has been out of the capital. The construction of Taiyuan, Xi'an, Tai'an and Xindu cannot be slowed down. Spring sowing is the top priority. I have a suggestion, please listen to it!" Fang Shiyu interrupted directly.

Zhao Mian had a serious expression and looked at listening with a respectful look.

Fang Shiyu said: "I think that merchants can be used to build a new capital. Tai'an Mansion must be built into a huge city three times that of Yingtian. The project is huge. If the contract is carried out inch by inch and the merchants are allowed to enter the market with funds, the court will only pay attention to the completion settlement and give money and grain according to the signed contract after the acceptance is passed. Do you think this method is feasible?"

Fang Shiyu said hesitantly.

"Will the Lord agree to let the merchant do it?" Zhao Mian was suspicious. It would be very difficult for the court to build a new capital without delaying spring sowing in the north.

In the original history, the Shuntian Prefecture built by Zhu Di moved its capital was much smaller than Yingtian Prefecture. Yingtian Prefecture is 1.6 times larger than Shuntian Prefecture. In this way, it took Zhu Di more than ten years to build Shuntian Prefecture.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang wants to build a huge city three times that of Yingtian Prefecture, and the difficulty is simply a multiple increase.

"I will handle this matter with one hand. As long as your Majesty sees the results and the impact it causes, I will bear all the other matters!"

"Do you think it's feasible?"

Fang Shiyu said in a heavy tone.

Zhao Mian nodded slightly and said, "If it's just like this, will local farmers, industry and commerce?"

These people have solidified their class and their thoughts, and Zhao Mian also knew that Fang Shiyu's method was a good method. After all, in recent years, since Zhu Yuanzhang completely robbed Fang Shiyu's three major manufacturing bureaus and merged them into the Firearms Manufacturing Bureau, General Office and Deputy General Office, and awarded the honorary fifth-rank title from the fifth-rank title.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang, in accordance with what he said in "How to Cultivate Elite Soldiers", protected property rights, encouraged innovation, established a bonus system, and honorary title system, which led to the rapid development of military technology in the Ming Dynasty.

Especially the Ming Dynasty, from emperors to common people, all paid attention to new things in the firearm manufacturing bureau. After all, this represents the strong military strength of the Ming Dynasty.

It represents the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards the outside world, becoming increasingly tough, and the court has strong armed forces to protect the people from the suffering of war.

In essence, this has broken the class restrictions of local farmers, industry and commerce. Even if the general office of the Firearms Manufacturing Bureau is just a famous and unauthorized honorary title.

"The four words "scholars, peasants, industry and commerce" represent the various classes of the tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. These classes should not be divided into superiors and inferiors."

"Without scholars, no one will govern the country, the local government, and the people's livelihood. Without farmers, people in the world will starve to death. Without craftsmen, there will be no such majestic Yingtian Mansion. Without merchants, the transportation of basic materials from all over the country is a huge problem."

"So I think that class exists, but it should not exist in the restrictions of politics or policies. For example, the descendants of merchants cannot be enrolled in the imperial examinations, which is a bad policy."

"But there is nothing we can do now. We will talk about everything ten or twenty years later."

Although Fang Shiyu traveled through time, he certainly could not advocate equality for everyone. If he shouted that everyone was equal, it would probably change completely that day.

But the emperor is superior to others, which does not mean that other classes can be superior to others. Class solidification is a very serious problem. Fang Shiyu has never mentioned that the descendants of merchants were restricted from the imperial examinations, but he did not understand how to limit the descendants of merchants who passed the imperial examinations, make money for the family, and ignore the country and nation.

Zhao Mian said: "In this matter, the Ministry of Works must first release the construction drawings of the Xindu, the width and height of the city wall, the depth of the moat river channel, the width of the river channel, the various drawings of the Xingong, as well as the inner and outer cities, and only when the city map appears, can we discuss it." Zhao Mian agreed with Fang Shiyu's statement.
To be continued...