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Text Chapter 252: Unify China and I am the most respected

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    The situation in Beijing quickly stabilized. With the joint efforts of Yin Shixun and Hu Maozhen, the legacy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was eliminated in a short period of time. Yin Shixun's methods were also very cruel. The Manchu Qing Dynasties who were arrested and killed by him  The Eight Banners were so numerous that they were just short of killing all the Manchus.

    This is the sixty-first day that I am stationed in Beijing. After careful consideration, I transferred Zhu Youlang and Li Yu back to Beijing, and sent Li Guo and Liu Wenxiu to take over the affairs outside the customs. After all, Zhu Youlang was allowed to lead the troops outside for a long time.  I'm worried.  In addition, the situation in northern Xinjiang is becoming more and more tense, and the conflict with the Russian boss is also intensifying. It seems that if I don't give them some color, they think I am easy to bully. I have ordered Li Guo and Liu Wenxiu to give it a go.  They were clearly told to clear out all the old men in the areas they occupied.

    Li Dingguo, who was pursuing the remnant forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, also received frequent successes. After annihilating Zhuo Butai's troops, he joined Huang Shiren's troops who had captured Shanxi, and then marched into the desert, preparing to uproot all the forces in Manchu and Mongolia.

    "Your Majesty, King Gui and King Li of North Korea are here, waiting for orders outside the palace!" Tian Rong came in and saw Emperor Hongguang reviewing the memorial, "Your Majesty, this is the latest memorial of Lord Wang Duo."

    I asked Tian Rong to put Wang Duo's memorial on the table. Wang Duo's memorial should be about matters in the capital. The reason why I called Zhu Youlang back was to ask his opinion, "Let them come in!"

    Zhu Youlang and Li Yu came to Qianqing Palace and knelt down, "I bow to the emperor, long live the emperor." Li Yu's Chinese was very awkward, which made people feel weird.

    "Two dear friends, please make peace! Tian Rong, please give me a seat." After I asked Zhu Youlang and Li? to sit down, I smiled at Li? "Your Majesty and I have known each other for a long time. I hope that Your Majesty will not be so formal."

    Li Hui had already learned the identity of Emperor Hongguang from Zhao Da, so he was not too surprised. "It is the fault of the little king that he missed seeing Tianyan. I am deeply frightened to meet His Majesty the Emperor today."

    I thought of what Zhu Youlang said about the idea of ??incorporating North Korea into the territory, and I wanted to hear what Li Yu was saying, "Your Majesty, someone in this dynasty suggested that North Korea could be included in the territory of this dynasty. I wonder what your lord thinks?"  I hope to hear what the prince has to say."

    Li Jie was stunned when he heard about it. While cooperating with Zhu Youlang in the battle, he saw how powerful the Ming Dynasty's army was. It was much more powerful than the troops of Emperor Shenzong he had heard about. Li Jie felt that ten North Korean armies were not Ming Dynasty soldiers.  If the Ming Dynasty wanted to annex North Korea as an opponent of the North Korean army, it would be a piece of cake. However, Li Jing also knew that North Korea had always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it was fundamentally more independent than a province of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Hongguang asked this question, but  I just really want to hear his thoughts.

    "Your Majesty, it has been more than two hundred years since the Li family of North Korea received the protection of the Shangguo. Rather than being incorporated into the Shangguo's territory, it is already a matter of fact. However, the Shangguo has a saying that it is better to have a chicken head than an ox tail. Xiao Wang  I still hope to have more independent rights, but no matter what His Majesty arranges, the little king will obey orders." Li? This is giving the initiative to Emperor Hongguang. After all, the current situation in North Korea is inseparable from the Ming Dynasty.  of.

    I know Li? is speaking from his heart. I have been thinking about this issue for a long time after receiving the report from Zhu Youlang. "Since the prince said this, it is difficult for me to arrange. I have considered this before."  There are two main aspects to the matter. One is the threat from Japanese pirates. Japanese pirates have never given up on North Korea and must be guarded against. Therefore, I decided to station troops in North Korea in three places. One is that there is an island outside North Korea.  It is called Jeju Island. I am going to station a naval force permanently on Jeju Island. Secondly, I am going to set up a garrison in Seoul outside the capital of North Korea with 5,000 troops. Thirdly, I am going to station 5,000 troops in Gangneung. The expenses of these garrisoning will be borne by me.  Come and bear it.¡±

    Li Jie immediately agreed after hearing this, "Your Majesty, the cost of garrisoning should be borne by Xiao Wang!" Li Jie was not a fool. When he heard the arrangement of Emperor Hongguang, he could see that it was a strategy to prevent Japanese pirates. This was a big deal for Li Jie.  The threat of Japanese pirates has always been the biggest threat to North Korea. If it hadn't been for Emperor Shenzong's rescue that time, the Li Dynasty might not have existed. Now that there is a permanent army from the Ming Dynasty, why be afraid of Japanese pirates!

    My original intention is to let North Korea pay for military expenses. After all, my main purpose is to guard against Japan, and this is a very important thing for North Korea. Of course, the money must be paid by them. "On the other hand, I know the prince and his family."  Our ancestors once promulgated the "Correct Pronunciation of the Whole People" to standardize Korean writing. This cannot be said to be bad, but I hope that the official language of North Korea is Chinese. For this reason, I decided to set up a branch of the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy of Chinese Studies in Seoul to specialize in teaching Koreans.  Chinese, I wonder what the prince thinks?"

    ??Li? He has no objection to this. North Korea originally yearned for the Ming Dynasty and Confucian culture. Now the Ming Royal Academy of Chinese Studies wants to set up a branch in North Korea. He asked??No.

    Later, I discussed some matters related to trade and other matters with Li?, and asked the Shanghai Port Department to choose a suitable place to build a port in North Korea to carry out trade between the two sides. This was a pie in the sky for Li?  He left happily.

    I saw that Zhu Youlang was confused about whether I wanted to incorporate North Korea into the territory. Before he asked, I said: "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. The Lee Dynasty of North Korea has been very loyal to the Ming Dynasty for so many years."  , obedience and obedience, that is their heartfelt yearning. If it is imposed on them, it will only make them resentful. An actual territory is not too important, especially for North Korea, the actual dominance is indispensable.  Yes, now Li? has promised us to garrison troops, open ports, and spread Chinese. I believe that in a few decades, the Korean royal family will be nothing more than a prince of the opposite sex in the Ming Dynasty, and it will also be an integral part of the Ming Dynasty."

    Zhu Youlang felt that what Emperor Hongguang said was reasonable, "What the emperor said is that the reason why my brother proposed to annex North Korea was because he hoped to annex North Korea with actual ruling power and achieve quick results. Although the emperor's move was slow to achieve results, it was more effective."  It¡¯s safe and won¡¯t go wrong.¡±

    I nodded, "My dear brother, I'm calling you back this time because I have something important to discuss with my dear brother." After saying that, I handed Wang Duo's previous memorials to Zhu Youlang, "My dear brother, read it first.  Let's see!" While Zhu Youlang was reading the memorials, I opened Wang Duo's latest memorial and read it, and found that it was still the same old story, and there was still no conclusion on the matter of moving the capital.

    Zhu Youlang read the previous memorials and thought for a while, "Your Majesty, I think what both sides said is reasonable. Wang Duo and others agreed to move the capital to Beijing for the sake of the country's orthodoxy. After all, except for Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty,  The political and military center of the country is in Beijing, and the tombs of ancestors and the Ancestral Temple are all in Beijing. Moreover, the imperial city in Beijing is also very complete, far from being comparable to the imperial city in Nanjing; and Jiangnan officials, including Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan, etc.  It is not wrong to think that Nanjing is the foundation of the country. Emperor Renzong Gaochi once ordered the renovation of the Imperial City of Nanjing, and he planned to move the capital from Beijing to Nanjing, but because Emperor Renzong died early, he was unable to do so!"

    I was a little unhappy after hearing what Zhu Youlang said. He was obviously pretending to be a good guy!  "I know all this. I just want to ask my brother's opinion. I wonder if my brother thinks it is better to move the capital? Or not to move the capital?"

    Zhu Youlang could see Emperor Hongguang's displeasure and muttered, "My brother thinks Nanjing should be the capital of the country. There are three reasons. First, the emperor ascended the throne in Nanjing and then revived the Ming Dynasty, so Nanjing can be said to be the emperor's capital."  The land where dragons are flourishing cannot be rash; secondly, the capital of the country is set in Beijing, and the products in the north are lacking. Every year, rice, silk and other products have to be transported from the south of the Yangtze River. The consumption is too great. With those expenses, it can be saved in a few years.  The expansion of Nanjing City doubled, and the emperor's expenses for renovating the imperial city were not used. When Chengzu moved the capital, it was to prevent the Mongols and concerns about the remaining power of Emperor Jianwen in the south of the Yangtze River. Now these external reasons no longer exist; thirdly, the minister  I believe that as time goes by, Jiangnan will definitely become the center of economic prosperity in the country, and the emperor¡¯s layout in the past few years is also the same. Once the capital is moved to Beijing, people will think that the trends of the court have changed, which is not conducive to the interests of the court!"

    I nodded my head as I listened to Zhu Youlang¡¯s words. It seemed that Zhu Youlang¡¯s analysis was very reasonable. Didn¡¯t Chongzhen also think about moving the capital to Nanjing when he was in decline?  The other is that most of the things used in Beijing are transported from Jiangnan, which is very bad. Not to mention the waste, if there is an abnormal situation, it is likely to shake the country. The other is that Zhu Youlang has a very far-sighted vision. History has proved that the south  The economy will only get stronger and stronger. It seems that Zhu Youlang's mind is much smarter than mine.

    "My dear brother, please draft an edict on my behalf! Write down all these reasons. I am not going to move the capital to Beijing. As for the imperial city in Nanjing, look at the annual income this year! If there is enough, we can renovate it in the spring of next year.  "I look at the Qianqing Palace where I am located. Such a majestic and gorgeous Forbidden City. It seems that I will never have the opportunity to live there in the future. Thinking of this, I can't help but think of the emperors who visited the south in history. It seems that I want to go in the opposite direction, brother. Come on.  On the northern tour.

    The day's work schedule was full. Towards the evening, I met with the leader of the Yehe tribe. The Yehe tribe was a branch of the Jurchen tribe. The gathering place was Siping, Jilin in later generations. According to historical records, the Yehe tribe was  Nurhachi defeated and exterminated the clan, and I heard that the traitorous old lady Cixi in later generations was a descendant of the Ye He tribe.  After I got rid of these messy things in my head, I received the people of Ye He's tribe seriously, expressed my gratitude to them for helping the Ming army annihilate the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty outside the pass, and finally made a suggestion for Ye He's tribe to move south.  Guan, I don¡¯t want another Nurhachi to appear.  After I sent these people away, I couldn't help but stretch. After sitting for such a day, my back could hardly be straightened.

    When Tian Rong came in, he saw Emperor Hongguang stretching and hurried over to carefully rub Emperor Hongguang's back. He saw that Emperor Hongguang was in a good mood and said, "Your Majesty, I wish you the best of luck to your Majesty. Your Majesty has added another little prince."  When I asked, I found out?Concubine Li Xiangjun of Nanjing gave birth to a son. After careful consideration, I named him Zhu Ciwei. This is my sixth son.

    One day a month later, Tian Rong came to congratulate me again, "Did she give birth?" Of course she was the red lady Han Xinran, and counting the days, she should be here these days.

    Tian Rong nodded in agreement, "I just gave birth. The little prince is very strong and his crying voice is loud." Tian Rong kept praising the newborn child.

    "Go and have a look! After all, he is still my child." I can't do anything about this matter. I don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. The child has not provoked anyone or anyone, and nothing he has is not the child's fault.

    Just as Tian Rong said, this child is very strong, and I can tell at a glance that he is my son. Looking at the red lady who dared not look at me, I hesitated in my heart, "Let's call this child?'er! Tian Rong, you  Remember it." Just like that, I had my seventh son, Zhu Ci.

    Not long after the edict confirming the capital was issued, the dispute over the issue of moving the capital subsided. However, an issue no less serious than the issue of moving the capital arose. Wang Duo wrote a letter requesting that the old Fu Wang Zhu Changxun be proclaimed emperor and Concubine Zheng the empress.  But because there were so many things that happened around the crown prince issue, it was not easy at all. Thinking of the so-called grandmother Zheng Guifei who died, I was really speechless.

    After several discussions, Zhu Changxun was posthumously named Emperor An, and Concubine Zheng was empress Huiren, and Concubine Zheng and Emperor Shenzong were buried together. This was considered to have settled the "case" of the year. However, judging from the performance of Emperor Hongguang, it can only be said that he was mediocre.  Emperor Shenzong's position at that time was not only firm but also correct. Although he failed to stick to it later, the emergence of Emperor Hongguang reversed his verdict.

    In March of the ninth year of Hongguang, Li Dingguo won a great victory in Mobei, annihilating all the Mongolian troops in Mobei; in July, Li Guo and Liu Wenxiu successively annihilated the Mongolian tribes of Chahar tribe, Hulun tribe, and Horqin tribe. In December of the same year, Liu Wenxiu's troops  Annihilate the Russian Far East detachment at Ninguta.

    In January of the 10th year of Hongguang, the Ming Dynasty and France signed the Treaty of Nanjing. France declared war on Russia. Song Zhiyong led the South China Sea Fleet on an expedition to Europe to assist France in fighting. Gao Di and Gao Yuanzhao led 30,000 troops to join forces with Li Dingguo and entered Siberia. Five years later, they cleared the west of the Ural Mountains.  .  In the same year, Emperor Hongguang had two more sons, Zhu Cixuan, the son of the virtuous concubine Yuan Baoer, and Zhu Cixuan, the son of the Zhuang concubine Shi Caiyun.

    In February of the 11th year of Hongguang, the post station was abandoned and the Postal Department was rebuilt. There were 2,100 postal departments across the country, which were used by both officials and civilians. There was also a Public Opinion Delivery Department. People could submit letters to express their opinions, which would be delivered by the Postal Department and reviewed by the cabinet.  , important matters were presented to the emperor for review.  In June, Kaifeng died. Emperor Hongguang mourned for three days and ordered Kaifeng to enjoy the Imperial Ancestral Temple.  In November, Jin Shenghuan sent troops to Duogan Dusi and achieved a great victory.  In the same year, Concubine Hui Shi Wanting gave birth to her son Zhu Ci?  Concubine Ning, Bian Yujing, gave birth to a daughter named Wenxin.

    In July of the twelfth year of Hongguang, Huang Shiren marched into Wusi Zangdusi, which lasted two years and ended the war against Tibet.

    In January of the fifteenth year of Hongguang, Li Dingguo, Gao Di and Gao Yuanzhao returned to the court. Emperor Hongguang began to count the population and plan to immigrate.  In April, Emperor Hongguang canonized the ** Living Buddha and ordered Taoism, Buddhism, and Islam to be the bishops, but strictly limited the number of monks.  In the same year, Huang Shiren marched into Western Xinjiang. After adding 50,000 troops, he advanced to the Ural River and reached the east coast of the Caspian Sea.

    In the 16th year of Hongguang's reign, the national population was estimated to be 230 million. In March, 5 million people moved to Shanhaiguan and settled in the Northeast. The Northeast region was officially divided into Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang.  By the spring of the 21st year of Hongguang's reign, a total of 10 million people had moved to northern Siberia and other places.

    In the 17th year of Hongguang's reign, the prefecture and county system was officially abolished across the country and replaced by direct management by the central government through local governors.  In the same year, the expeditionary fleet jointly fought with the French fleet in the North Sea to defeat the main force of the British fleet and plundered the British mainland, almost to the point of plucking the feathers of geese, and hitting the European economy.

    In the eighteenth year of Hongguang's reign, Zhu Youlang served as the commander-in-chief of the Ming Navy, and Shi Lang led the attack to capture Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island.  In the event of a natural disaster or snowstorm, the troops will be stopped.

    In the nineteenth year of Hongguang, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty entered Oceania and began to truly open up foreign colonies, plundering colonial wealth and dumping Ming products.

    In February of the twentieth year of Hongguang, Ding Kuichu, a cabinet scholar, died.  In July, Lu Zhenfei died.  In the same year, the Ming Dynasty seized three North American colonies from Britain, half of the African colonies, and jointly defeated the Dutch fleet with the French navy.  It took a year for the looted property to be transported

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