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He was detained for more than half a year.
I don't know how Zhu Guoxiang managed to win him over.
Chapter 1639 National Title
"Greetings, Grand Marshal!"
Zhang Gen and Gao Jingshan led the officials, civilians, and soldiers in a shout.
Many people even knelt down voluntarily.
That kind of grand scene,
This inspired Zhao Yuan with boundless pride.
A feeling of having the world at my fingertips washed over me.
No wonder everyone wants to be an emperor!
Zhao Yuan thought to himself, "I haven't even become emperor yet!"
I was already starting to enjoy it.
Power truly is a man's aphrodisiac.
……
After meeting,
They then began to discuss the issue of moving the capital.
A capital city isn't something you can just build on a whim.
There are still many prerequisites.
If the capital is established in Yanjing
It's not about gathering a bunch of ordinary people.
They can simply migrate to Yanjing City.
The rural areas outside the city must also have a sufficient population.
The surrounding prefectures and counties must also have a sufficient population.
Only in this way can the supply of various materials be provided to maintain the capital.
Zhu Di was able to successfully establish the capital in Beijing.
Besides the management of the Jin and Yuan dynasties,
It also relied on Zhu Yuanzhang's immigration policy for twenty consecutive years.
Because Emperor Yuan fled north, he took a large number of people with him.
The north appears extremely empty.
Liaodong and Hebei were key areas for Zhu Yuanzhang to relocate people.
Without Zhu Yuanzhang's twenty years of immigration,
Zhu Di had no chance of moving the imperial court to Beijing.
Maintaining the operation of a country's capital
Millions of bushels of rice are transported annually.
It's just a drop in the ocean.
It requires the efforts of the surrounding areas.
Provide a large amount of supplies to the people.
This will create a unique capital economic zone.
"Then let's go to Luoyang," Zhao Yuan said.
Zhang Gen said, "Land annexation is extremely serious in Luoyang."
"There are also many prominent families,"
"It has intricate connections with the officialdom of the old Song Dynasty."
"If you want to establish your capital in Luoyang,"
“Those powerful clans must be dealt with.”
"What do you plan to do?" Zhao Yuan asked.
Zhang Gen said, "Forced relocation."
"Henan, Hebei, and Shandong, due to war, natural disasters, and heavy taxes,"
“Large areas of unclaimed land have appeared.”
"Dismantle the powerful clans of Luoyang,"
“Calculate their land,”
"They dispersed the forced relocation,"
"Exchange their land in Luoyang for unclaimed land."
"The vacated land in Luoyang,"
"A portion was awarded to meritorious officials,"
"A portion will be awarded to the soldiers,"
"A portion was allocated to the tenant farmers."
"Won't these powerful clans rebel?"
"And it seems to have a negative impact," Zhao Yuan said worriedly.
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "If they resist, we can take the opportunity to confiscate their property."
"The charges are already prepared,"
"Yearning for the old dynasty, they plot to reinstate the former Song imperial family!"
Forcibly splitting up and relocating large clans
The Song Dynasty itself did this before.
The Chen family of Yimen has remained united for over three hundred years.
There were more than 400 officials serving in the imperial court.
It seriously threatens local rule.
On the advice of Wen Yanbo and Bao Zheng
Emperor Renzong of Song was determined to take action against the Chen family of Yimen.
Furthermore, Bao Zheng personally oversaw the relevant work.
The Chen clan was divided into more than 290 groups.
According to later administrative divisions,
They were dispersed and relocated to 16 provinces and cities across the country.
The Chen family of Yimen didn't do anything heinous.
There are still several hundred people serving as officials.
When faced with the imperial court, can't they just demolish it at will?
"As for the name of the country."
Zhao Yuan laughed and said, "Of course it's the Great Liang."
"We've used up almost all the place names,"
"No matter how many different tricks you try, you can't come up with anything new."
"Actually, 'Yuan' is quite good."
"Great is the Qian Yuan, from which all things originate, and at times it rides the six dragons to govern the heavens."
"It's just that the name of the country, Yuan, always feels a bit off to me,"
"Da Liang sounds more comfortable."
Chapter 1640 Three Provinces and Six Ministries
"Let's become the King of Han first,"
Zhao Yuan said,
"To further improve the imperial court's leadership,"
"The provincial and ministerial framework has been strengthened,"
"Find a suitable opportunity to declare himself emperor and establish the capital."
"In order to appease the people and stabilize the North and South."
"I think we can continue to use the four-capital system."
"Luoyang was the capital and the western capital,"
"Kaifeng served as both a secondary capital and the eastern capital."
"Yanjing is tentatively designated as Beijing,"
"Jinling is tentatively designated as Nanjing."
Zhang Gen said, "The project of moving the capital to Luoyang was enormous."
"We need to wait until the situation stabilizes before discussing this further."
"The city walls of Luoyang must be expanded,"
"We don't even have enough money or food right now,"
"It will take at least three to five years before construction can begin."
"These three to five years are just the right time to deal with the powerful clans in Luoyang," Zhao Yuan said, not in a hurry.
Zhang Gendao asked, "Will we implement a cabinet system or a provincial/ministerial system in the future?"
“Centralization of power is the general trend,” Zhao Yuan said.
The Tang Dynasty implemented the Three Departments and Six Ministries system.
The Secretariat drafts the edicts, the Chancellery reviews them, and the Department of State Affairs executes them.
The system appears to be rigorous,
In reality, it is inefficient.
Furthermore, the Secretariat and the Chancellery relied on imperial power.
The Ministry of Personnel was quickly marginalized.
By the Song Dynasty,
The overall trend is towards the unification of the three provinces.
Although the Song Dynasty retained the Three Provinces,
But power has become hollow.
The power of the Six Ministries was also weakened.
The real power was in the hands of the prime minister and the five offices of the Secretariat.
At the end of the Xining era, Emperor Shenzong of Song did not consult Wang Anshi's opinion.
He then ordered the reform of official positions himself.
The Zhongshu Menxia system of the Song Dynasty,