met free Chapter 1232 I've finished speaking. Who agrees? Who disagrees?
Chapter 1232 I've finished speaking. Who agrees? Who disagrees?
After calling Yang Shaofeng "brother-in-law," Heizhima Tangyuan simply got up from the dragon throne, slowly walked down the imperial steps, and walked to the Kunyu Map hanging on the left side of the main hall.
The black sesame dumpling pointed to the location of the capital and said, "This is Nanjing."
"If the Great Wall is the northern boundary and the Pegu Pacification Commissioner's Office is the southern boundary, then Nanjing is located exactly in the middle of the northern and southern boundaries."
“But if we take the northern desert as the boundary, then Nanjing is clearly located a bit too far south.”
“From an east-west perspective, Nanjing’s location is too far to the east.”
Black Sesame Dumpling moved his finger down and said to the officials in the court, "However, if we change our perspective and take Xinming Island in Rinan County as the southern border, then Nanjing is located in the north, between north and south."
After hearing about the black sesame glutinous rice balls, most of the officials in the imperial court were completely bewildered.
One moment it's Nanjing to the south, the next it's Nanjing to the north. What exactly is His Highness trying to express?
Yang Shaofeng was also somewhat bewildered, but he instinctively became wary—just as it was never a good thing for Lao Deng to call someone his son-in-law, it was probably not a good thing for Heizhima Tangyuan to call someone his brother-in-law in court either.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was secretly complaining to himself, the black sesame dumpling reached out towards the location of Beiping Prefecture.
"In contrast to Nanjing is Beiping."
"If the Great Wall is taken as the northern border, then establishing the capital in Beiping is equivalent to establishing the capital at the national gateway."
"From now on, it will not be vassal kings protecting the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor guarding the country's gates."
Yang Shaofeng inexplicably added in his mind, "A monarch dies for his country, he does not submit to the emperor, he does not accept subjects, and he does not make peace through marriage."
Black Sesame Dumpling had no idea what Yang Shaofeng was thinking, but continued, "If we take the northern desert as the northern border, then the location of Beiping Prefecture takes on a different meaning."
"Firstly," Black Sesame Dumpling pointed to the location of southern Mongolia and said, "If Beiping is to be the new capital, then the court must vigorously develop northern Mongolia, especially the defense of the northern border, which is of paramount importance."
"Secondly, Liaodong, southern Mongolia, and the Western Regions, the original northern regions of the Ming Dynasty, will form an industrialized area centered on Beiping, while the original Jiangnan area, and even the later Xinming Island, will gradually become the commercial and trade areas and agricultural resource areas of the Ming Dynasty."
"And here," Black Sesame Dumpling pointed to the location of Tianjin Port in later generations, as well as South Korea and Japan: "This place will become the throat of Beiping, and South Korea and Japan must become the first maritime bulwark of the Ming Dynasty in order to ensure the safety of the new capital."
"In other words, the court must focus on this issue for the next thirty or even fifty years."
Black Sesame Dumpling took a deep breath and said, "What I mean is that the imperial court needs to move the capital, and it is absolutely necessary to move it to Beiping."
"As the saying goes, those who love war will perish, and those who forget war will be in danger."
"Moving the capital to Beiping may seem to put the capital in a dangerous place, but it also helps the court to be constantly vigilant and never have the idea of putting away weapons and letting horses graze freely."
"I've finished speaking. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"
Li Shanchang immediately jumped out, cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards the black sesame dumplings, and said, "Your subject agrees!"
Following Li Shanchang's initial statement, other prominent figures from the Huaixi Noble Group also stepped forward to express their support.
Only Yang Shaofeng chuckled and turned to look at Minister Chen, whom he had previously criticized, saying, "Actually, for officials like Minister Chen, or for some officials and gentry, whether the court is in a dangerous place or not is not important, nor is whether forgetting war necessarily dangerous. What is important is whether they can gain enough benefits."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, the entire Fengtian Hall fell silent once again.
What kind of deep-seated hatred or grudge could make you, Yang the Madman, keep harping on Minister Chen?
It certainly doesn't count as a blood feud, after all, you, Yang the Madman, appeared in Ningyang County all alone back then, while Minister Chen was still serving as an official in Jiangnan, and you had absolutely no connection with him.
The idea of him harboring resentment over having his wife stolen was even more impossible. If Minister Chen had even a shred of decency, he wouldn't have entertained such a mad idea.
So, did Minister Chen desecrate your ancestral grave, Yang the Madman?
That doesn't make sense either, I've never heard of you, Yang the Madman, having ancestral graves~
Just as the officials in the court were pondering this, Minister Chen, who had been repeatedly ridiculed by Yang Shaofeng, finally lost his temper and pointed at Yang Shaofeng, cursing: "Yang the Madman! I have not provoked you at all, yet you keep mocking me. Do you really think I am afraid of you?"
As Minister Chen finished speaking, the atmosphere in the Fengtian Hall became even more eerie, and even the officials who had been pulling on Minister Chen unconsciously let go.
There were countless people in the imperial court who hated Yang the Madman, and even more officials who wanted to curse him.
The problem is, besides you, Vice Minister Chen, which other official would dare to jump out and lose his temper in front of Yang the Madman?
Li Xiang was so tormented by him that he lost his hair, but he didn't dare to jump out and confront him head-on!
He has tormented Shangwei countless times, but now he is still standing well in the court, while Shangwei has fled far away to Ningyang County.
Black Sesame Dumpling glanced at Yang Shaofeng, who was forcing a smile, and then at Minister Chen, who had suddenly perked up. He immediately gave Minister Chen a thumbs up and said, "Well done! Keep your spirits up, don't embarrass yourself!"
Minister Chen stared intently at Yang Shaofeng, looking ready to roll up his sleeves and start a fight at the slightest provocation. Yang Shaofeng, however, merely chuckled and looked at Minister Chen, saying, "What, Minister Chen, do you think I've wronged you?"
Before Minister Chen could speak, Yang Shaofeng pulled a memorial from his sleeve and threw it directly at Minister Chen's face, cursing, "Damn it, explain to me what's going on with those extra 300-plus mu of land in your family, and what's going on with those boxes of silver ingots buried in the pigsty in your family's courtyard in Chen Family Village?"
"And what about those short, ugly men who were associated with you in the first, second, and third years of the Hongwu reign?"
"Why did the two male members of your Chen family who died in the Japanese pirate raids during the fourth year of the Hongwu reign have short, shaved heads?"
"..."
Yang Shaofeng stared intently at Minister Chen and asked him a barrage of questions. Suddenly, he let out a cold laugh and said, "You dog! If I hadn't wanted to see you make a fool of yourself, do you think I would have tolerated you until now?"
So, you, Yang the Madman, are just trying to make a fool of Minister Chen, which is why you keep attacking him.
No way, what kind of twisted sense of humor is this? There's no one else in the entire court like you!
Just as Li Shanchang finished muttering to himself, he unconsciously looked at the black sesame dumplings.
Yang the Madman is going to make trouble for Minister Chen today. Do you think you, Black Sesame Dumpling, don't know that?