Over the years, Emperor Zhu had been focusing on recuperation and development, and the Ming Dynasty was also constantly emigrating.
Starting in the third year of the Hongwu reign, the Ming Dynasty began a large-scale migration, which was the largest, most extensive, organized, and planned migration in Chinese history.
Natural disasters, man-made calamities, and wars have led to sparse population and barren land in the Central Plains. The lack of manpower and prolonged neglect have resulted in a severe labor shortage, widespread land abandonment, and a sharp decline in fiscal revenue, directly threatening the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
This made Zhu De realize that it was necessary to relocate people to cultivate the land, and large-scale official relocation was actually being carried out continuously.
This did indeed force many people to leave their homes, but it also played a significant role in consolidating the rule and development of the Ming Dynasty, thus greatly contributing to the development of the Ming Dynasty's national power.
The further north Zhu Xiong Ying went, the more desolate the landscape became, and the greater the sense of responsibility and the long road ahead. Seeing the Ming Dynasty truly develop was definitely not something that could be accomplished overnight.
Yuan Dadu was the capital of Beiping. The construction of Yuan Dadu had a very distinctive feature: the city was planned first and then built.
This also made the planning of Yuan Dadu (the capital city) complete, with clear orientation, left-right symmetry, and orderly city streets and buildings.
Moreover, Liu Bingzhong, who was commissioned by Kublai Khan, followed the ancient capital city design principles stipulated in the "Zhou Li·Kao Gong Ji".
There was still some basic infrastructure, but Zhu Xiong Ying also felt that Beiping was too desolate nowadays.
"The Forbidden City... I never imagined I'd be one of its builders," Zhu Xiong Ying said with some emotion, looking at the somewhat desolate Beiping. "The imperial court in the front, the market in the back, the ancestral temple on the left, the altar of the land and grain on the right—that's the standard for an imperial capital. Fortunately, our Ming Dynasty may not have much else, but it has a wealth of experience in building imperial cities, so I have to put in a lot of effort."
This is no exaggeration. The model we can refer to now is the Imperial City of Yingtianfu, plus the previously abandoned Zhongdu of Fengyang. With the experience of establishing capitals twice since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xiong Ying naturally doesn't need to worry so much.
In fact, Zhu Xiong Ying didn't really need to do much in this matter. His presence in Beiping was sometimes considered a 'mascot,' preventing Zhu Xiong Ying from doing anything or making plans personally.
However, Zhu Xiong Ying clearly wouldn't do such things often; it's unwise for an outsider to instruct an expert. Moreover, building an imperial capital involves numerous regulations.
Zhu Xiong Ying's job is to make good decisions. He will only step in or make decisions in situations that are clearly illogical.
As for where Zhu Xiong Ying is currently living, it is the Prince of Yan's Mansion, formerly the Longfu Palace in the southwest of the Yuan Dynasty's capital, Dadu, which was the Crown Prince's Mansion of the Yuan Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was still relatively short of money, especially now that it needed to build a capital, which required spending money in many places. Zhu Xiong Ying naturally did not engage in large-scale construction and tried to save money wherever possible.
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