Governing the country and saving the country. Xiao Ruxun really admired Xu Guangqi for doing his best to save the country at the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the country was on the verge of collapse.
Xu Guangqi seemed to always dare to do things that others did not dare to do.
In that era, when China's imperial court despised all barbarians, Xu Guangqi led his entire family to believe in Catholicism, which led to more than 20,000 people from the entire Shanghai area to join. It could be said that it was the greatest fruit of victory for the missionaries since their first eastward journey, and also the greatest victory that Matteo Ricci had achieved.
Xu Guangqi established contact with the missionaries, and also established contact with the foreigners in Macau and Southeast Asia. He mediated the importation of foreign firearms to Daming, and was one of the first military strategists to propose the use of advanced foreign firearms to fight against Nurhaci.
He realized that China's existing technical means were inadequate and backward compared to the West's, so he and Ricci, a rare Sinologist, successfully translated the earliest Western scientific monograph in China's history.
No matter from which point of view, Xu Guangqi was worthy of his name — Guangqi, the beginning of light.
He held a heart of light, and did his best to do what he could.
Since then, for hundreds of years, no one could achieve the level of cooperation achieved by Ricci and Xu Guangqi, until the outbreak of the Opium War, when foreigners came east on a large scale, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty also launched the Westernization Movement.
This kind of cooperation, in a sense, surpassed the cooperation of Xu Guangqi and Ricci, but it came at the price of the fall of an ancient country.
The existence of Xu Guangqi was a ray of hope that was born in China during the Ming Dynasty. Although this ray of hope did not bring about the dawn, he did exist in that era, leaving hope for that era, and bringing endless inspiration to modern China.
Xu Guangqi had been trapped in the party struggle all his life, but he had tried his best to get things done in the environment of the party struggle. He was a doer who was not inferior to Wang Shouren.
However, the loss of control and rampage of the civil officials at the end of the Ming Dynasty eventually destroyed the hard-won dawn. Led by Xu Guangqi, China's earliest awakened intellectuals failed to save Daming and China in the end. Instead, China fell into the deepest darkness before the dawn, where there was no light at all, and the dawn was delayed by three hundred years.
It was very strange. Just now, darkness and dawn came together. Xu Guangqi and Nurhachi faced each other, but there was not a single spark.
It was truly marvelous.
But now, Xu Guangqi wanted to work for him, which made him very happy. If such a real man of action joined the system of Myanmar Town, he would definitely shine brightly.
Therefore, Xiao Ruxun hoped that Xu Guangqi could go to Myanmar to find Yuan Huang.
"Mr. Xu, I can't give you the answer you want to know directly. Just as you said, you have to do it yourself and get the answer yourself. The answer I get belongs to me, and the answer you get belongs to you."
Xu Guangqi was silent for a while.
"Governor, do you mean that our paths are different, so we can't work together?"
"No, what I mean is that our paths can be the same, but you have your path and I have mine. Our paths can't be exactly the same, but our goals can be exactly the same. We both want to save the country, but you are a scholar, and I am a warrior. Our paths can't be the same. What you can do, I can't do, and what I can do, you can't do."
Xiao Ruxun made his words very clear.
"Governor Xiao, do you think that I should not be here because I am a defenseless scholar?"
Xu Guangqi understood what Xiao Ruxun meant. "Yes, it is very dangerous here.
"Yes, it's very dangerous here, and you could lose your life at any time. I don't know how many invaders I have to face, but as a soldier, I can only go on a northern expedition. You're different, you're a scholar, and there's no need for you to go to war. If you're willing to submit to me, I promise. You can go to Myanmar now and find Mr. Yuan Huang."
Xiao Ruxun didn't know why Xu Guangqi wanted to come to Datong to find him, but he knew that in this precarious place, even he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to escape unscathed, let alone Xu Guangqi.
If Xu Guangqi died, it would be a great loss for him and Daming. In his opinion, Xu Guangqi should focus on the transformation of science and technology and the governance of the country. With such a person who had the spirit to study science and technology, Xiao Ruxun would be able to climb the technology tree at a great speed. Moreover, his original intention of looking for Xu Guangqi was to reduce the pressure on Yuan Huang.
Yuan Huang was over 70 years old, and he was shouldering the complicated government affairs of Myanmar alone. When Xiao Ruxun was here, he could share some of the burden, but now that he was not here, how hard would Yuan Huang work?
There was no need to mention Chen Longzheng, as long as he didn't cause trouble for Yuan Huang, it would be fine.
The addition of Xu Guangqi would be an important sign that Myanmar Town had entered a new period of development.
Of course, the premise was that Xu Guangqi was willing to go to Myanmar Town.
It was obvious that Xu Guangqi was not very satisfied.
"Governor-General Xiao, although Guangqi is a scholar, he is also a man who has traveled thousands of miles and seen many things. He is also a man, not a woman. In the face of a strong enemy, the governor-general dared to go on a northern expedition. Do you think that I, Xu Guangqi, wouldn't dare? Who said that scholars must not fight wars? Daming, are there not many scholars who can fight wars? "
Xiao Ruxun smiled helplessly.
"Mr. Xu's talent should be used more on the governance of the country. I fight on the battlefield, and Mr. Xu also fights in the officialdom. Different roads lead to the same goal. If you want to strengthen the country, one is the left and right hand of a person, one is indispensable. You have seen that flintlock. It is the result of the painstaking efforts of countless officials and craftsmen. In the rear, it is also a war."
Xu Guangqi shook his head.
"If I don't do it personally, I won't be able to truly understand certain things. I also want to understand the path of the governor-general. Then, I might be able to gain new insights. I hope that the governor-general can fulfill my wish!"
Xiao Ruxun sighed.
"Alright, if you insist, I won't force you. You can stay in the army and paint a portrait for me!"
Xu Guangqi gladly accepted the order.
"I am willing to serve the governor-general. Right, Governor-General Xiao, there are more than 20,000 Han citizens in Huairen County who have been captured and enslaved by the Northern Barbarians. I implore the governor-general to send troops to save them!"
Xiao Ruxun immediately remembered after hearing Xu Guangqi's words.
"Mr. Xu, where did you say you escaped from just now?"
Xu Guangqi hurriedly nodded.
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