Yuan Huang didn't know what would happen after the world was stabilized.
It existed in Xiao Ruxun's imagination. Yuan Huang didn't know how to describe it or how to imagine it. None of this was within his scope of thinking. It was hard for him to imagine how to start and how to promote it.
However, he could vaguely see the prospects of doing this. He could vaguely see some glimmers of hope, and he could vaguely see some things that he yearned for in his heart.
But at the beginning, it was indeed too cruel.
But at the same time that he loathed such methods, he also realized that Xiao Ruxun was indeed trying to rule over the world. It was the same as his initial hope. It was just that the methods were different, the process was different, but the goal had never changed.
In a sense, Xiao Ruxun had become unrecognizable, like a monster. But in another sense, Xiao Ruxun had never changed.
Yuan Huang was silent for a long time.
"Forget about teaching. I can no longer teach and educate people."
Yuan Huang said this, but then he said, "But I'm willing to build roads. I'm willing to dedicate my life to the world. Besides, I don't want to see you anymore, Xiao Ruxun. I don't know how to face you, so I don't want to see you anymore."
Xiao Ruxun didn't know how to feel.
They had supported each other along the way. Without Yuan Huang, there would be no prosperity in Myanmar. Without Yuan Huang, there would be no stable support for him. But now, were they going to part ways?
Xiao Ruxun suddenly thought of Cao Cao and Xun Yu.
But to Xiao Ruxun, Yuan Huang was more important than Xun Yu to Cao Cao. He could help with internal affairs and lead troops to war. There was no one more reassuring to Xiao Ruxun than Yuan Huang.
It was probably because of the depth of their relationship!
The friendship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu was the deepest, while the friendship between Xiao Ruxun and Yuan Huang was the deepest. No matter how outstanding the rising stars were, the friendship between them couldn't compare to the friendship between the two of them when they started from scratch together.
But now that things had come to this, this relationship could no longer be maintained. Xiao Ruxun could only give up.
He was not an indecisive person.
If those who followed him obstructed his path, he would also make the decision to give an empty food box to anyone. He would not be lenient.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Ruxun made up his mind and slowly said, "I have one last question."
Yuan Huang's expression did not change.
"Speak."
"If I want to move the capital, where should I move it to?"
"Move the capital?"
Yuan Huang was taken aback. "Why do we need to move the capital?"
"The weather is getting colder and colder, and the grain production in the north is dropping. The capital is located too far north and has a large population, requiring a large amount of grain from the south to feed it. This is a huge drain on the manpower of the people. By cutting off the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and killing Shen Yicheng, I was able to exploit this loophole. I'm very worried.
Xiao Ruxun voiced out his concerns.
"You want to move the capital to the south? Nanjing? "
"No, Nanjing is too south, it's just a corner."
Xiao Ruxun shook his head and rejected Nanjing.
"Xi 'an?"
"Xi 'an can't be the capital anymore. The conditions are even worse than the capital."
Xiao Ruxun still rejected Xi 'an.
"Then it's still the capital. Don't change it."
Yuan Huang's words made Xiao Ruxun frown.
"Why?"
"Why? To control the world, to strengthen the central government and weaken the local. Unless you want to give up Liaodong, then you can choose to move the capital. If you still want to advance abroad, then stay in the capital. What does it mean for the emperor to guard the country? It means military power. "
Xiao Ruxun understood Yuan Huang's meaning.
In order to defend the border, it was necessary to maintain a large border army. In order to maintain the position of the central government, it was necessary to maintain a strong imperial army. At the same time, it was necessary to prevent the military from rebelling. The Song Dynasty did this. As a result, it created a situation of redundant troops.
"If you move the capital, you'll be following the old path of the Song Dynasty. You're very confident in yourself, but after you die, will your descendants be able to control the army as firmly as you? It's definitely not a good thing for the central government to be too far away from the border army. This is the meaning of the emperor guarding the country, to control the most important military power in the country.
Didn't you think that the Daming you defeated was a mess? Although it was a mess, at least there were no generals rebelling. If you want to get rid of the abuses, just get rid of them. But right now, the south is rich and the north is poor. If you move the capital south, will there still be people in the north? "
Yuan Huang didn't talk about the terrain, only some hidden dangers. This let Xiao Ruxun know that his thinking was biased. Setting the capital in the capital was indeed inappropriate, but if the capital was not set in the capital, would there still be people living in the area?
Without people, how would the north be controlled? A large army?
And there was no need to mention Liaodong. The capital was located in the throat of northern China between the northeast and the north, and its geographical importance was unparalleled. Liaodong could not be lost, so in order to better control Liaodong, it was still necessary to keep the capital in the capital.
Moreover, in a situation where the south was rich and the north was poor, setting the capital in the north to absorb nutrients from the south was for the sake of stability, to prevent the gap between the north and the south from getting too large.
As for food and the environment …
The Manchurian Qing had been able to stand firm, so Xiao Ruxun didn't believe that he couldn't.
But in this way, opening the sea route was an unavoidable problem. Continuing to rely on the Grand Canal was inappropriate, and it just so happened that opening the sea route was an important part of the future policy. Opening the sea route along with opening the sea route was truly killing two birds with one stone.
After thinking it over, Xiao Ruxun decided to gather people to discuss the problem of the capital.
And right now, Yuan Huang's problem seemed to have been resolved.
"Deacon Yuan, many thanks for your help on this journey."
"But I wish that I had never met you."
Yuan Huang gave Xiao Ruxun these parting words without hesitation.
Xiao Ruxun paused for a moment, then turned his back.
"I will arrange a residence for Deacon Yuan, and I will notify you separately when I need to do something. If you have nothing else to say, then Deacon Yuan can leave."
Yuan Huang almost immediately turned and left, without the slightest reluctance to leave.
Xiao Ruxun couldn't help but turn his head and see Yuan Huang's resolute and determined footsteps.
He wondered if Yuan Huang had been just as resolute when he abandoned his official post and left the capital for Burma.
Most likely.
Sighing, Xiao Ruxun's eyes once more hardened.
Once Yuan Huang left, he would have to deal with those officials and military officers, those fellows who were waiting for him to summon them and seek their futures.
A portion of them had already been placed on the blacklist and could be killed at any moment, but there were also a portion that could be kept and used.
But even if they were on the blacklist, Xiao Ruxun would slowly squeeze out every bit of value from them before dealing with them. He was currently in dire need of money, and no amount of money would satisfy Xiao Ruxun.
Previously, Ye Mengxiong had stopped him from selling his official post, but now, no one could stop Xiao Ruxun.
He would use some of Li Zicheng's methods!
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