The battle was over, and the entire capital was completely controlled by Xiao Ruxun's army, and the order and stability of the Beijing division were quickly restored.

A few of the soldiers in the Beijing camp died, most of them disarmed and surrendered, and Xiao Ruxun arranged for the army to be taken outside the capital to take care of them temporarily, leaving a gap to sort out the Beijing division.

All the people were told to go back to their homes and keep their doors and windows closed, and the army would provide them with the necessary rations, but if they did not go out, they would face jail time.

Unlike the common people, the civil and military generals and bureaucrats of the Beijing Division had no idea of staying at home at all, although they hid in front of the door of their homes at first, but after the war was quickly over, after they heard the voice of Banzai coming from the Forbidden City, everyone's hearts were alive.

It was also at this time that Xiao Ruxun sent people to the capital to find the surviving officials and martial artists according to the list of officials, and asked them to meet him in the Forbidden City together, saying that he wanted to discuss the state with them.

They were taken to the capital with trepidation and unable to resist.

And just before that, Xiao Ruxun invited Yuan Huang to the Imperial Palace.

Ye Mengxiong was also sent to Myanmar by him, and Fang Shoushi went to Myanmar in a boat, and handed over to Chen Xie to be strictly guarded, from a personal point of view, Xiao Ruxun was reluctant to kill him, and letting them grow old in Myanmar for the rest of his life was also his last good thoughts, but for Yuan Huang, he was unwilling to let go.

Compared with Ye Mengxiong and others, Yuan Huang was the only one who was willing to follow him from beginning to end, and for this reason, he also brought his family and disciples to Myanmar, and supported the framework of Myanmar administration for Xiao Ruxun when he was extremely short of civil officials, and cultivated the initial administrative team for him, so that Myanmar's administration could be maintained without collapse.

It can be said that without the help of Yuan Huang, Xiao Ruxun would not have been able to establish a model of government in Myanmar.

Now, Xiao Ruxun has obtained the Central Plains, which is countless times larger than Myanmar, as his foundation, and he hopes that Yuan Huang will appear in his new government to stabilize the political situation for him as a founding father, even if it is just a transitional elder.

Because Man Chaotang couldn't find a patriarch who could really reassure him and convince the rest of the people, only Yuan Huang was the most suitable for him.

However, he also knew that what he did was estimated to be difficult for Yuan Huang to accept.

But there is no way, this is no way, even if he is unwilling, he has done it, and now he has done it thoroughly, he even sat on the throne of the Emperor's Palace to receive Yuan Huang and show the fruits of his victory.

"Yuan Gong, I have said everything that should be said, I have never been so honest with everyone outside, I have told you everything I think in my heart and everything I want to do, an emperor tells you what he has in his heart, which can only show that he has great trust in you."

Xiao Ruxun looked at Yuan Huang seriously: "Yuan Gong, only you know who the real me is, and you know what the real Xiao Ruxun is like." ”

Yuan Huang sat on an ordinary chair, arranged by Xiao Ruxun to sit on the opposite side of the throne, also on the steps.

"But the old minister would rather not know, because the real majesty makes the old minister feel creepy."

Yuan Huang just said so.

Xiao Ruxun shook his head again and again.

"Yuan Gong, I know how you outline an ideal monarch in your heart, gentle, generous, calm, benevolent, decisive when critical, resolute, unwavering, open-minded, willing to accept advice, like the sun shining with thousands of rays, this is your ideal monarch, right?"

Yuan Huang nodded: "This is the most ideal monarch in the hearts of the courtiers in the world, and the old man is no exception." ”

"I know that the most ideal monarch in Yuan Gong's heart is not the most ideal monarch in my eyes? But Yuan Gong, can such a person exist? The wise monarchs since ancient times, Emperor Qin and Han Wu, Tang Emperor and Song Ancestor, are they ideal people?

The emperor is a human being, and people have seven emotions and six desires, so Qin Shi Huang built a lot of buildings, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mobilized the strength of the whole country to go to war, Song Taizu added the yellow robe, and Tang Taizong Xuanwumen changed, they all did wrong things, and they all did very terrible wrong things, but did this affect their achievements?

Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the book and the same track unified weights and measures, laid the foundation for my great unification of China, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty invaded the Huns in the north, greatly increased my prestige in China, martial arts are unparalleled through the ages, Tang Taizong opened up the territory to the outside world to expand the territory, the four seas were salty, Song Taizu unified the world to end the war, and the cup of wine released the military power to solve the chaos of the military and let the world be stable, who can deny these merits? ”

Yuan Huang closed his eyes and said nothing.

Xiao Ruxun continued: "Only do what is right and do not do wrong, who can do it since ancient times?" Who can? Who can say that they do not make mistakes, and who can say that they do not do things against their will? Who is always positive and not a little dark? Do such people exist? And at that time, did they know that they had made a mistake?

Yes, I admit that I betrayed the Ming Emperor, he didn't feel sorry for me, it's just that I lost faith in him to reform this dynasty, I want to change the world in my own way, Yuan Gong, I ask myself if I am merciful to the people, Burma for three years, under my rule, can one starve to death?

Myanmar has gone from being a wild land to being able to feed millions of people, am I not doing enough? Am I not merciful enough to the people? Is there any insecurity in my governance? Have I ever done anything to be sorry for this world? Am I not willing to accept your counsel? Did I do something wrong and not correct it? Yuan Gong, you say, do I have it? ”

Yuan Huang opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Ruxun.

"Yes, Your Majesty's achievements are eternal, and the old ministers admire, since Your Majesty is so great, why do you need to talk nonsense to the old ministers here? Why don't you give Lao Chen a knife and let Lao Chen go underground to meet those who died under your butcher's knife? ”

"Yuan Gong!"

Xiao Ruxun opened his mouth and said: "Since ancient times, there have been no immortals in the change of dynasty, you are not unclear about the local problems in the Ming Dynasty, how much the tax population was hidden by those landlords and gentry, and how many things they swallowed, you are not unclear, I am not doing this just to force the farmers to my side, but for something more long-term!" ”

"Long-term? What is the long term? ”

Yuan Huang stared at Xiao Ruxun's eyes.

"Yuan Gong thought that no matter how powerful the dynasties were, why would they eventually collapse?"

Yuan Huang frowned.

"The people are poor, displaced, natural disasters are continuous, foreign enemies are strong, people's minds are changing, morality is degraded, the monarch is mediocre, the civil and military are misleading, the policy is wrong, and so on."

"It's not all."

Xiao Ruxun shook his head: "These are one of the reasons, it is indeed very serious, but there are also fundamental reasons, once it happens, the most irreversible is this reason, this reason is no money." ”

"No money?"

Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun in surprise: "You told the old man why he came out, the dynasty fell because he had no money?" ”

"Yuan Gong, this lack of money is not such a simple matter, but it means that the central government cannot collect taxes, and the taxes are getting less and less until they are exhausted."

Xiao Ruxun opened his mouth and said: "Duke Yuan, you should understand what a terrible thing it is for the central treasury to not collect taxes, we are fighting, and when we fight, we actually have to pay money from the emperor's internal treasury to the army to fight instead of taking accounts from the treasury."

When there is a disaster in the local area, the imperial court has no money to provide disaster relief, there is no money to suppress the rebellion, it needs to repair the roads and repairs the Yellow River embankment, and there is no money to repair it, and everything needs money, but there is no money to do anything, so the country is finished. ”

"Even so, what does it mean?"

Yuan Huang stared at Xiao Ruxun seriously.

"Yuan Gong, let me ask you, who are the people who make the court unable to collect taxes?"

Xiao Ruxun suddenly asked Yuan Huang like this.