The conflict between Xiao Ruxun and the Emperor and Chen Yiguan's group actually advanced to such a level in this way.

This was something Mei Guozhen had never expected.

Similarly, he did not expect that Xiao Ruxun had the courage to help the emperor regain power.

He thought more deeply that if Xiao Ruxun raised an army to fight the north, what he had to face would be the entire gentry and wealthy family in Jiangnan. It was an extremely powerful force. Can he really succeed?

But then I thought about it, Mei Guozhen knew that his political future and even his life were dead throughout the Ming Dynasty and deprived of the despicable gentry. Xiao Ruxun's actions were actually the same in his heart.

He also attacked the gentry and wealthy families in order to defend the city.

The two are actually the same.

At worst, even a death is better than life than death.

Mei Guozhen also nodded and agreed.

Ma Gui's family had moved to Myanmar with his family and lived under the protection of Xiao Ruxun, but Mei Guozhen's family did not. So in order to protect Mei Guozhen's family, Xiao Ruxun decided to let Mei Guozhen change his name and join the Northern Expedition of Zhennan Army.

Ma Gui thought about it and felt that he had changed his name, so as not to let Xiao Ruxun be caught, and there would be some troubles at that time.

Xiao Ruxun thought, it was right, so he asked the two of them to decide for themselves. Ma Gui directly chose the same surname as Xiao Ruxun and changed it to Xiao Gui. Mei Guozhen also changed his surname to Xiao, taking his name as his name and changing it to Xiao Kesheng.

Ma Gui was directly incorporated into the army, while Mei Guozhen acted as a counselor around Xiao Ruxun to provide advice for Xiao Ruxun.

The meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, and Xiao Ruxun probably finished the matter. When it finally came to an end, Xiao Ruxun took a breath, sat on the chair with his eyes closed, and relaxed his tense nerves.

Yuan Huang looked at Xiao Ruxun, who showed a tired look, and pursed his lips. After all, he decided to say what he wanted to say.

He has been an official, and he knows what Xiao Ruxun is doing now.

"Ji Xin, have you really decided to attack Chen Yiguan?"

Xiao Ruxun opened her eyes and looked at Yuan Huang.

"Do I have any other way to go? Mr. Yuan, I won't sit still and wait for death."

Yuan Huang sighed and nodded.

"I know, but Ji Xin, if you fight in the north, you will face the entire gentry and tyrants in Jiangnan. They are deeply rooted in the local area and have mixed relationships. Although I know that they do many illegal things, they are also the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. If you eradicate them, who will become an official?

Although the people you recruit in Myanmar town are capable, they are just talented in a county. How vast is the Ming Dynasty? How can these hundreds of people play a big role? Even if you succeed in serving the king, you still have to hold the imperial examinations and recruit scholars!"

"There is nothing in the world and no one will be missing."

Xiao Ruxun said coldly: "I don't believe that every 300,000 scholars is my mortal enemy, and I don't believe that those scholars are really so honest. If they have integrity, there wouldn't be only Song Butang and the Old Master Master who died for His Majesty.

Mr. Yuan, don’t you understand those people yet? When the steel knife is placed on your neck, can they still stick to integrity? Do they have integrity? This time, I don’t reason with them, I want to overturn the table.”

Yuan Huang opened his mouth and had nothing to say for a moment. Mei Guozhen frowned and said, "Just relying solely on killing cannot stabilize the world. Ji Xin, if you want to attack Chen Yiguan, you must get their support. You always need scholars to do things for you.

To be honest, if you conquer the city and kill all the officials, who will govern the land for you? If you kill those scholars, they will be intricately related to each other, and you will make enemies everywhere. Without the support of scholars, you will not be able to govern the world."

Xiao Ruxun does not fully agree with this.

There are three components in the world: the upper layer, the middle layer and the lower layer.

The upper class is the imperial power that is high above, and the army that complies with the imperial power is the most important vassal and ally of the imperial power.

The middle class is the elite class of society, namely the literati and the landlords and the powerful, while the lower class is the people.

Throughout history, when a country is strong, all the upper class is strong and the middle class is relatively weak.

In order to maintain the stability and strength of the country, appropriately weakening the middle layer to make up for the upper and lower layers is a necessary means, because once the middle layer is too strong and get rid of the upper limit, the country will have problems.

There is a key point in the Legalist power technique, which is to cut the middle and fill the two ends and fill the dynamic combination of the middle, so that the management of officials is more important than the governance of the people.

Controlling the landlord, powerful, literati and official class, preventing him from emptiing the monarchy from above, preventing him from merging the land to bully men and women and humiliating the people, and preventing him from being too weak and causing the army to expand. This is the cornerstone of the stability and health of the country.

The triangle pattern is as stable as Mount Tai, so what about the diamond pattern?

The middle class of the Ming Dynasty was too strong. If it was not weakened, how could the country be stable?

If there is no attack, how can the country return to normal?

The massacre of southern literati and officials and later literary inquisition objectively weakened the unbounded expansion of literati and officials since the mid-Ming Dynasty. After Yongzheng's rule, the diversion of literati and gentry and the integrated payment of grain were the victory results of the Qing government against the middle-level officials, such as the literati and the landlords and tyrants.

Yuan Huang and Mei Guozhen may not understand these, and they may not agree with them.

Xiao Ruxun took a deep breath.

"When the Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Mongolian Yuan went south, those who spoke of the irreconcilable power of the barbarians still joined the Mongolian Yuan later? They did not have the courage to die, nor did they have such high integrity. Don't worry, Mr. Yuan, I have my own ideas."

"Ji Xin, do you want to let your own officials in Myanmar Town help you temporarily manage the place after the Northern Expedition?"

Mei Guozhen asked.

"They are what I see growing Myanmar from a barren land to this point today. They have no fame and fortune, but in terms of governance, can a scholar who has just finished the imperial examination be compared with them?

In terms of agriculture, construction, water conservancy, and road construction, they have all been tested by me and can completely alleviate my urgent needs. When I sweep the south of the Yangtze River and cross the northern expedition, will no one come to serve me? I have soldiers! What I need to consider is how to win the battle!"

Mei Guozhen and Yuan Huang were speechless.

They do think more, but they have to admit that behind any major event in human history, the military is participating in the past and present, China and abroad. Military strength is the foundation of power, and mastering the military is the foundation of everything.

Compared to the hearts of scholars, it is obvious that the army is more worth fighting for.

Force is the strongest force, this is the truth.

If Xiao Ruxun is really unreasonable and really loses his burden and tear his face, the fragility of scholars will be fully visible. Once the masks they use to suppress the army and civilians in peacetime are broken and their true faces are revealed to the world, what will happen?

This is the reason why Chen Yiguan wanted to kill Xiao Ruxun no matter what.

He had mastered military strength, he knew the terrible consequences of military strength, and he also knew what terrible consequences would be brought about by a famous general who called him to climb a high school.

Yuan Huang knew this very well.

That's why he was worried that Xiao Ruxun's Northern Expedition might bring a more different ending to the Ming Dynasty than expected, and neither he nor Xiao Ruxun might have expected it.

Just now, just now, Yuan Huang saw the eyes of the military generals flashing with anger and excitement.

Excited, why do they be excited?

In addition to being angry, they were actually excited about such a terrible thing, and they were actually very excited!

Because they can finally break through the shackles.

They can break through this shackles openly without any constraints or criticisms.

Once this shackle that suppressed them for more than a hundred years broke through, it would release a very terrible energy, which might even exceed Xiao Ruxun’s own expectations.

But Yuan Huang knew that he could not stop all this. Xiao Ruxun was the master of this army. From top to bottom, from generals to soldiers, no one would violate Xiao Ruxun's orders. This was Xiao Ruxun's private soldiers completely.

When Xiao Ruxun was away, Yuan Huang could manage it on his behalf. If Xiao Ruxun was there, no one could object to his will.
Chapter completed!