Zhou Dayong's blowing made many people in Hangzhou somewhat dissatisfied, but they also felt a lot of pressure.

"I don't know if what this pioneer said to us was self-inflicted, or did the king mean it? It seems that the intention of the calf protector to stand on the platform for the warrior is obvious? After all, someone said worriedly.

However, there are still more people who have some thinking ability, and soon someone said: "Of course, this matter cannot be taken lightly. You know, this isn't a secret meeting. Zhou Dayong must have known that his attitude and remarks would definitely reach the ears of the king. Even if there is a place for his own assertions, it should be based on his own understanding of the king. ”

This also made many people nod their heads.

Hearing this, Gu Linfeng, the official of the Hangzhou Fatang who was temporarily the secret president, said solemnly: "This matter seems to be extraordinary, and it is not too late. We have to take a little bit of money seriously to do it! Let the people who were in charge of chores in the previous Hangzhou garrison gather, as well as shops in many places throughout Hangzhou. When necessary, you can also invite more people from the people. Don't be stingy with spending. These people must not be allowed to go wrong in the new prison in Hangzhou. If the future prison system is not under our control, then what will be lost in the long run is immeasurable ... ”

In this way, under Zhou Dayong's hint, although the resistance forces in the entire city of Hangzhou were not held accountable, they had to immediately take action to organize people to clean up and prepare decent meals, so as to prevent any chaos among the more than 100,000 "prisoners" in Hangzhou, which is not too far from the summer.

Under Zhou Dayong's urging and even the serious devotion of many people in Hangzhou, when the rainy season came, there was no major chaos in Hangzhou's new prison, which held 100,000 people. Of the 100,000 people, less than 200 died of illness and other causes within a few months, which is almost lower than the mortality rate in the old barracks when they were not fighting or fighting.

Zhou Dayong didn't care about this, of course Zhou Dayong didn't believe that the king would let these people become bureaucrats at all levels and county lords like before. It is probably natural that the prison administrations of the trial and the detention of prisoners are largely separated.

Just two months after the vanguard led by Zhou Dayong returned to the Central Plains, the 30,000 elite cavalry led by Xiao Xuan also crossed the river and the vast desert west of Jiayu Pass, and arrived at the Lanzhou camp. There was no mess along the way.

Although the strength of these 30,000 people is not much, the source of officers and soldiers is a team that has been trained and tested under the test of this expeditionary operation, which is enough for Xiao Xuan to control the domestic situation at this time in terms of combat effectiveness and even reliability.

At the Lanzhou Military Intelligence Secret Intelligence Station, Xiao Xuan finally obtained a lot of domestic news and information in the past two or three years. Although many things were very serious, they did not make Xiao Xuan feel too surprised. It's just that at this moment, Xiao Xuan also seemed to feel a lot of burden, and said to the teenagers around him: "The Western Expedition is over, there are no enemies worth mentioning outside the territory, and there will be a lot of benefits to be sent." But there are still many problems before us. No less than a new expedition. Only when the domestic revolution is truly completed and a new stable order is formed, can the cause of innovation be reluctantly said to be a small success, which may take at least the time of a group of people. . . Xiao Xuan couldn't help but say with some emotion.

"We have defeated the strong enemies outside the country, and I believe that there are not many people who dare to disobey the king's ideas in the domestic reforms. The king is not the Song Shenzong of the past, nor the Taiping emperors of the past... Although some people around Xiao Xuan expected this, they didn't care.

At this time, Xiao Xuan seemed to be in deep thought. For an obvious question seems to be at the forefront of the matter at this time: where should a regime that has truly conquered the whole world, at least the main part of the European continent, have its capital? Historically, it seems that most of the regimes that have achieved success in the opening of the Western Regions have been in the Chang'an area, and at worst in Luoyang, and of course, the regimes in Beijing have often been able to do this. And from the perspective of their own core support, many officers and generals in the core army system are also people from Beizhili and even Shandong. Perhaps because the culture of the north is relatively unified and simple, the regional power is weak, and it has long been the most royal place. However, the advantages of choosing the southern agricultural center of Dingdu are also obvious. The many hydraulic technologies obtained from this expedition will undoubtedly further strengthen the economic and cultural advantages of the southeastern region. Perhaps it will not be until the industrial age that the center of gravity will shift northward again.

After weighing it for a long time, Xiao Xuan still planned to set the capital in the south. As a responsible regime today, it should not stick to the dogmas of antiquity in terms of organizational power. When Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing, perhaps to avoid the threat of interest groups in the southeast to the center. If it had been a few years ago, Xiao Xuan would never have dared to bear the consequences of moving the capital to the south. But now that I think about it, I must "know that there are tigers in the mountains, and I prefer to go to the tiger mountains", and Nanjing, on the whole, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. As for the possibility that the control of the northwest and even beyond the territory will be unstable? If one's ideal is to transform the world rather than the long-term status of one family and one surname as the ancient emperors pursued, this does not seem to be a problem at all.

Although Xiao Xuan had already paid attention to it in his heart at this time, he still asked the people around him, planning to see how much his own level had improved over the years that these children around him had followed him: "Do you think that after the Ming Dynasty returns to the helm of the world this time, where should it be to be capital?" ”

However, Xiao Xuan was pleased, and somewhat unexpectedly, these children from the Beizhili area only thought for a moment before answering bluntly: "Nanjing, and even Suzhou are better choices than Beijing. The area around Taihu Lake is an important place in the world, and there are many local clans that have been around for a long time. Historically, royal power has been kept away. However, today's central government should have the capital to know that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer tigers. . . ”

The correct social policy should not be to pursue an all-round monopoly and monitoring of politics and the economy, but to "grasp the big and let go of the small" in the most core and key places, and to correctly understand the essence of the economy, politics, and even national strength.

In today's world, the essence of the economy is to meet human needs, not industrial scale or statistics. Industrial strength in a general sense is no longer the basis of military and national strength under today's technological conditions, and the division is already obvious.

(End of chapter)