"Kneel down for me..." Gray Beard kicked him hard behind him. The force was so strong that Xiao Letian knelt on the ground.
"You brat, you have killed so many of our brothers. Just chop off your head and you are already our king... Our leader is a Bodhisattva. Remember, you kid will have to avoid me in the next life." After saying that, he killed countless people with his knife. The steel knife was raised high, and the next second would be Xiao Letian's end.
Xiao Letian was also willing to risk his life at this time. He stared at Shi Dakai with round eyes, "You will regret it if you kill me, because I am the only one who knows the reason for the failure of your Kingdom of Heaven, and I am also the only one who knows how to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty." People..." Xiao Letian was completely prepared at this time, because he knew that if he didn't use this trump card, he would definitely die. Xiao Letian almost screamed with all his strength.
"Kill me, and no one will be able to answer your questions. The confusion in your heart will never be answered..."
"Slow down!" Shi Dakai was overwhelmed by Xiao Letian's momentum. He never thought that this young man would sound so arrogant. Update the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom immediately. Millions of talented people cannot find the reason for the failure. How can you, a Japanese devil, figure it out? Wait, two devils? Stones from other mountains can attack jade, but it's not necessarily true that he really has something in his stomach.
After the news of the capture of the capital came that day, Shi Dakai also fell into deep confusion. He doesn’t know what’s wrong with the Kingdom of Heaven? Is it wrong to overthrow the Qing Tatar regime? Isn’t it right to overthrow the slave owners who are riding on the necks of Han people all over the world? Isn’t it unpopular to abolish the unequal treaties with foreigners?
Yes, Shi Dakai also knew that there were overt and covert struggles within the Kingdom of Heaven, and the internal strife was extremely serious. But blaming all the blame for career failure on internal strife? Shi Dakai felt that this reason was a bit insufficient, but what was missing? He couldn't think clearly. Update as soon as possible
For countless nights, Shi Dakai sat guarding a dead lamp all night long. He racked his brains to recall the 11 years of history from the rise to the fall of the Kingdom of Heaven, trying to find the key to the problem but could not find the answer. Sometimes he looks through history books and classics left by saints, trying to find the crux of the matter from the subtle words and righteousness, but the saints from thousands of years ago seemed to be helpless in today's complicated and confusing world.
Exploring, failing, exploring again, failing again... Shi Dakai's emotions have reached the edge of collapse. Until just now, this young man who claimed to be a lonely overseas traveler actually said that he knew the answer to the question?
Shi Dakai grabbed Xiao Letian's collar, "Young man, I advise you not to play with fire. If you can't say anything and just want to delay time, then what's waiting for you is not beheading, but a thousand cuts. of……"
Xiao Letian took a few deep breaths. He knew that now he had mastered the rhythm of the negotiation, and he had cut a wound into Shi Dakai's closed heart. Xiao Lecai didn't care whether the wound was bloody or not, he just wanted to save the lives of the hundred people in the mountain temple.
Xiao Letian said harshly, "Let the people in the mountain temple go free. They are not your enemies, otherwise I won't tell you a word..."
"Haha, if you want those people's lives, it depends on whether the answer you give me is valuable. Don't worry, I, Shi Dakai, am a man of heaven and earth. I am not called King of Yi for nothing. I cannot deceive you..."
Xiao Letian rubbed his sore wrists from being tied up, and said coldly, "I will believe you just once. Time is running out and I don't have time to go around in circles with you. With the prince's knowledge, you also know that overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty is an extremely difficult task. If I just do it casually, If I tell you two strategies to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, you probably won’t believe it..."
"Well, I can only discuss this issue from an area that you are not familiar with. Although it is just the tip of the iceberg, it can also allow you to expand your ideas..."
Xiao Letian pondered for a long time, carefully organized his words, picked up a branch and began to draw a map on the sand. Please come to more and faster chapters. "This is the United Kingdom, France, and the European continent, as well as Africa, India, and all the way to China..."
Xiao Letian began to talk about the Second Opium War, from the Yarrow incident and the Father Ma incident to the Battle of Baliqiao and the burning of the Old Summer Palace. Here Xiao Letian is not simply reviewing the entire incident, but clearly analyzing the interests of Western countries behind this war.
"After the First Opium War, which was the war where Lin Zexu destroyed opium in Humen, the British ceded Hong Kong Island and forced the Qing Dynasty to open the five treaty ports of Guangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai to the influence of foreigners. It has officially begun to infiltrate, but this is far from enough. What they want is for the entire Qing Dynasty to open its doors..."
Originally, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was at its worst, the foreigners hoped to obtain more trade rights from Tianjing City. However, they never expected that Hong Xiuquan and his group would become even more xenophobic and would unilaterally declare a treaty between the Qing Dynasty and the foreigners. it is invalid. And also provoked the Shanghai Knife Club rebellion.
From that moment on, the foreigners completely gave up on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and began to try to support the Manchus. But it is a pity that although the Manchus lost the first Opium War, they seemed not to have been hurt yet. They still stubbornly believed that they were the Celestial Kingdom.
Since the Manchus were not enlightened, they could only use military force. Therefore, the war seemed a bit accidental, but it was full of necessity inside.
The Qing government lost, completely. From that day on, China's door was completely opened, and Western forces began to fully invade the inland. Their products would be transported inward along the long coastline and countless inland rivers. penetration. Their country's cheap industrial products can be sold at sky-high prices in China. In the long run, China will become weaker and weaker, while the West will become stronger and stronger.
"This is what they want, and this is what they have achieved. To put it bluntly, in a sense, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stimulated Westerners' business ventures... Don't you not like it, King Yi, if you say China used to be a puffy and fat person, so after 11 years of civil war, China is just a dead fat person with bleeding and severe injuries..."
"I understand the prince's mood. The demons are bad, and the foreigners who bully China are also bad. Everyone wants to make China rich and powerful, but your mood is good, but your mistake is that you know nothing about the outside world. Maybe there is a possibility, I am talking about a hypothesis. If you had been willing to open your eyes and see the world, maybe none of this would have happened now..."
Yes, opening your eyes to see the world is a mentality. This is also the mentality that disadvantaged nations must have if they want to become rich and strong. At this point, Japan, an island country on the sea, has done much more than the Qing Dynasty.
In the eyes of the Qing government and the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion, Westerners were all the same kind of monsters. The British, French, and Italians were all the same, and there was no difference between the Rakshasa ghosts from the north and the Yingyi ghosts from the sea.
They don’t understand that Britain and France once fought the Hundred Years’ War, nor do they know that Prussia and Germany are now ambitiously trying to build a new empire, and that Russia, Britain and France are fighting the Crimean War, and they don’t understand that the Russians in the north are because of After being defeated in Crimea, we turned our attention to the east.
Xiao Letian is now like a teacher who enlightens primary school students. He just needs to teach them step by step. From the general appearance of the earth, the composition of the Western powers, including the grudges and entanglements between them, they were instilled in Shi Dakai and Gray Beard bit by bit.
At the end of the sentence, even the rude man Greybeard slapped his thigh. "Oh, so there are so many twists and turns among foreigners? Do they fight each other more fiercely than us?"
This sentence can be considered correct. At that time, the old capitalist countries such as Britain and France had not yet completed their global colonization plans, while the emerging capitalist countries were desperately scrambling for the remaining scraps. The contradictions between them were accumulating. The more often.
According to Xiao Letian's explanation, the time and degree of industrialization in Western countries are different. There are actually only a few countries that can span half the world and deploy troops. Britain, France and the United States, as for other countries, could only send merchant ships to do some small business. It was simply impossible to expect a war with the Qing Dynasty.
The star countries of the Age of Discovery, such as the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal, had already fallen in that era and were only surviving with a few limited colonies.
"Do you understand now? If your Kingdom of Heaven could take the initiative to establish contact with external countries, especially the United States and the Kingdom of Prussia, including the declining Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands... establish commercial relations with them first, and if possible, then Establishing diplomatic relations with each other and using barbarians to control barbarians is the right way..."
Shi Dakai looked at Xiao Letian who was constantly giving pointers. He suddenly had an illusion, as if the young man in front of him was an omniscient god.
Xiao Letian was very confident in himself, because at this time, apart from a group of translators with two knives, there were simply zero talents in the Qing Dynasty who could comprehensively study Western politics, economy, culture, etc. To put it bluntly, people in the Qing Dynasty at that time looked at the Western powers just like people on earth today look at imaginary aliens.
Talent, this is the real talent! Shi Dakai could tell from Xiao Letian's confident tone that this young man was not lying. He was actually a great talent who was proficient in Western knowledge. The identity of the overseas lone visitor is actually real, and given his profound knowledge, he is definitely a scholar overseas.
Shi Dakai is not an ordinary bandit mountain king. He is a serious senior intellectual. He is very proficient in traditional Chinese Confucianism. Moreover, during the years of rebellion, he has also carefully studied the Western world, but there is no one. He can explain it as thoroughly as Xiao Letian, and no book can explain the same system as Xiao Letian.
Shi Dakai suddenly laughed, and his smile was extremely sinister. Xiao Letian had no idea that this revolutionary who was highly respected in history could laugh so sinisterly. He suddenly interrupted Xiao Letian's speech.
"Sir, you are indeed a great talent. I am completely in awe of you now. Let them go. There is nothing wrong with it. I can spare the lives of the people in the mountain temple, and I can also express my opinion that we will not avenge the brothers who died in the battle last night." Well, this 110,000 pieces of silver is considered as a pension for our dead brother..."
Xiao Letian licked his dry lips, bowed and saluted Shi Dakai, "Thank you, King Yi. On behalf of everyone in the Mountain Temple, I would like to thank the prince. I will tell them the good news right now..." Xiao Letian turned around after speaking. Just want to go back.
"Slow down!" Shi Dakai suddenly spoke. He stared at Xiao Letian with a smirk. "I haven't finished speaking yet. I have conditions to release him... I still lack a military advisor. I think he is a well-deserved one." Come on. Come here, take Mr. and let’s go back to the village..."
ah? Xiao Letian was dumbfounded at that time. How could any messenger in the world get him involved? No, I still want to enjoy the beautiful scenery of my motherland that has not undergone industrial development. I also want to go to old Beijing. I also want to marry several beautiful wives. What's going on with me being locked up in a big ravine? ah.
"Your Majesty, you can't. You can't force others to do something difficult. It's not sweet if you force yourself... Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." It's a pity that even if Xiao Letian screams, it will be in vain.
