"Haha...hahaha...hahahaha..." There was a burst of crazy laughter after the dead silence. King Shangtai looked closely and saw that it was Gong Cheng and Gong Banlun who were laughing.
"It's wonderful. I can meet such a wonderful person once in my life. It's really worth my trip. Even if my butt breaks, it won't be a loss for me. It's definitely not a loss..." Gong Cheng laughed so hard that he almost lost his temper.
The situation in Ryukyu is actually so complicated. This is far beyond people's imagination. Only now did those present remember that the Japanese forces that have ruled Ryukyu for hundreds of years have actually always been by our side, but in a different way. Just the form.
The Japanese's survival philosophy is very realistic. If you can fight, fight if you can't. If you can't beat, you will admit defeat immediately. They will admit defeat with sincerity and learn from you. Even if it takes a hundred years to accumulate strength, they still have that toughness.
The Japanese Shimadzu family has controlled Ryukyu for hundreds of years, how could they easily withdraw from Ryukyu's stage? When they tasted Xiao Letian's iron fist, they immediately changed their smiling faces and started a new set of plans.
Countless Japanese samurai began to gather in Ryukyu. They knew that Xiao Letian's foreign legion could only recruit Japanese samurai like them. As long as you are strong in martial arts, you can definitely create a better future in Ryukyu than at home.
Noheita is still very popular among the Japanese wild samurai class. The legendary experience between him and Hyoutarou inspired countless Japanese wild samurai to cross the sea. The soldiers selected by the Bato team are all the best among the best.
But there are also some special characters here. For example, the disciples of various daimyo, like Shimazu Dairo, are responsible for the secret mission of the family. They come here to spy on information on the one hand and study hard on the other hand.
Of course, in special times, when they think they have a chance to win benefits for their family, they will not give up every opportunity, just like Ryukyu now.
Listening to Gong Cheng's laughter, Shimazu Dalang's face turned redder and redder, "I'm sorry, my life is not decided by myself. I must first ensure the interests of my family. I am a member of the Shimadzu family. I have no choice."
Speaking of which, Shimazu Dalang stopped attacking. He just separated Xue Ying and Gong Cheng, and blocked all the woman's attack routes with the bayonet.
At this time, the rifle team of the Royal Forest Army finally surrounded them. The fine rifles purchased by Xiao Letian were pointed at Xueying. Everyone didn't know what to do next.
Jin Changsen was so angry that he said, "Shoot them two, shoot these two traitors immediately..."
"Shut up, I am the boss here. How dare you, the Minister of Rites, to overstep your authority and commit murder?" At this time, King Shang Tai suddenly shouted, and Jin Changsen was so frightened that he almost fell down the steps.
The old minister looked at the young king in disbelief. He never thought that King Shangtai would scold him like this, without showing mercy at all. This kind of thing has never happened before.
"Come here, take Tai Suzuki and Xue Ying under custody and imprison them in the Shuri Castle Prison. No one can approach them without my order. This assassination case will be tried by me."
King Shangtai glared at Xueying and Tai Suzuki fiercely, "I was really blind. I thought you were loyal to me. I didn't expect you to assassinate... and take them away."
The Royal Forest Army swarmed up and escorted the two assassins away. At this time, Gong Cheng suddenly said, "Your Majesty, you are trying to protect the assassins. How can the people be angry if you don't kill such traitorous ministers who undermined the peace talks?"
"Foreign Minister, please give your Majesty's order to kill the assassin, so that the French can see the sincerity of the Ryukyu Kingdom's peace talks..."
Before Gong Cheng could finish speaking, King Shang Tai's cold gaze made him shut up. "Foreign minister, you also know that you are a foreign minister. Do you dare to interfere in my internal affairs of Ryukyu? Besides, what kind of minister are you? Tell me what your official title is."
Gong Banlun's face turned red after reprimanding him. He did not expect that the young King Shangtai could speak so sharply. The old traitor suddenly discovered that there were serious errors in his previous intelligence analysis.
King Shantai has never been so domineering in all the years he has been in power. The person kneeling below him on the steps is the envoy, and the King of Ryukyu is reprimanding him so powerfully and domineeringly.
"If you want to negotiate, you must show sincerity on both sides. Of course I will punish the assassin, but the punishment must be clear and the judicial process of the Ministry of Punishment must go through. How can it be possible to use lynching to kill at will? Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. If your head falls off, you can't put it back on, so how can you not be careful?"
"As for the issue of sincerity you mentioned, please look up and look at the refugee camps in the mountains. Almost every family in Ryukyu has mourning, and there are dead people in every household. Is this the sincerity of the French, who go to undeclared war and massacre civilians? "
"Gong Cheng, let me ask you now, do the French want to negotiate? Don't play hard-to-get with me, and don't try to intimidate me. I, Ryukyu, are already so miserable. We have shed blood. Once it has flowed out, you don’t care about another one..."
In the end, King Shangtai actually yelled in a bandit-like manner, "Bah...fuck me, don't be arrogant, French people. If you push them too hard, all your efforts will be wasted. We, the 500,000 people of Ryukyu, will fight to the end, even if there are left Even the next soldier can fight them desperately... So what if I give him a dead city."
The faces of Gong Cheng and the surrounding ministers suddenly turned pale. King Shang Tai, who had always known politeness, actually used swear words today. Could it be that the Prime Minister taught him this? It is true that the Prime Minister would swear from time to time.
"Your Majesty said it well. The contract was not won by groveling, but by our prestige. Without our desperate resistance these days, would the French have negotiated? They would have only continued to fight..."
The voice came up from the mountain road, and the person accompanying the voice was General Cai Mao, and beside him was Fan Lian, the old shopkeeper of Lotte Foreign Company.
When Jin Changsen and the others saw Fan Yan appearing, the corners of their eyes twitched involuntarily, and even King Shang Tai's expression became a bit unnatural.
The old shopkeeper quickly walked up to the crowd and said, "If you want to negotiate, let's talk. The Prime Minister is not here and Liang Kun is injured. It's not too much for me, the father-in-law, to reluctantly listen in."
"It's not an exaggeration, it's not an exaggeration." The important ministers around said embarrassedly.
The old shopkeeper glanced at Gong Cheng and handed over to King Shangtai and said, "State affairs are all negotiated. My uncle would never use violent and barbaric methods if he disagrees with me. I have already stopped the student soldiers from making trouble at the foot of the mountain. The mood of the college students is I am easily agitated, and I have accumulated a lot of anger during this period, so I hope Your Majesty will not blame me."
When King Shangtai heard that the old shopkeeper's tone had softened, he quickly smiled and gave the old man a step forward, "How could it be possible? I don't blame you. I don't blame you at all. In the evening, I issued a notice to calm the people and posted it inside the university. I tolerate the impulses of these students." Yes, everyone is forgiven..."
"Okay, thank you Your Majesty..." Fan Yan turned to look at Gong Cheng, "Mr. Gong, Prime Minister Xiao is not a murderous and warlike person. He desires peace more than anyone else, but my Prime Minister desires dignity more. France Please be honest about what conditions people have offered..."
At this point, the old shopkeeper stared at Gong Cheng like a sword, "The superficial tactics of sowing dissension are really not worthy of your name. We Ryukyu monarchs and ministers do not have as many dirty thoughts as you imagine... We are already in elementary school." That's the good thing. There are fewer people and less right and wrong. Even if there are factions, there are not many people. There are not so many mortal enemies between divisions and reunions that are worth keeping in mind."
This sentence made all the officials present secretly provoke Brother Thumb in their hearts. Even Gong Cheng admired him greatly. This old businessman had been ups and downs in business all his life, and his understanding of people's hearts was no less than that of the old politicians in the court.
There is more right and wrong when there are more people, and there is less right and wrong when there are fewer people. This is true. Regardless of what kind of power Ryukyu is, in fact, there are only dozens of high-ranking officials in one faction. This is not like the Qing Dynasty, where one clear stream has the whole country. Hundreds of thousands.
Qingliu, Hanchen, Manchu, royal family, Hou clan, Mongolian... In the future, the reform faction will be added, and all the various forces in the Qing Dynasty will be included. There are me among you, you among me, and there are no less than dozens of them. many.
No one person has ever been said to fully represent a certain force, and there will never be a situation where the entire force's collective mentality swings.
This is not the case in Ryukyu. The Ryukyu faction only has so many people. As long as you have patience and work hard, talking and communicating with each family can completely make the entire opposition force switch sides.
Even the soldiers standing guard understood Fan Yan's subtext: "We have long understood your Gong Cheng's plan to sow discord. To tell you the truth, it is useless. Even if there is some opposition in this small place of Ryukyu, we still have it." Be patient and win their hearts back bit by bit."
Gong Cheng got up from the ground, patted the soil on his knees, and glanced at Shimazu Dalang from the corner of his eye: "Shopkeeper Fan, you are indeed worthy of being called the God of Wealth in the North. This clear mind is really high." Ah...well, the smell of cigars on you is quite strong, but I know the goods, and they are definitely top-notch Cuban products."
Fan Lian took out two cigars from the cuffs of his coat. "You have a good nose. This is a personal item specially brought to me by an American businessman. I wouldn't give it to ordinary people... Come and smoke one." After saying this, the two old men swung their fingers. I picked up a match and lit a cigarette on the fire.
After taking a few gulps of smoke, Gong Cheng sighed and turned around to bow to King Shangtai and the important ministers, "Your Majesty... ministers, let me tell you the truth... I am really not easy to get along with among the British. "
"Everyone in the world says that I, Gong Cheng, am a traitor, but how do you know who the real traitor is? It's not me, but the court."
"I, Gong Cheng, led the British and French coalition forces to burn the Old Summer Palace, but if I don't burn the Old Summer Palace, the British and French coalition forces who have lost their patience will burn the Forbidden City. I'm afraid you all don't know this secret... I also admit that the treaty between the great powers is also mine, Gong Banlun Those who helped negotiate, but you don’t know that although the treaty was humiliating and humiliating, it protected the Qing Dynasty.”
"Why did the foreigners later send troops to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and why did they sell the most advanced foreign guns and cannons to the Qing Dynasty? This is all due to the treaty. The treaty seemed to be a disadvantage, but signing the treaty also restricted the foreigners. At least they recognized the Manchus in black and white. Man is the master of China."
The old man sighed and patted his thigh, "Don't look at how fiercely the Manchus scolded them at the beginning. It was because they didn't understand it at the time. Now look at whether they are still scolding them. This time, they understand. They paid money to get Britain and France to recognize the Manchus." Zhengshuo, this is the greatest benefit."
Hiss... there was a gasp of air from the people around, especially Fan Jian, King Shang Tai, Cai Hao and others, who felt like thunder in their hearts, because Xiao Letian also said the same thing, but it was in the most top-secret small classroom. .
"Sell it, sell it, let's all betray our country. I, Gong Cheng, thought that I would be able to live and drink by relying on the British. But when the Manchu Qing Dynasty figured it out and started to betray the country on my own initiative, I was no longer worth anything. .”
At this point, the old traitor suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the foreign minister is already old. How many more years can he live? I have to find a place for myself to support myself in old age."
