Xiao Letian actually described the two battles between the East and the West as exams. As soon as this statement was uttered, everyone present was stunned. However, this was not Xiao Letian's casual remarks, but his true understanding during his return to China. .
Xiao Letian and the 300 New Army's trip to Europe can be said to be a severe test. After sacrificing two hundred lives, the results of this test shocked the whole world.
The European examination room tested Xiao Letian's leadership ability, the tactical quality and command level of the officer corps, and of course the public opinion warfare and psychological warfare that Xiao Letian has always admired. At the same time, the trench warfare tactics that he focused on training were assessed... … Even the ability to engage in diplomacy is an assessment.
Xiao Letian didn't know how many points his performance would score, but he knew that no one in this era could do better than him. Even those Western elites would definitely not perform as well as him if they were placed in the same environment.
What is even more commendable are the new army warriors he brought. These young people who are destined to be generals in the future have proved their loyalty to Xiao Letian with their lives and blood.
The Chinese military officers who experienced the miracle of the Stone Bridge are even known as the Spartans of the East.
The European exams have come to a successful conclusion, and the East Asian exams are now in full swing. This is a completely different exam. In addition to testing the combat effectiveness and loyalty of the new left-behind troops, this exam also covers the entire Ryukyus.
"Have they awakened to the nationalism that I, Xiao Letian, single-handedly promoted? Have they understood the modern national spirit that I instilled in them?"
"In a war where a powerful enemy is pressing the situation, people's hearts are restless. At the moment of life and death, people's hearts will always show their truest selves... I firmly believe that in this big test, there will be people who will shrink back with doubts, and of course there will be people who will risk their lives and bite the bullet. Ya, follow me to the end..."
"Who can guarantee that Ryukyu is monolithic? Not even I, Xiao Letian, can guarantee that; who can guarantee that everyone accepts my values? Even if you kill me, I can't guarantee it..."
"Everything is unknown, including Ryukyu natives, mainland Chinese, Japanese immigrants...even businessmen and adventurers from all over the world. Each of them is a living person with his own thoughts. God knows what is in their heads. Something happened."
Xiao Letian no longer cares about the prying eyes of British intelligence officers. Xiao Letian figured out a lot of things on the way home from Europe. The saying that good fortune and misfortune depend on it and misfortune brings misfortune on him is so true. The current war in Ryukyu is very harmful to him. It’s not a bad thing for your career.
"The great cause of changing the world is destined to not be smooth sailing. If the start is too smooth, there will be too many contradictions hidden under the calm water, and these contradictions will develop and grow little by little as time goes by..."
"When I, Xiao Letian, was in Ryukyu, all the people called me Prime Minister. Even King Shangtai called me Shangfu. Every word I said was strictly followed like an imperial edict. But is all this true? What are those people who look so respectful thinking in their hearts?”
Xiao Letian shrugged, "I don't have the ability to read minds. Anyway, I can't guess..."
The humorous actions made people around him smile knowingly, and even the British intelligence officer laughed. "Prime Minister, you have underestimated your charm. As far as I know, Ryukyu's economy has not only been booming without you, but also its face." They didn't back down from the French either. They fought so well that we British admired them so much..."
"Haha, although I know you are flattering me, I still want to thank you." Xiao Letian nodded at him. At this time, he could already see the docks of the Lion City in front of his eyes. In the distance, there was a dark mass of people welcoming him.
"I firmly believe that any effort will be rewarded, and I also firmly believe that any advanced idea will always get the most allies... Ryukyu will not be defeated, let alone destroyed, I am sure of this."
"However, I cannot tolerate duplicitous traitors under my command... Of course, I, Xiao Letian, am not a petty person. I can tolerate opposition. A year ago, I could even forgive the Shimadzu family of Japan. How can I still tolerate it?" Can’t you forgive your own people?”
"However, after this big exam, I will let everyone understand that if you have an opinion against me, if you are my opponent, please speak your mind in the sun, even if you hit me with a rotten egg , I will not retaliate against you..."
"However, if someone is double-dealing and does one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes, I, Xiao Letian, can also give him a taste of what it is like to live worse than death. There is a very disgusting current situation in the political atmosphere in Asia, and that is the prevalence of hypocrites..."
"In this big test, I want to make sure that the hypocrites have nowhere to hide. I also want to see how many people will sincerely follow the path pointed out by me, Xiao Letian. I also want to see who is under the banner of nationalism. Who are the truly awakened ones and a group of lucky ones who can only shout slogans..."
"So what if you lose this exam, what if the final result is a failure." The British intelligence officer asked subconsciously, but what he got in return was laughter from everyone present.
Even Luo Huo, a man from the northern countryside, shook his head. "If you lose, you lose. If you fail, you will fail. The Prime Minister's mind is inclusive of the world. If Ryukyu really chooses to give up on the Prime Minister, nothing will happen to us." Yes, at worst, we can take all the new troops and all our industries back to the mainland..."
"Ryukyu is just one county, and Asia is huge. I don't think you British people know it clearly. Why are we afraid of failure? As long as the Prime Minister is here, we will eventually win one day."
Luo Huo's words stimulated the British intelligence officer's heart, and a deep sense of fear enveloped him. If there are more and more heroes like this in Asia, this will be really detrimental to European rule.
But what Xiao Letian said next made the British official even more stunned. At that moment, he even felt an unknown feeling in his heart.
"Luo Huo, you are wrong. This exam is not that simple. In fact, the core question is just one sentence..." Xiao Letian was silent for three seconds and then said coldly, "If I, Xiao Letian, die, how will you make a decision?"
There was a hiss, and there was a gasp of air around them. Everyone did not expect that the test questions in Xiao Letian's mind would be so abnormal.
Human history is a rolling wave driven by heroes. Countless nations have prospered and fallen because of heroes. Throughout human history, there are only two civilizations that have continued not through heroes but only through culture. One is the ancient Roman civilization. One is Chinese civilization.
Now Xiao Letian is so arrogant that his career will not be destroyed even after his death. How is this possible? Who are you, Xiao Letian? You are just a mortal. Death is like a lamp going out. You really think you can completely control people's hearts.
If you, Xiao Letian, are alive, the talents you have gathered together will quietly listen to you and follow you. If you are gone, leaving a mess that no one will obey, and no one can suppress anyone. It would be strange if there is no civil war. .
If we talk about the powerful forces that emerged in the late Qing Dynasty, the military groups of the Hunan Army, the Huai Army and the Beiyang Army formed by the Han governors are the first.
When Zeng Guofan was in power, the Hunan army was so powerful that even the Qing Dynasty had to bow its head and surrender. Ma Xinyi, the governor of Liangjiang, who accepted the imperial court's fate, killed him when he was told to kill him. No one dared to solve this mystery until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, but whether it is official history or unofficial history, for The inference of the real culprit behind the scenes is always inseparable from the huge group of Hunan Army.
By the way, even if Cixi knew that Ma Xinyi had been killed, she only asked Zeng Guofan, "Isn't this strange?" and Zeng Guofan's answer was also wonderful, "Yes, it is strange." Then the monarchs and ministers stared at each other with big eyes. Nothing more to say.
In the end, the court had to pinch its nose and let Zeng Guofan solve the case in person. This shows how powerful the Hunan Army was back then.
But for such a huge military group, after the death of Zeng Guofan, the original internal conflicts began to seriously intensify. The most representative one was the overt and covert struggle between Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang.
These two important ministers have gone far beyond the vulgar realm of civil and political fights. The two old brothers once had a disagreement over the wine table to distinguish between the bravery of the Hunan Army and the bravery of the Huai Army.
At that time, both of them were high-ranking officials. Zuo Zongtang's Nanyang Fleet was established. One was the chief of the imperial general staff and the other was the commander of the imperial navy. They were fighting each other with old fists at the wine table. This was considered too late. A good story in the history of Qingye.
In fact, the root of the fight between the two people can be clearly seen by anyone with a discerning eye, which is the fight for the inheritance of the Hunan Army's resources.
In the end, it was Li Hongzhang who won. He dug out all the talents in the Hunan Army and matched them with his soldiers from the Huai Army. From then on, the Hunan Army withdrew from the stage of history, and the Huai Army made its debut, and evolved from the Huai Army. A Beiyang came out.
Look, this is a typical example of people destroying politics. Politicians as powerful as Zeng Guofan will not be able to escape this fate in the end. Now Xiao Letian actually wants to test whether Ryukyu will continue to listen to him after he dies. if.
Damn, you are so funny.
In fact, Xiao Letian also knows that he is funny, because the ultimate fate of the Huai Army and Beiyang in the previous life was actually just the destruction of the people and the destruction of the government.
When Yuan Shikai accepted Li Hongzhang's power, he was already a little out of control of the situation. After his death, Beiyang completely fell apart. The Anhui clique warlords, the Feng clique warlords, the Zhili clique warlords...these terms that troubled history students and needed to be memorized at that time actually meant that After all, they are all Beiyang’s heritage.
It was not until the death of Zhang Zuolin, the last important official in Beiyang, that this big power completely withdrew from the Chinese stage.
For more than a hundred years, many outstanding people have not solved the problem, and no one even dared to try to solve it. But today, Xiao Letian, a stupid young man, dared to make such an attempt.
"Madman, if you weren't mad, I would have eaten that bronze cannon on the deck. It's such an unlucky waste of the intelligence power of our British Empire to spend so much energy on a madman." The British official was still so respectful on the surface. But my heart has entered a deep slander mode.
