When Xiao Letian returns to Ryukyu, there will naturally be a very grand welcome ceremony, especially for King Shangtai of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The Shang royal family has been bullied by Japan for two hundred years. Now the prime minister of Ryukyu leads his troops to Japan. This can be regarded as revenge for his ancestors. , of course the young king would greet him personally.
There is another group of people who are even happier, that is, the Ryukyu businessmen. The establishment of Fuso Bank proves that Japan has opened its door to the country. This super financial group that gathers the shares of Japan's most powerful names has a natural advantage in investing in Japan.
It may be difficult for outsiders to open mines and build factories in Japan, but the local daimyo will definitely let Fuso Bank invest because they have shares in the bank, which involves their vital interests.
Xiao Letian's curve ball is getting better and better. He can always find a breakthrough in the enemy's defense line smoothly. He does not confront you head-on, but carefully pries open your psychological defense line, and then pulls you into the water.
Europeans do not understand the political art of the East. They believe in contracts rather than human rule. However, Xiao Letian understands that in the land of Asia, contracts are nothing. Only the network of people built with chains of interests is the most reliable. .
Although Xiao Letian can't stand this situation, this is the national condition and the folk custom, and it cannot be changed overnight.
Europeans do not understand the unspoken rules of interpersonal relationships in Asia, so their business must be forcibly promoted by strong ships and cannons. On the surface, it seems that they can defeat ten with one force, but in fact there are endless consequences.
This kind of business that uses violence to advance is bound to arouse strong resentment and rejection among the people. The longer this emotion accumulates, the stronger the final backlash will be.
The two most obvious examples are Japan and China. Japan caught up with the last train of the second industrial revolution through the Meiji Restoration, quickly accumulated military strength, and established its own prestige through the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese Northeast War. Battleships and cannons forced the West to sign contracts with a fairer attitude.
In other words, Japan is adopting the method of increasing its strength and then forcing European powers to amend treaties to end inequality. This is the same as cooperation between two companies in business. At first, I was a small factory and I was not as good as you, so I had to accept more stringent conditions, but as time went by My strength is getting stronger and stronger, and slowly developing, I naturally have the qualifications to start negotiations with strong people again.
China has chosen another, more radical path, which is to replace the Restoration with revolution, and to replace negotiations with breaking treaties. Treaties are unequal, so just abolish them. If you feel unconvinced, you can continue to fight until you can't win. until.
These are two ways for backward Asian countries to deal with the inequality of Western powers. There is no way to say who is right and who is wrong. We can only say that at different historical stages, each has its own choice.
Today, Xiao Letian has opened the door to Japan in a completely different way than the Europeans. From this moment on, the Ryukyu business district has an additional base for providing raw materials and a dumping ground for products. Those merchants who are attached to Rakuten Bank are already gearing up to do business. He was ready to fight. If he didn't come to flatter Xiao Letian now, how long would he have to wait? So all the giant businessmen in the Ryukyu business district took action.
The government and businessmen organized this welcome ceremony with great enthusiasm, not to mention the ordinary people. The Ryukyu people who worshiped the prime minister extremely filled the spacious pier.
Especially Japanese immigrants. They don’t understand new terms such as Japanese unification and innovation. They know that under the Prime Minister’s military power, a civil war was stopped. The war that originally cost hundreds of thousands of people died was just a bloody battle under Osaka Castle. It was over in a few days.
The merit of saving hundreds of thousands of people from death was so great that all the temples and shrines in all the Japanese immigrant settlement areas in Naha began to pray for the prime minister, and countless people were greeted at the pier.
When the Roma began to slowly enter the bay, all the forts on the top of the mountain began to fire salutes. The rumble was earth-shattering. All the ships on the sea began to blow their whistles. The sailors stood in a row on the deck to salute the Roma.
"Long live the Prime Minister, long live the new army." The moment the Roma appeared, the tsunami on the pier was full of shouts of long live, but no one present thought this was transgression, and even King Shangtai also shouted along.
"The Prime Minister protects our country of Ryukyu, expands its territory, and changes the destiny of the country...can't such a person deserve a long live sentence?" With the support of King Shangtai, the roar of long live became louder and louder.
Only Zai Chun from the capital and the eunuchs looked a little pale and looked embarrassed. Zai Chun whispered, "Not even we in the Qing Dynasty can see such a grand welcome ceremony."
The eunuch Da Sixi curled his lips and said, "Why did your Majesty say this? Our Qing Dynasty is rich in resources. Who can compare with us in terms of ostentation... You have forgotten the great court meeting when you ascended the throne. The scale of the ostentation was incredible..."
"There are also colorful celebration paintings from the days of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong in the palace... I have seen them, even the elephants of Annan Kingdom, with all kinds of flags covering the sky and the sun, and the guards and generals wearing helmets and armor, The team should be as neat as possible, and as majestic as it should be..."
"If you look at these stinking people again, you will see that they are shouting and jumping around. There is no order at all, no procedures at all, it is a mess..."
Zai Chun listened to the eunuch's sour words and said nothing, but his mouth was full of bitterness. Although he was young, the imperial education he received allowed him to see many things that others could not.
"Chaos, order, yes, the rituals and celebrations in the Forbidden City are indeed pompous and orderly, but everything is rehearsed in advance, just like acting, every step is correct..."
"Those people were shouting long live, but what they were thinking in their hearts, only God knows... But in Ryukyu, at such a chaotic welcome ceremony, I saw the hearts of all the people..."
"They were cheering, jumping, and crying... They really supported the master. This welcome ceremony actually didn't cost a penny, but the shock was unimaginable..."
Zai Chun let out a long sigh, "Those rituals in Sijiu City smell of a cold corpse from the inside out, just like the old zombies crawling out of the grave..."
No one dared to answer the little emperor's words. Fortunately, the warship had already touched the pier at this moment. One hundred thousand firecrackers were picked up on the pier. There were more than a hundred firecrackers. When they were lit at the same time, it was like a heavy rain on the ground. .
It was impossible to hear a single explosion at all, and people's ears were filled with a roar like a tide. Xiao Letian stepped off the battleship amidst the roar of firecrackers and the roar of long live.
At that moment, he knew that no matter how hard he tried, the reputation of the powerful minister Cao Cao would never escape and was destined to follow him throughout his life.
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