"Prime Minister!" Xiao Hexin's suffocated face was bruised and his lips were trembling. Sima Yun hurriedly tried to persuade him, "Prime Minister, you know that Xiao Hexin didn't mean that. He is also doing it for our own good!"
Sima Yun shook his head, "Prime Minister, we all understand what you said! But have you ever thought about it? There is no turning back when you open your bow. Our power has come to this point, that is, pushing a big stone up the mountain. You can't even think about it when you go down." No, as long as you don’t push that boulder, you will smash us to death!”
"Don't believe it, our brothers all came from poor families when they were young. Later, by chance, they entered the Kingdom of Heaven and started to rebel. Then they became bandits, and then they followed you..."
"We have seen with our own eyes the rise and fall of a dynasty, watched tall buildings rise, and then saw them collapse, so we understand everything you said, Prime Minister! Aren't you just not being a general or a founding father? It doesn't matter, anyway. With our status, we can have a safe meal wherever we go in the world!"
"But if we can retreat, can others retreat? Prime Minister, have you thought about those brothers in the New Army, the technicians in the factories, the employees in banks and foreign banks, and even the hundreds of thousands of people in Ryukyu?"
Sima Yun said with a sad look on his face, "Those of us can leave whenever we want, whether it is the United States or Prussia, or even if we go to South America or the newly established Canada, with our current prestige, everyone will look down upon us..."
"But can the hundreds of thousands of people who follow you immigrate together? When you give up your rights, who will protect their life and death? Will our enemies counterattack in a big way? They will be the ones who die then..."
Luo Huo couldn't sit still, "Yes! If those bastards don't deal with it for one day, they will rebel! There are many people who hate us in this world. Sir, you have to think about the hundreds of thousands of people who follow you!"
Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun and Luo Huo had all expressed their opinions. At this time, Xiao Letian's eyes rested on Wang Huaiyuan.
Wang Huaiyuan still has the same gloomy character. He will not express his thoughts directly, but just use some secret information to make insinuations.
"Do you still remember the traitor Yang Zhi? Now this guy has been hidden in Xishan by Prince Gong and others, where the Manchu printing press is set up... Don't look at me like this. It was the Prime Minister who ordered to stop the execution order against him. , this was also a condition of the Manchus when they negotiated bonds with the imperial court later..."
"It actually doesn't matter whether Yang Zhi dies or not. When he breaks away from our collective, when he can't continuously accept new knowledge and new ideas, he can only rely on living on his laurels. Sooner or later, the Manchus will drain all his value. , and finally threw it away as a footcloth..."
"What I want to say is why Yang Zhi ran away... Actually, it's my fault. It was me who noticed that his life was becoming increasingly luxurious and wanted to remind him. However, it turned out that you don't want to go further. As you said, I mean, pour some cold water on it in advance!"
"In the end, I never expected that this cold water would be the poison of despair for Yang Zhi! He is a veteran of Taibaiding. When he minted silver coins privately and opened the silver furnace, he was the core guard. He has also made a lot of contributions in the past few years. …”
"When Yang Zhi was chatting privately with the veterans after drinking, he said more than once that in the future, when the prime minister reaches the top, he will have to be made a marquis, or at the worst, a duke or count, and he will have to be hereditary... …”
"Are all the luxuries he has now a preview for a more luxurious life in the future? How many of the people who follow the prime minister in Ryukyu do it for your dream, and how many do it for money?"
Wang Huaiyuan didn't wait for everyone to reply, and said to himself, "I think only 10% of people absolutely pursue their dreams, right? Only 10% of people absolutely pursue enjoyment... and the more 80% of people are very complicated, They have the calculations of ordinary people, and in their ideals, the best thing is of course to be able to follow the Prime Minister to realize their ideals, and at the same time get generous rewards!"
"This is human nature, and it is human nature that can never be changed. I don't care what decision you make, sir, but I just want to remind you that human nature is like water, you can only channel it but never block it..."
At this point, everyone except the Frenchman Kevin had expressed their attitude. Xiao Letian's face became increasingly ugly. "I don't understand what you are saying... But do you know what it means to take a step forward? What does that mean?" It affects the lives and deaths of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people!"
"Not enough civil war has been fought? Not enough people have died? When will the interests of our four to five million people be higher than the interests of hundreds of millions of people in China as a whole?"
"If we can ignore the lives and deaths of other people, and the lives and deaths of hundreds of millions of people for our own benefit...then what's the difference between us and that Manchu Qing Dynasty? Is this the path I want to take you on!"
The flower hall once again fell into dead silence. This is a battle between two completely different ideologies. These are two completely different values. Some things, like men's braids and women's feet, have become a national symbol. cancer.
Although everyone knows that cancer is ugly and dangerous, no one would cut it off because it hurts so much! And if you don't cut it properly, it can be fatal.
Therefore, most people still choose to go around, half asleep and half awake, selectively blind, unwilling to face this problem truly, just like what Li Hongzhang said in history in his later years, he was just He was a paper poster, and he had a broken house with broken windows, so he could just make do with a layer of white paper that could barely be seen.
If this dilapidated house were to be torn down and a new one built, let alone whether it could be built, the people who crowded inside to shelter from the wind and rain would have to tear it apart alive.
Xiao Letian encountered unprecedented pressure today. For the first time, he felt a strong desire from his subordinates to overthrow this dilapidated house and establish a new order. Then, while achieving his ideals, he could improve his self-worth and change The life destiny of oneself and future generations.
This is a very strong desire, just like this summer hurricane in the Pacific, sweeping across everything! Even Xiao Letian, the founder and instigator, was trapped in it and couldn't extricate himself.
Xiao Letian's mouth was full of bitterness. He kept mumbling to himself, as if he was explaining to his brothers, but in fact it was just to cheer himself up.
"Don't force me! God brought me to this world, not to let me follow the old path. I can't repeat that endless spiral of killing... tear down and then rebuild, then tear down and rebuild again!"
"In the past, we were a closed agricultural country. We really had no choice if we didn't take this path. But now times have changed, really changed. We are facing an open world, a world we have never seen before. New world! Are we still going to follow the old path?"
Xiao Hexin roared, "Prime Minister! No matter how the world changes... human nature will not change! The selfishness and greed in human nature will not change! You must not ignore it!"
Note: Second update! Do you think there will be a third update today?
