With a word to wake up the dreamer, Weng Tonghe's words lifted the spirits of everyone in Dongnuan Pavilion. When they discovered that the sharp sword hanging above their heads was not actually coming towards them, the panic and anxiety they had just felt suddenly disappeared. Empty.
Weng Tonghe's analysis is still reasonable. Those present are all political experts who are experienced in politics. If you put yourself in Xiao Letian's perspective and analyze the problem, you can also know that the timing of the introduction of the Chinese Order is not so good.
It's too hasty. It's prosperous on the outside but many links are not running very well inside. Coupled with the military conflict with Russia, this is not the best time to seek political change.
Historically, whenever such a major revolution was carried out in terms of political system, people's hearts, and culture, generally only two situations were possible.
Either it is impossible to survive without a fight between life and death, or all internal and external opposition forces have been suppressed, and the leader's reputation is so high that no one can challenge him. Only in these two situations can such a large-scale revolution occur. Apart from this, there is no third situation.
Obviously, Xiao Letian's Ryukyu is not between the two. Xiao Letian's force has only been established for more than four years. Although he has united countless people with his strong personality, the larger the tank, the more it needs. The more running-in time it takes.
Moreover, the older generation of followers have been adjusted well, but the new group of followers still need to start from scratch. Can they achieve complete internal unity in four years? That's simply impossible.
As for saying that one cannot survive without revolution, this situation cannot be blamed on Xiao Letian. After all, new forces are bursting out like the newborn sun, and everything is moving upwards. The three elements of people, money, and law are in good shape. With enough energy surging upward, Xiao Letian can choose a better time to make changes in the future!
Everything proved that Xiao Letian must have encountered a very big crisis, and it seemed that only Xiao Letian himself was aware of this crisis.
The conversation in Dongnuan Pavilion became more and more in-depth. To be honest, the senior members of the imperial court in the late Qing Dynasty were not stupid. These elite-educated politicians still had a lot of ink in their bellies.
The reason why these elite politicians in the late Qing Dynasty left many stupid impressions on history is ultimately because of information asymmetry.
It was a major change that had not happened in three thousand years. Social development was changing so fast that even Europeans, let alone the semi-closed Manchus, felt like they were in the fog.
Facts have proved that Europeans are not supermen who can predict the future. When faced with a foggy future, they often do a lot of stupid things.
For example, in the era when breech-loading rifled guns replaced muzzle-loading guns, a Prussian general once expressed unusual opposition: "People eat with their mouths, how can they eat with their butts?" Look, sometimes ignorance does not mean It's not just for Asians, Europeans are also not foolhardy.
When the Austrian engineer Joseph Lesser promoted his propeller technology in 1839, officials from countless countries collectively laughed at "Can such a small piece of broken iron sheet push a steam ship forward? Only paddle wheels, only paddle wheels are the way to go." ! Everything else is a cult..."
Even the naval battleship design capabilities that the British are most proud of have actually gone through a long period of detours. In the pre-dreadnought era, there were decades of quarrels over the layout of a main gun turret.
The Dingyuan and Zhenyuan armored battleships that are deeply impressed by the Chinese people actually use the design ideas that were eliminated in the pre-dreadnought era. The main guns are arranged left and right instead of along the central axis.
It can be said that confusion in the face of the future is a common problem for all mankind. It does not mean that that nation is absolutely perfect. In fact, happiness needs to be compared, and good and bad are also relative.
In the competition among the nations of the world, 61 points will always be better than 60 points, and there will never be any pursuit of perfection of 100 points.
In the great era of the Industrial Revolution, what Europe did was just slightly better than other nations. It was definitely not that the European nations achieved 100%, or that they were 100% perfect.
The Manchu and Qing Dynasties were very pitiful. They only scored 55 points in the exams of that era, while the European civilization, which was in high spirits, handed in an answer sheet with 60 points, so the final outcome was that the passing students began to ravage the underachievers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in every possible way.
Fortunately, the Manchus were able to submit a 55-point answer sheet, so China was treated as a semi-colony in modern times. As for African, South American and other ethnic groups that scored zero points on the test, they have basically been excluded from the category of human beings by Europeans. .
In an era of great change unseen in three thousand years, the importance of information is vital to the lives of every nation. Once these smart brains in Dongnuan Pavilion get enough information, they will naturally be able to break through the confusion and enlighten themselves, and understand the situation in front of them. The situation gained a clear understanding.
Not only that, when the clock pointed to four o'clock in the afternoon, there was a sudden burst of footsteps outside the Yangxin Hall. Zhang Jing, a military officer, was guarded by two young eunuchs and ran over like crazy.
"Urgent telegram! Urgent telegram from Ryukyu! Your Majesty and Prime Minister Fuqing jointly sent an urgent telegram... There was a military mutiny in Ryukyu, and Japan drew its sword and roared!"
"What?" The queen mothers of the two palaces and all the adults actually stood up at that moment. Ci'an even felt dizzy with excitement, and the maids beside him quickly helped him.
"Storax wine... Pour a glass of styrax wine for Aijia! What a happy event! As expected, Xiao Letian's Chinese order is really in trouble..."
Opening the telegram, everyone read the shocking content in it at a glance. Although the information about Ba Dao Ying Xiao was shocking, Fu Qing and Zai Chun's analysis of the Chinese order was even more impressive.
Especially Qing Sanye's gentle words to persuade His Majesty, not only convinced the little emperor, but also the imperial elites in Dongnuan Pavilion breathed a sigh of relief.
In the end, even Cixi had to sigh and said, "I really misjudged Qing Laosan before. I thought he was just a military general, but I didn't expect that he actually has some good stuff in his belly!" After saying that, he glanced at Cixi with a strange look. An glance revealed that there were no secrets in the Forbidden City, and Cixi could not hide those little things.
Ci'an ignored Cixi's soft knife. He drank a glass of styrax wine and took a breath and said with relief, "It seems that there is no problem with your majesty's safety. Xiao Letian's intention to issue the Chinese Order was to start a new chapter rather than to seize control of the country." Our country in the Qing Dynasty... this is good, this is good! Your Majesty's safety is better than anything else!"
It was rare for Cixi to agree with Ci'an. She nodded and said, "Sister is right. There should be no big changes for the time being, but we have to keep improving ourselves! My opinion is that we should continue to train the Xishan New Army, and the Qing Navy should also We have to find a way to organize it in advance, but we can’t continue to be so passive..."
Just as he was talking, the young eunuch guard came in and knelt down, "To report to the Queen Mother, the foreign minister Yang Zhi has brought us here and is waiting to be summoned by the Queen Mother!"
"Well! Why is it so slow? He didn't come until after everything was agreed upon? What a waste... Forget it, let him come in now that he's here..."
Note: Maybe...maybe...probably...there will be another chapter updated tonight.
