"Give the little emperor another three years. This year is 1869. I promise that in three years' time, in 1872, His Majesty will definitely hold a coronation ceremony in the Forbidden City. At that time, His Majesty was only 17 years old and still very young!"
"And three years is enough for him to travel around Europe and expand his army twice... Third Master, don't forget that the Xishan Camp was trained by Guizi Liu, and it does not belong to His Majesty! "
"And you reformists, I'm afraid you have become a thorn in the side of those people. The next three years will be your most dangerous time, so be careful to get through it!"
"Should I still believe you? Why should I trust you again? You have been deceiving me since we first met five years ago. You have been lying to me..." Fu Qing said lonely.
"Third Master, what on earth did I lie to you? In the past five years, you have gone from a down-and-out Eight Banners dude to the leader of the Qing Dynasty's revolutionary faction, a proper second-rank official, saying that you and Guiziliu have divided the Qing Dynasty equally. It’s not too much of a right!”
"Because of me, Xiao Letian, the Qing Industrial Zone is booming. Many primary industrial products no longer need to be imported. You can also build a telegraph line that runs from north to south. Could it be that I, Xiao Letian, have harmed you?"
At this point, Xiao Letian even threw out the hurtful words that he had always wanted to say but dared not say, "Sad! How sad! Are you really afraid of me, Xiao Letian? In fact, you are not, from the beginning to the end You are just afraid of yourself. Ever since you took over the Central Plains, you Manchus have been in a rebellious psychology caused by lack of confidence..."
"You are on guard against the Han people, shaving your hair to change clothes, and engaging in literary inquisition... In the final analysis, you are just afraid that your abilities and virtues are not enough. You simply do not believe that you can manage such a large world, so you act like crazy. Rule the world with high pressure..."
"From the day you entered the customs, you have thought that this country was simply picked up. You think that with your population strength, it is impossible for you Manchus to occupy the huge Central Plains and rule for a long time... Strong lack of self-confidence makes you feel inferior, and this low self-esteem makes you even more crazy!"
"People's hearts are like this. What you scold the loudest is actually the weakness in your heart. You are taking every precaution and are afraid of rebellion. But the more high-pressure you are, the more and more Han people are rebelling. What does this mean? This means that you have always been afraid of rebellion. Finally, I fell into a mental illness of persecutory paranoia..."
"This is the mental illness that you Manchus have hidden in your hearts for more than two hundred years, the persecution paranoia! You think that everyone in the world will harm you, and anyone who is not your slave is a rebel, so you want to kill and suppress... for This is a horrible nightmare. You even abolished the Chinese research on gunpowder weapons because you naively believe that if the Han people get muskets, they will definitely overthrow the country that your Manchu cavalry conquered..."
"This is really an incurable terminal disease, and now it has been used on me again. You Fuqing can be considered an enlightened element among the Manchus, but I still see the precursors of this disease in your eyes. You naturally Some people think that if I, Xiao Letian, do not enter the Forbidden City court, I must be rebellious and rebellious!"
"In your eyes, the Hua Clan Order is a banner of rebellion. This is a declaration to overthrow the Qing Dynasty! I don't understand why your hearts are so inferior and narrow-minded? Wake up, this is Ryukyu, everything here The Chinese are not your subjects of the Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese members living outside the world are not your slaves!"
In the end, Xiao Letian said fiercely, "If you Manchus want to overcome the current historical difficulties, you can't rely on the old ways of the past. Then rely on suppression? Then divide the Han people to use their strength? Do you still want to use these routines forever?" ?”
"Wake up, if you don't have the consciousness to integrate into this world, and still try to hide in the past and be a coward, then I can only regretfully tell you that your final ending will be unimaginably miserable!"
"Stop questioning me. You have no choice now. If you, Fu Qing, are really His Majesty's loyal minister, you should support me even more!"
"Okay, now the choice is in your hands. Do you want Zai Chun to go back with you and continue to soak in the stinking water and follow the old path? Or follow me and try to accept new things and try your best to create a future. ? You can choose it yourself..."
Everything that needs to be said has been said, and everything that needs to be done has been done. Whether Fu Qing is willing or not, he must admit that he can no longer convince Xiao Letian. When his lonely figure left the garden, all the strength in Xiao Letian's body was exhausted. After draining himself, he collapsed directly on the wicker chair.
Mr. Long walked into the viewing pavilion. "Third Master, did you nod?"
"No, but it's almost the same. He should go and discuss with Zai Chun. I believe they will make the right judgment, because Zai Chun has no choice..."
"Lord Long, I would rather fight with the French on the battlefield with bayonets than fight with my brothers. I am too tired, really tired... I know that this should be my last time to deceive the Manchus. Now, I can only give you this last chance to buffer..."
Lord Long knew Xiao Letian's strategic layout. All the efforts made by the Prime Minister in the past few days were to try his best to calm the Manchu Qing's fear and hostility towards the Chinese order.
In the decisive battle with the Russians, the Manchus must remain neutral. This is the first time that the Chinese will compete with European powers as a Chinese. If they win, they will look up to you and even do business with you as an equal. Once it fails, the concept of Chinese ethnicity will immediately become a laughing stock.
"Okay, I will leave Ryukyu tomorrow and rush to the Far East as soon as possible. When the naval battle breaks out, it will be the beginning of the Far East Volunteer Army's counterattack..."
Xiao Letian closed his eyes in pain and rubbed his temples, "If this battle fails, then the people I have gathered over the past five years will instantly collapse, and the Chinese code will naturally become waste paper..."
"But what if we win this battle? It will not be of any benefit to us. If we can defeat the Russian Expeditionary Force, then from now on we will officially enter the threshold of the great powers... Not only will the Manchu Qing Dynasty not listen to it anymore, Because of our deception, the Europeans may also increase their level of precaution against us..."
"The road ahead will be difficult! There is no longer the possibility of trickery. The Chinese will officially enter the cruel promotion period where they compete for strength and life... To be honest, I feel like I am an eternal sinner now!"
"If you bring millions or even tens of millions of Chinese compatriots into that cruel road of struggle for hegemony, how many people will die!"
Mr. Long sneered and shook his head, "The Prime Minister is really greedy and careless. Who is not greedy? He wants a happy life but does not want to work hard. This kind of thinking is the ideal of parasites... We Chinese people do not raise parasites. If they don’t want to embark on this bloody road to rise, then they should leave the Chinese..."
"Anyway, the Chinese identity is not forced. In the end, they have to apply for it themselves!"
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