"A war is a war. What's the point of burning, killing and looting? Bai Layi's 2.4 million tons of rice were actually burned by a fire. What is this if not a crime?"
"Don't talk about the cliché that war involves all means. What is being fought in Asia now is not a national war at all, okay? This is an encounter between the tiny Ryukyus and a Russian partial division... Until now, Ryukyus and Russia are both No declaration of war!”
"Borneo is tens of thousands of miles away from Ryukyu and the Far East. The food there has to pass through thousands of rivers and mountains to go north. It is not military food at all! Cao Cao burned military grass back then, and Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu also burned military grass, but I have never I’ve heard of someone who would burn the people’s rations!”
"The secret message Xiao Letian gave me made it clear that the grain stored by Bai Layi is actually the life-saving food for Zhili Province in the future! Tanggu Special Zone, Sijiu City, including Zhili, Shanxi and other places, once a serious famine occurs If the rice is there, Xiao Letian will mobilize the rice there to save the famine!"
"Damn it! I am now the governor of Zhili in the Qing Dynasty, and the Rakshasa ghosts are burning my food!" The commander was furious, and returned to the gangster spirit of the past war years. He slapped the table and cursed, shocking everyone present. Everyone was dumbfounded. [Hundreds~Wan\Small! Say the new domain name..com, initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]
People secretly cursed, who released the false information before? Didn’t it mean that the handsome man was so sick that he couldn’t even get out of bed? Who are you kidding with this angry look?
Damn it, if I had known that the handsome man would still be powerful, would I be so full that I would object?
You will get scolded, but the people present really admire the commander's remarks. For some generals with high understanding, these words are tantamount to enlightenment.
A single sentence explains the way of an emperor, and directly points out the true nature of the ups and downs of power in the world and even the change of dynasties.
Take the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty as an example. Why did King Chuang destroy the Ming Dynasty, but it was the Manchus outside the Pass who finally benefited? This principle of carefully setting up a handsome man is really enlightening.
How did King Chuang treat the princes of the Ming Dynasty? Chongzhen was forced to hang himself, and King Fu was cooked and eaten. Let’s take a look at how he treated the officials and landlords? After they invaded Beijing, they went from house to house, ransacked their homes, tortured them, extorted confessions, and robbed them of money.
Wasn't King Chuang at that time the angry bull that the commander called him? He only knew how to rush in and act recklessly, forcing all the forces in the world to oppose him. Not only did he have no intention of sharing, he even closed the door to negotiation.
How can such a king of Chuang be undefeated? On the other hand, the Manchus were much more cunning. They broke through the defense line of the Great Wall again and again, and returned to the outside with the loot again and again. The thieves could get actual benefits every time if they did not escape.
More importantly, he did not close the door to negotiations. The Shanxi merchant group in Shanxi secretly contacted them to exchange information. The Mongolian nobles on the northern grasslands also concluded an alliance with the Manchus, and all the capable officials among the Han people were accepted as agreed.
Even when Wu Sangui's daughter-in-law was raped by King Chuang, the Manchus immediately thought of avenging Lao Wu.
It's not that the Manchus did very well, rightly, or outstandingly in history... It's just that in that great era when the sky fell and the earth fell and order was reestablished, what they did was a little better than Chuang Wang, and that was enough Well, just a little bit is enough.
For the common people, life is not perfect. Sometimes it is a helpless situation of choosing between two options. King Chuang and Manchu, these two options to replace the Ming Dynasty, people can only choose the relatively better one, but cannot find it. The perfect one.
In this way, looking back at the entire history of Chinese dynasties, and weighing it with such a ruler, it will be clear who will fail and who will succeed.
Everyone looked at the Marshal with more and more admiration, and they couldn't help but sigh secretly in their hearts. It would be nice if the commander was younger. Even if he is ten years younger, we still have to force the commander to rebel! With this emperor's mentality in mind, how could the rebellion not succeed?
Zeng Guofan guessed what everyone was thinking. He smiled bitterly and shook his head. He sighed in his mind, "Silly boys, where are my thoughts? I only had a vague outline before. In fact, it was not the person who proposed this theory. The other person...is the Xiao Letian you have always underestimated!"
For some reason, Ninth Commander Zeng Guoquan suddenly had Xiao Letian's disgusting face in his mind. He thought to himself, "Brother never hides anything from me. The emperor's mental skills he has learned are never hidden from me. And this theory But I have never heard of it...could it be that these words have anything to do with that person?"
"If it is really what that person said, it would be terrible... So Xiao Letian has been hiding his capabilities and biding his time until now? This guy who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger has been playing this game to break the balance and then rebuild it. A balanced game?”
"It's possible! Xiao Letian is a cunning fox. Whenever he conflicts with other forces, he never makes a big fuss. He always engages in small conflicts, and then gives in when his opponent is about to lose control of his anger. one time……"
"This is true for the Manchus, it is true for Westerners, and it is even true for Fuso... Damn, this little bastard, every time he breaks the balance a little, he will make money for himself in the process of rebuilding the balance. I have experienced a lot of benefits. Once, twice, countless times..."
"It wasn't until the end when you realized that he was already an enemy that you discovered to your horror that Xiao Letian had turned into an invincible behemoth!"
Zeng Guoquan couldn't believe his own judgment. If all this was true, then Xiao Letian would be terrible. Did he inadvertently grab so many benefits like a thief?
Is genius Xiao Le the one who truly has the ability to aspire to the top? Oops... It's very possible. Xiao Letian's biggest advantage is his age. He is so young and yet so sophisticated, so he can just raise his hopes little by little, and then accumulate strength little by little.
Maybe one day, before people understand what's going on, Xiao Letian will have become the most powerful man in Asia. By then, what will he want to do? Isn't it just that he can jump across a foot-long stream?
Thinking of this, Zeng Guoquan began to sweat on his forehead. At this moment, he could no longer use his eloquence, and he could no longer see the looks he was receiving from the generals nearby, so he just focused on wiping the sweat.
Everyone can understand Marshal Zeng's principles, and no one can or dare to refute Marshal Zeng's principles. However, once things involve their own interests, people will naturally choose to pretend to be stupid and avoid it.
There is an idea in everyone's mind that even if Xiao Letai is as naive as the commander-in-chief analyzed, he will eventually win, and then Nan Piao will regain its past purchasing power.
But, what does this have to do with us? Shouldn’t we take advantage of the current good opportunity to acquire more industries? This opportunity must not be missed and will never come again!
Zeng Guofan looked at the hesitant eyes of the people below and knew that greed had blinded their minds. This could not be persuaded by reasoning alone.
Thinking of this, Zeng Guofan winked at the old farmer. The old farmer nodded slightly and quietly exited the White Tiger Festival Hall through the back door.
