The trip to Ninggu Pagoda was incredibly short, just a sleepless night. When the sun rose again, Zai Chun had already washed his face with cold water, and the horse team under the tower was ready to set off.
Strangely enough, Zai Chun did not talk about promotion and wealth at all during this meeting, and Hunchun and other generals seemed to have forgotten about it. The two sides were really planning carefully for the future of the empire.
In fact, Xiao Letian knew very well that everything was kept secret. What Zai Chun gave these generals was not only promotion and wealth, but also the merits of the dragon. Zai Chun's pro-government was actually a revolution within the Qing Dynasty. A rebellion without change.
The old nobles are destined to step down in batches, and these people are naturally the new nobles who will appear in the future. Changing dynasties is one thing, and the innovation within the dynasty is nothing more than that.
As the sun rose in the east, Xiao Letian and his disciples, accompanied by Hunchun, walked down the tower, got on their horses and said goodbye. The smoke from the distant countryside was already rising, and the soldiers guarding the entrance of the village still did not withdraw.
Perhaps today, these people will speculate for a long time about what happened tonight, but these are completely two parallel worlds, although they are very close, they will never intersect.
The people lived their own lives, while the emperors and generals had their own lofty aspirations. Although they lived under the same world, they were as elusive as two worlds.
Hunchun held the reins of Zai Chun's war horse and walked slowly in front of his head. In just one night, a deep relationship had been established between the monarch and his ministers. Zai Chun had found the most loyal subordinate, and Hunchun also saw the hope of the future of the empire. Dongsheng's general sent him one mile after another.
Until the end, Zai Chun had no choice but to assume the identity of the emperor and order Hunchun to return to the city, "Go! Go back, I entrust this land to you! Don't give it away, I want a general who can do practical things, not 49 The bragging and flattering dandy in the city!"
"After this farewell, you and I, the monarch and my ministers, will not see each other for at least three years. We are tens of thousands of miles apart... I hope you will not forget your original intention!"
Hunchun knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes, "Kowtow to the master! Master, take care of yourself all the way. I have lost the prestige of the Qing Dynasty in the land of foreign devils!" After saying this, tears rolled down his eyes.
Zai Chun's eyes were red but he couldn't bear to see such a scene. Without saying a word, he hit the horse's butt with a whip. The tall horse flew forward with its hooves flying, "I will entrust this land to you! In three years, you and I will be our kings and ministers." See you in the Forbidden City!”
When the cavalry guard saw that Zai Chun had run away first, Hunchun quickly rode away. Hunchun looked at the back of the little emperor with tears in his eyes, reluctant to leave. Suddenly, his eyes were like lightning and he looked directly at Xiao Letian, who was about to urge the horse.
Hunchun gritted his molars and whispered, "Prime Minister Xiao! Please take good care of the land in the Far East... because it belongs to His Majesty! If you are interested, you should give that land to Your Majesty! Otherwise, there will be thousands of Manchus outside the pass. A good man would never agree!"
Hiss... Xiao Letian almost lost his breath. Why is he still thinking about the land east of the Wusuli River? Even now, you still think that this land belongs to you Manchus?
Xiao Letian was too lazy to talk nonsense with such a brainless general, and since their status was not equal, it would be unseemly even if he won the argument.
"The ownership of any piece of land is not decided by you, nor by a small group of people, but by the people living here!"
"Don't ask me for many answers, ask yourself first! When the Rakshasa ghosts ravaged this land, when the Oroqen people, wild Jurchens, Han people... and other ethnic groups were bullied, where were you? The Qing Dynasty Where are the troops?"
"Whether this land still accepts your rule depends on what you do, not what I do..."
Hunchun could be kind to Zai Chun, but he was not so respectful to Xiao Letian. He straightened his waist and said, "Haha... What does it mean to be the king for a while? I have ruled the Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years, and there are no storms." Have you seen it?"
"It is true that we have taken detours and taken the wrong path in these years! But with the Holy King in power, as long as we cheer up, there will be no obstacles that we cannot overcome! This land was ours before, and it will be ours in the future!"
"People's hearts? Haha... What are people's hearts? Who dares to say no to all the soldiers in the past? With a steel knife on their necks, and then some good governance in civil affairs, I don't believe they can still rebel?"
"Xiao Letian, let me tell you...this Qing Dynasty belongs to the emperor, and this world cannot exist without the emperor! Stop instilling in me the foreign devil's idea of having no king and no father! This world cannot survive without the emperor!"
Xiao Letian was really defeated by such self-centered people, but you can't argue with them because this is the kind of education they have received since childhood.
"What a speechless era..." Xiao Letian sneered, "Since you think that old experience can still rule this land, then just keep going! But I want to remind you, keep Zai Chun in charge, don't wait until the end Create a puppet emperor with no real power!"
"Bold!" Hunchun shouted, "How dare you call His Majesty by his first name?"
"Fuck... I've been screaming for years! Zai Chun doesn't dare to fart himself, who do you think you are? Damn, you have a head full of sorghum flowers..." I really couldn't communicate with such a brainless guy, and finally Xiao Letian was so forced that he cursed.
Since the words are not conducive, then stop talking and whip up Ma Xiaoletian to lead the guards eastward.
Zai Chun didn't hear the conflict between the two, but Xiao Letian's gloomy face made Zai Chun a little frightened. He carefully asked a few questions but didn't ask anything.
Hunchun stood on the post road, watching the cavalry disappear from sight. He clenched his fists so hard that his nails were embedded in his flesh: "Your Majesty... you have to be patient. You have to be patient for another three years. We will never be bullied again." !”
After the monarch and his ministers parted, Zaichun and his party rode straight to Vladivostok without saying a word. They were chasing time. They must go to Europe in July this year. The Franco-Prussian War has reached the stage where the arrow is imminent. Bismarck and Napoleon III are currently going on. Fierce diplomatic and public opinion wars.
This is to prepare for a hot war in advance. Everyone is trying to win more allies and more sympathy from the people. This is the most important war that changed the world pattern before World War I. If you miss it, you have to wait. It has been decades since the war was fought to share the fruits of the war.
China has no time left. It cannot afford to waste even ten years, let alone decades.
When Xiao Letian arrived in Vladivostok, the Zhiyuan had long since disappeared. This was also Xiao Letian's order. The Zhiyuan crossed two oceans from Europe and had gone through several wars and had long since reached the stage where it needed to be maintained.
The paint needs to be repainted, the bottom of the ship needs to be scraped, the boiler needs to be shut down and cleaned, and even all the rivets need to be checked one by one to see if they are loose. The current Zhiyuan should have arrived in the dry dock east of Ryukyu Island. The Zhiyuan must undergo major maintenance before sailing to Europe.
