"Long live the Queen! Long live Britain! Long live the people! Does Aixinjue Luo Zaichun really dare to say this? He is so young but his skin is thicker than the city wall?"
King Yi nodded at the side, "That's shameless. You are also the emperor of the Qing Dynasty after all, but you are so ignorant of your status? Are you so shameless in flattering someone?"
Listening to King Yi's sarcasm, Xiao Letian's face turned red and white. He finally stopped his brother and said, "Come on, please stop talking. I didn't mean that..."
At this point, Xiao Letian said with embarrassment, "Actually...actually that speech is mine...I was planning to say it tomorrow, but I didn't expect that little bastard Zai Chun would steal it..."
"What?" Everyone in the restaurant suddenly exclaimed. Everyone was dumbfounded. A bone ball on the fork in Jin Sanshun's hand actually rolled to the ground with a shake of his hand.
King Yi's eyes were wider than eggs, "You? You... this..."
Xiao Letian also felt embarrassed. He originally didn't want to tell everyone about this speech in advance, because if he flattered the British so completely, someone would definitely object to it.
The Chinese have made it this far, and their subordinates are very high-spirited. They have their pride. Even if they face Britain, the most powerful country in the world, these young people are not willing to admit defeat.
If Xiao Letian's speech is exposed in advance, there will definitely be strong opposition. Chinese people are too proud of themselves. How can a Chinese head of state be so shameless in flattering?
But Xiao Letian himself is not from this era. He has experienced the era of the Internet explosion when everyone used self-deprecation as humor. To be honest, young people who are accustomed to the Internet age have some characteristics of being two-skinned, focusing on practical benefits and despising fame.
How much does a pound of face cost? Solving real problems is the real thing.
What's more, in this era, there are many people who flatter Britain. Even the iron-blooded prime minister of Prussia did not listen and flattered Britain. He even told Britain on many occasions that Prussia would never develop a large navy and wished the Queen long life. of.
This is not called shamelessness, this is called strategic tactics. This is the cleverness of Bismarck. He knows how much he weighs. In the three battles of Prussian unification, Britain never once hindered Prussia or caused confrontation.
Even in history, Prussia invaded Paris, and Britain also remained neutral, ignoring Prussia's expansion. There is not only strategic consideration here, but also the contribution of Bismarck's mature deception tactics.
Precisely because Bismarck assured Britain more than once that Prussia would never develop a large-scale navy, it won the opportunity to rise. Otherwise, Prussia would not be able to unify the German Federation at all.
It is a pity that Prince Karl's son, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, could not understand Bismarck's superb diplomatic skills, and directly overturned all the national policies of the old prime minister and began to form the Deep Blue Navy.
It was at that time that deep rifts arose in the Britain ruled by him and his cousin. Until the final war broke out, Germany's rise fell to a cliff, and Britain's glory finally came to an abrupt end, and the power of the United States began to emerge.
Xiao Letian is well aware of this history, and he will never let himself make the mistakes of William II. Of course, he will not make a commitment to restrict the development of the navy like Bismarck.
At this time, we can only endure hardships and learn from the Yue King Gou Jian, secretly accumulating naval strength, and openly praise the British, at least not let them regard themselves as the biggest threat.
It doesn't matter if he shouts "long live" a few times. As long as he can buy ten years of peaceful development for the Chinese people, it doesn't matter if he kowtows to the queen. She is such an old lady anyway, so she won't suffer any loss if she kowtows according to her seniority.
Xiao Letian prepared several speech scripts and placed them in his single cabin. Such speech scripts themselves were not confidential. They were meant to be read in front of the British public, so they were not kept confidential.
Unexpectedly, this speech was actually seen by Zai Chun. The little emperor read it three times in a row and remembered it in his heart, and later translated it into English.
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "He really dares to read it like this! What kind of emperor have I taught you!"
After King Yi listened to the whole process, he frowned and remained silent for a full minute, "You really made a mistake. Zai Chun shouldn't have seen this speech..."
"Actually, it's okay for you to praise the UK. I have seen the power of the UK with my own eyes in the past few years in Europe. This is a big mountain that I cannot get around on the way to the rise of the Chinese nation. It's better to be numb in advance..."
"Fang Guan and I just watched the whole process in the crowd... I have to say, the effect is really great. This speech directly conquered all the British people present, and even the nobles at the time were moved. !”
"Just look at it. Zaichun's speeches and photos will be all over the European newspapers tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. His reputation has become so popular! You really paid for his wedding clothes in vain. It's a pity, it's such a pity..."
Luo Huo put down the wine glass in his hand, "No wonder there were waves of cheers on the shore just now, almost shaking the sky! I was still wondering, why is this British person so enthusiastic? So he's actually here? "
"Bah...this little thief is so shameless!"
Xiao Letian waved his hand, "That's it, that's all! It's just a flattering speech. If you lose it, lose it. Anyway, this kind of reputation is useful to ordinary people, but it is not of much use to high-level officials..."
"If you really want to negotiate with Britain, in the final analysis, you still have to rely on the transfer of benefits... Brother, tell me about the recent progress on your side. What is Gladstone's attitude?"
Finally, when it came to the most critical issue, King Yi became furious as soon as he heard Gladstone's name. He banged the wine glass on the table, "Fangguan, tell me! I thought about it I feel angry when I get up..."
Fangguan stuck out his tongue and looked at Xiao Letian apologetically, "Master, I'm sorry, this old fox is too difficult to deal with, and he's even thicker-skinned than you. He won't do anything even after receiving money..."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk...how are you talking? Master, when have I ever been so thick-skinned?" Xiao Letian glared and was about to retort, but in the end, he was booed by the brothers present.
Fangguan covered her mouth with a folding fan and laughed "Yes, of course the master is thin-skinned. We sisters all know it... Let's get back to the subject, so far we have provided 1.4 million pounds in political donations to Gladstone... "
"But it's not enough, this old guy actually wants 800,000 pounds!"
"Not only that, after giving the 800,000 pounds, he will not guarantee that he will live in peace and harmony with us. There is no way to get the treaty we want..."
"For more than two million pounds, he just sold him an opportunity to meet the head of state alone, and he even stated his additional conditions!"
