"Letting a Tartar emperor dragging a pig's tail live in our military camp is more disgusting than eating a fly!"
"You still want to support the dog-Tatar emperor? Why should we, the Chinese people, spend our hard-earned money on these bastards?"
"Tell me, head of state, does this bastard Zai Chun have the right to inherit your legacy? One day in the future, will he have the right to inherit your legacy?"
"These questions have long been spread among the military, and everyone wants to know the answers, but who dares to ask you? You are the father of the Chinese nation, and we are all your children. We are all parents in the world! Who dares to ask you? Asking you these..."
"But if you don't ask, it doesn't mean that your children have no complaints. Why do you want to take care of your enemies? Why!"
"You also said that thoughts cannot be killed! Now this idea is widely spread throughout the army. This is the voice of the majority of soldiers! Even if you kill us all, thoughts cannot be killed!"
Xiang Ying went crazy. "We are just not convinced. We just want to massacre these damn Manchus. What about the genocide? When they genocide us Han people, they should have thought of this day!"
"Blood debt must be paid with blood! Anyone who offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away he is! The bloodline of our ancestors has awakened. You ignited it with your own hands. Do you still want to extinguish it with your own hands?"
"Master, please wake up! Compared with the military and people's morale of the entire Chinese nation, which one is more important? The fortress plan is more important. This kind of thinking has now spread to the people. The Chinese people, men, women, old and young, who doesn't hate the Manchus? ?”
"Kill! Kill! Kill..." Three bloody words of "kill" were smashed on the desk. "Blood debt must be paid with blood. The Manchu nation should not exist in this world. The day the Chinese nation rises, the entire Manchu clan will be destroyed." A day of destruction!”
"If you cut the weeds without eradicating the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze! Master..."
Xiao Letian's heart skipped a beat, as if he was having a heart attack. A series of "kill" words shocked him and he was speechless. The words "genocide" came out of Xiang Ying's mouth with a ghostly air.
Xiao Letian suddenly realized something. He thought that now is the era when global nationalism is beginning to expand, and when nationalism first began to expand, it was extremely exclusive.
When nationalism first appeared, governments of various countries used it as a magic weapon to integrate their own national resources. However, this magic weapon is too sharp, and its biggest drawback is its aggressiveness.
Countries where nationalism is prevalent will fall into a narrow ethnic exclusive situation, where a nation is unusually united but dehumanizes and excludes other ethnic groups.
Whether it is the massacre of Jews in later Germany or Japan's blood debt to the Chinese nation during the Anti-Japanese War, there are traces of ultra-nationalism in it.
People who believe in this kind of thinking will only treat their own people as human beings, while other peoples are as dispensable as livestock.
Killing a foreigner is no different from killing a dog. They won't feel any psychological burden at all.
When the Germans in the Auschwitz concentration camp killed Jews, they would not feel any moral condemnation, because they regarded themselves as slaughtering livestock at that time.
When the Japanese militarists slaughtered the Chinese people, they did not treat the Chinese nation as equal human beings, and they did not feel the slightest psychological burden after the butcher's knife fell.
This is one of the biggest weaknesses of nationalism and one that has been widely criticized by later generations.
Unexpectedly, just a few years after the Chinese ethnic group promoted national ideology, the military had already begun to show signs of national exclusivity, and the butcher's knife was the first to point its finger at the Manchus.
When the topic came to this point, Xiao Letian realized that the problem was serious. Now it was no longer just discussing the case of why Xiang Ying assassinated Emperor Tongzhi. The topic actually went deep into the issue of the spread of extremist ideas in the military.
Xiao Letian looked at Xiang Ying, as if he had some realization in his heart. He seemed to be seeing not just one person, but thousands of people with extreme ideas gathered together.
Those extreme rages entangled and merged with each other, gradually forming the person in front of him. This was not Xiang Ying. The Xiang Ying in the past had died long ago. This was a monster born with rage.
Now that the problem has expanded to this level, Xiao Letian calmed down. He calmed down his emotions and allowed himself to return to the role of the head of state.
Yes, the scolding or even beating just now is okay, because it was the master treating his apprentice.
But everything has changed now. Xiao Letian has resumed his status as head of state, and Xiang Ying is no longer his apprentice but just an officer representative representing extreme ideas in the army.
Looking at his pocket watch, Xiao Lecai realized that he and Xiang Ying had been talking for an hour and a half. It was already ten o'clock at night, and it was completely silent outside. Only the footsteps of patrolling guards were still rustling.
"Xiang Ying, for the sake of this topic, I think I have understood your demands, and you also understand my strategy! Haha, now I want to ask you, what do you think I will do if you cause such a big thing? What will happen to you?"
His tone was very calm, as calm as if the master and apprentice were drinking wine and enjoying the sea view. Xiao Letian pointed to the chair opposite the table and motioned for Xiang Ying to sit down.
Xiang Ying, who had gone through the tension and excitement, sat on a chair and rubbed his stiff face. Looking at the wine glass handed over by his master, he seemed to have returned to Ryukyu, to the white sand beach outside Kunigami Military Port.
At that time, Xiao Letian often took his apprentices to play on the white beach, drinking rum with ice and watching his brothers surfing in the sea. The picture was so beautiful. If there was no Zai Chun dragging his pigtails in this painting, It's probably even more beautiful.
Xiang Ying took a sip of wine and looked at the master and smiled, "The master's thoughts cannot be guessed by the apprentice..."
"It doesn't matter if you guess wrong. Can you conduct a deduction based on the current situation exactly? How do you think I should deal with you is the best way for the current situation?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiang Ying's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the master wanted to let him go?
Licking his dry lips, Xiang Ying swallowed. He organized the words in his heart. He knew that he had already faced the most severe point in his life, and he could not make any mistakes at this time.
After thinking for a long time, Xiang Ying lowered his voice and said, "I don't think the head of state will deal with me. Yes, there is no trial and no punishment. You will choose to handle this matter in a low-key manner!"
"Oh? Are you confident? Or arrogant?" Xiao Letian was not annoyed, but looked at his disciple with a smile.
"Master, you don't need to test me. Isn't the current situation obvious? I think the master has confessed his crime and confessed my conspiracy. And you should be very clear that my assassination plan is still perfect, isn't it?"
"The blame is destined to fall on the French and Tsarist Russia. I don't think you will let go of such an opportunity to frame the blame. There is going to be a war anyway. If something like this happens, we will have more reason to declare war." !”
"Through this assassination, we have reached the highest moral position. Isn't it good?"
"Don't worry, the French have a hard time defending themselves! They have to bear the blame even if they don't. No matter how they argue, they can't erase his previous aggression against our Chinese people. The hatred between us can't be washed away by the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Lose!"
"Perhaps politicians will be suspicious, but hundreds of millions of European people will not be suspicious. The people themselves do not get much information, nor do they have careful thinking, nor do they have any political training!"
“They only use emotions to judge right from wrong, so these people can only accept answers at face value!”
"The French have enmity with our Chinese people, and assassinating Emperor Tongzhi in revenge is a very reasonable explanation. Can Napoleon III personally explain it to the people of Europe?" chapter;
