Yi Xin's thin figure was pacing back and forth by the bat pond. The tall elm trees kept falling leaves, and the whole garden looked desolate.
No one dared to get close. All the eunuchs, maids, and the wives and concubines at home stayed away, for fear of being exposed to Guiziliu's thunderous wrath.
"Brother... in your eyes, the imperial court has now overcome the difficulties. After all, the most critical period of financial crisis has passed. Although there is still a war in Xinjiang, Zuo Jigao will have no problem, and he will have no problem beating Agub. of!"
"Don't think that I don't have spies in the northwest. If Yikuang's caravan doesn't have my approval, would it still want to do business in the northwest? To tell you the truth, I even have spies in Xinjiang!"
"Agubo has only a few more years to struggle. As long as Zuo Jigao can provide money and food, peace in Xinjiang will only take one or two years..."
"The national financial difficulties have passed, and the difficulties of war have also passed...The emperor will also take charge of the government, and the foreign devils will stop making troubles. Even Xiao Letian is focused on making money and not fighting!"
"Prosperity! Tongzhi ZTE! Isn't this what you want?"
"But have you ever thought about it, what does the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty have to do with our Eight Banners?"
With a snap, the shocked Yixuan knocked over the white porcelain wine cup, and his face turned yellow in panic!
"Brother Six, this... this is..."
"Forget it, don't act stupid in front of me. We are all descendants of Aixinjueluo. What can I hide from you?"
Yi Xin looked at the elm leaves falling in the bat pond with his hands behind his back and sighed, "Don't you understand? If the Qing Dynasty wants to truly revive, it must completely imitate the foreign devils, or imitate Xiao Letian's Chinese!"
"We need to engage in industrialization and Westernization, train the army, build railways, and build warships... Which of these things is not a huge project that requires tens of thousands of taels of silver?"
"Without a court with centralized power, these things cannot be accomplished at all! In other words, if power is not concentrated in one person, all resources will be dispersed, and various ministries and courts will restrict each other!"
“Only by concentrating power can we accomplish great things!”
"But are you really willing to concentrate power in the hands of that little brat Zai Chun? Do you really want him to become a saint?"
"Haha... Our Qing Dynasty has another iron-fisted king? Has all our rights been taken away?"
Yi Xin sneered and said, "I'm not afraid, what am I afraid of... I have lost all my rights, and I am also the iron-hatted king! I, Guiziliu, want money and women, and women... I will enjoy the good and the hot food for the rest of my life!"
"I'm in a hurry, I want to buy property in Europe, and I want to travel around the world!"
"Isn't it just for fun? Do you think I'm worse than Yi Pei and Yi Kuang? I know a lot of things to play with!"
"But I let go... What will the other old people of the Eight Banners do? Who will guarantee their hardcore crops?"
Yi Xuan rubbed Fu Mu's face, "Don't say that... Of course the Eight Banners will count on Long Live Lord, His Majesty will take care of it!"
"What the hell! If you keep pretending to be stupid, I will kick you out!"
Yi Xin pointed at his nose and scolded, "Everything in the world is about whoever invests and who benefits! When the country was founded, it was the athletes of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia who supported my Aisin Gioro family and ascended to the throne!"
"So at that time, the benefits of the world must be shared by these families! What about the middle and later stages? Aixinjueluo's empire was stabilized with the help of Han civil servants, so at that time Han officials could also come in and share a share of the pie. Enjoy the same glory and wealth!"
"But the money is certain. If a portion is given to the Han people, will the Eight Banners get less? And once the Aixinjueluo family is firmly established, the rights will naturally go to one person!"
"This is the foundation for our family to rule the world! What is hidden under the surface of the prosperity of the Holy Ancestors in the Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong dynasties? It is that the power of the Eight Banners is getting more and more sidelined!"
"Long live the people of the world and the Han people have taken away most of the rights. Won't the rest of the Eight Banners become dandies? The origin of our Eight Banners dandies is actually the roots planted at that time!"
"Damn, none of them have any errands. If they don't cook eagles and raise birds, fight with crickets and plate walnuts, eat, drink, whore and gamble... what else can they do?"
"There are so many dandies in Manchuria. In the final analysis, it's because they have no errands to do! People are just idle!"
"Aren't you sad about this situation? You don't want to change? My brother, this is such a good opportunity for change. Whether the Eight Banners can rise again depends on today!"
"I'll tell you the truth! If our Eight Banners cannot take advantage of this historical opportunity to successfully promote nationalism, then our future will be in doubt!"
hiss! Yi Xuan gasped and almost fell off the chair.
"Nationalism? Brother, you want to fundamentally change the Eight Banners system? Oh my god, you want to change the family law of your ancestors!"
"Yes, I just want to change! Brother, you have to open your eyes and see the world. Of all the great powers in the world today, which one is not united into a country by nationalism?"
"And what about us Manchus? Although we are one family, the Eight Banners system is too loose. This is just a military alliance!"
"It is a Manchu concept based on the unity of interests, which is completely different from foreign nationalism... Look at France and Germany!"
"I have really studied the wars that Xiao Letian fought... When the European nations heard that it was a national war and that they were fighting for their own nation, they really went to great lengths!"
"No need for financial incentives, no rewards from high-ranking officials and generous salaries, just a word for France, for Germany... throw your head and shed blood and charge forward!"
"During the Franco-Prussian War, young people in southern France didn't pay a penny and even bought their own weapons to join the army and fight! Do you think a country inspired by such ideas can not be strong?"
"Look at our Qing Dynasty again. When the Eight Banners go to war, they have to ask for money first! If they don't have money, they won't charge and they won't sacrifice their lives!"
"Xiao Letian's Industrial Zone, give me some meat and bones, look at what they robbed of you! You are so shameless, you have forgotten how they killed you!"
"Everyone is doing their own thing, and all they think about is their own petty calculations... Such a group can only be said to be a nation, but it can never become nationalism, and it cannot become an idea that unites people's hearts!"
"So if we, the Manchus, want to survive, we must ideologically transform! My army is a shield that protects the smooth transformation of our Eight Banners!"
"I don't want to rebel! I have no interest in being an emperor!"
Yi Xuan's face turned pale with fright, "I...my brother! What you said today is too big...but...but can't we let Lord Long Live do it?"
"Is it more convenient and appropriate for Zai Chun to raise the banner of nationalism?"
"Confused! You just didn't understand. Did you take what I just said as fart? I said before, everything in the world is about who invests and who benefits!"
"Zai Chun has returned to China. He has seen the market outside. What will he do? Of course he will engage in industrialization, Westernization, and a new army..."
"But that little bastard Zai Chun was educated by the devil Xiao Letian. His heart has long been alienated from us!"
"Zaichun's future career will definitely rely on the help of the foreign devils and the Chinese, or at least the Han people like Zeng Guofan! They invested, who do you think Zaichun will distribute the profits to in the end?"
"Damn it, whoever bought the shares will get the dividends! We have so many families in the Eight Banners. Apart from those extremists in Fuqing, who has invested in Zaichun? Who has invested in Zaichun?"
"Damn it, have you allocated a penny to the Fujian Yulin New Army? Those who raise money for Zai Chun are damn Hans and foreign devils! Don't you think about things in your head?"
Guiziliu is so scolding that he calls all his brothers into grandsons!
