"Give the little emperor another three years. This year is 1869. I promise that in 1872, three years later, you will definitely be able to hold the throne ceremony in the Forbidden City. At that time, Your Majesty was only 17 years old and still very young!"

"And three years are enough for him to study in Europe, and enough for his army to expand twice... Third Master, don't forget that Xishan Camp was trained by the Japanese Sixth Knight, that doesn't belong to Your Majesty!"

"And you reformists, I'm afraid you have become thorns in the eyes of those people. The next three years will be your most dangerous moment. Be careful to get through it!"

"Do I still have to believe you? Why should I believe you again? Since we first met five years ago, you have been fooling me, and you have been lying to me..." Fu Qing said lonelyly.

"Third Master, what did I lie to you? In the past five years, you have grown from a down-and-out Eight Banner playboy to the leader of the Qing Dynasty's reformist faction. It is a perfect second-rank official. It is not an exaggeration to say that you have divided the power of the Qing Dynasty with the Japanese evenly!"

"Precisely because of me, Xiao Letian, the industrial special zone of the Qing Dynasty is booming, and many primary industrial products are no longer needed to be imported. You can also build a telegram line that runs through the north and south. Are these things my Xiao Letian harming you?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Letian even threw out the hurtful words that he had always wanted to say but dared not say, "Sad! It's so sad! Are you really afraid of me, Xiao Letian? Actually, it's not. You are afraid of yourself from beginning to end. Since you entered the Central Plains, you have been in a rebellious mentality caused by lack of confidence..."

"You are guarding against the Han people, shaving your hair and changing clothes, and doing literary inquisition... After all, you are afraid that you are not capable enough and have insufficient virtue. You don't believe that you can manage such a big world, so you are crazy and use high pressure to rule the world..."

"From the day you entered the pass, you thought that this country was just a bargain. You think that with your population, you could not occupy the huge Central Plains at all, nor could you carry out long-term rule... The strong lack of confidence makes you inferior, and this inferiority makes you even more crazy!"

"This is how people's hearts are. The ones who scold the most are actually the weakness in your heart. You are afraid of rebellion, but the higher the pressure, the more Han people rebelled. What does this mean? This means that you have fallen into a mental illness of being a paranoid in the beginning and end..."

"This is the mental illness hidden in your heart for more than 200 years. The paranoid being killed! You think everyone in the world will harm you. Anyone who is not your slave is a rebel, so you have to kill and suppress... For this terrifying nightmare, you even abolished the Chinese's research on gunpowder weapons, because you naively believe that if the Han people get muskets, they will definitely overthrow the country captured by your Manchu cavalry..."

"This is really a rescued terminal illness. Now it is used on my head again. You Fuqing is also an enlightened person among the people. But in your eyes, I still see the signs of this disease. You naturally think that if I don't enter the Forbidden City court, I must be a rebellious rebellion!"

"In your eyes, the Chinese order is the banner of rebellion, and this is the declaration to subvert the Qing Dynasty! I can't understand why your heart is so inferior and narrow? Wake up, this is Ryukyu. All the Chinese here are not the people of your Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese members who are wandering outside in this world, and they are not your slaves!"

At the end, Xiao Letian said viciously, "If you want to overcome the current historical difficulties, you can't rely on the old paths of the past, and then rely on suppression? Then divide the Chinese people and use their strength to fight. Do you still want to use these routines forever?"

"Wake up, if you don't have a sense of being integrated into this world and still try to hide in your past thinking as a turtle, then I can only tell you regretfully that your final outcome is probably unimaginable!"

"Don't question me anymore. You have no choice now. If you, Fuqing, is really your loyal minister, you should support me even more!"

"Okay, now the choice is handed over to you. Should Zai Chun and you go back and then soak in the stinky water and sink into the old path? Or should you follow me and try to accept new things and try your best to break a future? Choose yourself..."

All you should say is said and all you should do is done. Whether Fu Qing is willing or not, he must admit that he can no longer convince Xiao Letian. When his lonely figure left the garden, Xiao Letian's whole body was drained and he collapsed on the rattan chair.

Master Long walked into the viewing pavilion and said, "Mr. Third Master nodded?"

"No, but it's almost done. He should have gone to discuss with Zaichun. I believe they will make the right judgment because Zaichun has no choice..."

"Master Long, I would rather fight bayonets with the French on the battlefield than fight with my brothers. I'm too tired, so tired... I know that this should be my last time to fool the Qing Dynasty, and I can only give us this last chance to buffer..."

Master Long knew Xiao Letian’s strategic layout. All the efforts made by the Prime Minister in the past few days were trying his best to calm the Qing Dynasty’s fear and hostility towards the Chinese order.

When fighting against the Russians, the Qing Dynasty must be kept neutral. This is the first time that the Chinese have fought with European powers as the Chinese. If they win, they will look up to you and even do business with you on an equal footing. Once they fail, the concept of the Chinese will immediately become a laughing stock.

"Okay, I will leave Ryukyu tomorrow and rush to the Far East as soon as possible. When the naval battle breaks out, it is the beginning of the Far East Volunteer Resistance..."

Xiao Letian closed his eyes and rubbed his temples in pain. "If this battle fails, then the hearts of the people I have gathered over the past five years will collapse instantly, and the Chinese Code will naturally become waste paper..."

"But is this victory? It is not good for us. If we can defeat the Russian Expeditionary Force, then from now on, we will officially enter the threshold of the great powers... In the future, not only will the Qing Dynasty not listen to our fools, but the Europeans may also increase their level of defense against us..."

"The road ahead is not easy! There is no possibility of taking any tricks anymore. The Chinese will officially enter the cruel promotion period of fighting for strength and death... To be honest, I feel that I am a sinner for the ages!"

"How many people will die if they bring millions or even tens of millions of Chinese compatriots into that cruel path to hegemony!"

Master Long sneered and shook his head, "The Prime Minister is really worried about eating carrots. Who is not greedy in the hearts of people? He wants a happy life and does not want to work hard. This idea is the ideal of parasites... We Chinese people do not raise parasites, and they are unwilling to embark on this bloody road of rise, so let's leave the Chinese people..."

"Anyway, the Chinese identity is not forced. After all, they have to apply for it themselves!"

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Chapter completed!