After returning to Beijing, Zai Cheng expressed his feelings for the first time, not to kiss his mother, but to Empress Dowager Ci'an!

"I am really scared, very scared. I am not worried about who will usurp power and seize the throne. I really don't worry about this..."

"The enemy in the hearts of the son ministers is not Prince Gong or Prince Chun, Prince Qing and others, nor are the governors of the Han ministers who have increased their power..."

"Even foreign ministers think that's not a big threat..."

"Oh? No one in the world is threatening, so what are you afraid of?" Ci'an became interested.

"There is actually only one enemy in my heart...it is this era! Queen Mother, this era..."

Not many people at the scene could understand this. The eunuchs and the palace maids all had their silly expressions. Ermao sighed and turned his head and retreated, and called the eunuchs and palace maids who served them away.

There were no one around Ci'an and Zaichun who eavesdropped on them, and what Zaichun said became more and more sensational!

"Mother, how long can you live in the Qing Dynasty? Is there still fifty years?"

Ci'an's face suddenly changed, "Who told you this? Xiao Letian?"

"No, no, no... Mother, don't be anxious. In fact, these topics are taboos for our Qing Dynasty, but overseas this is really just a science that a group of scholars are studying!"

"It was not until I came to Europe that I really realized what the times were. That huge sense of gap made me completely unable to find North!"

"I'm afraid... I'm really afraid. I found that the things we learn around us can no longer explain the world. This is what I fear the most!"

"A benevolent person is invincible? The order of the monarch, minister, father and son? Etiquette, righteousness, integrity, shame and morality can overcome everything? The court is playing tricks and balance can overcome the enemy?"

"There is no more time, everything we have is out of date, this is the most terrifying thing!"

"At present, the people of the Qing Dynasty were filled with fear when they saw foreign guns. However, the caliber of the main war gun in Europe was more than 200. That shot would really ruin the world!"

"Everyone who practices martial arts knows one sentence: one force reduces ten ways! Europeans are holding on to this power, and this power belongs to this era!"

"The times are about to abandon our Qing Dynasty. Mother, how many years can we survive?"

Ci'an's face turned pale, "This... what's the lie! That foreign devil is indeed a strong ship, a sharp gun, but no matter how powerful the warship is, can it still drive to land?"

"Their foreign guns and cannons are powerful, but they also rely heavily on logistics. If they capture Beijing City, they can still attack Chengde?"

"If it really doesn't work, we can still move the capital to Xi'an. It's thousands of miles away. How much ammunition will the foreigners with mountains and rivers resist?"

"If you can't walk halfway, you will have to use up all!"

Zai Chun shook his head desperately, "No, my mother is really not... I understand what you said. Master Weng has said it, and even the head of state has said it!"

"The Chinese call this theory strategic depth, which is indeed a very big advantage for China. It is difficult for an enemy to completely break through China..."

"The Head of State said that one day the enemy may break through China from north to south, but they cannot break through the east and west anyway. This is a geographical advantage!"

"But you don't know that the development of technology has reached an unimaginable point now... The future is a dreamy world, where people can fly in the sky and swim in the sea... There will even be a miracle that can drive hundreds of miles in one shot!"

"Nonsense!" Ci'an's face changed drastically: "Children, are you brainwashing Xiao Letian? What kind of person who swims in the flying water in the sky, can he still invite the gods out?"

"Oh, Mother, you forgot that the hot air balloons flew in the sky of the capital five years ago? I really lived through the sky with my own hands!"

"Stop talking nonsense. The hot air balloon Ai family has seen it, and there are only three or four people sitting there. They can't move when they encounter strong winds and rains... They can't fight at all, that's the big toy of the foreign devils!"

Zai Chun shook his head, "Wrong, Mother, you are wrong... In fact, in this Franco-Prussian War, the Chinese people have already tried to fight air and ground. The head of state has now formed an air force, which is really an air force flying in the sky!"

Ci'an was already shocked and could not speak. Zaichun said little by little that the "power of the times" he saw in Europe was flowing like a river.

Hundreds of thousands of tons of water forging machines knead the steel like dough!

Millions of people strangled together, and the shells were smashed down like hail. After a volley, thousands of lives were thrown into the mud!

All countries are working hard to study steel warships, and the navy's allocations are all at the level of millions. In that kind of place, money is no longer money, and it is consumed like flowing water!

All countries are whipped by the times on the back. If you don’t make progress, you will be beaten. If you fall behind, you will fall behind step by step!

Ci'an had never seen such a huge change, nor did anyone in the Qing Dynasty, and they didn't even have this awareness!

Zai Chun sighed and said, "One day, no one can protect us now, what should we do? Can the Qing Dynasty get rid of the fate of destruction?"

"Mother! My son saw with his own eyes how the Second French Empire fell! The emperor was forced to go into exile, and the whole family fled to England to take refuge!"

"The French Emperor, even our capital, has been conquered. Such a powerful empire will be destroyed even if it is said to be destroyed!"

"Why can our Qing Dynasty be an exception?"

Ci'an kept dizzy when he heard this, "Stop talking... Stop talking... You are just because of this that you want to turn against your sixth uncle? If you fight your sixth uncle and others, you can change all this?"

"No... Mother, you blame me wrongly. I don't want to defeat anyone. I just hope that there will be no resistance to the reform after taking power!"

"You always say reforms, how do you change it? You won't even change the country name, right?"

Zaichun shook his head and said, "What are the false names of my sons? I want to run industry, develop science and technology, and build university... I want to get the power of industrialization like the Qing Dynasty!"

"No matter how much resistance there is, it will not shake Erchen's determination, and it will never!"

Ci'an's face turned pale, "My son! If you do this, you will be uneasy in the government and the people! You have overturned all the ancestral systems!"

"You can't be impatient. Let your mother think about it carefully and plan for you... This is too big. It can't be done in a year or two. You have to get married first!"

"My mother! Time is endless. The changes outside are a thousand miles a day. We have to hurry up and chase time every minute and every second!"
Chapter completed!