C333 The Weak Nations Weeping (1/2)
”Who is it!” Jin Changsen stood up and turned his head to shout towards the darkness behind him. Within the flickering light of the torch, a few figures were quickly walking towards him.
”Cai Mao, Lin Yuanmiao... Hm! Fan Lian, Manager Fan? Didn't you go back to the Tanggu? ”Why is he back …”
”Heh heh, do you really want me to leave? After I leave, you can do whatever you want? Who do you want to push Ryukyu into this arms this time? Let me think, Japan is unreliable, you wouldn't choose, Great Qing Dynasty has never cared about Ryukyu, you wouldn't choose either … ”
”You might have tried to come into contact with the Americans, but unfortunately, the United States only knows how to cooperate with Xiao Letian. If you don't have the chance, the only ones left are the English and French …”
”You don't have that way to interact with the British, and the British might not even be able to see the Ryukyu. After all, they have Hong Kong and Shanghai as well, and that is more than enough for them … So you have only one choice, and that is France. ”
Before the old shopkeeper even finished his sentence, Lin Yuanmiao had already rushed up to him and spit in his face without any regard for his status, ”Traitor, traitor! After you become a Japanese slave, do you want to be one again? I am ashamed to be your servant in the same hall as you! ”
At this time, the admiral, Cai Mao, who was personally resigned to Xiao Letian's fate, also sighed and shook his head, ”Brother Jin, if you were forced to submit to Japan in the past, we would be able to forgive you. But now, you have pledged your allegiance to the foreigners, it is truly unforgivable … Listen to my advice, go home and meditate, when Prime Minister comes back, we will plead for you! ”
”Hahaha …” ”Hahaha!” The thick phlegm on Jin Changsen's forehead had not been wiped clean at all.
”I know you guys will scold me. You guys are all moral gentlemen, just consider me, Jin Changsen, as a vile character! But have you thought about it? If a weak nation wants to survive, it does not need to rely on you humble gentlemen, it's always relying on us lowly people! ”
Jin Changsen's face was filled with hot tears. All the grievances of his life exploded out at this moment: ”I am a villain, I admit that I am a villain, but if you all aren't villains, then who is? You can't use emotions to govern a country. You have to know how to bow your head to reality! ”
”When the Japanese was here, with the help of the three thousand armored feet and the Ship Closure fleet, she completely suppressed our Ryukyu Kingdom. At that time, Cai Mao, you were the general of the imperial guards. Lin Yuanmiao, you will be in charge of the account department, how much do you think our treasury has? ”
”No soldiers, no money. Do you only know how to stand on the riverbank and laugh at us who have fallen into the water? ”Damn it, if I don't go and get along with the Japanese and the foreigners and if I don't become a villain, who would be responsible for the safety of His Majesty?”
Jin Changsen pointed at his comrade and said sorrowfully, ”Yes, I admit that I made a mistake. I never thought that the Prime Minister would have such a heaven defying method, leading a group of people and massacring all the Japanese thugs. I am convinced, I am completely convinced now, even if Prime Minister were to kill me at that time, I would not have any complaints! ”
”Prime Minister didn't kill me, and didn't even take away my official position. I, Jin Changsen, am not a person who doesn't know how to repay favors, and the heart in my chest isn't black either. If the prime minister is in the Ryukyu, right now, even if all the foreign citizens of the world come knocking on my door, I, Jin Changsen, will definitely not die a peaceful death! ”
After saying that, Jin Changsen took two steps back, and leaned on the wall as he spoke faintly, ”But Prime Minister isn't here, it's a pity that we don't know whether he is alive or not. It's a pity that we have only developed his strength for a year, what do we have to fight against him? The only thing we can do now is to surrender early to the westernization, because the Ryukyu Kingdom has to get through this crisis no matter what! ”
”Haha, how laughable, if you want to give in, you have to give up? Do you really think that the westernization is a good man and a good woman, that you can just kowtow and give in and let bygones be bygones? This is a dream! ” At this time, Cai Mao was not the least bit courteous, he pointed at Jin Changsen's nose and berated him.
”For the past year or so, I do not know how you managed to get here. I'm afraid you have not seen the Journey to the West of Prime Minister even once.
”More than once, the Prime Minister has said that the future world will be the era of the major change and the reshuffle. Countless powerful countries will rise and countless weak countries will fall. This is the trend of our times and it is not something human beings can resist …”
”If our Ryukyu is located in the deep ocean, away from the busy channel, if we hide in the desert in North Africa, away from the demonic claws of industrial civilization, maybe we can still barely maintain our country and live in poverty. Who can say for sure, whether it is a hundred years or a thousand years?”
”But our Ryukyu Kingdom is the pillar of the ten thousand kingdoms on the East China Sea. It is a keyhole that can control the East Asian seas. Whoever can control this place will be able to lock the gate to East Asia …” ”As long as a powerful navy is in hand, we can attack Japan and Korea from the north, and protect Taiwan's South China Sea from the south …”
”The coastal trading routes of the Great Qing will all be under the control of our cannons, and the deep blue waters of the Pacific Ocean will also become a place for us to show off our might! Jin Changsen, wake up, Ryukyu is a land of four battles, you want to hide your head and come here to spend your days? You are dreaming! ”
Cai Mao had really improved a lot. He was a fanatical believer in western studies in Xiao Letian. When he was completely prostrated in front of the Prime Minister, the learning direction he focused on was the modern navy and geopolitics.
Xiao Letian was very clear on what kind of terrifying level the technology of humans would reach in the future. He knew very well what kind of changes would occur in the future in the form of wars.
It was obvious that the Ryukyu Kingdom was such a place for four battles. It might be a little difficult for the strong powers in the sail battleship era to take over and digest the Ryukyu Kingdom, but with the passage of time, when the human productivity and the destructive force increases, the Ryukyu would probably not be so lucky.
In 1871, the Japanese after the Minzhiweixin would send their troops to take over the Ryukyu, destroy its ancestral temple, withdraw its country's name, and even take Shang Tai to Japan. From that day onwards, the Ryukyu Kingdom would officially disappear into the river of history.