C827 Borrowing a knife to kill someone (1/2)

”No matter what China is going to become... ”I'm afraid this old one will not be able to see that day, and you youngsters will have your own choices …” Ceng Guofan grabbed Xiao Letian's wrist, his nails digging into his flesh.

”No matter what monarchy you do in the future, what republics, what democracies... Even if you, Xiao Letian, wanted to be the Emperor, I, Ceng Guofan, would not care. But I have two conditions! ”

”One, you can't get rid of this land of over ten million square kilometers. If you end up with a damaged land …” I will take your life even as a ghost! ”

”Second, you can't fight a civil war. At the very least, you have to assure me that you don't have any intention of fighting a civil war... ”Except for those traitors who must be killed, you must not use your blade or gun against those who disobey you!”

Xiao Letian laughed bitterly and said, ”Marshal, don't you know my temper? Up till now, I have been hiding in the Ryukyu to peacefully develop, and I don't even dare to meddle in the interests of the country. I can guarantee you that what you want is what I want! ”But the second …”

Shaking his head, he pulled out his hand. ”You know better than me what a Chinese is. He is an insider in internal strife!”

With these words, Ceng Guofan's tears almost fell. He let out a long sigh and roared, ”Give me the wine!” Mao immediately brought in a bottle of Xiyang wine. It was too early in the morning for the marshal to drink hard liquor.

After drinking the dark red wine in one gulp, Ceng Guofan's eyes started to glaze over, as if he had sunk into his memories. ”I will never forget that scene for the rest of my life. After the civil war, the citizens will suffer greatly. Do you know how many people died in Jiangnan after being suppressed by Long-hair for the past ten years?”

”Actually, I know that you've already gathered a group of Taiping Army survivors. I already knew that … ”But I don't care anymore. The chief evil has been eliminated, and the Sword and Weapon Tribulation is over. Let's leave a path for them to live …”

”My ninth brother kept urging me to take another step forward, but I know that our Zeng Family has killed far too many people. Even if an emperor were to order us around, we would have already wasted it …”

Xiao Letian did not believe in this kind of fatalism in the first place, but since he had already transcended worlds, he did not dare to belittle himself too much with regards to this karma and the various fatalism.