C2148 A way to break through (1/2)
In an era where strength was revered, people believed in power, and the victor had everything.
Therefore, Xiao Letian had never thought of trying to reason with France and Russia, and the other party was also not interested in trying to reason with Xiao Letian.
In fact, France had long wanted to dispatch an army to eradicate the Chinese once and for all. Moreover, the anti-Chinese alliance was steadily progressing under the leadership of France. Only Prussia was interfering with France.
He believed that as long as the diplomatic dispute between France and Prussia came to an end, the next step would naturally be to unite with Russia, Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and other European countries to launch the third European expedition to Asia.
All the politicians in the cathedral knew what was going on. They were just putting on an act. That was the reason why Montaub would act like a scoundrel and attack Xiao Letian, while Xiao Letian acted like a scoundrel and wanted to talk to God.
Does this look like a farce? It was just a farce, because both sides had never thought of trying to reason with each other. Everyone was acting for the common people.
Human society was extremely complex. For top politicians, they could completely abandon all emotions that humans possessed and then firmly believe in the doctrine of power.
They could launch wars of aggression, slaughter cities, kill captives, and rape and plunder! As long as they could obtain benefits, what wouldn't these people dare to do?
Therefore, there was no reason for these beasts to come together. What they were fighting for was a conspiracy and the strength of Guo Guo.
However, while the elites of the upper echelons were completely shameless, what was in stark contrast to them was the kindness of the commoners!
Yes, in the Europe of nineteenth century, the level of education of the people had just started to increase, but the thing that controlled the spiritual world of the lower class people was still religion.
It must be admitted that the core tenets of the main human religions were to guide people towards the good. Although there were historical ambitious and schemers who used the power of religion to commit evil, the basic theory of religion was still kind.
The lower the social class, the more benevolent the people are. This is true at all times! Of course, there would be some malice and malice in the poor because of their survival, but that was only if their own interests were harmed.
Xiao Letian could see this clearly. To give a simple example, maybe there was a person in the village who liked to steal and grope, and bully the weak and fear the strong. He was a rogue that belonged to the people of the village.
But if you carefully analyze this phenomenon, you will find that this kind of person will often show evil in the face of his own interests, and in the face of things that have nothing to do with his interests, he can actually think from a fair, just and kind point of view.
Human nature was so complicated that he might have just stolen a neighbor's cabbage, but then he sighed and wept for the Libyan refugees.
The cabbage was about his own interests, and the Middle East refugee problem was about his spirit!
After figuring out this point, Xiao Letian could feel the relationship between the British people and the citizens of other European countries.