C2423 Study Argument (1/2)
His sonorous voice shocked Xiang Ying. He had never thought about it so much, thinking about the purity of Zai Chun's laws.
Whether the Great Qing needed a weak Monarch or a strong Monarch was a dilemma. In an era when Western powers were expanding rapidly, this problem was much more acute and obvious.
The fact that the Qing Dynasty had produced a hero and restored their prosperity was a scene that none of the Chinese wanted to see because it would increase the number of people in the process of annexing the Qing Dynasty.
But there was one advantage to having a hero, and that was being able to temporarily combine the power within the Great Qing. They would try their best to negotiate forcefully with the foreigners and fight them off.
Just look at Zai Chun's actions in London, this little fellow had already understood the principle of not selling at prices as taught by his master. During the negotiations between Benjamin and himself, he had gritted his teeth and refused to give up, forcing the British to continuously raise their prices.
Forget about the details, just for the sake of the railway construction and administration, Benjamin's final control over the customs could actually be used as a bargaining chip.
As long as Tongzhi opened up the right to build this railway, Britain would be able to consider recalling He De and let his trusted aides manage the customs of the Great Qing.
This was Zai Chun's advantage, because the Britons knew that all the powers in the Great Qing knew that Tongzhi was the emperor. No one who had clean inheritance could say anything about it.
What if it was a weaker monarch? Xiang Ying and the others were definitely happy, the master of ZTE was finished, and it would be even easier for the mediocre emperor to overthrow the Qing Dynasty in the future.
But the weak Monarch was unable to control the various forces in Great Qing! At that time, there would definitely be many ambitious people who would jump out and divide the power of the Emperor, and even the daoyin would all be on their own.
When that time comes, the Western Powers will look for her own spokesperson. You look for the Prince Kung, he looks for the Prince of Alcohol, you look for this belle, he looks for that Bei Zi.
Once the human heart was in chaos, there would be no saving him. Everyone wanted to take another step up, they were all descendants of the Xiluo's family, who could still squat down and pee on their pants? If you can be an Emperor, why can't I be one?
At that time, forget about the government and the government, there might even be civil war!
These extremely selfish and selfish Banner Bandits would risk their lives to sell off their country. In order to get the help of foreign devils, how would they dare to bargain?! No matter how much is given, it will be rewarded. At that time, the loss of China's benefits will be even greater.
Xiao Letian said with sorrow, ”You can't understand such a simple principle? Hehe, it's not like you can't see through me, you were actually blinded by hatred, you said you hate Qing Dynasty? I think you hate Zai Chun more! Isn't that right? ”
”Do you remember that I told you about the last link in the stronghold's plan? After the fort plan controls most of China, we will have to force Zai Chun to write an edict to abdicate the throne. This is the crux of the problem! ”
”Have you forgotten? In fact, the effective Chinese rule was concentrated on the Song and Ming dynasties' territories, while Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia, and beyond the border, the people of those lands did not recognize the Chinese rule at all! ”
”If there was no Qing Dynasty's abdication order, these vast lands would have immediately split apart. They would have become their own nation, and would have even waged a war against the Han people!”
”Don't forget, all of my plans are to completely devour this ten million square kilometers of land. I need to go from the north to Lake Baikal, and I need to go to the west to get to Green Mountains!”
”These lands must belong to us Chinese! ”I must!”
Xiao Letian scolded Xiang Ying in anger, ”Can this be done without the abdication decree from the Tongzhi Emperor? What reason do we have to send troops to those territories? Without the imperial edict, how could the Chinese army march in? Would the Western Powers not intervene? ”