After all, King Shangtai is only a young man in his twenties, although he has received the education of a king since he was a child, but impetuousness is a common problem among young people after all, how can he be the opponent of the treacherous and cunning Jin Changsen.

Jin Changsen is a real politician, a pragmatist through and through, there is no so-called pro-China and pro-Japanese faction in his heart, there is only a cold balance of interests in his eyes, and following the strong is his motto.

"Your Majesty, contact Kayama Kurigen immediately, and open Shuri Castle to meet the Japanese army...... I know you may think I'm a nasty pro-Japanese faction, but I'll be honest with you, I'm not, I just hope that the Ryukyu royal family's temple will last forever......"

"Your Majesty, the Japanese have actually ruled the Ryukyus for more than 200 years, and the power of the Japanese in the Ryukyus has become intricate and indistrigued. The three thousand armor-clad ashigaru are all the elite of the Shimazu family, and there are more than a dozen Japanese warships on the sea, and although the artillery on them can't beat the foreigners, it's more than enough to deal with us......"

"The most terrible thing is that the more than 100,000 Japanese people will never be of the same mind as us, and they will definitely be organized in the chaos of war, and what do we have? The warriors who can fight in the whole country are the 3,000 on the city wall......

What Jin Changsen said was the same iron-clad truth, and King Shangtai couldn't refute it at all, he looked at the firelight all over the city and the shouts of killing wafting in the wind, and his heart was cold.

Just when King Shangtai was about to compromise, a loud shout suddenly sounded behind the two, "Your Majesty, don't listen to his bewitchment, now that we have a hard time riding a tiger, do you want to be abolished by the Japanese?"

Cai Mao stared at Jin Changsen with angry eyes, and he couldn't wait to poke him into a transparent hole with a sword, "Your Majesty, listen to the shouts of battle all over the city, and countless fires, what does this prove? This proves that Mr. Xiao has instigated the Chinese in the whole city to fight, that is 100,000 Chinese......"

"Jin Changsen, take a good look with your dizzy eyes, if it is just the dozens of guards under Mr. Xiao, even if you add one or two hundred people, can you stir up such a big war? Your ability to open your eyes and tell nonsense is really innate......

At this time, Lin Yuanmiao also spoke, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, people who have become great things have never been afraid of the head and tail, left and right, you have reached an agreement with Mr. Xiao, since you have chosen the continent across the sea, don't sway anymore......"

At this time, Lin Yuanmiao suddenly knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty, we can win, as long as you make a will, let the millions of people in the Ryukyus stand on the side of the Chinese and fight the Japanese together, we will win......"

As soon as he heard this, Jin Changsen went crazy at that time, and he jumped to his feet and scolded angrily: "You two bastards, are you going to kill the Ryukyu Kingdom? Mobilize the whole people to fight, are you going to start a war with Japan? You must know that Kagoshima is only a day's sea route from here, and it is not too much to say that the morning and the evening are coming." But what about the Great Qing Kingdom? It will take three or four days to reach Naha from the nearest Ningbo, and before the Qing people come, our king will probably be taken captive long ago......"

"National thieves, you two are national thieves!" Jin Changsen scolded with jumping feet, where is there still a polite appearance, "You two madmen, are you trying to kill the Ryukyu Kingdom and your majesty?"

"Let me ask you one last question, I won't say anything about it when it's far away, when did the Han army come to Naha from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty to the present more than 500 years? Where was the army of the Ming Dynasty when the Shimazu family invaded Ryukyu? What were the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties doing when the Japanese pressed us for more than 200 years!"

"You stupid bastards, are you going to destroy the temple of the Shang royal family......? I'll fight with you!" After speaking, Jin Changsen rushed up and fought with Cai Mao.

Maybe it's Jin Changsen's words that make it impossible to tell that General Cai Mao, who is strong in martial arts, was actually taken away from his momentum for a while, and he just passively resisted. At this time, Lin Yuanmiao also let go, he roared and joined the battle circle: "Jin Changsen, you want to be a slave of the Japanese, we don't want to be a slave, we have never counted on the emperor on the opposite continent......"

"All we are counting on is Xiao Letian, it's just this great master of Western studies, you don't understand what we think at all......" After speaking, Jin Changsen's hat was knocked off with a slap.

Maybe it was this slap, maybe it was Lin Yuanmiao's words that shocked Jin Changsen, only to see him take a few steps back, leaning against the battlement wall and looking at them incredulously.

"Crazy, you two are really crazy. A scholar who writes books, do you actually think that Taishan is relying on? Are you naïve or stupid?" Jin Changsen was speechless until the end, and looked at the two old acquaintances in front of him as if he didn't know each other.

The dispute on the city wall made the surrounding soldiers look stupid, and no one dared to come over and get involved. And the king of Shang Tai in the conflict was full of confusion, and he didn't know how to solve this conflict at all.

You can say we're crazy, because if we're not crazy, then all that awaits the Ryukyu Kingdom is destruction. Lin Yuanmiao wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said in a low voice.

"To tell you the truth, we are all admirers of Xiao Lotian's Western studies, in the book "Journey to the West", Mr. Xiao has mentioned more than once that this is a great change unseen in three thousand years, and this is a great era that advocates iron blood and the law of the jungle......"

"From now on, there will be great changes in human society, some countries will recover, some countries will decline, and even new countries will appear out of thin air, and of course, countless decaying civilizations will ......"

"The Ryukyus are already weak and difficult to return, if we continue to drag on like this according to your ideals, we may be able to compete for a few years of respite, but our final fate is only to perish......

Xiao Letian is not alarmist, taking 1865 as the benchmark and going back more than 30 years, it is the era of great changes in the evolution of human civilization from the first industrial revolution to the second industrial revolution. It is also in this era of great scientific and technological development that countless countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have disappeared, and countless emerging countries have risen.

This great scientific and technological revolution in the past 30 years has greatly promoted the development of productive forces, and also made the power of industry rise rapidly, and the development of capitalist power can be described as furious.

Internal combustion engines, ironclad warships, telegraph technology, electric technology, new weapon systems, biochemical technology...... With the rapid development of other disciplines, not only has the productivity of human beings been greatly improved, but the destructive power has also begun to increase exponentially.

The emerging countries, which had been suppressed by the old capitalist countries before, rose up in this great change, using new military technology and military concepts, and began to challenge the status of the old empires.

It was against this background that the two world wars broke out. Moreover, on the original historical track, Japan only officially entered the club of great powers when it caught up with the last train of this great change.

In the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese not only received sky-high indemnities, but also Korea and Taiwan, and the poor Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed before the First Sino-Japanese War.

In fact, in Xiao Letian's book, the power of industry is mentioned more than once, and Xiao Letian elaborates on the first industrial revolution in great detail. In extremely simple language, he told the entire Chinese-speaking circle why Britain became a great power and where the profound truth is.

Just because they didn't understand this truth, countless ancient countries became colonies of the empire on which the sun never set, and countless once glorious civilizations collapsed under the overthrow of industrial power.

Now, it is precisely because of the emergence of Xiao Lotian that the Western world has finally become less mysterious, and the elites of various countries under the Han civilization system in East Asia finally do not have to look at foreigners like ghosts.

But when Xiao Letian tore apart the fog on the foreigners, these elites were completely dumbfounded, and they found that the Western civilization under the camouflage was not a clown who could do evil magic, these foreigners were holding in their hands a powerful force that changed the world, and their heads were filled with the cold law of the jungle.

Without the slightest warmth or morality, these powers can unceremoniously destroy an ancient civilization that has existed for thousands of years for the sake of profit, and a small Ryukyu is not a problem.

"Brother Jin, if the Ryukyu Kingdom survives in your way, our fate will either be annexed by the Japanese or other powers, and the temple of the Shang Dynasty will not be able to be saved at all...... I know we're gambling, but what else do we have to do in the Ryukyus now besides gambling?"

Cai Mao, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, said earnestly, "Mr. Xiao once had a secret meeting with us, and he told us that in the future, the competition for hegemony between countries is comprehensive national strength, not simply the size of the territory and the size of the population, which is the old idea of a pure agricultural empire......"

"If the old thinking is correct, it is impossible for Britain, a small island nation, to become an empire on which the sun never sets. Of course, we never expected the Ryukyus to achieve global hegemony, but Mr. Xiao said that as long as we work hard for ten years, the Ryukyu Kingdom will at least have the strength to protect itself......"

Jin Changsen shook his head, as if he wanted to digest the information in his head, "This is the promise that Xiao Letian gave you? Just our small Ryukyus, a poor and weak country where the crops of the poor and white can't feed the people, do you still want the strength to protect yourself? He's lying to you, ......are you stupid?"

Unexpectedly, King Shangtai, Cai Mao, and Lin Yuanmiao shook their heads at the same time, "Mr. Xiao didn't give us any promises, he just said that it was possible, everything was possible, and Mr. Xiao never patted his chest and promised anything......"

Jin Changsen was completely defeated, he found that he could no longer understand the other party's thinking, and he was so depressed that he was about to vomit blood. "No promise......s? You guys are so naïve, we're ruling the country......"

In the end, Jin Changsen really couldn't say any more, he bowed down to give a salute to His Majesty, "Your Majesty, the situation is so urgent, let's not do a battle of words, a qiē by His Majesty ...... Sheng" Then Cai Mao and Lin Yuanmiao also saluted and said, "Please Holy Judge......"

King Shangtai was about to cry, he looked at the burning Naba on the left, looked at Aiqing beside him on the right, and then looked back at the imperial city with hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the young king had no choice at all.

"This, this, this...... How does this make me a good ......"

At this moment, an earth-shattering explosion suddenly came from the distant dock, and the flames soared into the sky, and the soldiers on the city wall shrank down in fright.

Everyone turned their heads to look, only to find that a large fire was lit up at the dock, and the foreigners' warships and fighting people were faintly visible in the light, and the hearts of those present were all raised to their throats.

"Close the gates! We are neutral, we are neutral, we will ......not help anyone"

Jin Changsen's face was happy, "Your Majesty is ...... Shengming", while the two important ministers of the pro-China faction shook their heads and sighed in disappointment. On the orders of King Sangtai, the last army stationed outside the city gates entered the city.

Shurijo Castle has finally become an island in the middle of a storm. K