454 Traitor!
"Haha...... Hahaha...... Hahahaha...... "After the dead silence, there was a burst of crazy laughter, and King Shangtai fixed his eyes and saw that it was Gong Cheng and Gong Banlun laughing.
"Wonderful, I can meet such a wonderful *** in my life, I really deserve this trip, even if my butt is broken, I won't lose, definitely not ......" Gong Cheng laughed and was about to be angry.
The situation in the Ryukyus is so complicated that it is far beyond people's imagination, and it is only now that those present remember that the Japanese power that has ruled the Ryukyus for hundreds of years has always been around you, but in a different form.
The Japanese philosophy of survival is very realistic, if you can fight, if you can't fight, you will admit defeat immediately, and convincingly admit defeat and learn from you, even if it takes a hundred years to accumulate strength, they also have that resilience.
Japan's Shimadzu family has controlled Ryukyu for hundreds of years, how could it be possible to withdraw from the stage of Ryukyu lightly, and when they tasted Xiao Letian's iron fist, they immediately changed their smiling faces and started another new set of plans.
Countless Japanese samurai began to gather in the Ryukyus, and they knew that Xiao Letian's Foreign Legion could only recruit them as Japanese samurai now, as long as you were strong in martial arts, you would definitely be able to spell out a better future in the Ryukyus than at home.
Noheita is still very appealing in the Japanese nosamurai class, and his legendary experience with Hyotaro has been intense, and countless Japanese nosamurai have crossed the sea, and the soldiers selected by the sword drawing team are the elite of the elite.
But there are also some special characters in it, such as the children of the various daimyo families, just like Shimazu Dairo, who are burdened with the secret mission of the family, and come here to spy on intelligence on the one hand, and on the other hand, to study hard.
Of course, in special times, when they think that there is an opportunity to compete for the interests of their family, they will not give up every opportunity, just like the current Ryukyus.
Shimazu Daro listened to Gong Cheng's laughter, and his face became more and more red, "I'm sorry, my life is not up to me, I have to ensure the interests of my family first, I am a member of the Shimazu family, I have no choice..."
Speaking of which, Shimazu Dairo didn't attack anymore, but separated the snow cherry and Gong Cheng, and the bayonet sealed all the women's offensive routes.
At this time, the rifle team of the Royal Forest Army finally surrounded them, and the sophisticated rifles purchased by Xiao Letian were aimed at Xue Ying, and everyone didn't know what to do next.
Jin Changsen was furious, "Shoot them, shoot these two rebellious ...... immediately"
"Shut up... I'm the boss here, when will you, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, dare to cross the line and commit murder on your behalf..."At this time, King Shangtai suddenly shouted, and the frightened Jin Changsen almost fell off the steps.
Lao Shangshu looked at the young king in disbelief, he never expected that King Shangtai would scold him like this, and he didn't leave any affection, this kind of thing had never happened.
"Someone... Escort Suzuki Tai and Yukizakura down and put them in the Shurijo Castle prison, and no one is allowed to approach them without my orders, and this assassination case will be tried by me..."
King Shangtai glared at Yuki Sakura and Suzuki Tai fiercely, "I was really blind, I actually thought that you were loyal to me, but I didn't expect you to do assassin things...... Take away..."
As soon as the Imperial Forest Army swarmed up and escorted the two assassins away, Gong Cheng suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, are you trying to shield the assassins?
"The foreign minister asks His Majesty to give an order to kill the assassins, so that the French can see the sincerity of the peace talks between the Ryukyu Kingdom......"
Before Gong Cheng could finish speaking, King Shangtai's cold gaze swept him and shut up, "Minister, you also know that you are a minister... Do you dare to meddle in the internal affairs of my Ryukyus? Besides, what kind of minister are you? What is your official position?"
Gong Banlun's face turned red with a word of reprimand, he didn't expect that when the young King Shangtai also had such sharp words, the old traitor suddenly found that his previous intelligence analysis had made a very strict mistake.
King Shotai had never been so domineering in his reign for so many years, and he stood on the steps and knelt down the envoy, and the king of the Ryukyus reprimanded him so mightily and domineeringly.
"If you want to negotiate, then you have to show sincerity on both sides, of course I want to punish the assassin, but I have to be clear about the canonical punishment, and I have to go through the judicial procedures of the Criminal Department, how can I use lynching to say that I will kill him?
"And the question of sincerity you mentioned, please look up at the refugee camps in the mountains, almost every household in the Ryukyus has filial piety, and there are dead people in every household, is this the sincerity of the French?
"Gong Cheng, I'll ask you now, do the French want to negotiate? You don't want to play any tricks for me, and you don't want to intimidate me, my Ryukyu is already so miserable, we don't care about shedding more than one scoop of blood......
In the end, King Shang Tai actually shouted in a bandit spirit, "Bah...... I cāo fuck, don't be arrogant in France, it's just a credit to rush it, we 500,000 people in the Ryukyus fought to the end, even if there is a single soldier left, we can fight them desperately...... What if I give him a dead city..."
Gong Cheng and the important ministers around him turned pale all of a sudden, and King Shangtai, who had always been polite, actually swore today, could this be taught by the prime minister? It is true that the prime minister will explode from time to time.
"Your Majesty said it well... The contract was not won by groveling, it was won by our prestige, and without our desperate resistance these days, would the French have negotiated? They will just continue to fight......"
The voice came from the mountain road, and it was General Cai Mao who came up with the voice, and there was also Fan Yao, the old shopkeeper of Lotte Foreign Bank, beside him.
As soon as Jin Changsen and the others saw Fan Yao appear, the corners of their eyes twitched involuntarily, and even King Shangtai's expression was a little unnatural.
The old shopkeeper walked like a fly, and after a while, he walked in front of everyone, "Want to negotiate, then let's talk, the prime minister is not there, Liang Kun was injured, and now I, the father-in-law, am reluctant to listen, right?"
"It's not an exaggeration, it's not an exaggeration," the surrounding ministers said embarrassedly.
The old shopkeeper glanced at Gong Cheng and said to King Shangtai, "State affairs are all discussed, my uncle is the most unavoidable to use violent and barbaric means if he disagrees, I have persuaded the troubles of the student soldiers at the foot of the mountain just now, and the college students are easy to get excited, plus this time I have saved a belly of anger, I hope Your Majesty will not blame..."
When King Shangtai heard the old shopkeeper's tone, he hurriedly smiled and gave the old man a step, "How can it be, I don't blame it, I don't blame it, I will issue an Anmin notice in the evening and post it in the university, I will tolerate the impulses of these students and forgive them......"
"Okay, then thank you very much...... Fan Yi turned his head and looked at Gong Cheng, "Mr. Gong, Prime Minister Xiao is not a murderous and belligerent, he longs for peace more than anyone else, but my prime minister is more eager for dignity, what conditions are offered by the French, you can be honest......"
Speaking of which, the old shopkeeper stared at Gong Cheng with his eyes like a sword, "The superficial strategy of sowing discord is really not worthy of your name, and we Ryukyu monarchs and ministers don't have as many dirty thoughts as you imagined...... It's good that the country is small, there are few people, even if there are factions, there are not many people, and there are not so many mortal enemies to keep in mind between the divisions and mergers..."
One sentence made all the officials present secretly provoke a thumbs up in their hearts, and even Gong Cheng admired it in his heart, this old businessman has been up and down all his life, and his understanding of people's hearts is no less than that of an old politician in the court.
There are many people, and there are few people, this is really true, no matter what kind of force the Ryukyus are, in fact, there are only dozens of high-ranking officials in one faction, which is not like the Qing Dynasty, and the number of a clear stream in the whole country is 100,000.
Qingliu, Hanchen, Manchu, Imperial Family, Hou Family, Mongolian Nationality...... In the future, we will add the reform faction, and all kinds of forces up and down in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, you have me, I have you, and there are no less than dozens of them.
There has never been a single person who can say that he can fully represent a certain force, and there will be no situation where the collective mentality of the entire force is wavering.
This is not the case in the Ryukyus, where the Ryukyus faction has such a few people, as long as there is patience and hard work, it is completely possible to make the entire opposition force collectively defect by talking and communicating one by one.
Fan Yao's subtext even the soldiers standing guard understood, "We have long understood the plan you Gong Cheng played to sow discord, tell you the truth, it's useless, even if there is a bit of opposition in this small place of Ryukyu, we have the patience to fight for their hearts little by little..."
Gong Cheng got up from the ground, patted the soil on his knees, and swept the corner of his eye on Shimazu Daro's body, "Shopkeeper Fan......, right? Well, you smell cigars well, I'm a good seller, and I'm definitely the best Cuban product..."
Fan Yao took out two cigars from the cuffs of his coat, "The nose is smart enough, this is a private goods brought to me by an American businessman, and I don't give it to ordinary people...... Let's smoke one..."After saying that, the two old men struck a match and lit a cigarette on the fire.
After swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog in a few gulps, Gong Cheng sighed and saluted King Shangtai and the important ministers in a circle, "Your Majesty...... Ministers, I'll tell you the truth...... I'm really hard to mix with the British..."
"Everyone in the world says that I, Gong Cheng, am a traitor, but how do you know who the real traitor is? It's not me, it's the imperial court..."
"I, Gong Cheng, went to burn the Old Summer Palace with the British and French forces, but if I don't burn the Old Summer Palace, the impatient British and French troops will burn the Forbidden City... I am afraid that you will not know all this secret...... I also admit that the treaties of the great powers were also negotiated with the help of Gong Banlun, but you don't know that although the treaty was humiliating and humiliating, it protected the national glory of the Qing Dynasty..."
"Why did the foreigners later send troops to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Why did they sell the most advanced foreign guns and cannons to the Qing Dynasty? This is due to the treaty, the treaty seems to be a loss, but the signing of the treaty is also a constraint on the foreigners, at least they admit that the Manchus are the masters of this China..."
The old man sighed and patted his thigh, "Don't look at the fierceness of the Manchurians who started scolding, that was because they didn't understand it at the time, and now you see that they are still scolding?
Hiss...... The people around were gasping for air, especially Fan Yao, Shang Tai Wang, Cai Mao and others felt like thunder in their hearts, because Xiao Letian also said the same remarks, but it was in the most top-secret small class.
"Sell, sell, everyone sells the country... I, Gong Cheng, thought that I would be able to eat and drink without worrying about relying on the British, but when the Manchu Dynasty figured it out and began to take the initiative to betray the country, I was worthless..."
Speaking of this, the old traitor suddenly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the foreign minister is already old, how many years can he live?
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