Volume IV 1860 The Rise of the Celestial Dynasty Chapter 97 The Ambition of the Little Devil

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With the frequent trade exchanges between countries, the abundant materials and high-end supplies of the Celestial Empire have become hot-selling products sought after by various countries, especially the cheap gadgets that Zhang Yuntian bought from the small commodity city, which have almost become a symbol of the nobles of various countries to show off their status, if any family does not have a music box that can shine, it will be laughed at by others, but these things worth dozens of yuan in the main world were sold for a high price of one hundred taels of gold.

Since the Celestial Empire abolished silver payments for large transactions and replaced them with gold, the huge trade surplus each year brought the Celestial Empire a considerable income of hundreds of tons of gold.

With the deepening of commercial exchanges between countries, it is inevitable that some technical exchanges will also be brought about, although the core technologies such as oil extraction, oil refining, aircraft, tank manufacturing, etc. are still in the hands of the most devout believers, but there will still be some slightly outdated technologies that are scattered overseas.

In particular, Japan, although they ostensibly admit that the Celestial Empire is the leader of the Asian region and even all countries in the world, but secretly they are secretly accumulating the advanced production and military technology of the Celestial Empire, and often oppress the neighboring Ryukyu countries, causing the friction between the two countries to become more and more intense.

Due to the small size of the Ryukyu Kingdom (present-day Okinawa, Japan) and its proximity to Japan, Japan first pretended to make a gesture of goodwill, and then launched a surprise attack despite the opposition of the Celestial Empire, annexing reinforcements to the Ryukyus in one fell swoop.

In order to ease the tense diplomatic relations with the Celestial Empire and paralyze the factions in the Celestial Empire that are hostile to Japan, the Japanese emperor sent an envoy with 100 beauties, 100,000 taels of gold, all kinds of gilded lacquerware, bone carvings, katana and other thousands of treasures to the Forbidden City to meet the true god.

If Zhang Yuntian was just a living in this time and space, he would definitely be moved by the warm and sincere attitude of the Japanese envoy.

However, throughout the history of Japan, it is not difficult to find that the Japanese are the best at using the trick, whether it is a surprise attack on the occupation of Korea or a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II, the Japanese first paralyze the enemy with the most sincere attitude, and then suddenly attack when the other side relaxes their vigilance.

At least in Zhang Yuntian's eyes, Japan is not an easy country to get along with, when you are strong, he will obediently be a good student on the side, absorb your knowledge, and arm yourself with advanced experience and skills, when you are in trouble, he will definitely fall into the well to give you a heavy blow, the late Ming Dynasty invasion was so, and the late Qing Dynasty invasion of the Northeast was also the same.

Moreover, it can also be seen from Japan's attitude towards the Celestial Empire that it is not satisfied with the status quo, and in history, it has never expressed its submission to the Celestial Empire, and still believes in its bones that it is a powerful country that can sit on an equal footing with the Celestial Empire, and is even full of ambitions for the whole of Asia.

So this time, although the Japanese envoy came with such a rich gift, this not only did not make Zhang Yuntian have a good impression, on the contrary, he had a strong dislike for this country: Ryukyu is a vassal state of the Celestial Empire, and if you say that you will be destroyed, you will be destroyed, and you will not take the Celestial Empire in your eyes at all.

So Zhang Yuntian had a gloomy face, sat on the dragon chair without saying a word, watched Japan come to make up stories with snot and tears, and denounced the Ryukyu Kingdom for harassing Japan's borders by relying on the Celestial Empire, and killing innocent fishermen indiscriminately, how could the emperor endure it and forced him to send troops to suppress it, but he didn't know that the general who led the troops ignored the emperor's will, captured the royal palace of the Ryukyus, offended the true god, and in order to express his apology, he was willing to let the clansmen of the Ryukyu Kingdom succeed to the throne and continue to become a vassal state of the Celestial Empire. Apologize, etc.

This statement is seamless and seems reasonable, but as long as any smart person thinks about it a little, he can find the loopholes.

Now the Ryukyu Kingdom has been destroyed, of course, you can say anything about the dispute between the two countries, as for the so-called clan succession, you can know with your toes, it is just a puppet regime secretly manipulated by the Japanese government, and after a few years, when the time is ripe, there will be a drama of the Ryukyu Kingdom taking the initiative to submit to Japan, in short, these are all carefully planned by the little devils and used to paralyze the vigilance of the Celestial Empire.

The envoy's acting skills are really first-class, one will cry bitterly, the other will beat his chest, and express his repentance vividly, of course, Japan must also do this, because they know very well that fortunately, the current maritime military power of the Celestial Empire is not very strong, even so, once the two countries go to war, the success rate of Japan's defense will not exceed 10 percent, so it must not cause a war at this time.

Until the performance of the Japanese envoy came to an end, Zhang Yuntian said coldly: "The Ryukyu Kingdom is put aside in advance, I just want to ask, there is no emperor in my Celestial Empire, even if I, the true god who has descended, I dare not claim to be the emperor in vain, but your country is just a small land, the population is less than one percent of the Celestial Empire, and the technology is even more backward, but the ruler there dares to claim to be the emperor, do you want to be the emperor of my Great Celestial Empire?" That's a bit too bold! “

The value of these treasures brought by the Japanese envoys is less than 1/100,000 of what the Celestial Empire has, and Zhang Yuntian does not take it into account at all.

The Japanese envoy originally thought that Zhang Yuntian would continue to be unrelenting about the affairs of the Ryukyus, and he had already designed a response plan in his heart, but he suddenly asked such a strange question, and he couldn't help but be stunned, his brain couldn't keep up with the rhythm, he knelt in place in a daze, and stumbled to explain: "This... In fact, the true god has a misunderstanding about this, the emperor is just a title, and in the history of Japan, we have also called the king, the son of heaven, etc., in fact, these titles are just to imitate the Celestial Empire. ”

A lot of Japanese culture was originally borrowed from the Celestial Empire, and it stands to reason that there is no problem with his words, but when used at this moment, it is to transfer the problem back, and it means that you can call it, and we can also call it.

"It's just a matter of imitating the Celestial Empire!" Qian Jiang scolded sharply on the side: "Since it is to imitate the Celestial Empire, do you know where the emperor's words come from?" ”

Without waiting for the Japanese envoy to answer, Qian Jiang hurriedly said: "The word emperor is a religious term of the Celestial Empire, and it is the honorific title of Taoism for the ruler of the universe!" Ruler of the universe, hum, I didn't expect that the ruler of the little country of Japan would want to be the ruler of the universe, where does this put our true God? This is a blatant insult and a great offense to the Celestial Empire! ”

Qian Jiang is very knowledgeable, and his words are reasonable, and the Japanese envoy's face is blue and white, he never knew that there is such a big mystery in this title, Rao is that he is quite anxious, and he doesn't know how to respond at this time is the best policy, but he feels that no matter how he answers, he will be caught, so he simply asked: "Since there is such a big misunderstanding here, Japan, as a friendly neighbor of the Celestial Empire for a long time, is willing to listen to the teachings of the true God!" ”

Zhang Yuntian sighed for a moment and said: "Since ancient times, except for the Celestial Empire, the surrounding friends have all called themselves kings, so it is better for me to officially canonize the supreme ruler of Japan as the king of Japan now!" ”

The last four words are read together, and they sound very much like the eighth king of Japan, which is quite funny.

However, the Japanese envoy's Chinese level was only half-understood, and he could not hear the mystery in these words, so he bowed his head and bowed: "Since the true God has this will, I will truthfully convey it to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

The implication of this sentence is that I will bring the words, but as for whether the emperor listens to it or not, I will not say anything about it, and there is a great sense of prevarication.

Zhang Yuntian pretended not to know, and continued: "Since the Japanese envoy is very sincere, then our Celestial Empire should also show the tolerance and generosity of some great powers, and if you have any requirements, please mention them casually, and my Celestial Empire will definitely satisfy you!" ”

The Japanese envoy was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that the true god of the Celestial Empire was an arrogant and arrogant fool, and he was fooled so easily, and said quietly on the surface: "Japan is located in the open sea, and it is deeply oppressed and invaded by the United States and Britain and other barbarians. Of course, knowing the customs of the Great Heavenly Empire, Japan is willing to invest 800,000 taels of gold to decorate the temples and pavilions of the true gods! ”

Qian Jiang pursed his lips and did not speak, 800,000 taels of gold is indeed a lot of money, but the craftsmanship of the demon removal fire gun is a priceless treasure, any country with the technology of making the demon fire gun can be among the ranks of the powerful countries, although Japan seems to have sacrificed a lot of gold, but his army can take the opportunity to plunder the Philippines, the countries in the Indonesian region, and will eventually earn this money back, they are not stupid, and they will not do it at a loss.

Zhang Yuntian nodded, "Since the envoys have already spoken, of course I have no reason to refuse, so it's decided, but 800,000 taels of gold is not enough to decorate my temple, I think it's better to forget it!" ”

Of course, the Japanese envoy knew that Zhang Yuntian wanted to capture the old man, and he would not be so stupid as to really not give a cent, leaving the Celestial Empire a reason to go to war in vain, so he hurriedly changed his words: "It's not 800,000 taels of gold, it's 1.8 million taels of gold!" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, even Qian Jiang gasped, 1.8 million taels of gold! This is not a small amount, even if all the gold in Japan is dismantled and sent, it will barely be able to make up this amount, but before the Japanese envoy came, he had been instructed by the emperor that no matter how much it cost, he must introduce the demon exterminator into the country, so he dared to say this astonishing number.

The more the Japanese are eager for the Demon Eradicator Fire Hammer, the more they pay the price, the more it proves that they have great ambitions!

Korea is the closest to the Celestial Empire, the weakest troops, the worst equipment, and the true gods, even they have never asked for any military technology, the reason is that they sincerely believe in the Celestial Empire, Japan will definitely not be so simple as defending the country!

Zhang Yuntian smiled, the fox tail of the little devil was finally revealed, and the granddaughter of Hideki Tojo in the main world often lobbied around, saying that Japan's occupation of Korea and invasion of China was completely an act of self-defense! Going to the land of other people's countries to defend themselves, such an excuse can be thought of, I don't know if it is because Hideki Tojo's descendants are mentally deficient, or if she thinks that the people in the world are two hundred and five.

Now that the Japanese envoy has come up with a set of self-protection rhetoric, of course Zhang Yuntian doesn't believe it, but he has to do a full set of plays, he nodded and said: "In that case, then please ask the envoy to bring the gold to meet again, I will order excellent craftsmen to accompany me to ensure that Japan really masters the method of making the demon fire gun!" ”

He paused, and then changed his words: "Firearms are a double-edged sword, which can be used to defend the country and invade other countries, so Japan needs to ensure that it will always maintain respect for the Celestial Empire, and must not disobey the yang and the yin, otherwise, Japan will be cursed by me, the true god!" ”

"Of course, of course, I will truthfully convey the teachings of the true God to the Emperor, ah no, His Majesty the King of Japan!"

The Japanese envoy was respectful on the surface, but in his heart he was quite unimpressed, and it was really a curse of God? Do you think you are one of those uncivilized fools? Can you still be scared by such a boring intimidation? Curses or something, it's complete nonsense.

Of course, Zhang Yuntian does not have the kindness to help the rise of Japan, he understands the truth of raising tigers, since Japan always likes to play smart and treat others as stupid forks, then he will plan and let them mistakenly think that they are confused, only in this way can they deeply understand the means of the Great Celestial Empire.

And the process of eliminating the demon fire gun is just a tool to paralyze Japan, Zhang Yuntian's words before were also very obscure, as long as Japan Yang Feng Yin violated, it will be punished, and the concept of Yang Feng Yin violation itself is very vague, it is easy to find loopholes, as for the curse or something, Zhang Yuntian has already thought of punishment measures, to deal with such a country, it is not worth using force, sacrificing the soldiers of the Celestial Empire, he has a powerful and powerful way, and he can make Japan self-destructive!

Interestingly, this method would not be ideal for any country bordering the Celestial Empire, and it would only be most effective in an island country surrounded by the ocean on all sides of Japan!