Chapter 178: The True Form Is Revealed
Lin Dong, the Japanese minister to China, was still in Tianjin at this time, and was directly arrested from the consulate by a group of loyal soldiers early in the morning, and then stuffed into a car and sent to Beijing.
"Your Excellency, you must give me a reasonable explanation as to why the Japanese Army reservists appeared among the rebels in our country and commanded the battle as senior commanders, so much so that they inflicted thousands of casualties on the rebels." Yang Feng said with a cruel smile lying in front of him.
"I protest, protest against you treating a diplomat with such barbarism." Lin Dong, who was tortured by motion sickness and turned his face white, said angrily.
"As a country that survives on the handouts of others, you are not qualified to protest anything against me, this question must be answered immediately, and I am not speaking to you in my capacity as the premier of China, but as the chairman of the American company Ambrera. I have to pay ten million pounds sterling for the treatment and care of their families, and I wonder if your government should compensate me for the death of nine hundred and sixty employees, three hundred and twenty wounded, and almost a thousand wounded, as a result of the command of your country's soldiers in the rebels. If your country does not make compensation, then I will speak to your government as the prince of Jeju-kun of the Kingdom of Korea and the protector of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Seed King, but the mental wounds of the people of these two countries have not yet healed? Yang Feng said viciously.
Lin Dong almost fainted, although as a diplomat, shamelessness is a necessary virtue, but a person who is shameless to such an extent still feels a little outrageous, of course he has to endure this humiliation.
"Mr. Yang!"
"Please call me the King of Zhennan, now my identity is the King of Zhennan of the Great Qing Kingdom." Yang Feng drank tea and said lightly.
Well, Lin Dong is no longer interested in thinking about his identity in one sentence. He suppressed his anger and said, "Your Royal Highness King Zhennan, I can only tell you about this matter, their actions have nothing to do with the Japanese government, they are just accepting the employment of your government at that time in a private capacity, and they signed ordinary commercial contracts. ”
"Then why can't I find this contract, and the people we captured can't provide it themselves." Yang Feng said, this is the truth, Dashanyan and the others did not sign any contract, he was ordered to be in danger, how could he take care of studying these details.
"Perhaps, maybe it's lost?" Lin Dong said in a weak tone. Dashan Yan and others helped the Qing army He knew, and even had the connivance of the Japanese government, they very much hoped to use the hands of the Qing army to greatly weaken Yang Feng's strength, if this Chinese civil war lasted for a long time, it would undoubtedly be the most beneficial to Japan, but no one expected the Qing army to be defeated so quickly, several times the number of troops, countless ammunition reserves, plus a strong city. It was defeated in a week's time, which has already dropped countless glasses.
"Your Excellency, are you insulting my intelligence? Let's not dwell on these meaningless things, I'll just get to the point. Because your soldiers have caused me great losses on the battlefield, your government must be liable for compensation, five million pounds, if you do not compensate. Then don't blame me for being unkind. Yang Feng said coldly.
"King Zhennan..."Lin Dong's words were interrupted by Yang Feng before he could finish speaking: "Your Excellency the Minister, I said don't say those meaningless words anymore, this world speaks with fists." As long as I want to, there are countless ways to turn this into a conspiracy by the Japanese government to aid our rebels, and then send troops to attack Japan again, you should know that making up stories is my forte, right? What's more, you have prepared enough materials for me, as for international support, you don't have to think about it, now Japan has no value to the great powers, no one will care about your life or death, but I am different, I am more important to them than you, in this case, they will not mind if I vent my anger, as if the Hiroshima area has not been damaged in any way, right? Maybe next time I should land in Xiaguan. Yang Feng said unceremoniously.
Lin Dong was completely stupid, he was now as helpless as a little girl covered in bruises in the face of a gorilla, and he or Japan was really powerless in front of Yang Feng's power.
"His Royal Highness the King of Zhennan, five million pounds is too much." He said in a dry tone.
"Ha, this is the attitude that is in line with your identity, remember not to be crooked in front of me in the future, the weak should have the consciousness of the weak, but this money is indispensable, but considering your financial situation, it can be paid in installments, ten years, as for the interest, it will be calculated according to the interest you borrowed in the UK." Yang Feng said casually.
"I need to report back home." Lin Dong said with difficulty, he knew that Yang Feng could really say and do.
"Of course, this is necessary, but let me tell Prime Minister Okuma that you are not qualified to negotiate." Yang Feng sneered and said, of course he can't miss the opportunity to send him to the door like this, and the rope around Japan's neck can't be slackened at all.
After sending Lin Dong away, Lafayette also returned to Beijing, but Manager Li did not come back, he probably knew the fate of coming back, so while the soldiers escorting him were not paying attention, he ran to a cliff and jumped down, at the same time as Lafayette returned to Beijing, the Gubeikou defenders reported that Guiziliu committed suicide in the process of being pursued, and the body was being transported here, but Pu Jie has not been found so far, a young man like him is indeed not so easy to find in the mountains and forests.
Pu Jie doesn't have any meaning to Yang Feng if he can't run, the devil is dead, Cixi was captured and this is enough, although Lafayette's experience in the process of fleeing is very embarrassing, but at her age, she is also very open to this kind of thing, after sending her to the palace, His Royal Highness King Zhennan is ready to throw aside this woman who has dominated the country for decades, but to his surprise, Lafayette actually wants to see him, and the two really haven't met yet.
After redressing and dressing up, Cixi couldn't hide the feeling of being like ashes, she looked at Yang Feng who was standing in front of her and bowed, sighed softly and said, "Move a stool for King Zhennan." ”
The eunuch next to him hurriedly moved a stool for Yang Feng, Cixi looked up and looked outside, a loyal army officer in a ceremonial dress was seducing a little palace maid, the little girl's smile looked good in the sun, this scene seemed to give her a lot of good memories, and there was actually a smile on the zombie-like face.
"The mourning family just wants to ask, why are you no longer selling the emperor this time, to say that the price that the mourning family gave you later is no lower than him, you should know that the mourning family is such an old woman, and she has always been a passable mix to the court, but the emperor is young and vigorous, and he is tossed by you like this, although he endured this breath for a while, but it won't be long when his strength is enough, he will definitely attack you, so no matter how you look at it, you feel that the mourning family is on the throne and it is more beneficial to you than the emperor on the throne." Cixi said somewhat curiously.
"Because that's exactly what I want." Yang Feng said very frankly.
"I understand, in the final analysis, we still think your ambition is too small, what you want is not a throne, what you want is a country, so you would rather help someone who will break with you, than help someone who is willing to go down with you, but how do you know that you will always win, the mourning family does not know the benefits of reform to the country, but a woman in the mourning family does not dare, so she can only use Li Hongzhang and these people to let them tinker, but the emperor dares, if his new policy is successful, can you still play when the soldiers are strong?" Cixi said.
"You don't have this ability, does the emperor have this ability, just by relying on him and his subordinates who are just nerds who have read a few foreign travel books, what kind of reform can be carried out, do you know how much trouble and blood the reform of the great powers has taken and how much blood has been shed? Even the simplest of Japan has to have a Southwest War! The most gradual Britain had to go through a series of wars in the Cromwell era, and France, which had the largest span, turned reform into revolution, and paid no less price than our Hongyang Rebellion, do you think the emperor has this ability to shine through the ages? Yang Feng said with a funny face.
"That's why you have to help him, you want him to mess up the country by himself, even if it's not messy, you have to push him to mess up, and when the chaos starts, you can take the opportunity to learn from that Wang Mang." Cixi smiled happily at this time.
Yang Feng also nodded cooperatively.
"First of all, you want him to be a mother-killing tyrant first, so you will spare no effort to arrest the mourning family and play this play for you." Cixi continued.
Yang Feng nodded again.
"Then if you make a chess piece, you have to pay the mourning family, right? Otherwise, the mourning family will not wait for the emperor to come and end it by himself, and then he will plant you a black pot to kill me. Cixi said with a smile.
"Queen Mother, please speak, if it's not too embarrassing, I'll consider it." Yang Feng said.
"It's not a big deal, my sister is dead, and after the emperor comes back, it's hard to say whether she will remember that little bit of nephew affection, so my mother's family will bother you to take care of it, others don't say it, the queen is quite innocent, and in the future, she will suffer that crime in the cold palace, it is better for you to take her out to find an ordinary family to marry, speaking of which, you probably don't understand the thoughts of our women in the palace, and sometimes I really envy the lives of those ordinary people." Cixi said with a sigh.
"Yes, I can promise that." Yang Feng said.
"Alright, then you can step down!" Cixi took a sip of ginseng tea and said lightly.
Yang Feng hurriedly withdrew from Changchun Palace, looked at the sunlight squeezed out of the clouds outside, and then looked at the men and women with hair in their eyes, and shook his head very embarrassedly, as if he was a wet man. (To be continued......)