In the night, Zhang Xiaowen staggered out of the barracks, followed by two eunuchs who sent him big and small, two gold ingots weighing ten taels were stuffed into the hands of the eunuchs, Zhang Xiaowen finally heard a little inside information.

It turns out that the little emperor wants to cultivate his own lineage, not the kind of loyal minister who kowtows and shouts false slogans in the court, the little emperor wants to form his own team, and he will not even be loyal to the court and the Qing Dynasty.

Zhang Xiaowen's heart was like a cowhide war drum, and fear and excitement were intertwined, making him dizzy in front of his eyes.

Businessmen naturally like politics, but they are also afraid of politics, and if they follow a big person, they will naturally soar, but if they are wrong, it will be a catastrophe.

However, there is still a little bit of expectation in Zhang Xiaowen's eyes, Emperor Tongzhi is only 11 years old this year, and his mind is so deep, he can understand all kinds of secrets in the court, is it really the reincarnation of the Holy Monarch? Or is it that Prime Minister Xiao Cheng taught well?

"No, I want to return to China immediately, even if I don't do hundreds of thousands of taels of business, I have to report the good news to the big shopkeeper in person!" Zhang Xiaowen carried a line of small characters mentioned by the emperor's imperial pen in his arms, which was a valuable gift to Hu Xueyan.

No agriculture, no stability, no work, no wealth, no business, no life, no soldiers, no prosperity!

This is a passage that Xiao Letian once told the little emperor, Zaichun is the golden rule of his own governance, this passage has a preliminary concept of equality of all people, and the brainwashing education of the little emperor has achieved initial results.

When Zhang Xiaowen saw the four words "no business, no life", tears fell down like flowing seawater, he cried like a child, he knew that with this sentence, Hu Xueyan could dedicate the lives of the whole clan to the emperor.

For thousands of years, an emperor has been fair, and the merchants have finally waited for their spring.

Zhang Xiaowen trotted all the way back to the semicolon to pack up briefly, and took advantage of the night to board the sea ship and go straight to Shanghai.

Zaichun couldn't hide everything he did from Xiao Letian's eyes, and he didn't expect to hide it, as soon as Zhang Xiaowen left Emperor Tongzhi, he ordered Ermao to report the cause and effect to the master.

The corners of Xiao Letian's mouth curled up when he heard this, "Young is good, the brain is not pedantic and not stubborn, if this is changed to an older emperor who has been completely brainwashed by Confucianism, even if he cuts me half of the country, I won't teach him to ......"

"Knowing how to divide society into analyses and judgments, knowing that abandoning the empty face and pursuing the real lining, it means that he has become enlightened, it's good to leave him alone and let him do it, when Hu Xueyan comes to Ryukyu, I also want to meet him......"

The night was dark, but Xiao Lotian had no intention of sleeping, the mountain-like text in the candlelight needed his instructions, the wet and cold sea breeze blew in from the window, and the bitter coffee was already cold, but Xiao Lotian had long forgotten it.

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Winter in the Ryukyus is short-lived, except that there are few typhoons for a month or two, and there is some autumn in the morning and evening. As soon as March begins, the warm and humid Pacific water vapor mass brings abundant rainfall.

During this period of time, the government affairs of the Ryukyus were carried out step by step, and the training of recruits was more in-depth, even the little emperor participated in the training of live ammunition target shooting, and the four guards had already been sent to Snake Island to survive in the wild.

The laying of submarine cables is also very smooth, along the main island of the Ryukyus all the way north, there are too many small islands, and the submarine cable can have an island as a base station every once in a while. Moreover, Xiao Letian ordered the laying from the north and south ends together, which shortened the construction period even more, and it is estimated that the two cable ships will be able to meet on Amami Oshima Island in June, and then the Japanese information will be able to arrive in an instant.

There is still a lot of good news, in early March, the news of Napoleon III finally came to France, Xiao Letian's negotiation conditions were accepted by France in full, and the islands of Tahiti were exchanged for the lives of all French prisoners, while the external claim that the island was bought by Xiao Lotian with money.

A few captured warships were also left, saying that Napoleon III really had no face to let these warships go back to Europe, and he couldn't stand the cynicism in the European aristocratic circles.

In the sea breeze of Naha Port, Xiao Lotian saw off the knight Molière, and countless new army soldiers almost blew up the camp during the signing ceremony, and when Molière, the executioner, and the French prisoners of war began to board the ship, there was a commotion on the shore, and stones and garbage flew all over the sky, and Molière was hit by a pebble in the forehead and a large blood bag.

Under the desperate pressure of Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Luo Huo and other generals, the French finally boarded the ship safely, but everyone was in a bad mood.

But after the ceremony, Long Ye saw a top-secret news, which immediately made the angry soldiers smile, it turned out that Xiao Lotian and Long Ye secretly transported a group of prostitutes from Southeast Asia, and these women were unfortunately infected with flower willow disease.

That's right, it's the willow disease that Europeans sent to the whole world. In Asia, willow disease is actually an imported product, a bacterium native to Europe that was brought to the world by seafaring sailors.

In China, only the medical books of the Ming Dynasty have recorded this disease, and before the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese were extremely blessed, without any protective measures, and you do not have to be afraid in the slightest.

Today's Yin Xiao Letian exchanged his human way for his own body, and the virus that you Europeans brought to the world will be sent back to you intact.

"Isn't it rumored in Europe that Molière and the Emperor have broken their sleeves? It's better to let him also contract a willow disease, this is retribution!"

Long Ye is now also in charge of some intelligence organizations, especially those people in the southern green forest who fled to Nanyang, and they need Long Ye to personally organize and command.

Because of Xiao Letian's promise, Long Ye took the banner of the future China Jingwu Association and began to desperately recruit the tycoons of the rivers and lakes, and these overseas Chinese who were in a foreign land were all crazy when they heard that they would dare to follow Long Ye to get an official body in the future.

The various gangs in Nanyang regard Long Ye as the big leader, and they have become a force that should not be underestimated in Xiao Letian's hands.

Long Ye ordered to order the prostitutes who had Hualiu disease, although this request was a little perverted, but no one dared not listen, only more than half a month, more than 300 indigenous female monkeys loaded the ship and went north.

The French are known for their lust all over the world, and of course they call themselves romantic, but there is no difference between being lustful and being romantic when you take off your pants.

Three hundred Nanyang prostitutes met the physical needs of thousands of captives, and also took away the small gifts they sent to the whole world, including the Molière knights.

Of course, there is still an incubation period for this disease, and when they return to France and start to get sick, it will not be blamed on Xiao Letian's head.

Sending off the unlucky French Expeditionary Force, Xiao Lotian ushered in the jubilant Sakamoto Ryoma and Takasugi Shinsaku, listening to the good news they brought, Xiao Lotian not only smiled but frowned.

"What did you say? During this time, shogunate officials, samurai, and ninjas were assassinated by you in large numbers?

"Tokugawa Yoshiki locked himself up in Edo Castle, and he knew how to drink and have fun every day?

Xiao Lotian slammed the table, "You've been tricked, you've been tricked! The shogunate is paralyzing you, what they are planning is to win a surprise battle, you have already been poisoned!"

"Nani?" the two leaders of the Fallen Curtain Sect looked incredulous, "Please also make it clear to the Prime Minister!"

Xiao Lotian shook his head and sighed, and simply repeated the various possibilities of the new army's performance before, and in the end, Takasugi Shinsaku and Sakamoto Ryoma were full of cold sweat.

"No, I'm going to go back to Japan right away, I'm going to meet the lord of the domain!" Shinsaku Takasugi turned around and was about to leave, but Ryoma Sakamoto grabbed his clothes.

"It's useless, now the lords of the four feudal clans have become fanatical, they have been carried away by the victory, if you go to pour cold water now, they will even remove your command...... What kind of combat effectiveness can the Odd Soldiers have without your command?"

"Then what do you say?" Of course, Takasugi Shinsaku would not give up his command, not because he was attached to power, but because he was not at ease with letting those fanatical samurai command the army. Japan's current situation is very special, and it completely follows the Qing Dynasty to two extremes.

In the Qing Kingdom, there were too many calm people and too few hot-blooded people, but in Japan there are countless hot-blooded people, and there are not many wise people who can think calmly.

Takasugi Shinsaku and Sakamoto Ryoma did not dare to claim to be wise men, but they were rare calm people in Japan, and if it were not for this group of people who desperately pulled Japan's national policy away, I am afraid that after the Russo-Japanese War, Japan would have entered the warlord government.

The real history is also like this, when Ito Hirobumi, the last civilian official who could deter the military during the Japanese Restoration, was stabbed to death in Harbin, and when Yama Prefecture Aritomo, the ancestor of the Japanese warlord who monopolized the military and government, came to power, Japan's national fortunes were already heading towards the abyss, and there was no turning back.

Xiao Letian's view is very clear that the limited group of Japanese civilian officials cultivated in the Reform Movement, that is, the so-called strategists, must have one to protect the other, and if there is no civilian government to suppress the military, then Japan will definitely choose militarism.

If Xiao Lotian can't protect these elite Japanese civil officials and let them fall one by one, then in the end, Xiao Lotian really has no choice but to directly send troops to occupy Japan.

However, direct control of Japan by force is the last and last resort, and it cannot be used lightly unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Calm down! Have you forgotten the old Chinese proverb? Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his color remained unchanged, this is the great husband! If you are so impatient and rough, what can you do?"

"Even if the shogunate has a move, it will be the second half of the year, so what's the matter with you guys messing around now? I'm so disappointed......"

Xiao Letian's scolding and frightened two people hurriedly bowed deeply and apologized, "Hai...... The prime minister's lesson is, please teach me!"

"I don't have time now, there will be guests coming to visit in a while, you two go talk to Noheita, Hyotaro and Shimazu Dairo first, they are also the pioneers of your Japanese samurai, go and listen to their opinions......"

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