C454 Sell your country!

"Haha …" Hahaha … "Hahahaha …" After the deathly silence came a burst of crazy laughter. Shang Tai looked carefully and saw that it was Gong Cheng laughing.

"Amazing! To be able to experience such a wonderful reversal in my life, I have not wasted this trip. Even if my butt is broken, I will not lose anything. I will definitely not lose anything …" Gong Cheng laughed until he was angry.

The situation in the Ryukyu was already so complicated that it far exceeded the imagination of the people. Only now did the people here remember that the Japanese forces that had ruled the Ryukyu for hundreds of years had always been by their side, but only in a different form.

The survival philosophy of the Japanese was very realistic. If one could fight, they could immediately admit defeat if they could not win, and sincerely admit defeat and learn from you. Even if they used a hundred years to accumulate strength, they still had that tenacity.

The Japanese Shimadzu Family had controlled the Ryukyu for hundreds of years, so how could they easily withdraw from the Ryukyu's stage? After they tasted Xiao Letian's iron fist, they immediately changed their smiling faces and started on a new set of plans.

They knew that Xiao Letian's Foreign Legion could only recruit Japanese samurai like them. As long as you were a strong expert with martial arts, you could definitely create a better future than your own country in Ryukyu.

Yepingtai was still very charismatic among the Japanese wild warrior s. His and Bing Tai Lang's legendary experiences had caused countless Japanese wild warrior s to cross the sea and come here. The soldiers chosen by the knife drawing team were all elites among elites.

However, there were some special people among them, such as the inner disciples of various families, just like Taro Shimadzu, who were carrying the secret mission of their clan. They came here to scout for information on one hand, and to study on the other.

Of course, during the special times, when they felt that they could give their clan a chance to fight for benefits, they would not give up on every chance, just like the current Ryukyu.

Taro Shimadzu heard Gong Cheng's laughter, and his face turned even redder, "I'm sorry, my life is not under my control, I want to guarantee the interests of my family first, I am a part of the Shimadzu Family, I have no choice!"

stopped attacking, he was only separating Xue Ying and Gong Cheng, the bayonet had sealed all of the woman's attack routes.

At this time, the imperial guards finally encircled them, the fine rifles that Xiao Letian procured were aimed straight at Xue Ying, no one knew what to do next.

Jin Changsen was furious. "Shoot the two of them, shoot the traitors!"

"Shut up!" "I'm the boss here, when did you, the Minister of Rites, ever dare to overstep your boundaries and kill someone for your sake!" Just then, Shang Tai suddenly shouted out loudly, scaring Jin Changsen to the point that he almost fell down from the stairs.

He never thought that Shang Tai would scold him like this, to the point where he did not even care about face at all. This kind of thing had never happened before.

"Someone come!" Take Ling Mutai and Xue Ying down and imprison them in the Shouli City prison. Without my order, no one can get close to them.

Shang Tai glared at Xue Ying and Ling Mutai fiercely, "I was really blind to actually think that you two were loyal to me. I didn't expect you two to actually do something like an assassin … Take him away! "

Just then, Gong Cheng suddenly spoke out, "Your majesty, are you trying to shield the assassins? "How can we quell the anger of the people if we don't kill these disobedient officials who have broken the peace?"

"Foreign ministers asks for Your Majesty's order to kill the assassin and let the French see the sincerity of Ryukyu Kingdom's peace talks …"

Gong Cheng had not finished speaking when Shang Tai's cold gaze swept over him and shut his mouth, "Foreign ministers? You know you're a Foreign ministers! Do you dare to interfere in the internal affairs of my Ryukyu? Besides, who do you think you are? Tell me, what is your official position? "

With just a single sentence, Gong Banlun's face reddened, he did not expect the young Shang Tai to have such a sharp tongue, the old traitor suddenly discovered that his analysis of intelligence had been severely wrong.

In all of Shang Tai's years in power, he had never been so domineering. He was the envoy kneeling at the foot of the stairs, the Ryukyu King reprimanding him in such a mighty and domineering manner.

"If you want to negotiate, then you have to show your sincerity. Of course, I will punish the assassins, but if you want to do it properly and pass the Ministry of Justice's judicial process, how can you do it so easily?" The governance of a country is like cooking a small fish. If a person's head is dropped, it will not be able to be reattached. How can one not be cautious! "

"And the sincerity that you mentioned, please look up at the refugee camps in the mountains. Almost all the families in Ryukyu have filial piety, and all the households have dead people. Do not declare war, and kill the civilians! "" No, no

"Gong Cheng, let me ask you now, do the French want to negotiate? Stop playing around with me, and don't even think of doing anything to scare me. My Ryukyu is already in such a miserable state, we won't care if we lose a lot of blood … "

In the end, Shang Tai actually shouted like a bandit, "Pui! F * ck my god, don't be arrogant among the French, forcing people into a corner is just doing all the work. When we, the five hundred thousand citizens of the Ryukyu fight to the end, even if there's one soldier left, we can still fight them to the death … So what if I give him a dead city?! "

The faces of Gong Cheng and the other officials paled immediately. The usually courteous King Shang Tai actually spoke dirty words today, could this be something the Prime Minister wanted to teach him? Indeed, from time to time, the Prime Minister would swear.

"Your majesty, well said! The contract isn't obsequiously obtained, it's based on us showing our might. Without our desperate resistance these few days, would the French negotiate? "They will only continue to fight …"

The voice had come from the mountain road, and the person speaking was General Cai Mao. Beside him was Letian Firm, Fan Lian.

When Jin Changsen and the others saw that Fan Lian had appeared, the corners of their eyes involuntarily twitched, and even Shang Tai's expression became somewhat unnatural.

old shopkeeper walked in front of everyone as if he was flying, "You want to negotiate? "Then let's talk. The Prime Minister isn't hurt when he's at Liang Kun's place. As his father-in-law, isn't it too much to just listen for a bit?"

"It's not too much, it's not too much!" The senior officials said embarrassedly.

old shopkeeper glanced at Gong Cheng as he cupped his hands and said to Shang Tai, "National affairs have been discussed already, my Young Master can't stand the barbaric method of using violence without a word. I have already dissuaded the trouble caused by the student soldier at the foot of the mountain just now, so the university students are easily agitated.

When Shang Tai heard old shopkeeper's slow tone, he quickly smiled and gave an old man a way to speak. "How could it be, I don't blame you all, I won't blame you all, in the evening I will post a public notice to the university, I will forgive all the impulses of these students …"

"Alright, many thanks your majesty …" Fan Lian turned to look at Gong Cheng: "Mr. Gong, Prime Minister Xiao is not a bloodthirsty person, he thirsts for peace more than anyone else. But my Prime Minister thirsts for dignity more than anyone else.

Speaking till here, the old shopkeeper glared at Gong Cheng with eyes as sharp as swords, "A superficial plan to sow discord truly doesn't fit your name. We Ryukyu's officials do not have as many dirty thoughts as you think … "This is good as long as the country is small. There are less people and fewer people. Even if you have factions, there aren't that many. It's not like you have so many mortal enemies to bear in mind!"

His words caused all the officials present to secretly raise their big brothers in their hearts, even Gong Cheng started to admire him. This old businessman Shang Hai had been floating his entire life, and his understanding of the human heart was not inferior to that of the political figures in the imperial court.

Ryukyu did not care what kind of force they were, in fact, their entire sect only consisted of a few tens of high-ranking officials. It was not like the Great Qing Dynasty where the number of high-ranking officials could be counted on a single hand.

Qing Liu, Chinese Officer, Manchu, royalty, descendant, Meng … In the future, he would need to add in a new faction, bringing all sorts of power to the surface. There were at least dozens of different factions, including him and his faction.

No one had ever said that they would represent a certain force, and there wouldn't be a situation where the collective mentality of the entire force would waver.

The Ryukyu was not like that. They had so few people in their sect, and as long as they had the patience and hard work, they could discuss and communicate with each other and turn the whole opposing force against them.

We have long understood your, Gong Cheng's, tricks to sow discord. To tell you the truth, it's useless, even if there's a bit of opposition in a small place like Ryukyu, we have the patience to fight for their hearts back bit by bit! "

Gong Cheng crawled up from the ground and patted the dirt on his knees. Out of the corner of his eyes, he swept his gaze over Taro Shimadzu's body. As expected of the God of Fortune of the Northern Lands, his clear and bright mind was really impressive … "Un, the smell of the cigar on you is quite strong. I know what I'm doing, it's definitely top-notch Cuban goods!"

Fan Lian took out two cigars from the sleeves of his coat, "Ah, his nose is sharp enough, this is a personal item that the American merchants specially brought for me, I wouldn't give it to an ordinary person … Have a smoke! " After saying this, the two old men struck a match and lit a cigarette towards the fire.

After spitting out a few mouthfuls of smoke, Gong Cheng let out a long sigh as he turned and bowed towards Shang Tai and the other important officials, "Your Majesty … Honored ministers, may I speak the truth … I can't really do it anywhere in the UK! "

"Everyone 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 government!"

"I, Gong Cheng, will bring the British and French combined forces to burn the Yuan Ming Yuan, but if I don't burn the Yuan Ming Yuan, then the British and French combined forces who has lost her patience will burn the Forbidden City! I'm afraid none of you know this secret … I also admit that Gong Banlun helped negotiate the treaty between the strong but you all do not know that even though the treaty was a disgrace to the powerful nations, it protected the Great Qing Empire! "

"Why did the foreigners send troops to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Why did he sell the most advanced Gun cannon to the Great Qing? The treaty may seem like a loss, but signing the treaty is also a restriction for the foreigners. At least, they have acknowledged Manchu as the owner of this country on paper and in black and white! "

The old man sighed and patted his thigh, "Don't look at how fierce Manchu is scolding us, it was because they didn't understand it then. Now look at them, are we still scolding? This time, they understood, they spent money to make English and French acknowledge Manchu's Zheng Shuo, because this is the biggest benefit! "

"Hiss …" The surrounding people gasped, especially Fan Lian, Shang Tai, and the others, they all felt as if their hearts were being struck by lightning, because Xiao Letian had also said the same thing, but that was in the most secret class.

"Sell it, sell it, everyone sell it!" I, Gong Cheng, originally thought that relying on an Englishman would not make me worry, but when the Manchu dynasty understood and started to sell my own country, I wasn't even worth anything! "

Speaking to here, the traitor kneeled on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Foreign ministers is already old. How many more years can he live? I have to find myself a way to retire! "