C945 Forcing

"Prime Minister!" Xiao Hexin's lips were trembling uncontrollably as he hurriedly tried to persuade his, "Prime minister, even if you know that Xiao Hexin didn't mean it that way, he was doing it for our own good!"

Sima Yun shook his head: "Prime Minister, we understand everything you say, we understand! But have you thought about it? We have already reached this point, which is pushing a big rock up the mountain. You can't even if you want to go down the mountain, as long as you don't push that huge rock, you'll smash us to death! "

"Don't believe me, we brothers were all born into bitter families. Due to fate, we started revolting in the Heavenly Kingdom, then became bandits, and then followed you, Sir …"

"We have witnessed the rise and fall of a dynasty with our own eyes. We have seen the rise and fall of a dynasty with our own eyes, and we have seen the rise and fall of a dynasty with our own eyes. Wasn't it just an improper act on the part of the generals, or the founding elders of the country? "It doesn't matter, since we'll be able to get a bite of peaceful food from that place with our status anyway!"

"But if we can retreat, can the others? Prime Minister, have you thought about the brothers in the new army, the craftsmen in the factories, the employees in the banks and the foreign banks, and even the hundreds of thousands of citizens in Ryukyu? "

Sima Yun said with a sorrowful look, "If we want to leave, we can leave. Whether it's the United States or Prussia, or even the South America, or the newly established Canada, with our current prestige, anyone would think highly of us …"

"But the hundreds of thousands of people who follow you can emigrate together? "When you give up your rights and who will protect their lives, will our enemies retaliate? When that time comes, they will be the ones to die …"

Luo Huo could no longer sit still. If those bastards didn't take care of him in one day, he would turn the tables on them! There are a lot of people who hate us in this world. Sir, you have to consider these hundreds of thousands of people who want to follow you! "

Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun and even Luo Huo had expressed their opinions, and at this moment, Xiao Letian's gaze was fixated on Wang Huaiyuan's body.

Wang Huaiyuan still had that gloomy personality. He would not directly say what he thought, and would only use a few secret information to attack him.

"Does everyone still remember the traitor Yang Zhi? Right now, this fellow has already been hidden in the Western Mountain by Prince Kung and the rest. "Don't look at me like that. It was the Prime Minister who ordered us to stop the execution order. This is also one of the conditions for Manchu to stop when we negotiate bonds with the imperial government …"

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether Yang Zhi dies or not. When he is separated from us, when he cannot continuously accept new knowledge and new ideas, he will only be able to live by eating his old books, and sooner or later, the Manchu will squeeze out all of his value and throw it aside as a foot-cleaning rag."

"What I want to say is why Yang Zhi fled … "Actually, it's my fault. I found out that his life was getting more and more luxurious and wanted to remind him of a few things, but in the end, my lord's unwillingness to take another step forward was revealed. Just as you said, pour some cold water ahead of time!"

"I never thought that this cold water would be a hopeless poison for Yang Zhi! He is an old veteran of the Taibai Top. From the time he opened the silver furnace with his own silver coin, he was a core guard and has also contributed a lot in the past few years … "

"When Yang Zhi was privately chatting with the veterans, he had said many times that the Prime Minister would ascend to the peak in the future. No matter what, he had to be a marquis, or at the very least a duke, or something of the sort.

"All the luxury right now is in fact a kind of rehearsal for a more luxurious life in the future. In the end, how many people in Ryukyu follow the Prime Minister for your dream, and how many of them are there for money? "

Wang Huaiyuan didn't wait for everyone's reply and said to himself, "I think only ten percent will definitely pursue their dreams, right? Only ten percent of people who absolutely seek enjoyment... Moreover, 80% of the citizens are very complicated. They have ordinary people's schemes, and in their dreams, the best would of course be to follow the prime minister and achieve his dreams while reaping rich rewards! "

"This is human nature, a human nature that can never be changed. I don't care what sort of decision you make, my lord, but I'm just reminding you that you can only direct human nature like water, don't even think of stopping it …"

At this point, other than the Frenchman Kevin, everyone else had expressed their attitude towards him. Xiao Letian's face became uglier and uglier, "How can I not understand the logic behind your words … But do you know what it means to take a step forward? That means the lives and deaths of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people! "

"Haven't you fought enough civil wars? Haven't you killed enough people? "Since when have the interests of our four hundred thousand people surpassed the interests of the hundreds of millions of people in China?"

"If we do this for our own benefits, we can disregard the lives of others, and even care about the lives of billions of people … Then, what's the difference between us and that Qing Dynasty? Is this the path that I want to take you guys on! "

The hall fell into a deathly silence once again. This was a contest of two completely different ideologies, two completely different values. Some things were like a man's braid and a woman's foot, already becoming a tumor in the nation.

Although everyone knew that the tumor looked really ugly and dangerous, no one would use a knife to cut it off. It was too painful! And it can kill you if you can't cut it.

Thus, most people still chose to muddle through the days when they were half asleep and half awake, choosing to lose their sight, not willing to face this difficult problem. Just like what Li Hongzhang had truly said in his later years in history, he was just a shedding shack window, plastered with a layer of white paper that could barely fit him.

If he pushed down this broken house and built a new one, not to mention whether it could be built, even the people who squeezed in to hide from the wind and rain would have to tear him apart.

Xiao Letian encountered an unprecedented pressure today. For the first time, he felt a strong desire from his subordinates to overthrow this broken house, establish a new order, and at the same time, realize his dream of increasing his own value, and change the fate of his own life and that of his descendants.

This was a very strong desire, just like the hurricane in the Pacific summer, sweeping through everything! Even Xiao Letian, the creator and agitator, was trapped inside.

Xiao Letian's mouth was filled with bitterness as he kept muttering to himself, seemingly trying to explain to his brothers, but in reality, he was just trying to cheer himself on.

"Don't force me! The heavens didn't bring me into this world for me to follow the old path. I can't repeat that endless killing spiral … Push it down and rebuild it, then push it down and rebuild it again! "

"In the past, we were a closed agricultural country. If we don't take this road, then we really have no choice. But now, the era has changed, and it has really changed. We are facing an open world, a new world that we have never seen before! Don't tell me we have to follow the old path? "

Xiao Hexin roared: "Prime minister! No matter how the world changes... Human nature did not change! The selfishness and greed in human nature would not change! You have to worry about that! "