Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Itou Hirobumi was indeed a smart person, as long as this kind of person gave him a small loophole, he would acutely discover and think of all sorts of ways to pry it open for her own use.

The entire plan was completely formulated for Itou Hirobumi, surrounding Xiao Letian's unborn child, a new and emerging power was linking up and gradually taking shape.

Why did Itou Hirobumi do this? The answer was simple, it was all about power. Itou Hirobumi had studied abroad in the British, he obviously knew what the Western World was like. He had a much deeper understanding of industrial power than Sakamoto Ryoma, and a lot of knowledge was involved in new political, financial, and trade fields.

Xiao Letian was actually very willing to cultivate Itou Hirobumi, because this was a real piece of unpolished jade. As long as it was slightly sculpted and lasted four or five years, it would be useful to him.

However, luck was also good luck! Although Itou Hirobumi had the ability, unfortunately for him, he did not meet Xiao Letian at the very first moment. This meant that he did not appear at the time when Xiao Letian needed the most talented people.

When Xiao Letian led the troops into Fu Sang, the first and second echelons of officials had basically formed by his side. At this time, Xiao Letian already had a lot of leeway to choose his subordinates, which was the most important, and the most important thing was for them to be loyal and to approve Xiao Letian's concept of governing a country.

This was especially the case for the acknowledgement of the Chinese clan! Their relationship was very complex, when Xiao Letian's power was still very weak at the start, observing a person's loyalty was usually very simple.

Because you are so weak that a Japanese name can be easily trampled to death, and a late Qing high ranking official can be humiliated, to be able to follow you without any hesitation at this stage, that loyalty must be unquestionable.

But with Xiao Letian's influence gradually growing, the Ryukyu, the Special Zone, the Nan Yang, Fu Sang and even the Ikek of the distant South America Continent all had their own strongholds. When the new army becomes the strongest army in Asia, it will not be easy for you to see the people's hearts clearly.

Because you are already strong, the flattering and the fortunate will surround you, and these pretentious liars will escape you, making it impossible to tell if he is going to die for you, or just for your power and money.

Furthermore, Xiao Letian could not even guarantee that these new members were sent by the enemy forces to death.

CIA's work was getting busier and busier. If the previous CIA spent 40% of his energy on internal affairs, then now, she had already spent 60% of his energy on internal inspection. Truly, she had only used 40% of his energy on external scouting.

Luckily, Xiao Letian was able to keep adding manpower and resources to the CIA, otherwise, most of CIA's espionage activities would have stopped.

Of course, Itou Hirobumi could see the glass ceiling, it looked transparent without any obstructions, as though everyone could easily advance upwards. But the more you work, the more you would feel the toughness of the ceiling, bumping into it would be easier said than done.

Itou Hirobumi was not one to let nature take its course, he was very good at hunting for opportunities. In fact, as the Deputy Chief of the CIA Branch, he had already released a lot of insider news when Hu Niu came to Fu Sang for delivery.

He had carefully investigated the background of the two madams, their family background, and the number of allies they had within Xiao Letian's power. He had also carefully inquired about their background, as well as about how many concubines Xiao Letian had.

With all the information gathered together, Itou Hirobumi made a preliminary judgement. First of all, the power and background of the first wife, Fu Hui, was greatly enhanced by the second wife.

But regretfully, Fu Hui was older than Xiao Letian, and had been married several times already, but still did not give birth to any offspring. Now that sshe was walking together with Xiao Letian, he felt very awkward, and suspected that it would be difficult for Fu Hui to give birth to a crown prince.

On the other hand, Second Madam's political power and background were much weaker. However, being born into a merchant family, she had a great influence on the Chinese financial system and business system. Furthermore, the future world war was ultimately governed by money.

Most importantly, Second Madam was already pregnant. Once she gave birth to her son, she would be the perfect Crown Prince. Of course, he was not one of the top ranked under Xiao Letian's command, but as long as Nu Nu worked hard enough to become one of the crown prince's aides, he would definitely be number one.

He was still young and had the time to bear with it. He would rather be the head of a chicken than the head of a cow. A true man should be like this!

After establishing the target, the next step would be to make a plan for the operation, and any plan would require a helper.

Itou Hirobumi started to interact with some of her peers from the reformist. For example, Zhu Zhongjingshang, the Wen Chen who was very familiar with Xiao Letian but was not highly valued, was Ivy's best ally.

In order to further improve their relationship, they decided to set up the princes' faction and support Xiao Letian's son as their master. As long as the crown prince started to take part in politics, this group of people would stand up for him.

Not only that, the two of them also set their sights on the massive foreign names of Japan, such as the former Song Fan, the Black Stone Fan, the eight vassal lords s, and so on. These names all belonged to the small vassal lords s that were around one hundred thousand stones, and among the foreign names, they were the weakest.

There were basically three types of vassal lords s under the control of the Tsurukawa's Palace. One was the martial general family that had followed the Tokugawa before it had matured, just like the sons and daughters of the Eight Flag. The martial general family was the closest to the vassal lords.

The name of the family was known as the vassal lords, and the so-called relationship between the family and the Tokugawa was especially good, especially during the important battle of Kan Lu and Guan Yuan in Japan. It was also known as the name of the vassal lords to stand firmly in the faction of the Tokugawa.

For example, Fukushima, Tanaka, Kato, Hei Tian, and the other military and general families all received generous rewards because they had chosen the right one and became the vassal lords.

As for the foreign generals, they chose the wrong teams in Guan Yuan's battle. After being defeated, they quickly surrendered and received punishment, but their families were not wiped out.

For example, Mao Li and Island Jin were both in the wrong team back then, but because their power was greater than the Tokugawa, they could only reduce the fiefdom, lower the official status, and control the fiefdom. This was the most tragic of them all.

Three hundred years of trials and hardships, the Tsurukawa's Palace's rule was like an iron bucket, all the famous names did not dare to rebel, those foreign names had been suppressed for three hundred years without any chance of turning the situation around, and now Itou Hirobumi was giving them a chance.

Of course, Xiao Letian was very clear about the internal conflicts of the Japanese Curtain Palace. However, Xiao Letian did not wish for Japan to fall into chaos for the time being, so he had to borrow the power of the Tsurukawa's Palace to maintain Fu Sang's stability.

It was precisely because of this that Xiao Letian did not use his outer name – this hidden power. In truth, if Xiao Letian were to personally give these foreign names a chance to board the chariot, then Xiao Letian would be able to gather at least a hundred thousand warriors.

Xiao Letian did not do so, but in the end, he had taken advantage of his own son. Itou Hirobumi began to make connections in private, showing his hope for the future in front of this show.