Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 44 - Great Clear's Dung Sweepers

If Xiao Letian was present, he would definitely applaud Weng Tonghe. Although the ancient Chinese people were skilled in light techniques, they placed great importance on strategy. This was a common disease among the literati, and they liked to point fingers on the paper.

However, this was not a derogatory term. In ancient times, true scholars did not understand military strategies. For example, in recent times, Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek and even further Sun Yat-sen had never entered a military academy. However, their grasp of the overall strategy was far greater than that of an ordinary person.

There was no other way around it. This was the unique skills of Chinese scholars. Those who were familiar with history books naturally had a different view from ordinary people. Weng Tonghe's reasoning was something that the scholars could not argue against at this point in time. The East Warm Pavilion was silent and no one could refute him.

Later, Fu Qing had told Xiao Letian about the meeting of the East Warm Pavilion, and Xiao Letian had shook his head at that time, "Regarding Weng Tonghe's logic, you all are unable to refute it, other than me, no one in the Great Qing Dynasty is able to refute his words."

Xiao Letian knew that in the minds of both sides in the debate, they had simply overlooked one very important indicator, and that was the power brought about by the advancement in science and technology. The strategy was useful in depth, and useful through the Second World War, but it was becoming less and less useful.

During the afternoon war, the Japanese soldiers were unable to make it to Jinzhou even before reaching the north. Except for the food that they could gather on the spot, they could not deliver all the other supplies. Furthermore, even though the south side of the city hadn't left Shandong Province, they were still wandering around the Jiaodong Peninsula. The supply capacity of the Southern Reach Regiment had already been depleted.

During the afternoon war, Beijing was not so much beaten up as frightened into surrender. Because at that time, the Japanese could not even support a division under the Beijing.

This was the advantage of having a deep level of strategy. He could kill the enemy without using any supplies. But with the development of the Second Industrial Revolution and the appearance of all kinds of new technologies, the electric and internal combustion engine finally changed the world. By the time the Eight Year War was over, Japan would be able to build a continental bridge across China's hinterland.

This was the change brought about by the technological leap. Weng Tonghe's so-called theory was correct within three to four years, but what about ten years and twenty years later? This kind of erroneous thought will bring the Chinese nation to the abyss of eternal damnation.

It was a pity that there was only one Xiao Letian in Daqing, and that the current Xiao Letian had no power nor influence, but was only a diabolical person.

The East Warm Pavilion's Assembly did not have any results during Weng Tonghe's debate, but no one had any regrets, and with the Great Qing Dynasty's Court acting like this, there would be no conclusion to it if they did not argue for a year or so. Today, Yi Yeyu threw out this report and didn't expect any response. He just threw it out to test the opinions of everyone.

At nine-thirty in the morning, the small assembly broke up. With a solemn expression, Weng Tonghe bid his farewell to the emperor and the empress dowager, and left the Forbidden City. When he met the butler waiting for him outside the afternoon gate, he immediately received the latest news on Xiao Letian.

"Master, Xiang Shaolong that guy still failed in the end. Xiao Letian's men from the martial arts world fought fiercely in the Green Mountain for a whole night and saved him …" the butler said angrily.

As the mastermind behind the assassination attempt on Xiao Letian, Weng Tonghe still did not have any change in his expression, and just sat in the palanquin without saying a word. When the sedan chair the four were carrying began to move forward, the steward held onto a bar and whispered through the curtain, "Master, do we need to get Han Lin and the others to give him a copy to punish this Second Demon for taming bandits and for plotting against us …"

"No. With regards to the case of the Yi County bandits, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has long come to a conclusion. If you were to use this matter to turn the tables on us, you will fall out with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Weng Tonghe had rejected the steward's suggestion at that time.

"Let's not worry about Xiao Letian for now. This is such a good opportunity, what a pity … As for this Xiang Shaolong being so incapable, he is not worthy of our care, go and make the arrangements … "

Through today's assembly, Weng Tonghe could clearly feel the importance that the royals placed on Xiao Letian, such things like assassinations could only be done once, doing more would be called stupid. Originally, he had thought of letting the famous North Dragon in the green forest attack and kill Xiao Letian with a lightning speed. In any case, the current Xiao Letian was just a small character who had just emerged from the shadows.

As for the Americans? Go to hell, they could at most protest a couple of times. Are they really going to go to war with the Great Qing for the sake of a teacher? Where in the world were there not a few criminal cases?

Assassination was a crude and unconventional method, but it was the most effective against outsiders. Weng Tonghe was very clear about Xiao Letian's methods. He did not become an official and only wrote books outside of the official area to rest. Furthermore, based on his relationship with the foreigners and even with the Jin Shang, this guy's overseas bank would definitely make a lot of money.

With prestige, money, and even writing books. This kind of person was definitely a great enemy of visualization. He had to be eliminated in the bud. How unfortunate, hateful, to be completely destroyed by that bastard Xiang Shaolong.

Just as Weng Tonghe was about to go home and gather all the family members for a secret discussion, two of the sister-in-law in the Yangxin Palace's Warm Pavilion was discussing with his brother-in-law about today's court meeting.

"Who would've thought that Shu Ping would have such a strong reaction to this. Their Qing Liu gang are actually so afraid of this plan?" Ci An was silent for the whole morning, until now.

"It's not this plan. The Qing Liu people are afraid of Xiao Letian, now it seems that they see him as the leader of the Western Academy who can compete with them. Otherwise, Uncle Ping would not personally take action!" Ci Xi said as he gently slid the lid back on his bowl.

Yi Yu thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Could it be …" Could it be the culprit behind Xiao Letian's kidnapping this time? " Before he could finish, the East and West empress dowagers all shook their heads.

Ci An said coldly, "There's no need to even investigate this kind of thing, you just need to find the person who hates Xiao Letian the most …" As he was speaking, a figure suddenly walked into the hall. Upon closer inspection, it was an elderly eunuch. What was strange was that this white-haired eunuch did not report and directly walked in, and not a single person in the hall got angry.

"This old servant has just finished gathering information. Xiao Letian is safe and sound now and has been rescued by his subordinates. Moreover, the one who attacked last night was the eagle, one of Jiu Shuai's subordinates. Xiao Letian did not return to the capital. Instead, he went all the way south, with no one knowing where he currently is … " The eunuch stood to one side with his head bowed.

"Ceng Guoquan? "He actually attacked as well …" At the time, he couldn't believe his ears.

"Humph!" "They saw that there's oil in this district, so they wanted to rob us. These two brothers are truly fatherless …" Ci Xi was so angry that his teeth were about to shatter.

The secret meeting in the East Warm Pavilion continued until lunch time, when the ignorant Little Emperor Tongzhi shouted that he was hungry. Although the few leaders of the Manchu royal family did not come up with any good plans, but they knew that people who were hated by Qing Liu and valued by the leaders of the Xiang Army were definitely rare talents.

The balance of the Manchu royal family tilted towards Xiao Letian at that moment. This might be the unimaginable benefit brought about by Xiao Letian's assassination.

From the beginning to the end, Alone overseas Xiao Letian being tied up took about twenty hours, and that was less than twenty hours. However, this matter had a profound impact on Xiao Letian and even on Da Qing.

First of all, the robbery raised Xiao Letian's prestige even further, all sorts of bizarre versions of the case had appeared in the Beijing, and the most exaggerated was that people actually managed to stir up the Third Prince Zhu case at the end of the Ming Dynasty, saying that Alone overseas Xiao Letian was the descendant of the Third Prince Zhu and was bringing Western learning to topple over the Qing Dynasty.

This rumor was simply too outrageous, so outrageous that even the imperial government would be angered. Several hundred years had passed, and the Third Prince Zhu had already become a legend. Only a fool would take such matters seriously. However, there was one thing that he was sure of, which was that Xiao Letian's reputation would definitely rise greatly.

Secondly, the kidnapping incident had let Xiao Letian completely understand what kind of society he was in. In this huge whirlpool of society like the late Qing, every single person was weak, and everyone had to form a alliance because only by forming a group and becoming a force could one have the ability to protect themselves.

After Xian Feng, there was the Xiang Army, and during Guang Xu's lifetime, there was also Beiyang. The officials of the Great Qing Dynasty, especially the Chinese Officer s, had always used their actions to express their distrust towards the Central Region.

Once again, the kidnapping case that lasted less than a day, had caused the cracks between the various powers in the Great Qing Dynasty to intensify. If the split between the Xiang Army and the imperial government had happened during the nine years of Tongzhi's assassination, then Xiao Letian had brought this rift forward by four years. He had even forced out the Clear Stream Great BOOS, causing the conflict between late Qing's group of three to become even more superficial.

No wonder the eight banner seniors of the future, referred to Xiao Letian as' shitty stick 'when he was mentioned. To be honest, the seemingly perfect situation of the Great Qing Dynasty was caused by Xiao Letian, this sh * t stick, causing all of it to crumble. The smelly mud under the water was forcefully stirred up by Xiao Letian into the surface of the water.

However, Xiao Letian had no time to analyze the uselessness of this, he was currently rushing towards the Yi County in a travel-worn state with a group of fierce bandits protecting him. There were more than a hundred of them galloping across the pipe, but no one dared to stop them.

"Who dares to ride on the pipe? Come down and let this lord check …" Without waiting for the guards to continue their cursing, the next thing they knew was two lashes of the whip.

"I want to see who dares to stop Alone overseas's team? Why the heck are you glaring at me? Are you unconvinced? If you want to fight … if you want to accompany me to Shuntian Palace, if you want to fight me … if you want to fight you have more than a hundred servants, pick any one of them … "Damn it, I have two eyeballs, so I can't even read people's minds …" "Oh, no! Xiao Letian reprimanded him before she left.

The so-called servant number one hundred rode a big horse and rolled a dragon on the pipe. He was so arrogant that not a single official dared to stop him.

This was the benefit of fame. Even if this matter were to reach the throne room, the imperial government would not stand up for a few minor officials. On the contrary, the imperial government would be very pleased to see a Grand Master of Western Studies with a weakness. This group of people were most likely hoping for Xiao Letian to be greedy for money, be a lustful man, and even try to bully the market.

Xiao Letian looked at the officials who acted subserviently the moment he heard his name, and said sorrowfully in his heart: "This is the Great Qing Dynasty, everyone here is a person who flatters and underestimates others. If I don't show off, you would think I'm a sick cat …"

"Taibai Top, I'm back. Let me see just how big my treasury is now …"