C439 The Emergence of a New World

Ryukyu was a small country, and normally it did not have as abnormal a etiquette and defense as the Qing Dynasty. Shang Tai could also play around in the Naha Harbor for a while as he was familiar with all the people in the new army that came with his yellow robe and etiquette.

These commoners subconsciously wanted to kowtow, but they never thought that King Shang Tai would actually pick up the white-haired old man, and hold his hand tightly. "Now that there's no King Shang Tai, I'm just an ordinary soldier of the Ryukyu, and you guys usually support me.

Shang Tai rushed to the young warrior and placed the injured boy on his back. "Come, lead the way, I will help you evacuate the people …"

The long street was deathly silent. The only sounds that could be heard were explosions and the sound of burning flames. Everyone looked at the young king in disbelief. Even the officials who had caught up to him were stunned.

"A saint! "The birth of a saint..." This bunch of civil officials and old officials were all disciples of the Confucian school. In their eyes, a Monarch who could personally save people from fire and water was a saint who could fight shoulder to shoulder with Shao Shun Yu. A bunch of kowtows had all kneeled down.

When the commoners saw the official, they all kneeled on the ground and cried out with tears in their eyes, "Long live His Majesty! Long live!" This was the most sincere time that had ever heard anyone yell it in his life. The young king cried.

"Walk, walk …" "Save me, hurry up and retreat into the mountains, we can't let anyone die …" turned and ran.

The eunuchs, imperial guards, and civil servants could not stand by and watch as His Majesty began to save people. They rushed into the alleys, shouting and pulling at their necks.

"Is there anyone here?" Is anyone in the house? "Aiya, there's an old man in this room, hurry and help me out …"

"Fellow villagers, don't be afraid. His Majesty has personally come to rescue everyone and evacuated them … "There's an injured one here, hurry up and bandage him …"

It was the most luxurious evacuation in the history of Ryukyu, and the one who had leaned against the window and shouted was the Minister of Public Relations, the one who was holding the old man on the left side of the alley was actually the Minister of Revenue, Lin Yuanmiao. The one who helped the little girl bandage her head was the head eunuch of Shouli City, the one who carried the wounded and retreated was the great general of the imperial guards of Shouli City.

Even King Shang Tai was carrying a small injured person on his back and running on the streets with all his might. At this time, the little fellow was already scared stiff, who knew that this child would be so lucky to be able to get His Majesty to carry him and evacuate.

The number of people retreating into the fire became larger and larger like snowballs. All the citizens who had just joined the battle were stunned when they saw Shang Tai, and their second expressions were filled with indescribable emotions.

Countless people were kneeling on the street as they cried out in pain, "Saint! "Oh, Saint Lord …"

"All of you, hurry up and get up. Right now, it's more important for you to stay alive. If you want to kowtow, wait for the French to back off before you kowtow …" With a sou sound, Shang Tai ran in front of everyone. Most likely, he had never been so energetic in his life before.

In the midst of the crowd, Shopkeeper Fan Lian stared at with mixed feelings. He did not know whether he had done anything wrong or not, the young king had instigated his people to go out on the streets, but old shopkeeper never thought that Shang Tai would have such high perception. He actually put down his airs and come to this step.

In the core circle of Xiao Letian's power, there was a secret that no one told others, but they had all exchanged glances with each other before. It was the matter of the future status of the Ryukyu Kingdom s.

Through his battle with Japanese, Xiao Letian had already established himself as a top official, controlling the internal affairs of the army. Furthermore, he had also won over a large portion of the people's hearts, so it was not wrong to say that he was the uncrowned King.

Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Luo Huo and the others had guessed more than once just what methods Xiao Letian would use to take over the last bit of righteousness from, but what they did not doubt was that Ryukyu Kingdom had long since swallowed everything in his mouth, and would only look at Xiao Letian's mood if they swallowed it.

A righteous deed that allowed him to go and save the citizens while the entire city was in chaos, that was bound to give him a lot of points. He believed that in the eyes of the people, the image of Shang Tai as the king would increase by a lot, and it was hard to say whether or not he would surpass Xiao Letian, but closing the gap between them was not a problem.

"Young Master, is what I did right?" Am I trying to undermine you? Just like that, the hearts of the people were pushed to the side of Shang Tai, but I have no other choice. If he does not appear now, the hearts of the people in Ryukyu will not be able to stay calm … "

"You can't care so much, right now you can only have a headache from treating your head and your feet. I believe you can understand my painstaking efforts, but I believe that you are not a cold-blooded and formidable person. I am helping you save more lives, and this is giving you more virtue!"

Fan Lian shook his head to put aside all distracting thoughts. Right now, he only had one belief in his heart, and that was to first save his.

Just as Fan Lian expected, after King Shang Tai passed through half of the cities, the entire population of Ryukyu knew that their King was here to save the citizens.

Thousands upon thousands of people kneeled on the ground and cried out for the rest of their lives. No one could have imagined that the king would evacuate with his children on his back, bandage the wounded himself, and make way for the elderly.

What kind of king is this, is this the modern country that the Prime Minister spoke of? Was this the new monarch whom the national spirit had baptized?

Looking at the officials by Shang Tai's side, the elites who used to look down at the masses from above were rolling around like pigs, but none of them dared to slack off. Their king had already rushed up to him, and these Gui Chen elites no longer had any excuses to retreat.

The Son of Heaven stands guard at the gates of the kingdom. This was a slogan that had been shouted by the scholars for hundreds of years. But today, it had finally fallen into reality. This was no longer an empty slogan; it had finally turned into reality that everyone could see with their own eyes.

Shang Tai's chest was on fire. It was the first time he understood what it meant to have respect from all the people. These burning gazes contained gratitude from the people, and at that moment, the young king suddenly understood.

"I finally understand the path that the Prime Minister has taken. If Shang Fu had not personally fought with the Japanese, if Xiao Letian had only stood at a high place and shouted while waving flags, and had not personally led the masses into battle, he would not have fully garnered the hearts of the people."

"What is nationalism? What is the modern concept of the state? "So that's where the origin lies. People see kings as high and mighty elites, and only these people know how to sacrifice themselves and risk themselves. Only the Ryukyu in their hearts is a nation, and they treat the people beside them as their family members …"

"This is the only way to boost the morale of the people. This is also the only way to let tens of thousands of people experience the warmth of the nation and its people … That's right, the common people want to see how you do it, not how you say it. Prime Minister had said more than once that the eyes of the common people are bright.

Shang Tai led his people and ran wildly on the street. Their tears danced in the wind, and he felt a depressing feeling in his heart that was about to burst out.

"I understand, I finally understand …" "If you want to sacrifice tens of thousands of people, start from the f * cking hell with us. If you cannot do it yourself, don't blame the people, but if a country doesn't even have kings and ministers who want to sacrifice their lives for this country, then this country will die sooner or later!"

The Gui Chen behind them were all dumbfounded. What kind of expression was flowing out of Jin Changsen's eyes? Could it be fear!

Shang Tai was right, today he finally understood what Xiao Letian had been instigating. Actually, it was not that the citizens were not patriotic, and did not love their own race. The key issue was whether the kings and elites loved them or not.

No one was a fool. No one was truly dedicated. The commoners all knew who was a hypocrite. From what Xiao Letian could remember, for the future generations of Western countries with only a monarch constitution, all the successors to the monarchs had to have the experience of enlisting in the army, and they also had to go to the battlefield to gain experience.

Especially during the first and second battles, a large number of nobles sent their children to the battlefield. They used their sacrifices and sacrifices to set an example for the citizens of a country and a clan.

Xiao Letian had always remembered a movie he saw in his previous life, "The Red Baron", that talked about the true history of aerial combat during the First World War. During that period, the pilots of both sides who flew in the sky were all nobles.

Visitors were as numerous as dogs, barons were everywhere, and Counts were everywhere. It was the elite of this group of nations that had been hanging for five years in the skies of Europe.

And that was not the end. After the second world war began, the descendants of nobility once again went to the battlefield. In the most tragic war in the history of mankind, they sacrificed their lives and even their corpses.

Xiao Letian once said that "War is indeed a cruel and scary thing, but the spiritual energy in it is so damn strong!"

This kind of thing was unimaginable to the late Qing in the 19th century. If there was a national war, forget about the crown prince, even the nobles and officials would have to retreat.

You f * cking want us nobles and children to die? Grandmother … You lowly Han people will have to do it if you want to throw your life away. Your father's children are precious eyes. If you knock them down, I will chop off your head.

This was simply a vicious circle, the royals and nobles were not willing to sacrifice anything, and the Chinese Officer s followed suit. In the end, even the commoners understood what was going on.

"You guys aren't looking to die, you want to trick us into dying? Pui … I don't care if your Qing Dynasty is destroyed or not. "

The majority of the people in the world sighed at the numbness of the citizens of the late Qing.

Shang Tai ran frantically amidst the firelight and ruins, but his heart was filled with joy. Breaking through an old world, there would eventually be a new world that would sprout.

The fortunate Shang Tai, he lucky encounter Xiao Shang Fu, the fortunate Ryukyu Kingdom, and the lucky meet of tens of thousands of citizens. Don't look at the mountain of difficulty in front of them. As long as they could get through it, the Ryukyu would definitely become the leader of East Asia.

This was an unprecedented lucky chance in the past three thousand years.