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Chapter 138 - The Overseas Village Chief, Shaw

"What a monster!" This is a monster … Finally, the political situation calmed down a bit, but in the end, another monkey jumped out and caused a ruckus in the Crystal Palace. Tell me... They all said that this Xiao fella, was he a monkey named Sun? What was he trying to do now that he had gone to the East Sea to cause trouble? "Just what is he trying to do …"

Forbidden City, Yangxin Palace, East Warm Pavilion. The floor in front of Ci Xi was covered with paper, and the eunuchs and maids, led by An Dehai, kneeled on the ground.

Tongzhi looked at her Mother's pale face in confusion, "Mother? Why are you so angry? Isn't it a good thing that Xiao Letian is promoting our national might overseas? "You've already won, how can you still be angry …"

With a crisp smack, the blue and white flower lid bowl on the table jumped up by half a foot. Even the fingernail sheath on Ci Xi's hand flew off, "Huang'er, you are so foolish … Who was Xiao Letian? "He is not a scholar raised in Qing Dynasty. He grew up eating bread made for foreigners. From the bottom of his heart, he doesn't share the same thoughts as us …"

"Moreover, he is also a Chinese. With such ability, who would be able to subdue him?" And … And where exactly is this Ryukyu? What kind of tyrant or Shouli City is this? "Stupid servant, why haven't you brought the Myriad Kingdom Universe Map over yet …"

"Yes, yes, yes, your servant will go right away, right away …" An Dehai, whose forehead was covered in cold sweat, quickly brought his men to carry the map out. Only Ci Xi and his wife and a few trusted palace maids were left in the room.

Ci Xi had truly lost control today. As a talented female politician that was well versed in politics, she was extremely angry at Xiao Letian's actions. A scholar who wrote a book and was even a businessman had actually dared to pacify a nation's capital? The strangest thing was that he actually succeeded.

Although the Japan is small, it's still an ancient country that has existed for a thousand years. No matter how weak, it's impossible for it to not be able to defeat a single Xiao Letian, right? And that Shimadzu Family, I've never heard of a lord like that one, isn't he being controlled by the Tsurukawa's Palace? Oh, that's not right. Isn't there an emperor in Japan? Their emperor couldn't even control his servants?

This group of large nose's blue eyes were really protective. Didn't Xiao Letian grow up overseas, and wasn't he the same as all of you, a white man? Too arrogant, too arrogant.

However, the biggest doubt in Ci Xi's heart was not these, but the one hundred thousand Chinese people, how could these fugitives who abandoned their ancestors' tombs not die cleanly? Those who had come back to their senses were long-haired and evil, and there were even some from the Song Dynasty. These lowly commoners who refused to accept the Qing Dynasty's rule were actually still alive.

What was Xiao Letian trying to do, to stir up such a commotion? You want to rebel? He even wanted to say that the, this damned little country, actually wanted the position of prime minister, yet Xiao Letian still dared to take it? Was this kid tired of living?

Ci Xi's heart was filled with contradictions. He was a genius amongst geniuses at balancing the domestic politics, but when it came to matters involving the overseas countries, she would immediately transform into a typical ignorant village woman. Other than talking harshly, his eyes would glaze over.

To tell the truth, after the information about the Ryukyu entered the Beijing, when all the citizens started discussing amongst themselves, the silence in the Forbidden City was not like what the average person had guessed, that it was due to deep contemplation, wisdom orbs in hand, or the fact that Mt. For a moment of silence, it only proved that the center of Qing Dynasty was stunned and did not know what to do.

The Chinese were showing off their power overseas, and since they had pacified the capital of a country, it was indeed worth it for the Forbidden City to have a feast on their own. But the person who made the contribution had a problem, and it was a big problem. He was not a Manchu, and did not even have the status of a High Scholar. Furthermore, he could not be considered a pure Chinese.

A commoner had made the contribution of a marquis, aren't you just roasting the court on fire? Whether it was bestowing a reward or not, the imperial government would still be scolded. And now he wanted to kill Xiao Letian? But would Ryukyu agree to it, to kill a Subordinate States? Who would dare to take the blame for such a notoriety?

The most frightening thing was that the foreign merchant ship had opened fire to support Xiao Letian. This was the most terrifying thing in the Forbidden City, would they let the foreign people negotiate if they really killed Xiao Letian? He's an American citizen.

Just as Ci Xi was feeling flustered, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps coming from outside the Yangxin Palace. Soon after, Ci An, Prince Kung and a group of eunuchs and palace maids rushed in.

"I heard that little sister is very angry today?" "Someone, get your little sister a cup of chrysanthemum …" Ci An was still as steady as ever, his face without any ripples of shock.

When Ci Xi was alone with his son, of course he could display a little of his true nature, but when he meets an outsider, he would still have to pretend to be calm like he was in the past. " You must be feeling a bit upset after seeing all these reports by the censors. " As he spoke, the eunuch hurriedly put away the scattered reports on the ground and returned them to the emperor's desk.

Ci An glanced at the imperial report, but he was not in the mood to open it to see what was written inside. This flow was a bit too much, even giving a marquis? "Do you really think us orphans and widows are easy to bully? They're forcing us to our deaths …"

General Gui Six sat on his chair and bowed as he continued, "That's right, I've already asked around, and this matter was caused by Weng Chang Zai, he has a death grudge with Xiao Letian. But this Xiao Letian is really ruthless, in this chaos, it was never wrong of you to protect the foreign forces, but don't be so ruthless in killing them! "It was said that more than 10,000 Japanese had died, and the entire bay was dyed red with blood …"

General Liu shook his head and continued to show off. He had no idea where Ye Zichen got the information from, but his words actually brought up a bit of a defense. After all, Industrial Zones was personally handled by General Gui himself, and he was very clear on the strength of his subordinates. If not for Xiao Letian's help, this Industrial Zones would not have been easy to deal with.

Even Little Emperor Tongzhi could tell that these small calculations were not without reason, however, his worries were not without reason. Xiao Letian was all alone, he had returned to Home Country from far away, wrote books and gave suggestions, this little bit of kindness was appreciated by the imperial government. As for Xiao Letian offending that power, wasn't that a good thing! The more lonely Xiao Letian was, the safer it would be for the imperial government.

Ci An was just like what was recorded in history, his nature was still pure and kind. She thought for a while and said, "Oh little sister, what uncle said isn't unreasonable. Xiao Letian had never been educated by the Confucianism since he was young, and what he learnt was how foreigners do as they pleased. He was indeed a little insolent when it came to doing things, but he did not commit the crime to the point of death. Oh yeah, do you have any thoughts on this, brother Zeng Family? "

Yi Yu quickly said after hearing that, "The news came from Shanghai, the two Zeng Family brothers should have received it earlier than us, Jiu Shuai has already sent the message with six hundred kilometers of urgency. "Although he did not say anything, he just expressed that he is about to enter the capital. Furthermore, from his words, it seems like the branch city is also preparing to enter the capital …"

The sub city that Yi Yan spoke of was the famous Ceng Guofan character city. The great marshal who had calmed down the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was currently in Shandong pacifying the rebellion of the Twisted Army. It was unknown if it was because she was too big or because she was avoiding suspicion, but the battle with the Great Marshal Zeng did not go smoothly, but rather, it was his student, Li Hongzhang who was showing off.

"Now that Li Hongzhang has controlled the situation, the two great marshals of Zeng Family can catch their breath. Quickly send them to the capital, it has been many years since I last saw him, His Majesty truly misses him!" When Ci Xi heard that Ceng Guofan wanted to enter the capital, he quickly struck the iron while it was still hot and had the devils force the Zeng Family brothers to enter the capital as soon as possible.

Right at this moment, An Dehai brought the eunuch in charge of the storehouse to walk over hastily, with two young eunuchs carrying a roll of carpet from behind him. When the carpet was spread out in the main hall, a brilliant scene appeared in front of everyone.

"Reporting to the empress dowager, the emperor, and prince, this is the map of the universe that the Sacred Ancestor controlled when he was still alive. The mountains and rivers of our Great Qing are all on it …" After all, Tongzhi was still a child. When he saw that such a big carpet had been spread out and there were even pictures on it, he directly climbed onto it.

"This is the capital, this is the Grand Canal, this is the land of Su Hang …" Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Gansu... "This is Zenith, this is the Great Prairie …" The child's imagination was always in the air. As he pointed towards the direction of the finger, scenes were instantly imagined in his mind. It was a pity that he could only imagine, he would never be able to see it with his own eyes.

"Is this Wusuli River? Is this Yaksha? Is the land that the Russian snatched away right here? " Tongzhi's words scared the faces of all the eunuchs and palace ladies in the room white, and empress dowagers and Yi Nan also looked embarrassed.

"Huang'er is greedy for fun again, don't we want to see Ryukyu? "Don't look at the irrelevant …" Forget it, a million square kilometers of land became completely unrelated in Ci Xi's mouth.

Tongzhi searched the big carpet, looking for Ryukyu, but he couldn't find him at all. "Where? Where exactly is the Ryukyu? " In the end, Gui Six crawled over and pointed out to the little Emperor, "Your Majesty, the Ryukyu is on the sea, don't go to Xinjiang …"

Honestly speaking, this was the first time the empress dowager of both palaces had observed the position of the Ryukyu on a map, much less Tongzhi himself.

The Ryukyu was only a little more than 3000 square kilometers on the sea, which was just a little bigger than the Yi County. How could this kind of county possibly enter the eyes of the Sovereign King?

"So small!" "It's so small …" Tongzhi used his fingers to measure the amount of money he had, but only to discover that every county in the Great Qing was bigger than this country. At that time, he did not know that his brain had been messed up and the words that came out of his mouth had stunned the empress dowager.

"Is Xiao Letian stupid? If the high officials of the Great Qing were not appropriate, they would have gone to the countryside to become the village head? " His words destroyed all the serious atmosphere in the hall, and even he and the other two Mother s were amused.

"Huang'er is too naughty!" Ci Xi's eyes shone with the light of motherhood that he had not seen for a long time. Just at this time, another few eunuchs walked in, with Er Mao as the leader, and the young eunuch behind carrying a half-human tall box with difficulty. As soon as they reached the entrance of Yangxin Palace, a group of people kneeled down.

"Greetings to the empress dowager and emperor. The gold room will present Xiyang Country's tribute, Global Instrument. Master, please preview it!" Er Mao swiftly took a thousand steps and kneeled on the stairs, looking neither servile nor overbearing.