Chapter 155
"This is actually forced!" I said apologetically: "Actually, this is what the undersea people forced us to do! They planned to do this from the beginning, and we just acted according to their plan!"
"Plan?" The emperor was surprised, but soon returned to his normal expression and said, "Even if it is, it is great!"
Of course, I was very excited. When His Majesty the Emperor said this, anyone was very excited.
"How is Li Hongzhang there? So what about the war? I have been here for so long and I don't know the news outside at all. Can you tell me?" said the emperor.
"The situation on Lord Li Hongzhang is normal! We don't know, there is no big problem anyway! As for the war, the undersea people and humans have formed a major alliance, and the coalition forces are stalemate in Namibia in Africa and Southeast Asia in Asia respectively." I said.
"So that's it!" the emperor hammered his hand and said, "If I weren't so stubborn at the beginning, I wouldn't have been like this!"
"You are not blamed for this matter!" I said comfortingly: "As long as you are still here, the empire will have hope! Lord Li Hongzhang and the United Parliament are waiting for your return!"
"Forget it! Go back? What can I do? What else can I do? If I hadn't introduced those tens of thousands of people to hell, maybe the East Asian continent would have been like this at this time!" said the emperor in pain.
"But you are the spiritual pillar of the empire!" I said anxiously.
"Spiritual pillar? Joke, the empire has no so-called spiritual pillar. Some are just people, only people can save people, not the so-called spiritual pillar! Just tell Li Hongzhang, just say that Jing Yuan is dead, don't let him disturb me again!" The emperor said helplessly.
"But, to rescue you to Argentina, this is what Lord Li Hongzhang has repeatedly told me!" I said.
"Yes!" Mu Mu also echoed: "Mr. Li Hongzhang has specially looked for us on this matter several times. The underwater man also sent someone to come and hoped that we could rescue you. You are the hope of the empire. The empire cannot be without you!"
"What's the use of a bare commander?" the emperor asked back: "I really can't figure out whether to fight aliens on the battlefield, it depends on a bare commander or a army of hundreds of thousands! If you can withdraw all the hundreds of thousands of troops in the empire to a safe area, then, I think I can still be with you."
"It is a rare thing that hundreds of thousands of troops are scattered all over the country!" Mu Mu said in a low voice.
"If I can't do it, then I won't go! Since this thing started because of me, it should be ended by me. I don't want to abandon my soldiers and enjoy a comfortable life alone. Even if I go out, I'm not at ease! I just hope you promise me one thing. As long as this thing is done, I will have nothing to worry about!" said the emperor.
"What do you mean? Did you just waste your time with such a lot of effort?" I was a little unhappy and continued, "You are the emperor, so naturally you understand which one is more important. Don't throw a tantrum at this time. You must know the importance of your entire empire! Once their emperors surrender, what will their people think? What will their army think? They will also surrender. You must know that the empire still has so many resistance troops now.
, It is because your actions inspired them, instead of hiding in Argentina. You have expressed your determination to return to the empire. What else can I be sorry for? Besides, when you come to Argentina, you are not allowing you to enjoy a comfortable life, but you are preparing for the army and fighting back to the capital with the army of the major alliance. By then, once the entire empire hears your arrival, you will definitely fight! The restoration of the empire is not a problem!"
"Are you finished?" said the emperor.
"Well! I'm done! Am I wrong?" I was still a little excited.
"You are right! But I just discovered that someone is more suitable for doing this than me. It is a very glorious thing to lead the army back to the capital. It should be handed over to great people, not me, a person imprisoned. I just said, as long as you promise me something, I will let Li Hongzhang tell you something. This matter is definitely a good thing and there will be no falsehood!" said the emperor.
"What? What are you talking about?" I was confused at this moment and didn't understand what the emperor said.
"I hope you can meet my mother, and she can treat the people of the empire well, treat the captured soldiers and resisters, and hope that she can influence them with kindness, rather than use punishment to intimidate them. This is the best way to govern a country during wartime. As long as you can let my mother do this, I will have no regrets even if I die here!" said the emperor.
"How could you have such an idea?" I was a little surprised at this time. I never expected that this could be said from the emperor.
"You guys and I will write something in the study and you can just leave it to Li Hongzhang. As for other things, they will notify you!" After the emperor said that, he walked directly to the second floor, and Mu Mu and I followed.
The second floor is actually very simple. I saw a large number of drawings and materials visiting the desk. When I approached, I saw that it was a map album. However, there were many arrows marked with numbers. It seemed that during this period, the emperor was not idle, but was fighting back by the researchers.
The emperor walked into the study, picked up the paper, and started writing. A piece of a4 paper seemed to have a lot of content. We had to walk around the room.
The second floor is where the emperor lives. Although he is the emperor, the placement here is quite simple, with a few desks and a chair. Apart from these, there are a lot of books.
I picked up a book and opened it casually. It was filled with collections of notes. It can be said that people with poor eyesight could not see clearly without a magnifying glass. The book I took happened to be a history book, which tells the story of King Goujian of Yue sleeping on firewood and tasting gall. I read it carefully and couldn't help but read it, and it read it: "Why did Fuchai keep saying Wu Zixu repeatedly? Pride makes people arrogant, and so do I!"
"It seems that this annotation was written recently!" Mu Mu said beside me.
I think it should be, after all, the emperor was able to write this sentence, which also shows that he had accepted the letter of the way of speech, rather than being stubborn as always. Therefore, I plan to continue to persuade the emperor to go to Argentina with us.
I told Mu Mu about my thoughts, and Mu Mu agreed. So we waited for the emperor to come out and do it again, hoping to persuade the emperor this time.
After waiting outside for a while, the emperor finally came out with an envelope. When he saw us, he said to us: "You hand over this envelope to Li Hongzhang. After he read the letter, he will inform you according to the content of this letter!"
"Are you really leaving with us?" I asked once.
"I have said that I cannot abandon my people, and I should also repent for my mistakes!" said the emperor.
"Repent? It's better to do something practical and not do something useless about repentance! Or you just don't want to shoulder this responsibility!" I said.
"Responsibility?" After hearing this, the emperor laughed: "You are right, it is difficult for me to shoulder this responsibility. Indeed, that war has shown that I have failed, and I should also repent for my failure. Even if I go to Argentina, I will not do anything! It would be better to leave me here as a forgetful person."
The emperor paused and continued, "When I was captured, I thought about escaping, but I had no chance at all. Your arrival made me understand what I can and can't do. You can go! Go to Argentina and find Li Hongzhang! Tell him, leave the rest!"
(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!