bullyxtreme Chapter 798 To deal with beasts, you have to be even more ruthless and vicious than them.
Chapter 798 To deal with beasts, you have to be even more ruthless and vicious than them.
Perhaps it was the words "Tang Dynasty" that awakened Huai Liang's intelligence.
Or perhaps Gu Chengzhi's description of the outcome terrified Huailiang.
After a long silence, Huai Liang finally spoke: "Are you trying to persuade me, the prince, to endure humiliation?"
Gu Chengzhi felt disdain.
King Goujian of Yue endured hardship and humiliation, which is called bearing humiliation and carrying heavy burdens.
Despite his physical disability, Sima Qian possessed a strong will and could be described as someone who endured humiliation and carried heavy burdens.
But what right do you, a short and ugly man, have to claim that you are enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens?
Because you're short?
Or is it because you're ugly?
Gu Chengzhi gently waved his feather fan, sighed softly, and said, "Only if His Highness the Prince personally signs a contract with that madman Yang and personally facilitates Tianhuang's abdication can Japan be guaranteed even a sliver of breathing room; otherwise..."
Huai Liang's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he stared intently at Gu Chengzhi and asked, "Baka! Do you know what you're saying? Tenko is a god of Takamagahara, a lineage that has lasted for eternity. How dare you suggest that Tenko abdicate?"
Gu Chengzhi suddenly felt very annoyed.
Huai Liang was clearly already tempted, but he insisted on pretending to be a loyal and filial son.
such a pity.
Yang the Madman has already come to Japan in person. How things will unfold next is not up to you, a short and ugly man.
Gu Chengzhi sighed again and said, "If His Highness the Prince allows Tianhuang to abdicate, the Tianhuang lineage can still be preserved, and all honors can remain the same as before."
"If Kikuchi Takemasa signs a treaty with that madman Yang, who can guarantee that he will treat Tianhuang the same way His Highness the Prince?"
"Or rather, can he still show the same respect to His Highness the Prince as before?"
"Moreover, that madman Yang has always liked to manipulate people's hearts."
“Now that he has come to the Southern Japanese, he will surely send people to the Northern Japanese at the same time.”
“The treaty that His Highness the Prince is unwilling to sign, the Northern Japanese may not be afraid to sign.”
Gu Chengzhi took a deep breath and solemnly bowed to Huai Liang: "Now Japan has reached a point where it faces a powerful enemy to the north and tigers and wolves to the outside."
"If His Highness continues to hesitate, I fear he may plunge Japan into utter ruin."
"I urge Your Highness to reconsider."
As Gu Chengzhi finished speaking, Huailiang fell silent.
This is the situation.
The reasoning is obvious.
Just because someone doesn't dare to sign a treaty doesn't mean someone else won't.
By signing it himself, he can preserve the honor and legacy of Tianhuang.
If someone else had signed it, not only would Tianhuang's lineage have been lost, but even he, the so-called prince, would have suffered the consequences.
More importantly, even if they signed the treaty themselves, they still had to secure some benefits for Japan.
With the help of Kinosuke to devise strategies, there might be a chance to turn things around in the future.
If it were Kikuchi Takemasa who signed it, he might sell out the interests of the entire country.
The more Huailiang thought about it, the more uneasy he felt.
After a long while, Huai Liang finally let out a long sigh of relief and looked at Gu Chengzhi, saying, "Do as you wish."
Gu Chengzhi solemnly bowed and accepted, but in his heart he was extremely disdainful.
Do as I, Gu, suggest?
The level is too low.
Even though Kakero himself has begun to fear Kikuchi Takemasa, and even though he himself covets the position of King of Japan, and even dreams of having a dynasty that lasts for ten thousand generations like the Japanese emperor, this guy doesn't even have the slightest intention of taking responsibility.
Even within the White Lotus Sect, one could find a whole host of figures more respectable than Prince Kaneyoshi.
Just as Gu Chengzhi was ranting and raving, Huai Liang sighed again and said, "Should we send someone to contact that madman Yang? If Kikuchi is no longer reliable, can you go?"
Gu Chengzhi paused slightly as he waved his feather fan and said, "To be honest, Your Highness, when I was in the Ming Dynasty, I had a blood feud with that madman Yang. If it weren't for him, I would never have come to Japan to escape this trouble."
"Moreover, my status is not equal to that of Yang the Madman. If I go, I'm afraid Yang the Madman will think that His Highness the Prince is trying to humiliate him, which will only escalate the conflict and make things uncontrollable."
Huai Liang was stunned once again.
He, Yang Dianfeng, is the son-in-law of Emperor Zhu, and you, Xianglin Jinzhizhu, are the son-in-law of this prince.
You're both someone else's son-in-law, yet you're treated differently?
If we calculate it this way, wouldn't that mean that only a handful of people in the entire Japanese country are on par with Yang Dianfeng?
For example, this prince?
……
Just as Gu Chengzhi was pondering how to kill Kikuchi Takemasa, and Huailiang was also considering whether to personally meet Yang Shaofeng, Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Biao were squatting on the top floor of the treasure ship's wheelhouse, watching the spectacle.
The term "jingguan" appears countless times in the history books of Zhongyuantangkou, with a plethora of chaotic descriptions. However, neither Zhu Biao nor Yang Shaofeng had ever seen a jingguan in person, let alone the one they had personally ordered to be built.
Jing means a high hill; Guan means a gate tower. In ancient times, when people killed bandits and displayed their corpses after a victory, they would build a Jingguan (a mound of corpses) as a place to bury the bodies. This practice existed at the sites of ancient battlefields.
Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Biao each held a monocular telescope, watching the soldiers bustling back and forth on the shore from afar.
"Brother-in-law, do you think that once this mound of skulls is built, it might cause a plague?"
As Zhu Biao watched, he muttered to himself, "If a major epidemic really breaks out, will it spread to our Great Ming?"
Yang Shaofeng couldn't bear to look away, but he just snorted and said, "You can't create a plague."
"Don't be fooled by the large number of short mounds buried under the Jingguan. Each layer of mounds is covered with a lot of lime, and the outermost layer is sealed with thick soil and cement. Even the top mounds are properly tanned. So, while they will definitely stink, they won't cause any plague."
"Of course, it will take time for the cement to be transported. If a major epidemic breaks out during this period, then we can only blame the short and ugly people for their bad luck. At worst, we can completely blockade the entire country of Japan. After a few years, when all the short and ugly people are dead, we can send people to thoroughly disinfect the area and then allow immigrants to start mining."
Yang Shaofeng didn't really care about the lives or deaths of the short men.
The only thing he cared about was getting all the short, ugly men taken to Dengzhou Prefecture to do hard labor.
As for whether there might be any innocent people among the short and ugly ones?
Laugh to death.
The saying "No innocent lives are lost under a mushroom bomb" is not just a saying.
Apart from a handful of them, the rest of the short, ugly guys had all shouted the slogan of "shattering the heavens together."
Furthermore, Li Er and Li Xiao Jiu were quite good to those short and ugly people back then, accepting the envoys sent by them to Tang China and letting them learn about Tang culture, clothing, and systems.
What did those shorty guys do after that?
Therefore, animals will always be animals. Expecting them to have even a shred of humanity is less realistic than hoping a sow can fly.
Besides, this is the Ming Dynasty now.
Those ronin would frequently raid and kill along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.
Were the Ming Dynasty people who suffered disasters wronged or not?
To deal with beasts, you have to be even more ruthless and cruel than them.
We also need to teach them a lesson from time to time, lest these beasts grow the courage to devour their master.