The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Mainz thought it was strange, and the boy on the other side, who was not yet eighteen years old, also thought it strange.

The young man was more in awe of the foreigners in his heart, because his ancestors were killed under the blows of the foreigners in turn, if it wasn't for the war 80 years ago, maybe he would still be sitting on the whole world now!

"Teacher, who is this?"

Although the young man was a little scared of the foreigner in front of him, he still had the courage to ask the teacher standing next to him.

However, the so-called teacher he asked about was actually a foreigner.

The foreigner teacher, who was nearly fifty years old, bowed his head and said in the young man's ear: "He is from Hans, he is the commander-in-chief of the three armies of Hans, and he is likely to be the president of Hans in the future!"

Compared with the Celestial Empire, Johnston, as a foreigner, undoubtedly knows more about the international situation, especially the situation in Europe, and it is precisely because of this that he can become the teacher of the last emperor Puyi.

As a Celestial Empire expert and a spiritual Celestial Empire man, Johnston was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, as early as the Westernization Movement, he was hired to help the Qing Dynasty train the army in the Qing Dynasty, and even participated in the First Sino-Japanese Naval War as an instructor.

After the fall of the Qing government, Johnston still chose to finally Qing the Qing Dynasty and did not abandon the Manchus like others.

So he was chosen as the teacher of the last emperor Pu Yi, teaching Pu Yi English, mathematics, world history, and geography, helping Pu Yi broaden his horizons.

Pu Yi is very trusting of this teacher who is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, after all, adversity sees the truth, when the Qing Mansion is about to fall, others abandon the Qing Dynasty like a shoe, only he is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, never abandoned, not to mention that he also taught himself these new knowledge without reservation, which made Pu Yi extremely trusting him, no matter how big or small, almost all had to ask him!

In Pu Yi's view, these new knowledge, new learning, greatly broadened his world view, let him understand the situation of other countries in the world, and established a preliminary international vision, although this pattern is not large, but compared to his ancestors who could not find the sun never set on the map instrument, his performance is undoubtedly a lot better!

It was precisely because he learned about Western countries from Johnston that Pu Yi suddenly gasped when he heard Johnston say that the person in front of him was Hans's commander-in-chief!

This is probably the largest foreign official he has ever seen in his life, right?

"Distinguished guest from Hans, I wonder why you are visiting the Forbidden City?"

Pu Yi was nervous and excited, he didn't know what Johnston had brought Hans's commander-in-chief to the Forbidden City, but he was very excited that he had always been able to come into contact with such a high-level foreign official!

As the last emperor, Pu Yi was actually quite unwilling in his heart.

Especially in the process of his gradual adulthood, he has seen too many people cold and chaotic, and during the period of the rule of the Beiyang government, the internal turmoil in the Celestial Empire was even worse than in the late Qing Dynasty!

Although the Qing Dynasty did not rule well, the Qing Dynasty was a complete country, a central government with real power, and their control over the local government was greater than that of the Beiyang government.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty still did a lot even before its demise, such as the Hanyang Arsenal, the Jiangnan Shipyard, the Hanyang Iron Works, etc., which were all built under the auspices of the Qing Dynasty.

Before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty's weapons and equipment were basically self-sufficient, they could produce rifles for soldiers, bullets, naval ships, and even some artillery, and the Jiangnan shipyard could also build more than 2,000 tons of ironclad ships.

Under the auspices of the Qing government, a large number of railways were laid in the country, telegraphs were erected, telephones were opened, and a new army was founded.

From the Xinhai Revolution to the present, a full ten years have passed, and the foundations laid by the Qing Dynasty have long been almost ruined in the warlord melee, the Jiangnan Shipyard has not launched a warship for a long time, the Hanyang Iron Works has gradually closed due to the lack of iron ore, the manufacturing capacity of the Hanyang County Factory has not only not improved but is still declining, and even the quality of the guns produced is declining!

All of this made Pu Yi, the last emperor, very unconvinced!

At the beginning, you kept saying that if the Qing Dynasty did not fall, the country would not be good, but now that the Qing Dynasty has been dead for ten years, has the country become better?

Not at all!

The prolonged war has led to serious damage to industry, agriculture and economy across the country, and the country's national strength is declining, not improving!

Has people's lives changed for the better?

Not at all!

At least there were not so many internal wars in the Qing Dynasty, and the people could at least enjoy a relatively stable life, but now, under the melee of the warlords, in order to recruit soldiers, they will catch strong men everywhere, and in order to prevent these people from escaping, they will even tie iron chains to these people's bodies, imprisoning them like prisoners!

In order to make money for military spending, there are countless kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the warlords do not hesitate to use all kinds of means to deal with ordinary people, and some people with poor military discipline will even directly rob the people, knowing the tragedy of a large number of broken families and deaths!

Pu Yi didn't know how many people died in the war, but he knew that the number was probably very huge, unimaginably large!

The ten years of the fall of the Qing Dynasty are undoubtedly a huge catastrophe for the people, and if the Qing Dynasty still exists, the lives of the people will definitely not be so bad!

It is precisely because of this that Pu Yi has no good impression of those revolutionaries who keep saying that they have brought a republic to China, and he feels that if there is no trouble made by these people, the Qing Dynasty will not die, and if the Qing Dynasty does not die, the country will not become like this!

So Pu Yi has always wanted to return to the country, he wants to change everything back to what it used to be, the way it used to be!

Mainz didn't know what Pu Yi was thinking, and if he did, he would have scoffed.

The republic may not be the best for the Celestial Empire, but the republic is indeed a lot of progress compared to the imperial system.

The reason why Pu Yi feels that the current situation of the Celestial Empire is worse than before is not that the republic system is worse than the imperial system, and the republic system is useless, it is entirely because after Yuan Shikai's death, the Celestial Empire lacked a strong leader who could stabilize the situation, which led to civil strife in the Celestial Empire!

Under the warlord scuffle, the country is not a whole country at all, but a panicked state in the midst of the Thirty Years' War in Europe.

In this situation, the Celestial Empire can maintain its indestructibility, which is already good, and it is naturally impossible to expect them to lead the entire country and nation forward like a complete country!

Therefore, the first task of the Celestial Empire at present is to unify the whole country and eliminate the situation of warlordism in the country, so that the potential of 400 million people and 11.5 million square kilometers of land can be developed!

Pu Yi also did not know what was in Mainz's mind, so he was extremely excited about Hans's visit.

"I heard that there is still an emperor living in the Forbidden City, so just come and have a look, and you don't need a ticket to come in now!"

Mainz said with a smile.

Pu Yi was stunned!_

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