C220 Shaking the countrys roots (2/2)
Wang Mian was truly afraid. Although he could deny all the reports of the people's knowledge newspaper, he was very clear on how passionate the people of Great Qing were towards these flowery news.
The only method was to seek a proper name from the imperial government. Perhaps with the prestige of the imperial family, they would be able to restore the reputation of their clan less. It was not only Wang Mian's family that felt fear, all the raising child in the capital were completely dumbstruck by Xiao Letian's shameless strategy.
Don't you have a lot of scholars? Xiao Letian had more newspaper flyers. Weren't all of you from the same family? Xiao Letian's newspapers could cover not only the Great Qing, but also the foreign lands.
Forget about other things, there were many newspapers and posters in East Crossing Folk Lane during this period of time. Who among the masters of Shuntian Palace would dare to come and collect them? The foreigners took them all.
Scoundrel, Xiao Letian was simply a scoundrel. If all the scholars in the world continued to play like this, then there would be no order at all, they would just find someone and splash dirty water on them.
No one would have thought that Xiao Letian's counterattack would be so shameless and so heartless. He did not give his any chance to live, his fist could be considered to have landed on his life vein.
They never thought that Xiao Letian did not care about the threat of war at all, and his counterattack was actually getting more and more intense. Not only did it expose the plans of the Imperial Palace, they even used such a disgusting tactic as sullying his reputation and reputation.
The late Qing's political scene was actually a stinky pond. Big brother, don't even mention second brother, no one would be able to keep a clean body. If the imperial family were to carefully search and pluck, there would be a lot of stinky stuff. Didn't the first episode expose the Prince Kung? They spent thousands of silver for a meal and waited for the citizens to scold them.
Yi's face was now ashen, he suddenly jumped up from his chair and said hysterically, ”No! I can't go on like this … Since Xiao Letian is able to uncover the secrets of the Chinese Officer, he can also uncover the secrets of our Manchu. If he is to gamble everything he has, wouldn't the agreement signed between the imperial government and the foreign nationals all these years be made public? ”
”AHH!” Everyone in the hall cried out in alarm. This kind of thing couldn't happen. If it happened, then it would be a huge event that would shake the country.
First Opium War China compensated Great Britain with 21 million silver, Second Opium War also compensated English and French with 6 million silver. Even more than a million square kilometers of land north of Heilongjiang were ceded to the Russia.
This was not a secret. There were rumours about it in the government and among the scholars. However, 99% of the people did not know of it. They did not know the difference between England and France, or what treaties meant.
What was the outside world like? There is no clear concept of land in the Qing Dynasty. One of the great contributions of the late Qing in maintaining power was to bully the citizens. As long as the country was controlled by the imperial government, they believed that the country was still in the hands of the Qing Dynasty.
Now, Xiao Letian, this evil monster had actually used such a deadly poison, and actually used a vernacular that everyone else could understand to instill such a dangerous thought into the people of the world. This caused the imperial government to have no way to rule over people's hearts in the future.
He was a prince of the Eight Banners who had a deep understanding of the foreigners. From the moment the first issue of the People's Inquisition was posted on the Beijing, he had felt that something was amiss, but at the start, he had only thought that this was Xiao Letian's last resort, in order to protect himself. However, after the third episode had been revealed, he immediately understood.
”Your Majesty, Your Majesty!” The move that Xiao Letian used is not to threaten these Chinese Officer s, he is blatantly threatening the imperial government. If he were to continue acting like this, all the people in the world will lose their morals to us! ”
The drum didn't need a heavy hammer to ring out. Ci An and Ci Xi completely came to their senses, and the two people practically shouted out at the same time. Let him deliver a letter to Xiao Letian, and if the imperial government wants to negotiate with him, we definitely cannot fight this battle … ”
Ever since the imperial government made up its mind to subdue Xiao Letian, Hairy # 2 was imprisoned in Ministry of Internal Affairs. If not for the young emperor begging for mercy, he would have had his head chopped off that night. Right now, everyone was glad that they did not kill Xiao Letian, otherwise, they would not be able to negotiate with him.
At this time, the sound of urgent footsteps came from outside the hall. Chief Eunuch Zhou Daoying fiercely ran in, and just as he entered the hall, he fell to his knees with a 'putong' sound, ”Your majesty! ”Ah, Your Highness, something's happened. Ceng Guofan's in the capital …” As he spoke, he took out the eight hundred miles worth of urgent documents that he had just received.
”Why are you panicking? Didn't the marshal say that he had gone to the capital this year? ”Look at your soulless look, it's embarrassing …” Tongzhi was so angry that he started scolding.
Zhou Daoying's forehead thudded against the ground, and tears flowed down his face, ”That's not it, your majesty. Ceng Guofan brought twenty thousand of his cavalry to the north, and he brought twenty thousand Steel Cavalry straight to the capital from Shandong. He led his troops to the capital … Ceng Guofan led his troops to the capital!
With a crisp smack, the teacup in Ci An's hand was smashed into pieces.