C2444 French Emperor and Montauban (1/2)

The assassination attempt on Zai Chun had taken only one night for the Chinese to unite their forces and come up with all kinds of countermeasures. While the other forces were still muddled over their plans, the Chinese were already preparing to profit from the assassination attempt.

CIA began to comb through the process of Xiang Ying and the others' actions, carefully examining all the loopholes that could reveal the truth. Not only that, CIA had also deliberately forged a lot of information and started to consciously put the blame on the French.

The promotional team led by Leo began to use the well-developed European newspapers to launch their counterattacks. Waves of articles filled with killing intent appeared on the front page.

”The shame of human civilization, the greatest crime in diplomatic history! The French and the Russian assassins all tried to kill the Emperor of the Great Qing! ”

”Why is it that under the protection of the British police, the French and the Russian thugs were able to assassinate Tongzhi? Is this an act of the government?”

”The assassination is tantamount to a declaration of war, and France has declared war on the Chinese more than once! Let us wait and see how the Head of the Guards and Tongzhi will fight back! ”

As long as they were willing to spend a lot of money, there was no page that they couldn't buy. The UK knew that such an explosive piece of news could not be hidden, so the British Government did not interfere with the Chinese public's publicity.

All the editors became excited. This was a big piece of news that would definitely attract the eyes of many, and it was also a great opportunity to increase sales. In addition to the fact that the Chinese propaganda department knew how to conduct themselves, the royalties were enough to make the editors pay handsomely.

With a short mouth and a short hand, the pen holder would naturally have a tendency under the attack of the silver bullet. The pen holder would have a short mouth and a short hand, under the attack of the silver bullet, the pen holder would naturally have a short tongue.

The impact of the assassination attempt was just too great. That very night, Benjamin had already announced his resignation, so it could be said that he did not have the slightest use for the steps the Queen had left for him.

Gladstone's inauguration speech was filled with the smell of gunpowder. The inauguration speech that started at 9 in the morning had originally taken 20 minutes to prepare, but in the end, it was taken off script for 50 minutes.

All the reporters had their attention focused on yesterday's assassination attempt. No one had asked any questions about the economy, foreign affairs, or the colonies.

The draft he had prepared in Gladstone's pocket had been a waste of time, and all the problems he had encountered were focused on the assassination and the follow-up policy.

The new prime minister strongly condemned the violence of the assassination and promised that Britain would do everything in its power to solve the case and would certainly give the Great Qing and the Chinese a satisfactory answer.

What Gladstone had said was not just useless talk. The assassination of Emperor Tongzhi had caused the British to become very passive, not only had their international image been tarnished, but more importantly, there had been variables in the agreements between the United Kingdom and the Emperor of Tongzhi.

If Tongzhi was dead, then the verbal agreement from before would be completely annulled. It would be even harder for Britain to find a chance to cut into the Great Qing Province than ascending to the heavens.

In the West, Britain was the one with the most dealings with the Qing Empire. They were well aware of the stubborn power within this dynasty. The conservative royal family and ministers were full of hostility towards all new things.

There was once a British businessman who experimented and built a small section of railway on the streets of Shanghai. With just a few hundred meters of railway, Great Qing was already facing a great enemy.

In the end, the local officials spent money to buy it and then completely exterminated it.