C220 Shaking the country's roots

"Guys, why do you think you're so good? "Enke is about to start. It's going to be the new year in just a month. If we use our weapons, it would be unlucky!"

"That's true. Look at the people's knowledge newspaper, they also said something very pitiful. It's not an exaggeration for a merchant to provide hundreds of bodyguards with water worth tens of millions a year, right?" Why can't the imperial government tolerate this? "

"Hey …" I don't get it now, the imperial government sent people to assassinate Xiao Letian before and even poisoned his concubine … No, no, no, I was wrong. I poisoned his wife, but I accidentally poisoned her … "No matter what, the imperial government is really not doing this right."

"That's right, no matter how heinous the crime is, it can't be done in the future!" You all tell me that Sun Sanhu colluded with the Green Battalion and is preparing to loot the entire merchants of the Tanggu, is that true? "

The copper hotpot in the tavern was almost burnt out. The old and young men's heads were all gathered together as they discussed the matter of the imperial government sending troops out this time. From this, one could see the benefits of the public opinion war. The newspapers had a large amount of black and white text, and the words inside were full of words revealing their emotions. They were naturally very close to the common people. This was much better than looking at the dry, well-written signs.

It could be said that new things like the newspapers were close to the public's mood from the very beginning. It was a natural advantage in the war of public opinion.

The Eight Flag idler's whispers annoyed the scholars at the side. They threw down their chopsticks and shouted angrily, "You fools, are you even considered clean citizens? The imperial court is bringing you up for free! Do you really believe Xiao Letian's evil logic? "

"Regardless whether what he said is true or not, so what if it is? [The king wants his subjects to die, and the deceased has no choice but to die. This is loyalty and filial piety. This is the justice of the world …]

As he said that, the red faced scholar rushed over and snatched the people's knowledge report from the idler's hands, and tore it into pieces. As he tore, he cursed, "I'll show you …" I want you to look again, to tear... "They're all torn to shreds …"

"Aiyo, you're courting death! How dare you steal something from me, grandpa? You're quite bold! I'll reward you with two brittle pieces …" Baji was not afraid of causing trouble, especially the scholars who had drank too much. He raised his hands and slapped them twice.

"Stinky brat, have a good memory. Stop f * cking trying to reason with me. I'm the banner holder, the banner holder's words are the truth …"

"If there's a disgrace, there's a disgrace!" The other raising child s did not continue fighting and rushed up to grab the flagman who had attacked them. Not long after, the entire mutton restaurant was smashed to pieces.

The same scene was played out in different parts of the Great Qing. This was a conflict between two different types of thoughts. On one hand, the scholars were defending the traditional public opinion positions that spanned thousands of years, and on the other hand, the people were beginning to have a sense of judgement.

These were two naturally occurring emotions. Scholars would never allow the common people to think independently, and in their eyes, the common people could do as they pleased without them knowing. In other words, you just have to obediently do as we say and don't think too much. If I tell you to walk to the left, you just walk to the left. As for going to the left, you don't need to worry too much.

But the masses were not stupid, there would always be a group of people who would try to analyze the problem themselves, and these people were the people that Xiao Letian wanted to fight for.

Of course, in the current state of clarity, the power of an Awakened was still very weak. It could not even reach one thousandth of the power that a normal person would have, but Xiao Letian was not anxious at all. He knew that he had an unimaginable power that these corrupt scholars did not expect him to have, and that was the power of industry.

When the most advanced printing press was delivered to the Great Qing Dynasty, Xiao Letian's advertising power would increase exponentially.

The situation in the capital could be said to be changing three times a day. Xiao Letian's promotional attacks continued to expand, to the point that the explosive news of Wang Mian killing his father and forcing his aunt to death was spread out.

Wang Shizheng's home was originally a place where the Chun Sanshiniang was most concerned about, and the number of servants bribed was already more than fifteen. They all clearly saw Wang Mian suffocating her father in an attempt to insult her aunt. This sort of heavyweight news could be used any time now.

The next morning, when the third issue of the public information newspaper placed this shocking piece of news in front of the citizens of the capital, Qing Liu could no longer bear it any longer.

The heavily filial Wang Mian actually carried the coffin and walked at the front of the group, and denounced the slander and insult of the people's newspaper while crying and shouting. He was so agitated that he even brought the group to attack the Great Qing Sect.

The Qing Dynasty's Great Qing Sect was probably located in the later President's Memorial Hall, and from here, one could rush into the sealed Tiananmen Square. The soldiers who were guarding the place had already been severely scolded. Now that they saw the group of scholars once more and even the coffin in their hands, they did not dare to delay and stop them.

Wang Mian who was in front of the group roared out hoarsely, "Your majesty, this subject has been wronged …" "Your majesty gives justice to this subject. I beg you to help this subject …"

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.