"Man, how come you're going to start a war? Enko is about to start the New Year in more than a month. If you use weapons, it will be unlucky!"

"That's right. Look at what the people in the Minzhi Newspaper said is very pitiful. A foreign company that does a maritime business can have tens of millions of silver dollars a year, and it is not an exaggeration to raise hundreds of bodyguards? Why can't the court tolerate it?"

"Hey... I can't understand. The court sent someone to assassinate Xiao Letian and poisoned his concubine... No, no, I was wrong. I was poisoning his wife and accidentally poisoned her concubine... Anyway, no, no, the court did this matter really inauthentic."

"That's right, no matter how serious the crime is, it cannot be defeated! Tell me, Sun Sanhu colluded with the Green Camp soldiers to rob the entire Tanggu merchants. Is this true?"

The copper hotpot in the tavern was almost dried, and the old and young men gathered together to discuss the issue of the imperial court's dispatch of troops this time. Here we can see the benefits of the public opinion war. The newspaper is still very white and black, and the words inside are all vernacular languages ​​with emotions, which are naturally very close to the people. This is much better than looking at the dry and literary classical Chinese notice boards.

It can be said that new things like newspapers have been close to the public's emotions since the beginning, and have a natural advantage in the battle of public opinion.

The whispers of the Eight Banners annoyed the scholars next to them. They threw down their chopsticks and were furious, "I'm confused, you are the people of the Qing Dynasty? The court has supported you in vain! Do you believe Xiao Letian's fallacies?"

"No matter whether what he said is true or not, so what if it is true? The king told the minister to die and the minister to die, and the father asked the son to die and the son to die. This is loyalty and filial piety, and this is the truth of the natural truth..."

Speaking of this, the scholar with a flushed face rushed over and snatched the news from the idle men, tearing it to pieces. While tearing it, he also scolded, "I'll let you see... I'll let you see again, tearing it apart... all torn apart..."

"Oh, you are looking for death. You dare to steal things from my grandfather. You are so brave. I will give you two crispy ones..." The Eight Banners are not afraid of causing trouble, especially those who have drunk too much. They raised their hands and slapped them twice in the face.

"Boy, I'll give you some memory. My mother is a bannerman. What is the reason for us?..."

"It's a shame, you're a shame!" The other few men stopped and rushed up and grabbed the flag-men who were fighting. After a while, they were smashed into pieces in the mutton restaurant.

The same scene was staged in different places in the Qing Dynasty. This was a conflict between two thinking. On the one hand, scholars were maintaining the traditional public opinion position for thousands of years, while on the other hand, the people began to have the awareness of self-judgment.

These are two natural confrontational emotions. Scholars will never allow the public to think. In their eyes, the people can do it, not know it. In other words, you just do it obediently as we say. If you don’t use your brain, you just go to the left honestly. As for the principle of going to the left, you just need to worry less, and we just need to think about it for you.

But the people are not stupid. There are always a group of pioneers who will try to analyze their own problems, and these people are the pioneers that Xiao Letian wants to strive for.

Of course, in the current Qing Dynasty, the power of the awakened person is still very weak, and it cannot even reach one thousandth of the power compared to traditional power. However, Xiao Letian is never impatient because he knows that he has the power that these corrupt scholars cannot imagine, that is the power of industry.

When the most advanced printing machine is shipped to the Qing Dynasty, Xiao Letian's publicity ability will surge exponentially. Not to mention covering a small Zhili, he can even cover the entire Central Plains and even the entire Qing Dynasty.

The situation in the capital can be said to change three times a day. Xiao Letian's propaganda attacks continued to expand, and in the end, even the explosive news that Wang Mian, the beast, killed his father and forced his aunt to death were shaken out.

Wang Shizheng's home was originally a place that Chun Shisanniang focused on. There were as many as fifteen servants who were bribed. From the inner house to the outer house, they were all the eyes and ears of Thirteen Niang. Wang Mian suffocated his father to insult his aunt and saw them clearly. If this kind of big news is not used at this time, then when would he want to use it?

When the third issue of Minzhibao threw this shocking news in front of the people in the capital early the next morning, Qingliu could no longer bear it, and another large-scale demonstration began.

Wang Mian, dressed in a heavy filial piety, actually walked at the front of the team carrying the coffin, crying and refuting the slander and insults of the people's knowledge of the people. He was so excited that he even led the team to attack the Qing Gate.

During the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Gate was probably in the location of the later Chairman's Memorial Hall. From here, it was a closed square. The soldiers guarding the place had been severely scolded before. Now, seeing that the group of scholars were coming again and carrying out the coffin, how could they dare to neglect and stop the team tightly?

Wang Mian roared in front of the team with his head disheveled and exuded a roar, "Your Majesty, I'm wronged... The emperor gave me justice, and asked me to make the decision..."

Wang Mian was really scared. Although he could deny all the reports of Minzhibao, he knew very well how enthusiastic the Qing people were about these gossip news. Regardless of whether it was true or false, his slutty was too unsatisfied. The only way was to ask the court to rectify his reputation. Perhaps relying on the royal prestige, he could also restore the reputation of the family less. Not only Wang Mian's family was afraid, but all the candidates in the capital were scared by Xiao Letian's shameless and lifeless fighting style.

Don’t you have many scholars? Xiao Letian has more newspapers and leaflets. Are you not your disciples and old officials in the Qing Dynasty? Xiao Letian’s newspapers can not only cover the Qing Dynasty, but also cover the territory of foreigners.

I won’t say anything else. During this period, there have been many newspapers and posts in Dongjiaominxiang. Who dares to come to collect them from Shuntian Mansion? The foreigners have accepted them all.

Scoundrel, Xiao Letian is simply a rogue. If all the literati in the world play like this, there is still something to say. If you find someone, you will throw dirty water. Anyway, the people like to listen to such gossip news. Isn’t this what the meaning of three people becoming tigers?

No one expected that Xiao Letian's counterattack was so shameless and heartless, and that he would not give him any way to live. This punch was truly a hit on the lifeline of scholars.

At this time, the Forbidden City was also stunned. They did not expect that Xiao Letian didn't care about the threat of war at all, and the counterattack method became more and more intense. Not only did he expose all the plans of the imperial court to mobilize troops, but he even used disgusting tricks such as slandering reputation.

The late Qing Dynasty politics was actually a stinking pond. Don’t talk about the second brother, no one can be clean. If you carefully dig it out within the royal family, there will still be a lot of fishy things. Isn’t it exposed Prince Gong in the first issue? After spending thousands of silver on a meal, just wait for the people to scold you.

Yi? Now that his face was ashamed and mourned as a mourning test, he suddenly jumped up from his chair and said hysterically, "No! This can't continue... Since Xiao Letian can reveal the old truth of the Han minister Qingliu, he can also reveal the old truth of our Manchus. If he treacherously makes all the agreements signed by the court and foreigners over the years to the public?"

"Ah!" The hall exclaimed, this kind of thing cannot happen, once it happens, it will be a major event that shakes the foundation of the country.

During the First Opium War, China compensated Britain 21 million taels of silver, and in the Second Opium War, it paid Britain and France 6 million taels of silver. Even more than one million square kilometers of land north of Heilongjiang Treaty of China-Russia Aihui was cedeed to Russia.

These things are not secrets, and they are still circulated between the officialdom and scholars, but 99% of the people in the world don’t know. They can’t figure out the difference between Britain and France, nor do they understand the importance of various treaties.

Even what is the land outside the pass? There is no clear concept of whether it is the land of the Qing Dynasty. A great help to maintain the regime in the late Qing Dynasty was to bully the people and the people were not yet enlightened. As long as the country was still controlled by the court on the surface, they believed that the truth of the country was still in the Qing Dynasty.

Now, the evil demon Xiao Letian actually used such a powerful plan to use such a vernacular language that ordinary people can understand, to instill this dangerous idea into the people of the world, which makes the court rule the hearts of the people in the future.

After all, Prince Gong is the Prime Minister. He is a prince among the Eight Banners who has a deep understanding of foreigners. After the first issue of Minzhibao was posted in Beijing, he felt something was wrong. However, at first he thought that this was Xiao Letian's forced method to protect himself. However, after the third issue revealed Wang Mian's true feelings, he suddenly realized.

"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty! Xiao Letian's move is not a threat to these Han officials. He is a naked threat to the court. If he continues like this, the people of the world will be separated from us!"

There is no need to be a heavy hammer on the drum. Ci'an and Cixi completely woke up and shouted almost at the same time, "Let Ermao come out of the Interior Office... Let him send a letter to Xiao Letian. The court wants to negotiate with him. This battle must not be fought..."

Ever since the court decided to quell Xiao Letian, Ermao had been locked in the dungeon of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If the young emperor had not pleaded with him, he would have to be cut off that night. Now everyone is glad that he did not take any action, otherwise he would have been unable to negotiate with Xiao Letian.

At this moment, suddenly, a series of urgent footsteps came from outside the hall. The eunuch Zhou Daoying ran in from outside. As soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground with a thud. "Your Majesty! Queen Mother, something is wrong, Zeng Guofan has entered the capital..." After saying that, he picked up the eight hundred miles of urgent documents that had just been delivered from his arms.

"Why are you panicking? Didn't the general tell me that you have been to Beijing this year? Look at your distraught look, it's embarrassing..." Emperor Tongzhi opened his mouth and cursed in anger.

Zhou Daoying's forehead slammed into the ground, and tears flowed down his eyes, "No, Your Majesty, Zeng Guofan brought 20,000 cavalry to the north. He brought 20,000 cavalry directly from Shandong and headed straight to the capital. He led his troops to the capital... Zeng Guofan brought his troops to the capital!"

With a crisp sound, Ci'an's tea bowl fell into pieces.
Chapter completed!