2257 Isolate and Helpless
"Number one! Large-scale demonstrations occurred in the East District of London, and French and Tsarist Russian immigrants collectively protested to the Chinese heads of state..."
"No., no.! Stones are like rain, and they are constantly cursing. The Chinese head of state Xiao Letian has been attacked and has now retreated to the East Palace..."
"Latest news, latest news! The East Palace is fully armed, the Chinese Guard has distributed live ammunition... The Hyde Park Barracks are on guard... The Zhiyuan of Tower Bridge lifts the cannon suit..."
"Breaking news... Demonstrators have gathered at the entrance of the East Palace. The Chinese head of state stayed in the door and the protests continued. The police department issued a warning to the citizens, hoping that the citizens would remain calm..."
The extrapolation of a single page is equivalent to the latest news pop-up in the 21st century. These are newspapers specially made for breaking news and heavy news.
The printing of the single page is extremely rough and the words are not very particular. You can even find any spelling errors, but this kind of thing requires speed.
Emergencies rely on speed to occupy the reader market. Many newspapers send out their accounts for free, so they use this promotion to open up the market for their newspapers. It is conceivable how strong they are in promoting their accounts.
It was under this forced promotion that millions of London citizens had already learned about the shocking attack at around 7 o'clock that night, and even other major cities in the UK learned about the attack through the telegram system.
Everyone was stunned. Britain had been in peace and prosperity for many years. Although there were wars in overseas colonies, the local area had always been peaceful. I have never heard of anyone who dared to attack foreign envoys. The whole city was sensational.
Not only the people were talking, but the royal family and opposition parties were also speechless at this moment. The queen stood in the garden of Buckingham Palace and looked into the direction of the East Palace, with grandsons and grandsons around her, and his son had already gone out to question Benjamin.
"Grandmother, what happened to the head of China? Is he really a criminal?" Grandson George asked in a silence.
"Oh, my George, you can't think so. Don't make a quick judgment on many things before the truth is revealed!"
Grandson William frowned and said, "Grandma, I know what's going on. This is the Prime Minister's counterattack. The head of the East was too popular before, and the newspapers were one-sidedly leaning towards him. Prime Minister Benjamin will definitely fight back!"
"The Chinese proverb is to kill people by borrowing a knife. The Prime Minister is the majesty of killing Chinese people by borrowing the knife of France and Tsarist Russia!"
The queen smiled, "Oh, my William, what do you think we should do at this moment?"
"It depends on who my grandmother wants to help. If you want to help Prime Minister Benjamin, then you can wait and see if you want to help the head of the East..."
Looking at William who was thinking with his head tilted, he thought for a while, and the queen looked at him patiently. After thinking for a while, William said, "If grandmother wants to help Xiao Letian, we don't have to come forward in person. Just let the person who is resting upstairs take action..."
He pointed to the direction upstairs, and Queen Victoria knew it clearly, "Oh, are you talking about Emperor Tongzhi?"
"That's right, it's the emperor of China. After all, he is the emperor of China and the most noble person in this visit. As long as he comes forward, even Benjamin must bow his head!"
"I have never understood why Xiao Letian refused to let Emperor Tongzhi come forward to make negotiation requests? If Emperor Tongzhi spoke, the Prime Minister would have no reason to refuse? Does he dare to deny the orthodoxy of the Qing emperor?"
"Hahaha..." the queen laughed, "Okay, since you think so, how about going upstairs to invite His Majesty the Emperor of China to go there?"
"So, is my grandmother willing to help Xiao Letian? Well, I'll go now..."
Victoria looked at the excited grandson's back with a smile on her face but said softly, "This little William is indeed a lot smarter, but she still lacks the grasp of the big strategy!"
Grandson George looked up at grandma. His age could not understand the profound meaning in grandma's mouth.
Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, William came back with an incredible look on his face, "Well... grandmother... it's so strange. It's less than eight o'clock, Emperor Tongzhi actually fell asleep?"
"Hahaha... I've been sleeping well, I've been sleeping well, and I'll have a break early!" Queen Victoria touched William's head. "You have more things to learn!"
Emperor Tongzhi has long been separated from Xiao Letian. In the past month, Chuan Chun has been completely crazy with Gordon's company. Compared with Xiao Letian's side and side encounters, his journey is smooth sailing.
Oxford, Cambridge, Naval Research Institute, Army Laboratory, the latest armored warship shipyard, the world's largest steel plant, the fastest train... All the most advanced civilizations in Europe were shown in front of him.
Wherever the emperor appeared, the warmest welcome ceremony was organized, and some of them were even higher than the queen's. Emperor Tongzhi's vanity made the British so popular.
Gordon's secret commitment to Emperor Tongzhi also made the little emperor unable to sleep. Gordon once said that as long as the little emperor allows Britain to invest in the construction of a railway from Beijing to Shanghai, then Britain will directly give Emperor Tongzhi 10 million pounds of military aid, which is for nothing!
It doesn’t count if you give it for free. There will be an interest-free loan of 20 million pounds and a low-interest loan of 50 million pounds!
The most advanced arms in Britain can be sold to the Qing Empire. There are absolutely no technical barriers to what you want. Moreover, Britain can also provide a full set of military services, from instructors to basic system construction, and everything can be given to the Qing Empire.
There are many other conditions. If the little emperor had not been able to take the momentum of the emperor, and if Xiao Letian and his friends had not had the training in place before, they would have agreed with Zaichun's previous personality.
It is precisely because Emperor Tongzhi spoke ambiguously and had a deep spirit that was difficult to understand that the emperor's mind was that Benjamin kept increasing his digits and further increases.
At this time, Zai Chun had already been tied with Britain in her heart. Now he has a quarrel with the British Prime Minister for his master? He is young, but it doesn’t mean he is stupid!
So when William and Manshun made his request, Zai Chun came and pretended to be asleep and ignored you, asking me to come forward to rescue Xiao Letian? Do we still want military aid? Is my new army still raising? Are you kidding?
Queen Victoria had already understood everything. He looked at the East Palace and whispered, "I'm sorry, my dear Xiao, you can only break this game yourself. I can't provide you with any help!"
"Your Majesty, it's already 8:30. Are you going back to the bedroom or to the study? The moisture outside is too heavy..." While chatting, the queen's attendant walked over and whispered.
"Then go back to the study room, I can't sleep today..." Before he finished speaking, he saw the attendant suddenly looking in the west with horror.
Chapter completed!