Chapter 198: Rotten Egg Offensive

On July 28, just three days after Zhao Bingjun entered Nanjing, he with great courage and with the support of Ye Zhikui, he withstood the layers of pressure and made the general process of the shooting clear. One is that the military government had suspected the British before, and the other is that Zhao Bingjun is different from Liu Kunyi, and Liu Kunyi dared not offend the British. Even if he had a little thought in that direction, he would stop by himself. Zhao Bingjun was determined to find trouble for the British, but the result was self-evident.

The next morning, the embassies in various countries in China received a notice from the military government, not only explaining the ins and outs of Zhu Erdian's assassination of Liu Kunyi in a very detailed manner, but also explaining the crimes committed by Zhu Erdian since entering China clearly. In the end, he filed lawsuits against several British people for more than a dozen crimes such as conspiracy to subvert the Chinese government and murder.

The sensational Liu Kunyi shooting seemed to be revealed, but its subsequent development was even more eye-catching. After the Supreme Court of the Military Government heard the trial at the fastest speed, he sentenced the British people, Juerdian and others to death, and asked the British government to make a written apology to the military government for the crimes committed by Juerdian.

In the British Empire Embassy of Dongjiaominxiang, Beijing, the Minister to China Wilson is losing his temper with several counselors.

"It's ridiculous that the Chinese actually asked me to apologize to them. It's simply unforgivable. Did the Prime Minister Marquis Salisbury send the order back? Will the parliament pass the force against China?" Wilson was obviously angry and asked a lot of questions.

A counselor quickly replied: "The Marquis of Salisbury just served as prime minister in June this year. There is no clear direction in the cabinet's China policy. And there is news that the Boers in the South African colonies are starting to move again. These Portuguese, Dutch and French hybrids, with the support of Germany, are increasingly not taking the empire seriously. The bloody lessons from more than ten years ago have not yet awakened them."

"The Boers are hateful, but now the Chinese are becoming more and more hateful. They keep provoking the authority of the empire. If they don't teach them a lesson, I believe that the empire's hegemony in Asia will be affected." Wilson calmed down and analyzed slowly.

"Although this is the case, the empire has greater interests in South Africa, and countless diamonds and gold mines are waiting for us to mine. If we use force against China, it will inevitably lead to unstable rule in South Africa. Those Boer hybrids will not miss such a good opportunity."

The *** official shook his head, obviously disagreeing with Wilson's point of view.

Wilson slapped the table and said hatefully: "Do we want to apologize to the Chinese government!"

Another counselor curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "No need for this. I believe the Chinese people dare not do it too much."

Wilson pondered for a moment before slowly speaking: "Let me explain to the Chinese government that what Juerdian does in China is a private act and has no relationship with the empire, so let them stop at the right time."

Before the minister could finish his words, an embassy soldier hurriedly ran in.

"Mr. Ambassador, there are many Chinese rioters outside the embassy. They have surrounded our embassy." The soldiers reported in panic.

"It's outrageous, let's go out and take a look." Wilson stood up in anger and walked out the gate with one horse leading.

In the foreign embassy area of ​​Dongjiaomin Lane, dogs could pass by in the Qing Dynasty, but Chinese could not. In the later Boxer Movement, the Boxers also abide by the rules at the beginning and did not dare to pass by from now on. However, after the German Minister Clinder provoked the Boxer Boxers for no reason and sent troops to kill several Boxers, the Boxer Boxers became angry and refused to abide by the rules.

Of course, the mystery of the murder of the German minister Clinder, later generations, is still full of fog, but there is a lot of evidence that China has actually become a victim of international conspiracy in all aspects. The Jiaozhou Bay incident in 1898 was just a preview of Germany's provocation of World War I in 1914. The Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China was just the first attempt by the great powers to curb Germany's challenge to the already formed international order.

Although Germany ultimately failed to obey the containment of the great powers and broke through the old international order, this is exactly the clues of its occurrence and development.

There is evidence that it was the Russian and British envoys who instigated and assassinated Clinder. First, the Russian envoy Gers colluded with British envoy Dou Nale, making him believe that Germany wanted to secretly plan to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and "split China with a powerful military raid, thereby damaging the interests of Britain and Russia." Then, he told Zaiyi, Duan County Prince in power at the time that Clinder was going to the Zongli Yamen alone and suggested using force against him.

This is a long way of doing. No matter what the facts are, since the military government became, the Chinese have no fear of Dongjiaomin Lane. Some old men and women who buy vegetables, play mahjong and look for children often pass by here, and foreign soldiers in various embassy areas dare not come forward to stop them.

As soon as Wilson walked out of the hall, he heard the noise outside the door.

"The British got out of China."

"If the murderer is handed over, the British must apologize to China!"

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When we walked outside the door, we saw more than 100 British soldiers lined up in a row with nervous expressions, guarding the door with live ammunition. The ones confronted the British soldiers were over ten meters away, and the angry Chinese people were raising their hands in anger and kept shouting various anti-British slogans. There were at least two or three thousand people, and anyone who saw them was shocked.

Seeing Wilson coming out, the Chinese were even more restless. Before the minister could speak, I wonder who was the first to start the attack in the crowd.

A rotten egg flew out and hit not far from Wilson's feet. After a few seconds, countless rotten eggs, rotten vegetables, and some small stones flew out of the crowd, all of which fell at the door of the embassy, ​​and more were hit on the British soldiers.

Wilson did not expect the Chinese to take action suddenly. He was caught off guard and was hit by two or three rotten eggs. One of them hit his face, and the smell of inauspicious smell penetrated into the gentleman's nose.

Wilson's face turned from white to black, and he was furious and shouted: "Shoot! Kill these rioters."

The British soldier hesitated a little, then he raised his rifle and aimed at the Chinese in front of him.

As a bigger conflict was about to break out, a counselor hurriedly stepped forward to stop and said, "Put down the gun quickly."

Then he tried his best to persuade Wilson: "Ambassador, this should not be done. If a disaster occurs, the military government will definitely not stop. Ye Zhikui was called the angry bull of the Far East by the Americans. He always did things without regard for consequences. At that time, you and I might explain it to the far Far East."

Wilson wiped the disgusting mixture on his face with his hand and shouted, "What do you think?"

"Let's go in first and then discuss countermeasures."

Wilson stomped his heels hard, staring at the Chinese people shouting in front of him with unwillingness, and had to prepare to retreat.

"British guy, *** your ancestors!"

Seeing that the British soldiers did not dare to shoot, the original slogan turned into filthy words of curse. After the angry crowd threw the rotten eggs, they picked up larger stones from the ground and smashed them at the British.

Stones are no more than eggs, but when they hit people, their heads will be bleeding.

The British soldiers used their hands to protect their faces and retreated back in a mess, and the defensive formation was even more chaotic.

The crowd began to riot and was in a forward rushing situation.

Wilson and others retreated to the door. Seeing this, they all opened their eyes wide in horror. As they saw it, they were about to develop into an uncontrollable situation, and even they could not stop it.

A thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the street, and then the patrolman of the Dongjiaomin Lane Patrol Bureau, wearing a black coat and a long knife, finally came.

It immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the crowd calmed down a little, looking at the patrol officers who were neatly lined up and didn't say a word.

Under the leadership of a patrolman, more than 500 patrolmen ran to the middle of the crowd and the British soldiers' queues without panic, and stared at the British.

These patrolmen stood silently, facing the foreigners, and were facing the Chinese behind without any worries.

After the crowd was silent for a moment, they began to throw stones again, but no one rushed forward.

Wilson breathed a little relieved, then rushed out from behind the door and shouted: "Captain Li, please give me an explanation for why these mobs can reach this place."

Wilson knew the Commander Li from the patrol station in Dongjiaomin Lane and continued to shout: "If you don't disperse these mobs, be careful that our British Empire soldiers will shoot."

Chief Li stared at him coldly for a moment, and did not talk to him, but lit a cigarette and leisurely found a clean place to sit down.

Wilson jumped violently and shouted, "Arrogant, soldiers, raise their guns."

In Wilson's mind, those mobs were irrational and had no reason to say, but these patrol officers who maintained public order would definitely not dare to be presumptuous and provoke conflicts between the two countries. Unfortunately, the police of the military government were not the scumbags who helped foreigners bully the people in later generations.

Hurry, the group of embarrassed British soldiers raised their heads and raised their weapons again.

Li Dan was very angry. These British guys were too ignorant. He had already received the order from above before he set out. If a Chinese person was injured, he would only obey.

His hand was raised without showing any weakness, and more than 500 patrolmen were divided into three rows, lying down in the front row, squatting half a squat in the middle, standing in the last row, pointing the weapons in his hands towards the British soldiers, the atmosphere was tight.

Li Dan's move undoubtedly caused cheers from the people behind him. As if to support our team, the rainy stones were thrown from behind and smashed towards the British soldiers in front.

The British were naturally suffering. In terms of the number of people, they were not as large as the Chinese. In terms of courage, they did not dare to shoot easily. They covered their guns and could not protect their faces. Suddenly, screams burst into tears and many soldiers were "shocked".

Wilson was furious, but he had no choice but to order the soldiers to hide back in the embassy.

"Long live the Grand Marshal and long live the military government!"

Seeing this, the people were completely excited.
Chapter completed!