Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

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.

They had no idea how the railroad and the cemetery could have clashed, or why the railway had to be built to consider the comfort of the dead.

Great cultural differences left Britain at a loss. They wanted to find a spokesperson, but none of them had the guts to do so.

To be able to meet such an enlightened little emperor, the entire business world in Britain was already extremely excited. Countless people even shouted that this was a miracle given by God, a slogan like this.

Now that someone was trying to obliterate the miracle God had bestowed on England, to block off the entry of British capital into the interior of the Great Qing, this was against the whole of England, against the whole of British business and finance.

It was also because of this that when Gladstone had just arrived in Downing Street, the first person he saw was Count Lalenden. Under the strong words of the new Prime Minister, the external phase sent a strong diplomatic note to the French Emperor and the Tsar through official channels.

Although they did not say explicitly that Napoleon was the mastermind, they did not mention that they were implying that they were implying it. They even strongly requested that the French conduct an internal investigation to apprehend all the powers behind the assassins.

When Napoleon III received the diplomatic note from the United Kingdom, he was about to go crazy. His roars were like that of a tiger in the Versailles and everything on the table was smashed into pieces.

"How preposterous! How preposterous! How dare you put the blame on my head, the damn Englishman is too arrogant! "

"For the sake of a Chinese railway, you gave up the alliance that you had with the English and French for so many years? This bunch of greedy bastards! "

This fellow's mission in Britain was extremely unsatisfactory. Xiao Letian had broken his plans time and time again, and in the end, not to mention humiliating him, they even took on an ally, the Prime Minister.

When Benjamin announced his decision to go off-field, Montaubon had already boarded the ferry back to the country. He was also afraid that Gladstone would go crazy and ask him to investigate the situation.

As a precaution, he had to run away. Whoever wanted to be the scapegoat, he or she could do it.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Gladstone had no choice but to express this attitude in order to curry favor with Emperor Tongzhi …"

"Regardless, the railway artery that runs through China from north to south is really a huge piece of cake... You need to know that Benjamin had even taken out his authority in the administration of the customs to trade with the Tongzhi Emperor! "

"Customs? He De's position was given to the Tongzhi Emperor? They are so willing, damn it, this railway must have our shares, and they must never let the British eat it all by themselves! "

"What do you think is the best way to deal with this matter now?" Napoleon said in a huff.

"Ordinary fools would not be able to see through this. They are all moving back and forth in the light of the news!"

"The newspapers are suspicious of us, so they joined in the commotion as well. That's why we have to be more careful when fighting for public opinion!"

"And the second point, is to communicate with the Tongzhi Emperor in time.