Ermao's current identity is very delicate, on the one hand, he is the childhood playmate of the little emperor of Tongzhi, and on the other hand, he is also a talent consciously reserved by the empress dowager of the two palaces.

Didn't you show your studies and don't let the emperor learn Western studies? Didn't you keep an eye on the emperor very closely? Then I can let the people around the emperor learn. And Ermao is a very good candidate, young, smart, and a eunuch, and he is the best choice in all aspects.

Ideally, Ermao's Western studies are a boost for the emperor's future rule, and the emperor can consult him at any time when he encounters problems with Western studies.

Of course, when the emperor is old enough to govern himself, it will be difficult for these Confucian scholars to influence the emperor.

The idea is perfect, but the perfect things in the world often have flaws, such as Ermao. This child has now been completely brainwashed by Xiao Letian and has become the most loyal disciple of Western Studies, and he has also recognized Fu Hui as his godmother, and Xiao Letian has become his godfather in disguise.

What's even more worrying is that with the secret investigation of the ancestors, they found that Ermao had received Xiao Letian's favor before entering the palace, and even the quota for Ermao to enter the palace was dredged by Xiao Letian at his expense.

The most worrying thing is loyalty, don't look at Ermao who says he is loyal to the royal family, but who is loyal to him in his heart, who can say clearly? But even if he is suspicious, the court can't cut the line of Ermao, if Ermao has an accident, it proves that the court is determined to break with Xiao Letian.

But is the imperial court ready to deal with Xiao Letian's revenge? Don't say anything about Xiao Letian as a pirate, just look at the leaflets in the sky, as well as the latest Minzhi Bao, Xiao Letian's methods are already jaw-dropping.

"Ermao, these four are what Xiao Letian told you, how are you connected?" Cixi said faintly, and the chill in her voice could be frozen into ice cubes.

No matter how bold Ermao is and how ready he is to sacrifice, he is only a teenager after all. In the face of imperial power, he will still be afraid. As soon as he heard that his tone was not good, he quickly kowtowed, and replied with a stammering body trembling like chaff.

"Slave...... Slaves are all letters written in the godmother's house, and they use the fast horse of the godmother's house to communicate with the godfather...... These are the latest two, and the minions just received ......"

The bright communication between Xiao Letian and Ermao can actually be seen by the Queen Mother of the two palaces, which is originally a show. In one letter after another, Xiao Letian persuaded Ermao all the time to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, so that he could learn more from the West and serve the imperial court.

Of course, in the letter, he also looked forward to the future of the special industrial zone, and boasted the benefits of maritime trade and industrialization like flowers, and sometimes even the Queen Mother was a little tempted to see it.

Today, when the latest two letters were placed on the desk, everyone found out that one of the letters was actually for the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Xiao Letian's tone in the letter was unusually harsh, and the anger even penetrated the back of the paper, and the pen pierced the paper.

"Shameless, extremely shameless, what kind of contradiction is there to come to me Xiao Lotian alone, what's the matter with the woman who moves me? Who is the daughter-in-law of my inner house who provokes whom?" Xiao Lotian was already angry and incoherent, and he roared in the letter with pen and ink.

"My Xiao Letian's bottom line is here, I won't let a single step, if you dare to let me die, I will cut off the prestige of this court, the big deal is a death, what's the matter......

Before she could finish reading the letter, Cixi was already furious, and she slapped the letter on the table with a snap and scolded angrily, "It's a great rebellion, this is a natural rebellion... What's the difference between this and those shameless Xiyi......?

"I used to have doubts about his identity, but now it seems that he is really an out-and-out second devil, and he doesn't have the slightest conscience of loyalty and patriotism in his mind, even if he hasn't received the good of the Qing Dynasty, haven't his ancestors eaten the grain of the Qing Dynasty?"

Cixi stared at Ermao, who was kneeling on the ground trembling, and wanted to go up and kick him to death, but she thought that he was still useful.

"The bottom line? What does he Xiao Lotian have in his hands? What bottom line do you dare to talk about? It's nothing more than a rogue method and shameless splashing of dirty water, do you think the imperial court will care? I really don't want to do much, I want to let these courtiers live in peace, you Xiao Lotian is enough to make a fortune, without the protection of the Qing Dynasty, you still want to open a foreign bank to make money? Isn't every penny of your silver earned from the Qing Dynasty?"

"I don't know how grateful the dog slave and the two devils are still delusional about cutting the Tanggu City of the Qing Dynasty......?

Not only Cixi was angry, but the Empress Dowager Ci'an, Prince Gong and even the little emperor were angry, and Emperor Tongzhi said angrily, "You go and reply to Xiao Letian, the first three imperial courts can tolerate him, but the fourth is not to think, it's a big deal that the imperial court doesn't want this dignity, and it will send troops to exterminate him, so that he doesn't have delusions......"

The negotiation could not continue here, and the conditions offered by Xiao Letian were not accepted by the imperial court at all, and everyone in the Heart Cultivation Hall finally made up their minds to prepare to clean up.

When Ermao was blasted out of the hall and slipped away to spread the message, the palace had already begun to prepare a plan to deduce the transfer of troops.

"There are 3,000 horses and 20,000 infantry troops, half of which are equipped with foreign guns, and it is still not a problem to exterminate a small foreign company...... Cixi said.

"Now the key is to look at the attitude of the foreigners, your Prime Minister Yamen has to negotiate with the ambassadors of the countries in Dongjiaomin Lane in advance during this time, and say that the imperial court will naturally protect the interests of foreign businessmen, let them suppress their own businessmen, and don't make trouble with Xiao Letian......" Ci'an thought more cautiously.

"As long as our actions are secretive and fast, so that all forces have no time to react and take down Xiao Letian, there will be absolutely nothing wrong, even foreigners have to pinch their noses and admit their accounts. ”

The little emperor's gaze was still on the sea: "What about the sea boats? What if Xiao Letian attacks the coastline by boat?"

At this time, Prince Gong also smiled, "The emperor doesn't have to worry too much, with the current weather, the Haihe River has been frozen, if my guess is not bad, there will be a Lingxun in the Bohai Sea." It's not that simple to go to sea, even if he is lucky enough to escape, it is impossible to attack the land of Gyeonggi, and as for other places, as long as you take precautions in advance, the impact should not be very large. ”

Cixi gritted her teeth and said, "Even if it has an impact, I'm not afraid, that Xiao Letian has only a few hundred guards in the sky, and no matter how much trouble he makes, it's nothing more than robbing a little silver population, we have survived the long-haired rebellion for more than ten years, and now I'm still afraid of a little two devils......?"

At this point, the Manchu court reached a consensus, and before Ermao's secret letter was written, the secret decree to Tianjin Eight Banners was already on the way.

That night, Chun Shi Niang had already received the latest information, and when she knew that there would be 23,000 Eight Banners troops preparing to besiege Tanggu, she did not dare to slack off the carrier pigeon and took off overnight and went straight to Tanggu. Not only that, all the middle and high-level people in the torture hall in the capital were gathered in the winery, and the secret meeting lasted until dawn.

There was no telegraph, and there was no radio, and the war in this era tested the personal ability of the commander-in-chief.

Originally, under Xiao Letian's deduction, Xu Xiao Letian's side asked for a sky-high price, and naturally allowed the court to sit on the ground and repay the money, and there was no difference between negotiation and bargaining between buyers and sellers. However, he underestimated the stimulation of this series of events to the imperial court, and a small Tanggu actually rioted twice in a row, which had already made the imperial court lose face.

In fact, even the most mature politicians have a moment of mishandling, as long as they are human, there is a possibility of collapse of love, Xiao Lotian is too overestimated by the high-level city government of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Once the huge national machine is mobilized, it will be a thunderous crushing momentum, not to mention how many reinforcements can be provided near Zhili. With more than 20,000 troops in Mailer's hands, as long as they line up in formation, it is impossible for Xiao Letian to deal with them, and the most dangerous moment has come.

"Brothers, now is the moment of 100,000 urgency, I have a plan, it depends on whether you dare to do it..." In the midst of a night of tumultuous discussions, Chun Shisanniang made an extremely bold decision, she wanted to escalate this propaganda war, and she wanted to spread the Minzhi newspaper and leaflet war out of Zhili and cover the Yangtze River valley in the south.

"It's done... Since the court is shameless, then let's play a big one, let them sweep their faces in front of the people of the whole country, that is, what Mr. said, the people's heart is less than the court, others will have more, and the 500,000 Hunan army is waiting for this opportunity......"

"Damn, it......" everyone agreed to the plan.

Early in the morning, thin silk silks were stuffed into small bamboo tubes, and carrier pigeons flew with bamboo tubes to Shanghai, an important southern town, and flew to the gray-bearded General Liu Lang, who was on a mission in the south.

At the same time, all the secret printing bases hidden around the capital began to engrave wax paper to prepare for printing, and at seven o'clock in the morning, the latest Minzhi Bao and leaflets had already begun to be printed, and in just one day, 10,000 Minzhi Newspapers and countless leaflets were ready, and a new round of counterattack was about to begin.

It was an unusually peaceful day, and the soldiers of the Shuntian Mansion and the Nine Gate Commanders did not find a single leaflet or Minzhi newspaper all day, and all the elusive guerrillas disappeared. It was a rare day of relaxation, and the soldiers on duty all made an appointment to have a drink in the evening to celebrate the hard-won leisure.

But when Taise had just blackened and the copper pot shabu-shabu in front of them had just turned over, the unfortunate news came that the elusive guerrillas were not ceasefire at all, they were preparing ammunition. The latest issue of the Minzhi Bao has been freshly released, and it has scalded the mouths of all the people at once.

"Oh my God... The imperial court wants to send troops into Tanggu, and the commander of the Eight Banners of Tianjin, Mailer, leads 23,000 white flag iron cavalry, preparing to surround Tanggu City, to wash Tanggu City in blood, and to kill Xiao Letian and all the thieves?"

"The imperial court has positioned Xiao Letian as a rebel and wants to raise troops to exterminate him. Oh, isn't it a place where Chinese and foreign people live together? Will the foreigners unify the army to wipe it out?"

The entire capital was boiling, and then all the counties and towns around the capital were also fried, and this exciting news covered the entire Zhili at the fastest speed, and flew to the rest of the Great Qing Kingdom like a wild horse.

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