"Zhu Shanhai, the grandson, really did everything to establish the country in the northwest, and he dared to deceive the world ......."

"If you say it's an edict, you believe it?"

"What is the head of this non-analysis in the newspaper? Could it be that it's not an overkill? ”

"What is the purpose of Zhu Shanhai's edict? Deceived the Qing Dynasty and the opposition? Deceiving the military and civilians of the two northwestern provinces? Deceived the officials and gentlemen of Gongning City? Feng Zhengtai who deceived Anxi? Or deceive the consulates of various countries in Gongning City? Did you get caught? Not afraid of being debunked? What will be the consequences if it is debunked? ”

A series of rhetorical questions can be said to hit the nail on the head, the discussion in the lobby was lowered for a moment, Wang Minglang's heart jumped, and he followed the prestige to see a middle-aged man dressed as a gentleman in his early forties, with a tight face, not like a frequent visitor to this 'Tiantai', and his accent was not an authentic Beijing film.

Where did this guy pop up from? Glancing at the other party, he slowly withdrew his gaze, thinking about how to refute it in his heart, but he didn't want the person to continue: "The queen mother and the emperor are in Gongning City, Zhu Shanhai can deceive the people of the world, but he can't deceive the officials, gentlemen, and consuls of various countries in Gongning City!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Minglang snorted coldly, and said loudly: "With Zhu Shanhai's ability, it is not difficult to buy off a queen mother or a eunuch with status around the emperor, let the eunuch publicly announce the decree, who dares to question it?" ”

"How can a eunuch publicly announce the decree of the Holy Decree and declare it at home and abroad?"

Wang Minglang said with a little weakness: "Without the deliberation and approval of the Imperial Council, it cannot be called a holy edict, let alone a declaration of Chinese and foreign ....... ”

A young man sitting by the window said: "Zhu Shanhai is a Manchurian, and all his subordinates are Manchu and Mongolian children, and the northwest is self-reliant, just to start a new business?" ”

"Young man, beware of the trouble that comes out of the mouth." Wang Minglang said in a deep voice: "It's okay to talk about state affairs, but malicious speculation and even slander today will lead to a big prison." ”

The young man smiled and said, "I'm talking about the traitor Zhu Shanhai, but is it a little disrespectful?" ”

His heart can be punished! Wang Minglang knew that the other party was insinuating that the Empress Dowager was intending to start another business in the northwest, but he didn't dare to say more, for fear that the more he described, the darker it would be, and he couldn't help but feel anxious in his heart, most of these two people were Yuanqi's people, and if they were guided, it would be a big trouble!

Compared with the big newspapers in the northern provinces that have a unified tone and insist that Zhu Shanhai's edict deceived the world, the newspapers in the southern provinces are a little chaotic; after truthfully reporting Zhu Shanhai's telegram and Guangxu's edict, some reprimanded Zhu Shanhai for confusing the world, while others implicitly accused Guangxu of betraying national interests to split the northwest, and more importantly, they analyzed what kind of changes and impacts it would bring to the situation in the northwest.

However, only one day later, the "Shanghai Daily" published an article entitled "The Supremacy of National Interests" in a conspicuous position on the front page, which pointed out that no matter who or any nationality is, they must defend their national interests to the death, but anyone who disregards the interests of the state for the sake of his own selfish interests and even betrays the interests of the state must pay a high price for it!

Although the author of this article is an unknown person, the fact that it can be published in a conspicuous position in the Shanghai Daily is enough to explain a lot of things.

Overnight, the direction of public opinion in the southern provinces changed! First, the spearhead was aimed at Guangxu, and then the spearhead was aimed at the Manchus and Mongolians.

The atmosphere is tense all at once!

Gongning City, Governor's Palace.

His face was pale, and Ci'an, who was biting his lip, paced back and forth in the room nervously, there is no impermeable wall in the world, not to mention that Zhu Shanhai occupied Gongning City for a short time, although the news was strictly blocked, but in just three days, the matter of the edict was transmitted to the Governor's Palace.

The public decree to recognize the independence of the two northwestern provinces and canonize the king of Kokand, what kind of consequences this matter would cause when it reached the country, Ci'an knew very well, at least her mother and mother would be ruined and deposed, and at worst, the Qing Dynasty would be destroyed.

The chief eunuch Gao Cheng obediently knelt near the door and didn't even dare to come out, he rarely saw Ci'an so restless, for fear of suffering an unwarranted disaster, the footsteps he heard stopped, he quickly lowered his body a few more points, but his spirit was highly concentrated.

"Zhu Shanhai dared to be pretentious, it should have been tacitly approved by Britain and Russia, and he must be fully prepared." Ci'an said in a deep voice: "If it is not bad as expected, this Gongning City should have cut off all external communication links and has been locked down. ”

"The Empress Dowager Shengming." Gao Cheng hurriedly flattered.

Ci'an glanced at him, "Yes and no?" ”

Gao Cheng said cautiously: "The slave only knows that martial law has been imposed in the city, and other situations cannot be investigated. ”

"In this case, how can I save myself?" Ci'an seemed to ask and talked to himself. , In the current situation, no one can rely on it, she can only save herself, and she must save herself, otherwise what awaits her and her mother is a tragic fate.

The queen mother asked, she couldn't help but answer, Gao Chengyun was in a cold sweat, if it was a desperate situation in this situation, how could she save herself? After a slight groan, he said tentatively: "Right now, if you want to save yourself, the only way is to break through." ”

Breakthrough? Ci'an glanced at him coldly, even if the Praetorian Guards were strong and could break through the siege and rush out of Gongning City, could they still escort her and her mother to Hami? Once you break through, there is only one dead end!

Gao Cheng also knew that this method was unreliable, he lay motionless on the ground and didn't dare to move, and when he heard the footsteps sound again, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body was numb when he knelt, and Ci'an, who he had heard, spoke, "The only way is to expose, or confirm Zhu Shanhai's edict." ”

Hearing this, Gao Cheng was confused, they are now trapped in Gongning City, they can neither contact the outside world, nor can they break through, how to expose it, to whom to confirm it?

"Tell me to go down and build a flagpole, which must be high and thick enough, and the palace will distribute leaflets."

Handing out flyers? Gao Chengyun was stunned, he was no stranger to leaflets, and many students in Beijing gave leaflets when they preached constitutional speeches, the question was who to send leaflets? To the military and civilians of Gongning City? What's the use of that? Soon he reacted and said convincingly: "The Empress Dowager Shengming." ”

The moon was dark and the wind was high, a tall flagpole was slowly erected, a black shadow climbed up flexibly, and soon reached the top of the pole, a basket of flyers slowly rose up with the rope, the black shadow tried the wind direction, and then raised his hand to scatter stacks of flyers into the night sky.

Although she couldn't see anything, Ci'an still looked up at the dark night sky, and the content of the leaflet was very simple, that is, to expose Zhu Shanhai's edict, leave the date, and stamp the private seal that she and Guangxu carried with them.

She doesn't care if these leaflets can be sent back to China, as long as they can be spread all over Gongning City, in the future, there will naturally be officials and gentlemen in Gongning City to correct the names of her and her mother.

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