A few days later, when the investigation team of the Ministry of Supervision officially launched an investigation into Fan Gengji, Fan Gengji quickly confessed to his crimes, admitting that he had killed more than 11 immigrants, and that he had adopted the tactic of exterminating the whole family and reporting them as bandits, and admitted that his fifth concubine was killed by him, and that the concubine's husband was also killed by him.

And Wang Zizhong's case, because the concubine heard that they were from Beijing and were celebrities in Beijing, so she ordered the maid to ask Wang Zizhong to meet secretly, originally wanting to ask Wang Zizhong to help her escape from the clutches, but she didn't want the secret letter to be discovered by Fan Gengji, thinking that Wang Zizhong was too involved with his fifth aunt, so she directed a scene of forcible annihilation.

After three court hearings, the newly appointed judges of Tianhu City quickly sentenced Fan Gengji to death, and he was executed after waiting for the approval of the Dali Yuan. In Tianhu City's supervision system and legal system, a large number of officials have been removed from their posts and investigated.

When a reporter from China Daily went to Tianhu City to cover the news, he was detained by the military in Dihua.

For this reason, Ye Zhao wrote a long letter to Harić, Shenbao, Han Jinchun, Zhao Sanbao, Zheng Zewu and other imperial generals, and sent it by telegram, which meaningfully criticized the behavior of the Dihua Northwest Army, sighed for Fan Gengji's incident, and said: "What was said to be Fangcao in the past, how can it become Xiao Ai now? I am more sad than all the gentlemen", and said that "the pearl is dusty, and it is difficult to hide the glory", saying that Fan Gengji no longer belongs to the active military and will not affect the image of the emperor, and also said, "A dignified and upright teacher, why are you afraid of being long-winded?" ”

Ye Zhao knew that if the reporter was detained in Dihua, there must be instructions from high-level generals, whether it was an order from Shenbao or an order from Harwich, it represented the thoughts of many senior generals in the army, that is, they felt that Fan Gengji's matter needed to be covered, and if it was publicized, it would be detrimental to the image of the military.

Ye Zhao doesn't think so, many things, just look at the propaganda strategy, and public opinion supervision, sometimes more effective than anything else, regardless of the past and present life, it is the same, public opinion can be channeled, but it cannot be controlled from the beginning, otherwise in the future, not only will it be difficult to open the ban, even if the ban is opened, it is likely to become a flood beast, just like the river bursting the embankment is difficult to control.

It is a good thing that journalists are becoming more and more active these days, and with the right guidance, the media industry will become the vanguard of the empire's external influence.

Not long after Ye Zhao's telegram was sent, the generals went up one after another to reflect on their bodies, and Shenbao even folded their guilt, and the matter of Dihua was his order.

Ye Zhao's "3.11" telegram, which held a very high position in the history of the empire, was known as the authoritative program that laid the foundation for the principles of imperial journalism.

Soon after Ye Zhao's telegram was sent, the Imperial Royal Warrior Daily, the China Times, the China Yue Bao, the Yue Bao, the Ning Bao, the Declaration and other military newspapers, official mouthpieces and the most influential private newspapers all reported on Fan Gengji's case. The line between a good guy and a bad guy can sometimes be just a fine line.

When reporters flocked to Tianhu City for interviews, Ye Zhao went to visit Wang Zizhong, who had been acquitted.

When Ye Zhao arrived at the post house, Wang Zizhong, who had already lived in the official post house, was being interviewed by a reporter in the outer living room of the suite.

The empire has official post houses in each border city, which only receives officials, soldiers and other official errands, and the post houses are not open to the public, nor are they non-profit units, and the maintenance expenses of service personnel and other expenses are normal official financial expenditures.

This is determined by the current environment, and the official post house also has a secret surname, has a security force, and also prohibits civilians from entering.

The inn in Tianhu City is a small two-story building with only eight suites, and Wang Zizhong was arranged to live in 202, where he could live until he left Tianhu City.

The living room of the suite is simple, with a table of eight immortals, a few black lacquered wooden chairs, and a few paintings hanging on the walls as decoration.

The handsome male reporter of "Beijing News", whose pen name is Yazhu, spread out his notebook on the table of the Eight Immortals, and recorded while asking Wang Zizhong questions.

Ye Zhao paced in front of the window, opened the curtains, and looked at the long street outside.

"Mr. Wang, I heard that during your arrest, your colleagues visited you, but you didn't say a word, may I ask if you were intimidated by Fan Gengji, and how did he intimidate you?"

Hearing the reporter's question, Wang Zizhong looked at Ye Zhao resentfully, Ye Zhao spread his hands innocently, and said in his heart that most of it was leaked by Han Yihai.

Wang Zizhong said a little unnaturally: "He, he threatened me with my family's surname." ”

At this moment, suddenly there was a muffled sound outside.

Yazhu stood up vigilantly, walked quickly to the window, pushed the window open, it had just rained in the morning, and the fresh air immediately poured in.

The sound of "bang bang bang" continued.

Yazhu said in surprise: "It's gunshots." He turned to Wang Zizhong and said, "I'm sorry Mr. Wang, today's interview will end here for the time being." ”

At this time, there was already a panicked crowd running on the street, Yazhu hurriedly put away his notebook and walked out quickly, it seemed that he was a reporter with a very keen sense of smell.

Zheng Aqiao came to Ye Zhao's side early and said in a low voice: "Master, the window is in danger. ”

Wang Zizhong's face turned pale with fright, and he said repeatedly: "What's the matter?" What's wrong with it? ”

Ye Zhao was a little speechless, the "buddy" who dared to love himself was so cowardly and timid, and most of the people he came into contact with were high-minded characters, and he was really a little unaccustomed to seeing him like this.

Ye Zhao sat back in front of the Eight Immortals table and said, "Settle down, you, if you don't die in a catastrophe, you will have a blessing." ”

At this time, Zheng Aqiao had already gone to inform the guards outside the door to go out and inquire what was going on.

Five or six minutes later, the gunfire gradually subsided, and a row of riflemen in blue uniforms ran through the long street, guarding the crossing, and it seemed that martial law had begun on the whole city.

The soldiers wore black silver epaulettes, had no rank markings, and were the standing armament of the soldiers, the security battalion.

After much effort, the guards reported that the gunfire just now came from the court compound, and it was said that a small group of armed men was intending to rescue Fan Gengji, who was imprisoned in the Law Yuan.

Wang Zizhong was even more frightened and said, "No, you won't come to me, right?" "It seems that although there is no physical suffering, the mental torture is not light.

An hour later, the soldiers of the security camp withdrew, and a loudspeaker carriage began to broadcast around the street, saying that "a gang of bandits intended to rob the prison", most of them were annihilated, and the remaining bandits escaped from Tianhu City, reassuring the people.

When Yazhu returned, he brought more definite news, saying that it was a robbery planned by Fan Gengji's brother-in-law and cronies, which ended in a fiasco, but Fan Gengji's brother-in-law and several remnants of bandits escaped from the city on horseback and disappeared.

Yazhu sighed: "I hope our cavalry can lay a net of heaven and earth, if these people flee to Tsarist Russia, the disaster will be not small, Fan Gengji used to be a major general in the army, but I am afraid that many secrets will be known." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly and said, "Hopefully." Looking to the north, the hideous polar bear, what is the calculation?

…… Within the walls of the Kremlin, the forests are lush, the flowers are luxuriant, the churches are towering, and the temples are lofty.

Andreevsky Hall, brightly lit up, a grand ball, noble gentlemen and ladies dancing with great elegance.

Earl Brynn's dance partner is a young and beautiful stunner, with charming blue eyes and long hot and enchanting pale red hair.

However, dancing with this stunner, although Viscount Bryn's mouth was dry, he didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect, because this bewitching beauty was Catherine? Mikhailovna? Dolgoruskaya, the new Empress of the Empire, married His Majesty the Emperor last year.

His Majesty the Emperor met this girl who was only eighteen years old at the time four years ago, and His Majesty the Emperor was forty-eight years old at the time, and the two soon began a romantic love.

As the relationship between the two warmed up, Empress Maria's health deteriorated, and she died of tuberculosis last year, and His Majesty the Emperor secretly married the new Kremlin mistress just forty days after the Empress's death, and officially canonized her as Empress at the beginning of this year.

In the minds of Count Brynn, and in the minds of most Tsarist Russians, His Majesty the Emperor was a holy monarch comparable to Peter the Great and Catherine II.

The abolition of serfdom and a series of political reforms put the perilous empire of the Crimean War on its own and growing stronger day by day.

For His Majesty the Emperor's Empress, even in his heart, Count Brin didn't dare to have any blasphemy thoughts, but this stunner, with a light dance, gorgeous steps, and a fragrant **spicy** hugging in his arms, unconsciously makes you happy and forgetful, and wants to keep jumping with her in her arms, never stopping.

However, the dance music slowly stopped.

Count Brin came back to his senses and looked at the queen's arrogant back, feeling a little lost in his heart, because he knew that the queen sneered at anyone except His Majesty the Emperor, and the warm charm she had just exuded was an innate charm, and by no means had any special affection for him.

Count Bryn was stunned for a moment, and then looked at His Majesty Alexander II, the Emperor, who was standing at the other end of the red carpet in the distance.

Seeing His Majesty the Emperor smile and raise his glass to him, Count Bryn hurried over.

After returning from China, Count Bryn's career was smooth sailing, and he is now one of the most important thinkers in the Tsar's side.

"Have you heard that the Chinese have secret military movements." When Count Bryn approached Alexander II, the smile on Alexander's lips faded away, and the serious thinking expression of his accustomed surname appeared on his face.

Chinese? A bitterness rose in Earl Brynn's heart, and this powerful southern neighbor had made him suffer so much that he almost collapsed.

The glamorous Empress Little Bird stood beside Alexander like a human and asked curiously, "Chinese?" Heard they'll do magic tricks? Call ...... in Chinese" She frowned and thought for a while, then said "trick" in a stiff Chinese, and then asked, "Is it?" ”

Count Brin said with a bitter smile: "The Chinese have a lot of tricks, not only magic, their army, the number is extremely large, it can be said that in the Far East, the Chinese are the most powerful challengers to the empire and the biggest threat to the empire." ”

The Empress said proudly: "Do the Chinese have more troops than warriors loyal to His Majesty?" ”

Earl Bryn shook his head, not knowing how to answer her.

The empress raised her wine glass, toasted with people from afar, and said, "Can the Chinese defeat Marshal Milyutin?" ”

Clinking glasses with the Empress was a middle-aged general who was as quiet as a mountain, the Imperial War Minister Dmitry? Alexievich? Mi Liujing, 54 years old this year, is the promoter of the reform of the emperor's affairs and the most powerful commander of the emperor's team.

Every time he saw Marshal Milyutin, Count Brin always had a feeling of invincibility, and with this extraordinary statesman and military strategist, the military strength of the Emperor's [***] army was a thousand miles, and now Marshal Milyutin was promoting the conscription and reserve military system, in order to replace the original conscription system, to achieve conscription for all strata and to ensure a large number of reserve troops.

Earl Bryn shook his goblet and said worriedly, "Mr. Yixin's people have also had a very unusual stirring. Although the Russians would call the Chinese exile emperor to their faces, they would call him by his first name in private.

The Chinese people who fled to the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River with Yi Xin seem to have gradually grown tired of this kind of exile, and at the beginning of this year, nearly 1,000 exiles fled back to their homeland.

Alexander pondered and said slowly: "The support of the British is important. ”

The Earl of Bryn nodded silently, yes, to solve the great threat of the south once and for all, it was necessary to win the support of the British.

"Even, we can temporarily abandon our claims to interests in the Balkans." Alexander said this with seriousness and, apparently, with much deliberation.

Count Brin looked at His Majesty the Emperor in surprise, and finally, bowed slightly, although the policy of the empire has always been that westward expansion is far more important than eastward expansion, but when a powerful neighbor rises in the south, encroaching on the empire's old sphere of influence in Central Asia, perhaps the fundamental change in the empire's strategic thinking is an inevitable result.

"Your Majesty, the arrogant Chinese will surely suffer the consequences of their own evil!" Viscount Bryn raised his glass.

The empress suddenly asked curiously, "I heard that the emperor of China is a great figure?" ”

Earl Brynn's heart was filled with bitterness again, but he could only nod unwillingly and said, "It's a very strong opponent." ”

The queen said: "Every time I mention him, Your Majesty frowns, I hate him to death, and when His Majesty's warriors hit Yanjing City, I want him to kowtow to me, Chinese-style kowtow." ”

Alexander had no idea what the young and beautiful queen was naïve, and chuckled, "I hope there will be this day." Raising his glass, he clinked his glass lightly with Count Brynn and said, "For the land of China and Mongolia!" ”

Count Brin said: "For the sake of Yellow Russia!" ”

The queen raised her glass to meet them and said, "For the women of China!" ”

Both Alexander and Count Bryn smiled, clinked glasses with the Queen, and toasted.

(To be continued)