Ye Zhao didn't say anything to the rest of the people, but just warned them, "The way of the Lord must be clear about the distinction between public and private, the legal system, and personal favor." The sages of the ancients also understood the way of the rule of law. ”

When Ye Zhao left the police office building surrounded by a group of people, in the courtyard, he happened to see Natasha and several other patrol officers who came back from patrolling the street, under the green leaves of the eucalyptus tree, Natasha in a black police uniform looked more and more beautiful, Ye Zhao did not avoid suspicion, and bowed his head to her slightly, although the movements were slight, but the people who wanted to pay attention to the emperor's every move would see it clearly.

Deputy Director Jin's face changed slightly, and sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

…… Five days after Ye Zhao returned to the capital, the Imperial Times had already written an article thinking about the status of professional female surnames in a patriarchal society.

At the same time, Tehran suddenly broke out the second great uprising of the Báb, the cause of which was the trade treaty signed between Russia and Iran in Tehran, which made Iran's religious hardliner leaders very dissatisfied. Fourth? After the Shah signed a series of cooperation agreements with Russia, the opposition to Nasser in Iran and the religious leaders who advocated theocracy united to launch a rebellion, which was initially called the Second Ba'b Rebellion in the name of the Báb.

The rebellious fanatics were also supported by political forces opposed to the reform, and soon in Tehran there was a siege of the British and Russian embassies by the Bábís, which then spread throughout the city, and the Chinese missions were also inevitably besieged by thousands of Muslims.

The whole of Tehran has become a city of chaos, and at this time, Wei Dingyi has not left Tehran.

The Chinese Consulate in Tehran is a deep Chinese-style courtyard with three-story cornices, and the thick brick and stone courtyard walls are similar to the traditional courtyards in the empire, which are used to prevent thieves and bandits, but now they come in handy, armed men form a defensive circle behind the battlements, and use muskets to resist the attacks of the mob.

The entire staff of the consulate was mobilized, plus more than 30 imperial soldiers in charge of guarding the embassy, a musket team of more than 100 people was organized, so that although the mob was numerous, it was a rabble after all, and could not get close to the embassy half a step.

Although Wei Dingyi's legs and feet were a little disadvantaged, he naturally became the leader of the self-defense militia, leading more than 20 strong gunmen to defend the Western Wall.

The west wall faces the street, and under the fierce voice, there are several corpses lying on the bloodstained street, and the shops on the opposite street have all been closed, and some shops have faint traces of being smashed and looted.

Behind the female wall, the armed gunmen who had just routed an attack by the mob were loading bullets and checking their guns, and leaning against the side of Wei Ding, who was leaning on the wall was a young man in his twenties, Xiao Wu, a clerk of Taihe Xing, who had been running errands overseas all the year round, and had received firearms training, carried guns all year round, and had also fought pirates at sea, and the current battle did not frighten him.

"Brother Wei, your marksmanship is really accurate." Xiao Wu admired his boss a little, I heard that in the early years, he was the Pingyuan Army Ben Yong, which was the first to follow the emperor's descendants, if it wasn't for his bad luck and injured his leg, I'm afraid he would also be a local overseer general. Looking at Brother Wei's extremely calm shot just now, you can see what a hero he was back then.

Wei Ding smiled and said: "What am I, among the old brothers in my team back then, I was the worst in marksmanship." ”

Xiao Wu glanced out from the battlement hole a few times, and asked interestingly: "Brother Wei, your musket team, who has the best marksmanship, I heard that Bao Shuai liked to compete with others the most, have you ever seen Bao Shuai?" ”

Wei Ding's eyes were a little distant, and after a long time, he said: "If you want to talk about marksmanship, I am afraid that no one in the army can compare with the emperor. However, he is an old man who is strategizing and cares about all people, and it is too ...... to be a charging Baturu."

mentioned the Great Emperor, Xiao Wu was stunned, not daring to discuss casually, but he was also leisurely fascinated.

In the distance, the roars of the mob and the sound of gunfire and gunpowder explosions were heard, and the direction of the sound was that it should be the Belgian consulate.

Wei Dingyi frowned slightly, stood up, picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance, across the road is the Belgian Consulate, a Western-style house with a black iron door, at this time can only see the shadows everywhere There are mobs wearing Muslim robes, but he can't see the situation in the embassy clearly, but judging from the various movements from there, I am afraid that the situation in the Belgian embassy is not good.

A wooden ladder was erected behind the walls of the embassy, and a round-faced officer wearing a double-breasted officer's uniform and shiny riding boots climbed up from the wooden ladder.

"Captain Ma, what's going on?" Xiao Wu couldn't hold back his words, and when he saw Ma Peiwu, he asked urgently.

Ma Peiwu shook his head and said: "The brick wall of the Belgians was blown up by the mob, and it seems that it can't be defended. "There is a lookout point set up by the guard on the top floor of the consulate building, and he knows the situation very well. Although the empire was not at peace with the Western countries, the Muslim mob was now in trouble, and the empire, like the Western countries, became the target of the mob because it was sad to see the Belgians in distress.

Wei Dingyi frowned and said, "Haven't the officers and soldiers come yet?" ”

Ma Peiwu said: "Who knows? "There has been a commotion in the city for more than a day, and the army loyal to the king is fighting fires everywhere, and it is quite overwhelming, perhaps, there is also some feeling that it is not able to work.

Ma Peiwu immediately said: "Brother Wei, please rest assured, we have already sent a telegram back to China before the wire was cut by the mob, and it is estimated that reinforcements will arrive in a few days, and there will be no problem with our ammunition support for more than a dozen days." "It was not a fierce battle, and according to the intensity of the battle, there was no problem with ammunition and food support for a month, and the imperial railway was built to the Iranian border of the Bukhara, and according to the treaty signed between the empire and the Bukhara, the imperial [***] army could rely on the railway transportation in Bukhara, which also made Iran a place where the empire could quickly drop its force, even faster than the British from the Indian border into Iran.

What's more, a fleet cruising in the Caspian Sea can also quickly support trapped diplomats in Tehran.

Ma Peiwu was not too worried about the security of the embassy.

Why would Wei Dingyi be worried? Although there is no garrison agreement between China and the Bukhara, on the border between the Bukhara Khanate and Iran, China has built a meteorological observation station, and the guard battalion of the meteorological station is an elite cavalry, and even equipped with hot air balloons and tricycles to increase its mobility and rapid reaction capabilities.

Wei Ding thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Mr. Ma Team, the Belgian is in a critical situation, right?" Do we want to take care of it? After all, most of these Belgians are diplomats, and some diplomats are afraid that they will be unjustified and become victims of the Iranian people's dissatisfaction with the regime. After Wei Dingyi married his wife, his heart seemed to gradually soften, not to mention, Belgium was the first country to obtain the right to build railways in Iran, if it could take some opportunities, it would be beneficial to Taihexing.

Ma Peiwu said: "Brother Wei coincides with Lord Wu's thoughts, and Lord Wu also said that the Belgians are in distress, and I can't bear it, so I assess whether I have the ability to help them get out of danger, and I don't hide it from Brother Wei, I am hesitating in my heart." ”

Xiao Wu didn't interject, and at this time he couldn't help but say: "How can foreign devils have good people?" What do they do? ”

Wei Dingyi glared at him and said, "What do you know?" ”

Xiao Wu shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say more.

Wei Dingyi immediately said to Ma Peiwu: "I'll take someone with me, think about it, it's best to rescue the Belgians, if not, I will also promise to bring our people back, Mr. Ma, remember that the embassy has a spear with a clairvoyant mirror, right?" ”

Ma Peiwu smiled: "I can't hide anything from Brother Wei, okay, let's go to discuss and discuss together, or I'll go, Brother Wei will press me down." ”

Under a banyan tree, Wei Dingyi, Ma Peiwu and a dozen selected volunteers discussed the deployment on the map of the embassy area, and the sky gradually darkened.

…… Embassy of Belgium.

The gap in the wall that was blown up by the mob has been blocked by the tables, chairs and benches, and several Belgian soldiers wearing dark green gorgeous military uniforms hid behind the tables and chairs and fired their guns, but the mob also had no shortage of firearms, although they could not go far, but they were also quite deadly, a Belgian soldier was shot in the left arm, and soon half of his body was covered with blood, and he was carried down.

The Belgian Consul General, Lord Gut, stood at the window on the second floor, his face was very worried, the entire embassy could organize only more than 30 armed personnel, and the Chinese embassy on the street was extremely fierce, which also made the mob target the Belgians more, and the shock wave was more and more rapid every time.

If Tehran's political axe army does not show up again, it is feared that in a few hours, the embassy will be breached by a Muslim mob. Now the telegraph lines have been cut off, and there is no idea what is going on outside.

The tall, bald, hook-nosed man standing beside Lord Gut was his brother-in-law, named Bass, with a rude surname, and he could not help but be shocked to see the crowded mob outside.

"These infidels, who deserve hell, as I said earlier, can only be conquered by force, and make them submit in the spear and fire," Iron blushed, Bas muttered in his mouth.

Lord Gut was silent, but he remembered his wife who was far away in Brussels, the last time they parted, was it the last time they met? Fortunately, she had just taken up her new post and promised to take her over in half a year, otherwise, she would have followed her in danger, but she would have killed her.

Gently pushing open the window, the breeze blowing in, Lord Gut always felt that the whole of Tehran was filled with a fishy smell, but now, he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, as if the air was quite fresh.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a faint murmuring of Persian outside, Lord Gut is a senior Persian scholar, naturally understands Persian, but at first I thought it was a mob clamoring, but gradually, I felt that it was wrong, the sound was getting closer and closer, and I could hear it clearly.

"Citizens! We are the envoys of the Chinese embassy, there are clouds in the east, and the two countries will not hurt each other's envoys if they fight, I hope you will calm down and don't bring disaster to yourself, now that we are here, please get out of the way! ”

Lord Gut was in good spirits and leaned over to the window, but he couldn't see what was going on.

Buzz said in surprise: "Will the Chinese come to our rescue?" ”

In Central Asia, this ancient empire in the East is already a well-deserved first power, and the khanates of Central Asia are all looking up to it, that is, West Asia, Chinese is also the most feared force of the Tehran regime, I heard that King Nassadin intends to use China to expel European forces, but in the past, he stood in the game of Britain, France and Russia several times and the Tehran regime has misjudged and become a victim, and now there are voices against Tehran's alliance with China, and the White Religion, which rose in Central Asia and was supported by the Eastern Empire, is also regarded as a heresy in Tehran, Many religious leaders were wary of the eastern power's every move, which kept Yenching and Tehran from lightning-fast enough to form an alliance.

But in any case, the Chinese presence in Tehran is extremely special, and Bass said that he did not believe that the Chinese would come to help them.

At this time, outside, there was a continuous burst of gunfire, Bass's body trembled, this is the sound of the cannon, not like the British, French and other countries of the cannons low and dull, is a kind of light cannons made in China, easy to carry, extremely powerful, European arsenal imitations and similar products always feel that it is a notch, this is just one of the light weapons of the Central Plains Empire to shock the world, the most uneasy for some European powers is China's armed ironclad vehicles, I heard that with the Chinese making breakthroughs in engine technology, Its armored vehicles can already be used in actual combat on specific battlefields, although it is only a rumor, but it cannot but be terrifying.

After the gunshot, the sound of the loudspeaker outside sounded again: "Allah, brothers and sisters, stand back, the next shot will no longer be just a warning, brothers with muskets, please lay down your arms and do not aim at your friends!" ”

On the long street, a horse-drawn carriage slowly approached, with a black hole in the muzzle, and the continuous warning shot at the ground had already caused the mob to retreat.

Suddenly, the mob gathered at the corner of the street and was in a hurry, but the Muslim gunman, who was aiming his musket at the carriage and horse, was suddenly shot in the head and fell into the crowd.

Immediately, several more Muslim gunmen were shot, and finally, as the carriage approached, the mob gathered outside the walls of the Belgian embassy courtyard dispersed.

Seeing this scene from the window, Lord Gut and Bass looked at each other, both could see the horror in each other's eyes, and the more contact with the Chinese, the more they would know that this Eastern Empire had gradually become a dominant force in the world like the British Empire, and in many ways, it was younger than the British Empire full of magical power.

Soon after Wei Dingyi and others brought more than 40 men, women, and children from the Belgian embassy to the Chinese consulate, the officers and soldiers from Tehran finally came, and they were sent to protect the security of the Chinese embassy by King Nasedin's bodyguards.

Although the power race at the top of Tehran is presumably surging at the top, a consensus has been reached at the top level to ensure the safety of the Chinese.

Seeing that Tehran's new army musket team wearing felt hats soon formed a cordon outside the Chinese embassy, Lord Gut and Belgian diplomats such as Bass naturally had another feeling in their hearts, but at this time, he was grateful to the Chinese for their help; Second, Tehran's chaos is not the time to protest against Iran's political axe.

Bass and Wei Dingyi recounted a different story, and among the Belgians whom Wei Dingyi met at the barbecue restaurant shortly after his arrival in Tehran was Bass, the man who brought down the shopkeeper. Now it was Wei Dingyi who saved him, the surname of Ba was straightforward, and in a short time, he regarded Wei Dingyi as his friend, and even took out the wine hidden in his arms, and he was determined to drink it with Wei Dingyi.

The brandy that he never forgot when he fled for his life was naturally a good wine, and Wei Dingyi could only accept it with a smile.

…… The capital, the Forbidden City, the East Warm Pavilion of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.

Ye Zhaozheng and Zhao Sanbao talked.

Now although Ha Shuai and Han Shuai have hung up the post of deputy commander of the Royal Military Commission, they are gradually in a semi-retired state, and the imperial concubine Niangniang has faded out of the military circles, and the chief Zhao Sanbao has more or less the meaning of the number one real power person in the army, of course, although the matchmaker has gradually retreated into the background, her influence in the army is not comparable to Zhao Sanbao.

Sipping tea, Ye Zhao quietly listened to Zhao Sanbao's proposition, which was to take advantage of the Tehran rebellion to find a way to expel Western forces from Persia, and some Persian powerful figures had already sent the same signal to Yanjing through various channels.

The Chinese embassy came to the aid of the Belgians, and the Chinese mission in Brussels, which was quietly attending the "International Geographical Conference", became the focus of attention, Lord Gute and a group of noble ladies went to the Chinese mission in person, and King Leopold II of Belgium wrote a long letter of thanks to the Chinese emperor and the political axe, which made the empire somewhat amiable in the Western world.

The British and French ministers were already communicating with the Imperial Foreign Ministry about how to punish Tehran's regime, and it was clear that if the Chinese agreed to use troops and send troops to war, it would be easy to teach Tehran a lesson.

And if China does not agree to punish Tehran by force, the West must carefully consider whether it wants to use force against Tehran, lest the punishment of Tehran in the face of China's strong opposition turn into punishment and defeat.

This is the current state of the balance of power in Central and Western Asia, and without China's participation and statement, it is impossible for any unilateral action by any other country in Persia to fundamentally solve the problem.

Zhao Sanbao mentioned the proposal of Britain and France, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the minister still remembers the battle twenty years ago. ”

Ye Zhao sighed lightly and nodded, it is inevitable that many high-ranking generals in the army do not have a good impression of Britain and France, twenty years ago, perhaps their brothers and comrades were killed in the artillery fire of the British and French.

"I'll think about it again." Ye Zhao slowly picked up the teacup, the empire's foreign policy, perhaps at this time, has also reached an inflection point.

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Things are almost busy, and I am so scared that I don't dare to read the comments these days, I feel that it is too wordy to ask for leave every day, so I don't have a single chapter a day, and I apologize to everyone! Whether you scold me or whatever, erase it as chalk.

Starting tomorrow, the minimum is 5,000 words, not much to say, good codewords.

(To be continued)