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Now the Changping Marquis Mansion has become a "nest" of the "imperial party" outside the Forbidden City and Dongchang.

The commandos and the crew of the Grasshopper have been arranged to rest and await His Majesty's reception later in the day. At this time, in a water pavilion surrounded by water on three sides, Xiang Xiaoqiang learned the ins and outs of the Nanjing Rebellion from Zheng Gongyin and Jiang Meilu.

In front of Xiang Xiaoqiang, there were several Nanjing's big newspapers, all of which were from the past few days. Since the royal family announced that Zhu Yourong had recovered from his illness and was confirmed by Shoufu and several ministers, several big newspapers suddenly said that His Majesty had been deceived by treachery and let a group of people from Dongchang take the royal landline to the puppet Qing Dynasty to create incidents, and took the initiative to provide the Qing captives with an interface to attack the Ming Dynasty, causing tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty to fall under the clouds of war, just for their own desire for power. Therefore, although it is written in the Constitution, it cannot be counted. State power cannot be placed in the hands of such a group of people......

Moreover, a few days ago, the Qing Dynasty vigorously claimed that the Ming Dynasty commandos entered the Qing Dynasty to kill people and set fires, and the Ming government has always strictly denied it.

Soon, the college students of Nanjing's major universities, led by Donglin University, were immediately organized and very quickly began large-scale demonstrations against the war and the factory guard.

"So fast? It won't be ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked.

Jiang Meilu Road:

"You guessed it right, this parade was carefully organized and connected. In the past, college students used to march often, but they were not so large and the organization was not so perfect. Judging by the level of organization of their previous marches, it is impossible to reach this level in a single day. Even the slogans are so unified, there are only two: anti-war and abolish the factory guard. ”

"Uh-huh, I see...... And I didn't see police on the streets. ”

"Yes," Zheng Gongyin said angrily, "there is not a single policeman." Now the crime rate in Nanjing has risen dramatically...... It's to give the parade a green light. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought in his heart, just giving the green light to the parade doesn't need a police officer at all. Obviously, now the Ming Dynasty parade is not illegal. The lack of police is clearly aimed at reinforcing the atmosphere of chaos. The cabinet ministers thought that this would be a better way to put pressure on the royal family: look, this is all your fault, how dissatisfied the people are with you......

He glanced at Zheng Gongyin and said these thoughts. Jiang Meilu stood behind Zheng Gongyin and nodded, implying that he was right.

"Yes, but there is nothing we can do," Zheng Gongyin stood up and walked a few laps, "Now the police are on their side, and the blame is on our side." ”

The police are not necessarily on the side of the government. Xiang Xiaoqiang understands that the police, as a violent organization, should also have a strong wall-riding mentality in this kind of thing, just like the military.

The problem is clear, the cabinet does not want to hand over power to the emperor, but according to the constitution, in the current situation of war, the power should be handed over to the emperor. In fact, the so-called handing over power to the emperor is not like the Qing Dynasty, where the emperor directly manages the country, but the emperor has the right to transfer troops and the right to appoint and dismiss the cabinet. But the cabinet was certainly not reconciled and seized on this excuse of the Qing Dynasty to make a big fuss. They themselves did not dare to openly oppose the emperor, so they sacrificed their most powerful weapon: public opinion, and instigated college students to demonstrate in an attempt to put pressure on the imperial family.

With Xiang Xiaoqiang's thinking, he couldn't think of anything to be afraid of with this method, and what was there to be afraid of a group of college students who took to the street to shout slogans. But it seems that the royal family is quite ate, at least Zhu Yourong has not dared to show up for several days, and Zheng Gongyin is also anxious like an ant on a hot pot. The east factory was in a hurry and couldn't get involved.

Xiang Xiaoqiang said:

"Now your Dongchang must be on His Majesty's side."

He knows that the so-called "factory guard" actually refers to the East Factory. Jinyiwei has been changed to a military intelligence bureau, which is mainly a collection of purely military intelligence, and has not been involved in political matters much.

Jiang Meilu is categorical:

"Of course. We will always be on His Majesty's side. ”

"What about the army?"

The army in Xiang Xiaoqiang's mouth refers to the capital garrison with a total of 100,000 people stationed near Nanjing.

Zheng Gongyin said angrily:

"Now the army is watching and refusing to stand on any side, the commander of the capital garrison has imposed martial law on the periphery of Nanjing, and not a single soldier is allowed to be transferred out, and not a single soldier is allowed to be transferred in, but there is no martial law in the city, and the students are making trouble."

Jiang Meilu glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang behind Hou Ye and smiled helplessly. Xiang Xiaoqiang understood that this Hou Ye was talking stupidly again, and the garrison commander was "making trouble with those students", not because he was on the side of the cabinet, but he didn't dare to drive the army into Nanjing to disperse those students. The students don't eat his set, he can't do anything about it.

The current situation is that the royal family wants it, but the cabinet does not want to give it, not only does it not want to give, but also wants to justifiably not give it, so it mobilizes a group of students to make a big noise and create a momentum that the people want. On the royal side, the command can't move the army, the command can't move the police, and there is no force in hand, so it's not easy to rob.

Now Dongchang is on the side of the royal family. But it didn't work. Now people are against the East Factory, and you can't roll up your sleeves to attack the government, right? In that case, he would really become an enemy of the people.

The most terrifying thing is that now the army has become a wall-riding faction, although it is also recruiting, deploying, and dealing with war, but most of the energy is focused on this power struggle between the cabinet and the royal family. Fortunately, the navy was deployed quite quickly, and several detachments were sent out at the beginning of the mobilization. But the army is now in a state of being leaderless. The Qing army was constantly gathering troops to the north of the Yangtze River defense line, ready to pounce at any time.

From the interests of the state and the nation, this anarchy must be brought to an end as soon as possible. Xiang Xiaoqiang almost wanted to suggest that Zheng Gongyin take a step back, temporarily recognize the leadership of the cabinet government, and unite to deal with the Northern Qing. But when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. It can't be, they can't be willing. At this critical moment, as long as the royal family nods and retreats, then it will have no chance with the power of the state, and the Ming Dynasty will become a real constitutional monarchy. And Xiang Xiaoqiang can be sure that his 500,000 Mingyang will also be in the soup.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the two of them, knowing that they would not say these words to him for no reason. I definitely want to say something. Xiang Xiaoqiang had a very bad premonition.

He asked clearly, Jiang Meilu and Zheng Gongyin looked at each other a few times, and finally Jiang Meilu said in a hesitant manner that the reward promised to him was probably not given.

Really! Xiang Xiaoqiang was angry from his heart: These guys are just like this, and they spend so much time talking to themselves, thinking that they are discussing countermeasures with themselves, but they don't want to give money! Seeing that power can't be obtained, it's good to save so much money! I led people to life and death over there, rescued people, and brought a fourteen grids, and now there is nothing!

These two people said a lot of how bad the cabinet is, which means, look at Xiaoqiang, it's not that we don't want to give you money, it's that the cabinet is embarrassed with us. Xiang Xiaoqiang suddenly had a feeling of facing the contractor: it was not that the contractor wanted to owe the wages of the migrant workers, but emphasized that the construction party would not pay for the project.

Jiang Meilu looked at him and said apologetically:

"Don't be too upset, in recognition of your bravery, Your Majesty will still award you medals."

She glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang Tieqing's face, and said again:

"Also, the last time you saw the factory supervisor, didn't you say that you intended to join the Daming East Factory? The factory governor considered that although you are a British Chinese, your two actions of wisdom and courage have proved your ability and enthusiasm for the Ming Dynasty. Now we're colleagues if you want to. If you have any problems in the UK, we can also help you negotiate. ”

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang walked in the garden waiting for the autumn water, and his heart felt like he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle. When Zheng Gongyin had a showdown, he was really angry. But now calm down and think about it, do you love Qiu Yu a little more or love the 500,000 more? If he didn't have these 500,000 at that time, just to save Qiuqiu, would he be willing to go to the Qing Dynasty to take an adventure from birth to death?

The answer is yes. If it was just to save Qiuqiu, he would have gone to the Qing Dynasty to take risks. Isn't Qiu Yun already by his side now? After waiting for the Emperor to summon him, they can be together again. When he was at the Zhoushan base yesterday, Qiu Yu was tired of him, and he had to take him to the Shunde Garden to eat, and he also ordered a soup dumping xiaolong. It was there that they were broken up last time, and Qiu said that they must go back there and make up for it.

But looking at the gloomy sky to Xiaoqiang, a cold breeze blew, and he shrank his neck slightly. A voice in my heart asked, "Why?" Qiu Yun is Qiu Qiu, she was originally mine, I got it with my ability, not you Zheng Hou Ye and Director Jiang rewarded me. What you promised to pay me is not something that can be prevaricated by a small medal or a small position in the East Factory. I must take back what belongs to me. In order to get back Qiuyun, Lao Tzu did not hesitate to take people into the tiger's den in Longtan, and now in order to get back 500,000 Mingyang, he has done everything.

Now there is basically a power vacuum in the city of Nanjing, and there is not even a single policeman. The army has made it clear that they are not going to help each other. The cabinet relied only on a group of college students on the street and the deep-rooted tradition of the Ming Dynasty that "the Son of Heaven and scholars ruled the world together".

Now, anyone with a few hundred underworld could take over the capital of the empire. As long as the movement is fast enough, the wrist is fierce enough. It is better to have an edict in your arms.

This is called a fait accompli. When the Ming army on the wall saw this fait accompli, they would find the side of their allegiance.

Obviously, the army can't do this kind of thing, the police can't do it, and the Dongchang and the Janissaries can't do it. Only the underworld is capable.

Xiang Xiaoqiang showed an evil smile at the corner of his mouth: I am simply a genius.

……

He saw Zheng Yuxuan walking by on the corridor and shouted:

"Miss Zheng stays!"

Zheng Yuxuan was stunned, and his chest was beating with toms:

"Xiang ...... Mr. Xiang? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang stepped forward quickly and said with a smile:

"I want to see Your Majesty."