Chapter 1024
As early as the beginning of the chaos in Paris, the Imperial Bank of the Ming Dynasty began a gradual withdrawal.
Taking advantage of the chaos of two months, the bank vaults were moved to the ground. Even the accounts were packed and transported by airship to the London branch.
The Ming Imperial Bank in Paris is already an empty shell.
There are other things that Zheng Sen doesn't know.
That is, the Ming Dynasty assisted in the construction of all the projects in France, even the bridges over the Seine. All were secretly planted with explosives!
While Napoleon's army was still arranged, Zheng Sen and Tagawa Nanazaemon had organized thousands of students and professors to flee to the airship landing site.
There were Ming marines stationed here, and French soldiers were kept out by machine guns.
Even if Mula was extremely vicious, he did not dare to give the order to attack the Ming army. He knew that as long as he shot at the Ming army, it would mean declaring war on the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, even if Da Ming didn't want to fight, he would definitely not be able to bear it. With France's current national strength, it is absolutely impossible to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Angry, she gritted her teeth, and while sending people to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, she ordered the army to search for it in Paris.
As long as you find a student, you can arrest them without saying anything. If you dare to resist, you will be shot on the spot and even a trial will be saved.
But Zheng Sen ran away, and the hotel rented by the Ming Mission was already empty, and no one could be found if he wanted to negotiate.
With the evacuation of the Ming people, constant explosions rang out all over Paris.
Mula's face turned pale, and the bad news came one after another.
A company of soldiers sent out to occupy the printing house was almost wiped out along with the printing house. Bridge over the Seine, there was a big explosion on the piers.
The entire bridge fell into the water, and by the way, two platoons of soldiers were also carried to receive the bridge.
Explosions rang out one after another from telegraph stations, cement processing plants, and other facilities.
In the explosion, these important targets were all reduced to rubble. Those expensive machinery and equipment have turned into a ball of scrap metal twisted together.
The veins on her neck burst out, and her expression became hideous because of the extreme distortion.
", no matter. Kill the Ming people! "Mula overturned the temporary office with all his might.
"Marshal, this thing can't be done. If we go to war with Daming, we will definitely lose. His Majesty the Emperor will be forced to abdicate, and so will you...... Sent to the gallows. "Men whisper to this Mula.
"This ......!" Faced with the serious consequences, Mula also had to calm down.
"Marshal! We can rebuild these factories with the Rothschilds, it's not a big deal. ”
"Okay!" Mula swallowed viciously and said helplessly.
"You can't manage those who run, and you can't let go of those who don't run." The Imperial Marshal would not have swallowed this breath easily.
A manhunt ensued in Paris, and it was unrealistic to arrest all those who took to the streets. However, it is feasible to catch some student leaders.
There were no cameras, but France was not short of masters. This kind of thing is not only in the Great Tomorrow Dynasty, but also in France.
In particular, a large number of realist painters were active in France, which made it easier for the military and police to arrest them.
There's also a joke that the Paris police chief heard that there was a great painter named Picasso.
He specially invited Picasso and asked him to draw a portrait of the suspect according to the physiognomy provided by the witnesses.
Mr. Picasso lived up to the trust of the police chief, and as a well-known painter, it was natural that such a small thing as drawing a sketch would come easily.
With a few brushstrokes, the outline of the character is outlined. In three or five minutes, a portrait was made.
However, when the police arrested people according to the portrait of Mr. Picasso, they arrested more than 1,000 people.
In the end, the police chief had to invite Mr. Picasso back.
However, such a small episode did not delay the total manhunt. The University of Paris was a disaster, and in addition to the professors who escaped, even the president and the ordinary staff were all in prison.
Whether you're involved or not, grab it anyway.
As for the charges, the trial will always come out slowly.
The most unfortunate were the girls who went to the countryside to perform, they were performing in the countryside when it happened, and they didn't have time to inform them to run away.
As a result, all those who did not fall were arrested!
Fortunately, most of these girls' families are either rich or expensive, some directly find Mula to intercede, and some ask someone to give gifts to Mula.
Others simply bribed the jailers to release them.
Anyway, the eight immortals crossed the sea to show their abilities, in short, it was good to fish people out.
In the end, only a few civilians' daughters were left in prison.
This time she was so ruthless that he wanted to wipe the entire University of Paris off the map. The soldiers comprehended the officer's intentions and stormed the school as if they were raiding their homes.
The library was burned to the ground, and all the glass was almost shattered. Even the desks and chairs in the school were transported back to the barracks.
Anyway, this university will be gone in the future, and it is useless to have so many desks, chairs and benches.
As for catching people, it's more like catching livestock. Catch one, tie it with a rope and wear it into a string, and some of the ones that are stuffed with money are directly released.
If you don't have any money, come and form a so-called tribunal with a few officers.
There was no defense at all, and after the verdict was pronounced, he was dragged to the bank of the Seine and shot in a row.
Overnight, hundreds of floating corpses floated in the Seine. The brutality of the repression can be described as iron-blooded.
Unexpectedly, there was a camera taking pictures of the bodies floating and sinking in the Seine.
The photographer even captured the moment when the bullet hit the chest and blood burst out when the student was shot.
The photos were sent to London at noon the next day.
The chaos in Paris has been going on for more than two months, and almost all eyes of the world are on Paris.
The telegraph office was bombed, and the telegram could not be returned. Newspapers everywhere are dying!
It was at this time that the Times threw out a bombshell.
Bodies floating on the Seine, students still chanting slogans before their execution. The scene of being hit by a bullet and flying flesh and blood.
Every photo shocks people's eyes and affects everyone's nerves.
The Times was swept over every major European city in two days by the Ming Dynasty's airship.
From Berlin to Vienna, from Oslo to Madrid. The whole of Europe was shocked, and no one could have imagined that the French government would crack down on the marching students in this way.
Prussian Chancellor Bismarck was the first to stand up and denounce the actions of the French, calling them warlords and robbers.
The name of Mula has been equated with that of the butcher, and the reputation of the Napoleonic government can be regarded as eight hundred miles in the face of the wind.
The European powers had not yet expressed their opinions, but the Ming Empire, which was thousands of miles away, was the first to roar.
Zheng Sen, who was evacuated to London, held a press conference in London. Specifically about what happened in Paris, the voice of Da Ming.
"The atrocities in Paris are outrageous and constitute a serious violation of human rights. The Ming Empire, as the strongest empire in the world, resolutely opposes such atrocities.
The sanctions imposed by the Ming Empire on the French government were as follows:
First, the Ming Empire will freeze all the assets of the French government in the Ming Dynasty, including movable and immovable property, as well as deposits in the Ming Imperial Bank.
Second, the Ming Empire will recall its envoy to Paris and expel all French diplomats in the Ming Dynasty. (including vassal states of the Ming Empire)
Third, the Ming Empire proposed to impose an arms embargo on France. All weapons and equipment will no longer be sold to the French government.
At the same time, tear up all arms contracts signed with the French government.
Fourth, trade sanctions were imposed on the French Empire. All trading houses of the Ming Empire were not allowed to employ Frenchmen.
All trading houses of the Ming Empire, as well as traders, were not allowed to import French goods.
Fifth, stop all academic exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and France!
Sixth......! ”
Zheng Sen announced ten bans in one go, which took all European countries by surprise.
Everyone didn't expect that Daming would issue such a severe ban. And the severity of these bans has taken everyone by surprise.
Not to mention anything else, just because Daming does not import French goods and does not employ French people, this article will kill him.
Everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty is a major trading country in the world today. At the same time, because of the light tax policy of the Ming government, the Ming Empire is now the richest country in the world, and there is no such thing.
A market of up to 300 million people is a huge piece of cake for every emerging country in the world.
As long as you find a way to export your country's things to the Ming Dynasty, you will earn the Ming silver coins for nothing.
But now, France was kicked out by Daming.
This will deal a fatal blow to the French economy.
Not to mention, the imposition of an arms embargo on France.
Everyone knows that the weapons of the Ming Empire are the most advanced in the world.
In the past, the French also relied on the Ming Dynasty to provide weapons. In order to run rampant in Europe, and now that the weapons of the Ming Dynasty are cut off, what will the French do next?
The most terrible thing is that Da Ming seems to have suddenly opened the door to the export of weapons. Weapons that weren't sold much in the past are now all sold.
From rifle grenades, to rocket-artillery howitzers. From torpedo boats, to giant battleships.
Anyway, as long as you can afford it, it doesn't matter if you have airships in the sky and cannons on the ground, or battleships in the sea.
This caused concern in many European countries, with the UK being the quickest to respond. They have already placed an order for two battleships, and at the same time, the British Army is also ready to buy some Ming land equipment, especially howitzers.
Spain, which had been invaded by Napoleon, directly ordered a large number of artillery and various land equipment.
God knows if they were thinking about how to retaliate against the French.
European countries are desperately rushing to buy weapons and equipment from the Ming Dynasty, but ...... The French were excluded.
In less than five years, the French will be left behind by the rest of Europe and become the country with antique weapons that they used to joke about.
When there is a qualitative gap in weapons, it is estimated that it will be difficult for France to maintain its current position in Europe.
After Zheng Sen's press conference, people were shocked to find that the center of Europe was no longer Paris, but a gloomy London.
Da Ming has shown his attitude, and European countries are waiting and seeing. After all, France is still very strong, and it is not something that ordinary small countries can afford to provoke.
Although Italy was the first to stand up and express full respect for Daming's decision. In addition, Italy has joined the sanctions against France.
But who cares about the opinion of Italy!
This is a strange country, with good weapons and equipment, and a lot of troops. But when it comes to ...... combat effectiveness, it's really Italian.
During the last war, there was a famous joke.
A whole group of Italian soldiers, without firing a shot, surrendered to a French army that was outnumbered by them.
The French were strange and asked them why they surrendered.
As a result, the Italian soldiers said that they did not find a crowbar to pry open the ammunition box. Because there was no ammunition, they couldn't fight.
The French officer almost fainted when he heard the Italian words.
Even more bizarre, a squad of Italian troops decided to surrender. But they couldn't find the French army, so they had no choice but to build a prisoner of war camp and lock themselves up.
The Italian army, already a famous joke in Europe.
The army is not good, so naturally no one pays attention to their opinions. In Europe, Italian talking is not much different from farting.
The voice of the Italians can be ignored, but the voice of the Prussians must be listened to.
After all, the hot-tempered Prussians were not only tall, but also brave and warlike. In not a single war, the Prussian Wehrmacht showed great combat power.
Even though France was completely inferior in weaponry, Prussia was able to win the battles of Alsace and Lorraine.
Napoleon, the French emperor known as the god of war, had to fight his spirits when he encountered the Prussian army.
Prussian Chancellor Bismarck gave a speech in Berlin in which he also condemned the French Imperial government.
At the same time, Prussia will also follow the Ming Empire to impose a series of sanctions such as a trade embargo on France.
Before the French could speak, British Prime Minister Lucas also stood up and expressed his willingness to follow Prussia and the Ming Empire to make his own contribution to the fight against French tyranny.
In Europe, as long as Britain and Prussia stand up. Then the emperors or kings of other countries will know what to do next when they think about it with their butts.
One European country after another stood up and followed in the footsteps of the Ming Empire and began to impose blockades and sanctions on France.
In less than a month, France went from being a European center to a European orphan.
Napoleon never dreamed that things would come to this point.
At the same time, sanctioned by so many countries, the French economy immediately came to a standstill. The number of workers at the bottom and the number of people working in the industry is increasing rapidly.
When people don't have jobs, they don't have income.
Hunger can make people desperate, and so social order begins to degenerate in a straight line and becomes very bad.
Now Napoleon discovered that France had entered another battlefield. There is no smoke of gunpowder on this battlefield, but the consequences of defeat are even more deadly.