Forty-seven, don’t say that you don’t expect anything!

Forty-seven, don’t say that you don’t expect anything!

At the end of August, the ancient capital of Jinling was immersed in a tense, depressing and contradictory atmosphere.

The apricot and yellow Bagua flags were flying everywhere on the streets, and at the intersection were the incense prayer flags of the Demon Cult, and groups of Demon Cult charlatans were preaching their own doctrines to the citizens. Because of the differences in their belief in gods, violent conflicts occurred one after another.

Although under the efforts of the infantry commander, the powerful people in the capital would not be labeled as "two sons" or "three sons", and were robbed by a large number of believers, and even set up punishment and confiscated houses and slaughtered, many of their manor villas outside the city had been attacked.

The commercial roads entering and leaving the capital were even more devastating. The senior brothers and sisters from all walks of life did not show their prestige in the capital, so they changed the practice of setting up altars in key roads in the suburbs, tortured merchants and travelers, and forced taxes, resulting in the continuous surge in the risks and costs of transporting goods into Beijing. Although the market was still sufficient, the prices of other vegetables, vegetables, cloth, firewood, and charcoal had more than tripled, causing the people in the capital to complain.

Because the Demon Cult is making a big fuss outside, since this month, many refugees have helped the elderly and children, dragged their families and wanted to retreat into Nanjing to escape the storm outside. Not only is the outer city full of Han people from all over the south of the Yangtze River, but the inner city is full of Eight Banners families stationed in other places. Although there are no thugs of the Demon Cult attacking the whole city of various provinces and slaughtering the children of the Eight Banners, the tragedy of the people in those places is already in panic and uneasy. As long as there are conditions, they all rushed to the safest capital in their hearts.

In the ancient capital of Jinling, there are scenes of the stormy end times everywhere.

In the capital, all the well-informed people are now a little nervous. In the wine shops and teahouses, there are often a few tables of people whispering the current situation. Even if there are banners on the walls of "Don't talk about state affairs", they cannot resist the uneasiness and anxiety in people's hearts. At most, when the guys come to add tea with a large teapot or serve with lacquer plates, they will stop talking one by one.

Although everyone was worried about the current situation, due to the policy of fooling the people over the years, except for the Shanghai Concession, the Great Jin Dynasty did not have newspapers or magazines these days, and the rural people did not have much knowledge, so they kept talking, and only had some personal experiences.

But despite this, these things are enough to make people feel creepy and their hearts feel cold.

"... The Demon Cult clamored to kill the sons all day long and settle the country... It turned out that it was not a big deal or a robbery of money? The two Western missionaries in our town ran fast, but it was okay. Poor that the whole town beat the Demon Cult to two sons and forced the blackmail to get 1,500 taels of silver!"

"...You are just grabbing some money. Our hometown is already killing people! There is a Western clock hidden in our house, and even a box of matches. They are all two-piece! They are cut off and the sky lanterns are alive! Fortunately, we ran fast. As soon as the dog of the Demon Cult entered the village, they packed up their luggage and took my mother to the capital to visit relatives! Even if the world is full of luck, there is an emperor in this city, so we can still avoid this disaster, right?"

"...I heard from other villagers that the situation seems to be even worse when it is close to the Shanghai Concession - smoke is everywhere during the day, red lights are connected in the night, and corpses are hanging everywhere on the trees on the roadside! This is the case in this world!

A relative escaped by the seaside of Nantong in Jiangbei, saying that the entire village was slaughtered, and the bodies were piled up like haystacks! The elder sisters and brothers were all fierce, saying that whoever was the second son was the second son! If you were lucky, you would just have to spend all your money. If you were not lucky, you would immediately kill him! Our relative also crawled into the secret cellar and threw away his family's care. Then he struggled out of the pile of dead people... God is here, don't let these thugs enter the capital!"

"...What's the solution? Who said that the Demon Sect is now in power? They all have great magical powers, and they will go astray when they hit them! The cannons will explode! Where can the old, weak and 80% of the government's old, weak and disabled soldiers who have been vacant and paid 70% to 80% of the empty salary be dealt with?"

"...Oh, I still run an escort agency in Huzhou! But now in this world, there are too many people who are desperate, and they are all over the mountains and fields. Even our escort agency dares to make a decision - a senior sister brought thousands of slutty people and asked us to free up the escort agency to set up an incense altar for them!"

A thick man with a big waist raised his head and poured a bowl of burning knife into his mouth. He cursed with alcohol, "... Although I wish I could beat this evil woman to death, there were too many ants to bite her to death. These guys have many evil men, and they can't be guarded against it. We brothers can only move out to avoid the limelight... Anyway, this cult has always been a rabbit's tail that cannot grow. I have already recorded the accounts of those who follow the trouble of taking advantage of the situation. When the wind passed, I took the brothers and the brothers to the mén and avenged the revenge this time!"

"...Brother, you've said this a little! Even if you follow the meaning of the Demon Sect, you'll probably be beaten and ask for peace. How can those senior brothers and sisters with nostrils treat the believers below as their own people?"

Another middle-aged man with arms hanging down sighed and persuaded the boss of the escort agency in front, "... I was banned and joined the Demon Cult, and chucked the Apricot Yellow Bagua Banner in my own house and shops. Then he followed the Master Furong Sect Saint NV to Shanghai for a fight, and finally returned to victory. I didn't want to go home and see that all the property was stolen, and even the newly acquired concubine disappeared. Only the yellow-faced woman in the family shrank in the woodshed and cried... I went to the senior sister to talk to her several times, but she didn't care at all... Alas, following the Demon Cult to make trouble, I really both pay for money and life!"

Speaking of this, everyone in the tavern sighed and looked as if dead.

The times are moving, people's hearts are dispersed, order collapses, and the day is in danger... This is the miserable scene of the dynasty in the declining end times.

The broken country of Xianglong Empire has now slipped towards the dark abyss - the death knives that ruined the dynasty have been ringing, but no one knows how violent and violent this funeral that ends everything will be...

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The mansion of the emperor, the emperor's brother, who is in charge of the government recently, has always been bustling and in full swing.

Especially a few days ago, after the Holy NV, a senior sister of the Furong Sect who was born in Prince Qing's mansion, brought a large number of believers to the Shanghai Concession and returned triumphantly, and the captured Taurus Dead Governor Black Sun Lich, sealed with black dog blood and various filths, to the square in front of the palace to offer prisoners and display them to the public, the young prince who "dare to set the world first" further became more and more powerful and became more powerful.

In order to indulge the demon sect and expel foreigners, the emperor deposed many conservative and heavy-hearted old ministers and vacated many official positions. Those who were interested in stool all became active for a while, like crows who smelled the smell of corpses, running around to bribe and seeking promotion or féi favour.

However, Prince Qing Wanyan Natong, who had just been promoted to the foreman of the Military Affairs Office at the age of seventeen, was at the top of a minister below one person and above ten thousand people. Although he could enjoy the incomparable glory brought by power, he was excited to invite several senior sisters from the mansion to burn incense and worship Buddha, preach all night, and even practiced together to explore the way to pray for the blessings of the gods.

However, the Grand Secretary Fei Liguo, who was left behind in the Military Affairs Office, was now in a panic of trouble towards the emergency document flying like snowflakes.

——The plan to drive the Demon Cult to attack the Western Concession in Shanghai, and to make trouble and force it to refute the huge loan. It was just halfway through, and it turned into a hot potato, which made the court unable to bear it anymore.

According to prior consultation, the believers of the Demon Cult who flocked to each other did attack the foreign concession in Shanghai, turning the country built on the imperial palace into a piece of rubble, scaring the remaining foreigners to flee on the ship.

But in addition, there are more demon thugs who have pointed their finger at the government offices in various places, and even attacked the green camp soldiers' garrisons and looted firearms. As for the "involves" such as killing gentry and robbing wealthy families, there are even many places. The ruling order of the imperial court in various prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River has been torn and broken. Most local officials have people who have abandoned their posts and fled, and the imperial court's contact with certain places has even been completely cut off.

For example, after breaking through the Shanghai Concession, according to King Qing's original wishful thinking, it should be that the local government should come forward and join forces with the senior brothers and sisters of the Demon Cult to blackmail, one of whom was blushing and the other was blushing, and forced foreigners to beg for mercy to the court in a humble manner. Not only did the loan of 56 million taels of silver definitely have to be written off, but also had to pay a redemption fee and life-buying money to solve the urgent need for the court's finances.

Who would have thought that those thugs of the Demon Cult are worthy of being rebellious and do not have the court at all. The first few groups of people were willing to cooperate with the court. They first ambushed the foreigners' concession governor, and then attacked separately, flooding the entire concession in one fell swoop. The situation seemed to be very good.

But the groups of believers who came from behind saw that the concession in Puxi was already ruined and rubble, and the forests in Pudong were neither oil nor water nor chewed. They actually turned around and poured into Shanghai County, claiming that this place was the place where two and three sons lived together. Everyone was a thief who wanted to act on behalf of heaven and punish the thieves for the country... So not only ravaged the entire Songjiang Road around Shanghai, causing the people to live in vain and mourn everywhere, but finally burned a fire in Shanghai County! The county magistrate, the road platform and a group of officials were all missing!

The Baoshan and Qingpu and other counties near Shanghai were all over the world, and officials hanged their seals and abandoned their posts and fled, so that even a reliable official who could be sent to the Westernization Bureau could no longer be found around Shanghai.

In just two or three months, the imperial court was already in a state of destruction, and the mountains and rivers were moving, and the documents were flying like snow. However, Prince Qing and a group of young relatives who took advantage of the power of the Demon Sect still had to continue to cleverly tell the truth and blindly let the imperial expert Bai Siwen write a set of fallacies of "the world must be dominated by great power, and then the world will be governed by great power", which fooled the emperor... I really don't know what to do next!

As the saying goes, it is difficult to collect water. Today's imperial court has long been full of problems and is full of holes. It is simply a fire bucket that can be detonated by a match. Of course, it is not difficult for the emperor to destroy his foundation and indulge the spread of the Demon Cult, but it is not that easy to suppress the Demon Cult again.

Moreover, the vassal states and princes in various places will not give up this great opportunity for the court to stand up. Even though they are not prepared at the moment and are still unable to win the Danzhai, they will at least further embezzle the imperial territory or strive for more privileges to further collapse the country.

What's more, the group of young men in charge of the court are now all traitors, and it is even more difficult to persuade them to stop.

Thinking of this, Grand Secretary Fei Liguo felt that he had not had much hair left and seemed to have to fall off a few more pieces.

Looking back at His Highness Prince Qing, who was sitting in the Military Affairs Office's room with a leisurely look on his face, Grand Secretary Fei Liguo was so angry that he was so angry.

At this time, His Highness Qing did not wear his five-clawed Prince Golden Dragon robe, but instead put on a green silk Taoist robe, with red silk ribbons tied with a waist, and a pinch of the penis. Pantui sat behind the bronze square cauldron, wisps of cigarettes lingered in front of him, looking like a fairy-like appearance. Behind him, two beautiful Taoist nuns were serving the fan... This really turned the Military Affairs Office into the Demon Cult incense altar! It almost invited the Holy Holy Furong Cult in!

The other young relatives who entered the Military Affairs Office with King Qing also looked very lazy and spoiled. They came late in the morning. Because they knew nothing about political affairs, they had never done anything serious in the Military Affairs Office. They were unwilling to learn how to deal with official documents with their seniors. They just flipped through a few pages of the files and chatted, played chess, and followed King Qing to meditate and practice, and regarded the Military Affairs Office as a teahouse. After lunch, they even asked someone to bring a couch and hugged their concubines and fell in love with them. Only a few old ministers led by Master Fei Liguo were left with a sad face to look at the urgent memorials like Mount Xiǎo, staring at the big eyes and staring at the helplessness.

Seeing that a group of royal relatives of the Aisin Gioro family did not take their own country seriously, as the ancient poem said, "the clear song was in the leaking boat, and the burning house was drunk." Fei Liguo's Grand Secretary Suoxing also closed his eyes, threw down the memorials from various places and refused to pay attention to it. It would be a temporary moment.

However, there are many things in this world, and you are definitely not able to easily pass by just pretending to be stupid.

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A series of rapid paces suddenly broke the tranquility and dullness in the Military Affairs Office's squad room.

"...Several adults have a note! The new Western leader sent an envoy to Beijing by boat and sent the note over!"

An elderly ritual officer of the Ministry of Rites suddenly rushed into the military office room, covered in sweat, and his hand was shaking a beautiful Western-style letter. "...The original and translated ones are on this. The other party responded within three days. Please check the review!"

The already worried Grand Secretary Fei Liguo was even more aware of his words when he heard this. He quickly picked up his glasses from the table and reached out to take the letter. He first checked the hot lacquer wax seal, then carefully cut it with a knife, took out the gold-tracing official paper inside, and read it one by one.

This external note is quite concise, and the writing is actually not very formal, but between the lines, there is a strong sense of solemnity.

"… General Feiri Taylor, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Fleet and Far East Army Cluster of the Naseril Empire, General Mitsui Ryuki NV, Supreme Regent of the Japanese court, Lieutenant General Daniel, Special Inspector of the King of Jingling Kingdom, and Consuls of Harua and Sel in Shanghai, jointly sent to the ruling authorities and His Majesty the Emperor of Xianglong Empire:

Here, we inform you with great indignation that your country's government first ignored international credibility and shamelessly owed and denied the total amount of 56 million taels of silver that should be repaid. Then, it incited the mob to attack and burn the Shanghai Concession, causing the loss of life and property that our legal overseas Chinese could not calculate, and even openly set up an ambush to attack our negotiating officials, kidnapped the governor of the Shanghai Concession, and almost trampled on all international and foreign rules! Your country's unscrupulous infringement of our rights and interests has reached an untolerable level!

For a long time, our expatriates have been obedient in your country, strictly abide by relevant treaties and conduct trade, and live in harmony with your people. Twenty years ago, when your northern border was defeated and encountered financial and military crises, our five countries also generously donated money to jointly provide your country with military loans for emergency relief, and strongly supported your country's survival and maintenance.

However, starting from the beginning of this summer, in order to evade the responsibility of repaying loans, your country has been ungrateful. First, it organized and planned to launch xenophobic campaigns in various places to drive away and kill our missionaries, and deliberately provoke disputes and create frictions outside the concession.

For all your country's treacherous behaviors that infringe upon our legitimate rights and interests, in order to maintain traditional friendship and take the overall situation into consideration, we have always adopted a patience and restraint attitude, and have been constantly mediating and admonishing foreign affairs, hoping that your country's government can repent.

However, your country regards our patience and restraint as weak and bullied. Not only does it refuse to correct its mistakes, but it does it more unscrupulously. When our concession officials came to your local government office for banquets and negotiated with peace, they were ambushed. Hundreds of soldiers died in humiliation in the encirclement, and the Governor of the Concession, the Lord Black Sun Lich, became a prisoner of your side!

The destruction of the Shanghai Concession was followed by cruel blood and fire, allowing us to see your shameful true face clearly!

In response to the above situation, our five countries have united to issue an ultimatum to your country in line with the God of peace and friendship, which is also the last opportunity to repent and correct their mistakes. The specific requirements are as follows:

1. Before mid-September, the total principal and profit of the loans of the five countries shall be returned on schedule, totaling 56 million taels of silver, or the corresponding collateral shall be issued as agreed;

2. Compensation for the Shanghai Concession at the price for all losses suffered by this great violence;

3. The Shanghai Concession has restored its old status and marked the entire Songjiang Road around Shanghai as an absolutely neutral zone. Your team is prohibited from entering, and all camps and forts will be demolished. Our garrison has the power to operate freely in the neutral zone;

4. All kinds of xenophobic cult activities are always prohibited. Violators will be executed. Local officials at all levels must ensure the safety of the foreigners and travelers in a friendly country, otherwise they will be dismissed and will never be hired;

5. Severely punish the relevant responsible persons who incite and organize this cult xenophobia, and conduct public trials with consular supervision from various countries;

6. Send high-ranking officials and important officials to the victims to apologize.

The above six clauses are our minimum requirements. In any country or era, it is natural to repay debts and money. Your country has gone far enough on the wrong path! Our patience and restraint are limited!

Here, we must solemnly warn the relevant authorities of your country that if you continue to be ignorant and act recklessly, you will be punished as you deserve. We do not want to provoke a war, but we are also not afraid of war. After all the ways to resolve this matter through peaceful means are invalid, we will raise our weapons in our hands to defend justice and dignity, and use the blood of our enemies to commemorate all the expatriates who were victimized in this violent incident!
Chapter completed!