The carriage, escorted by a group of cavalry, drove along the Suzaku Avenue that ran through the center of Yingtian, towards the imperial palace.
Horses galloped on the streets. Although cars have appeared now, and Zhu Xianhai even specifically instructed the Maxima Company to create a "BMW" brand, cars are still extremely rare.
At present, in the whole of Yingtian, only the emperor himself has a "BMW". Even Zuo Zongtang, who participates in politics as a Zuo and is equivalent to the prime minister, can only ride in a carriage. Under the escort of cavalry, they march all the way.
Pedestrians on the roadside stopped to watch the procession and whispered to each other.
"It was he who suggested changing the name..."
Someone always has to take the blame. To the outside world, the "Chineseization of place names" came from Zuo Zongtang. As for the emperor, he only approved it, which made him famous in all provinces overnight.
There are many rumors about him, such as that all schools must teach Chinese, such as using Chinese as the national language, and even priests hate him because he requires priests to preach in Chinese, and even Jesus changed his surname to Jesus.
Famous trees.
Whether these are rumors or not is not important, what is important is... Sometimes, for some things, there must be a person who takes the blame.
And now this scapegoat seems to be troubled by some problem. Zuo Zongtang, who has a serious expression, has his brows furrowed.
Occasionally, he would look out the car window.
When passing the intersection, the convoy stopped, and the cavalry also stopped. They stared at the passers-by on the sidewalk. In the Ming Dynasty, there were no officials with ceremonial guards, and there was no way to avoid quiet streets. A few years ago
After His Majesty invented the traffic light, everyone must obey the traffic rules.
In the past year, the traffic rules at traffic lights have been the most difficult thing for people in Buyi... no, probably Yingtian. I don't know how many people have been hit by police batons because of this.
Pedestrians were walking hurriedly on the sidewalk. A strange man who looked like a passerby approached Zuo Zongtang's closed carriage. One of them glanced into the carriage and then shouted.
"This is it!"
A sudden shout caused the cavalry escorting the carriage to immediately rush out to block the man. At this moment, another guy who looked like a passerby took out his pistol and fired several shots at the carriage.
The sudden sound of gunfire threw the cavalry into confusion. Although they ran to the carriage as hard as they could, and one cavalryman even flew directly to knock down the gunman, it was still too late.
"There are assassins, there are assassins..."
When the gunfire rang out, the coachman drove the carriage and fled the scene. He waved the horse whip in his hand and shouted in panic:
"The Prime Minister has been assassinated! The Prime Minister has been assassinated!"
When the carriage driver quickly left the scene, the cavalrymen who had been temporarily separated from the team immediately returned to their original posts. A group of people guarded the carriage, and a few people captured the assassin.
"Get up! You bastard!"
The cavalryman who knocked down the assassin dragged him up and slapped him hard in the face. As soon as he moved his hands, fists and riding boots fell on the assassin one after another.
"You damn bastard, if the prime minister has a trick, you will have to destroy your whole family!"
"He must let your whole family go on the road together neatly!"
After being beaten, the assassin's face was covered with blood. He stared at the cavalry, then he turned his gaze to the astonished passers-by on the roadside, and then yelled with all his strength:
"Compatriots, Argentina is still alive. One day, Argentina's flag will fly high in this city and rise again. One day, you will definitely see..."
"Shut up! You bastard."
The cavalry kicked and punched him again, and soon after the police arrived, they dragged the unconscious assassin into a carriage and left.
The carriage arrived at the palace soon.
When we arrived at the place, we opened the door and found Zuo Zongtang safe and sound in the carriage.
"There is an assassin..."
Pursing his lips, Zuo Zongtang walked out of the car. He looked at the bullet marks on the carriage body and was stunned for a while. It seemed that until this moment, he didn't know that he had escaped an assassination.
In fact, he already knew this before. This was not a suicide at all, it was just a performance.
Who are you performing for?
It's just a performance for everyone to see, just to find a reason, a suitable and appropriate reason to do something.
Now there is a reason.
Zhu Xianhai had already walked out of the palace after hearing the news. When he saw Zuo Zongtang, he expressed concern.
"How's it going, Ji Gao, are you okay?"
While seemingly concerned, Zhu Xianhai sneered.
"You are so brave, you actually dare to assassinate an important minister of my court. They want to cut off my right-hand man! Call Mr. Quan from the security headquarters and ask him to investigate the case immediately. This must be an organized and organized attack.
The premeditated assassination must be investigated to the end. No matter who is involved, anyone involved in this case will be locked up. Remember, you must not unjustly accuse anyone!"
That's the reason!
Once you have this reason, it is easy to do something. You can create conditions even if there are no conditions. Now that the conditions have been created, the rest will be left to the Security Command.
The Security Command is very familiar with the following things. It is normal for them to do such things.
When the call came to Junior General Quan of the Security Command, he was looking through the intelligence sent by the Investigation Department - this intelligence was about the resistance organization.
"So many people are involved,"
After turning over a page of information, he saw that the so-called "Argentine Alliance for the Restoration" involved thousands of people in Yingtian and various provinces. While he was surprised, he felt even more nervous in his heart.
When he was recruiting the Chileans in Shanxi, even without the involvement of the Investigation Department, he would not have allowed those people to develop such a huge organization before obtaining this information.
This is simply dereliction of duty. It is a crime. If his people are investigating it now, then it must be... But why was there no movement before?
"Damn it, why did the Investigation Department send the information just now? Such a resistance organization has developed so many people, and there are so many big figures participating in it. There was no movement from them before?"
Looking at the aggrieved commander, Lu Yong, chief of staff of the Security Command, laughed.
"Oh, Commander, isn't this so obvious? The Investigation Department must have had this information from the beginning. They have been keeping it and turning small cases into big ones. Then the credit will be great. These
People have learned all the tricks in the officialdom. If something big happens, it will be a betrayal of the Holy Grace. In my opinion..."
Before Lu Yong finished speaking, the harsh ringing of the phone interrupted his words. After taking the phone, Xiaojiang Quan just said "Hello, this is me", then stood up suddenly and said loudly.
"What? How...Yes, yes, I understand, yes, yes, please tell your Majesty, I must..."
Before Young General Quan could finish speaking, the call was hung up. Lu Yong stood up and asked, looking at the horrified look on the Young General's face.
"Commander, what happened?"
"Something happened..."
Looking at the chief of staff, Quan Xiaojiang's expression changed sharply.
"Something big happened, the left prime minister was assassinated on Zhuque Street..."
Only halfway through his words, Quan Xiaojiang's heart suddenly moved. He was worried about Zuo Zongtang's safety, but he was more filled with doubts.
This thing is really weird. He just received the information from the investigation department.
Then something big like this happened.
What a coincidence!
"What!"
Hearing this, Lu Yong's jaw almost dropped in shock.
"Well, what about the left prime minister?"
Holding the list in his hand, Quan Xiaojiang seemed to understand a lot at this moment, and he cursed.
"Damn it, what do you think? The most important thing now is to arrest people. Arrest all the people on the list without missing a beat!"