No official in Tianjin is willing to get involved, Yi Yi hopes that Yuan Qi will solve it, Yi Zhixin is not surprised at all, he has no intention of standing by and watching the excitement, he could have nip this matter in the bud, but he deliberately connived, naturally he had already planned.

Without much thought, he ordered: "Call back, but Associate Minister Wu Changqing will go to Tianjin to negotiate with full powers." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Liewen was surprised, and hurriedly said: "Big shopkeeper, this is a hot potato ......." ”

"It doesn't matter." Yi Zhishu said indifferently: "Handle it impartially." After a pause, he continued: "Send a letter to Changqing, urging the local officials in Tianjin to make every effort to arrest the perpetrators, murderers, arsonists, and robbers, and not tolerate the slightest leniency, strictly investigate whether there are gangs involved, and uproot all gangs in Tianjin by the way."

Thoroughly investigate the causes of the frequent deaths of infants and young children in the nursery schools run by Western churches, and collect the illegal acts of Western missionaries in Tianjin.

In the negotiations with Western countries, although the attitude was tough, and the illegal acts of the church were severely condemned, the French consul Feng Daye led troops to attack the local yamen without authorization, opened fire to provoke, and provoked incidents.

For Britain, Russia, the United States, and other countries that have suffered unjustified disasters, they should be comforted and reparate matters should be discussed.

Under the pretext of using this incident, we have restricted the right of the churches of Western countries to preach in treaty ports, and restricted or even banned all kinds of rights that undermine the sovereignty of the Qing Dynasty in various countries!

Clearly told him not to be afraid of the threat of war from Western countries, Yuan Qi was already ready to deal with war, and he could stimulate Britain and France to provoke war, better! ”

Zhao Liewen was secretly surprised while taking up the shorthand, this is not a simple fight of fifty boards, but to take the opportunity to rectify and standardize the church and the concession, and at the same time to find an excuse for Yuanqi to use troops in the northwest, it is obvious that this is to establish prestige for Wu Changqing.

Zhao Liewen, who was waiting, stopped writing, and Yi Zhizhi continued: "Call Rong Lu, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, and ask the Beiyang Naval Division to fully assist Wu Changqing." ”

"Orders all treaty ports to strictly investigate the illegal acts of all churches and missionaries, especially nursery homes, and to keep detailed statistics on the number of infants and children adopted by each nursery and the number of deaths."

In Tianjin, after the riots, there was silence, all the shops inside and outside the city were closed, the small stalls and vendors were gone, the large and small wharves that had always been noisy and lively also became extremely deserted, and the streets and alleys were full of officers and men of the Beiyang Naval Division with loaded guns and ammunition, and the atmosphere was dull and depressing.

The people of Tianjin, whose enthusiasm has subsided and calmed down, are all aware of the catastrophe, and they are all terrified, and they are afraid of the revenge of foreigners, and they are also afraid that the government will arrest people to pay for their lives, and all kinds of rumors are circulating in secret, and the whole city of Tianjin is shocked every day.

Officials at all levels in Tianjin were also nervous, and they naturally couldn't escape the blame for such a big foreign-related case, and they were secretly pondering how to deal with the interrogation from the imperial court.

The consuls and foreign merchants of the Zizhu Forest were also frightened, closing their doors and windows, and the foreigners, whether priests, women and children, who were in contact with the church, had taken refuge on the foreign merchant ships on the Haihe River, ready to pull anchor and set sail at any time, and no one knew how the situation would develop.

In the yamen of the Beiyang Navy, in the signing room, Rong Lu put down the telegram in his hand, groaned for a while, and then shouted: "Come on, order all departments to patrol day and night, not to slack off, all water and land passages are blocked, and the water and fire meetings, pot guys, and halls are closely monitored!" ”

On the morning of the next day, Wu Changqing, the minister and assistant minister of the cabinet who had full authority to deal with the teaching case in Tianjin, hurriedly arrived in Tianjin, and went directly to the Sankou Trade Office at the three-fork entrance.

Wu Changqing can be described as a typical Yuanqi official style, acting neatly and neatly, just a few polite words with the official text, after the official document expressed his dedication to support the work, he served tea and sent the guests, and then someone called the Beiyang Navy Admiral Rong Lu, the Minister of Commerce and Trade of Sankou, Zhang Guangzao, the prefect of Tianjin, Liu Jie and others to come in.

He knows very well that the current situation in Tianjin must be cut through the chaos quickly, and the longer the time is delayed, the more troublesome it will be, and furthermore, he is also very clear that Yuan Qi will send troops to the northwest this year, and he must end the case before sending troops.

After Rong Lu, Chonghou and others came in to greet him, Wu Changqing glanced at Rong Lu and said: "The officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy Division entered the city in time to avoid further deterioration of the situation. ”

"Lord Sechincha." Rong Lu said simply: "The Beiyang Navy Division listens to the dispatch of the adults. ”

"Good!" Wu Changqing said: "The province has sent troops from Shanghai and Xuzhou. ”

These words can be described as murderous and sublime, Zhang Guangzao's heart is tight, seeing the sublime and silent, Zhang Guangzao had to bite the head and said: "Lord Qincha, Tianjin has been plagued by disasters for many years, and there are many people in the city, and the people's hearts are fluctuating, and if you are not careful, it may provoke the ....... of the people again." ”

Seeing him speak, Chonghou hurriedly echoed, "My lord, the people of Tianjin and foreigners are all frightened birds now, and the lower officials think that they should be appeased." ”

"Appeased?" Wu Changqing glanced at the two of them, and said coldly: "Tianjin's five miscellaneous places, the folk customs are strong and strong, and they are prone to incidents, all of which are due to the connivance of the local government for many years, and now they are causing such a catastrophe, and they still want to be appeased?" After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "Yesterday's riot, can there be a party involved?" ”

This is to forcibly arrest the perpetrators! Zhang Guangzao's legs trembled a little, he knew very well the current situation in Tianjin, once the perpetrators were forcibly searched and arrested, it would inevitably provoke an even greater popular uprising, "adults think twice...... He felt that his throat was a little dry, "Can you arrest the leader of the party first........ First, issue a notice to stabilize the people's mind...... Then convene the leaders of the party and the local gentry, control the leaders, and then eradicate the party. ”

Wu Changqing was actually also worried about provoking a large-scale civil uprising, although he wanted to arrest all the perpetrators as soon as possible by thunderous means, but he also did not want large-scale bloodshed, and deliberately groaned for a while before he spoke: "Give you a day!" This is your chance to atone! ”

"Xie Chin is a good adult shirt." Zhang Guangzao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Changqing turned his gaze to Chonghou, "Can the aftermath be dealt with?" ”

"Back to my lord." Chonghou hurriedly said: "All the deceased have been collected with coffins, and the scene has also been surveyed, all Western churches, consulates, foreign firms, etc. have been stationed with troops, and the consulates of various countries in Zizhulin have also sent people to comfort and comfort last night." ”

"There is no need to send people to comfort and appease." Wu Changqing said slowly: "Dry them for a few days first!" As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Jie, the magistrate of the county, "Nearly a hundred lives, the face of the Qing Dynasty has been lost by you, not to mention that Ben Qin will not give you a chance, collect the illegal acts of the church, missionaries, and nursery as soon as possible, it must be ironclad evidence, otherwise no one will be able to protect you!" ”

Chonghou and the others trembled in their hearts, and hurriedly said in unison: "The lower officials and others obey the order." ”

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

"The Great Treasurer, compared with Protestantism, Catholicism is more convinced of the effectiveness of 'baptism', and therefore more concerned about the ...... of the number of 'baptisms'." Seeing Yi Zhicontent, Ren An hurriedly submitted the sorted information, "This is the information obtained from the Catholic priest." ”

Yi Zhishu has never understood why Western churches and missionaries are so keen to open nurseries, and like to accommodate infants and toddlers, in comparison, Yuanqi prefers to accommodate older ones, not that the cost of adopting infants and toddlers is higher, for Yuanqi, he doesn't care about the cost at all, but that the growth of infants and toddlers takes longer.

He hadn't paid attention to this before, but when he noticed this, his curiosity was also aroused, why did Western churches and missionaries have such a soft spot for babies and young children? He estimated that it would be difficult for Wu Changqing to find out the truth of the matter in Tianjin, so he simply asked Ren An to investigate, not wanting Ren An's amazing efficiency.

After taking the information and reading it carefully, Yi Zhizhi's face is also gloomy and can drip water, baptism is the missionary to baptize the believers, there are baptism, drops, etc., the meaning is that God has forgiven your sins, everything is new, and there is a new life in Christ.

Catholic missionaries believed that believers who were baptized by them would enter heaven after death, and that believers who entered heaven would necessarily pray for those who brought him infinite happiness. Of course, the greater the number of such prayers from heaven, the greater their fruit!

The reason for the enthusiasm for baptizing infants and young children, especially abandoned infants who are dying, is because those infants and young children will soon die after baptism, ascend to heaven, and pray for them.

And when adults convert to religion, they are likely to give up or change halfway, and too many people are unable to maintain their faithfulness to the grace they have received.

Having found that the attitude of the Chinese towards religion was difficult to follow, the missionaries were even more enthusiastic about baptizing infants and young children!

Seeing that Yi Zhi's face was not good-looking, Ren An hesitated before saying: "According to the priest's confession, there is also a Society of Holy Babies in France, which specifically subsidizes missionaries in China to baptize babies on their deathbed, and provides 200,000 francs to Tianjin every year, Shanghai also has 120,000 francs, and Guangzhou, Xiamen, and Ningbo have only a smaller amount. ”

Yi Zhixiang was speechless for a long time, he really didn't expect that it would be so cruel! What charity, benevolence, all the hell!

It's no wonder that the Crèche encourages people to send abandoned babies to the Crèche in the form of incentives, and it is no wonder that the babies and toddlers in the Crèche die frequently, and it turns out that there is funding! It turned out that he didn't care about the death of infants and young children at all, and even deliberately hoped that infants and young children would die!

It is no wonder that those missionaries came one after another and flocked to China, which was simply because China has a huge market for abandoned babies and a large number of babies and young children die every year in China!

Lighting a cigarette, Yi Zhishu took a deep breath to calm his anger, Ren An glanced at him, hesitated before saying, "Those missionaries firmly believe that the souls of all baptized babies will be saved and will go to heaven after death, which is also a ....... of doing good. ”

"Don't do such good deeds." Yi Zhizu gritted his teeth and said: "As soon as possible, they will find out the statistics of the situation of the nursery halls in various treaty ports, and report them together with these materials, so as to expose the true purpose of the missionaries in opening the nursery!" ”

Ren An went out on the front foot, Zhao Liewen and Yi Zhengxing stepped into the room on the back foot, and at a glance saw that Yi Zhifen's face was a little ugly, Zhao Liewen said with concern: "What's wrong again?" ”

"Huifu came just in time, take a look at these materials." Yi Zhizu pointed to the information on the table, "Send one to Wu Changqing immediately, and then write an article ......." ”

After reading the information, Zhao Liewen was also shocked, and he was speechless for a while, but Yi Zhengxing said indignantly: "We must resolutely ban the nursery opened by Western churches!" ”

"It's going to be banned!" Yi Zhishu nodded, "We can't let them accumulate the amount of baptism for themselves under the cloak of charity and benevolence, I don't know how many babies and young children die in the nursery every year......!" ”

Tianjin, Qincha Xingyuan.

Wu Changqing looked at the case file with a pale face, the consequences of the riots in just three hours were shocking, in addition to the French and three Russians, there were two Belgians, one Italian and one Irish, and six foreign firms were burned down in addition to the church and the church of mercy.

And the nuns who were killed were stripped naked, their bodies torn, their eyes gouged out, ** cut off, and the two priests were disemboweled, and their ......hearts were cut out.

"Someone." Wu Changqing instructed the outside world: "Send a copy of the file transcript to the Zhennan Palace." He felt that it was necessary for Yi Zhizhi to look at the files.

Standing up, he immediately commanded: "Prepare the sedan chair——。 Originally, he had planned to hang the consuls of various countries for a few days, but now it seemed that he had to be appeased, he did not expect that there would be Belgians, Italians, and Irish who would also die in this riot, and they could not be united.

Before he could go out, an attendant quickly walked into the room and reported: "My lord—an urgent message from Shanghai." ”

Open the cowhide envelope and take out the information and look through it carefully, he couldn't help but show a smile on his face, with this information, he can completely grasp the initiative, however, this information is not suitable for throwing out now, he is also ready to try to provoke Britain and France.

"My lord, the sedan chair is ready."

"No need." Wu Changqing waved his hand, with this information, there was no need to appease them, even if all countries united to protest and pressur, he was not worried.

Zizhulin, the British Consulate in Tianjin, consuls and businessmen from various countries gathered together to discuss softly, Wu Changqing, the minister of the imperial mission, ignored them for two whole days after arriving in Tianjin, making their hearts that had already been put in their stomachs hang again, and they were all speculating about how the minister would deal with this lesson plan that must have shocked China and foreign countries.