Section 33 The Empire Strikes Back
Shaking her head weakly. Although Situ Yushuang's face was a little lonely and desolate, her eyes exposed her persistence, which seemed more like a belief supporting her.
"Sister, the situation has reached this point, why are you doing? You have done everything you can. No matter which solution you solve, you can proudly raise your chest and say that you have a clear conscience. The plan is in people and the success is in heaven. Some things cannot be saved by hard work. Just as the Kingdom of Jemelo was destroyed by the Machikhans back then, this is not something that can be turned around by anyone. Many things may be much better with nature." Sophia didn't want this sister who seemed to be a little almost paranoid to embark on a path of no return. She was worried that the other party's wishes and ideas would not be able to accept this blow if they failed in the end. As a sister who had a heart-to-heart relationship, she could not watch the other party take this step.
"Girl, how can you know success or failure if you don't do some things? If I fail, then I have no regrets. I feel much more at ease. You don't have to persuade me anymore. I know what I am doing." Situ Yushuang's eyes seemed so calm and clear at this moment, without any anger or impulse. Seeing that Sophia had a little more worries, she really couldn't persuade her.
"Sister, what are you going to do now? Li Wufeng has controlled Jinzhong now and has no worries anymore. With his military strength, the empire can no longer compete with him alone. Is this meeting of kings still meaningful?"
"Of course, military means cannot solve him. We have other means. Since he has come to the imperial capital, how can he let him slip away so easily? Didn't he also want to take this opportunity to win over all forces in the divisive empire? As he wished, let him perform all kinds of conspiracies in this imperial capital." Situ Yushuang said that the word conspiracy was already gritting his teeth. Obviously, Li Wufeng's beautiful hand gave her a deep lesson in the Jinzhong Incident.
Sofia could hear the unwillingness in the other party's words, but she could not imagine what other methods in the other party's words mean. Although she had been following Situ Yushuang on the edge of political life in this imperial capital for several years, she did not know very well about those dark methods, but she could vaguely feel the scary murderous intent in the other party's words.
Faced with the aggressive offensive in Western Xinjiang, Situ Yushuang, He Lu and others did not respond negatively, and soon made a counterattack.
The attitude of "Daily Express" reversed on the third day after the Jinzhong Incident. The article "Where does the name of Western Xinjiang come from?" details Li Wufeng's ambition after taking office as Guanxi, and the military and political governors of the Northwest China have shown one by one, from the fall of Tiannan County and Myanmar to the substantial takeover of Beiyuan and Heshuo County, and then various expansion behaviors outside the empire. The article is sharp in writing and fierce in words, pointing out that Western Xinjiang, as a foreign vassal of the empire, controls half of the empire's territory. Now that foreign troubles have disappeared, it still controls the empire's central government.
The directly controlled areas of Tiannan, Myanmar, Beiyuan and Heshuo County, especially Beiyuan and Heshuo County, were originally the hinterland of the Central Plains and had nothing to do with Western Xinjiang. Western Xinjiang took advantage of the opportunity of destroying the Taiping Army and resisting the invasion of the Kamans to recover the lands. It should have been handed over to the empire to manage in a timely manner, but Western Xinjiang delayed or even refused to return it under various excuses. At present, it has directly extended its sphere of influence to important areas of the capital. This behavior is even more than when the vassal states of the previous dynasty were separatist. This situation is undoubtedly a contempt for the empire, and the word "no loss" is the best portrayal.
Thousands of comments immediately caused an uproar in the imperial capital, and many people agreed at the same time. Many media took the opportunity to attack them, demanding that the Western Xinjiang take the initiative to hand over the four counties, demanding that the empire take back the administrative jurisdiction of the four counties, and also demanding that the Western Xinjiang return to Beiyuan under the guise of reasonable adjustments based on actual conditions, and the suggestion that the Western Xinjiang's two counties, Tiannan and Myanmar were managed by the Great Protectorate of the Western Xinjiang, all kinds of times ended. Many conservative forces in the imperial capital spoke more fiercely, directly accusing Li Wufeng of his ambition to perform the actions of the new dynasty of the Han Dynasty in the past, and demanding that the central government of the empire make a tough response and resolutely retract the administrative jurisdiction of the four counties.
At the same time, the largest newspaper in the north, "Beiping Morning Post", also published a signed article "On the Legality and Rationality of the Protectorate", which explained the harm of the Protectorate system to the Empire's peace period from a legal perspective. In the end, the article proposed to abolish the Protectorate system, restore the county magistrate system in the mainland, and adopt the Jiedu system at the border according to the situation. One person is not allowed to hold two positions at the same time. When the empire is in a peaceful state, the military and political Jiedushi shall not have more than two legions of regular troops and strive to develop the economy.
Chapter completed!