Chapter 3192
At night, Kinmen rushes to the west of Hangzhou.
A large number of people who had gone out of the city to watch the West Lake Fireworks Display were returning to the city through Kinmen. Most of the topics they discussed were about the beautiful scene they had just seen. Few people noticed that the martial law checkpoint outside the nearby Ming Dynasty Embassy was still in place. Walk.
Due to the Zhu Zhongyun case, the Ming Dynasty embassy was strictly prohibited from going out by the government. Naturally, the diplomats inside the embassy also lost a rare opportunity to enjoy the fireworks.
However, for Yue Shizong, the fireworks show was just an insignificant event. If he missed it, he would miss it. However, he lost an opportunity to meet the senior officials of Haihan, which was a very fatal thing.
Yue Shizong had read the article in the Donghai Times many times, trying to figure out the official attitude of Haihan.
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was not good. Haihan had no intention of turning the matter into a minor matter, but made the matter public as soon as possible, probably with the intention of making a big fuss.
Yue Shizong really wanted to make a defense to the executive committee in person, but now Haihan seems not to give him such an opportunity. Now that I can't even get out of the embassy gate, I can't go to see the senior officials of Haihan.
Although people can't get out, fortunately, there are channels to send real-time news from the outside in, so they won't be trapped here and become deaf and blind.
Every once in a while, someone would wrap the letter on a small stone and use a slingshot to hit the embassy yard from a distance. Although this native method is quite primitive, under the current special circumstances, it is one of the few practical means of transmitting information.
The latest news that had just been sent in from outside had been placed on Yue Shizong's desk along with the wrapped stones.
He eagerly opened the paper, shook off the stones, smoothed the crumpled letter on the table, and then began to read the small print on it.
The information sent this time does not seem to be directly related to the assassination. It is the list of guests invited to board the ship tonight to travel to the West Lake with senior officials of the Executive Committee.
In addition to local civil and military officials and envoys from various countries, there are also some civilians, mainly from the business and cultural circles. Yue Shizong looked at them one by one and soon found some bad clues.
In this list, no guest's identity is affiliated with Daming, and this is inconsistent with the guest list he knows.
Yue Shizong, as the Ming Dynasty's diplomatic envoy stationed in Hangzhou, had already received an invitation to this event. In addition to him, some Ming businessmen who had good relations with Haihan would also be invited to attend. But now on this list, all the people from Ming Dynasty did not attend.
Yue Shizong did not doubt the reliability of this list, because this was not information stolen from any special channel, but real-time information recorded by his men who went to camp near the dock near the West Lake and counted heads one by one.
The only reasonable explanation for this situation is that Haihan temporarily canceled the original invitation, not only to Yue Shizong, but to all Ming people.
There is no doubt that this is a rather unfriendly move, but considering the assassination that happened just yesterday, Haihan's caution seems reasonable.
But what Yue Shizong was worried about was that Haihan's move was not just for security reasons, but to create an occasion without people from the Ming Dynasty and announce certain decisions that were unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty.
The problem now is that Haihan seems to be in no rush to negotiate with Yue Shizong through diplomatic channels. Yue Shizong now has no clue as to what stage the assassination trial has progressed and what the executive committee's attitude is towards the matter. Yue Shizong knew that he had to try to break the deadlock and re-communicate with Haihan's senior management as soon as possible, otherwise the situation might accelerate out of control.
Yue Shizong immediately picked up the pen and wrote a letter carefully and asked his men to deliver it to the Haihan Army outside the embassy, asking him to forward it to the Executive Committee on his behalf.
Although people are banned, the channel for conveying opinions through documents is still open. There is no other way to think of at the moment. Yue Shizong can only use this method to fight for the opportunity to meet with the executive committee.
Yue Shizong's efforts were not in vain. Near midnight, someone came to Haihan's door and invited him to participate in the military parade to be held tomorrow morning.
Although you may not be able to speak to senior officials of the Executive Committee by visiting the military parade, it is a signal to restart negotiations. After being disqualified from watching the fireworks display and everyone in the embassy was banned from going out, this can be regarded as the only good news in the past two days.
April 1, 1657 in the Haihan calendar is National Day.
Thirty years ago, the Travelers landed at Yulin Bay on Hainan Island and named the place Victory Port, thus starting the legend of Haihan. The D-Day Day was later designated by the Executive Committee as Haihan Founding Day, and continues to this day as a national holiday.
However, for the people of Hangzhou, this is actually a relatively unfamiliar festival. After all, most people have only become Haihan citizens in the past two years. They are not very emotionally attached to the new dynasty, and they are not quite able to understand the special significance of this festival to Haihan.
This year's National Day is the first time since Hangzhou was transferred to Haihan that officials took advantage of the Executive Committee's visit and the announcement of plans to move the capital to hold a large-scale festival celebration.
In the first two days before the arrival of the executive committee, every household in and around the city was already decorated with lights and colorful decorations, creating a festive atmosphere. The government distributed red and blue flags door to door, and large red and blue flags could be seen flying everywhere on the streets of the city.
The entrance ceremony of the Executive Committee and the fireworks display held in the West Lake in the past two days have given local people an initial taste of the Haihan-style festival activities.
As for the military parade on the National Day, it is said that this is Haihan's traditional reserved event, and the people are even more enthusiastic about it. Early in the morning, all the city gates in the west of the city were blocked by people preparing to leave the city.
Yue Shizong, who obtained the special permission, successfully left the embassy, but the carriage he was riding in was still blocked at Yongjinmen, a short distance away from the embassy.
Yue Shizong lifted the car curtain and looked out. On the road leading out of the city, there were people traveling in costumes, many of them holding red and blue flags in their hands.
It goes without saying that these should all be people rushing to watch the military parade.
Sitting in the car, Yue Shizong could clearly hear the conversations of people outside the car, most of which were discussing the fireworks display and military parade.
Faced with such a scene, Yue Shizong could only smile bitterly. Not long after Haihan took over Hangzhou, the local people's hearts seemed to have obviously shifted towards the other side, and no one cared about when the Ming Dynasty would regain Hangzhou.
(End of chapter)