After the Shang Jiaernei assassination, another series of pamphlets began circulating among the young army officers, with titles such as "Why Shang Jiaernei Was Divinely Punished" and "An Appeal to Young Officers". The content invariably defended Dreyfus, and combined with Yugo's jokes brought the affair of Princess Minerva's marriage into the discussion, with phrases such as "The Prime Minister ignores the suffering of the people and soldiers, instead facilitating a wrong marriage", "The Prime Minister and the navy have become puppets of the tycoons", and "The army must unite to stop tycoons from expanding their power; we cannot allow the Princess to become a sacrifice to the tycoons", jumping off the page.