"Oh God! Benjamin actually reached a private agreement with you?" Eugenie was shocked when she heard the news. This was really an unexpected surprise.
Prime Minister Benjamin is not a fan of Prussia and the Chinese. This is not news. The diplomatic circles of various European countries can find out this inside story.
Perhaps in Benjamin's mind, his former prime minister, the Earl of Derby, treated Bismarck and the jumping-up Xiao Letian too favorably.
When Xiao Letian led his troops to interfere in the Austro-Prussian War, Benjamin was very angry, especially because he didn't understand why the Earl of Derby let Xiao Letian go in the end.
Benjamin kept guessing but had no answer. In the end, he could only say that everything was due to the Earl of Derby's old age and confusion.
There is nothing wrong with the strategy of supporting an emerging force in Asia to fight against Tsarist Russia, but choosing a spokesperson is crucial.
Xiao Letian, a newly emerged master of pseudo-Western learning, dared to join in the battle for hegemony on the European continent with a few hundred soldiers. This shows that this oriental man is a madman!
How can a madman cooperate?
Later, Xiao Letian's various actions in Asia further proved Benjamin's judgment. He led troops to attack Beijing City, performed martial arts in the Palace of Supreme Harmony, and even kidnapped Emperor Tongzhi...
And his attitude towards the French also made Benjamin very worried. He was sure that Xiao Letian was a wild horse that could not be tamed. It was definitely a mistake for Prime Minister Derby to choose such a role to fight against Tsarist Russia.
How did it end? How could Xiao Letian resist the expansion of Tsarist Russia's power? He directly chopped off Tsarist Russia's hand that extended to the Far East.
How cruel, how bloody, how arrogant! No matter how bad Tsarist Russia is, it is still a European country, so there is no reason for you, an Asian country, to trample on it.
Unfortunately, the Earl of Derby died of illness, and Benjamin could not argue with him. In addition, Xiao Letian kidnapped Emperor Tongzhi, and the Queen was very concerned about the Chinese Emperor's state visit that spanned half the world.
As a result, Benjamin was tied up and unable to deal with Xiao Letian. Just when he was annoyed, Napoleon III threw a tentative olive branch. Although the two sides had differences in many positions, when it came to confronting Xiao Letian, Their interests are aligned.
Napoleon III put his hands on his chest and said triumphantly, "Benjamin agrees with me on many continental views. He also believes that Prussia has risen too quickly. We are not trying to destroy Prussia, but Prussia always hopes to unify the entire German-speaking area. This is something we don’t want to see!”
"And Xiao Letian, he is just like Prussia. The Chinese people he created actually want to eventually unify the Han cultural circle. These are the actions of careerists, and careerists must be curbed!"
"So, Benjamin promised me that in the event of a war, he would share necessary intelligence with us and allow our warships to block Prussia's territorial waters..."
"As long as the British don't go astray, who else can defeat France? Hahaha..."
Queen Eugenie looked at her husband's arrogant smile and suddenly asked, "In that case, why did you drink absinthe just now to relieve stress? Why did you say that Britain was the backer behind Xiao Letian?"
"I think you really drank and hallucinated!"
Napoleon III's newly inflated self-confidence was immediately drained by his wife's injection. He said with a grimace, "Oh... just listen to what I have to say. After all... after all, Benjamin also has political enemies! I'm worried." It’s his political opponents!”
Eugenie's eyes lit up when she heard this: "You mean him?"
…
London, England.
On the other side of the Thames River near Big Ben, in a small three-story apartment building along the river, candlelight shone brightly on the curtains. The figure of a hale and hearty man was projected on the curtains. Two policemen on duty at the door looked at it in awe. Figure on the window.
"Mr. Gladstone hasn't slept yet? It's too hard..."
"Let's have a cigarette... Of course you have worked hard. Haven't you heard the rumors? The Prime Minister has been questioned by the Parliament because of the Northern Ireland issue. Now some people are even preparing to impeach the Prime Minister..."
"Match... come here to light a cigarette, the wind is light here... If the impeachment is successful, maybe the gentleman upstairs will be our next prime minister!"
"Yes, that's why we come here to stand guard. Those bureaucrats in the police department have very sensitive noses!"
The man the police were talking about was the big man worth worrying about, William Jorg Gladstone, whom Napoleon III and his wife mentioned.
Gladstone, now sixty years old, was born into the family of a wealthy businessman in Liverpool. He received a very good aristocratic education since he was a child. He was a liberal when he was young and did not believe in any political party.
But as he grew older, he realized that liberalism had no future, so he joined the Tory Party, one of the two major political parties in Britain at the time, the party of which Benjamin is now the leader.
In the years of the Tory Party, he was known as the number one orator in the Tory Party. Members of the Whig Party had a headache when they saw him, especially before the First Opium War. Gladstone was a clear-cut opponent. The leader of the voting force.
The British bill to send troops to expedition to the Qing Dynasty was almost blocked by this baron, and in the end it was passed by the parliament with a slight advantage.
Those who achieve great things will not always be inferior to others. In the Tory Party, he gradually discovered that the political ideas of these people were increasingly deviating from his own.
Benjamin Disraeli, in particular, was a politician that Gladstone looked down upon very much. Once, a budget plan proposed by Benjamin was completely refuted by him in Parliament.
It was not until 1859 that Gladstone officially announced his withdrawal from the Tony Party and joined the arms of his former rival party, the Whig Party.
It was obvious that the Whig Party could not tolerate this great Bodhisattva. It did not take long before he and several like-minded politicians formed the Liberal Party on the basis of the Whig Party and became the leader of the party in 1867.
In the study, Gladstone, who has become the leader of the party, is quietly looking at a gift from the far east. It is a Tianhuang stone seal with many Chinese characters that he does not recognize.
The seal left a bright red mark on the white paper, and at the bottom of the white paper was a line of gorgeous small English characters: "It's such a joy to have friends come from afar!"
What kind of riddle is this oriental woman trying to play with me? Could it be that the head of state from the East wants to make friends with me?
Gladstone looked at the Tianhuang stone seal in front of him in silence. He was not moved by the value of this seal, even if it could be exchanged for a small manor.
All he cares about is the meaning of this sentence.
Just outside his study window, on the street slanting thirty to forty meters away, a black carriage was parked quietly on the side of the road. The carriage had been parked for an hour, but the patrolling policeman seemed not to have seen the carriage. No one ever came forward to question me.
There is no need to question him at all, just look at the unique flower on the car door and you will know that the owner of this car is the most popular socialite in Europe at the moment, Fang Guan from China.
It was a peony in full bloom, an oriental flower of wealth.
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