Gladstone turned his head and looked, unhappiness flashed in his eyes. It turned out that the speaker was none other than Benjamin's direct descendant, Charlie George Gordon.
That's right, he was the famous Sir Gordon in the late Qing Dynasty. He was the last foreign admiral of the Victory Army when he suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The Ever Victorious Army was originally a self-defense force jointly organized by Shanghai foreigners and Qing businessmen. The name at that time was very rustic and was called the Foreign Gun Team.
In the previous battles with the Shanghai Swordsman Association and the Tiantang Team, the Foreign Gun Team's outstanding military exploits were awarded the title of Ever-Victorious Army by the Qing government, and the first admiral was American Wall.
Hua'er was good at fighting and training troops, but unfortunately his life was short. When attacking Cixi, Hua'er was killed.
Wall's heir, American Bai Qiwen, was a young man in his mid-20s. Due to his bad relationship with Li Hongzhang and his evil deeds such as military plunder and plunder, which offended the Qing government, this guy ended up defecting to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Later, after he was captured, Li Hongzhang ordered him to be drowned directly, and the British Gordon became the third admiral of the Ever Victorious Army.
This Gordon can be regarded as a staunch colonialist. He participated in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War. It is worth mentioning that he left the Second Opium War voluntarily.
Since Gordon was not a general appointed by the British government, but half asked to participate in the war on his own initiative, he did not catch up with the first batch of attacking echelons but pursued them from behind on a merchant ship.
He failed to catch up with the attack on Dagukou, and even the Battle of Baliqiao. By the time he arrived in Beijing, the coalition forces had already put down the fighting in the Four Nine Cities.
What he saw was the fire in the Old Summer Palace. After that, Gordon did not withdraw with the large army but chose to stay in China. When Shanghai was in crisis, Gordon joined the Ever Victorious Army under the coordination of the British and became a member of the Everlasting Victory Army. The last admiral, he lasted until the end of the war, when he returned to England.
Gladstone didn't like him because Gladstone was not a supporter of colonialism. In his mind, the two Opium Wars were unjust. Although he achieved victory in a short time and tasted some sweetness, the side effects were also very big.
Gladstone liked to use the influence of the army to protect commercial trade, rather than directly using the army to fight. He, Benjamin and others could not pee in the same pot at all.
He never liked militants like Gordon.
"Haha, Sir Gordon, your proposal is really good. Then it's up to you to coordinate with the Royal Guards. I'm optimistic about you..."
Gladstone's words stimulated Gordon's face to turn red. Although he had merit, his status was too low. In the army, he was just a mid-level general. In the colonies, he could be a leader, but when he returned to London, he had no room to show off his power. .
"Oh, my sir, don't laugh at me. Asking for help from the royal family is naturally something only two gentlemen can do..."
"I don't have that much face, so you should beg our Prime Minister!" Gladstone was too lazy to pay attention to this small character, turned around and left.
Benjamin suppressed the anger in his heart and said to his men, "Gordon, take my note and go see the crown prince later. Only the prince can help us now..."
Benjamin did not dare to trouble the Queen. He could only ask for support from Crown Prince Edward, who had a good personal relationship with him. In fact, according to his original intention, he absolutely did not want to ask for help from the royal family, because this would only prove once again Gladstone's attack on him, that is, lack of management. ability.
Benjamin could now guess Gladstone's excuses for attacking him. The first was that he refused to accept advice and was stubborn, the second was that he was petty and had no regard for the overall situation, and the third was that he had weak organizational skills and poor management skills.
One condom after another, it was like pouring dirty water on him. Benjamin knew that he would definitely lose points in front of the queen.
Prince Edward is not here at Tower Bridge, but at St. Paul's Cathedral two blocks away, which is the religious center of England and the largest church in England.
The royal family chose to meet guests from afar here, which somewhat promoted its idea of divine right of kings. Secular officials were waiting by the river, while members of the royal family were waiting by God's side.
It seems that kings all over the world are very good at using mysticism to add points to their rule, and the same is true in China and Europe.
Sir Gordon turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly Benjamin stopped him again, "No, you can't go! We brought you back from overseas specifically to take advantage of your special relationship with the Qing royal family..."
"You are an admiral conferred by the Qing Dynasty. You have official positions in two countries. It will be more convenient for you to meet Emperor Tongzhi than for us to talk! You can't go..."
"Colonel Walster...please go to the prince and ask him to mobilize a group of guards to help the police maintain order in London..."
If Xiao Letian were here and saw the young man in front of him, he would be surprised. This army colonel in his twenties would become the British field marshal and commander-in-chief in the future.
Walster took the Prime Minister's note, saluted, asked the attendant for a war horse, and galloped towards the cathedral.
Gladstone was talking to his friends not far away, but his eyes were always observing the movements of Benjamin's group. When he saw the bewildered look of these colonialists, he couldn't help but feel happy.
"A group of war criminals who only know about aggression, how can you know what internal affairs is? Do you understand the country's soft power? Ridiculous..."
Next to him, a government official from the Liberal Party nodded and said, "Yes, these war criminals have consumed countless taxpayers' money and spread the flames of war around the world, but our country has not increased education funding for many years..."
"We have been clamoring for universal education for decades, but there has been absolutely no movement! Why? It's not just these war lunatics who stole the funds, it's all for the welfare of the people..."
"You are right. Only through education for all and improving the literacy rate of all people can we solve many fundamental problems..."
"Just like the chaos caused by the 400,000 people today, the core reason is the quality of the people! Just imagine, if everyone was educated, literate and understood the law, would there still be such chaos?"
"Even if there is, it will be much smaller! We can maintain order with less police force. On many streets, we can use text versions to publicize discipline, routes, etc...."
"The improvement of the quality of the people will reduce the demand for police force, and the improvement of the quality of the police force will improve the efficiency of management... This is how social order comes, and this is the foundation of our UK forever!"
"How can Benjamin and those people understand the painstaking efforts of the party leader? Haha...I'm afraid they can't understand this at all!"
