Gladstone's guess was good. The top of the British pyramid really had the idea of giving up on Benjamin. At this moment, the financial, industrial and commercial circles, the military, the royal family, political elites, cultural scholars... including many ordinary people, all Strong feelings of dissatisfaction.
It's not because of failure. The British are not afraid of failure. Now Britain has enough foundation to fight against the world. One or two small failures can stimulate Britain's strategic potential and achieve final victory.
Moreover, proud nations naturally have their own self-confidence. Victory may be tortuous but the result must be bright. This is something they deeply believe in.
What made Benjamin disappoint everyone was actually his stubbornness and stupidity. Needless to say, stupidity, in this case of imprisonment, ordinary people could not understand the doorway inside, but all the elites on the top of the tower could understand it.
Xiao Letian played a beautiful trick and the stupid Benjamin let the French and Tsarist Russian thugs protest and even burn down the East Palace. Then the Chinese just took this opportunity to play the tragedy card and directly imprison you in the shit basin.
Disgusting or not? But you brought this disgust on yourself. If you, Benjamin, treated Xiao Letian according to normal diplomatic etiquette, why would you let others take advantage of this?
Now that the deal is done, the blame has been laid on Britain, and the vast majority of people across Europe believe in the existence of the captivity incident, what else can you do? Are you going to explain it to hundreds of millions of people one by one?
Stupid, this is extremely stupid behavior. You, Benjamin, are also a veteran politician. Logically speaking, you shouldn't make such a low-end mistake!
But stupidity has its roots. It's because you, Benjamin, are too stubborn and unwilling to accept other people's opinions. You only have such a solution when you go all the way.
Stubbornness is the root, stupidity is the surface, failure and shame are the result!
No one could have imagined how Benjamin could be so stubborn. Without Chinese Xiao Letian, who could invite Emperor Tongzhi to Europe? When did Britain gain such a reputation? You have to recognize this favor no matter what!
Don’t you recognize it? Do you have to fight against others? Even the royal family gave in in the end, and the queen lowered her face and tried to persuade you sideways. Why are you so unwilling to listen?
You keep promoting the Chinese threat theory, saying that Xiao Letian is the life and death enemy of the British Empire in the future. Why didn't we see it? Are you the only smart person in the whole UK?
The royal family are all fools, our other political parties are all fools, and all the financial oligarchs and business tycoons in the UK are all brain-dead? We can't even walk. We are all blind and we have to let you lead us?
Are you too arrogant? We don’t care if we look down on the Chinese, but it’s not okay to look down on all of us!
Well, even if you have a daughter who was ruined by the Chinese, we don’t care if you want to take personal revenge. We are all British and we will definitely help the relatives but not take care of them. Even if you are acting rogue, you are also our prime minister, and we must praise you. field.
But you actually let us support you and you won the battle! You have made the Chinese people slap their mouths again and again. If you don’t think it’s embarrassing, we will still be embarrassed!
Disappointment, deep disappointment, there is a strong feeling of disappointment among these elites at the top of the British pyramid.
Britain was founded on business. The most respected people in this country are businessmen, and businessmen are a group of people who pursue interests rather than conflicts.
For example, there are representatives of industry and commerce in the City. They are very close to Gladstone of the Liberal Party, and their stance on this conflict is very close.
What happened to the Chinese? What happened to the Chinese? What happened to Xiao Letian? They didn’t say they were going to confront you, the UK, and they didn’t close the country’s borders?
British merchants can now freely enter and exit Chinese ports. Officials under Xiao Letian are not shy about discussing business with Europeans. Although this group of Chinese are relatively tough, cooperating with them is not as pleasant as cooperating with the Qing Dynasty. To put it bluntly, It’s just not easy to take advantage.
But not being able to take advantage doesn't mean you can't make money. As long as you abide by the law, British businessmen can make normal profits, but they just can't make dirty money.
British businessmen are very grateful for this. In fact, what they fear most is the isolation of the Qing Dynasty. You can't understand the bureaucrats at all. Apart from using violence, coercion and bribery, you can't trade normally at all.
Isn't it normal for a country that can conduct business and trade on an equal footing to be a little threatened?
Which country in the world poses no threat to Britain? Not in France? Didn’t Tsarist Russia have it? Not in the United States? Including Prussia, which has a close relationship with Britain, it may not necessarily stay close forever in the future.
Business is inherently full of competition and cooperation, but just because the Chinese have the slightest threat of competition, they will use war to destroy it?
This is the point that the entire British elite does not understand the most. Why did Benjamin insist on militarily destroying the Chinese people? What hatred does Xiao Letian have with him?
War is the last resort in competition between countries. It is also the most tragic means with the highest cost, the smallest reward and the highest risk. Smart people will not use it unless it is a last resort.
How could there be someone like Benjamin who started shouting and killing without even starting negotiations with the Chinese?
I can’t understand, I really can’t understand, what is this crazy thing that Benjamin is smoking? Is it really an addiction to militarism?
Gradually, people's resentment towards Benjamin gradually increased. At first, it didn't matter because after all, everyone had nothing to do with the Chinese. The Prime Minister could destroy whoever he wanted. Anyway, the more victory, the better.
But after repeated attempts to slap them in the face failed, these people quit, thinking that Britain is everyone's country, why can't you just ruin it like this?
Is it a shame? Are you ashamed? The whole of Europe is watching the British joke, and even the royal families of various countries can't stand it anymore. Are you still done?
Just when everyone's resentment was at its peak, Gladstone took action. This action went straight to Benjamin's Achilles' heel and directly submitted a motion of no-confidence.
It is conceivable how many complaints Benjamin had accumulated before. Gladstone's timing was really perfect. As soon as the no-confidence motion was introduced, he received the verbal support of the majority of MPs.
This is really a shrewd old fox. He secretly cooperated with Xiao Letian in the dark, and then carefully observed everyone's resentment towards Benjamin. Once it reached the critical point, he tore up all the disguised masks and fought for Benjamin's life with his bayonet red. .
As a result, the elites at the top of the pyramid are not calm. Although they hate Benjamin, the next government will come to power with the help of the Chinese. Will this cause losses to British interests?
It's one thing to hate Benjamin, and it's okay to support you Gladstone, but letting the Chinese get involved is very worrying.
It was precisely based on such worries that Crown Prince Edward took the lead in suppressing the differences between the various parties and found those very influential senior figures, and everyone gathered together to put pressure on Gladstone.
"We must let Gladstone give us a clear answer. If he cannot dispel our doubts, then even if Benjamin disappoints us, we must protect him!"
"People who are not from my race must have different minds! We must understand the Chinese people's frivolous nature!"
