The truth has been said to this point. This time Xiao Letian not only cleared himself, but also cleared Gladstone's name.
Don’t let anyone call you a careerist. Didn’t Benjamin call you a conspiracy to usurp the throne? Today I will break down all the truth and tell you that you are not a careerist, you are not a greedy person who is staring at the Prime Minister's throne and drooling.
It’s not that you, Gladstone, need the Prime Ministership, but that the Prime Ministership of the United Kingdom needs you!
Once this angle changes, the perspective also changes. When the perspective changes, people's hearts will naturally change. In the past, the elites of the empire still looked at Gladstone as arrogant, but now when they think about what they did before, A sense of shame arises spontaneously.
In the past, Gladstone had lobbied them for his political ideas more than once, and stated his ideals of diligently improving domestic affairs many times. However, at that time, everyone thought he was just a politician who cheated money.
If it weren't for the rapid development of his Liberal Party and his extraordinary talent and ability, who would pay attention to him?
Over the years, they, the actual controllers of the empire, and the politicians who hid in the shadows and watched these jumping up and down, all faced it with the mentality of a superior looking at a beggar.
All these business operations, financial oligarchs, and aristocratic power factions believe that politicians are just puppets in their hands. Without their secret support and momentum, would these guys who only know how to use their words still want to come to power?
But today, Xiao Letian's words completely overturned the arrogance in their hearts. When the situation was peeled off like an onion to reveal the cruel truth, everyone broke into a cold sweat.
"It turns out that we almost became the sinners of the empire. It turns out that there are hidden dangers in the prosperous times!"
No one can refute Xiao Letian's reasoning, because they have actually felt this crisis in their work and life for a long time, but no one can summarize the rules as strategically as Xiao Letian.
Especially those factory owners, they are very aware of the status of themselves and their competitors. The boilers in the factory have been updated for many generations, the size of the spinning machines is getting larger and more complex, and the requirements for machine parts are also increasing. Higher and higher.
They have actually felt the changes brought about by technological progress, and they have also discovered that senior blue-collar workers are becoming increasingly scarce.
It’s not that there aren’t good jobs, it’s that there aren’t the right people. Every day outside the factory there are crowds of poor and unemployed people looking for work, but you may not be able to select just one suitable person if you pick one or two hundred people.
Even the basic literacy rate cannot be guaranteed. Even if you want to spend money to train them to operate new machinery, you can't! How should I be trained if I don’t even know the words?
The leaders of industry and commerce are in deep contemplation, and the bankers in the financial industry are also sweating coldly, because they control the issuance of imperial bonds. In the past ten years, the yield on bonds issued by the United Kingdom has increased year by year. Downward trend.
This is especially true for national bonds issued because of the war. People are not as enthusiastic about buying them as before, and the returns on bonds are getting lower and lower. This has proven what Xiao Letian just said.
"The entire earth has almost been divided up, and what's left is barren land with a disproportionate input and output. Britain wants to colonize these places? Then just wait and lose your underwear!"
War is actually a business, and war also counts input and output. If you spend 100 million on military spending, even if you can win the war, can this new colony earn back this 100 million in the future?
You said you can earn it back, how many years will it take? Ten years, eight years or a hundred years? The investment is large, the results are slow, and there is even the possibility of falling into a bottomless pit of garrison funds. It is a money-losing business.
"What a powerful head of state from the East. He caught the first signs of a crisis in the British industrial, commercial and financial industry. This man is so scary!"
This was the first time they sincerely called Xiao Letian the head of state. The respect contained in this sentence could not be deceived.
Xiao Letian was finally able to confirm that the kettle of water in England had finally boiled. To have Gladstone look at him with such a shocked expression showed that all this had completely touched his heart.
"Yes, Mr. Gladstone, I can understand your ideals, but there are countless people in Britain at the moment who don't understand you. They regard you as a careerist and a person seeking power and profit, but that's all a villain's heart!"
"There is an unknown underlying reason for your success. In fact, it is a potential force at the bottom of British society that chose you and chose you as a reformist!"
"Don't look at me like this. I, Xiao Letian, am not a careerist. I don't want or dare to have any plans for Britain. I just noticed this change keenly and found you accurately!"
"I am just like a gambler, placing all my bets on you! That's all... Why do you still look at me like this? Do you still think I have the ability to subvert the British political situation? Are you so Not confident?"
"I have clearly seen the inevitable development of history, so I naturally want to follow the winner closely... Although you, the winner, do not have 100% confidence at the moment, but I do! In fact, I have already positioned you in my heart Became the next British Prime Minister..."
"The reform of the Empire on which the sun never sets is destined to be launched in your hands, and the glory of the next hundred years should be written by you!"
At this point, Xiao Letian shrugged and poured himself a glass of wine. "I know that your side will win, why don't I quickly place a bet? Is it possible to place the bet on Benjamin's side? Forget it, Benjamin and I will do it this afternoon. The negotiations ended unhappily, and they were not on the same level of thinking at all. It was a waste of time to argue with each other!"
Gladstone smiled, this time with a relaxed smile from the bottom of his heart. This was the first time that he treated Xiao Letian as an equal negotiator, without his previous condescending attitude.
He was very grateful to Xiao Letian in his heart, because he knew that he could not express this truth. If this truth could not convince those eavesdroppers, then there would be no hope for the empire on which the sun never sets.
On his way to the high position of Prime Minister, the last hurdle was actually cleared by this Chinese. This is really a miracle given by God!
For this little kindness, I have to protect you... Actually, there is no need for me to protect you. The truth spoken from your mouth has now reached the ears of those imperial elites.
If you can convince me, you can convince them!
Xiao Letian, your most dangerous difficulty has finally passed. I dare not say anything else. At least your life has been saved!
