The queen's face looked a little ugly, and she thought to herself: How could this old guy be so stubborn? He couldn't even listen to me being so reasonable. In the end, he wanted to use my reputation to forcibly dissolve the parliament?
This is the outcome the Queen least wants to see, because according to tradition the Prime Minister does have the right to dissolve Parliament, and the King can only act as a rubber stamp in this process. 【Longtan Book Network】
If Benjamin submitted a document forcibly dissolving Parliament, the Queen would still have to hold her nose and sign it.
Why is this? This is actually a struggle between the monarchy and the power of the prime minister. Since the struggle for power was also very fierce in British history, the king had several unsuccessful restoration attempts, and even Charles I lost his head.
In order to restrict the power of the monarch, people tried their best to increase the power of the prime minister. In the end, the British political situation was one of real and virtual monarch. The monarch slowly became the image representative, while the prime minister controlled the direction of the empire.
For example, Gladstone's disciple and successor, the same Liberal Party leader Chamberlain, could use his own judgment to determine the empire's diplomacy.
When signing a contract with Hitler and vigorously promoting the appeasement policy, the royal family had no power to interfere at all. This is a typical example of the real and false king.
At this moment, Benjamin has thrown the problem to the Queen. It seems that Benjamin is determined to submit the document to dissolve Parliament. This is a scene that the Queen does not want to see.
Once this document is delivered to the queen, the scene will be awkward. According to the tradition of Shixiangxujun, the queen has to sign and seal it.
But the queen is unwilling to do this job from the bottom of her heart. On the one hand, she does not want to see such a big chaos in the country. It will not only harm the stability of the empire but also leave a stain on her reign. The queen also wants to save face at her age. Yes, she cares very much about leaving her name in history.
On the other hand, the Queen is also a representative of Britain's powerful monarch in modern times, although this strength is entirely based on the people's love for her.
Precisely because she is a strong monarch, she is unwilling to go through this process of being forced to stamp. She feels that it is very shameful to do such a thing.
But once Benjamin has made a thoughtful decision and the document is sent to Buckingham Palace, it won't work if the Queen doesn't sign it. If she doesn't sign, it means that the Queen has an intention to challenge the Prime Minister's power. This is a bad idea and the situation will become more complicated.
The political war between Gladstone and Benjamin suddenly evolved into a war between the monarchy and the power of the prime minister and cabinet, and the situation will become more complicated.
Queen Victoria took a deep breath and decided that she had to have a showdown with Benjamin. If she gave this old man unrealistic fantasies, he might not be able to figure out anything.
"Disraeli! Let's make things clear! I do not support your dissolution of Parliament... because I support some of Gladstone's policy views! Especially the increase in infrastructure investment and the compulsory education bill!"
"Oh, God! Are you even going to abandon me?" Benjamin stood up excitedly.
"Sit down!" the Queen said with a serious face, "I will not abandon anyone. If anyone abandons you, it is also the voters!"
"If you go to the slums and understand the voices of the people at the bottom, then you will know how we should choose!"
"Dirty streets, Duce's sewers, unemployed people with nothing to do, children running around the streets who can only work as thieves, paperboys or even miserable child labor... I don't want to see such scenes again!"
"Your Majesty... I am not opposed to all this. I also have plans to change. I just hope that the empire can gradually increase investment on the basis of stabilizing the existing colonies. I am not opposed to compulsory education, and I will promote it! "
"As long as we destroy the Chinese, as long as we kill Xiao Letian... I will do 10,000 times better than Gladstone! No, no, no, I can even choose to resign later. I let Gladstone How about doing some internal affairs work?"
"That's enough! You are so stubborn!" The queen was really angry and asked, "Did Xiao Letian steal your granddaughter?" Do you have a personal grudge against him? In order to let Xiao Letian die, he even ignored the interests of the empire.
"Benjamin! Don't you understand what I say? Now the voters are disappointed with you. They don't believe in your promises. What's the use of talking to me more?"
"You said that domestic affairs will be improved after this war? Voters don't believe you. Even if voters believe you, they can't wait! They need job opportunities, their children need to go to school, and they are not willing to wait even a day!"
Benjamin felt like he was struck by lightning. All his energy and energy were drained out of him. He slumped down on the chair and kept mumbling to himself.
The Queen couldn't bear it. She patted the back of Benjamin's hand and said pleasantly, "Disraeli, how old are you this year? You are not over seventy years old, and you have always been in good health. Do you really think you will have no chance in the future?" ?”
"You are also a veteran. You should have seen the ups and downs of the political arena very clearly. People's hearts are always fickle. If they abandon you now, doesn't it mean they will abandon you forever in the future?"
"What does it matter if you are dormant for a short time? If you choose to give in gently at this moment, at least your connections will not be destroyed, and you will not offend the voters too much..."
"All of this is the foundation for your future comeback! Why do you need to risk everything? Why bother..."
It was said that this was the end of all benevolence and righteousness, and no matter how stubborn a person was, he could not remain indifferent. Benjamin's tears fell down.
"Your Majesty... I am not willing to give in! I really smell danger from Xiao Letian... He is a careerist! I am not willing to give in..."
The Queen patted the back of Disraeli's hand to persuade him, "I understand, I understand your painstaking efforts, and I know your loyalty to the Empire... But don't forget, even if you are the Prime Minister, you still need a vote from Congress to start a war!" "
"Given your current situation, how high do you think the probability of passing the vote is? Don't forget, Xiao Letian came to the UK in person, and he is constantly carrying out charity activities among the people..."
"Hey... let me put it more plainly. Xiao Letian has a very good relationship with the Protestant Church. Do you know how much money he has donated to various major dioceses?"
"If you want to start a war with him, first ask the bishops if they agree! If they don't agree, they will try their best to spread the word among the parishioners..."
"Hey...then what's the use of dissolving the parliament a hundred times?"
With a "wow" sound, Benjamin started to suffer like a child. He covered his face with his hands and buried his head between his knees. He cried so much that he felt aggrieved.
"Evil! This is the evil from the east!"
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