Calcutta, East India Company Governor's Palace.
"Hahaha......"
Hearty laughter echoed in the office of Governor Baron Amherst. This was Mr. Nelson laughing heartily. The old man also held a telegraph newspaper in his hand. While laughing, he said to the two people in the office: "Baron , George, I originally thought that this Daoguang Emperor came to India to grab money, but I didn’t expect that he was just a beggar... If you want food, you have to eat. You also want to beg for food every year (Suiyi). This is to make beggars Is this a family business? How do you two think our British Empire should deal with this beggar emperor?"
Baron Amherst glanced at the man whom Mr. Nelson called "George" - he was a very handsome middle-aged white man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose, and a green light on his face and chin. It's the mark left after the beard is shaved off. This man's name is George Elliot. He was previously the secretary of the British Admiralty and a member of the Naval Committee. Now he has come down with a special mission to become the deputy chief of staff of the Indian Grand Fleet.
Seeing the look in Baron Amherst's eyes, George Elliot smiled very gentlemanly and said: "Earl, Baron, of course it is impossible for the empire to give even a penny to Emperor Jin... There is no beggar in the empire's financial budget. This item.
However, we don’t need to reject Emperor Daoguang immediately. Because once we refuse, he may retreat from the Amu Darya River. Although his army is terrible, Wuji Valley is too far away from India, and the terrain is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is possible to get support from the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa. Therefore, if Daoguang retreats to Wuji Valley, the British Empire will have nothing to do with him. "
Amesh nodded and said: "You're right...Although Daoguang was just a beggar emperor, the way he begged still offended the British Empire! He must pay the price for his actions! The Kingdom of Jin , you must pay the price!"
George Elliot smiled and said: "Baron, so we cannot categorically reject their request. We should keep his appetite until next spring. By that time, our army will be able to march towards Kunduz through the Salang Pass. .As long as our heroic Anglo-Indian coalition can deliver a devastating blow to the Jin Army, we can force Daoguang to accept our proposed peace treaty that will truly help achieve stability and progress in Central Asia.
In addition, our victory in Central Asia will also help us gain a favorable position in naval armament negotiations. And Japan’s patriotic samurai groups will also be greatly encouraged! "
This is really a great situation!
Once the British Empire wins in Afghanistan, it will not be one win, but three! One was in Afghanistan, one was in naval arms negotiations, and one was in Japan...it was a direct win!
Baron Amherst listened to Yilu's suggestion, smiled and asked again: "George, when do you plan to leave for Japan?"
George Elu didn't come to India for Emperor Daoguang's "printing". He was sent to India to encourage the "patriotic samurai" in Japan to cause trouble. The British Empire openly encouraged Japan's "patriotic warriors" by dispatching warships from the Indian Grand Fleet to escort the East India Company's merchant ships for a simulated wartime transport to show the British Empire's determination and ability to support Japan. ....
"I want to set out in early December," said George Elliot, "so that when I arrive in Japan, it will be almost the time when Emperor Daoguang surrenders to our British Empire!" He then said to Nelson, "Earl, I hope At least I can have a line of monarchy follow me to Japan! This way I can show my Japanese friends the most powerful side of the British Empire."
"Okay!" Earl Nelson nodded, "I will send a Sovereign class, an old-fashioned ironclad and several fast cruisers to form a special task formation, under your command, to escort several East India Company merchant ships to Japan."
George Elliot smiled and said: "With these ironclads and cruisers, I believe our Japanese friends will definitely feel the determination of the British Empire to support them!"
...
At the same time, in the office of the British Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, at No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, Jenkinson, was talking to the Foreign Secretary, George Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robinson, the Admiralty Secretary, Mulgrave, the Director of Ordnance, the Duke of Wellington, and others. They were all huddled together, each holding a briefing paper and looking at it carefully with their heads lowered.
George Canning, who had just drank a cup of Yapian tincture, seemed very excited. He was the first to read the briefing in his hand. He smiled and asked the Duke of Wellington, who had defeated Emperor Napoleon on the battlefield: "Duke, what do you think of the situation in Afghanistan? Is everything under our control?"
The Duke of Wellington, who has a sharp nose and a somewhat long face, looks much more energetic than Earl Nelson. He is only fifty-seven years old this year, and he is in better health and has a very quick mind. However, he has recently been arguing with the Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, about resigning - because the Prime Minister wanted to get the Indian princes to spend money to form a Hindustan Shipbuilding Company to take orders from the Royal Navy of the British Empire... This Indian man-made The navy dared to ask for the battleship, but the Duke of Wellington, the Director of Ordnance, did not dare to accept it!
The Duke of Wellington's elder brother, Charles Wellesley, was the Governor-General of India. The Duke himself followed his brother's back door and led soldiers in India for five years, participating in the Mysore War and the Maratha War. . So he knows very well how those Indians do things!
However, the Earl of Liverpool, George Canning and Chancellor of the Exchequer Robinson were all greedy for Indian money, so they were very interested in the Hindustan Shipbuilding Company's proposal...
Now hearing the question from the excited George Canning, the Duke of Wellington just frowned and said: "It seems that everything is under control... Emperor Daoguang and his most trusted minister Heshen behaved very well. Like a fool! I don’t know what kind of person that Emperor Daoguang is, but I know He Shen. During the Napoleonic Wars, he stayed in Europe as a minister. He doesn’t seem that stupid. He knows Europe and us. The details of the British Empire!”
"He is old," said George Canning. "He is over seventy years old... Moreover, this war was originally instigated by Ming Dynasty and was not in the interests of Ming Dynasty. Maybe he just wanted to Deal with it.”
The Duke of Wellington shrugged, "This explanation makes sense... Prime Minister, judging from the intelligence I have so far, we are already invincible in Afghanistan."
Wellington is the "God of War"!
He said this, and Prime Minister Jenkinson was of course relieved. He said to George Canning: "George, let our ambassador in Petersburg, Baron Staunton, try to ask Nicholas I to come forward to mediate the growing dispute between us and the Ming Dynasty. The deepening contradiction...perhaps a peace conference involving naval armaments, trade rules, Eastern order and other issues can be held in Petersburg, London or Paris, France. To prevent the differences between us and Ming from continuing to intensify and eventually becoming A great war between East and West!”
It turns out that the relationship between Great Britain and Ming Dynasty has continued to deteriorate since the end of the Napoleonic War. The conflict between the two sides lies not only in the naval arms race, but also in the division of spheres of influence and trade rules - Ming Dynasty hopes to gain more markets, and at the same time, the Malacca Strait and the East, north of the East Indies, and west of the west coast of America are all included in their own sphere of influence.
This means that Ming Dynasty must at least jointly control the Malacca Strait with Britain, and gain dominance in Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, the Southern Luzon Islands, and most of the Pacific Ocean.
If all the Ming Dynasty's demands were met, then the Dutch East Indies and British Australia would actually be under the Ming Dynasty's blade.
Japan, which has always been pro-British and wanted to maintain a balance between the Ming Dynasty and the British Empire, will also be completely dominated by the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, Ming Dynasty will also fully control the Hawaiian Islands, an important transit point to the west coast of North America.
And all of the above are unacceptable to the rulers of the British Empire!
However, the consequences of a complete break with the Ming Dynasty are also very serious, so the Earl of Liverpool hopes to use the victory in Afghanistan and support the Japanese "patriotic warriors" to put pressure on the Ming Dynasty, and then negotiate to obtain a treaty that is beneficial to the British.
