Just when the Duke of Wellington didn't know how to discuss with the ministers and parliamentarians about kidnapping the emperor and plotting to usurp the throne, Robinson, who had been the finance minister for many years before becoming prime minister and had close relations with the big capitalists in London, suddenly spoke: "Duke, before coming to No. 10 Downing Street, Lord Gray and I had exchanged views with the directors of the Bank of England and several other major bankers. They all believed that Princess Victoria should serve as the regent, while staying in India to lead the Emperor William of the Ming Dynasty also served as the King of the United Kingdom, which was conducive to the financial markets of London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam accepting more Indian imperial bonds, and it was also conducive to the inflow of Indian funds into the financial market of London. At the same time, this arrangement was beneficial to It is also very beneficial for British industry. At least it is much more beneficial than the United Kingdom going into battle in person."
Duke Wellington was stunned, "What do you mean? Frederick, what are you talking about?"
"Duke," Robinson said, "I mean, the bankers and industrialists of the United Kingdom and Europe don't care who is the nominal empire on which the sun never sets. The United Kingdom or India, they don't care.
They only care about whether Emperor William leads the Indian Empire to launch a war against the Ming Empire. Whether it will help the London financial market attract more capital, whether it can provide more orders for England's industry, whether it will affect the factories' hiring of cheap labor and the acquisition of Cheap raw materials.
At present, it seems that the judgments they have made are positive and positive! So, Duke, I think you understand the current situation, right? "
Although the Duke of Wellington was born as an aristocratic landowner in Ireland (of course he was an Englishman, almost all the land in Ireland was occupied by English aristocrats who believed in Protestantism), he later continued to fight in the army and was not very interested in finance and industry. But his ability to reach his current position has shown that he is fully aware of the strength of the Bank of England, the bankers based in London, and the industrialists entrenched throughout England.
The UK is where it is today because these bankers and industrialists chose the UK among European countries!
The UK has been able to achieve so many war victories in the past 100 years and more thanks to a large number of banks with the Bank of England as the core raising war funds and the world's second largest British industry to provide advanced and sufficient weapons and equipment. In many cases, Britain does not send a large number of troops, but only pays and provides equipment for others to fight, while it itself takes advantage of the situation.
And this time Britain’s enemy is the giant Ming Dynasty!
Moreover, this giant also has strong financial hegemony and industrial strength. It can also rely on the staggering amount of gold and silver it has accumulated over the past hundreds and thousands of years and its financial strength to dominate the Eastern world to raise sufficient war funds. The Ming court, which received war funds, could rely on Ming's own industrial system to obtain sufficient weapons. However, the Ming capitalists who made a lot of money by selling weapons could not do so because of Ming's own financial hegemony in the Eastern circles. To transfer money out of the Ming Dynasty, they had to buy bonds issued by the Ming Dynasty through financial institutions (they did not buy bonds, financial institutions would use their saved money to buy them), thus forming a perfect closed loop.
Because Ming Dynasty was too powerful, British financial capital and industrial capital had always tried to avoid conflicts. At the same time, they also wanted to support Japan as an agent to touch Ming Dynasty's tiger butt.
As a result, as soon as Japan showed its claws, the Ming Empire came to crush and collect the vicious dogs. The vicious dogs that the British Empire had secretly fed for decades were now tied up and taken away by the Ming Dynasty.
However, after this incident, British financial capital and industrial capital finally knew how powerful the Ming Empire was!
Although Zhuge Weijiu started secret contacts with the financial consortium entrenched in Britain on behalf of the Zhuge family at this time, and set out conditions for accepting their surrender. However, the war has not really started yet, and the time for surrender or compromise has definitely not come yet.
Moreover, the war with Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly an opportunity for these capitals to make a fortune!
Even if the British Empire is defeated in the end, as long as they can harvest India and all of Europe before the British Empire collapses, they can then take the huge wealth in their hands to the New World, France, Germany, and even Mexico. In South America, if you really can’t, you can still go to Rakshasa.
Although Emperor William's actions in India were not discussed with them, they were conducive to their use of war to harvest India and Europe.
So. Who colonized whom, who was the empire on which the sun never set, what did it matter?
India, Bombay, inside the Imperial Parliament Building.
"Members of the Indian Empire, the Duke of Wellington and the Archbishop of Canterbury have set out for India. They are here to give me the seal and crown of the King of the United Kingdom. I will be crowned King of the United Kingdom and King of Hanover in Bombay! After my coronation ceremony is completed, I will personally command the invincible Indian fleet to advance to the Persian Gulf!
God and Brahma will bless us and India will be great again! "
The one who was delivering a speech to a group of parliamentarians from all over India was the tall, ambitious Emperor William of Great India, who was extremely happy to be the emperor.
Early this morning, he received telegrams from the Cabinet, Parliament and the Anglican Church. They all expressed their allegiance to Emperor William, and all supported Emperor William to sit in Bombay, while allowing Victoria to be a nominal regent in the UK.
In addition, the cabinet telegram also mentioned the issue of more Indian war bonds being issued in London, Paris, and Frankfurt - Indian bonds traded in European financial markets have all seen a significant increase!
Obviously, capital voted in favor of Emperor William staying in India to rule!
"Long live! Long live!"
"God save the Emperor!"
"Brahma bless the emperor!"
“The true god (and God is one god) bless the emperor!”
After Emperor William announced that he would lead the Indian fleet to the Persian Gulf to cause trouble with the Ming Dynasty's Persian Gulf Fleet after being crowned King of Britain and Hanover, the meeting hall of the Parliament was even more jubilant.
Congressmen from all over India all stood up and applauded, shouting long live the mountain. No one seemed to care how long it would take for the emperor’s words to reach the Ming Empire’s General Staff
"What do you think about the Indian Emperor William who said he would send troops to the Persian Gulf after completing his coronation ceremony in Bombay? Is he serious or bluffing? Daozi, you won the Persian Gulf. Tell me, can you defend it? Stay? Don’t lose the entire fleet!”
The person who raised this question to Zhuge Weidao in the conference room of the General Staff Headquarters was an army general in his sixties with a gray beard, but he was quite energetic and had a pair of piercing eyes.
Zhuge Weidao replied confidently: "Liu Shangshu (he is the Shangshu of the Ministry of War), please relax. The entrance to the Persian Gulf is narrow. We have also laid mines on the middle channel and deployed forts on both sides. In addition, The Four Heavenly Kings ships we obtained from the Japanese were all converted into shallow-water heavy gunships. A total of 8 300mm heavy guns were installed on the four ships, plus the 32 280mm cannons owned by the 8 Prince-class battleships, plus There are 32 240mm and 280mm heavy guns on the shore, as well as 15 210mm cannons from the five Guogong-class ships. There are a total of 87 heavy guns of 200mm or above. It is not difficult to defend the two openings."
"Okay!" Liu Quanzhong said, "Since the Persian Gulf side is so confident, then Malacca can slowly attack the British fortress step by step. Although it is difficult to gnaw, we have prepared 300,000 Japanese soldiers. We will use human lives to pile them up." It’s piled up too! The problem now is that when the Emperor summoned him yesterday, he said that he wanted to have a personal conquest. General Tokugawa from Japan also called me early this morning and said that their Emperor Shizuko also wanted to have a personal conquest. Tell me, how will this matter be resolved?"
Mu Zhongjun, who is also the deputy chief of staff like Zhuge Weidao, immediately took the question and said: "Then let's conquer. Emperor William of India marched on the battlefield in person, and Emperor Shizuko of Japan marched in person on the expedition. How can our Emperor Taiping not march in person? Is it possible that the majestic young emperor of the Ming Dynasty can be inferior to a poor old man from the West and an old lady from the East? Daozi, what do you think?"
This Mu Zhongjun was not polite and immediately threw the problem to Zhuge Weidao.
Zhuge Weidao had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Then let's conquer it personally, but don't go too far. Just march 30 miles west from the Forbidden City and sit down at Xishan Palace!"
(End of chapter)
