Huck soon led a handsome little old man to No. 10 Downing Street. As soon as the little black door that looked a little shabby opened, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, had brought the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, the leader of the Whig Party. Charles Gray (the Duke of Wellington reorganized the government after returning from India and formed a coalition government of Tories and Whigs), Lord of the Admiralty, Viscount Palmerston, Home Secretary and Emperor's Counsel (Victoria's teacher, also Whig) Viscount Melbourne, Foreign Secretary Robert Peel and several other important figures in the cabinet, as well as the Indian Prime Minister Earl Amherst who came from afar, lined up inside the small black door to welcome him.
It is a very high courtesy to have the Prime Minister and a group of ministers line up in the lobby of No. 10 Downing Street to welcome him. It is enough to welcome the Princess Regent Victoria! But the little old man didn't look flattered at all. He just took off his bowler hat very calmly, revealing a shiny bald head, and nodded to the Duke of Wellington and several ministers. The Duke of Wellington held the little old man's hand very politely, and while walking to his conference room, he said with a smile: "Dear Nathan, you came so quickly, you must have come from the exchange. Did you come directly? Did Indian bonds fall or rise in the London market today?"
The person coming was the famous Nathan Rothschild. Like many Jewish tycoons, he was born in the Jewish Street in Frankfurt. His family had been running a gold shop and loan sharking for generations. In his father Meyer's generation, he invested in a bank. He also got involved with William, Duke of Hesse, who rented out troops to Britain to fight the American Revolutionary War, and became the latter's white glove for loan sharking.
Later, when Napoleon called, the Duke of Hesse was in a hurry to run away. Some of his assets were too late to take away, so he gave them to Meyer for safekeeping. Meyer used this money as capital to start a good business of smuggling and financial speculation during the Napoleonic Wars. Because of his boldness and carefulness, Lu Ziye soon became the richest man in Frankfurt.
Meyer's third son, Nathan Rothschild, was sent by the elder Meyer in 1798 to expand business in the United Kingdom, a safe island that was longed for by villains from all over Europe at that time. He first married the daughter of a British Jewish tycoon, and then started speculating in gold. Then he got involved with the Bank of England and smuggled gold for the Bank of England to pay the Duke of Wellington, who was stationed in Portugal at the time. Taking this opportunity, he made friends with the Duke of Wellington. With the Duke of Wellington's first-hand inside information, he cheated in the speculation and trading of British government bonds in London, and within a few years he became the richest man in the UK... Of course, he was also the Duke of Wellington. Behind the scenes is the financial owner and the white glove!
With the support of the Duke of Wellington and other big figures, Nathan Rothschild soon became a powerful figure in the London financial circle.
"Of course it's falling!" Nathan Rothschild replied calmly, "Although His Majesty the Emperor's navy and army have been victorious, first in Malacca, then in the Great Strait, then in Bombay, and recently in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden have achieved brilliant victories...but investors in the market are still surrounded by unreasonable panic, which is so irrational!"
"It is indeed not rational!" Duke Wellington nodded in agreement and deliberately raised his voice, "But this mindless panic will soon pass, because this war is likely to end in a short time."
"Really?" Nathan Rothschild was stunned.
At this time, the Duke of Wellington had already led Nathan Rothschild into the small conference room. A group of people sat down separately, and soon someone was serving steaming milk tea.
"Yes, we already know how to deal with Ming!" Duke Wellington said seriously.
"How to deal with it?" Nathan Rothschild took a sip of the fragrant milk tea.
"We want to impose a trade embargo and financial sanctions on Ming Dynasty!"
"Ah, cough..." Nathan Rothschild almost sprayed the milk tea he just drank, "Duke, what did you say?"
The Duke of Wellington glanced at the extremely rich Jewish old man and said with a smile: "We will impose a trade embargo and financial sanctions on Ming Dynasty... Trade between Ming Dynasty and Europe will be prohibited, Ming Dynasty The assets of the Empire and Ming citizens in Europe will be frozen!"
"In Europe?" Nathan Rothschild was stunned again and again. "Duke, are you talking about Europe?"
"Of course!" Duke Wellington smiled, "Of course I know that the Ming Dynasty has no assets in the UK, and they can also use the Dutch and French as agents to continuously transport goods to Europe. Therefore, the sanctions imposed by the British Empire alone It won't work... The whole of Europe must act together! I hope the Rothschilds and other wealthy Jewish families will stand with the British Empire and Western civilization! Nathan, I think you should understand , if we lose this fight, you will have nowhere to go!”
Will the Jews have nowhere to go?
Nathan Rothschild looked at the Duke of Wellington with suspicion.
"Nathan," said the Duke of Wellington, "the current situation is different from the Napoleonic Wars and the previous European wars... This war is not a war between countries, or a monarch against a monarch. It’s a fight between two civilizations! For you, the situation is even more dangerous than when the Crusaders fought against the Tianfang Sect. Because there are many financial groups like yours in the Ming Dynasty, and the eight aristocratic families that rule the Ming Dynasty The Hexungui family is also a financial group. And you can’t even enter their circle!"
Nathan Rothschild was silent. The Duke of Wellington was indeed right. The Ming Dynasty plutocrats had their own circles, and those people were very self-righteous. They felt that they were Chinese plutocrats and looked down upon the Jews who did not even have a country.
The Duke of Wellington added: "Nathan, you should know that it is impossible for France and the Netherlands to stay out of the matter... Although they would like to remain neutral in a future all-out conflict and then become a haven for European safe haven funds. . But this situation will not happen. The British Empire has many ways to force France and the Netherlands to follow us and sanction the Ming Dynasty! The United States cannot be alone, because the Ming Dynasty is eyeing the land in North America and is still supporting the Mexican Empire. The Rakshasa Kingdom is You can stay out of it, the Tsar has such strength." He laughed, "But are you Jews willing to take your money to Petersburg and Moscow for safety?"
Of course going to Rakshasa is out of the question...because Rakshasa is ostracizing every now and then! Isn’t it like a sheep entering a tiger’s mouth?
Although some Jews were lucky enough to enter the inner circle of the Tsar and become prosperous, they would still quietly transfer their assets to Britain after making money.
As for France... it's actually not a good choice, because France has a bad history of not repaying its debts and destroying all its creditors! And as the Duke of Wellington said, Britain has ways to coerce France!
Because the current French Bourbon dynasty was restored under the bayonet of the British and Rakshasa, the current Bourbon dynasty does not have truly independent sovereignty.
Moreover, the Bonapartists have been very active in the past two years. If they get the support of Britain, they are very likely to be restored in France!
Once the Bonapartists are restored, France will most likely raise the banner against the Yellow Peril. Although it may not necessarily send troops to go to war with the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely follow the British in imposing sanctions on the Ming Dynasty.
And imposing a trade embargo and financial sanctions on Ming Dynasty... will undoubtedly lead to severe retaliation from Ming Dynasty! And Ming's revenge will become a step for the situation to deteriorate further. Countries will definitely take further retaliatory measures, and Ming Dynasty will continue to intensify its retaliation. The final result must be war!
Therefore, the real purpose of the British government's use of trade embargoes and financial sanctions against the Ming Dynasty was to continuously escalate the situation and eventually trigger an all-out war between the East and the West!
The Jewish consortium must take sides in this process - they are not required to send troops, but they must provide money, they must use the newspapers they control to promote the "Yellow Peril", and they must also help the British enforce sanctions... .
