London, St. James's Palace.
Emperor William from Germany is sitting on the throne of St. James Palace for the first time today, summoning his ministers and generals in the name of the King of the United Kingdom, and guarding him is the loyal Indian Emperor of Gurkha Guards sent by the Kazakh Rifle Battalion
The British ministers and generals who walked into the throne room saw the short Gurkha soldiers beside the emperor who looked almost exactly like East Asians. They somehow thought of King Minglu, who was currently visiting Windsor Castle where Princess Victoria lived—— As ambassador to King Louis I of Algeria (Louis the Black)!
Perhaps in a few years, King Minglu will sit in the throne room of St. James Palace together with Queen Victoria as the consort of the United Kingdom, and accept the audience of the ministers and parliamentary leaders of the United Kingdom.
Of course, if such a thing were placed in another timeline during World War I and World War II, it would never be acceptable to the British. But it is only 1832. Although the technology tree has almost reached World War I, the force driving the "excessive progress" of science and technology comes from the Ming Dynasty in the East, not Europe itself. Therefore, today's social progress in Europe lags behind science and technology, and is roughly equivalent to the level of the 1850s.
During this period, on the European continent, as Napoleon II promoted the establishment of the Second French Republic, Bonapartists in various countries began to join forces with the republicans and began to promote the establishment of republican nation-states.
First of all, the German states, Italy and the non-German territories under the rule of the Habsburg family were all in chaos. Various plans to establish a unified nation-state have been put forward, some are republics, others tend to retain the monarchy, and the Habsburg family is the biggest victim of all plans!
The Romanov family of the Rakshasa Kingdom is also anxious, fearing that the revolutionary storm will blow into the large and backward empire under their rule - the current Rakshasa even maintains the ancient serfdom! Moreover, the Romanov family also rules European countries such as Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Livonia, Estonia, etc. that are a little more advanced than Rakshasa itself. People in "advanced" countries look at Russians as if they were barbarians.
As for the UK, although it is at the forefront of Europe in industrialization, its national governance is actually relatively backward. Legally speaking, Britain doesn't even exist! It is just a joint monarchy, just because the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland is served by the same monarch, and this monarch tied the parliaments of the three kingdoms together to facilitate governance, creating a so-called United Kingdom. .
In this United Kingdom, the truly dominant ones are the Norman aristocrats and the English capitalists. After a series of revolutions and turbulence, these two groups have become a whole and jointly maintain the stability and status quo of the United Kingdom. And this requires the existence of a king - if the king is gone, the United Kingdom will legally be dissolved.
Since the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland that make up the United Kingdom (actually there is also the Principality of Wales, but according to the Act of Union in 1536, Wales and England achieved legal unification), they have not considered building a unified nation-state. Instead, they formed three quasi-nation-states. Therefore, if England wanted to control Ireland and Scotland without a king, the Irish and Scots would definitely regard the English as colonists.
And if England allows Ireland and Scotland to become independent, can the powerful armies of France, Germany or the Rakshasa Kingdom be stationed in the sovereign and independent Scotland? In this case, how can the British offshore balancing technique be carried out?
Therefore, the Norman aristocrats and English capitalists in England are still calculating and calculating, and they still have to accommodate the current William IV, the future Victoria, and the Zhu Ying Dynasty that may appear after Victoria.
A group of helpless British ministers and generals had no choice but to bow to Emperor William, who had already experienced power in India and was obviously ready to get involved in British power. Having just accepted the welcome from the people, and now seeing the respectful attitude of the people below, Emperor William was quite satisfied.
While the emperor was satisfied, the ministers and generals below were not so satisfied, because William was used to governing the country as the real emperor!
"My Foreign Secretary, when will our embassy in Beijing send the declaration of war to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire?" Emperor William had already asked in a majestic imperial tone: "In addition to the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire, there are also Who would declare war on the Ming Empire?
In addition to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty, the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire also need to declare war on Japan, Mexico, and all the vassal states of the Ming Empire? "
After listening to the king's question, the ministers present frowned. The king asked the foreign minister about the progress of the work. It was clear that he was both ruling and governing, and he was in power!
"Your Majesty, the declaration of war will be delivered as soon as possible. In addition to the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire, the United States will also follow the United Kingdom in declaring war on the Ming Empire."
Foreign Secretary Robert Peel had no choice but to stand up and answer - according to law, the king has the power to declare war and is also the commander-in-chief and owner of the armed forces of the United Kingdom! Of course the Foreign Secretary must answer the King's orders and obey the King's will!
Robert Peel continued: "In addition, I suggest that the Kingdom of Hanover ruled by Your Majesty should also declare war on the Ming Dynasty!
At the same time, we should also lobby the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain to declare war on Ming. Because the Ming Dynasty not long ago sent troops to seize Sumatra under the Dutch rule and the Southern Luzon Islands under the Spanish rule, and also bombarded and blockaded Goa under the Portuguese rule. "
The British King nodded: "The United Kingdom, India, the United States, Hanover, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, a total of seven countries, plus the Ottoman-Turkish Empire, let's form an eight-nation coalition!
The Ming Empire supported Ali Pasha of Egypt to create an Arab empire on the land of the Ottoman Empire, which had seriously violated the sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans should declare war on the Ming Dynasty. In exchange, we can also declare war on the Arab Empire! "
In fact, Britain's declaration of war on the Arab Empire was pure nonsense - Britain did not recognize the Arab Empire as a sovereign and independent country at all! How could Britain formally declare war on the Arab Empire when it was just a rebel force within the Ottoman Empire?
However, the current situation of the Ottoman Empire is that it is enough to be able to form an alliance with Britain to defeat Ali. Proclaiming the Ming Dynasty is nothing at all. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty has always supported Rakshasa, and the relationship with the Ottoman Empire has always been bad. If the Ming Dynasty really wants to win the war, the Ottoman Empire will definitely be finished!
And Rakshasa is now busy suppressing rebellions in Poland, the Baltic region and Finland, plus the opposition between Rakshasa and the French Republic, and has no time to take care of Osman, so Osman is not afraid that Ming will support Rakshasa to fight him.
"Your Majesty is wise," Robert Peel would not argue with Emperor William who ruled England over a trivial matter. He flattered him first and then said, "Your Majesty, according to recognized diplomatic principles, vassal countries have no diplomacy. So. We have no diplomatic relations with the vassal states under the Ming Dynasty, and we do not need to declare war separately, but we can mention it in the edict declaring war on the Ming Dynasty. In addition, Japan, Mexico, the Arab Empire, and the Kingdom of Oman are currently independent countries. We should Declare war on them!"
Emperor William nodded and said: "I understand, so even if the Eight Nations are against the Five Nations, the next alliance summit to be held will be the Eight Nations Summit!" He thought for a while and asked, "Then should we, the Eight Nations, establish an alliance to oppose the Ming Dynasty? National organization?”
"Your Majesty," Robert Peel said, "such an organization already exists, that is, the Organization of the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, to which the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and the Kingdom of Hanover have all signed."
Emperor William nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, the eight NATO countries will deal with the Ming Dynasty together, we have a great chance of winning!"
(End of chapter)
