Well, the British Empire has another emperor (king)!
The heads of the trade unions, chambers of commerce, and banking industries in the conference room couldn't help but sigh.
Why is this British emperor so ignorant? Charles I rebelled, James II rebelled, and now William IV rebelled again... That's three rebels! This doesn’t even count Cromwell Jr. and the “anti-kings” of England before the Tudor dynasty!
Let’s look at how well-behaved the emperor of the Eastern Ming Empire was? Ever since King Zhuge Wuzhong re-established the Ming Dynasty, all the emperors in the past dynasties have been good emperors who kept their own rules and no one dared to rebel against the eight great families. It seems that it is not unreasonable that the Ming Dynasty can become the number one empire leading the world. The way the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty control the empire is more than one level better than the British Empire's House of Commons.
"Gentlemen, don't sigh... The situation in the United Kingdom is extremely dangerous. The stubborn and heavily armed royalists and murderous foreign mercenaries are slaughtering the people of London! If we can't stop the royalists and foreign mercenaries, After they kill the protesting people, they will kill us at Vickers Arsenal!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the conference room panicked.
The most panicked among them is probably Nathan Rothschild... He is the richest man in the UK outside of the royal family. However, the royal family’s money is all “dead money”. In theory, it belongs to the royal family, but in fact it is controlled by Parliament, and the royal family cannot use it at all. This is the most important reason why the British royal family was gradually controlled by Parliament after the Glorious Revolution (William The emperor lost control because he had the "big treasury" of the Indian Empire)! And Nathan Rothschild’s money is real estate and financial assets such as stocks and bonds that may be confiscated at any time! Moreover, in order to buy the bottom, he recently used the bad news that Britain was about to lose the war to suppress the financial market, and then bought high-quality assets aggressively. If Emperor William succeeds in his rebellion, will his little possessions be preserved?
When I thought that the ill-gotten gains accumulated over the years would soon be confiscated, I ran out of ideas, so I followed the voice and found that the speaker was an old man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a sharp nose. It was Robert, the leader of the British trade unions. .Owen.
Robert Owen is of course the British capitalist that Nathan Rothschild hates the most... bar none!
This guy turned out to be a very capable capitalist! However, he was not a good capitalist, and had to dream about "the world is for the common good". He also went to the Ming Dynasty to inspect, hoping to learn from the advanced experience of the Ming Dynasty that "the world is for the common good". After returning from studies, he proposed to allocate land to the British working class - isn't this nonsense? Not to mention where this field came from? Even if there is land, it cannot be distributed to the working people of Britain! If working people had their own land, would they still be willing to work in factories as cheap labor? Haven’t you seen the price of workers in the United States and Ming Dynasty? Their hourly wages are 50%-100% higher than those of British workers! Even the income of Australia's "thief army" is much higher than that of the hard-working British working class...
Therefore, Owen's opinions were ignored at all in the UK. But he refused to give up, and gathered a group of friends who liked to think wildly like him, and together they sold their belongings and went to the United States to build a "New Harmony Commune". As a result, they lost all their money and returned to the UK empty-handed. After returning to the UK, because his ideas were very popular among British workers, he was elected as the chairman of the British National Union of Unions!
However, at that time, Ming Dynasty and Great Britain were already in a state of "undeclared war." With the enemy in sight, Owen stopped messing around. After two or three years of stability, he gradually entered the power circle of the British Empire. This time, to expel Emperor Z, of course he, the union leader, had to come forward to shake things up. Although it was completely "legal" for the British Army and Parliament to join forces to kill the king, the Duke of Wellington and the leaders of Parliament were still worried about the army's rebellion. Addiction is difficult to control... After careful consideration, I still feel that we can be polite first and then use force. Let the union build artificial momentum first, and then give a large "abdication payment" to let Emperor William run away on his own.
But I didn't expect that Emperor William was so decisive and directly ordered the King's German Infantry Regiment and the Gurkha Royal Guard to open fire!
With this opening, there is no room for bargaining - this is no longer a question of more money or less, but a matter of life and death.
Question.
The thought of "life or death" made Nathan Rothschild furious - he was a big capitalist! Financial giant! You can't sit still and wait for death!
He stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth, waved his fists, and shouted loudly: "We can't sit still and wait for death! We can't sit here and wait for the emperor's army to massacre! We must immediately..."
He wanted to run away immediately...
But Robert Owen suddenly took over the topic loudly: "We must fight! We must arm the workers of the Wesk Factory!"
Arm the workers?
Nathan Rothschild felt something was wrong as soon as he heard it!
Armed workers... Why does this sound a bit like the French Revolution?
Robert Owen didn't wait for Nathan Rothschild to object, and said quickly and urgently: "London is the largest city in the UK, with a population of 2 million, and it also has the largest number of industries in the UK, including a large number of arsenals! And There are a large number of banks...the vaults of these banks store countless gold and silver coins! If the emperor controls London, 2 million people, countless gold and silver and a large number of arsenals will be controlled by him!
Moreover, London is the capital of the United Kingdom, and all the fence-sitters are looking at London... Whoever controls London will win the support of these fence-sitters.
Don't forget, the reason why Charles I lost the civil war was because he failed to resolutely capture London in the early stages of the war! "
Not to mention, Owen's words still make sense. The gain or loss of the capital is a major landmark event in any country's civil war. For example, France's revolution is based on Paris, while Britain's is based on London, Rakshasa's country is based on Petersburg, and Austria is based on Vienna. Even for the Ming Empire in the East, the ownership of the northern and southern capitals was crucial.
Therefore, if Emperor William could quickly control London before the start of this civil war, he would most likely be able to reverse the unfavorable situation and achieve a comeback.
The army ministries currently supporting Victoria and the Duke of Wellington might switch sides to support the emperor.
The thought of the emperor's possible victory frightened the rebellious officials and traitors present, and they expressed their support for Owen's proposal.
"The workers must be armed immediately!"
"Yes! London must not be given away!"
"If we give up London, even if we can save our lives, we will lose most of our property!"
"Fight with the emperor..."
Of course, the rebellious ministers and traitors were not willing to sit still and wait for death, and they all launched a fierce attack.
Nathan Rothschild also made up his mind - his bank in London is too important, with a large amount of gold, silver and bills stored in it. Once it is taken away by the emperor, the Rothschild family will be finished!
However, he was not worried about letting the workers run around with guns, so he looked at Owen with a burning gaze: "Mr. Owen, we can arm the workers, but how should we lead them?"
"A London Commune could be established on the basis of the GUA!"
