Britain's current First Lord of the Admiralty is George Spencer, the second Earl of Spencer.
He was the grandfather of the father of Charles's first wife, Princess Diana.
The cousin of Winston Churchill’s grandfather’s grandfather.
Unlike history, George Spencer did not become Lord of the Admiralty in 1794, but entered the cabinet of William Pitt the Younger in 1800.
The news Spencer saw was not only from Li Bot and Wang Weir, but also from naval intelligence personnel from other regions.
However, the combined judgment is similar to that of Li Bot and Wang Wei:
"Obviously, DaMing is going to switch to fuel power comprehensively...at least on a large scale.
"Your Excellency Nelson's judgment on the Ming Navy is still conservative...
"Is the Royal Navy responsible for the inefficiency of the British court?
"So that the order for the Navy's new experimental warship has not yet been approved?
"Thanks for the continued bickering between the Cabinet and Congress over America?
"So that the issue of naval development has been delayed and postponed?
"But... we can't let them quarrel endlessly."
So at an intra-Cabinet meeting the next day, Spencer spoke before anyone else could speak:
"Before you continue to quarrel about the United States, please approve the Navy's new shipbuilding budget!"
Peter was in a very anxious state now. He frowned when he heard the Navy's budget and said:
"Your Excellency, we cannot increase the budget now. We must use the reduced military expenditure to pay the indemnity to the Ming Dynasty, otherwise we will have to impose additional taxes."
Earl Spencer said immediately:
"Then a part should be deducted from the amount of compensation and used for the construction of at least one of the latest experimental warships.
"We must do corresponding research and development on the Ming Dynasty's new naval guns and tactics that we saw in the Western Cape.
"Otherwise, our navy will be left behind by the Ming Dynasty for an era.
"We already have no advantage in terms of size. If there is another obvious generational difference in technology, the result will be to completely give up sea control!"
Peter frowned and said nothing.
Earl Spencer continued:
"This is the request of the naval generals. The subsequent shipbuilding plan can be ignored for now. A test ship must be built first."
Peter sighed and said:
"I'm not against experimental ships, but now the parliament is no longer completely under our control, otherwise there wouldn't be this chaotic state."
British party politics in this era were not yet perfect, and even the electoral system was still not very perfect.
For example, Pitt was forcibly appointed by George III, rather than being appointed by the leader of a party with a majority in parliament as was the case in later generations.
After the peace talks, the proportion of Pitt's supporters in the Tory Party has dropped significantly, and he no longer holds a majority in Parliament.
Therefore, there is no way to directly promote the passage of the budget and other matters. In fact, this is not a particularly rare situation.
Now it is necessary to rely on speeches (quarrels) to gain the support of centrist MPs.
Spencer smiled bitterly and said:
"We should at least try to change the subject in Congress instead of arguing about America every time we meet."
Peter sighed again:
"Then let's try it. How much budget do we need?"
Spencer already had a plan:
"Two and a half million pounds."
Pete was shocked:
"Why is it so expensive? The previous capital ships cost less than two million!"
Spencer explained:
"In order to develop and verify new technologies, we need more funds. This is not just about building a ship, but a lot of experiments."
Peter nodded slowly and said:
"I understand, let's discuss it in parliament and I'll try to convince as many members as possible.
"But the really effective way is to compromise with Fox and the others..."
Peter's cousin Grenville immediately asked:
"How to compromise? What else can we compromise on? Is it...abolition of slavery?"
Peter nodded and said:
"Yes, we can support abolition in exchange for Whigs like Fox supporting the Act of Union and the new battleship budget."
Grenville did not continue to speak, but Monro from Yinzhou Colony said immediately:
"We are selling slaves from India to Africa and the Americas. If we now support the abolition of slavery, how can the New Tianzhu Plan in Africa be implemented?
"The plantations in the American South relied heavily on slaves, and if the United Kingdom abolished slavery, it would harm American interests.
"The situation in the United States will become even worse. Prime Minister, you must think clearly!"
Pete went on to explain:
"So we have to partially abolish slavery, such as abolishing slavery in the local area, such as giving colonial residence rights to the people of Tianzhu, just like the Ming Dynasty.
"The United States will be a kingdom in the future. Most of the laws in the United States will be decided by the American Congress. The United States can keep slaves.
"Of course I don't want to abolish slavery, but if we want to maintain the United States, we must compromise with Fox and others.
"Abolition of slavery is probably the option that is more likely to impress them at the moment...
"It's useless to simply give in to your own demands. You have to make concessions to the other party's demands to be considered a compromise."
Monroe slowly understood what Peter meant:
"It can only be the……"
So, in the next few days, the British Parliament began a new round of quarrels.
But it was also the beginning of tentative substantive compromises.
The dispute lasted for several days, and representatives of different factions also contacted and communicated in private for several days.
In the end, most MPs managed to form a weak consensus in their recollections.
First, slavery was completely abolished in the UK mainland, that is, the archipelago where Great Britain and Northern Ireland are located, and the surrounding dependent islands.
No one was allowed to sell any more slaves to Britain.
Strictly abide by the League of Nations convention prohibiting the export of Mexican slaves.
At the same time, the Tianzhu people who have been "immigrated" to Southwest Africa can obtain the right of residence under verified conditions.
Of course, it was the right of abode in the colonies, not the British mainland.
Then, it was decided to establish the Kingdom of America.
But the King of America is not King George III, nor is he the current Crown Prince, the Prince of Wales.
It was the nine-year-old Princess Charlotte Augusta, the only legitimate daughter of the Prince of Wales.
Because of the influence of the Ming Dynasty, the royal families of various countries in Europe and the West gained many new rights in the new round of religious liberation.
Allowing illegitimate children to inherit was one of the most important.
However, although the illegitimate son obtained the right to inherit, he was still very low in the order of inheritance.
The king has absolutely no legitimate children. Only illegitimate children have a chance to succeed, and they need to be specifically identified by the monarch.
Charlotte, the daughter of the Prince of Wales, is now second in line to the British throne.
If King George III dies first, there is no doubt that the Crown Prince, Prince of Wales, will succeed and Charlotte will become the Crown Princess.
If the Prince of Wales dies before his father, George III, then Charlotte will succeed directly after the death of George III.
According to Daming, Charlotte is now the "granddaughter of the Crown Prince" of England.
Although King George III had nine sons, until he was eighty years old, he had only one legitimate grandchild, Charlotte.
There is only one person in the third generation of George III's family, so Charlotte does not have any competitive pressure.
However, in history, Charlotte not only did not survive her father, she did not even survive her grandfather.
Charlotte is
She died in childbirth at the age of twenty-one.
Otherwise, there will be nothing to do with Victoria in the future.
The premise for Victoria's appearance is because the Crown Prince's granddaughter Charlotte died.
Then his uncles immediately began to work hard to get married legally, or to have children legally.
Whoever can create a legitimate child may eventually inherit the British throne.
It's just that among Charlotte's six uncles who lived to adulthood, the youngest was already forty-three years old at this time.
Victoria's father, the fourth prince Edward, was already fifty years old and did not expect him to succeed.
When Victoria was born, her father Edward was already fifty-two years old.
When Victoria was less than three years old, her father Edward died.
The daughter Edward worked so hard to nurture became the granddaughter of the British Crown Prince, succeeding his eldest cousin Charlotte.
After his grandfather and three uncles died one after another, he inherited the British throne and became the longest-reigning British king before the First World War.
If Charlotte had not died, Edward would have lost hope, and Britain would have had a few more years to live, and there would have been no Victoria.
Now that Charlotte is only nine years old, the British royal family and parliamentarians certainly cannot imagine that Charlotte may die in childbirth.
Letting the Queen's granddaughter be the king of the United States now is just to delay the decision on whether the United States will merge with Britain.
It just postpones the time of "deciding whether to merge", not the time of merger.
Even if Charlotte holds both the British throne and the American throne, the relationship between the two regions can only be regarded as a co-ownership confederacy in the West.
The monarch of both countries is the same person, but the two countries are still independent of each other.
Unless, like Scotland and Ireland, a special act of union is implemented to merge the two countries into one country.
Until then, the United States will continue to remain relatively independent.
Except for having an exclusive little girl king on his head who can establish his own parliament, the actual status has not changed fundamentally.
This plan gives the impression of being ready to stick two pieces of paper together, but then putting them down after applying the glue.
Prepare to wait for more than ten years or even longer before deciding whether to officially bring the two sides together.
God knows at what point the glue will still be useful.
This was certainly not what Pete and Monroe wanted.
However, in the current public opinion atmosphere, further integration is no longer possible immediately.
America's concerns about joining the United Kingdom are secondary. The key is that Britain's domestic doubts about integrating the United States have been strengthened.
A large number of MPs refused to accept direct integration in any case.
Therefore, in the end we can only "prepare for alliance" and observe the situation for more than ten or even decades before deciding whether to further alliance.
Anyway, when that time comes, it won't be my group of people who need to make the decision.
For Charlotte, she had not been able to become the Queen of England in history, but now she has become the Queen of the United States ahead of schedule.
Finally, a budget of £2.2 million was approved for the design and construction of new capital ships.
At the same time, the Jinzhou Guards Shipyard was used by the Liaodong Chief Envoy of the Ming Dynasty.
The first battleship to use all the same large-caliber main guns, the Dreadnought, was launched in time for the Spring Festival.
Under the focus and urging of the old emperor Zhu Zhongliang, the construction speed of this ship has been very fast.
The Ming Dynasty's Dreadnought was larger in tonnage than the British Dreadnought in history, but its overall construction speed was faster.
The historical Intrepid was launched in six months and continued to be outfitted on the dock for another six months before sea trials began.
The Ming Dynasty's Dauntless stayed in the dock for eleven months, and most of the weapons and equipment were already installed when it was launched.
Only the luxurious hotel-style decoration requested by Zhu Jingyuan has not been completed.
If Zhu Jingyuan hadn't wanted
With the requested large tonnage and outrageous decoration, the ship may have begun sea trials by now.
In this way, the construction speed can be one month faster than the historical Dauntless.
