Chapter 17 Wrath from the Queen
January 25, 1862, Buckingham Palace!
"asshole!"
Viscount Palmerston Henry John, Tapur, had no idea how long Queen Victoria had been, and had not been angry in front of him like this.
The most recent time, I remember it was when the whirlwind of life that swept across Europe in 1848, and finally attacked the British Empire.
After all, that whirlwind wants the European royal family to step down collectively.
This is what makes Queen Victoria so angry.
But now, she was angry again, shockingly angry!
"What, he dared to refuse this request. It's not that fake, right?"
Henry John Tapur didn't say anything yet. John Russell, the current foreign minister of the British Empire, and William Yult Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, looked at each other.
John Russell is now the second-person of the Whig Party, and was previously Prime Minister of the British Empire from 1846 to 1852.
In the formation of Viscount Palmerston's cabinet, he was invited to serve as the Foreign Minister of the Cabinet. This is how he and Palmerston took turns to form the Cabinet, and the other was to support each other as a key member of the Cabinet.
However, both of them are over 70 years old. The newly trained Chancellor of the Exchequer Gladstone was 53 years old a few years old, and they are the key training targets for the two.
Therefore, Gladstone now becomes the third person of the Whig Party and serves as the cabinet's Minister of Finance.
Several of them are the most powerful figures in the world today. Any command they send out is enough to change the fate of many countries and affect the population of hundreds of millions of people.
It is precisely because they understand the power of the British Empire that they are rejected now. For them, they are not only unable to overcome their face, but also more dissatisfied with the person who damaged the majesty of the British Empire.
Buckingham Palace is now known as the Empire of Sun Never Setting. Although the Roman courts do not recognize the Queen as the Queen, it will only happen sooner or later.
Especially as the British Empire supported the Sardinian Kingdom to unify Italy and increasingly threatened the Roman court's rule there, the other party had already wanted to talk to the British Empire many times, but the few people on the British Empire just didn't let go.
This time, the court must admit that the British Empire was the empire, and the king of the British Empire was also the emperor, which was their purpose.
They believed that the other party would compromise. After all, the British Empire's agent, the Kingdom of Sardin, would not resist the order issued by London.
London's status is with warships that dominate the world. Which country in the world with a coastline dares to ignore the existence of the British Empire and dares to say that it has more power than the British Empire. As long as the British Empire's navy is still there for a day, it will always maintain the British Empire's global maritime hegemony.
However, now they are facing severe tests of difficulties.
Because, in France, which is not much weaker than them, someone dared to attack diplomatic envoys in Belgium, a country that has always been regarded as a bridgehead for Britain on the continental region, and to kill them directly.
If this problem is not handled well, not to mention that the British Empire has been building around the world for many years, the British will not allow other countries to randomly harm the interests of the British Empire around the world.
These three points will be difficult to maintain, because if you can't even protect the official people, how can other countries be afraid of your other interests?
You should know that the local area is small and it depends entirely on overseas resource supply to support the current power of the British Empire. If one day other countries no longer fear the UK, then it will be not far from being interrupted by these supply chains.
Especially with the former colonies, the United States, which was specially used to exile prisoners, left the British rule to establish a country. They learned from the development experience of Europe and became the fourth largest industrial country in the world beyond the expectations of the British Empire. Yes, second only to the British Empire and the French Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Austria.
The rise of these countries has made the British Empire's dominant position in economic strength somewhat at stake. In terms of consumption level, the French Empire and the German Confederacy combined are almost the same as the British Empire.
Industry is equivalent to strength, and it is no wonder that the most powerful country in Europe now, the powerful giants of the British Empire have a gloomy face.
Especially the various things that Napoleon III in France over the years, with the support of Prime Minister Olivier, Napoleon III can now be said to have become the strong enemy of the British Empire.
The two sides originally did not want to provoke each other, but instead agreed on some issues, such as the Crimean War and the American Resilience Resistance, and all reached a consensus cooperation agreement.
However, in the Mediterranean, Britain supported the Sardinian dynasty in southeast France to unify Italy and supported the Prussian rule in northwestern France to lead most of the territory of the German Confederacy, which put France very alert.
Therefore, the two countries have never had strategic interests but no ally.
This is why Britain's hegemony must maintain that the continent cannot have a dominant position, and then focus on maritime development. If Britain is threatened by the dominant country, it is very dangerous. As long as the three countries have gradually declined from Spain more than 200 years ago, Portugal more than 100 years ago, and the Netherlands was defeated decades ago, they will draw a conclusion from the fact that they did not enter the top five negotiation tables of the Vienna Peace Conference.
At the same time, this is why over the years, although Queen Victoria knew that creating a rise of Prussia would inevitably add a powerful enemy to the continent, it did not prevent Prussia from rapidly annexing other German Confederate kingdoms, preventing problems before they happened, using Prussia to balance Tsarist Russia in the north, Austria in the east, and France in the south, and at the same time, making Prussia a country other country staring at it. Britain made a fortune and strengthening itself in the sea. Is there such a good situation?
I originally thought that this situation would make Britain feel comfortable for a while, but because of the sad two-month widowed Queen Victoria, she was so angry that she was heard from Belgium.
France, is itchy?
This is the first thing a few people said when they first came to Buckingham Palace.
And the others were also asking: Is France testing the bottom line of the British Empire?
Several people looked at each other, and even Queen Victoria saw the surprise in the eyes of the other people. You should know that France now needs to take into account the three-sided powers on land due to Prussia, namely Prussia in the northwest, Austria in the northeast, and Italy in the east. Spain in the south is extremely close to France, but it also needs to be prepared.
Is it possible that France wants to provoke the British Empire under the surroundings of so many great powers?
Napoleon III really thought he was his uncle Napoleon I?
Viscount Palmerston thought deeply and thought hard. He felt uneasy some time ago and could not find the reason. Now he has found some clues, but he still can't catch his mind. This has turned his a little uneasy into very uneasy, and his level has reached a level.
He always feels that what happened recently is not that simple. Although the logic is reasonable, it is because it happens in a sequence that reveals a point, that is, there is a hand that controls the development of things and the pulse is beating.
If something goes wrong, there will be a demon!
If it’s too smooth, it’s weird!
Thinking of this, my face became solemn and my face was a little gloomy.
The atmosphere was not strong for long, and the Queen's speech broke the silent palace reception room.
"Prime Minister, what do you think of his letter just now?"
There was no sign of despair in my eyes because I was over 60 years old. Instead, the squinting old man's eyes showed strange light from time to time, saying:
"He guessed that Monroeism is indeed the best excuse for the United States to seize the influence of our European countries over the years. Monroe is very smart and knows that this is the best excuse for the United States to be defended by Europe to get rid of the best excuse for the United States to be interfered in their country by Europe.
Well, I can describe him as a rejection strategy, which was on the surface that he refused to intervene in America and won the sense of recognition of the moral commanding heights of the people of the American countries. Unconsciously, he admitted that the United States was the leader of the entire America and was willing to accept their command.
In fact, it is just adding a layer of peripheral protective film to their countries. I will tell you clearly that European countries are coming to join the country of Milijian, so you must join these countries first.
Monroe, Monroe, you are really a genius of our era, and you are truly a respected zong in Meilijian.”
Russell and Gladstone also looked admiring.
Queen Victoria, seeing Viscount Palmerston's expression, certainly understood the meaning of the five flavors, because this was the expression of eagerness to see the hunt.
The latter served as a foreign minister for sixteen years. Unfortunately, when he first took this position, Monroe had already left the position of Milikin in 1825.
But to be honest, Queen Victoria was a little impressed by the idea of this plan, and she sighed that the other party had a long-term vision! She only sighed that he did not serve the British Empire!
But hasn’t this plan been cracked by the young man who inherited the throne at the end of last year?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at the other side of the East Sea, where the Netherlands Kingdom was located.
"But Your Majesty, he is not simple. Although he seems to have not attracted much attention in the position of crown prince over the years, and has not made many moves.
However, the Netherlands has developed rapidly in recent years. In 1860 alone, the former crown prince invented a new type of denim clothing and established a company called Dutch denim clothing. In the past two years, the denim clothes, jeans, and even denim hats sold more than one million pieces in Europe and the Americas. Based on the unit price of 1 pound per piece of jeans, the income is more than 100 million pounds. You should know that a first-class sail battleship cost only 100,000 pounds.”
Chapter completed!