Chapter 74 A Tory vs. Whig Rookie Showdown?
"The Netherlands dared to complete such a deal with the Tsarist Russian Empire. This is already a provocation of the British Empire. We should directly send the first fleet to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and bombard the country, so that the majesty and core interests of the British Empire can be maintained."
"Yes, although the Netherlands' navy is good, it's just a good one. Moreover, the country does not currently have steam armored battleships, which is not a big threat to the United Kingdom. As long as we grasp the direction of the wind, it will definitely teach the Netherlands an unforgettable memory and lesson."
"Don't go. The Netherlands just built an alliance called the Tri-National Agreement with Prussia and France not long ago. This alliance is obviously used to deal with the British Empire. Now, as the situation is clear, I guess, this may be the pit that the Netherlands has prepared for a long time. Now with the transaction between the Netherlands and Tsarist Russia, this alliance seems to have become a guarantee. Don't forget that the three countries agreed to work together in the Indian Ocean.
Not long ago, the two countries helped the United States to fight against the threat from Britain, France and the United States in the Pacific, and gained the favor of the United States. You have not seen that the United States, which has always been solemn Monroeism, did not oppose the Netherlands' entry into Alaska for the first time, which shows that the Netherlands has successfully gained favor from the United States.
Before we knew it, the Netherlands actually became a strategic partner of various countries. Although the UK's navy is superior, far surpassing other countries, it is okay to face a single opponent, but facing the Netherlands' current layers of alliances, the UK may have difficulty dealing with it.
Even this may cause other countries to reap the benefits of the fisherman because of the war with the Netherlands.
Coupled with the current cooperation with the Tsarist Russian Empire, the Netherlands seems to have become a major trend. Britain has to pay a lot to deal with it."
"But our British Empire cannot give the Netherlands some color to kill the chicken to warn the monkey. After all, with the Tsarist Russian Empire settled on Kalimantan, the situation there will be unpredictable in the future. Britain may be the only one in the world, so it will be broken, which is also very likely."
"It's not very likely, but very likely. Sometimes I have to sigh that there was a dispute between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom over the problems of many islands in the Pacific, but now it has added such a move in Kalimantan. Now, Britain and the Netherlands seem to have some enemies.
However, the Netherlands has revitalized the British super monopoly structure in the Far East. This move is not bad. Even as a British man, I have to sigh that this is a clever trick.
I decided that at Oxford University School of Political Science, I would teach this event as a course.”
"Yes, we at Cambridge University also need to follow up."
"Of course, the University of London will not fall behind."
“The University of Edinburgh’s favorite is innovation”
"St Andrews University agrees with this."
The Russell University Alliance was founded in 1855 and consists of six top-notch comprehensive universities in the British Empire.
The first organizer of this university alliance was John Russell, the current Foreign Minister of the British Empire.
Of course, it is also named because it holds research funding meetings at the Russell Hotel in London in spring.
This university alliance is known as the British Empire's national brain, and represents the source of the most intelligent brain potential in Britain. Queen Victoria attaches great importance to it and therefore attends their meetings every year.
The Queen is also the largest school manager of these universities, because she provides 10% of the funding support for these universities every year.
The day of the Union Roundtable was held for several years on March 2, 1862.
Attendance were Queen Victoria, Prime Minister Henry John Tapur (i.e. Viscount Palmerston), Foreign Minister John Russell, and Exchequer Clayston.
In order to show the fairness of treating representatives in China, Queen Victoria always invites both parties to attend each meeting. This time the opposition Tory Party attended the leader Edward Smith Stanley and second leader Benjamin Disraeli.
President Hugh Smith, Oxford University Rowan Elson, Tim Elliott, University of London, Loyce Carrow, University of Edinburgh, John Hook, University of Manchester, Andrew Wise, University of St Andrews.
Seeing the queen's increasingly ugly face, John Russell interrupted several people and said:
"A few, the Netherlands did this, which really made us a little afraid of it. However, as Mr. Lois Carlo, president of the University of Edinburgh, said just now, the Netherlands violated our counter-scaling. Therefore, we need to punish ourselves to maintain the majesty of the British Empire and maintain the red line that the interests of the British Empire cannot be violated in the world."
"Wait, our Foreign Minister, Your Excellency Russell, although I agree with your right statement, the Netherlands is not weak now with other major powers. If the British Empire rashly attacks the Netherlands, if other countries are not mentioned, the Tsarist Russian Empire will definitely not be able to overcome its face. At that time, it may be revenge on the British Empire. At that time, it may be possible that the union will cause a war. I don't think France next to the British Empire will mediate. Instead, I think they will have a viewing angle and look at everything that is beneficial to it."
The person who spoke was Benjamin Disraelli.
"Hmph, Your Excellency Disraelli said it well and was worried, but Your Excellency Disraelli did not think that if Britain did not retaliate, our majesty would be gone. If we have to make concerns about Tsarist Russia, then we will be afraid of Tsarist Russia in front of the outside world. In this way, in the Central Dong and the Indian subcontinent, should we also let Tsarist Russia go south and intercept our interests there."
The speaker was that Disrael was born a mortal enemy, and now the British Empire's Chancellor of the Exchequer Clayston retorted.
When the people at the conference table saw the two of them fighting each other in such a battle, they both shook their heads with a bitter smile, but were also stopped.
These two people were considered friends at the time.
Because before 1859, the Tories had two outstanding successors, namely Disraeli and Cleiston. Both of them were elected as the Minister of the Interior when George Hamilton Gordon was elected to form the cabinet in 1853, Disraeli was the Secretary of the Interior, while Cleiston was the Secretary of the Exchequer.
Both of them were strong competitors of the Tory successors, but gradually, as the competition of the Tory deteriorated seriously, especially Cranston discovered that the Tory party was different from the free trade he advocated. So after several twists and turns between the two, he found that many people of the Tory party had secretly determined the first successor of Disraelly, he received an invitation from the combination of the Tory rival Viscount Palmerston and Russell. So in 1859, he led his team in the Tory party, all of whom left the Tory party and chose to join the Whig party, and directly became the Minister of Finance of the Whig party.
Therefore, the Tories all thought that Cleis was a traitor, and Disraeli even criticized Cleiston for being ungrateful and forgot that their family had been a Tory tradition for generations.
But Cleiston was dissatisfied with the Tories' attack on him, so he refuted and fought back many times.
So in the past two or three years, these two successors of the British Empire’s two parties have now staged a battle here, and others have become accustomed to it.
Especially the few people in the political arena, but this has made the presidents of several universities most afraid of being the ones who are causing trouble and burning the fire on them.
Disraeli was indifferent to Cleiston's provocation, but instead asked Queen Victoria: "Your Majesty, the Netherlands has now damaged the majesty of the British Empire. Logically, the Netherlands should directly bear the anger of Britain, but I have a doubt, that is, I don't know if you have noticed a problem?"
Seeing that everyone, including Queen Victoria and leaders of both parties, were attracted by them, even Clayston.
He was satisfied, but said worriedly on his face: "After careful study, the Netherlands led by William IV of the Netherlands seemed to have escaped the constraints of their consortiums and business capitalists. Especially after careful investigation, he found that he had begun to integrate into the ranks of capitalists during the crown prince period and became the biggest existence of this team. He was present in all major industries."
As he told, everyone who was doing things changed drastically, even the presidents of various universities. They understood that this means that the crown prince of the Netherlands might be that after ascending the throne, he would no longer be restricted by these emerging interests, but the queen was restricted in Britain. Therefore, this gesture shows that the strength of the Netherlands controlled by William IV is definitely not comparable to the queen.
Seeing that everyone understood what he was going to say, he made a heavy note: "And the point is that William IV will do a lot of preparations every time before doing his job."
"What do you want to say?" Queen Victoria and everyone else had a sudden heart. Disraelli was not an ordinary person. He was a person who helped the former Prime Minister of the Tory Party to form a cabinet due to his illness. He was also the second-ranked figure of the Tory Party now. His suspicion was naturally taken seriously by the Queen.
Palmerston nodded seriously to Russell. After releasing his relationship with William IV, he understood what a genius politician was. Therefore, he empathized with Disrael's concerns.
"I think he might have already had a plan to deal with the anger of the British Empire," Disraelli said. "I even suspect that we are all based on her calculations."
Upon hearing this, Palmerston was shocked because he thought of a question. Could it be that the situation in Belgium has changed? William IV wants Belgium to threaten Britain?
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