Since the last British Queen Victoria decided to move to Buckingham Palace, this old, short and unattractive palace has been used as a place for the government to carry out some image projects. Her Majesty the Queen of the British Imperial Government will receive new appointments from various countries here.
When the ambassador accepts the credentials, he will authorize the new cabinet here and order the dismissal of the current cabinet here.
In short, all occasions that required solemnity were moved to this palace, which was usually managed by only a dozen servants.
For example, this evening, important officials from the British Empire gathered at St. James's Palace.
No one thought that this royal ball was really for everyone to have fun.
Regarding the world situation that suddenly became confusing in 1898, the British Empire has not yet come up with a specific response plan. Some radical officers in the Royal Navy have begun to prepare for war, but most British gentlemen are still waiting for the coordination of domestic forces.
Come up with a unified position.
Before the ball started, the gentlemen gathered together in twos and threes and discussed topics related to "Dutch" and "Germany", which made the ladies in costumes quite dissatisfied.
While the gentlemen were discussing, the chief of ceremonies tapped the marble floor of the palace with his scepter and loudly announced the name of the host who held the ball: "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Grand Knight of the Round Table, Empress of India
Isabella Victoria has arrived."
Suddenly the entire banquet hall fell silent. The ladies who were sitting and chatting stood up, the gentlemen straightened their backs, and many young people began to arrange their clothes for fear of making any mistakes.
The Queen of the United Kingdom does not necessarily have the bloodline of a goddess. Bloodline is the basis for inheritance. The most powerful goddess in the country exists in the form of the chief of the Round Table Council. He is generally different from the King of England who rules the country and is called the Grand Knight.
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So this Queen Isabella is the daughter of Queen Alexandrina Victoria who abdicated due to health reasons the year before last. She is a true royal bloodline.
As for why the youngest daughter succeeded to the throne, it was naturally because the author didn't like women who were too old... Oh no, it was because this Isabella was the first girl with the blood of a goddess in the three hundred years of the Hanoverian Dynasty.
She is also the third goddess in the history of the British Isles to join the bloodline of a ruler not through adoption.
If her mother Alexandrina mainly relied on martial arts to win the respect of the entire empire, then Victoria II is undoubtedly a typical example of relying on martial arts to convince the public. When she was fourteen years old, she went to the front lines of the British Empire and fought with
Together, the lobster soldiers crushed the natives who tried to stop the expansion of the British Empire.
She also served in critical situations during the Second Crimean War in 1892. She went to the front line to block the attack of the Tsar's direct Guards, forcing Tsarist Russia to give up on recovering the interests they lost in the failed war in the mid-19th century.
Trying to sit down at the negotiating table again.
At this time, the politicians of the British Empire were different from the softies who were frightened by war and economic crisis after World War I. Many of them were hardliners like Winston Churchill. And every year at the end of the 19th century
In an era when the smell of war was even stronger, all British politicians clearly realized that the British Empire needed a strong queen.
As a result, the Imperial Holy Sword, which had been held by the Council of Knights of the Round Table since the Norman Conquest, was handed over to the Queen for the first time. When the Knights of the Round Table were established, they were given the power to supervise the rulers. They had historically
He supported the Rose Revolution and Cromwell, and in the past century he destroyed the government's plan to use massacre to end the Chartist movement. He has always been regarded by the middle and lower classes of Britain as the patron saint of the empire.
Now, the patron saint has handed over this symbol of his power and responsibility to the country's new queen.
On the one hand, this is a manifestation of the development of capitalism entering the era of large monopoly trusts; on the other hand, it is also the result of the deepening contradictions between capitalist empires.
Today, the attitude of this young and tough queen towards the union of the Netherlands and Germany will undoubtedly determine how the Sun Never Sets Empire responds to the current situation.
The oak door of the hall opened with a bang, and Her Majesty the Queen, wearing a gorgeous dress of emerald green and white with gold trim, walked into the hall. Behind her, two male attendants wearing traditional Scottish Highlanders costumes worked together to carry the ball.
Holding a huge sword that could easily be mistaken for a tower shield or other defensive equipment, after the queen stood still, the male attendant raised the giant sword up. When the heavy sword body touched the floor of the hall, everyone was in a panic.
Hallucination, thinking that the earth was shaking due to the collision of the giant sword.
"Gentlemen!" Isabella said straight to the point, "I know you are all concerned about my attitude towards the marriage on the continent. Today, I will respond to your concerns. Please see, this is my attitude."
Several Royal Navy soldiers entered the hall, and behind the Queen, next to the Holy Sword, a huge blueprint was unfolded.
The important ministers related to the navy looked at each other in confusion, and other people who did not understand the navy also began to talk about it, wondering what kind of medicine the queen was selling in the gourd.
"Gentlemen, I will name this new battleship Dreadnought. My shipyard will be fully committed to producing this new type of battleship in the next few years. We will force the newly established German-Dutch United Kingdom to engage in an arms race with us.
Prevent them from integrating the Dutch colonies, and eventually use the financial and resources of the Empire on which the sun never sets to bring down this new empire! If they do not engage in an arms race with us, then the Royal Navy will destroy every island in the ocean after the expansion is completed.
A German ship! This war, whether it is silent or vocal, whether it is with money or gunpowder, we will eventually win." After that, Isabella suddenly pulled out the sword from her waist, and the sword
Pointing to the sky in the hall: "God bless Britain!"
Immediately, in the hall that had been silent just now, a chorus of neat oaths rang out:
"God bless Britain!"
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This is an ordinary cemetery in rural America.
But on this day, two Orientals with black hair and yellow skin visited the cemetery.
It was a gentle-looking oriental man, and the long-haired oriental woman who accompanied him and exuded a unique and mysterious aura. On the woman's wrist, she wore a blue bracelet prepared by the US government for all temporary immigrants.
It was raining lightly, and they held black umbrellas and entered the cemetery one after another.
Those were Lin Youde and his attendant Xuedaba.
After walking in the cemetery for a while, Tomoe suddenly stopped.
Lin Youde turned around and looked at the girl with a strange expression.
"Going forward to that gentleman's tombstone, there are a total of forty-nine steps. This is an area I cannot set foot on." The girl responded to Lin Youde's doubts.
Lin Youde understood that Ba Zai was taboo about his Japanese identity.
Lin Youde did not force it, he just said: "When Yamato also becomes a part of my Chinese group, you can come and worship this warrior again."
"Well, this is best."
So Lin Youde walked alone to the Chinese-style tombstone that looked very unique among a bunch of crosses.
In front of the tombstone, Lin Youde put away his umbrella and stood in the drizzle.
He stared at the inscription written in English and Chinese on the monument: I would like to use this monument to commemorate a warrior who loved his country deeply but dedicated his life to another flag.
This is the tomb of Maggie Fen, the chief instructor of the Beiyang Navy Arms Academy, the deputy captain of the Zhenyuan, and an American soldier. Because of this time and space, the Beiyang Fleet made a heroic final attack, and the entire army perished at sea, and Maggie Fen could not return.
his motherland.
It is said that every Chinese man has a little bit of loyalty in his character, and the same is true for Lin Youde. For an American who gave his life for China, Lin Youde felt that he had to come and visit his grave no matter what.
The responsibilities of a Chinese.
After feeling pregnant in the rain for about ten minutes, Lin Youde finally turned around and held up the umbrella again.
One day, he, Lin Youde, will burn the flag of the Japanese Combined Fleet on Liugong Island to commemorate the heroic souls of the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Navy.
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Lin Youde has three main purposes for coming to the United States this time. The first is to send the young people under his command to study in various universities in the United States. The second is to find opportunities to win over future masters who have already studied in the United States, such as Zhan Tianyou.
Both goals have been achieved. In addition, he also met with a series of heads of financial groups in the United States. This group of emerging monopoly capitalists all hated the classical economics that encouraged free competition.
I am very interested in conducting economic experiments.
This kind of friendship has little effect now, but these monopoly capitalists will be able to decide the candidate for the president of the United States in the future: since entering monopoly capitalism, who will be the president has little to do with the ordinary people of the United States. American voters
The only right I have is to choose the one that looks more pleasing to my eyes among the candidates recommended by two capitalist groups with different interests.
And Lin Youde's old friend, Roosevelt, who had officially become Secretary of the Navy because of his contribution to the Philippines, now seems to be a very promising person to become the President of the United States - just like in the last time and space.
Lin Youde has now revised his timetable. He has decided not to wait for the outbreak of the European War. The moment Theodore Roosevelt is re-elected as President of the United States will be the time when the Nanyang Army launches its Northern Expedition. Regarding his newly revised timetable, he
The first question asked by his staff was very natural: Why not take action when Roosevelt was elected?
Especially Nie Xueqiu, this girl was very dissatisfied with Lin Youde's "slow" timetable. She came here every three days to act coquettishly with Lin Youde, as if this would make Lin Youde advance the timetable.
But Lin Youde had his reasons: first, during Theodore's first term, he must strengthen the joint interest relationship between the United States and the Nanyang Army, establish the Nanyang Army's influence on public opinion in the United States, and repeal the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act.
After completing these, it is possible for the Nanyang Army's Northern Expedition to receive full support from the United States.
The Northern Expedition will definitely affect the interests of Britain, France and other countries in China. At this time, the United States, which has no vested interests in China, is the best backing. Lin Youde needs the United States to help him withstand international pressure and the industrial power of the United States.
Deter the British and French armies and make them think twice about direct intervention.
Furthermore, Lin Youde believes that the current strength of the Nanyang Army is still too weak compared with that of the North. Starting a war around 1900 is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Over the past five years, it has developed and accumulated, gradually transforming commercial capabilities into industrial production capacity and military power, and then let
The series of movements after 1898 weakened the Qing government's strength, and then the material conditions for the Northern Expedition would be mature.
In order to enhance his strength and achieve the goal of transforming commercial power and capital into industrial production capacity, Lin Youde decided to go around the world to recruit talents.
And he happened to remember that there was a genius who was currently in a state of frustration.
That's right, Lin Youde's third and main purpose in coming to the United States was to find Nikola Tesla.