Xinshun 1730

Chapter 302 This Great Britain, Pills

While the Free Trade was berthing in Sweden, Mantou and others were busy giving gifts.

London, England.

Behind the king's car who returned to England from Hannover, a group of rough British men chased the car and cursed there.

"Gin! Not a king!"

"If you don't cut the wine tax, go back to Hannover!"

There have been many riots and protests on the streets of London because of the high excise tax imposed on gin a few days ago.

Perhaps, this is just an introduction, and the anger squeezed in the hearts of the British has been silting up for too long.

The King of England... can't even speak English well.

The king's mother tongue is German, and the queen's mother tongue is also German.

The king is a "Hannover barbarian who stole the throne of the British monarch", and his overly moderate foreign policy revolves around one thing: interfering too deeply in the European continent, Hanover may suffer.

It is true that France or Prussia cannot swim in London, but there is no sea around Hanover.

Therefore, Britain's foreign policy in recent years has been timid and timid, in order to protect the royal family's "Land of Prosperity".

This kind of moderate foreign policy made the British maritime merchants very dissatisfied, and the maritime merchants all missed the Lord Protector who built the navy.

The United Kingdom is an island, and Hanover is the elector of Shinra, which is a natural contradiction.Just curled up on the island, you can provoke a European war with ease; Hannover, but you must maintain the balance of the European continent, you can't choose sides, you can only compromise with France and Prussia.

Paul Daying?Or Paul Hanover?

This is a choice that must be considered before the King of England.

On the carriage, King George II looked at the mob in London and couldn't help but curse in German.

"These disgusting fools! I sincerely hope the devil will take you all! And you ministers, your Parliament, and your island. The whole of England is taken by the devil, and I will go home to Hannover."

Outside the car window, scolding voices resounded one after another without any pause.The rattle of the wheels on the road could not conceal the anger of these alcoholics.

The British didn't let him go his way, and neither did his own son.

He doesn't like England, he likes Hanover better, and he prefers to rule Hanover.This time he went to Hannover and once again let his wife be the regent of England instead of his eldest son, who was already quite dissatisfied.

The queen sits as the regent in London, and the son is very anxious, exclaiming that the son is still alive and of adulthood, how can there be a story of the mother and the queen supervising the country?
Around the crown prince, the Qingliu Whig Party was gathered, and William Pitt and others had already emerged, known as "true patriots".

George II's troubles are more than that.

He should have returned to the UK last year, and the British were very dissatisfied with being away all year round.

As a result, there was a storm on the way back, which delayed the return journey, and rumors spread all over England immediately: the king was dead and the son was born.

When he got the news that he was not dead, but that he was delayed returning home due to a storm, there were many satirical dramas in England.

Fortunately, Robert Walpole, Minister of the Household Department and a cabinet scholar, figured out what he wanted, and forced the "Licensing Act of 1737" to be passed in Congress, causing a literary inquisition in Britain.

All theaters must be licensed to present plays containing dialogue.

All dialogue must be reviewed by the Lord of Chamberlain, and if the review fails, it will be punished with a felony.

A batch of Shakespeare's plays were seized, because some of the dialogues in these plays were obviously "referring to something else", "his heart is to be condemned", "using the past to satirize the present", and there was an insinuation that "the barbarians of Hanover stole the land of the English monarchy". meaning".

The General Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is proficient in German but poor in English. According to the "Licensing Act of 1737", he is not only responsible for reviewing dialogues, but also responsible for issuing theater licenses.

Being ignorant of English and unwilling to take responsibility, they simply issued licenses to only two theaters, and sealed up the rest, not to talk about state affairs.

But after all, there are loopholes in the British law. When people see dramas, there are laws and regulations, and dramatists have switched to writing novels. On the contrary, they have contributed to the development of English literature.

This time, George II returned from Hanover in a hurry, because Robert Walpole, Minister of the Household Department and cabinet scholar, sent a message, hoping that he would return to China as soon as possible. There are two important things that must be approved by the king.

The reason why I chose Robert Walpole, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, as the cabinet bachelor was mainly because Robert could make money, and he settled the mess of the South China Sea Bubble; and he could ensure that 30 taels of silver (10 [-] pounds royal annuity), and quite satisfactory... Although this person does not know German, and the monarch and his ministers communicate in poor Latin, he can't help the pillow, and the queen insists on it.

For this reason, George II specially bestowed No. [-] Downing Street as the residence of the Minister of the Household Department, and also took charge of the cabinet affairs.

In general, what this person did was quite satisfactory to King George II. He knew that George II would protect Hanover but not the United Kingdom, that England was only a temporary place to live, and that Hanover was the country’s foundation. He peacefully mediated foreign policy and tried to avoid war. spread to Hannover.

This time, George had to come back from Hannover, and the two things he had to deal with were very troublesome.

One is that Britain's mortal enemy sent a mission to China. The visit was very successful and an undisclosed secret agreement was signed; while China also sent an unofficial mission to Sweden to return Swedish prisoners.

Several cabinet scholars believed that there would be great changes in the European continent, and Russia might be besieged.

During France's visit to China, there must be more slander against Britain, and it must be noticed. Also, since the king of Austria has no male heirs, there will be great changes in Europe.

The East India Company's interests in Asia could not be carried out without the permission of China.If France slanders Britain—and this is almost inevitable, just as the British will seize any opportunity to slander France—China has never accepted European missions before. Now that the French have gone this time, Britain It is also necessary to send a mission to China to avoid misunderstandings between the two sides, and to clarify France's false statements to Britain.

Although I don't know what France said, it must have been said.

And, after all, the British are well aware that they have a criminal record in China.

In the years before Tomorrow, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands robbed ships, robbed Zhoushan, and attacked Macau. There is no need for France to spread rumors about these things. As long as these old calendars are brought out, it will definitely touch the nerves of the Celestial Empire.

It didn't matter before, the Celestial Dynasty seemed to have fallen asleep in Asia, and it didn't even care about Southeast Asia.It's different now. In order to fight Russia, they all went to Sweden to send prisoners. This is waking up.

In addition to restoring the image of the UK and preventing Dashun from cutting off trade with the UK after listening to the French rumors, it is also necessary to go to China to investigate. Why is China only in and out?

A huge amount of silver flows to China every year, but Britain can't find goods that can be sold to China. Occasionally, it can sell a little wool, but in recent years, the East India Company has complained that the share of wool has been taken by the French, even if the quality of French wool not so good.

This is not a trivial matter. The East India Company has a lot of interests involved. Although the trade with China is a huge deficit, the company is profitable.

In addition, it seems that Dashun is pulling up a siege net against Russia, and the French must be happy to do so.If Sweden and Dashun are placed at both ends of the east and west...perhaps with a Turkey, and Russia's energy will be involved on three sides, France's expansion in Central Europe will be unstoppable: if this is the case, France will unite with Prussia and take advantage of the throne The issue of succession dismembered the capacity of the Austrian Habsburgs.

This is very detrimental to Britain.

This trip to China is not only for trade, but also to find out what Dashun really means.

As for the second thing...

On a street where drunks are clamoring for the abolition of the gin tax, there is a man with one ear, holding a glass bottle with rum in it, and a living ear soaked in the rum.

This person is out there yelling.

"Gentlemen! Gentlemen! Yes, according to the Treaty of Seville, I cannot smuggle goods to Spanish colonies, and the Spaniards do have the right to board the ship for inspection."

"But, gentlemen, I'm only passing through there, and how can I be smuggled until I actually smuggle to the port?"

"And yet the Spaniards cut off my ears!"

He lifted up the ears in the glass bottle, the ears cut off six or seven years ago are so fresh at this moment.

"Gentlemen! This is an insult to Britain, and we need an apology from the Spaniards."

"Perhaps, some people will say that smuggling sounds illegal."

"But in my opinion, this is a kind of glory. The rise of Britain is based on smuggling, plundering and pirates. Isn't Sir Drake a smuggler? Isn't he a pirate?"

"Even if I smuggle, what's wrong?"

"Fuck the Treaty of Seville, fuck smuggling is illegal! Let the gunboats reason with the Spaniards, this is the only language they understand!"

"Our king is a German who only wants to defend his Hanover; our prime minister is a sycophant who will only kneel to Spain and France. True patriots should stand up and regard smuggling as glory and looting as For the battle."

Jenkins, who had his ears cut off by the Spanish anti-smuggling team because of smuggling a few years ago, spoke out and called on the patriotic enthusiasm of the people.There is a slogan written for him by a special person, and the benefactor behind it is well prepared.

When he had his ears cut off a few years ago, he made a fuss, but it didn't cause any waves.

This time, the funders found him again, hyped up this old news that had passed for several years, and stirred up the emotions of the people.

Although the impact of the South Sea Bubble has just subsided, although the British have begun to increase taxes on gin in order to collect taxes, although the sailors' repeated riots demanded an improvement in living standards...but this is not important.

The important thing is that big merchants, smuggling ship owners, and industrialists need a bigger market, dominate the trade of the entire Atlantic Ocean, and gain the right to smuggle goods to the Spanish colonies.

Farther away, children are singing nursery rhymes they just learned, which can be exchanged for some candy.

Lord Youying succeeded in smuggling because the Westerners are too bullying.

In West India and the Philippines, there are countless anti-smuggling investigations.

Cutting off ears, hanging ropes, burning, killing and looting are too ruthless.

Learn all the art of sailing and artillery, and it is not difficult to make Pingxi thief.

Attacking the waterway, robbing merchant sails, and robbing treasure ships with joy.

Spain is terrified, and South America and North America are all desolate.

The Bourbon family is completely eliminated, and the British rule the Jingjiang Mountains.

(End of this chapter)