1825 My New Daming

Chapter 148 The British Empire knows how to stir up shit best! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Hampton Court Palace, London, England.

King George IV sat on the throne in the audience hall, looking helplessly at the sick new Prime Minister George Canning.Then he turned his attention to the Duke of Wellington, who was still full of energy despite his age.

In fact, according to the king's mind, the most suitable candidate to lead the British Empire is undoubtedly the Duke of Wellington, who is about to go to India to serve - he is tough enough, and he has many friends and admirers on the European continent. There are eight (one person is also the marshal of the eight countries)!

But as an outstanding professional soldier, he made the Tories and Whigs who control the House of Commons feel afraid. Although there are not a few soldiers in the British Empire who turned to politics.But the prestige of the Duke of Wellington is too high, it is inevitable that people think of Cromwell.

Moreover, this big man who is a military strategist and a politician has publicly stated more than once: "Factional struggles greatly damage the interests of the country!"

This seems to indicate that he really has the idea of ​​banning the Tory Party and the Whig Party and implementing military dictatorship. Thinking of this, George IV also had to sigh and asked George Canning: "Mr. Canning, as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, what strategy are you going to use to deal with today's complex and difficult international situation?"

George Canning frowned and said: "Your Majesty, on the European continent, there is only one country that may pose a threat to the United Kingdom, and that is the Raksha Empire. If we break with the Raksha Empire because of the Constantinople issue, , then we will not be able to unite the whole of Europe."

George IV frowned, "Prime Minister, do you really want the Rakshasa to get Constantinople?"

George Canning immediately shook his head and said: "No, Your Majesty, of course I will not let the Raksha people get Constantinople, they will never get that emperor's city! But for now, we must unite the Raksha country Otherwise, we will not be able to launch a counterattack against the Ming Empire in India, Central Asia, Malacca, and Japan! We will not be able to turn Daming and Rakshasa against each other. If Daming and Rakshasa form an alliance, the United Kingdom will soon lose its own The empire on which the sun never sets. For the United Kingdom, this is tantamount to annihilation. And the Ming Empire will... win without fighting!"

It has to be said that although George Canning has a sense of justice, his mind is still sharp and his methods are flexible enough.

"Prime Minister," the Duke of Wellington couldn't help but said, "Have you thought about the consequences after the Raksha people got Constantinople? This will not be the end of the Raksha people's expansion on the Mediterranean coast, but just is a start!
Next, they will march to the whole of Asia Minor, Syria, Jerusalem, and even attack Egypt!Once Egypt falls into the hands of the Raksha people, the Suez Canal will be controlled by the Raksha people. At that time, the Raksha's navy will enter the Indian Ocean! "

"Duke, I fully understand the ambitions of the Raksha Kingdom," said George Canning, "but the problem now is, if we don't allow the Raksha Country to enter Constantinople, they won't enter? In fact, the key to this problem It's not Rakshasa at all, but Ming! Once Da Ming gets involved in this war against Turkey, Ali Pasha will definitely turn against him and lose Ali Pasha's army. The Ottoman Turkish Empire can't resist the Rakshasa army at all!

And once the collapse of the Ottoman Turkish Empire becomes inevitable, once the strong expectation of the collapse of the Ottoman Turkish Empire appears, then everyone will oppose the Ottoman Turkish Empire!If we want to prevent the collapse of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, we have to go to the Ottoman Turkish Empire to form an alliance, and this move will push the Raksha Kingdom to the side of the Ming Empire!
Moreover, the results of the Jiyi naval battle showed that the Royal Navy was not yet ready to defeat the Ming Navy!So now the British Empire cannot choose to make a big gamble. "

Previously, George Canning advocated a "fake gamble" to scare away Ming Dynasty, but in the Kii naval battle not long ago, the most powerful "Sovereign Power" class of the British Royal Navy has been proved to be worthless.

Under such circumstances, choosing a "fake gamble" will not scare away Ming Dynasty, but will scare away the allies and potential allies of the British Empire.

So the British Empire must change its strategy!

George IV frowned and asked: "That is to say, we can only use Constantinople to win over the Raksha country and let the Raksha people stand by our side?"

"Your Majesty," said George Canning, "the Ottoman Turkish Empire is a huge empire. Although she is about to die, no country can completely swallow it. All will get their share of the legacy of the dead Ottoman Empire!
And before we decide to kill her, we must first determine how to divide up her estate. We now need an international conference to discuss this most interesting issue! "

King George IV already understood George Canning's intentions a bit. He asked, "Prime Minister, do you mean that we will use this meeting to isolate Ming, contain Rakshasa, and unite all countries in Western, Central, and Southern Europe?"

"Your Majesty is wise," said George Canning. "In addition to the above goals, we should also achieve satisfactory results in the issue of naval armaments and the issue of curbing the expansion ambitions of the Ming Empire."

"What shall we do?" asked the King of England.

"Your Majesty," George Canning replied, "First of all, we should choose an empress for the Eastern Roman Empire that owns Constantinople and the entire Rumelia!"

"Alexandra Victoria?"

"Yes," said George Canning, "she will also be Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich's fiancée. Nicholas I will definitely be satisfied with this arrangement."

George IV shrugged, "The Queen of the United Kingdom, the Empress of the Roman Empire, and the Empress of the Indian Empire. Emperor Nicholas will wake up laughing!"

"But as long as Her Royal Highness does not become the queen and empress, nor does she marry Alexander the Great and give birth to an heir, then everything is undecided." George Canning said, "But this is enough to make the Raksha Kingdom a long time in the future. Be with us for a while!"

George IV nodded: "That's right, the UK is not a Rakshasa after all. In the UK, the Parliament holds great power. Members of the House of Commons will not welcome an overly powerful king."

"Your Majesty is right." George Canning nodded and did not continue this topic.

Because everyone knows that there is great uncertainty about whether Alexandra Victoria I, the queen of the Roman Empire and the crown princess of the Rakshasa Empire, can become the queen of the United Kingdom!
George Canning said again: "With the support of the Raksha Nation, the troubles in India and Afghanistan can be resolved satisfactorily, and the Ming Empire will not continue to escalate its confrontation with us. At most, they will ask for an The military port will no longer make demands on Australia.

And an overly powerful Rakshasa will scare Austria, France, Prussia, and Sweden, and these countries will firmly stand by the British Empire.Even Ali Pasha's Arab Empire would seek the protection of the British Empire because of the fear of the Rakshasa Empire.As far as I know, Ali Pasha is a politician with a fairly flexible moral bottom line. "

"But the Rakshasa will eventually get Constantinople and Rumelia," said Duke Wellington, "and then Rome and the Rakshasa will become one! At that time, those Slavs will become Romans Already!"

George Canning laughed and said, "The premise is that the Rakshasa can really take down Constantinople!"

The Duke of Wellington was stunned: "Al Pasha has turned his back, and they still can't take down Constantinople?"

George Canning smiled and said: "Who knows? Maybe Ali Pasha changed his mind again and didn't plan to defect. Maybe the French will secretly support Turkey. It's not the first time they have done such a thing. Maybe Austria People will conflict with the Raksha people because of the interests of the Balkans, and maybe people in Poland will rebel! In short, as long as the Raksha people choose to ally with us, there will be too many uncertainties.”

(End of this chapter)