1825 My New Daming

Chapter 92 Wellington, Hurry to India to fight! (For collection, for follow-up)

10 Downing Street, London, UK.

It was a beautiful afternoon. British Prime Minister Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, had just met with Grand Duke Mikhail of Rakshasa Kingdom who was visiting the UK.

The Grand Duke accompanied Prince Alexander to London to meet Princess Victoria—the young couple fell in love with each other, and ran wildly in Kensington Palace hand in hand.Apparently, Princess Victoria is very happy with her fiancé as she gave Duke Alexander her doll to play with after running tired and the pair later walked Her Royal Highness's King Charles Spaniel together at Kensington Palace Stroll on the lawn.

What made the Earl of Liverpool even more satisfied was that when he deliberately mentioned the marriage between Grand Duchess Natalie and Zhuge Weidao, the Grand Duke Mikhail showed an expression of disgust and dissatisfaction, and quickly talked about it. Opened this topic that made the Tsarist family a little embarrassed.

Obviously, the Tsar's family was extremely dissatisfied with this almost scandalous marriage!

It seems that the friendship between the two families, which had been established since the time of Marquis Zhuge Youde and Emperor Catherine the Great, is likely to end because of this marriage.

In addition, the Earl of Liverpool also tested Rakshasa's views on the ongoing war in Afghanistan.

Grand Duke Mikhail just expressed his hope to mediate the conflict between Great Britain and Dajin, and at the same time hoped that the British Empire could respect Dajin's territorial integrity-only territorial integrity, not sovereign integrity!

In other words, the Raksha Kingdom can accept the loss of part of the sovereignty of the Dajin Kingdom...

In addition, Mikhail did not say that Great Britain was not allowed to invade Dajin territory.

This means Great Britain can use the invasion to force Daikin to accept a treaty that cost them a lot of sovereignty.

After returning to No. 10 Downing Street, the Earl of Liverpool began to think about the unequal treaty.

First of all, Daikin has to pay compensation!

Lose a large sum of money, until he vomits blood!

Secondly, Dajin must hand over part of the customs to the management of officials appointed by the British Empire, and formulate a fair and reasonable tax rate.This is called a unilateral tariff agreement!

The third is unilateral most-favored-nation treatment—that is to say, Great Britain must enjoy all the preferential treatment Dajin gives to Luocha and Daming, and Great Britain does not have to give Daikin any preferential treatment.

The fourth is unilateral extraterritorial rights - that is, the people of the British Empire committed crimes on the land of Dajin, which cannot be handled by the Dajin Kingdom itself, but by the British consul.If the crime involves personnel or interests of Daikin, officials from both parties will discuss and try it.

The fifth is the freedom to preach...

Just as the Earl of Liverpool thought of this, there was a knock on the door of his office, followed by the voice of his cabinet secretary, Sir Harker: "Mr. Prime Minister, an urgent call from Calcutta!"

Sir Huck's voice sounded very anxious, and the Earl of Liverpool's heart twitched, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

"Come in," said the Prime Minister.

The door of the office was pushed open, and then Sir Harker hurried in. His white face, which was usually calm even in the event of a major event, was now full of panic.

The Earl of Liverpool was also a little panicked. The last time Sir Harker was so flustered was because Napoleon escaped from Elba Island!

"What happened, Sir Harker?" asked the Prime Minister.

"Earl," Sir Harker said while handing a telegram to the Earl of Liverpool, "something has happened. Peshawar has been captured by the army of the Kingdom of Jin!"

"What?" The Earl of Liverpool couldn't believe his ears, "How is this possible? Aren't the Sarang Pass, Kabul, and Khyber Pass all in our hands? How could they capture Peshawar? Could it be that they flew over? "

Sir Harker nodded in admiration, "Earl, you are so wise. In fact, they were suddenly airborne to Peshawar in a large airship! According to the report of the British officer who escaped from Peshawar, the soldiers of the Dajin Empire took more than a dozen A large airship flew to Peshawar yesterday afternoon local time, and then airborne directly to Peshawar Castle, which caught our people by surprise.”

"What? The airship? But where did they get the airship?" the British Prime Minister asked in surprise.

"This airship probably belongs to Daming!" Sir Harker replied, "Of course, this is just a conjecture without any conclusive evidence."

"Damn it!" The Earl of Liverpool's face was livid, "Huck, call for a cabinet meeting!"

"Lord," Sir Harker did not move, but said to the Earl of Liverpool sincerely, "I suggest that you have a good talk with the Duke of Wellington and Mr. George Canning, the Foreign Secretary, before convening the cabinet. This is especially important for this administration!"

The Earl of Liverpool immediately understood what Sir Harker meant—he asked the Duke of Wellington to go to India as Governor!
This is not only because the Duke of Wellington is a talented military strategist, but also because the Earl of Liverpool must convince people that this government can handle the crisis in India well.Otherwise, the Liverpool cabinet that has existed for 14 years will definitely fall before the situation in India improves or worsens further!

"Okay," the Earl of Liverpool nodded, "Call the Duke of Wellington and George Canning immediately."

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

"What? Prime Minister, you want me to go to India as the Governor?"

Before the Duke of Wellington read the telegram sent by the Indian Governor's Office, he heard a very embarrassing suggestion.

Let him be the governor of India. Although the governor of India is a fat job, people with the status of the Duke of Wellington no longer look down on those small money.What he wants is that the Prime Minister throne under the earl of Liverpool has been sitting for so many years, so it should be replaced, right?
But India is indeed a big problem!

If India's situation is rotten when he is the prime minister, then his reputation will be ruined, and the prime minister will not be able to continue.

Therefore, it is a good choice to win in India first, and then return to England to pay homage to the prime minister.But the question is... can it win?

The Earl of Liverpool seemed to understand the Duke of Wellington's thoughts, and immediately said to the Duke: "Duke, the situation in India is extremely critical now, and the Cotton Expeditionary Army trapped in Afghanistan is likely to be attacked by the Jins and Afghans next spring." Joint attack!

What's more dangerous is that some ambitious people from various parts of India and the East India Company mercenaries are likely to take advantage of this crisis to attack us. If there is turmoil in India, the Ming Empire will definitely adopt more adventurous and radical policies.In fact, the Dajin Empire's invasion of Afghanistan this time was carried out under the impetus of the Daming Empire.And the airship on which the Jin Bing airborne in Peshawar must have come from Ming Dynasty!
If we don't stabilize the situation in India quickly, then it's all over. "

The British Foreign Secretary George Canning, who was sitting next to the Duke of Wellington, took a sip of the tincture to relieve his anxiety, and then said: "Duke, India is the most important colony of the empire. If India falls into chaos If the Ming Empire takes the opportunity to attack again, then our hard-won empire will collapse in a very short period of time! I don’t think you want to see the greatness of this country end in the hands of our generation, do you?”

Of course, Wellington would not go to the dangerous place of India with enthusiasm after being encouraged by George Canning's drugged words-what he needs is the certainty of victory!

Because only if he wins, will he have the leverage to bargain with the Tory Party and the Whig Party, or directly ask the King of England to appoint him as the prime minister during the war.

So he was noncommittal and just looked at the prime minister.

The Earl of Liverpool said, "Duke, what do you need? Just ask."

The Duke of Wellington said: "I need British troops, real British troops, not Indians who have no fighting spirit, at least [-]!"

"One hundred thousand?" George Canning exclaimed, "Isn't that too much?"

The Earl of Liverpool said: "Okay! I will give you [-] British troops!"

The Duke of Wellington said again: "Well, when the [-] expeditionary troops are gathered, I will take them to India!"

(End of this chapter)