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Chapter 739 Your Majesty, he collapsed (first update, please subscribe)
In the past year, Nanyang's economy has still maintained rapid growth, but due to currency depreciation, the gross national product has not exceeded that of the United Kingdom.

In this regard, the people of Nanyang were somewhat disappointed. Originally, they thought that surpassing the United Kingdom would be a matter of this year, but they did not expect that due to the currency depreciation of more than 10%, the economy of Nanyang "shrunk".

However, apart from a slight increase in the price of gold, the depreciation of the currency not only did not affect people's lives, it even stimulated Southeast Asia's exports. Not only did exports to Europe and the United States surge, but exports to the peninsula also increased by hundreds of millions of dollars.

From an industrial point of view, Nanyang's steel industry is developing rapidly, and even a large satellite has been launched - if there is a satellite.

Last year, Nanyang's steel output exceeded 1500 million tons, ranking second only to the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, and its shipbuilding tonnage also exceeded tons for the first time.

Almost at the same time, near the Makassar Strait, Nanyang's first nuclear power plant, the Donghai Nuclear Power Plant, was put into operation. Although its purpose was to produce weapons-grade plutonium and power generation was only a by-product, it still undoubtedly became the world's first nuclear power plant. A nuclear power plant put into commercial operation.

It can be said that the current situation is not a small good but a great good for Nanyang.

In public opinion, despite the glorious victory from the peninsula, it always appears in major newspapers in Southeast Asia from time to time, whether in English or Chinese. However, in the past year, Nanyang's achievements have also been gratifying, whether in economic or other aspects. There was even the first use of a Lancaster bomber to conduct an atomic bomb drop test, of course with the British " "Alloy Pipe Plan" was tested at the same time.

This move by Nanyang has also become a symbol of "Nanyang's willingness to act as a lackey of imperialism" and "preventing the people of Southeast Asia from seizing independence", and has been widely condemned.

But this does not affect Nanyang's economic development.

The new year has just begun, and public opinion has not yet started to stir up excitement. The news of the successful test flight of the 717 jetliner has given a boost to the development of Nanyang.

Norman Brook quickly comforted him and said.

After the Spring Festival, the more than 40 million citizens of Nanyang are gearing up to fight in the New Year and leave the British Empire behind.

Hearing this, Fatty Qiu, who still had a cigar in his mouth, sat upright involuntarily. He was stunned for five or six seconds before he said with a shocked expression.

As he finished speaking, Fatty Qiu suddenly cried. He cried for the first time in so many years, howling like a child.

As the British Prime Minister, Fatty Qiu was the first person other than those close to King George VI to learn the secret code. Although Norman Brooke knew it earlier than him, he didn't know what the code meant. After all, when George VI ascended the throne, he was not yet Cabinet Secretary. "What?"

According to the secret order, once the king dies, in order to prevent the operator from leaking the secret, the news will be passed to the British Prime Minister with the code "Hyde Park Corner".

"Do not."

His Majesty passed away, and Norman Brooke was stunned. As for Littleton, the colonial secretary, he was also dumbfounded - His Majesty passed away!

Immediately ask Norman Brooke to inform the Foreign Secretary and inform all countries where the British King is the monarch, and of course the colonies. This does not require additional notification. The Colonial Secretary is right in front of him, and then Fatty Qiu continued.

Having worked side by side with His Majesty during World War II, Churchill couldn't even accept the news for a while.

"My lord!"

"Your Majesty, your Majesty has passed away? This, how is this possible..."

"Hyde Park Corner!"

"And immediately notify Crown Prince Elizabeth to return...and Princess Margaret."

As the Prime Minister, Fatty Qiu had already reacted. Although he was sad in his heart, he spoke immediately after regaining his composure.

On February 6, at No. 10 Downing Street, in the Prime Minister's Office, Fatty Qiu and Littleton were discussing how to support Templer in Malaya. At this time, Fatty Qiu's eyes were full of pride. At this moment, Cabinet Secretary Norman Brooke hurried in and spoke to the Prime Minister in a low voice.

"Inform Canada, Australia, and New Zealand immediately..."

In January of 1952, Nanyang was still as busy as ever.

"Mr. Prime Minister, you will definitely get along well with the new Queen. She is an easy person to get along with."

Apart from anything else, being "number one in the world" is really exciting sometimes!

Fatty Qiu shook his head and said.

"I don't know her, she's just a kid."

She is just a child, can she support the British Empire in this troubled time?
Fatty Qiu is deeply suspicious of this! Even to a certain extent, what he is suffering now is not only for his Majesty the King, but also for the British Empire that he has never forgotten in his heart. For Fatty Qiu, the reason why he sacrifices is to defend his British Empire, but can that girl be able to support it?

What's more important is that King George VI has 100% trust and support in him.

Will she support that child like the late king?
……

"For the United States, the most important thing now is how to end the war!"

When watching the news that a new round of negotiations had begun on the peninsula, Li Yian chuckled. It was not that he wanted to see the United States make a joke, he just wanted to open his eyes.

So what if I, the beautiful Blue Star, were number one? I was beaten to a disgrace on the peninsula.

At this moment, the secretary came in and took out the telegram from London. The title of the recipient was different from the previous one--To the King of Sarawak, Commissioner of the Chartered Company of North Borneo.

In fact, when he received this clueless telegram, Yu Xiangdong also felt a little strange, but he really didn't know what "Hyde Park Corner" on the telegram meant.

Li Yi'an, who had nothing to do and was watching the jokes of the American emperor, took a look at the telegram. Others didn't know it, but he knew it - after all, this was his power as the head of state of the Commonwealth member states.

Of course, he is not only the head of state of the Commonwealth of Nations, but also the son-in-law of George VI and the husband of the second princess of the British Empire.

The contents of the telegram made him stand up with a bang, which shocked Yu Xiangdong who had just come in. This was the first time he had seen Your Excellency so rude.

Of course, in the past, no matter how big or small things happened, they were not so sudden.

Although Li Yian had long been mentally prepared for the death of George VI, he even asked Margaret to take the children to spend Christmas with George VI last year.

But who would have thought that he would die so quickly. If he had known about it, he would have let Margaret stay with him for a few more days.

Finally dead!

However, Li Yian was not only thinking about the death of King George VI.

It's about the various impacts this news may have on the British Empire. After all, George VI accumulated a very high prestige through World War II.

"Let's postpone everything for today. I'll go back first."

Li Yian came back to his senses, gave instructions with a solemn expression, said a few words about each person's duties, and left the office.

This telegram was not sent to the President of Nanyang, but was sent by the cabinet to federal members - the contents of the telegram were still in code.

As he walked towards the second floor, Li Yi'an was thinking about how to tell Margaret in less violent terms that your father, um... the death is great, the fact that the great King George VI passed away. .

In fact, in Li Yi'an's heart, Margaret's reaction was secondary. After all, as the head of state, he needs to consider issues more from a political perspective.

Britain is about to enter the era of Lafayette... no, it is still the age of little girls. At the same time, Elizabeth's succession also shows that Britain is about to usher in her last... There is no afterglow, only the curtain call.

As for this one, with the death of the last emperor of the British Empire, the British Empire was truly over.

While going upstairs, Li Yian carefully recalled the era of Queen Elizabeth, although before the time travel, Lafayette was still standing strong. But if you think about it for a moment, you can easily see that the days after Elizabeth ascended the throne were by no means smooth sailing for Great Britain.

Not long after she took the throne, she encountered the Suez Canal War. She originally thought it was the restoration of the empire's honor, but the direct interference between the United States and the Soviet Union directly turned the empire on which the sun never sets into a regional power.

From then on, there were no more tiger skins in the British Empire!
After entering the 1960s, African colonies became independent one after another. By the 1970s, the pound sterling zone relying on the British Commonwealth was officially completed. In the 1980s, not to mention the Northern Ireland Republican Army bombing this today and bombing there tomorrow, even small trucks like Argentina dared to jump out and challenge the United Kingdom. Although the Iron Lady came to have a beautiful expedition, it was successful. Saved Britain's face.

But Britain’s decline is there for all to see…

As a Queen Elizabeth who still carried the afterglow of the British Empire when she ascended the throne, she basically watched her country decline in decline throughout her life, and watched the British Empire decline before her eyes.

At this moment, Li Yian suddenly felt sympathy for his sister-in-law!
Maybe she really isn't as calm as she seems on the surface.

(End of this chapter)