Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

"My God! Benjamin and you actually reached a private agreement? " Ou Renni could not help but be shocked when she heard this news, it was truly a pleasant surprise.

Prime Minister Benjamin was not interested in Prussia and the Chinese. This was not news, the diplomatic community from various countries in Europe could find out about this.

Maybe, in Benjamin's heart, his previous Prime Minister, the Count de Beer, had given too much preferential treatment to Bismark and the jumping Xiao Letian.

Back then, when Xiao Letian led his troops and kicked the Poo War, Benjamin was extremely furious. Especially he didn't understand why the Count de Beer let Xiao Letian go in the end.

Benjamin kept guessing but there was no answer. In the end, he could only blame it all on the old and muddle-headed Count de Beer.

The strategy of helping a rising power in Asia against Russia is not wrong, but the choice of a spokesman is crucial.

Xiao Letian, a newly emerged pseudo-Western Master, had brought several hundred soldiers and dared to participate in the battle of hegemony against the continental Europe.

How could a madman cooperate?

After that, Xiao Letian's various actions in Asia proved Benjamin's judgement. He led his troops and attacked the Beijing, demonstrated the martial arts at the Supreme Harmony Hall, and even kidnapped Tongzhi …

Furthermore, his attitude towards the French made Benjamin very worried. He was sure that Xiao Letian was a wild horse that could not be tamed, it was definitely a mistake for Prime Minister De Bi to pick a role to fight against Sha Russia.

What happened in the end? Xiao Letian was not resisting the expansion of the power of the Sha Russian, he had directly chopped off the hand that the Sha Russian was reaching towards the Far East.

How tyrannical, how bloody, how arrogant! No matter how bad the Russia is, it is still a European country, how can the Asian countries trample on it.

It was a pity that the Count de Beer had died of illness, so Benjamin could not find him for an argument. Furthermore, Xiao Letian had kidnapped the Tongzhi Emperor, and the Queen was very concerned about the Emperor of China.

As a result, Benjamin had no way to let go and deal with Xiao Letian. Just when he was angry, Napoleon III threw over a probing olive branch. Although the two sides had differences on many aspects, they had the same interests in fighting against Xiao Letian.

Napoleon said proudly as he placed both his hands on his chest, "Benjamin's views on the continent are very much in line with mine. He also thinks that Prussia has risen up a little too quickly, we don't want to eliminate Prussia, but Prussia always extravagantly hopes to unify the entire German-speaking region. This is something we don't want to see!"

"And Xiao Letian, he's the same as Prussia, the reason he created the Chinese people was because he wanted to unite the Chinese cultural circle. This is an act of a wild man, he has to be restrained!"

"Therefore, Benjamin promised me that in the event of a war, he would give us the necessary information and allow our warships to seal off Prussia's territorial waters …"

"As long as the British do not take sides, who can defeat our France? "Hahaha …"

Queen Ou Renni looked at her husband who was laughing arrogantly, and suddenly asked: "Since that's the case, why did you drink absinthe to relieve the pressure just now? Why do you still say that Britain is Xiao Letian's backer? "

"I think you are hallucinating after drinking too much!"

The confidence Napoleon III had just gained completely drained his wife of all this confidence. He said with a bitter face, "Aiya … Listen to what I have to say, after all... After all, Benjamin had a political enemy! I'm worried about his political enemies! "

Ou Renni's eyes lit up when she heard him. "You mean him?"

London, England.

On the other side of the Thames River, in a small three-storey apartment building, candlelight shone on the curtains. The silhouette of a lively and energetic man was projected on the curtains, and the two policemen on duty at the door were looking at the figure in front of the window in awe.

"Mr. Gladstone is not asleep?" "It's too hard …"

"Have a smoke..." Of course it's hard. Haven't you heard the rumors? The Prime Minister has been questioned by parliament over Northern Ireland, and now someone is even preparing to impeach the Prime Minister... "

"Matches... Come here to light a cigarette, here's a breeze... If the impeachment is successful, perhaps the gentleman above will be our next Prime Minister! "

"That's right, that's why we came here to stand guard. The bureaucrats in the police station have keen noses!"

The man that the police officers were talking about was the man that Napoleon and his wife were talking about, William. Jürg. Gladstone.

Born into a rich family in Liverpool, the 60-year-old was brought up with a very good aristocratic education, was a liberal in his youth and did not believe in any political party.

However, as he grew older, he realized that there was no future for liberalism. Thus, he joined one of the two major political parties, the Tory Party, which was now the political party led by Benjamin.

In the past years of the Tory Party, he was known as the number one eloquent expert of the Tory Party. Members of the Whig Party would have a headache when they saw him, especially before the First Opium War.

The proposal to send troops to the Great Qing was almost rejected by the baron, and was finally passed by the council with a slight advantage.

Those who could achieve great things would definitely not always be subservient to others. In the Tory Party, he gradually discovered that the difference between their political ideas and his was getting bigger and bigger.

Especially Benjamin. Disraeli was a politician whom Gladstone looked down upon. There was once, when Benjamin proposed a budget, he refuted it in the council.

It was not until 1859, when Gladstone officially announced its withdrawal from the Toni Party, that Gladstone entered the arms of her former rival, the Whig Party.

It was clear that the Whig Party could not tolerate this Great Bodhisattva either. Not long after, he and a few other politicians formed the Liberal Party on the basis of the Whig Party and became the leader of the party in 1867.

In the study room, Gladstone, who had already become the party leader, was quietly studying a distant gift from the east. It was a Tian Huang Stone seal with many Chinese characters that he did not recognize.

The seal left a red mark on the white paper. At the bottom of the white paper, there was a line of beautiful words written in English. "Friends come from afar …" "I'm very happy!"

What is this Oriental woman playing with me? Could it be that Eastern Führer wants to be my friend?

Gladstone looked at the Tian Huang Stone Seal in silence. He would not be moved by the value of this seal, even if it could be exchanged for a small manor.

All he cared about was the meaning behind this sentence.

Just as he was about thirty to forty meters away from the study, a black carriage was parked by the roadside. The carriage had been parked for an hour, but the patrolling police acted as if they did not see it.

There was no need to question him. Just by looking at the unique fresh flower on the door, one could tell that the owner of this car was the most popular courtesan in Europe, Fang Guan from China.

It was a peony in full bloom, a rich flower in the east.