Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Outside were the slightly larger Rest Room s who could eat and chat with each other. Inside, there was also a small suite that they could sleep in, there were even sets of rooms in the study of some elegant families, and in the master bedroom, there were even sets of rooms. Who knew what they could do with so many rooms.

When the door of the suite was opened, the first face that met him was actually the Tory Party Elder, the current Foreign Secretary, Count Lalenden. This was a direct descendant of Benjamin, he was actually hiding inside the Rest Room of Gladstone.

"external phase... "You …" Gordon stood there with incomparable awkwardness, but in his heart, a trace of an ominous premonition appeared.

What surprised him even more was that the person standing in front of him was the army marshal of the Garnett Yue Sefu Wallesley Empire, the two secretaries of the navy marshal, and three bank and business tycoons. At the back of the crowd was the prince, Edward.

What Gladstone said was not wrong at all, Gordon was even an awkward person who did not have access to the top-level information. For a middle-ranked person like him, if he used an incomplete bit of confidence to analyse the information, the result could be easily imagined.

Count Lalendon, the Foreign Secretary, nodded apologetically at Gordon, "There is no need to continue asking. Everything before you has proven your guess … "Yes, the Empire's upper echelon has already made their decision …"

"Let Benjamin rest, the Empire will give him the most favourable retirement treatment, and no one will look into his crimes during his term of office, so let the Empire's power transfer a little more respectable!"

What else could Gordon say? The people in front of him were not people, but enormous powers.

The Liberal Party, the Whig Party, and even the Elders in the Tory Party had already abandoned Benjamin. The army and navy had also abandoned him.

Even the royal family was standing behind Gladstone, how could they turn the tables?

Gordon's legs weakened and he immediately sat on the chair. He shook his head painfully. If he knew it was going to be like this, why would he play the role of impeachment? Just to make your position more formal? "Why are you doing this …"

Gladstone handed Gordon a cup of wine. "No, you are wrong, the reason we do this is because we respect the Imperial Constitution … The Constitution is above all else, and that is the spirit of England! "

"Actually, the reason I called you here today was because I hoped that you would abandon your partisan views. Don't be dejected and continue working! For the negotiations between the Emperor of Tongzhi and the Empire, they would need you, and the new government would still need you! "

"You need me?" The alcohol in Gordon's mouth was bitter.

external phase Larden nodded his head, "Of course I need you. After all, you still have the position of Great Qing Governor hanging on your shoulders. Although we all know that it's an honor, it's also something unique to you …"

"Furthermore, I know that the personal relationship between the Tongzhi Emperor and you is not bad. We hope that you will continue to work for the new prime minister, allowing us to finally gain control of the railway!"

The Prince opened his mouth as well. "Let go of your familial views. Actually, there aren't many factions like the colonialist or the Internal Affairs Sects in this world …" When it comes to the core interests of the Empire, everyone's views are still the same! "

"Gladstone was against the expansion of the colony, but against those actions that cost money. If they really could make a lot of money, then they would be in favor of it!"

"Right now, the empire's navy can control the area downstream of the river. This is the most economically prosperous area in the empire, but it's far from enough …"

"Our warship is too big to effectively control the canal, so we need to control a North-South railway to expand our area of influence …"

"In the future, the way we rule the Qing Empire will be in the shape of a cross! "Take the Yangtze River as the east-west transport belt, and the railway as the north-south transport belt, and control the economic lifeline of the area horizontally and vertically, and throw our military forces into it …"

"Our intelligence agency has made accurate calculations. Once the future is in place, we can control a quarter of the population of the empire …"

"And once the railway is open, it will have a very stimulating effect on the economy along the way, which will attract more people... "In the future, with one power and one economic belt, it will not be a problem to control a third of the empire's population!"

"What is one third of the population? We don't have an accurate number of people in the Qing Dynasty, but many data show that there are six hundred million people in the Qing Empire right now... God! If we can get 200 million people into our economy, how much of an economic equivalent would that be? "

Of course, he knew the vastness of China. The important thing these colonialist had said when they first called the troops from the British Parliament to the Qing Empire was that if every single citizen of the Qing Empire had grown one inch longer, it would be enough for the entire Britain's textile machine industry to work for a whole year! '

Ge Lasi immediately figured out Gordon's thoughts. He laughed and said, "Previously, you always said that Chinese people's sleeves would grow an inch, but unfortunately, that ancient empire's people had a very strange sense of pride and pride. They would rather break their clothes than buy British textiles …"

"Most of the people of Qing still wear the cloth they weave with their most primitive looms! How do you change that? Did he have to rely on war? Forcing every Chinese to choose to use British textiles? "

"This is obviously unrealistic. In other words, defeating the Qing Empire on the battlefield can only be considered as a success. The other half needs our goods to infiltrate all the way to the inner reaches of the empire!"

"Let the lowest level Chinese people personally see and touch our industrial products, let them feel the temperature of our products, let them personally compare the quality and price …"

"Only by comparing will we have a choice!" What was required was not the power of war, but the power of commerce! This is what I have been looking for! "

"You like to colonize China with warships and artillery, I'm not! I like colonizing China with our British Commodity Area! "

"Let us completely destroy the decaying industry chains of the Qing Empire, and recreate a suitable business environment for our British Empire!"

"This is my colonialism! And all of this required that railway! And you are the one who is important to the Emperor of Tongzhi, do you understand now? "

"Do you understand how much we need you?"

Gordon took a deep breath. He felt his heart beating crazily, talking to these group of top elites in the Empire had given him a lot of experience!

It was like opening the door to a new world. Even if there was only a tiny crack in the door, it was enough to shock him.

Gordon stood up and bowed respectfully to all the important figures present, "Please forgive me for my shallowness. The interests of the Empire outweigh those of the Party, and I am willing to obey the orders of the new Prime Minister! "