2130 The miserable Prime Minister
Gladstone's reasoning couldn't be more correct, with the safety of 400,000 people as an excuse, he really dared to break into Buckingham Palace alone, even if he didn't follow the rules, everyone had no choice, and the queen couldn't scold him for this.
Benjamin fully understands the opponent's routine at this moment, and he even suspects that Xiao Lotian has reached some kind of secret alliance with Gladstone, otherwise how could he cooperate so well step by step?
In the final analysis, Xiao Lotian and Gladstone want to disgrace themselves in front of the people, in front of the queen, in front of all the people in Europe, so that they can all see the weak management ability of this government.
If you can't even do a diplomatic welcome ceremony, what else can you Benjamin do?
Originally, this cabinet was very stormy, the Tory Party has been in power for many years, although it has all kinds of achievements, but it has also accumulated countless political enemies, and the people always like to pass the buck, and they will naturally find an object of blame for all unhappiness.
Isn't this what the prime minister does, and isn't the ruling party here to be infamy?
But no matter how much he scolds in China, Benjamin can bear it, and now Xiao Letian dares to be bold and reckless to lose his face, which is unbearable.
Thinking of this, Benjamin sneered and whispered to Gladstone, "I don't care what you think of me, and I don't care what you think of my administration, but what you did today is wrong......"
"I hope you never forget, you are British, you can't make mistakes in your position, remember!"
Gladstone's eyelids jumped, and he said coldly, "On the issue of patriotism, I am not inferior to you, or even much better than you...... You're thinking too much!"
At this point, the last bit of face of the two was completely torn apart, and Benjamin turned around and left, and some of the top Tories party leaders were waiting for him outside the ceremony, and he had to come up with a solution to the current situation.
"What should I do? Now all the citizens of London are attracted by the oriental wind, not more than 400,000? At this moment many factory workers have spontaneously stopped working, and as soon as they heard that there is such a miraculous painting, they rushed to the streets in spite of the factory owner's obstruction......
"That's right, there are so many people that no one dares to stop them, and those factory owners can't stop the workers who want to see the excitement when they see the machines stopping, whether they are intimidating or pleading......"
"There are also countless ordinary citizens who were originally reluctant to go out to see the excitement at home, and they were also attracted by the sudden changes, and these people said that even if they didn't look at the oriental envoys, it would be good to go to the street to see these landscape paintings......"
"It's terrible, this Chinese is simply a demagogic demon, and if this development continues, I am afraid that the number of people who are attracted to the streets today will exceed 800,000!"
"What should we do? It's not right to destroy it now, it's not right to destroy it, what should we do?"
Benjamin was surrounded by a group of men, and his ears were full of buzzing questions, and at that moment he really wanted to throw his face and explode, but when the corner of his eye swept away the reporters around the venue, his strong self-control calmed him down.
"Okay, don't talk about it...... What you said is not to the point, I have now understood Xiao Letian's tricks, he just wants to coerce the people to put pressure on me!"
"Most likely, he has already guessed that I am going to deal with him, he knows that he is not my opponent, so he came up with this kind of indiscriminate means, desperately increasing his popularity, and then pretending to be a civilized gentleman in front of the people!"
"As long as there are enough British people who love him, he can force me to dare not deal with him! I must admit that Xiao Lotian is very smart, and he really blocked my multiple opportunities to make a move!"
Benjamin really had a plan to secretly execute Xiao Letian, and in Benjamin's safe, the ultimate plan was to say that these Chinese would be physically destroyed.
Xiao Lotian and his generals and all the soldiers had to die, and Britain didn't care about the revenge of the Chinese, including Prussia.
Xiao Lotian is alive, and some people may stand up for him, but once Xiao Lotian is dead, then who would choose to be the enemy of Britain for the sake of a dead man?
Of course, this kind of black hand will definitely have a huge negative impact on the glorious image of Britain, but the Chinese are not a country recognized by Britain, and now they are just a force.
What is the difference between destroying a force and destroying a bunch of bandits in the overseas colonies of the British? Therefore, the infamy will last for a while, but within a year, the people will forget everything.
Benjamin didn't care about the opinions of the people in Europe and Asia, only the attitude of the British people was the most important thing in his heart, as long as the British people didn't care, then he didn't have any concerns.
In Benjamin's judgment, who cares about a little warlord in the East, where is the Ryukyus?
But Benjamin didn't expect that Xiao Letian did not go to Europe, but the continuous reports appeared in the European media one by one, and his own negligence did not block the Chinese series of reports from the beginning, resulting in the first batch of fan word-of-mouth publicity, so that the entire series of reports began to spread rapidly.
It turns out that if you don't control the news from the beginning, once it starts to spread among the people, it's very difficult to cover it up later.
As the number of people who knew the news of the Eastern envoys grew, and as the curious people became more and more widespread, Benjamin could only sadly retract his judgment and hide the plan to massacre the Chinese in the safe.
I have to give an explanation to the people, after all, the Tories will continue to compete for votes, and they can't be offended too hard.
Abandoning the original plan, Benjamin had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, choosing to trap Xiao Letian.
Using the influence of Britain, Xiao Letian was placed under house arrest in Britain, and he was raised with good food and drink, but he did not give you the opportunity to go to Prussia, let alone give you the pretext to participate in the war.
What's more, it is not to give you the treaty you want, and Britain will not recognize your Chinese statehood.
When the time comes, you will naturally be gray, where did you come from, and where do you roll back!
But who would have thought that Xiao Lotian would directly join forces with Gladstone, and even make such a big game in London, rushing his prestige so high and slapping his face so loudly.
"Damn, no matter so much, I must not let Xiao Lotian increase his prestige today, remember for a while everyone changed the schedule and tried to adjust the schedule of the event as much as possible......"
"Squeeze out the time for Xiao Letian to speak, and it's best to cancel his speech directly! Anyway, all scheduled activities must be ended before the luncheon!"