2121 London in Chaos 2
Gladstone turned his head to see that the unhappiness in his eyes flashed, and it turned out that it was none other than Benjamin's descendant, Charlie George Gordon.
That's right, it was the famous Sir Gordon in the late Qing Dynasty, when he suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was the last foreign admiral of the Changsheng Army.
The Chang Shengjun was originally a self-defense force jointly organized by the Shanghai Hai people and Qing merchants, and the name at that time was very rustic and called the foreign gun team.
In the previous battles with the Shanghai Knife Society and the Heavenly Army, the foreign rifle team was awarded the name of the Victorious Army by the Qing court, and the first admiral was the American Wall.
Wall is a good person who fights and trains soldiers, but unfortunately his life is short, and when he attacked Cixi, Wall was killed.
Wall's heir, the American Bai Qiwen, is a two-fifty boy, because of the bad relationship with Li Hongzhang, coupled with the evil deeds such as arson and plunder, which angered the Qing government, this guy finally took refuge in the kingdom of heaven.
Later, after being captured, Li Hongzhang ordered him to drown directly, and the Englishman Gordon was the third admiral of the Changsheng Army.
This Gordon can be regarded as a staunch colonist, having participated in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, and it is worth mentioning that he went there willingly in the Second Opium War.
Since Gordon was not a general of the British government, but half of himself took the initiative to participate in the war, he did not catch up with the first echelon of attack but chased after him from behind on a merchant ship.
He did not catch up with the battle of Dagukou, and even the battle of Baliqiao did not catch up, and by the time he arrived in Beijing, the coalition forces had already quelled the war in Sijiucheng.
What he saw was the fire in the Old Summer Palace, after which Gordon chose to stay in China instead of withdrawing with the army, and when Shanghai was in crisis, Gordon joined the victorious army under the coordination of the British and became the last admiral, which lasted until the end of the war, when he returned to England.
Gladstone didn't like him, because Gladstone was not a supporter of colonialism, and in his heart the two Opium Wars were unjust, and although the victory in a short period of time tasted a little sweetness, the side effects were also great.
Gladstone likes to use the influence of the army to protect commercial trade, rather than fighting directly with the army, and he and Benjamin and the others are completely in the same pot.
A militant like Gordon, he never liked.
"Hehe, Sir Gordon, your proposal is really good, then you will come forward to coordinate with the Royal Guard, I am optimistic about you......"
Gladstone's words stimulated Gordon's face was slightly red, although he had merit, his status was too low, and he was only a middle-level general in the army, and he could be the head snake in the colony, and there was no room for him to show off his might when he returned to London.
"Oh, my sir, don't laugh at me, asking for help from the royal family is naturally something that only two gentlemen can do......"
"I don't have that much face, you better beg our prime minister!" Gladstone didn't bother to pay attention to this little role, turned around and left.
Benjamin suppressed the anger in his heart and said to his men, "Gordon, you can take my note to see the crown prince in a while, and now the prince can help us......"
Benjamin didn't dare to trouble the queen, he could only ask Edward, the crown prince who had a good personal relationship, for support, in fact, according to his original intention, he definitely didn't want to ask the royal family for help, because this could only prove Gladstone's attack on him again, that is, he had no management ability.
Now Benjamin can guess the truth of Gladstone's attack on him, the first is to refuse to accept advice, to be stubborn, the second is to have a small belly, regardless of the overall situation, and the third is weak organizational ability and poor management ability.
One by one, it can be regarded as splashing dirty water on him, and Benjamin knows that he must have lost points in front of the queen.
Prince Edward is not here at Tower Bridge, but two blocks from St. Paul's Cathedral, the religious center of England, the largest church in the country.
The royal family chose to meet guests from afar here, and it was somewhat of a propaganda idea of their divine right of kingship, with secular officials waiting by the river and members of the royal family waiting by God's side.
It seems that kings all over the world are very good at using mysticism to add points to their rule, and the same is true of China and Europe.
Sir Gordon turned his head and was about to leave, when Benjamin stopped him again, "No, you can't go! We specially summoned you back from overseas to use the ...... of your special relationship with the Qing royal family."
"You are the admiral canonized by the Qing Dynasty, you alone have the official position of two countries, it will be more convenient for you to meet the Tongzhi Emperor than we can speak! You can't go to ......"
Colonel Vorster...... Please go to the Prince's place and beg the Prince to come forward and mobilize a group of Praetorian Guards to help the Metropolitan Police Department maintain order in the City of London......"
If Xiao Lotian was here and saw the young man in front of him, he would definitely be surprised, this army colonel in his twenties will be the field marshal and commander-in-chief of the United Kingdom in the future.
Walster took the Prime Minister's note, saluted, asked the attendants for a warhorse, and galloped towards the cathedral.
Gladstone was talking to a friend not far away, but his eyes had been watching the movements of Benjamin's faction, and when he saw the bewildered appearance of these colonists, his heart couldn't help but feel dark.
"A group of war criminals who only know about aggression, how can you know what internal affairs are? Do you understand the soft power of the country? Ridiculous......
A government official who was also a Liberal Party next to him nodded and said, "Yes, these war criminals have consumed countless taxpayers' money and burned the war all over the world, but our country has not increased its education spending for many years......"
"We have been shouting for universal education for decades, but there has been no movement at all! Why? It's not these war maniacs who have stolen the funds, it's all the people's well-being......
"Are you still right that only EFA can solve many fundamental problems if it improves literacy for all......"
"Just like the chaos caused by these 400,000 people today, the core reason is still the quality of the people! Just imagine, if everyone is educated, knows how to read and write, and understands the law, then there will be such chaos?"
"Even if there were, it would be much smaller! We would be able to maintain order with fewer police officers, and many streets would be able to publicize discipline, routes, and so on in the form of text versions......
"The improvement of the quality of the people will reduce the number of police forces demanded, and the improvement of the quality of the police force can improve the efficiency of management...... This is how the social order came about, and this is the foundation of our Britain!"
"Where can Benjamin's people understand the hard work of the party leader, haha...... I'm afraid they don't understand this at all!"