Benjamin had a wry smile on his face, and he heard a hint of regret in the Queen's words, which the Queen had never shown to the Earl of Derby. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Could it be that there is something about what he has done that has disappointed the Queen? Benjamin's mind spun at high speed, and he began to recall all kinds of information and data.

He smiled and said, "Dear Your Majesty, through the analysis of our intelligence system, the French victory rate in this war is still quite high, and the current advantage of Prussia is nothing more than the active strength, and the one million available army is indeed shocking......"

"But France is not a sheep either, the current 600,000 standing army, it seems that the number is not superior, but France has a large population, and the reserve mobilization is very difficult, once the same enemy is angry, even two million army can be pulled out......"

"And colonial, national economy, war ......"

Benjamin explained to the Queen in great detail the difference in power between France and Prussia, and if he had been an ordinary politician opposite, he would have been impressed by his eloquence.

It's a pity that in front of the prime minister is the famous European grandmother Queen Victoria, who led Britain to defeat the Qing Dynasty, and she is not so easy to fool.

Benjamin didn't see the regret in the queen's eyes at all, and still explained his judgment of the war to himself, in his analysis, Prussia was definitely going to lose, so the same Prussian allies, the Chinese, would become an emerging regime without support, and Britain could easily strangle it.

The queen's elegant temperament perfectly interprets what patience is, and time passed little by little, until Benjamin completely finished his analysis, the queen nodded and smiled.

"The constitution gives the prime minister the power to govern, including the power to propose war, and if you think it's feasible, go to the House of Representatives and get a vote in favor......"

Benjamin was stunned for a moment, and said to himself, "This is not the purpose of my coming today? Isn't it that I am here just to let the Queen help me exert influence on the Parliament? Why does Your Majesty mean that he does not want to care?

Britain is an absolute constitutional monarchy, and it is a virtual monarchy, the royal family has prestige and influence over the people, and the royal family does not interfere in governance.

For example, the power to start a war, which is an important matter that determines the life and death of the country, the queen does not have the right to decide, and the prime minister does not actually have it, and the war must be supported by a majority vote in Parliament.

When Britain declared war on the Qing Dynasty, most members of the Diet were against it, because few people at that time thought that Britain could defeat the huge Qing Empire, and they thought that the war was an adventure.

In the end, the queen used her prestige to exert influence and personally persuaded a number of key figures, but in the end, the number of votes agreeing to declare war on the Qing was only 9 more than the number of votes against.

History is full of drama, and in the end, the outcome of the war was jaw-dropping to the whole of Britain, who thought that the war would be very cruel, that it would be won or drawn, but it turned out to be a wild victory.

Since then, the British Parliament has voted more in favor of the war proposal.

In Benjamin's plan, there should not be too many parliamentarians to oppose the war against the Chinese, and he even planned to have a prelude, so that the local governors of India and East Asia would first assemble a fleet to teach Xiao Lotian a tragic lesson.

As long as it is a victorious outcome in the end, then even if Congress protests or even impeachment, it will not make any difference.

However, the development of things gradually became strange, Benjamin received many opposition voices from heavyweights in private, and before his war bill was proposed, some people expressed concern and even made it clear that they did not want Benjamin to start a war against the Chinese.

The strange atmosphere made Benjamin very depressed, and it felt very bad that the situation was out of his control, and finally he thought of the queen, and he hoped that he could convince the queen and use the queen's popularity to influence the opponents, which led to the meeting tonight.

But I never expected that the queen's attitude was so indifferent, and she didn't want to express any opinions, which was a very terrible signal, which showed that the queen was disappointed in Benjamin, and very disappointed.

Sweat came out of his forehead, and Benjamin continued to sit up straight, "Dear Your Majesty, if there is any deviation in my analysis, I hope Your Majesty can point ......"

Queen Victoria knew that Benjamin was still talented, and that the Queen's intention was to train him well and then serve the Empire, so she put away her polite smile and suddenly became serious.

"Benjamin, the fact that you can become the Prime Minister of the Empire shows that your talent is recognized by everyone, but why are you so disappointed in today's matter?"

"Could it be that the young Xiao Lotian suddenly rose to prominence, and the aura of the successful person pierced your heart? You must know that jealousy can sometimes make people crazy!"

In a word, the queen is really very accurate in looking at people, and Benjamin's extreme dislike for Xiao Letian is actually a kind of jealousy. An Oriental who dares to claim to be a master of Western studies can become the prime minister of a country at such a young age, and even the power to start a war can be grasped by one person!

Benjamin is not a generous person, his jealousy is much greater than that of his predecessor, and his hatred of Xiao Letian is actually very deep because of jealousy.

The queen ignored the prime minister's blushing face and continued: "The core interests of Britain are on the sea, everyone knows this, but there is another core interest, many people don't know, that is, we will step on the second place forever!"

"How can you forget this national focus? Who is the greatest threat to Britain in the world? not any actual country, but the second most threatened because they are so close to us......"

"For Napoleon III, we have chosen to cooperate from the beginning of the Crimean War, and with our deliberate concessions, France's overseas colonies have expanded rapidly, and now it has become the second most powerful power after us......"

"What do you want to do? Let the second place continue to be strong, so that he finally has the strength to challenge us? Let Napoleon III's reign become more and more secure, and let his empire last forever for three or four generations?"

"This is the core threat to the challenge of the British Empire, you must keep in mind! Therefore, no matter how great the disparity in strength between the two sides of the Franco-Prussian War is, all we can support is Prussia, and there is no second option!"

"Do you know why so many councillors are secretly reminding you? That's what I did, I hope you won't let your personal emotions affect your judgment, and go back to the world of sane reality!"

Benjamin is not a fool, when he heard this, he was completely enlightened, he stood up and bowed to the queen ninety degrees, "Thank you for your majesty's teachings, I am indeed confused......"