Nineteenth-century England, known to later generations as the Victorian era, was the most glorious period of the empire, when no country in the world could match it.

Hundreds of years of heritage so that this small island country has experienced two world wars are still one of the world's powers, even if the United States has replaced the position of Britain, but the United States has always treated Britain as its own teacher, in the 21st world American strategy, Britain is the most important country, even more than the entire European continent.

After the end of World War II, when Europe entered a period of rapid economic development, when European countries began to form the European Community, until the later European Union and withdrew from the euro, Britain, an old power, was very independent.

Neither the European Community nor the European Union Britain is a founding country, and it is also one of the latest countries to join, and as for the euro, Britain is too lazy to join, which fully reflects the pride left by the empire on which the sun never sets.

Britain has been relegated to the second line is still so proud, then we can imagine what the sun never set on the most glorious period of the empire was like, at that time the British national mentality was definitely no less than the Chang'an people in the Tang Dynasty, and that kind of pride from the bones has been integrated into the blood.

It is impossible for Benjamin not to be unaware of Britain's national strategy, for him and the Earl of Derby, it does not matter if any country in the world rises, and even Britain has to consciously support those countries that are lower in the ranking.

The reason is simple, the biggest threat to the first place is always the second place, and if the Sun Never Sets Empire wants to rule the world for a long time, then the second place must be changed frequently.

France Napoleon was so strong that the whole of Europe had to unite against him, so Britain would vigorously support Russia, Prussia, Austria and other countries to encircle and suppress Napoleon.

When Napoleon died of illness in Corsica, Britain suddenly discovered that Russia actually had the nickname of the arbiter of Europe, and the Tsar actually began to get involved in central and southern Europe with the aftermath of defeating Napoleon, and even sought to attack Turkey to compete for hegemony in Central Asia.

It was not a good thing that the second place was too strong, and Britain quickly reached an alliance with France, taught a hard lesson to the Russian bear in the Crimea, and returned the second place to France.

Now that Napoleon III had seized huge national interests through his alliance with Great Britain, France's overseas colonies were expanding rapidly, and even the French were able to invade the Chinese capital, which was undoubtedly a huge increase in France's national prestige.

Why did Prussia fight a Prussian-Danish war and an Austro-Prussian war without Britain raising any objections? Was it simply because the Queen's eldest princess was married to Prince Karl, the son of Wilhelm I?

Is this really a joke, in the face of national interests, family affection is a fart? Britain's purpose is very clear, that is, to hope that Prussia will be a backward student in this class...... No, no, no, it should be said that there are five or six.

Britain just hoped that Prussia, which was ranked five or sixth, would become stronger, so that the expanding Prussia could contain Russia in the north, France in the south, and Austria in the east...... It is in the national interest of the United Kingdom to let these countries fight.

I will always be the boss of the class, and you can grab the second position at will, and even encourage you to grab it, this balance is the best part of the British national strategy.

Now that Benjamin actually said such childish words in front of the Earl of Derby, this simply subverted Derby's previous high hopes for him, and now he has to take a fresh look at this successor, if England is in his hands, will it be a mistake?

Benjamin...... You are a mature politician, and I really don't understand why you would say such a thing? Is it not in our interest for the Ryukyus to go to war with Russia? Isn't it in our interest that Prussia and France will fight each other?"

"Do you know that when I learned that Xiao Letian's army had fought the Franco-Swiss border, I drank a large glass of dark beer excitedly......"

"Look at Xiao Letian's performance in the Austro-Prussian War, he successfully drove the megalomaniacs on the opposite continent crazy, he is a sharp wooden thorn, making those monarchs restless and even behaving at a loss!"

"Look at the crushing defeat of Napoleon III in East Asia! Aren't you happy to see the French fleet destroyed in the Ryukyus?"

"I'll admit that the strange battleship in Xiao Letian's hand makes me feel a hint of threat, but please remember, it's just a hint of threat......!

"For me, it's like a rising country that is out of the top tens and suddenly gets a rare pistol out of nowhere...... Looks great but wants to challenge us for the first place?hehe, he still has a lot of hurdles to pass......

Benjamin heard the Earl of Derby's mocking tone, and he said solemnly: "Dear Prime Minister, I understand what you mean, I know better what the national strategy of the United Kingdom is...... But I still hope that you will exert your influence to push Britain to war against the Ryukyus!"

"If we really can't go to war, I also hope that we can use the power of the country to eliminate Xiao Letian!"

Benjamin's expression was very grim: "This is not my whim nonsense, this is really a rigorous judgment that I have come up with after a long period of careful consideration!"

"This man is too mysterious, his seemingly prosaic, mistakenly stumbling strategy can always reap the greatest rewards, originally Prussia initially just used him as a rich Oriental fat sheep to slaughter, what he needed was the Oriental funds in his hands, but after this guy came to Europe, he was quickly mixed into the Austro-Prussian War......"

"Mix it up, mix it up, no matter how idiot Bismarck is, he wouldn't think of using a guest to go to the battlefield to die, originally wanted him and his army to observe on the battlefield of Puo...... But in the end, they fought a crazy stone bridge battle!"

"Not only that, this man is very good at demagoguery, through this war and the rescue operation in the Hamburg fire, and even his assassination can be used to make a fuss! When he left Hamburg, the whole city was empty, and all the churches in the city rang their bells to see off these Eastern troops!"

"My dear Prime Minister, don't you think this guy is too wicked? Is this still human? Once or twice we can say luck, but since his rise, why is every step of the way luck?"

"The Chinese have an old saying, called the abnormality of things is a demon! His luck is so good, I can only assume that he is a demon from the East!"

"The national strategy of our British people is to deal with normal people, not to deal with evil people! For this kind of character that is difficult for us to understand, the best choice is to destroy him humanely!"