Yes, for Simeone, this document was indeed much more "friendly", and the French even generously promised that after the end of the war, they would provide Britain with a huge sum of money to restore the British economy.

Of course, Simone was not a fool, he certainly could see that it was a poisoned wine or, in the words of the French, a sugar-coated cannonball. This funding is not gratuitous, at no cost and without demand. In the words of a great man, it is: "If the prince fishes, the willing will take the bait." The food that comes to you will hurt your stomach if you eat it! ”

The use of this money must be supervised by the French, which of course is reasonable; Britain had to carry out reforms at home that were in line with the demands of the French, and even if they accepted the friendly aid of the French and accepted the "food that came to them", the British government even lost the power to make its own budget, because the budget had to be in a way that met the requirements of the French in order for them to get the "food that came from the French".

"Finance is the mother of all policies." This is the basic truth that every senior British bureaucrat knows, and in fact the struggle between all the state apparatus in the United Kingdom, whether it is Parliament and the King's, or the Whigs and the Tories, or the various branches of government...... All these struggles revolve around the budget.

And now, having received the "aid" of the French, then in this supreme struggle there will suddenly be a supreme arbiter. Although, according to the text, this adjudicator is not a plenipotent person like "our Father in heaven", he only has the right of veto.

But with the right of veto, it is already decisive. Imagine if you meet such a referee when you are playing football, his principle is: I say it's not a foul, it's not a foul, even if he kicks you directly in the head as you fall to the ground; When I say that the goal is invalid, the goal is invalid, no matter how you kick it, even if you take the ball from your own goal line and bring it all the way into someone's goal; Even if you're Spain, it's Italy, I say you're going to be eliminated, you're going to be eliminated, even if you're just a team that doesn't go through the flow.

Once the French had such power, the whole British government, everything that depended on financial support to survive, from the army to the police, from the courts to the prisons, the most important thing for them to live well was to curry favor with France. Because only by currying favor with the French will they be able to get the budget they need.

As soon as this aid was accepted, the entire British government became a subordinate department of the French government. Eating food is more than just a stomachache, but can the United Kingdom really refuse this aid today?

The consequences of refusing this assistance are very clear. Many of the rebel parties are linked to the French – and the French themselves make no secret of this. This is a lot of money, and in today's British, anyone who can come up with such a sum of money, just hold up the French cheque book, and shake it like a big flag, and those soldiers who can't have enough to eat, those hungry policemen, and those spies who can't feed their wives and children, will not hesitate to abandon the United Kingdom, and drag out of the museum the guillotine seized by the British in Toulon, and then erect it in the Tower of London, and then, starting with the king, will take all the titles of nobility - Even if it was just a knight's title, there was a long queue to be guillotined, one by one. When every noble head falls, the mob of onlookers will let out a thunderous cheer together. The heads of the king and the crown prince were held up in the spears and carried through the streets of London, and the crowds followed the terrible spears and cheered as if they were at a carnival.

Every street lamp in London has a head hanging from it, and below it hangs a piece of paper with their charges written on it: "Vampire", "Enemy of the People", "Aristocrats...... The children ran underneath and sang a song from France in English as they ran: "It's going to be okay, it's going to be okay...... The aristocrats were hung on street lamp poles......"

"It's horrible!" Even just imagining such a situation made Simeone shiver all over, break out in a cold sweat, and even shed tears.

"The United Kingdom must not be allowed to fall into such a situation, so that even poisoned wine can only be drunk. If you don't drink it, it's yourself who dies, and if you drink it, I don't know who it is, but at least I won't be fluttering in the wind above the lamp pole. ”

Still, Simeone wanted to try to get as much as he could for the United Kingdom.

So when he saw Talleyrand again, he told him that, in principle, he agreed with the basic ideas set out in the memorandum, and that under the guidance of such ideas, England and France would surely be able to overcome all misunderstandings and misfortunes and become brotherly nations hand in hand.

Of course, there are still some minor problems, such as the various restrictions on the British government budget attached to the French aid.

"Of course, since the misunderstanding has been cleared up and the war is over, it is certainly appropriate to reduce the size of the army that is too large, but is it too much to reduce the size of all the land forces of the whole of Britain to less than 30,000 men, and to limit the size of the navy to only having armored cruisers...... Mr. Minister, you know, the military has a big say in the government, and cutting their budget so much will give us a lot of resistance. ”

"Ah, my friend, I thought that only an invincible army could put pressure on the government. Plus, your mind is stuck in old ideas. We don't necessarily have to harm the interests of those leaders in the military. It is true that the size of the army is more than 30,000, but we do not stipulate how many soldiers and officers will be among the 30,000 people. Even if these 30,000 people are generals, even if the number of generals is more than the number of cannons, it is not a problem. ”

"The people will not accept such a ridiculous thing." Simeone said.

"Ah, if the people don't accept it, it must be that your explanation is not in place. So, in many things, you British people should learn better. "For example, you can tell them that if they have too many troops, it will consume a lot of wealth, and it will affect everyone's standard of living." If only the skeleton of the army is retained, that is, the establishment and officers, a lot of money can be saved, and if there are both the establishment and the officers, once the time comes to expand the army, the army can also be quickly expanded. Wouldn't that explain it? The taxes collected from them were less, but the army could still be used. What else are they not satisfied with?

In addition, in this way, the number of troops can be reduced, but all the establishments are there, and the number of officers can still be retained, although the budget of the army has been cut a lot, but because there are no big soldiers, there are more that can be allocated to each officer. Isn't this a good thing for the military?" As long as you can explain the stakes and reasoning to them thoroughly, how can they oppose such a thing that is beneficial to the country?

As for the Navy...... First of all, the navy is very money-intensive. If your country must spend a lot of money on battleships, who is its imaginary enemy? As for the opposition of the Navy. If the Army can stand on the side of the government, what is there to deal with their opposition? Besides, if there really are such guys in the navy who don't know the times, then wouldn't it be enough to throw these guys into prison first on the charge of pursuing the crime of being unfavorable to the war? I think his successor will certainly be much smarter. Besides, the navy and the army can be reduced in size, but the establishment or something is the same, isn't it the same? ”

When he said this, Talleyrand did not know that in the original history, many years later, the British Royal Navy, which once ruled the ocean, was reduced to only six destroyers. But even under such circumstances, our British Navy still retains many fleets that have long ceased to exist.

For example, after the "Purple Quartz" incident, the "Yangtze River Fleet", which was driven out of the Yangtze River, was maintained in the establishment of the Royal Navy of the British Empire until the 21st century, and there were many officers, such as fleet commanders. This is also normal, after all, our British Empire has its own national conditions here. I, the British Army, have more generals than tanks. I can't have fewer generals in the British Navy than the Red Deer in the Army, but there are too few ships in the British Navy to let the general hang up the post of chief engineer. Therefore, a dead soul organization like the "Yangtze River Fleet" can come in handy. As a result, some fleet commanders of the British Navy had fewer warships and soldiers in their hands than the Mongol navy of the Seven Martial Seas.

However, Simeone still had some doubts, so he said: "But you also know that there are some unstable factors in our country, and if the army is so small, and they rebel, what will we do?" ”

"We have calculated that your army, retaining the officers under the current establishment, should also be able to have a force of more than 10,000 people capable of fighting, considering that your railroads have been well repaired in recent years, and the army's ability to move quickly is quite strong, we feel that a rapid reaction force of 10,000 people is enough to cope with such a situation." Talleyrand replied.

"But ......" but Simone kept his mouth shut. Theoretically, there are still more than 10,000 people left in the army that can fight. In theory, these armies are indeed sufficient. But, but this is all theoretical, in practice, it's another thing.

For example, it is a very important task for the army to recover and remove so many people. Shouldn't there be a special agency to take care of such an important task? For example, the establishment of a committee for the streamlining of the army to take charge of this work.

The members of the "Army Streamlining Committee" must, of course, be officials, some of them officers, and some, naturally, civilian officials of the government. Naturally, their expenses will come out of military spending. Of course, in theory, this is a temporary body, which will be abolished after the completion of the work. However, this is only theoretical. When did the "Provisional Institutions" set up by the United Kingdom really be temporary? Considering the number of people occupied by these provisional institutions, it is really known how many more places will be left for the combat troops in the end.

But this kind of thing is really embarrassing to say, so Simeone really can't say it. After all, although he is engaged in diplomacy professionally, and an important characteristic of diplomacy is that the lower limit is low enough, and he does not want to talk nonsense at all. But in this respect, Simone and some fat diplomat in the Beacon Nation who openly regarded lying, deception, and theft as the glory of continuous progress was far too far behind. (A certain progressive glory: What does this matter to me?) Well, let's work together to do it! ）

As a result, the military issue was satisfactorily resolved. And then there are the other details. Now that it has been decided to betray the country for glory. The most important thing is, of course, to sell for a good price. Before coming out, Britain had already determined the basic bottom line for this negotiation, that is, to protect the kingdom and not protect the United Kingdom.

Theoretically, Britain and the Kingdom are two different things. Great Britain could be the United Kingdom, but it could also be a United Republic, or even, if the revolution was going well, it could be a Soviet Union.

But neither the United Republic nor the Soviet Union had a place for the nobility, so that the interests of Great Britain and the interests of the Kingdom were now at odds with each other. The kingdom must immediately and firmly fall to France in order to continue to rule over Great Britain.

With such an attitude, there are no longer any real intractable problems between the two sides. Therefore, in a cordial and friendly atmosphere, the two sides fully communicated on the details of the new memorandum proposed by French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, and formed a broad consensus. Finally, both parties signed the memorandum as a sign of "gladly agreed".

Simeone then rushed back to London with a new memorandum and handed it over to the Crown Prince and the Earl of Liverpool for review.

When Simeone arrived in London, it was late at night, but the Dauphin ordered him to immediately bring a memorandum to Buckingham Palace to report to them.

As soon as he entered Buckingham Palace, he was greeted by attendants. The waiter led him into the drawing-room, and Simeone saw that the Dauphin and the Earl of Liverpool, the Prime Minister, were already waiting there.

"How? What did you bring back? The crown prince asked, his tone and expression as if a prisoner was inquiring about the court's verdict on him. It's fear and anticipation.

"Peace," replied Simeone, "Your Highness the Dauphin, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, I have brought back the peace of our time. ”