William Jurte Gladstone, who was newly elected Prime Minister by the members of the House of Commons and appointed by Queen Victoria, has recently been busy forming a cabinet looking for politicians in Parliament to serve as cabinet ministers.

Because of the fiasco of the British Expeditionary Force, the people, especially the families of the British soldiers who had been defeated in Bengal, India, marched and demonstrated everywhere, the members of Parliament were under pressure, and they themselves also needed the cabinet members to take responsibility for the fiasco of the British Expeditionary ForceMoreover, the parliament also passed a bill put forward by the cabinet members before the recall of the cabinet members to end the hostility with the Chinese empire and settle the dispute peacefully.

Although Gladstone himself was not impeached, he also took the initiative to resign as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

As a result, the entire kingdom of Great Britain was leaderless and completely in a state of cabinet and anarchy. In order to return to normal as soon as possible, under the appeal of Queen Victoria, the parliament itself has also readjusted, and while sending the former ambassador to China to the East to conduct contact negotiations, the election of a new prime minister will be immediately started.

And Gladstone, the only former Chancellor of the Exchequer who was not impeached, was unsurprisingly elected as the new Prime Minister. Now, in the whole of the UK, it seems that only Gladstone can lead everyone out of the predicament. On the one hand, he was the Chancellor of the Exchequer among the original cabinet members, and he was originally a core cabinet member, and the Kingdom of Great Britain has a tradition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer taking over as Prime Minister since ancient times, and on the other hand, Gladstone's political advocacy is in favor of free trade, hoping to resolve disputes through trade and make the Kingdom of Great Britain strong. His policy toward China tended to be moderate and restrained, he opposed war, and he was a typical pragmatist, soberly aware that he had now lost the opportunity to compete for the Indian question, and could only gain benefits from the Chinese empire and India by means of trade, not through war. And these are exactly what the Kingdom of Great Britain desperately needs today.

However, before Gladstone could select the cabinet members, a shocking news came: the Tsar's family in the Russian Empire, with the exception of the two older sons, who were not in St. Petersburg, a family of eight people were killed in the dining room of the Imperial Palace. The Tsar's younger brother, the Grand Duke of Tsarist Russia and the new Polish Governor-General, was assassinated by the Assassins on the first day of his arrival in Poland, and several carriages were bombed.

The news of these two combined made Gladstone completely blinded. And at this time, there are many laughing news or intelligence coming over. Some say that the two sons of the Tsar remained in Moscow and Yekaterinburg respectively, some say that the nobles in Tsarist Russia carried out assassinations to resist the reform of the serfdom system that the Tsar began in a frenzy, and still others say that the original Finnish national armed forces or Polish national forces, and even the assassins sent by local forces such as Chechnya and Kazakhstan that had recently been annexed by Tsarist Russia. There are even suspicions of Ottoman Turkey or even Austria, whose relations with Tsarist Russia have recently deteriorated, and there are those who speculate that it is a conspiracy of the Chinese Empire from the East, but there are also suspicions that it is the French Empire or the Kingdom of Great Britain.

And Gladstone knew that this was definitely not the work of the Kingdom of Great Britain, whether it was the action of other countries, he did not know. Moreover, now he has no way to trace the ins and outs of the matter, he just clearly knows that the whole of Europe, and even the world, will be caused by the assassination of the Tsar, which caused a sensation in the civil strife in Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, he did not have time to consider the selection of cabinet members, and hurried to Buckingham Palace in Westminster to meet Queen Victoria to tell her about the sudden news.

Victoria's body is obviously collapsed now, she is only in her 40s, she looks like an old woman in her fifties, and her face has obviously lost its luster. The death of her husband, Prince Abbott, and the complete decline of the British Empire caused by civil strife at home, the loss of Ireland and the colonies of Australia and India, and the crushing defeat of the two expeditionary forces, kept her awake at night, both in terms of ** and spirit, and much worse.

However, as soon as Gladstone could speak, Queen Victoria stopped him, indicating that she had already known about the Tsar's assassination.

"Gladstone, I've heard it this morning! You may not know that Alexander Nikolayevich was my first love, or I met him before I married the prince, and we were in love with each other carefree, and there was a wonderful memory at that time. It's just because I'm the queen of Great Britain, and he's the prince of Tsarist Russia, so I can't come together. Now, his passing has touched me very much. Victoria sighed, "Forget it, don't talk about it." I already know your intentions today, I just want to tell you that your new Prime Minister, there are still many things that you don't understand, you can ask Sir Derby, he is a good man who is willing to pay for the Kingdom of Great Britain. Okay, I'm tired and need to recuperate, the matter of forming a cabinet, you hurry up, negotiate peace with the Chinese Empire earlier, and rescue those British boys. ”

After saying that, Victoria waved her hand and asked Gladstone to go back.

Gladstone was depressed, and he couldn't imagine that Queen Victoria would not care about politics. Thinking of the Queen's reminder, he approached Sir Derby and consulted the old man in politics who had been Prime Minister for two terms.

The Earl of Derby was very enthusiastic, he obviously also knew the news of the assassination of the Tsar, and after learning that Gladstone was Queen Victoria who asked him to come to him, he said directly: "Mr. Prime Minister, Her Majesty is very poor in health and spirit, and you should know that the assassinated Tsar is the Queen's first love, and she must feel uncomfortable, so there is no need to disturb her, let her recuperate."

The assassination of the Tsar is of great importance and is likely to change the political situation in Europe and even the world, thus affecting the fundamental interests of our Kingdom of Great Britain. How to make us not suffer losses and get the most out of it, we really need to have a good discussion!

What must be certain is that as soon as the Tsar died, his two princes began to compete for the throne under the urging of their respective interest groups, coupled with the recent rebellions in Tsarist Russia and civil strife in the newly conquered regions, the huge Tsarist Russia was bound to have civil strife! ”

Gladstone nodded, what Earl Derby said was something that normal people would know. And his main concern was, how should the Kingdom of Great Britain respond?

The Earl of Derby did not disappoint him, and directly continued: "Since Her Majesty has asked you to come to me, I will give you some advice:

First of all, our Kingdom of Great Britain is located outside the European continent, and its natural geographical location is not as advantageous as that of France, Austria, Prussia, and even the Ottoman Empire, which directly or indirectly border the territory of Tsarist Russia. Therefore, it is beneficial for us to maintain the stability of the Russian Empire!

Secondly, the main rival of our Kingdom of Great Britain today is the Chinese Empire, of course, we must first reconcile with it, but in any case, for a long time to come, the Chinese Empire will be the strongest competitor of our Great Britain to return to the number one power in the world. And the division or turmoil of Tsarist Russia, in addition to these powers in Europe itself, should benefit the most from the Chinese Empire. Moreover, I believe that the assassin of the Tsar must have been the mastermind of the Chinese Empire. ”