The two organizations, the "British Fascist Alliance" and the "Imperial Fascist Alliance", did not form a large climate, and the one who really needed to be vigilant was a man named Oswald Moseley.

Coming from an aristocratic British family, he was a Conservative at the age of 21 before joining the radical Labour Party. As the contradictions in British society became more and more intense, the Labour Party could no longer satisfy him, and then became fascists.

Mosley was now in Italy to inspect Mussolini's New Deal, and was personally received by Mussolini, who greatly admired the fascist regime. In a few months, he will return to England and unite with other fascist groups in Britain to form the "British Fascist Alliance" and quickly complete the integration of the British fascist forces and organize the scattered British fascist factions.

When he married in 1936, the wedding took place directly at the home of Goebbels, Germany's Nazi propaganda minister, and Hitler attended in person as a guest of honor. By the time World War II officially broke out, Moseley had become Britain's Minister of Labour, and his fascist members even had a certain number of seats in the British Parliament.

If it weren't for the timely outbreak of World War II, which stifled the momentum of British fascism, the whole of Britain would continue to be fascist, and perhaps Moseley would have become a British version of Hitler.

Fascism was able to develop rapidly in Britain, mainly because the situation in Britain was too bad. The number of unemployed workers is approaching 3 million, and the country is on the verge of a general strike, with a trade deficit of £100 million last year. Britain's political, economic, social, and cultural aspects have seen a serious crisis, and British civilization is in decline.

Toynbee, in his recently published Survey of International Affairs, begins by saying: "The members of this great, ancient, and always successful society are asking themselves: Is the long course of Western life and its growth likely to come to an end in their time?" ”

Historians such as Toynbee are openly questioning capitalism, and one can imagine what terrible disasters have befallen Western societies.

Far across the ocean, in the United States, there were more than 15 million unemployed workers at this time, and it is difficult to count the semi-unemployed. More than 1 million farmers have gone bankrupt, and the average annual income of farmers is only $48, which is not as much as the average industrial worker in China.

With no money to buy gasoline, some middle-class and farmers had to use cattle and horses to pull cars. In order to make ends meet, American teenage girls risk pregnancy and sell their flesh for 10 cents a time - there is no money to buy a condom (harmony). Later, the United States decided to join the war to fight World War II, and greatly expanded its military strength, with the result that 40% of the Americans who applied for the draft were eliminated because of poor health - caused by chronic malnutrition.

The capitalist world is experiencing an unprecedented crisis.

In the next few days, Zhou Hexuan stayed at the Royal Institute of International Studies in the United Kingdom, discussing the development of the world situation with Toynbee and others.

"The problem in the United States is serious, but the key contradiction is in Europe," Toynbee smoked his cigar and swallowed the clouds, "As you said, a big war is brewing in the world, and all problems must be solved by this big war." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "The current political situation in Britain is so chaotic, why don't you stand up and call for a few voices?" ”

Toynbee shook his head and said, "I'm just a scholar who analyzes problems and makes recommendations to the government. There are many scholars like me, and they have different philosophies, and only they know who the British royal family and cabinet will listen to. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "They seem to have chosen the worst path. ”

"Yes, it's really the worst option." Toynbee smiled helplessly.

The current King of England is George V, a monarch who excelled at compromise. During World War I, George V had to abandon his German surname and change his surname to Windsor in order to calm the people's hearts; In the face of the Irish uprising, he recommended that Congress adopt a moderate policy of conciliation.

To put it nicely, this is a benevolent monarch. To put it mildly, George V likes to be with mud, and when he encounters difficulties, he solves them, leaving aside the core issues, as long as he can drag the overall situation to stabilize.

After the collapse of the British cabinet last year, various factions continued to struggle with each other. King George V came out again and appointed the Workers' "traitor" MacDonald to form a coalition cabinet - a multi-party coalition of conservatives, members of the Labour Party, socialists and fascists, and it was chaotic anyway.

In this way, the Cabinet government does not want to have a long-term vision at all, and the struggle for power among political parties is delayed, and when it encounters specific issues, it will delay again and again to maintain stability.

To put it bluntly, the policy strategy of this British coalition cabinet is essentially to watch the situation deteriorate and choose a path of slow death.

Social improvement? Can't.

Trade protection? Unwilling.

Rearmament war? Inappropriate.

Meddling in the Continents? No.

In the face of such a British king and cabinet, Toynbee suddenly had the same sense of powerlessness as Zhou Hexuan. He was able to put forward a lot of policy strategies, but those in power didn't listen, and Zhou Hexuan also put forward a lot of suggestions to Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang, and the two of them also only listened to it.

"By the way," Toynbee pulled out an invitation, "Prince George invited you to the ball, and he and the princess liked your Titanic very much." ”

"Prince George?" Zhou Hexuan didn't react a little.

Toynbee explained: "Albert, the king's second son, was a gentleman who liked to smoke. ”

"Oh, it's him!" Zhou Hexuan suddenly woke up.

Prince George, the future King George VI of the United Kingdom, is on long standby Queen Elizabeth II and her father. In two or three years, when the current King George V dies and his brother Edward VIII voluntarily abdicates, Prince George will reluctantly ascend the throne as king.

This is a "commoner" prince, because he has been considered to have no possibility of succession since he was a child, so he lives freely and uncontrolled. He liked to smoke, drink, literature and art, but he didn't like politics, but he later became the king of England.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked, "When is the ball?" ”

Toynbee said, "You'd better bring a dance partner next Saturday, do you need me to help you find one?" ”

"No, I'll find it myself." Zhou Hexuan said.

Before going to Prince George's ball, Zhou Hexuan also had to go to the Royal Academy of Art to give lectures, which was arranged closely enough. When these activities are almost complete, it is time for Zhou Hexuan to return to China, and the leader of the British Labour Party and the former foreign secretary will set off with him, and the old gentleman's excuse is to go to China for a study visit.