Chapter 192: Chaos in the Imperial Capital (2)

"Have you heard? Sir, last night the Prime Minister convened another emergency meeting of the Wartime Cabinet. Ian had a copy of the day's Times, which the hotel waiter ironed so well that the paper smelled of ink, but there was not a single ink on his fingers.

"Oh, it's been out there, and a whole bunch of people are asking me the same question this morning, as if everyone is interested in this." Sir Fay stood in front of the window with a cup of black tea, looking at Hyde Park, which was still under construction opposite, with a disgusted expression.

"Miss Anne, are you done?" Fay asked, looking back.

"Sir, the calculations have been made, and the accounts are exactly right." The female secretary sitting behind the desk replied in a coquettish voice.

"Oh, very well, Miss Anne, you lock the ledger in the safe of the hotel, you have a holiday this afternoon, and I will call you if there is anything." Fay said kindly to his new secretary.

"Thank you, Mr. Sir, and then I will take my leave, Sir, Mr. Ian." The delicate blonde stood up, said goodbye to the two men in the room, and walked out of the door of the suite, carrying a briefcase with a ledger in it.

"She was a good girl, her parents had died, and her father and I used to know each other, so when she came to me for help, I gave her the job."

"You have always been so generous and merciful, Sir Fay." Ian complimented sincerely.

"Well, there's no outsiders present, what do you want to know, Bruce." Fay walked over to his desk and put down his teacup.

"Something about the United States entering the war......"

"This is Churchill alone thinking nonsense, the Americans just want to stay out of the matter at this time, there are already many people who regret it, and are trying to find a way to show goodwill to the Germans, how can they intervene in a doomed war for the life and death of two hundred mercenaries."

Sir Fay picked up the cigarette case from the table and pulled out a "good color" cigarette. "Look, that's the only thing they can offer us in unlimited quantities. Each box is 20 cents more than they charge in China. ”

Do you think so too? The British Empire was doomed to lose this war. Ian put the newspaper on the coffee table.

"You should have heard the sound of artillery outside the city last night, the Germans could storm London at any moment, and now it is not our army that will stop these soldiers from rushing in and burning and looting, but their FΓΌhrer." Sir Fay lit his cigarette and took a puff.

"It's hard to say, but it's refreshing."

Fay walked over to the single couch and sat down, placing the cigarette case on the coffee table.

"You're still too young to have experienced real political games, otherwise you would have smelled the eerie atmosphere in the city of London right now. The person standing at the top of the pyramid is always better informed than the ants at the bottom. They will never let themselves be cornered, but you see, there is a dignitary who has abandoned the city and escaped. What gave them the courage to stay in a city that was bound to fall, do you think they were ready to resist and die for their country? Sir Fay exhaled a puff of smoke triumphantly.

"What do you mean...... No? ”

"Of course not, these are smart people, where would they be willing to hold on to a broken ship that is bound to sink, they have already found their own way out, just wait for the empire to collapse, and hold on to the thigh of the new master." Sir Fay took a sharp drag on his cigarette. The expression on his face seemed to be dismissive of the actions of those colleagues.

"Do you think that the cabinet is blind and that Churchill is a madman? Not to mention our upper house, even the chaebols outside the house have enough strength to launch an impeachment bill. Overthrow the wartime cabinet and put an end to the current chaos. Fay extinguished the cigarette in his hand in the ashtray.

"But look, Bruce, my friend. No one is willing to do that. Why? For everyone knows that this place is a fire pit, an altar, and those who sit on it are bound to become miserable victims. If Churchill is overthrown. Which one will come to power. Conservative party? Labour? Liberal Democrats? Independents? Who wants to lead a war that can never be won. ”

"You mean that Churchill was actually a victim?" Ian felt as if he had heard something terrible today, and he looked at Sir with reverence, wanting to get more information from the other man's mouth.

"Now only he and the bunch of fools around him, and the wooden heads in the army, think that the cabinet is still in control during the war. They had no idea that they had been abandoned by the entire upper echelon, and they were still there daydreaming and playing their war games. But they did not know that their every move had already been reported to the Germans through various channels. They are now facing not only the aggressors on the other side, but also domestic interest groups. Except for the wretched creatures in the basement, no one believed that Britain could win the war. Sir Fay re-lit a cigarette.

"It's unbelievable, wouldn't these people lose a lot of benefits if Britain failed?" Ian's ignorant expression made Sir Fay feel very satisfied.

"I had the same idea as you before, and it wasn't until I was mentioned by a few seniors in the House of Lords two days ago that I suddenly realized that this is the depth of qualifications, and I can only rely on my usual slow accumulation." Sir Fay stood up, walked over to his desk, and picked up his teacup.

"The empire has been peaceful for too long, and the whole class has been solidified. Seven hundred years later, the aristocracy of the year still dominates the country, and the reason why we have been able to do this is that we have learned to balance and compromise in the distribution of interests. However, it is inevitable that there will be a tilt in interests, and certain forces that have seized power will certainly find ways to seek benefits for themselves and their supporters, but the problem is that these forces that have held power have stayed in those positions for too long, and if they accumulate over the years, they will inevitably damage the interests of a large number of people and cause unfair distribution.

This was the problem with the Windsor royal family, who and their favourites had taken up too much interest and power, which made many nobles unhappy, but they never had the opportunity to change it. In the last war, everyone took the opportunity to change the situation, but the royal family lightly avoided the past by changing their names. This time I encountered an opportunity to completely reshuffle the cards, how could it not be tempting. "Sir Fay has become a scholar and expert, and all kinds of allusions are at his fingertips.

"But aren't the Germans going to take more benefits?"

"The Germans can't occupy this place forever, all they can take away is the superficial benefits, you can't imagine the real heritage of this country, as long as the roots are still there, the empire will be endless. Whoever wants to rule England must cooperate with the native powers here, and the Germans are not stupid, they certainly know how to make trade-offs. It's a good deal for both sides, the Germans take what they want, we take the rest. Sir Fay took a sip of his tea, frowned, and poured the cold black tea into the spittoon beside his desk.

"And what about the royal family? Are they really ready to overthrow the royal family? Ian stared at Jazz with wide eyes, as if he was frightened by the other party's words, but his heart was excited, what he heard here today was enough to exchange for a first-class iron cross.

"The royal family is speculating on both sides, and they think we don't know. It is not difficult to overthrow them now, the key depends on the attitude of the Germans, after all, these people have German roots. However, it is inevitable to be suppressed, those lords have already distributed the benefits in private, and the royal family may have to spit out most of their share in order to satisfy everyone.

But I always felt that the old guys were playing with fire, and if the Germans chose to support the royal family, it would all be empty talk. Do you think the royal family is not planning for themselves? During the war, the cabinet once proposed that the royal family should retreat to Canada, do you know why the royal family has not evacuated until now? ”

"Why?" Ian looked curious.

"Because the king was adamantly opposed, he knew better than anyone that if they left England, they would never return." Fay remade a cup of hot tea, took a sip, and sat back down on the couch, contentedly putting it down.

"It's the same with the wartime cabinet guys, no one wants to go across the Atlantic to form some kind of government-in-exile and lead a rabble to fight an unwinnable war. The same goes for the king's family, their roots are here, they are nothing without England, not to mention, according to reliable sources, the Germans still have the Duke of Windsor and the Earl of Mountbatten in their hands, and they are fully capable of raising a new royal family, which is what worries our majesty the most, so he is determined to stay at Buckingham Palace and never leave his homeland. ”

"The Earl of Mountbatten? Didn't you hear that he disappeared with his battleship while on a mission? ”

"Naval Intelligence found the J-destroyer Tin Hau in the sequence of German ships, which appeared to be unscathed, and although we do not know the exact circumstances, we can infer that His Royal Highness the Prince and his crew must have fallen into the hands of the Germans. As far as I can see, it may have been him who surrendered to his German relatives on his own initiative. Sir Fay had a bad opinion of the Louis boy, and spoke of him with a sarcastic expression.

"So, sir, what should we do now, do you have any specific plans?" Ian respectfully asked the other party for advice, and his words clearly expressed his readiness to cling to the other party.

"Bruce, my friend, don't you have that relationship yourself? Well, no kidding, if you're free tonight, I'll take you to meet a few people. You'll get all the answers you want. I have recommended you to them a long time ago, and they are very satisfied with your abilities, so you must take advantage of this opportunity, or you will regret it for the rest of your life. Fay smiled and dusted off his cigarette ash.

"Thank you so much, Sir, I won't forget your help," Ian was completely overjoyed, Ian looked excited, this was not some professional disguise, after so long of hard work, he finally gained the trust of the other party and stepped into the heart of the game of thrones circle.

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