Chapter 425: Bonham's Confession

As soon as the foreign minister's accusation fell, another angry voice came: "Our army is fighting the Russian army, just last September, the coalition forces successfully landed in Yevpatoria in the Crimea, and defeated the Russian army on the banks of the Arma River, forcing the Russian army to retreat to Sevastopol, the main base of the Black Sea Fleet, a few days later, the coalition forces entered Sevastopol to completely encircle it, and it was only a matter of time before the Russian army was completely annihilated!"

I don't deny that the Russian army is poorly equipped, but their tenacious style is also a fact that no one dares to deny, but they are still being fought by us and our allies without being able to fight back.

Even though the East India Company hired a large number of Indians, the officers were all British, and the guns and armaments were all the most advanced equipment, especially the Royal Sea House ordered the Duke of Wellington, which had just been launched, to accept the dispatch of the East India Company in order to support the war in the Far East, so there was no reason to lose this war at all!

Mr. James, your pretext is so lame, you are ashamed of Her Majesty the Queen, of the members of Parliament, of the British people, and of the honorary title of Dalhousie, which has a long history, and I think that there must be unknown reasons for the total defeat of the East India Company, and I strongly urge Congress to send a mission of inquiry to India to investigate whether there is corruption, whether there is an exchange of interests, and whether there is any traitor! ”

This is an insult to personality, James's face instantly bloomed with anger, but defeat is an indisputable fact, or defeat with a huge advantage, all normal people will question it.

couldn't help it, James' back collapsed. "I had a similar reaction to you when I received the news of the defeat, but . After much verification, I had to accept the fact of defeat. Although there is an element of betrayal by the local armed forces of the Qing Kingdom, I understand that this still does not constitute a reason for the defeat or even the annihilation of the whole army, and I welcome the Congress to investigate the truth and return my innocence to the East India Company! ”

The Chancellor looked around and asked, "Who else wants to speak?" If not, the House of Lords will vote in five minutes on whether to send a delegation to the East India Company! ”

"I have something to say!"

Everyone looked towards the sound of the voice, and it was Wen Xian who shouted, and Wen Xian had the title of baron. Although he was not a member of the House of Lords, his many years of service to the colonial authorities and his knowledge of Far Eastern affairs prompted Foreign Minister Messton to invite Bonham to attend.

Bonham slowly stood up from his neutral seat and bowed to the Queen and her husband before he straightened up and said, "Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, gentlemen, as a former colonial official who has been in charge of Chinese affairs for many years, I think it is necessary for me to give a detailed introduction to the situation in China.

China is undergoing upheaval. There is a Bolivarian genius on the rise, he is called Wang Feng, a young man in his twenties, and I first met him two years ago. He was still a lieutenant-level officer under the Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, with no real power, but he was only less than a year. He created a modern army with mini guns. Breech-loading rifled guns and other advanced weapons for his soldiers. Fighting spirit, fearless of death, swept away the weak style of the Qing army!

With this army, he swept through the richest core of China, firmly controlled in his hands, and punished corruption, reduced taxes and taxes, developed industry and commerce, and promoted democracy, and soon won the hearts of the local people, and he also treated foreigners well, and hired a large number of prisoners to serve him, unfortunately, not only in England, but also in France and the United States, there were many captured soldiers who could not resist the temptation of high salaries to serve him.

Before I returned home, he had the ability to produce steam engines, he had the ability to produce a complete set of textile equipment, I heard that he had reached an agreement with Dutch businessmen to build a steel plant, and he was also actively in contact with the American side, trying to introduce industrial equipment such as lathes and shipyards.

Militarily, he had the ability to make rifled guns, could convert flintlock pistols into Minnie guns in large quantities, and in his final counteroffensive, he even used a new type of artillery with a large firing curvature, which played a decisive role in the final victory!

At the same time, his attitude towards science is also very disturbing, he founded many free schools, taught science education to children, and resolutely suppressed China's stubborn conservative forces and criticized backward and ignorant culture, a new China that no one could have imagined is rapidly rising in his hands!

I can say without exaggeration that Wang Feng is a more advantageous figure than BolΓ­var, who is still about to be constrained, but he has no scruples, he never compromises with anyone, he is decisive and wise, ruthless, and anyone who dares to oppose him will ruthlessly exterminate his opponents, and according to my calculations, in less than two years, the number of Chinese who died at his hands has approached one million."

After the opening remarks, Wen Xian introduced his interactions with Wang Feng in detail, and sketched a more complete roadmap for Wang Feng's rise, and even he didn't hide it even when he established a joint venture with Wang Feng to establish Aina Company, because it couldn't be concealed, and it was easy for someone with a heart to investigate that he was one of the shareholders of Aina Company, except that the relationship between Alice and Wang Feng was concealed.

Boom! The pot exploded in the parliament, the upper councillors, the lower councilors, and all kinds of bishops were howling loudly, even the justices didn't even use their silence, this news was really shocking, even Albert couldn't help but turn his head and said: "My dear Queen, do you say that there really is such a genius in the world?" ”

Victoria said with a cold face: "I believe Baron Wenham, this is an honest gentleman, Wang Feng is our heavy threat, this person must find a way to eradicate it!" ”

Albert shrugged his shoulders and stopped talking, Wang Feng is thousands of miles away, eradicating it is easier said than done, how easy is it to say?

After a full fifteen minutes of commotion, the commotion gradually subsided, when another councillor stood up and said, "Mr. Bonham, you are shocked to bring the news, but don't you think it is inappropriate that you should do business in a joint venture with our enemy?" ”

Wen Xian said lightly: "I am a person, public is public, private is private, I will not confuse business with private affairs, during my tenure as Governor of Hong Kong, I have never participated in any operation of the company, I welcome the relevant parties to investigate me, however, now that I have resigned from a public office, I hope that the investigator can distinguish between these two periods."

Wen Xian's meaning is easy to understand, he is free, he can run the joint venture with Wang Feng freely, this is not against British law, and there is nothing wrong with it, after all, Aina's company only deals in pens and clothing, not a strategic industry.

A considerable number of parliamentarians nodded their heads in understanding, but in a corner, they shot a resentful and jealous look at Wen Xian! (To be continued......)

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