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"Your Majesty the Emperor, on behalf of the British Government, I invite you to attend the enthronement of King Edward VII on March 18th!" After the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, asked to meet Wang Yuze, he extended an invitation to Wang Yuze on behalf of the British government.

Wang Yuze nodded and accepted the request. King Edward VII of England, now sixty years old, has been a crown prince for decades, and is finally able to ascend to the throne. However, the historical Edward VII ascended the throne next year, and he only served as the king of England for 8 years. And now, perhaps Britain has encountered more troubles, and desperately hopes that after the death of Queen Victoria, the new king can ascend the throne and play the important role of undetermined domestic situation, so Edward VII was allowed to ascend the throne early.

"I wonder when Queen Victoria's funeral will take place?" Wang Yuze asked.

"Her Majesty's funeral will take place twenty-five days later, on February 18!" Zhu Erdian replied.

"I have a lot of respect for Her Majesty the Queen, let's go to her funeral this time!" Wang Yuze said suddenly.

"Huh? Emperor Majesty. From China to the UK, it is more than 20,000 kilometers, and it is too late, right? Zhu Erdian was stunned. Generally speaking, it takes fifty or sixty days to travel from China to England by boat. Wang Yuze will rush to England in 25 days, which is a little unlikely! Unless it's on a warship. Although the small warship is fast, the endurance is relatively poor, and if you are on a transport ship alone, then the time will be pulled down again. Therefore, Zhu Erdian looked at Wang Yuze with some surprise, not knowing how he would rush to London.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will be in London by February 18th!" Wang Yuze said affirmatively.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, then I will report this matter to the government!" Ambassador Jurdian said.

Wang Yuze nodded. How could the British have imagined that the Chinese Navy's latest 'Baiqi-class' battle cruiser has a maximum speed of more than 27 knots, even if it sails at a speed of 24 to 25 knots and arrives in Britain from Tianjin. It only takes about 20 days. Think about it. China's powerful warships were able to reach Britain in twenty days, and that meant that any country in the world. China can launch an attack in just 20 days, which is definitely a huge shock to all countries. When the time comes, the countries will certainly find ways to start developing and building battle cruisers. And Wang Yuze's plan will also come true.

Other than that. For Queen Victoria, Wang Yuze still respects her. Even among the emperors of the world, Queen Victoria can definitely be regarded as a great king. The era in which she led Britain, known as the Victorian era, was also the era of Britain's rapid development and emergence as a world hegemon, arguably Britain's most glorious era.

Queen Victoria, the last monarch of the English dynasty of Hanover, succeeded to the throne on June 20, 1837. She was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 28 June 1838 and was crowned Empress of India on 1 May 1876. In 1897, the United Kingdom celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Queen's reign, and Queen Victoria is currently the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Due to the rapid expansion of Britain during this period, it established a huge colony, so it was called the "empire on which the sun never sets". January 22, 1901. Queen Victoria died, but the "Victorian era" lasted until the beginning of World War I. When Victoria was only 8 months old, her father died after catching a chill during a hunting trip. Victoria grew up in her mother's German environment and was educated under the tutelage of her uncle, Leopold I (later King of Belgium). He has been influenced by liberal ideas for a long time. In 1837, Victoria's uncle, King William IV of England and King of Hanover, died. She was 18 years old at the time. Victoria quickly ascended the throne as Queen of England. At the same time, she gave up the throne of Hanover to her other uncle, and Hanover ceased to belong to England.

By the time Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, Britain had completed the capitalist industrial revolution, and in order to meet the country's requirements for finding raw materials and sales markets, Britain began to establish colonies and dominions around the world. The British occupation of New Zealand in 1840 marked the formation of the British colonial system around the world. Britain has a long history of ambitions for China. Britain's trade with China began with the trade in tea and silk; But these goods were luxury goods on the British market, and China's self-sufficient economic system made the products of the British Industrial Revolution useless. In order to reverse the trade deficit with China, British merchants began dumping opium with the support of the British government. In 1839, Lin Zexu sold cigarettes in Humen, which greatly dealt with the dumping policy of the British government, and in early 1840, Queen Victoria gave a famous speech in Parliament, calling for war against China "in the interests of the British Empire". The First Opium War began. As a result, China entered the semi-colonial era. It can be said that Queen Victoria is definitely the culprit who has caused China's humiliation for more than 100 years.

The Victorian period was the most glorious period of the British Empire's external territorial expansion, and in order to expand its territory, Britain did not hesitate to use a qiē method. In 1857, the struggle between Britain and France for control of the Suez Canal reached a fever pitch, but a clever conspiracy led to Britain gaining control of the Suez Canal, and France had to obediently back down. The following year, India was added to the colony of the British Empire, a jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Britain also made the fruits of Russia's victory in the war with Turkey in 1877~1878 almost come to naught. At that time, the Russian team was only one step away from Istanbul, and Russia and Turkey signed an agreement to give part of the Balkan Peninsula to Russia. Victoria, however, did not want to see Russian influence penetrate deep into the Balkans, so she used both force and diplomacy to force Russia to back down.

During the reign of Queen Victoria, the British economy grew rapidly and continued to prosper and strengthen. When the queen ascended the throne, Britain had only a few railways, but by the time of her death, Britain already had a well-developed rail network connecting major cities. In order to show the prosperity and power of Britain, the first Universal Exhibition opened in London in 1851 and became a world event at that time. In terms of culture and science, the world-famous British writer Charles? Charles Dickens and the British naturalist Charles? Robert? Darwin was a Victorian figure. Due to the continuous development of economy and industry, the Victorian British gradually enjoyed the convenience of scientific and technological progress, and the sewage drainage system in London and the incandescent lamps that appeared on the streets of London were realized during the reign of Queen Victoria. In 1891, a decade before the Queen's death, education was free for all children in the United Kingdom.

In the Victorian era, although Britain was a constitutional monarchy, Queen Victoria still had a lot of influence on her ministers. During her reign, the British Empire expanded to unprecedented prosperity, and the Opium War, which deeply affected Chinese history, took place shortly after her accession to the throne. To this day, many rivers, lakes, deserts, waterfalls, cities, ports, streets, parks, schools, buildings, etc. in the world are named after Victoria, including Victoria in Australia, Victoria City in Canada, Victoria Memorial in Singapore, Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Victoria Park in Hong Kong, Victoria in the capital of the Seychelles Islands, Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, and many more.

Queen Victoria is also known as the "old grandmother of Europe", because almost all of her children and grandchildren are European royal families. His son, Edward VII, was King of England. Her daughter, Princess Victoria, was married to the Prussian Crown Prince (later Friedrich III), and her son was the famous Kaiser Wilhelm II. Princess Alice, married to Dammstadt in Hesse, one of their eldest daughters, Princess Victoria, Louis, who later became Queen of Sweden, and the other daughter the mother of Prince Philip of England; The youngest daughter is Alexandra, the empress of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II? Feodorovna; The other daughter, Irene, married the son of Princess Alice's sister, and the only son married the daughter of Princess Alice's younger brother, Prince Alfred. Prince Alfred, married Princess Mary, the only daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, their eldest daughter Mary was the queen of Romania, her grandson was Carol I of Romania, and her great-grandson was the last Romanian king Michael I; The eldest granddaughter, Princess Elisabeth of Romania, is Queen George II of Greece; The second granddaughter, Princess Mary of Romania, is the queen of Yugoslavia. Princess Beatrice, married to Prince Henry of Badenburg, their only daughter Victoria? Princess Eugenie married Alfonso XIII of Spain and became the grandmother of the future Queen of Spain, the current king.

It can be said that the royal families of the whole of Europe have inherited the blood of Queen Victoria.

After the news that Wang Yuze would attend Queen Victoria's funeral was reported to the British Government by the British ambassador to China, Zhu Erdian, the British Government expressed a warm welcome, and some moderate politicians even regarded this as the beginning of a relaxation in Sino-British relations. At the same time, Germany and France also extended invitations to Wang Yuze to visit Wèn. Wang Yuze also agreed. Anyway, a month after Queen Victoria's funeral, Edward VII's enthronement ceremony was the right time to visit Germany and France. Even, after ending in Europe, you can cross the Atlantic, go to the United States to visit Wèn, and then bypass South America, and then cross the Pacific Ocean back to China, which is equivalent to traveling around the world!