10 Downing Street, London, UK.

It was a beautiful afternoon, and British Prime Minister Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool, had just met with Archduke Mikhail of Rakshasa who was visiting the UK.

The Grand Duke had accompanied Archduke Alexander, the crown prince of Rakshasa to London to meet Princess Victoria - the young couple were in love, holding hands and running wild in Kensington Palace. Apparently, Princess Victoria was very pleased with her fiancé, as she showed her doll to Archduke Alexander to play with when she was tired of running, and the two of them took Her Royal Highness King Charles Beagle to walk on the lawns of Kensington Palace.

What made the Earl of Liverpool even more satisfying was that the Grand Duke Mikhail showed a look of disgust and dissatisfaction when he deliberately mentioned the marriage between the Grand Duke Natalie and Zhuge Weidao, and quickly pulled away from the topic that embarrassed the Tsar family a little.

It is clear that the Tsarist family was extremely unhappy with this marriage that bordered on scandal!

It seems that the friendship between the two families, which has been established since the time of Marquis Zhuge Youde and Catherine the Great, is also likely to end because of this marriage.

In addition, the Earl of Liverpool also tested the views of the Rakshasa side on the ongoing war in Afghanistan.

Archduke Mikhail only expressed his desire to mediate the contradictions between Great Britain and Great Gold, and at the same time hoped that the British Empire would respect the territorial integrity of Great Gold - only territorial integrity, not sovereign integrity!

In other words, the Rakshasa Kingdom can accept the loss of part of the sovereignty of the Dajin Kingdom......

In addition, Mikhail did not say that Britain would not be allowed to invade the territory of Daikin.

This meant that Great Britain could use the invasion to force Daikin to accept a treaty that would cost them a lot of sovereignty.

After returning to 10 Downing Street, the Earl of Liverpool began to ponder the matter of unequal treaties.

First of all, Daikin has to pay compensation!

Lose a lot of money, and lose until you vomit blood!

Second, Daikin had to hand over some of its customs to officials appointed by the British Empire, and set a fair and reasonable tax rate – the amount of which could not be decided unilaterally by Daikin and had to be negotiated between Britain and Jin. This is called unilateral agreement tariffs!

The third is the unilateral most-favored-nation treatment - that is, all kinds of preferential treatment given by Daikin to Rakshasa and Daming must be enjoyed by Daikin, and Daying does not have to give Daikin any preferential treatment.

The fourth is unilateral extraterritoriality—that is, if the people of the British Empire commit a crime on the land of Daikin, it cannot be handled by the Dajin State itself, but by the British consul itself. If the offense involves persons or interests in the field of Daikin, the officials of both sides will consult and try the case.

Fifth, freedom of mission......

As soon as the Earl of Liverpool thought of this, there was a sudden knock on the door of his office, followed by the voice of his cabinet secretary, Sir Harker: "Mr. Prime Minister, urgent telegram from Calcutta!" ”

Sir Huck's voice sounded very anxious, and the Earl of Liverpool's heart twitched, and a sense of foreboding came over him.

"Come in." said the Prime Minister.

The door to the office was pushed open, and Sir Huck was seen hurrying in, and his face, which could usually remain calm even if something big was going on, was now full of panic.

The Earl of Liverpool was also a little panicked, the last time Sir Huck was so panicked was because Napoleon escaped from Elba!

"Sir Huck, what's going on?" The Prime Minister asked.

"Earl," said Sir Huck as he handed a telegram to the Earl of Liverpool, "something is wrong, Peshawar has been captured by the army of the Great Golden Kingdom!" ”

"What?" The Earl of Liverpool couldn't believe his ears, "How is this possible?" Aren't the Salang Passes, Kabul, and Khyber Pass all in our hands? How could they possibly capture Peshawar? Did it fly over? ”

Sir Huck nodded in admiration, "Earl, you are so wise, in fact they were suddenly parachuted into Peshawar in a large airship!" According to the report of the British officers who escaped from Peshawar, the soldiers of the Daikin Empire flew to Peshawar yesterday afternoon local time in more than a dozen large airships, and then parachuted directly to Peshawar Castle, taking our people by surprise......"

"What? Airship? But where did they get the airship? The British Prime Minister asked with a surprised look on his face.

"This airship is mostly ...... Daming's! Sir Huck replied, "Of course, this is only conjecture, and there is no conclusive evidence." ”

"Damn it!" The Earl of Liverpool's face turned pale, "Huck, go and call a cabinet meeting!" ”

"Earl," said Sir Huck not to move, but to the Earl of Liverpool with a sincere face, "I advise you to speak first to the Duke of Wellington and the Foreign Secretary, George. Mr. Canning has a good talk, and then a cabinet meeting will be convened...... This is especially important for this administration! ”

The Earl of Liverpool immediately understood what Sir Huck meant—he was asking the Duke of Wellington to go to India as Governor-General!

This is not only because the Duke of Wellington is a genius strategist, but also because the Earl of Liverpool has to convince people that this government can handle the crisis in India well. Otherwise, the Liverpool cabinet, which has been in place for fourteen years, will surely fall before the situation in India improves or deteriorates further!

"Okay," the Earl of Liverpool nodded, "and give the Duke of Wellington and George a hassle. Canning called. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

......

"What? Prime Minister, do you want me to go to India to be a Governor-General? ”

The Duke of Wellington had not finished reading the telegram from the Viceroy of India when he heard a suggestion that made him very difficult.

Let him be the Governor of India, although the Governor of India is a fat shortage, but the Duke of Wellington, a person with the status of the Duke of Wellington can no longer look down on those little money. What he wants is the prime minister's throne under the ass of the Earl of Liverpool...... It's been sitting for so many years, it's time for a change, right?

But it's a big problem on the Indian side!

If India's mess is rotten when he is prime minister, then his reputation will be ruined, and the prime minister will not be able to do it at that time.

So winning in India first and then going back to England to pay respects is a good choice. But here's the problem...... Can you win?

The Earl of Liverpool seemed to understand the Duke of Wellington's thoughts, and immediately said to the Duke: "Duke, the situation in India is extremely critical now, and the Corton Expeditionary Force trapped in Afghanistan is likely to be attacked by a joint attack from the Jin and the Afghans next spring!"

More dangerously, some careerists in the princely states and East India Company mercenaries across India are likely to take advantage of this crisis to turn against us...... In the event of unrest in India, the Ming Empire would certainly adopt a more adventurous and aggressive policy. In fact, this time the Daikin Empire's invasion of Afghanistan was carried out under the impetus of the Ming Empire. And the airship that the golden soldiers parachuted into Peshawar must have come from Daming!

If we can't quickly stabilize the situation in India, then everything is over. ”

British Foreign Secretary George Brown, sitting next to the Duke of Wellington. Canning took a small sip of tincture to relieve the anxiety in his heart, and then also spoke: "Duke, India is the most important colony of the empire, if India falls into chaos and the Ming Empire takes the opportunity to attack, then our hard-won empire will collapse in a very short time!" I suppose you don't want to see the end of greatness in this country in the hands of our generation, do you? ”

Wellington certainly wasn't going to be overwhelmed by George. After the drug, Canning rushed to the dangerous place of India with his blood boiling - what he needed was the certainty of victory!

Because only by winning will he have the bargaining chips to bargain with the Tories and Whigs, or directly ask the British king to appoint him as prime minister in wartime.

So he was noncommittal and just looked at the Prime Minister.

The Earl of Liverpool said, "Duke, what do you need?" Despite the opening. ”

The Duke of Wellington said: "I need the British, the real British, not the unmotivated Indians, at least a hundred thousand!" ”

"One hundred thousand?" George. Canning exclaimed, "That's too much, isn't it?" ”

The Earl of Liverpool said, "Okay! I'll give you 100,000 British troops! ”

The Duke of Wellington said, "Well, when the 100,000 expeditionary forces are ready, I will take them to India!" ”