Just when the Duke of Wellington did not know how to discuss with the ministers and parliamentarians about kidnapping the emperor and plotting to usurp the throne, Robinson, who had been Chancellor of the Exchequer for many years before becoming prime minister, and had close ties with the big capitalists in London, suddenly spoke: "Duke, before coming to 10 Downing Street, Lord Grey and I had exchanged views with the directors of the Bank of England and several other big bankers, and they all thought that Princess Victoria should be the regent, At the same time, the fact that Kaiser Wilhelm, who remained in India to lead the war against the Ming Dynasty, also served as king of the United Kingdom, which would facilitate the financial markets of London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam to receive more Indian imperial bonds, as well as the inflow of Indian capital into London's financial markets. At the same time, this arrangement is also very beneficial for British industry. At least much more advantageous than the United Kingdom going into battle in person. ”

The Duke of Wellington was stunned, "What do you mean?" Frederick, what are you talking about? ”

"The Duke," said Robinson, "I mean, the bankers and industrialists of England and Europe don't care who the titular empire is. It doesn't matter if it's the United Kingdom or India.

They only cared about whether the war waged by Emperor Wilhelm against the Ming Empire under the leadership of the Indian Empire would help the London financial market attract more capital, whether it would provide more orders for England's industry, and whether it would affect the factory's ability to hire cheap labor and obtain cheap raw materials.

So far, their judgments are positive and positive! So. Duke, I think you understand the current situation, right? ”

Although the Duke of Wellington was an aristocratic landowner in Ireland (he was of course an Englishman, and almost all of Ireland's land was occupied by Protestant English aristocrats), he had been in the army and had not been very interested in finance and industry. But his arrival in the present position showed that he was fully aware of the strength of the Bank of England, and of the bankers who had their base in London, and the industrialists who were entrenched all over England.

Britain can have today's status because these bankers and industrialists chose Britain among the European countries!

Britain has been able to win so many wars in the past 100 years or so, relying on a large number of banks with the Bank of England as the core to raise war funds and the world's second-largest British industry to provide advanced and sufficient weapons and equipment - in many cases, Britain will not send a large number of troops, but only pay for the equipment for others to fight, and pick up the bargain itself.

And this time the enemy of Britain is the giant of Daming!

Moreover, this giant also has strong financial hegemony and industrial strength, and can also rely on the incredible amount of gold and silver accumulated in the past hundreds of years and thousands of years and the financial strength to dominate the eastern world to raise enough war funds, and the Ming court, which has obtained war funds, can rely on the Ming Dynasty's own industrial system to obtain sufficient weapons. And the Ming capitalists, who made a lot of money by selling weapons, because of the financial hegemony of the Ming Dynasty itself in the eastern circle, could not transfer money out of the Ming Dynasty, so they had to buy the bonds issued by the Ming court through financial institutions (they did not buy bonds, and financial institutions would also use the money they saved to buy), thus forming a perfect closed loop.

Due to the excessive strength of the Ming Dynasty, British financial capital and industrial capital have always tried to avoid conflicts, and at the same time want to support Japan as an agent to touch the tiger ass of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, as soon as Japan showed its paws, it was crushed by the Ming Empire and the dogs that the British Empire had secretly fed for decades were now taken away by the Ming Dynasty with dog chains.

However, after this incident, Britain's financial capital and industrial capital can be regarded as knowing the strength of the Ming Empire!

Although Zhuge Weijiu represented the Zhuge family at this time, he began to secretly contact the financial consortium entrenched in Britain and made conditions to accept their surrender. But the war hasn't really started yet, and the time for surrender or compromise has certainly not yet come.

Moreover, the war with the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly an opportunity for these capitals to make a fortune!

Even if the British Empire is defeated in the end, as long as they can harvest India and all of Europe before the collapse of the British Empire, and then run to the New World, to France, to Germany, and even to Mexico, South America, and if not, to Rakshasa if they can't do it.

And what Kaiser Wilhelm did in India, although he did not consult them, was conducive to their realization of the use of war to harvest India and Europe.

So. Who colonizes whom, who is the empire on which the sun never sets, what does it matter?

Inside the Imperial Parliament building, Mumbai, India.

"The Duke of Wellington and the Archbishop of Canterbury have set out for India, the Parliamentarians of the Indian Empire, who have come to present me with the seal and crown of the King of the United Kingdom, and I will be crowned King of the United Kingdom and King of Hanover in Bombay! After my coronation, I will personally command the invincible Indian Grand Fleet towards the Persian Gulf!

God and Brahma will bless us and India will be great once again! ”

Addressing a crowd of parliamentarians from all over India was the burly, ambitious Emperor William of India, who was so happy to be emperor.

Early this morning, he received telegrams from the Cabinet, the Parliament, and the Anglican Church, all of whom pledged their allegiance to Kaiser Wilhelm, and all supported Kaiser Wilhelm's presence in Bombay, and Victoria as a regent in England.

In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers' telegrams also mentioned the possibility of issuing more Indian war bonds in London, Paris, Frankfurt - Indian bonds traded in the European financial markets have risen significantly!

It is clear that capital voted in favor of Kaiser Wilhelm's stay in India to rule!

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

"God bless the Emperor!"

"Brahma bless the Emperor!"

"The true God (and God is a god) bless the Emperor!"

And after Kaiser Wilhelm announced that he would lead the Indian Grand Fleet to the Persian Gulf to find trouble with the Ming Persian Gulf Fleet after being crowned King of England and Hanover, the chamber of parliament was even more jubilant.

Parliamentarians from all over India gave a standing ovation and shouted long live, as no one seemed to care how long it would take for the emperor's words to reach the Great General Staff of the Ming Empire

"What do you think of the fact that Emperor Wilhelm of India said that he was going to send troops to the Persian Gulf after his coronation in Mumbai? Is he playing real or bluffing? Daozi, you took down the Persian Gulf, tell me, can you hold it? Don't lose your entire fleet! ”

The person who raised this question to Zhuge Weidao in the conference room of the General Staff Headquarters was an army general in his sixties, with a gray beard, quite energetic, and a pair of tiger eyes.

Zhuge Weidao replied confidently: "Liu Shangshu (he is the secretary of the Ministry of War), you can relax, the entrance to the Persian Gulf is narrow, we also laid mines on the middle channel, and arranged batteries on both sides, in addition, the four heavenly king ships we got from the Japanese have been converted into shallow water heavy gunboats, and the four ships are equipped with a total of 8 300 mm heavy guns, plus 32 280 mm cannons owned by 8 Wangye-class battleships, plus 32 240 mm and 280 mm heavy guns placed on the shore, As well as 5 ships of the national public class with 15 210-mm cannons, a total of 87 heavy guns of more than 200 mm, there is no difficulty in guarding the two openings. ”

"Good!" Liu Quanzhong said, "Since the Persian Gulf side is so sure, then Malacca can slowly attack the British fortress step by step, although it is difficult to bite, but we have prepared 300,000 Japanese soldiers, and the lives of the piled up are also piled down!" The problem now is that when the emperor summoned me yesterday, he said that he wanted to take a personal expedition, and the Tokugawa shogun on the Japanese side also hung up on me early this morning, saying that their Emperor Shizuni would also take a personal expedition. Tell me, what's going on? ”

Mu Zhongjun, who is also the deputy chief of the general staff, like Zhuge Weidao, immediately took over the question and said, "Then levy it. Emperor William of India has taken a personal expedition, and Emperor Jingzi of Japan has been personally conscripted, can our Taiping Emperor not be personally conscripted? The dignified young son of heaven in the Ming Dynasty is not as good as a bad old man in the West and a half-old in the East? Daozi, what do you say? ”

This Mu Zhongjun was not polite, and immediately threw the problem to Zhuge Weidao.

Zhuge Weidao had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Then let's go to the expedition in person, but don't march too far from the west of the Forbidden City for 30 miles to Xishan Palace!" ”

(End of chapter)