U.S. Secretary of State George W. Van Buren had left 10 Downing Street and was back at the U.S. Embassy to wait for good news.

The Duke of Wellington and his cabinet could not go anywhere, and had to stay at 10 Downing Street to continue their meetings to discuss the national policy of the British Empire.

And in order to listen to the military, the Duke of Wellington also called the First Sea Lord, Thomas. Sir Hardy and the Chief of the Army General Staff, Aureld. Sir Clark, and Somerset, the director of the military industry in charge of military production.

After giving a general introduction to the real situation of the North Atlantic Campaign and the determination of the United States, the Duke of Wellington frowned and looked at his cabinet ministers - the current British government is a two-party alliance, and the Duke of Wellington is actually the "joint backer" launched by the Tories and Whigs.

After all, the British Empire was facing a very risky war, and if you were not careful, you could fall from the position of the empire on which the sun never sets. So the leaders of both the Tories and the Whigs were willing to back down and let the Duke of Wellington, who had a high prestige but no party in hand, be the wartime prime minister. According to British tradition, the members of parliament who can become ministers are senior members of the party who are more influential. So whether Wellington, a bipartisan military prime minister, can carry out his policies depends on whether he can get the support of his ministers.

The duke squeezed out a little smile and said, "It is clear that we have succeeded in tying the Americans to the imperial chariot...... Moreover, the opening of the American-Atlantic theater is also very beneficial for us. After all, before the opening of the Nicaragua Canal, the ships of the Ming Navy had to bypass South America and Africa in order to enter the North Atlantic! It was a long journey of almost 20,000 nautical miles, and it must have left their warships and sailors in a state of fatigue.

In addition, apart from the Mexican shipyard in Port Yin Lizabeth, the Ming Navy had no shipyard that could repair ships in the American-Atlantic theater. This means that ships injured in the Caribbean and the Atlantic can only be repaired by a few dry docks in one shipyard. If the Americans could occupy Port Yin Lizabeth, it would mean the complete failure of the North American-North Atlantic strategy of the Ming Dynasty.

And our joining will be a decisive factor in the defeat of the Ming in North America and the North Atlantic...... And it will be the United States that bears the main costs of the North American-North Atlantic war. ”

The British cabinet members in the conference room were expressionless, apparently unimpressed by the Duke of Wellington's analysis. In addition to Viscount Palmerston and Robert, who supported him from the beginning. Peele, the others seemed indifferent.

The Duke of Wellington paused, and then said in a worried tone: "And if we don't join the war, then the United States is very likely to be defeated by the Ming Dynasty...... And once the United States fails, the Ming will not only firmly control Mexico, but also gain territory in North America, maybe Florida, maybe Louise Anna. At that time, the Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Navy will often cruise to the English Channel! ”

Hearing that the Ming naval fleet was going to the English Channel to sail freely, several members of the British cabinet were finally a little moved, but more than half of the cabinet members still had no reaction.

The Duke of Wellington had no choice but to continue to look for reasons to impress the cabinet members, saying: "In addition, it is very likely that the Texas Japanese Expatriate Maritime Self-Defense Force supported by the Ming Dynasty will also use their aircraft-carrying warships to conduct a broken battle in the North Atlantic in the future...... At that time, cotton and oil from the United States will not be able to import to us in the UK! This will deal a serious blow to our British textile industry and will also hinder the Navy's fuel-fueling process. ”

This is indeed a problem!

In the North Atlantic Campaign, the two aircraft-carrying warships in the Texas Sea did show a strong power of small formation, which means that the aircraft-carrying battleship has a very strong ability to break diplomatic relations - the combat radius of an aircraft-carrying battleship can reach or even exceed 100 kilometers, so the efficiency of this kind of warship in breaking engagements is much higher than that of armored cruisers and cruisers.

The Duke of Wellington went on to say: "And France will be in a fairly advantageous position in the future industrial competition because they can import cotton from Egypt and oil from Rakshasa!" ”

As soon as they heard that they were going to lose to France, the cabinet members of the Duke of Wellington's cabinet finally began to sit still!

"Prime Minister, we can't allow this to happen!"

"Yes, we in England must not lose to France......"

"Yes, we can't lose to the French old!"

"France is the most odious of all, especially Louis XVII! He completely forgot who had organized the anti-French coalition again and again to help him recover...... He still wants Paris to replace London as the financial center of the West! ”

For Britain, losing to the Ming was not fatal...... The big deal is to lose Australia and Oregon and part of India, at most it is to let a real Yellow Peril Prince of the Zhu family sleep with Queen Victoria, and another British king surnamed Zhu comes out.

There's no shame in that! The real Yellow Peril on this timeline and the Yellow Peril on another event line are not the same concept, the latter is racism - bullying you and calling you a "scourge"! And now the Yellow Peril is just stating a fact.

But lost to France...... Then Britain will face the choice of existence or destruction!

After all, the Norman-conquered Duke of Normandy was a vassal of the King of France (the Normans were actually descendants of the Vikings), and the Emperor Napoleon almost landed in England that year...... Had it not been for the Marquis de Nelson's defeat of the French Emperor's Franco-Spanish fleet, it would have been the Bonapartes who now ruled England.

Of course, Louis XVII was not so black-hearted, and he seemed to have no interest in conquering England. But he wants to beat Made in Britain and British Finance!

During this time, this Louis XVII and his younger brother Louis the black hair had a lot of contact with British industrialists and bankers, and also offered a lot of preferential conditions...... And this is also unacceptable to the UK.

Britain can lose, but France can't!

Oh, and not only France, but any great power on the European continent cannot win enough to upset the balance of power...... Even if the country is not too hostile to the British, not even Britain's traditional allies!

Finally finding a subject that could impress the cabinet members, the Duke of Wellington let out a sigh and said with a smile: "Of course we will not lose to the French elders, because the French will fight with us, they will be our allies against the Yellow Peril, how can we lose to our allies?" ”

Of course, it would be nice to be able to drag France into the water! However, there are still a few cabinet members who are not quite convinced that this good thing can happen.

"Prime Minister, are you really sure to pull the French into the water?"

"Louis XVII and Zhuge of the Ming Zhuge family have been like father and son for a long time!"

The Duke of Wellington smiled and said, "Gentlemen, I can assure you that Britain will never declare war on the Ming without France following him. I will personally attend the Congress of Vienna and communicate fully with the French leader in Vienna to ensure that he will lead the French army to fight alongside our British Empire. Whatever the outcome, France will go with Britain! ”

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Rothschild Palace, Vienna, Austria.

This is Solomon. Baron Rothschild's mansion in Vienna was, to some extent, the real center of power in the Austrian Empire.

I don't know when there was such a legend in the Austrian Empire - Austria had two kings, one was the emperor of the empire and the other was King Solomon. This King Solomon is Meyer. Rothschild's second son, Solomon. Rothschild. His Rothschild bank, which controlled Austria's finances, was the empire's largest creditor, and was the backroom financier of Prime Minister Metternich.

Such a figure who wants to be windy and rainy in Europe, but at this moment with a sad face, with a group of well-dressed European Jewish elders, stood at the door of Rothschild Palace, bowed respectfully to a golden carriage escorted by a group of French Foreign Legion cavalry, and did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

And the owner of this golden carriage is His Royal Highness Zhuge Weijiu, the king of martial arts of the Ming Dynasty!