Chapter 494: The British Empire Has No Eternal Kings, Only Eternal Interests! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
Windsor Castle, Berkshire, southern England.
A large area of the castle is now firmly under the control of the Royal White Guard, who are loyal to Princess Victoria!
Right here in Ernst. When Auguste was on his way to Windsor Castle in his luxurious carriage and escorted by a cavalry company of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment of Hanover, Viscount Palmerston, who had been sent to Naples by the cabal surrounding Princess Victoria to talk to Zhuge for a long time and Lin Zexu had quietly returned to England, and had returned to Windsor Castle with the "Mingying Portage Secret Treaty" signed by him and Lin Zexu.
Although this "Mingying Portage Secret Treaty" is not a formal and public treaty, the record of the Ming Dynasty in abiding by the treaty is very good - because no one can force the Ming to sign a treaty that they are unwilling to sign, so the Ming naturally has no urgent request to break the treaty. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is also willing to build its own "national design" that abides by its promises, so it has never broken its promise and tore up the treaty for more than 100 years. I don't know how much stronger this point is than in Western countries.
Moreover, this informal "Mingying Portich Treaty" not only has the signature of Lin Zexu and the official seal of the Ming Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also the countersignature of Zhuge Weilong, the great military division of the Zhuge family, and the seal of "the world is for the public" handed down by King Zhuge Wuzhong - this is the big seal of the military division of the Zhuge family! Therefore, this "Mingying Portage Treaty" not only represents the Ming court, but also has the endorsement of the Zhuge family, which is quite reliable.
In addition, the content of this "Mingying Portage Treaty" also determines that it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty not to admit it - because according to this treaty, Britain will become "Xiao Ming" in the future! Zhu Xiyou, the king of Lu of the Zhu Ming Dynasty, could not only get Queen Victoria of the Hanoverian Dynasty as his wife, but also the titles of Emperor of India and King of the United Kingdom!
That is, he is not an English "prince", but a king! This treatment is the same as William III, Prince of Orange and Ruler of the Netherlands, who was welcomed into London by "Qiu Sangui"! Even if Queen Victoria, like Queen Mary II, dies without leaving an heir, he can continue to serve as King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India until his death.
If this Ming-Ying war is regarded as a dynastic war between the Zhu Ming Dynasty and the Hanoverian Dynasty, then the Zhu Ming Dynasty can be said to have won...... What else is there to tear up?
Of course, the United Kingdom and the Indian Empire still lost a large number of colonies.
Among them, the United Kingdom lost the Australian colonies of exiled prisoners, including New Zealand, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides, and so on. The Indian Empire, on the other hand, lost its colony of Malaya, which also belonged to the United Kingdom, but was annexed to the Indian Empire by Kaiser Wilhelm. In addition, the status of Ceylon is undecided, and the island is under attack by the coalition forces of tomorrow, and there is a high probability that it will be captured. After that, whether to continue to hang under the name of the Indian Empire, or to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty (the "dog registration" of the Ming Dynasty is not given casually, Ceylon may not be qualified), or to reward the Japanese soldiers who have a lot of strength as a place of knowledge (sovereignty cannot be returned to Japan), you have to sum it up......
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However, India, the most valuable asset of the British Empire, was retained...... Although an Indian empire that was about to complete unification would be transformed into "Holy Roman India", this did not prevent the British profiteers and magnates from making money!
Moreover, the elites of England were not in favor of making the Indian Empire a unified and centralized empire...... None of them are willing to screw England, Scotland, and Ireland together, so how can they still be willing to build a unified Greater India? It was all to resist the reforms that the Ming Dynasty had not carried out. Now that Daying is "Xiao Ming", Da Ming and Xiao Ming are all Ming, why are you still tossing Indian Ah San? It's actually quite good to have a "Holy Roman India"!
In the throne hall of Windsor Castle, a group of English magnates were reading a copy of the Treaty of Mingyingportich.
"This Indian Empire, like the Holy Roman Empire, looks good...... Hundreds of small countries! How many barons, viscounts, and counts can be sealed! ”
"And the position! Every small country has to have all kinds of ministers, right? It will not be so difficult to become a minister in the future. ”
"Actually, these countries are not too small...... India has a population of 200 million and is growing rapidly, and with good management, 300 million is also very fast. Even if 200 million people were divided equally among 200 countries, each country would have a population of 1 million. A country with a population of 1 million placed in the Holy Roman Empire is also okay. ”
"Yes, yes, and these small Indian countries are very rich...... Although the pre-war revenue of the Indian Empire was only about 50% of that of the United Kingdom itself, more than 100 years ago, during the reign of Aurangzeb, the Hindustan Empire's fiscal revenue even exceeded that of the Ming Dynasty! If we can really manage India well, we will definitely make a fortune! ”
"That's right, neither the previous East India Company nor the current Imperial Government of India have done their duty......"
Of course, the magnates who criticized the East India Company and the Indian Empire knew how lucrative it was to become a regular employee of the Company or to secure a good position in the Indian Imperial Government...... Most of the wealth looted by the British Empire from India went into private pockets!
And among these English magnates, who were open and silent critics of the East India Company and the government of the Indian Empire, many of them had served in India!
However, at that time, India's fat shortage was "temporary fertilizer", and it could not be passed on to children and grandchildren. In the future, once there is "Holy Roman India", then the Indian titles and positions will be long-term and can be inherited.
This can be oil and water for generations!
Seeing that the magnates in the throne hall were very supportive of this "Mingying Portage Treaty", Princess Victoria, who has always agreed with the "spirit of the British Constitution", coughed and asked with a red face: "Gentlemen, it seems that you all support this "Mingying Portage Treaty", right?" So...... Should we petition His Majesty the Emperor to ratify this treaty? ”
United Kingdom...... It turns out that there is still a king!
And this king is not yet Victoria.
Everyone turned their attention to the Duke of Wellington - the time has come to be a rebel and a thief, no, to be a protector of the country!
The Duke of Wellington frowned and said in a low voice: "The Emperor's Gurkha mercenaries are not worth mentioning, but Duke Cumbert's 20,000 German troops are still very combat-effective!" And...... If Her Royal Highness loses the right to inherit, then he will become the next King of England! ”
As soon as he said this, the people in the throne hall were silent.
Although the British Empire does not have an eternal king, only eternal interests!
Moreover, the support of the parliament and the army for Princess Victoria to usurp the throne is also in line with British case law...... But Duke Cumbert's 20,000 Hanoverian troops don't eat this! If they resolutely defended Kaiser Wilhelm, wouldn't the streets of London become battlefields?
This British and German army fought fiercely in the streets of London...... It's creepy to think about!
Everyone was terrified, and the door of the throne hall was suddenly pushed open. Kang Luoyin suddenly ran in, shouting as he ran: "Her Royal Highness Princess, Her Royal Highness Princess...... Duke Cambert is here! Your uncle, the Duke of Cumbert, has come to Windsor Castle! ”