Chapter 934: The "Vice King" of India

John. Brown was overjoyed to receive $50,000 in financial aid from the abolitionist "comrades" in France, and he hurriedly sent someone to contact the "comrades" in France.

"Comrade" from France with John Murphy. Brown met at a farm in Kansas, and after a brief exchange of information, John Brown. Brown learned that the other party was a republican from France, and that he was willing to support John. Brown was born out of his own love of republicanism.

The "comrades" of France believed that the United States of America, with its republican mentality, should completely abolish slavery, and only then could the United States of America truly be called a republic.

"That's great!" John. Brown excitedly shook the hand of the French "comrade", "In this sacred territory of the United States of America, there should be no slavery!" ”

Subsequently, John. Brown told the French "comrades" that his father had been a staunch abolitionist and that his home was a transit point for the "Underground Railroad".

Under his influence, he also became a staunch abolitionist himself.

In John. In the course of 57 years, Brown has helped nearly 100 blacks escape the control of slave owners and run to "freedom".

[PS: Black slaves who were "freed" found themselves facing discrimination from hundreds of people and the pressure of unemployment after fleeing the slave state.

If they want to survive, they can only choose to do some low-level jobs, and at the same time have to endure discrimination by white residents and oppression by white police.

Such a fearful life is actually no different from what they lived in the slave state.

The only difference is that they are nominally free. 】

This John. Brown said this with a look of pride on his face, and it was clear that he himself was very much in favor of his act of "freeing" slaves.

And John. Brown was convinced that one day he would end this evil form of slavery once and for all.

The French "comrades" patiently listened to John. As Brown said, he again talked to John. Brown shakes hands and tells him that he is willing to support John. Brown's actions to overthrow slavery in the United States of America.

It's just that he wasn't John himself. Brown is such a brave man, so he can only choose to ask John. Brown made a donation to express his gratitude to John. Brown's support.

John. Brown smiled and said that the help provided to them by the French "comrades" had far exceeded the charge.

$50,000 is enough for John. Brown has expanded the existing number by 3-4 times, and the United States of America in the economic crisis has no shortage of people who dare to fight for their lives.

John. After Brown chatted with the French "comrade" for a while, the French "comrade" was in John's room. Brown left the farm with a farewell.

When the French "comrades" got into the carriage, the mask of the "republicans" that had been covering their real faces was completely torn off.

"I really don't know what the Parisian side thinks!" The French "comrade" whispered.

In fact, he was not a republican, but a spy affiliated with the National Intelligence Service.

The reason why he chose to support John. Brown, all because of the instructions of the Parisian side.

Had it not been for the fact that Paris had specifically ordered them to reach out to those who were fighting against slavery and to give them support, he would never have been in contact with John. Brown contact.

In his eyes, John. Brown was a very ordinary person who opposed slavery.

Even if he declared an uprising, not many people would be willing to follow them.

Who makes the world big, Paris is the biggest!

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Then again, the economic crisis in the United States of America, after destroying the United States of America, has spread to Central and South America.

Perhaps because Central and South America was still in the process of indentitation, the damage they suffered was nothing compared to the damage caused by the economic crisis in the United States of America itself.

Even so, the whole of South America still contributes to nearly one million unemployed people.

After the economic crisis turned the whole of America upside down, it ran all the way across the ocean in the direction of Britain.

In early December, after the Kingdom of Britain received an economic crisis in the United States of America, the Treasury bonds and equities issued by the United States of America on the London Stock Exchange also began to plummet.

As a result, the assets of many banks investing in the United States of America began to shrink dramatically, most notably by the Bank of England, the Bank of Baring, and the Bank of Rothschild in the United Kingdom.

These three banks invested the most when they first invested in the United States of America.

After learning of the widespread banking failures in the United States of America, the three banks no longer expected the United States of America to return to normal as soon as possible.

As a result, the three banks tried to package their bonds as relatively easy to sell (such as American government bonds) to fool retail investors in Britain and Germany into buying them.

Retail investors in Britain and Germany have bought some, but they also know that American bonds and stocks are not trustworthy at the moment, so they don't buy much.

The promissory notes and bonds relating to the United States of America on the books of the three banks were largely destroyed.

They also lost £10 million (320 million) in the United States of America, with the Bank of England and the UK's Rothschild Bank losing £2.5 million and £3.5 million respectively, and the Bank of Bahrain losing £4 million.

These three banks can be said to have hit each other in the United States of America.

Of course, these three banks are only the three banks with the highest investment losses, and other banks in the Kingdom of Britain have also lost so much.

After receiving the news of the bankruptcy of the American factories located downstream of them, many factories were also bankrupt because the backlog of industrial products in their hands could not find suitable sales.

Although Britain was not the source of the economic crisis, nearly 1,700 factories were facing bankruptcy and nearly 400,000 workers were forced to lose their jobs.

Workers who are not yet facing unemployment are also living in a state of panic, fearing that the next "graduation letter" will come to their heads.

To make matters worse, Britain is still engaged in a protracted war with India, and every month the war drags on consumes hundreds of thousands of pounds in supplies.

If this continues, the economy of the Kingdom of Britain will become worse and worse.

Of course, the only thing to celebrate is that the East India Company has finally been completely liquidated by this economic crisis.

None of the two chambers believed that the East India Company would be able to rise again, and even the major shareholders of the East India Company were waiting for the government to relieve them.

Benjamin. Disraeli returned to the House of Commons, where he reiterated to everyone present his views on the government's handling of the East India Company.

The government was prepared to shell out £3 million to take over the bankrupt East India Company.

With a majority vote in the House of Commons, the East India Company will be a thing of the past.

In the end, the House of Commons passed the proposal to dismember the East India Company by an overwhelming majority.

As for how the 3 million pounds should be distributed, you don't need to think about it, you should know that it is naturally the powerful who eat meat, and the major shareholders of the East India Company (here referring to the major shareholders who do not have a title, or who have a bad title) drink soup.

Those poor retail investors, after being harvested by the East India Company, had to pay for the wrong policies of the East India Company, which was really unlucky.

The moment the East India Company was dissolved in the House of Commons, the reintake of all of India naturally passed into the hands of Queen Victoria.

However, in view of the fact that Queen Victoria could not go to India to rule, Palmerston, who was the prime minister at the time, "suggested" that Queen Victoria could order the cabinet to appoint a capable general and give him the right to be the "vice-king" of India.

The "Vice-King", who remained in India instead of Queen Victoria, has the right to command the government and military of the entire Indian region, and is the highest political and military governor of the entire Indian region, while the "Vice-King" belongs to the same rank as the cabinet ministers in the executive rank.

The proposal was quickly adopted by Queen Victoria and then sent to the House of Lords and Houses for review, which were also swiftly approved.

Immediately afterwards, everyone began to discuss the candidate for the "vice king".

Many of the generals in London, hearing the news, tried to use their connections to take the position.

After two days of discussions, the Cabinet decided to narrow down the selection of the "vice king" to two points: active military personnel and current in India.

Most of the generals were excluded from their homes, and only a few remained, and then Palmerston was excluded on the basis of military merit, title, and official position, and finally chose the Duke of Cambridge, who was rushing from Persia to India.

Whether it is in terms of official position, title, or military exploits, the Duke of Cambridge perfectly meets the standards of the "vice-king" of India.

It's just that the Duke of Cambridge has some minor flaws on the issue of age.

Although the current Duke of Cambridge is also in his 40s, in the officialdom of the Kingdom of Britain, this age can be called young and promising.

After all, very few people can be the commander-in-chief of a region in their 40s, and it is difficult for even nobles to be promoted.

The higher the official position of the army, the more it is a turnip and a pit.

If there is no intention of abdicating from above, it is difficult to squeeze into the bottom.

Of course, such a small flaw did not affect the Duke of Cambridge to go to India as a "vice-king".

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After the appointment of the "vice-king" was confirmed, Palmerston again ordered Benjamin to do so. Desstrey went to the House of Commons and proposed a motion to the House of Commons.

The content of the proposal is that the Cabinet wants Britain to allow the Indian government to issue (in fact, it is still issued by Britain, but in the name of India) Indian government bonds in Britain.

After this proposal was proposed, it immediately caused a wave of heated discussions.

There were some in favor and some against, and the parliamentarians who were in favor of India's issuance of public bonds were nothing more than seeing that the war was still going on, and that India's issuance of public bonds would help the British army to raise military funds.

While the opposing side argues that Benjamin. Disraeli is trying to make India's revenues and expenditures opaque through India's issuance of public bonds, so that British officials in India can operate in the shadows.

Eventually, the proposal to establish an Indian government bond in Britain was rejected by a relatively large majority

Benjamin. Disraeli was not angry when he saw this, he understood that sooner or later these people in the House of Commons would agree to his plan to issue Indian government bonds.

Just like the dissolution of the East India Company before.