Under Arthur's attention, Mr. Riddle, who was sweating profusely, almost immediately met his request to cut the queue to configure cologne.

It's just that Arthur is obviously more concerned about the popularity of Bernie Harrison's name in perfumer circles than cologne.

Arthur lifted the cap of the perfume bottle and sniffed it gently, then nodded with satisfaction: "I have to admit it, Mr. Riri, your perfume is almost as good as that of Mr. Bernie Harrison." Do you know Mr. Harrison? It was with this unique skill of perfume that he entered high society. ”

Riri's mood was noticeably soothed when she heard Arthur mention Bernie Harrison.

He replied with a smile: "You are really too prestigious, although I think I do have a little experience in perfume configuration, but there is still a long way to go from Mr. Harrison, a big man in the fashion industry who provides long-term perfume and cosmetics supply to many large customers." ”

Seeing that the conversation box had been opened, Arthur smiled and induced, "Really? But not long ago, I had heard Mr. Harrison complain that there had been noticeably fewer people coming to him for orders lately. You French perfumers have put a lot of competitive pressure on him! But in my opinion, this is actually quite good, Britain has always advocated free competition, and only when there are enough strong competitors in the industry for the purpose of the same industry, can the quality of the product be improved. ”

"Mr. Harrison has fewer clients?"

When Rui Ri heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, but soon he hurriedly restrained his smile and waved his hand again and again: "But then again, isn't there a proverb in the UK?" Even a bankrupt rich man is richer than a beggar. Mr. Harrison's family is a big business, and it doesn't hurt to lose a few clients. Besides, as long as he held on to such big clients as Mr. Henry Drummond, Mr. Thomas Crocker, and the Earl of Elden, in a short period of time, not many people would be able to challenge his unshakable position in perfume making. ”

Henry Drummond, Thomas Crock, and Earl Elden?

When Arthur heard these names, he only felt like he was in cardiopulmonary arrest.

He now finally understands where Bernie Harrison's position in the council came to be, and where this guy's political spectrum falls.

This guy is definitely a die-hard Tory MP, and even Sir Peel, the current Tory leader, has to put a big question mark on whether he can be restrained.

Among Mr. Harrison's major clients was Mr. Henry Drummond, a perennial 'old Toryman' who was a member of the House of Commons and a banker, and he was also the author of many books, of course, mostly on religious studies.

Moreover, Mr. Drummond was a well-known big mouth, and he often made shocking statements in the House of Commons, which, while winning the cheers of his supporters, often provoked a great attack from the Whigs, and provoked the frown of the Tory liberals.

He is best known for his argument that ordinary people are unruly and unruly, and therefore should not enjoy their rights because they repeatedly threaten social order and property. The socio-political elite must consolidate its position in a variety of ways to prevent the lower classes from committing rebellion. The system of the British government is immaculate and has a long history, which embodies the 'union of providence and civil law', and will not allow for arbitrary change. If the ruler seeks and wins the applause of these subjects who are guided by this spirit, the government will be ruined.

As for Mr. Thomas Crocker, though he is not as big-mouthed as Mr. Drummond, his position in the Tory Party is indeed significant. For no other reason than Mr. Crocker, who had been Lord of the Admiralty for twenty years, from 1810 until the Tories came out of the opposition, and had maintained a fairly good personal relationship with the Duke of Wellington.

Although Thomas Crocker rarely spoke out publicly during his tenure, there are a few small things that show what kind of political views he upholds. When the Duke of Wellington decided to enact the Catholic Emancipation Act, for example, Crocker repeatedly warned his friends that it would not only be undemocratic and unconstitutional, but would set a precedent that would shake the independence of the House of Commons.

Since leaving the opposition last year, Crock, who has been holding back for 20 years, has been firing on the Tory Party's official newspaper, the Quarterly Review, and has published more than a dozen articles attacking parliamentary reform in just six months, taking the initiative to shoulder the heavy responsibility of charging the Tory Party.

As for Earl Elden, the Tory hardliner who has served as a Justice for 26 years does not need to be mentioned, if the above two are mainly talkative, Earl Elden has always been good at action. The veteran minister, who has been a veteran of five Tory prime ministers, often uses the Court of Chancery, Britain's highest court, to oppose a series of reforms, including amending the Corn Code, lowering import tariffs, amending the criminal law, and doing everything possible to enact regulations to limit the excesses of the 'lower mob'.

The number of mobs executed by his trial should have numbered more than 1,000, even if only a rough count.

The most well-known of these executors was none other than the Cathu Street Conspiracy Five, who plotted to assassinate cabinet members. The five men were convicted of treason at the trial of the Earl of Elden and were publicly executed outside Newgate Prison on 1 May 1820.

When Arthur spoke to many of the Londoners who had witnessed the scene, they all mentioned that Mr. Inces, the conspirator with a noose around his neck, was still laughing and singing: "Freedom or death!" ”

And when asked if he regretted it, Ince just blinked, and he replied, "No, I don't regret it at all." I hope that future generations will understand that although I failed, at least my efforts were sincere. ”

In order to deter the 'mob', Earl Elden also ordered that after the five men were hanged, the masked executioners would cut off all their heads and hang them.

Although there are still many medieval remnants in British law, this kind of beheading punishment has not been seen for a long time.

The Earl of Elden's intention to deter the 'Little One' was also clearly frustrated, and his beheading not only did not deter anyone, but also provoked an increasingly strong antagonism among the British citizens, and even put his cabinet colleagues under great pressure from public opinion with him.

Shelley, Byron and other liberal literati wrote articles criticizing the bloody policies of the cabinet, and the Foreign Secretary Viscount Castlereay, who had supported Earl Elden's iron-fisted treatment of the riots, did not take long to go insane because he could not withstand the huge pressure of public opinion, and finally committed suicide with a letter opener two years later.

If Mr. Bernie Harrison had been hanging out with these gentlemen for many years, it would not be difficult to guess what was going on in his head.

As the witty saying goes, as Arthur York's hired peasants used to say, if you spend all day with a lame man, it won't be long before you learn to walk lame.

Arthur frowned as he thought of this.

Mr. Harrison can now be basically classified as a hardcore Tory, and in this faction that advocates 'toughness is everything, and constant is strength', will Mr. Harrison obediently accept the arrest of a few Scotland Yard mud legs?

After all, according to Mr. Drummond of the same faction, as rulers, they have always looked down on the lower class people like Scotland Field.

From this, it can be basically inferred that Mr. Harrison could never be a weak man, and that his act of accepting the arrest that day was 100% acted.

As for why he was completely unfazed by his arrest, it seems completely understandable now, as a friend of the Earl of Elden and a perfume supplier, although the former Lord Chancellor Elden Earl is out of the field, as an old fellow who has reigned for 26 years, the British judicial system is almost full of protégés who are close to his political views.

Nowadays, more than seventy percent of the judges, whether it is the Magistrate's Court, the Court of Appeal, or the Court of Chancery, have received their letters of appointment from the Earl of Elden, and with their assurance, it is really more difficult to beat to death a member of the House of Commons whom the Earl of Elden values and has no conclusive evidence to prove his crime.

Of course, this can only happen in Britain. Generally speaking, a change in the cabinet of other countries can lead to a systematic reshuffle, and this situation is typical of the barbarians in the North American colonies.

Arthur remembered that at their place, there was a rather artistic argument for this phenomenon, called the bipartisan fat system.

But in Britain, especially in the judicial system, such a scenario is completely impossible. This is because the Chief Justice of any court has only the power to appoint vacancies, but not to remove them.

The removal of any judge from his or her duties must be reported directly to His Majesty's Council of Governors, and if the King does not nod his head, the matter is not discussed at all.

And as far as Arthur knew, kings generally rarely nodded their heads at such things. Because for nearly a century, every time the king took the initiative to order the dismissal of a judge, he could not escape the torture of public opinion afterwards.

In this regard, the various newspapers on Fleet Street can be said to have made great contributions, and they often engaged in such things as "The King Intervenes in the Justice", "The Spark of the Despotic Monarch Ignites Over Britain", "Shock: Louis XVI Lives in Buckingham Palace", "Do You Think Mr. Cromwell is Good to Be Lord Protector?" "His Majesty said: I have been appointed! and so on.

Because of this, after being repeatedly teased by Fleet Street and finding that they could not be gagged in any way, from the late George III onwards, the kings began to accept their fate, and they simply opened up for this piece.

The concept of the kings of the past is no longer the sea of stars, but slowly transformed: there is an old English saying, called making a fortune out of silence, which is the best.

Therefore, even if the judge really makes a mistake, as long as the problem is not big and public opinion does not give him strength, then the king will most likely turn a blind eye and act as if he did not see it.

To put it bluntly, the king is not willing to take the blame for the ruling party's resolution, you can play with the judiciary yourself, who asked you to force Lao Tzu to sign the "Magna Carta" back then?

Whoever has the problem, who takes it home himself.

Therefore, even though Lord Broughham is now a Lord Justice, if you want to stuff people into the judicial system, you still have to take your time a little bit.

Because judges usually work to the death, which is why the Viscount of Melbourne is so grateful to Lord Broughham for offering a vacancy to George Norton.

For a new justice, every vacancy is precious.

After all, not every justice can serve for 26 years like Earl Elden, and if the justice is in office for too short a time, and unfortunately catches up with a time period when no one retires, then it is likely that there will not be a few people crammed from the beginning of office to the next field.

And at this point, another possibility popped into Arthur's mind.

As everyone knows, the Tories and the Whigs, although nominally two united parties, still have numerous small hills within the party.

For example, among the Tories were the liberals represented by Sir Peel, the die-hards represented by the Earl of Elden, the scattered Huskisons who were hit by trains, and the once prominent Cannings.

The reason why the Duke of Wellington was able to stand firm in the Tory Party was because His Excellency the Duke was once a representative of the hard-core Tories in addition to his high prestige, but when he became Prime Minister, the Duke began to sly slam the steering wheel to the left, and won the support of the Tory liberals represented by Sir Peel in one fell swoop.

Of course, due to the Catholic Liberation Act, the Duke of Wellington's steering wheel turned so violently that he had to step down and apologize for his own basic die-hard courtyard wall.

But now, although the Duke of Wellington has stepped down, the liberals and die-hards in the Tory Party are still fighting for the gods, and many people are not satisfied with Sir Peel's decision to take over as the leader of the party.

From the standpoint of the die-hards, the arrest of Bernie Harrison can disgust not only the ruling Whigs, but also the Scotland Yard built by Sir Peel. When you think about it, it seems that they do have good reason, motivation, and strength to carry out this plan.

Arthur thought of this, although the logic seemed to be smooth, but he always felt that this method seemed to be a little rough.

Just to disgust others, they resorted to such inferior methods, and even involved a human life, where did those die-hards who have always flaunted their aristocratic spirit different from the lower classes throw?

Arthur thought about it, and only felt that there was a hint of human flavor inside and out of this matter.

While he was pondering, Disraeli on the side suddenly spoke: "Count Elden? It's been a long time since I've heard this name, and the old man has had a hard time in the past few years! Since he left the wilderness, he has been dragged out of the public opinion circles every once in a while to criticize and ridicule, and a while ago he was planning to find a newspaper to publish an article defending himself, but no newspaper on Fleet Street was willing to accept it. ”

Arthur asked, "Is there anything else?" How do you know? ”

Disraeli replied, "Of course, because he had also found our British, and he was going to pay fifty pounds, but I refused." ”

When Arthur heard this, he only raised his eyebrows and said, "Fifty pounds? That's not a low price! I can't see that you still cherish your reputation. ”

Disraeli said with a smug face: "Of course, I plan to continue to run for parliamentarians in the future." Although Earl Elden still retains some influence in political circles, the old man is really getting older and more dim-witted. If he finds a man who can speak well to be a lobbyist, maybe I will help him for the sake of fifty pounds.

But he had drunk too much Thames water, and he had sent that idiot George Norton, whom I had been at odds with when I was a student at Lincoln's Bar. If I hadn't had to maintain the decency of a gentleman, I might have to give him two sticks in person. ”

"George Norton?" When Arthur heard that this guy who had become a judge of Westminster by selling his wife, his face suddenly became a lot stranger: "You and he are actually classmates?" ”

Disraeli squeezed out a breath in his nose: "Hmph, not only classmates, but we can even be regarded as enemies." How's that, Arthur, surprise? But then again, why do you know his name? ”

Arthur snorted: "Magistrate of Westminster, it's hard for me to even if I don't know him, there are so many cases in Scotland Yard to be decided by him." ”

"Oh! Yeah! I'm mad when you mention this! ”

Disraeli began, "He's been showing off to me all day around the magistrate's affairs. I saw that he was so arrogant, so I used the fact that he lost his position as a member of parliament, and the boy actually cheekily told me that although he lost the election, he was still a very popular candidate, and the voters hated his opponents, and on the day of the vote, he saw that many voters voted against him with tears in their eyes. You see, what kind of madness did he have to say such a thing? ”

Arthur was silent when he heard this, and he lit a cigar: "Tearfully vote no, hmm...... I have to admit that Mr. Norton is quite imaginative, and maybe he should have made a home, even though his wife already is. ”

Disraeli snorted, "That's the character of Norton, that's how he was when he was studying at the Bar Hall!" Optimistic and credulous, but in addition to that, vanity is strong. To sum up, it is to save face, but it has no brains. He really thought that the whole world revolved around him, and everyone owed him. If it weren't for Earl Elden's face, I would have picked up the broom and kicked him out of the editorial office early in the morning. ”

When Arthur heard this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Mr. George Norton...... Maybe I should go meet him, or maybe I should get in touch with Mrs. Norton first. ”

Arthur took out his pocket watch from his pocket and looked at it: "At this point, she will probably be in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, right?" ”

(End of chapter)