"Humanitarianism" is a trend of thought and theory about the nature, mission, status, value and personality development of human beings. It first originated from the democratic period of ancient Rome. After the 15th century, the "Renaissance Age" gradually formed a type of thought and theory, which was initially only reflected in literature and art. In the late 18th century, with the proliferation of European Enlightenment thought, the concept of "humanitarianism" gradually penetrated into the political and moral fields. In the 1789 French Revolution broke out, the connotation of "humanitarianism" was concretized into slogans such as "freedom", "equality", and "fraternity".

As for the "humanitarian" slogans that the Desai Legion when it entered the North Aragon area, its accurate expression is "humanitarian interference", which means that when a country "does abuse or persecutes its citizens to the extent of denying their basic human rights and shocking human conscience", it threatens forceful interference or force interference in the country based on humanitarian reasons without the consent of the government of the interfered country.

Of course, this kind of "humanitarian interference" also has historical basis and can be cited from classics. As early as the 17th century, Hugo Gerthus, the founder of modern international law theory, advocated the "law of love for all nations", that is, restricting war through force. Because "the correct principle of rationality and social nature do not prohibit all violent actions, but only anti-social violent actions are forbidden."

"... Although the Desai Legion does not use force to limit the war, it wants to use force to save hundreds of thousands of victims who are about to starve to death in the Aragon area and safeguard the basic right to survival, it is also among the rules of international law."

The above sentence is a famous European legal expert, professor of industrial economics, and prime minister of Manresa's cabinet. Say's interpretation of "humanitarianism" and "humanitarian interference". In fact, it is a kind of defense of the military operations of the Derby Legion.

Professor Say's interpretation or defense, in conjunction with the description of the severe disaster in the Aragon region, was reproduced in major European newspapers and magazines, and received understanding and sympathy from many ordinary European people and "just people".

On behalf of the Duke of Desay, Manresa's Cabinet sent public invitation letters to famous philanthropists, social wise men, and even the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church, inviting them to visit the Northern Aragon region and Catalonia to inspect the treatment of disaster victims and the reconstruction of their homes, as well as the efforts made by the Catalan government and people, including manpower, money, material and other aspects.

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10 Downing Street, London, Prime Minister's Residence

Foreign Minister Chad Wells walked out of the Prime Minister's study with an expression of displeasure and anger on his face. When facing the two cabinet colleagues waiting for the Prime Minister to summon him, he snorted coldly, and then slammed the door and rushed out.

"Come in, gentlemen." Old Percival's tired voice came from the study.

The First Minister of Navy Lord Medway and the Minister of War Earl Liverpool, went into the Prime Minister's study together.

Old Percival first signaled the two important officials of the cabinet to take their seats casually, and then asked inexplicably, "Did you see them all?"

Lord Medway and the Liverpool Earl looked at each other in a look, then nodded awkwardly, but did not say a word.

In October last year, with the influence of King George III of Britain on the upper and lower houses, the old Percival Cabinet successfully escaped the political crisis, and all the cabinet members were united again. However, the good times did not last long. The rebellious Sir Chad Wells began to question the old Percival's foreign policy, and claimed that the Prime Minister often bypassed himself as a foreign minister and directly ordered interference in foreign affairs.

An important cause of the conflict between the two was Sir Wells' political attitude towards the former Dominion of Hruna and now Catalonia. The Foreign Minister insisted that the Duke of Desay had violated the agreement between the two sides and did not oppose Napoleon's rule, but was actively preparing for the invasion of the Kingdom of Portugal. The report submitted by the intelligence officer of the British and Portuguese coalition forces fully proved this.

Sir Wells asked the Prime Minister of the Cabinet to terminate the bilateral peace agreement signed with Catalonia under Desai's control, stop the pound and economic aid, and expel the Catalonian business agency. Old Percival firmly opposed this.

In the Prime Minister's view, Desai, his army and control areas, has actually become an important bargaining chip in the United Kingdom's policy of balanced power in the continent. The growing expansion of Desai's power has aroused Napoleon's suspicion or dissatisfaction, but this is far from enough. The imperial cabinet must do its best to fully expose and manifest Desai's ambitions, resulting in the final intensification of the conflict between the latter and Napoleon and a complete break. The Desai Legion then became a part of the anti-French alliance.

From a trade perspective, the relationship with Desai can only be strengthened, not weakened. The United Kingdom and its colonies, through Catalonia, especially the port of Barcelona, ​​transferred the value of trade goods to countries in the European continent, reaching millions of pounds per month, has created nearly 100,000 new jobs for industrial cities such as Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, etc. Of course, the above figures are still growing rapidly.

The British spies in Paris sent a bad news, and Napoleon was very dissatisfied with his brother, the Dutch king. Because the latter condoned merchants' smuggling trade with Britain, he decided to take military action, forcing Louis Bonaparte to voluntarily abdicate and re-design the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark to become the territory of the French Empire. From then on, all Atlantic Ocean and coastal ports in the Baltic Sea will be subject to a more stringent continental blockade policy.

This means that starting from May 1810, the countries or regions that were willing to import British products publicly or semi-publicly were the Kingdom of Portugal, the Russian Empire and the Catalonia region. Portugal was in a war and could only rely on free blood transfusions in Britain to barely maintain it.

Therefore, the Russian Empire and the Catalonia region are the real trading partners of the United Kingdom. Among them, the latter is more important than the former, and its radiation area includes the entire Mediterranean countries, including the French mainland.

Based on the above, especially in trade considerations, most of the cabinet members supported the correct decision of the old Prime Minister Percival, and Foreign Minister Chad Wells became a minority in the cabinet. As for the fact that the Desai Legion annexed the North Aragon region, under the strong suppression of the Prime Minister, the cabinet and the upper and lower houses did not even issue a verbal condemnation without any pain.

"Gentlemen, I want to adjust the candidates for Foreign Ministers, what do you think?" the Prime Minister asked directly. In the mind of Old Percival, Benjamin Bathurst is the best candidate for Foreign Ministers in the Cabinet. Unfortunately, some time last year, Benjamin Bathurst suddenly disappeared into a small hotel under the eyes of the public. (You can check this mysterious incident :))

The First Navy Minister drooped his head expressionlessly, and he gently hit the young man beside him with his elbow. According to the old soldier's own ideas, he was unwilling to interfere in more political events, especially the organizational structure of the cabinet members. But the Count of Liverpool was different. He was King George III, the future successor selected by the old Prime Minister Percival.

The Count of Liverpool closed the notepad of all matters and stood up with a grim temper. He repeatedly stated in his respect: "Dear Prime Minister, after the terrible disaster of 1809, His Majesty the King, the upper and lower parliaments, and all the imperial subjects, hoped to see a positive and united person who could overcome all difficulties and bring the United Kingdom into a higher prestige cabinet. Therefore, I plead for you not to abandon the hope of everyone because of Sir Wells' momentary rudeness."

The young Count did talk about the Prime Minister's heart, and the old Percival was not willing to risk a new round of political dangers to drive Sir Wells out of the cabinet, giving the opposition Whigs who were eyeing him, creating a verbal quarrel to counterattack the cabinet in the lower house of parliament. A few months ago, the defeat with the opposition party in the fierce battle with the lower house of parliament almost caused Percival's cabinet to fall.

Although the Prime Minister was lucky enough to pass the situation with the influence of the king and the disunity within the Whig Party, the old Percival's reputation had been severely hit and the government was still under pressure. During this period, his old friend, Lord Chatham, the Director of the Ordnance General Administration, had to take the initiative to act as a scapegoat and then resign from the Prime Minister.

"Mr. Earl, I believe that other members of the cabinet do not want the Foreign Minister to interfere with the established policies of the cabinet. Please help me think of a proper solution." Old Percival threw the tricky things into the hands of young cabinet members.

"Sir Wells can be allowed to go to Lisbon, as the Foreign Minister, to act as the plenipotent representative of the United Nations Government, and a respected Prime Minister!" The Earl of Liverpool replied without thinking. In fact, this was his long-planned compromise plan. "As the United Kingdom, the most important and closest ally on the European continent, the Portuguese people need more care from allies, especially when the rulers of the Braganchai Dynasty were not in Lisbon."

Lord Medway, who had always been the listener and was silent, frowned after hearing this, and asked the War Minister: "If I remember correctly, two of the Welles family have stayed in Portugal, including the Viscount Wellington, the commander-in-chief of the British and Portuguese coalition forces; and his younger brother, Welles, also serves as a senior foreign official in Lisbon. If Sir Welles also went to Portugal, I was worried that the entire British Expeditionary Force would..."

"Worried that the Expeditionary Force will become the private property of the Wells family?" The Earl of Liverpool chuckled softly, took over the Navy Minister's voice, and continued: "The command of the army will always belong to the lower house and the cabinet of parliament. This is a political legacy preserved in the Cromwell era!"

"Enough, Earl, all regicides should be condemned!" The Prime Minister whispered his fingers to the table, which was a reminder rebuke. The young man's nature was still a bit unruly, and the old Percival warned himself that he must strengthen his persuasion to his successors in the future.

The awakened count of Liverpool realized that he had made an old problem again and spoke without saying anything. This was the life-and-death enemy of mature politicians. He quickly stood up, apologized to the Prime Minister and the First Navy Minister, and returned to his seat, making a decision to keep silent.

"Lord Medway?" Old Percival asked the First Navy Secretary for his opinion.

Lord Medway nodded and agreed to the Liverpool Earl's proposal because his concerns were not necessary. In fact, as long as the cabinet authorizes the Imperial fleet to stop the logistics supply to the British Expeditionary Force, more than 20,000 British and 50,000 Portuguese troops would collapse in less than two months.

"Gentlemen, what's the matter?" The Prime Minister noticed that the two cabinets were still on the sofa and realized that they had not heard their reports yet.

The Liverpool Earl remained silent, and he asked Lord Medway to talk first and leave his topic to the end.

After hesitating for a moment, Lord Medve said: "The Catalan Agency in London sent a note to the Admiralty, demanding the repatriation of Captain Charles, who defected to Palma Island and was protected by the Mediterranean Fleet; in addition, the Manresa Cabinet sent a letter of protest, demanding severe punishment of Portuguese major, Neves Costa, who was responsible for the more than 40 officers and soldiers who were unfortunately killed in the border checkpoint incident."

Old Percival shook his head, "The first thing you do is to deal with, two principles: neither repatriate nor intensify the conflict. As for the second thing, hand over the protest letter from Manresa's cabinet to the Foreign Minister. What else is there?"

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After waiting for the first minister of the Navy to bid farewell, Old Percival turned his attention to the left-behind minister of war.

The Liverpool Earl no longer avoided the Prime Minister's attention. He opened the heavy notepad on his knees and reported one by one.

Several messages from the beginning of the period were all from the British Expeditionary Force. Someone reported to the War Minister that General Wellington, the commander of the coalition forces, embezzled funds for the construction of the Torres-Verdas defense line, amounting to 500,000 pounds.

The Prime Minister hesitated for a while and decided to reveal some truth to the young Count. "I will not admit the following statement after you walk out of the study. The actual use of this fund was approved by me, and it is to buy the nobles of Lisbon. I cannot disclose other detailed information. However, I can tell you that Little Wells is responsible for the matter."

The Liverpool Earl said that he understood that he used the graphite pencil he carried with him to blacken the message.

Then the war was concluded and continued: "My people in Paris sent a secret report that the Duke of Desay reached a compromise with Napoleon and would send no less than 10,000 soldiers into Portugal's territory."

The Prime Minister smiled, leaned on the back of the chair, and replied with a relaxed expression, "My friend, your information is wrong, not ten thousand, but fifteen thousand. The source of this information was sent by William from Catalonia to London three days ago. In fact, this is the Duke of Desay who conveyed a kindness to us, and he implyed that the scale of the future war will be limited and low-intensity warfare."

"No one can guarantee this!" Liverpool Earls retorted.

"I admit that unless we meet the new round of political blackmail by the Duke of Desay, we accept the £1 million aid fund he has proposed." Old Percival admitted.

"This is absolutely impossible. The British Empire is not threatened or intimidated by any political forces!" The Count protested loudly.

The Prime Minister agrees with the statement of his colleagues in the cabinet. "So, I accept your suggestion and put the three brothers of the Wells family together in Lisbon. As compensation, I hope that the Earl will propose a proposal to increase troops tomorrow morning in the regular meeting of the House of Parliament: to continue to send 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers to the Portuguese expeditionary force to block the French's large-scale attack on Portugal. By the way, the Duke of Desai, who does not understand gentlemanly, will taste the taste of failure and make him obey the instructions of the United Kingdom."
Chapter completed!