The silent silence in the cabinet meeting room was like the crowd outside the school, which made the Prime Minister very angry. He picked up his pipe, knocked on the table without any gentlemanly, making a harsh noise, and then said:

"Well, silent gentlemen, let us forget the war on the Iberis Peninsula and the unfortunate events outside the Cabinet's residence. Now, Lord Wells, please continue to tell the Cabinet ministers what other unpleasant things happen on the continent?"

Wells frowned. He was not very satisfied with the arrogant and rude tone of Prime Minister Percival, but he still suppressed his dissatisfaction and reported to the cabinet members as a foreign minister.

"The Austrian ambassador to the Empire told me yesterday that the Austrian Emperor will sign a defeated contract with Napoleon within a month, not only to cede land and pay compensation, but also to significantly disarmament and form an alliance with the French."

"Damn Austrians, more than three million pounds of military aid were thrown into the Mediterranean again!" Lord Chatham, the director of the Ordnance General Administration, couldn't help but curse, but was glared at by the Prime Minister. The former suddenly realized that he had lost his composure, because the budget for the military aid was from the old Percival, and it was the result of the efforts of the Minister of Finance to advocate.

"Lord Wells, please tell the Austrian ambassador on my behalf that the United Kingdom and people understand the unscrupulous difficulties of the Austrian Emperor. We will not abandon our former allies, even if they are forced to surrender to Napoleon's **!" Old Percival explained the position of the cabinet. Even if the fifth anti-French alliance failed, there will be a sixth and a seventh time.

The contradiction between the British Empire and the French Empire is irreconcilable. Although the two sides signed the Amiens Peace Treaty in 1802, the peace lasted for less than three years. The British cabinet asked Napoleon to return to the traditional French border in 1793 to ensure the balance of power in the European continent, which the emperor could never tolerate and accept.

After a moment of pause, the Foreign Minister continued to inform, "A secret letter from the ambassador to Russia said that the French were preparing to lobby Tsar Alexander because Napoleon wanted to marry the Russian Tsar's sister, Princess Ekaterina."

There was an uproar in the cabinet meeting room. This news was obviously not acceptable to the British. Once Russia and France marry into a strong alliance, the biggest loss will be the British who are lonely on the European continent. Napoleon, who has no worries, will enter Spain again, end the battle there soon, and be prepared to invade the British Isle.

The Prime Minister stopped the noise in the conference room and asked the war on the left and the Colonial Minister and the leader of the House of Lords, the Earl of Liverpool. "Dear Earl, what do you think of this?"

Liverpool Earl was originally named Robert Jenkinson. His father Charles Jenkinson served as Business Secretary for 15 years among William Pete, the oldest person, and was named Liverpool Earl in 1796. Robert Jenkinson succeeded the title of Liverpool Earl after his father's death.

Although this Tory-born Liverpool Earl is 32 years old, in the eyes of many politicians, he is still a shy, serious, but not mature young man, lacking the kind of demeanor required for social occasions. Perhaps no one knows that Robert Jenkinson is the only candidate to replace Percival, who will serve as the next cabinet prime minister in 1812.

A topic that others need to consider repeatedly, but the Liverpool Earl explained in an unquestionable tone: "Prime Minister and all the colleagues in the cabinet, in my opinion, a marriage between France and Russia is absolutely impossible!"

"Why?" asked the First Navy Minister, Lord Medway, instead of everyone.

"History tells us that the European continent will never have two hegemons at the same time. At present, it seems that only Russian Alexander can challenge Napoleon's tyrant; secondly, Alexander is indecisive, suspicious, sad, and extremely arrogant, and will never succumb to Napoleon's predecessor and exchange marriage for peace in Russian land; in addition, the Russian royal family, Alexander's close ministers, and military generals all opposed marriage with France;

What's more, the Polish issue has always plagued the essence of the relationship between France and Russia. Although Napoleon repeatedly appeased Alexander and claimed that the Grand Duchy of Warsaw will not evolve into the Kingdom of Poland in 1735, the Russians do not believe in this short commitment. The Polish issue will always span France and Russia, and there is no obstacle to compromise;

Finally, Alexander would never be happy to marry his sister to Paris thousands of miles away. As far as I know, the Russian Tsar and his eldest sister, Princess Ekaterina, had an unusual ambiguous relationship. Tsk tsk, I am very much looking forward to it. When Napoleon realized that the Russian princess who might be his queen was not a virgin, he had a complicated expression of pain and anger."

The last commentary of the Earl of Liverpool was deliberately showing off, which made the cabinet ministers laugh knowingly. The laughter of the gentlemen swept away the dull air in the conference room, but the clerk unhappy to silence. As a member of the British royal family, he hated someone to joke about the romantic affairs of the European royal family, although what the Earl of Liverpool said was facts. The clerk coughed a few times and brought the cabinet meeting back to the main point.

"Prussian King Frederick William III ordered the expulsion of the United Kingdom's ambassador to Prussia despite the opposition of Prime Minister Carl Stein and others, and made the relationship between the two countries an agent."

The bad news from Foreign Minister Chad Wells did not arouse public outrage among the members of the cabinet. It is obvious that everyone is well aware of the poor performances of the Prussians. The Prussian king was neither too late, but after the Austrians announced their defeat and the British expeditionary forces failed to siege Madrid, he couldn't wait to jump out to drive away the British ambassador to win Napoleon's favor, so as not to have nothing to do in the French emperor leading the army to cause trouble for the Prussians, or call Frederick William III's wife, Queen of Prussia, and Princess Louise to Dresden (the capital of the Saxony Kingdom) to serve the lustful French tyrant.

"Please tell the outgoing Prussian ambassador to the Empire that the United Kingdom always cherishes the fighting friendship with the Kingdom of Prussia. We are willing to restart negotiations on the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries anytime and anywhere."

After saying this clichéd diplomatic rhetoric, the old Percival turned to the war and colonial ministers and the leader of the House of Lords, Liverpool's Earl instructed him to strengthen his contacts with Queen Louise of Prussia, Prime Minister Carl Stein, and the Prussian generals who firmly opposed France, and secretly undermine the French-Popular Alliance.

After handling diplomatic affairs with European powers, Old Percival once again turned the topic to the Iberis Peninsula.

"Did Lord Wells, Spain, agree with our proposal to convene the Central Parliament and carry out the preparation of the Constitution?"

The Foreign Minister shook his head and explained: "Conservative aristocrats still reject the liberals' claims and are unwilling to make concessions in abolishing the feudal lordship, restricting religious interference in the secular world, and strengthening freedom of press and publishing. The only compromise is that both sides agree to make certain reforms in the military system first, such as allowing civilians to serve as middle and low-level military officers. Judging from the current situation, it will take at least one year or even two years to prepare for the future Spanish constitution."

"Ignorance Catholic!" Old Percival cursed inwardly, and then the Prime Minister told his foreign minister, "Let the empire in Spain, the Minister of Hongta in Spain, and tell the Spanish nobles and conservative leaders word by word. If Spain does not convene a nationwide parliament within one year; within two years, if a new constitution is not formulated, the British ** will have to reduce various assistance to Hongta's army, and the expeditionary forces stationed in Portugal will not cross the border, and cooperate with the Spanish Hongta army to fight against France!

Since returning to the situation on the Iberis Peninsula, Earl of Liverpool, as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I agree to the defense request of General Lington, the commander of the Expeditionary Force, and allocate 1.2 million pounds of special funds from the fiscal budget to build the Torres-Verdas line and form a solid fortress to defend the Portuguese capital Lisbon;

Lord Chatham, the production plan of the Ordnance General Administration cannot be reduced, and the various types of guns and military needs for the Expeditionary Force must be met as soon as possible. For the Portuguese army, the military aid of the Spanish Honta army continued. In addition, it was suggested to the Prussians, Swedes, and Austrians that the above countries could purchase no more than 500,000 pounds of imperial equipment on credit, and the Russians' ordnance demand could meet up to 1 million pounds;

Lord Medway, in addition to protecting the expeditionary forces and allied transportation supply lines, the Navy must strengthen patrols in the Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic Sea, or the Mediterranean coast, wherever the actual control areas of the Napoleon Empire are controlled, detaining all French and its allied ships, and at the same time, strengthening the protection of all kinds of smuggled ships on the European continent."

"The emotional comfort of the MPs and others?" Other cabinet members, including the Earl of Liverpool, asked the Prime Minister with great concern, for fear that the crowd gathered outside the door would create a mass-sex incident under the instigation of those who were interested.

"Leave it to me to deal with it. Baron Polante, is His Majesty's condition improved? The matter is urgent. I request a private meeting with the king as soon as possible." The Imperial Head asked to face the clerk beside him.

"Tomorrow morning, the doctor will conduct a comprehensive physical examination for Your Majesty. If there is no accident, I can help the Prime Minister and book the afternoon tea time for His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister." After a brief consideration, the secretary gave the specific time.

After receiving a satisfactory reply, Old Percival nodded gratefully. Although the psychotic attack of George III lasted longer, with God's blessing, 3 days ago, His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, who suffered from blindness and paranoia, finally woke up, but unfortunately he was about to fall into troubled worldly disturbances.
Chapter completed!