Since the glorious revolution in 1688, Britain has been constitutionally monarched for 121 years. Over the past century, the power of successive British monarchs has been gradually weakened and is in a position of "ruling but not governing". However, in terms of legal status, the monarch of the United Kingdom still has the power to appoint and remove the Prime Minister, ministers, senior judges and governors of various territories. He has the power to convene, stop and dissolve the parliament, approve and promulgate the laws, command the army, declare war and make peace.

More often, the British monarch is more like a kind of political harmony. When conflicts occur between the cabinet and the parliament, the monarch can act as a referee to issue an edict to mediate. If the cabinet prime minister has a close relationship with the imperial monarch, George III can sway behind the scenes and blow the black whistle secretly. Starting from the William Cabinet of All and Big, this is the case, as long as the military and police are not mobilized.

As long as George III can be convinced to publicly support Old Percival, other fencemen in the cabinet, such as Lord Elden, Lord Conden, Lord Westmoreland, Minister of Seals, Richard Ryder, Minister of Ministry of Ministry, and Lord Harrowby, etc., they will immediately return to orthodoxy, and the political storm from the lower house of parliament will be temporarily calmed.

But this is still not enough. As the actual helm of the British Empire (United Kingdom), the old Prime Minister Percival must give hope to the upper and lower parliament and the people of the country to see the hope of defeating the Napoleon Empire, rather than standing on the parliamentary pulpit under the financial pressure of deficits that are rising and rising, clamoring and cowardly promises.

"Okay, gentlemen. Can anyone convey me an exciting good news before starting afternoon tea?" Old Percival asked casually.

Everyone was speechless about the Prime Minister's question. The domestic political and economic situation was not optimistic. While Europe suffered consecutive losses in the anti-French war, even the rebels in North America (the United States) seemed to be unsatisfied with their existing territory. They launched provocations on the Great Lakes and joined forces with French immigrants from Quebec to actively plot against the Canadian region, and could start the second North American colonial war at any time.

The only good news is that the United Kingdom's navy is still extremely powerful, but this is useless. Warships cannot land or bayonets. What the Prime Minister needs is good news from anti-French forces on the European continent.

"Prime Minister, Louis XVIII's exiled ambassador to London, Earl of Artois declared that the royalists were ready to launch another assassination against Napoleon's tyrant in Paris around the New Year." Foreign Minister Chad Wells broke the silence, and he then signaled to the clerk not to make any description of the assassination.

"Insults and assassination are definitely not a battle between gentlemen!" Before the Prime Minister could speak, the straightforward Count of Liverpool interrupted.

Wells frowned and stood up and retorted loudly: "Napoleon is not a gentleman, but a usurper, a tyrant! To deal with such a demon, you can abandon all gentleman's ideas and knight's creed, my Count!"

The Count of Liverpool also stood up, waved his arms, and glared at the Foreign Minister opposite him. "If the assassination can be successful, what else does the Expeditionary Force do? Since 1799, for a full 10 years, the French royalists led by the Count of Artois have planned more than 30 assassinations against Napoleon, but without exception, the failures were not only wasted millions of pounds of aid, but the casualties were more innocent Parisian civilians, and the reputation of the United Kingdom was corrupted!"

"Bad bastard, don't impose the charge on my head, the spy you control is also involved in this matter."

"Whoever participated, please tell me your name! Otherwise, I will invite you to a duel for slandering my colleagues!"

"Enough, gentlemen, it's time for afternoon tea!" The prime minister, with an angry face, tapped the table with a cigarette butt, stopping the quarrel between the two cabinet ministers. He then stood up and walked straight to the lounge next door.

Since the 17th century, afternoon tea has become the most fashionable leisure method for British aristocrats, and is equipped with an elegant image and a rich and gorgeous way to drink. Black tea from China, paired with Chinese porcelain or silver tea sets, is placed on a tea table with pure white lace lace towels, and a variety of refined refreshments are launched with a cart.

Of course, wonderful music is also essential during afternoon tea time at the Prime Minister's residence. When the old Percival led a group of cabinet ministers into the lounge, as usual, the two gorgeously dressed violinists began to play the music to relieve stress, but were unexpectedly rejected by the Prime Minister. He waved his hand to let the two royal musicians disperse themselves.

"What is this, yellow peach? Didn't the North American yellow peaches that were transplanted on the British Islands have been cut down 20 years ago?" Old Percival focused his eyes on the small cart, a plate of sliced ​​fruit plates.

"This is Huang Tao, my Prime Minister, but the origin is from Catalonia, Spain, and is packaged in canned tinplate. This is also one of the spoils of the Mediterranean Fleet." The First Navy Minister, Lord Medway, left the servants and personally explained his doubts to the Prime Minister. After saying that, he also led the Prime Minister to a cabinet near the windowsill, and took out the prototype of the canned Mediterranean fruit from it and displayed it to the Prime Minister for his review.

"Sir, there is something tricky to inform you!" Lord Medway whispered in his ear: "The Victor has reached a secret agreement with the French, but Captain William refused to return to his country during the exchange of prisoners of war. He explained in his statement to the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet that he voluntarily stayed in the French War Zone for a period of time."

"Why, don't you dare to come back?" Old Percival was angry. If the Navy Minister had not been quick-witted, the former would have almost fallen to the floor. For his rebellious eldest son, Old Percival would have been waiting for him to return home and punished him severely.

"Of course not." Lord Medway looked up and glanced around the room, seeing other cabinet members busy drinking tea and chatting, no one noticed his conversation with the Prime Minister, then continued: "Captain William believed that the French general showed unusual friendship with the United Kingdom, and was influenced by his father, and seemed to have a political tendency to sympathize with the French royalists."

"Oh, the French general is called Desay?" Old Percival first heard of this name, and it took half a year ago.

It was during the former cabinet that his biggest political enemy, Foreign Minister Canning, had just testified in the lower house of parliament, hoping to give more assistance to the heroic rebels of Zaragoza, and secretly put political pressure on the treasure elder Percival, and heard the news of the fall of the city.

The next day, Foreign Minister Canning, who was ridiculed by the parliamentarians, was ashamed of being humiliated and announced that he would recuperate for three days. After hearing about this, Old Percival was happy for many days, and also remembered a French general named Andrew Desay, who inadvertently helped Old Percival humiliate his biggest political enemy.

Once again, the name of Andrew Desay originated from the "Victor Incident", and William, the son of the old Percival, was injured and captured. Soon, the French general sent someone to release his goodwill to the Mediterranean Fleet. Even after learning that William was the son of an important official of the enemy country, he still did not add trading weights, but quickly reached a settlement with the British Fleet.

For half a year, it seems that the old Percival owes two favors to General Desay. Most politicians are always about the worldly ways, but they all have professional ethics. As long as they do not harm their political interests, they can be qualified to talk about the worldly ways at a certain time and at a certain place, and make transactions here. Even if the other party is an enemy, it doesn't matter.

"It was Andrew Desai, whose father was also a general under Napoleon, an old Polish aristocrat who was exiled to France. Old Desai was arrested by the rioters for voting against the execution of King Louis XVI; his mother was also the daughter of a Polish hereditary duke. More than 10 years ago, Little Desai's grandfather died in resistance against the Prussian and Russian coalition forces.

According to Paris intelligence, with the support of several French marshals, Andrew Desey seems to be engaged to Princess Maria August I, the only daughter of King Saxony, Saxony, and may also be awarded the status of Crown Princess Maria August. In addition, according to Captain William, Little Desey, who has been promoted to major general, seems tired of the Peninsula Warsaw war initiated by Napoleon, but is willing to trade with the United Kingdom and open some handicraft workshops in the area of ​​Hruna."

Today's British Empire is not as professional as the MI5 and 6. Various intelligence organizations are scattered in the hands of several cabinet ministers and have not been unified. As the first minister of the navy, Lord Medway, naturally, is indispensable for the intelligence source. Among the cabinet members today, the ally who are closer to the prime minister are not foreign ministers or war ministers, but the first minister of the navy in front of him. Lord Medway, like Prime Minister Percival, has Irish ancestry. In 1796, Old Percival, who was the royal barrister at the time, also handled several difficult lawsuits for Lord Medway.

Therefore, for some hidden and inconvenient matters, Old Percival is more willing to bypass the Foreign Minister or the Minister of War and secretly hand it over to the First Navy Secretary for handling. Old Percival instructed Lord Medway:

"Well, you wrote to the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet in the name of the First Navy Minister, agreeing to Captain William's request to grant him the identity of the business agency of the Mediterranean Fleet in the Kingdom of Spain, and continue to maintain close contact with the Little Deresare. Also, you must learn from the lessons learned by William's Cabinet when he rebelled against General Morrow. Do not be too anxious, but should progress gradually. As long as the Little Deresare does not directly harm the interests of the United Kingdom and strengthen trade exchanges between the two sides, there is no need to pay much attention to it.

In addition, in my opinion, the usurper of Corsican who had a strong desire for power would not easily hand over the position of crown prince of the Grand Duchy of Warsaw to the hands of Little Dercy. Send your people to Paris and learn more about Warsaw, and you can secretly win over a group of Polish powerful people who opposed Napoleon. If necessary, I will allocate a special budget to the Admiralty for this secret mission."

"Do you inform other members of the cabinet?"

"No need, you have the full authority to handle it and report it to me directly."

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Chapter completed!