Chapter 400 Difficult choice
There is an old saying in the mouth of Zhongyuan Hall: Green bamboo snake's mouth, and a wasp's tail is needled. Both are not poisonous and the most poisonous thing is the most poisonous thing.
It doesn't matter whether Wu Zhi is a county magistrate or a cooked cake seller, and it doesn't matter whether Pan Jinlian is a lady from a noble family. What's important is that Shi Nai'an compiled a story about Dalang taking medicine, and successfully made this story deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Now, the doctor plans to personally give George III a few pairs of medicine, and then ask George III's wife Queen Charlotte to feed George III medicine himself.
Queen Charlotte did not disappoint the doctor's expectations.
Between sacrificing George III and sacrificing the entire Charlotte family, Queen Charlotte chose to sacrifice George III.
Unfortunately, Queen Charlotte had the courage to be Pan Jinlian, but George III was not as useless as Wu Dalang. After waking up, George III immediately learned about the trouble between Queen Charlotte and the doctor, and learned that the English army had already opened a full film with France.
Similarly, George III also learned about Queen Charlotte's attempt to control the government in England.
George III didn't care much about the destruction between the doctor and Queen Charlotte. After all, the old tradition of Europa is that the red flags at home do not fall, and the colorful flags are floating outside. Any king or queen is a lot of lovers.
George III didn't care much about the news that the English army and France opened a full film. Anyway, England has a certain advantage in the current situation. Even if the madman Tojo Twenty-eight wanted to fight Napoleon, George III was confident enough to kill Tojo Twenty-eight and negotiated with France before the final battle.
What really made George III care about was Queen Charlotte and the doctors trying to control the government in England.
Because George III has a son.
In many people's impression, the idea of favoring boys over girls in Zhongyuan Hall has been said to have been said to have been since ancient times, because the emperors at Zhongyuan Hall will pass the throne to their sons, and the gentry in the village will pass the family business to their sons. I have never heard of anyone passing the throne or family business to their daughters.
In fact, it's the same on the side of Europa.
The kings of Europa also wanted to pass the throne to their sons, and the gentry of Europa also wanted to pass the family business to their sons.
The real reason for many situations such as queens, grand dukes, countesses, etc. is not because Europa does not value boys over girls, nor because Europa's kings or the gentry of the country are so open-minded, but because they have no sons.
For example, Louis VII wanted to divorce Queen Eleanor because Queen Eleanor failed to give birth to a son. If Eleanor had given birth to a son, Louis VII would not have divorced Eleanor; if Louis VII did not divorce Eleanor, the ownership of the Principality of Aquitaine would not have become a contradiction between England and France, and it would not have been opened later.
Therefore, there are many superficial reasons for the century-old feud between England and France, but the fundamental reason is that Eleanor failed to give birth to a son for Louis VII, but instead gave birth to five sons for Henry II.
This is a century-old farce caused by whether you can give birth to a son...
This century-old farce is enough to show that the idea of favoring boys over girls in Europe is also very serious.
Therefore, in George III's view, it is not a big problem to have a madness, as long as the regent or the throne is his own son.
The problem is that Queen Charlotte is only actively promoting the regent of Prince of Wales, George Jr., on the surface, but behind his back he held the power tightly in his own hands, and even wanted to push the Charlotte family to gain greater power.
This behavior directly hit George III's most sensitive nerves.
After amassing a group of confidants, George III directly began the counterattack plan: "From now on, block Qiu immediately and send someone to send Queen Charlotte and the doctor on the way."
"There is no need for the Charlotte family to exist. They should immediately cleanse them. All members of the Charlotte family will accompany Queen Charlotte on their way, saying that the Charlotte family had eaten the wrong thing and had been summoned by the Lord."
"In addition, send someone to France to remove all the positions of Tojo Nobua and ask him to leave immediately. If he doesn't want to, tie him up and send him back to India."
"Notify Edward and Richard to immediately stop all the troops in England from advancing forward, and gather them all near the port of Lower Normanch, build a line of defense on the spot, and wait for subsequent orders."
"Also, I will send someone to the Ming Kingdom immediately to inform Macartney, tell him about the recent war between England and France, and let him defend England at the small meeting of the slaughter. I must let the Emperor of Ming know that this time it was because of my sudden illness, and it was not intentionally provoking a war between England and France."
Speaking of this, George III's tone suddenly became a little weak: "Send someone to France again and tell Louis XVI that the English army will withdraw from France immediately, and I will send someone to discuss the follow-up matters with him, including compensation."
George III's series of orders caught his confidants off guard.
In fact, whether it is Charles James Fox, Pete, or other English tycoons loyal to George III, these people also understand in their hearts that it is not a good thing to continue fighting with France. After all, England's strength is not as good as before. Except for the navy, the army really does not have an advantage.
The problem is that the English army had already set foot on the land of France due to the orders of George III and had a break from the French army.
If the troops were withdrawn suddenly at this time, it would be equivalent to completely denying the results of the English army's battles during this period.
More importantly, what should we do if the territory that had been captured by the English army? What should we do if we had already plundered England's property and food?
It's better to say that the territory that was captured by the English army. After all, these big men in the English court also know the strength of the English army. Knowing that England cannot defend these territory, it's a matter of time before they go back.
But what about the property and food that had been transported back to England? These things have been divided up by the big men in the court. If these things were to be returned, what would you pay them back?
Therefore, even without considering the century-old feud between England and France, these bigwigs in the English court were not willing to accept the decision to withdraw from the army.
After careful consideration, Charles James Fox couldn't help but persuade: "Are you consider it again? The current situation is that we have a certain advantage. Even if we have a peace talks with France, we may not necessarily withdraw from France in full, right? Even if we withdraw from France, this compensation..."
George III shook his head slightly and asked, "What? You also know that the madman Tojo Twenty-eight will soon fight against France's Napoleon - it would be better if Tojo Twenty-eight could defeat Napoleon, but what if it could not be defeated?"
"Now, most of the English army is in France. If Napoleon defeated, our English army will be in a slump, and England will become the fish on the French stick. There is no other way to go except to be slaughtered by France."
"More important is..."
"Who can tell me what the Emperor of Ming was about this war? Should he support England? Or did he support France? Or did he not help each other?"
After George III said this, Fox and Pitt and other British tycoons were immediately silent.
England and France were very close, while England and France were far away from the Ming Empire.
This means that England and France can easily get news from each other, but it is difficult for England and France to get news from Ming.
So, who knows what the attitude of the Ming emperor was?
It would be fine if the Ming emperor supported England, even if the two did not help each other, what if the Ming emperor supported France?
After all, England's act of proactively opening a movie is tantamount to provoking the majesty of a small pot, and provoking the small pot is equivalent to provoking the Ming Kingdom?
It was not until after a long silence that Fox said tentatively: "Otherwise, let's ignore Tojo Twenty-eight, or even ignore France for the time being?"
George III was stunned and asked, "What does it mean?"
Fox said: "We will postpone the announcement of the news that His Majesty has been awake and allow Tojo Twenty-eight to lead the final battle with Napoleon - if he wins, this is the established fact. If he loses, then the culprits of all this will be the doctor of Akira and Tojo Twenty-eight."
After Fox finished speaking, the big guys in the English court couldn't help but nodded, and even Pete, who had always been inconsistent with Fox, nodded in agreement.
However, what the big guys such as Fox and Pete did not expect was that George III actually laughed and asked back: "Who do you think the news that I woke up can hide from?"
"Can you hide it from Queen Charlotte? Or can you hide it from the doctor from the Ming Dynasty? If they can't even hide it, how can you think you can hide it from the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"
"If I didn't wake up, then England's act of provoking war could be said to be because I suddenly became ill. The Emperor of Ming might tolerate it. But I have woken up. If I continue to start a movie with France, do you think the Emperor of Ming will tolerate it?"...
"Did you ever think about the consequences of doing this?"
Speaking of this, George III's tone was full of sarcasm: "You are not unaware of the consequences of doing so. You are even very clear that if you continue to fight, you will only fail, but you are unwilling to accept reality because you are reluctant to give up the benefits you have already obtained."
After George III's words finished, the faces of Fox and Pitt and other bigwigs became particularly ugly.
However, George III did not intend to let these big guys go: "Of course, you can also get along with Queen Charlotte - I think Charlotte must hope that I will continue to go crazy."
Speaking of this, George III simply spread his hands and put on an indifferent attitude: "Okay, gentlemen, it's time for you to make a decision. Should you follow my orders or Queen Charlotte's orders?"
Seeing George III's appearance completely distorted, Fox and Pitt and other bigwigs suddenly felt like they were retreating.
Obeying George III's orders means giving up most of the benefits that have been obtained - for the English nobles who have not gained benefits, this decision is tantamount to cutting off their bodies.
But if they wanted to betray George III and follow Queen Charlotte to make George III go crazy, these nobles were a little reluctant.
It is not that these English nobles were so loyal to George III, but Queen Charlotte's previous performance - after confirming that George III could not return to normal, Queen Charlotte has been benefiting the Charlotte family, and even many of the benefits were taken away from these nobles, which made the English nobles very dissatisfied.
If it weren't for this reason, these English nobles wouldn't have followed George III's call and ran from London to a wilderness village like Qiu.
Looking at the English nobles who were in silence, a strange smile appeared on the corner of George III's mouth.
As the king of England, George III himself was the noble among the nobles of England.
George III was also very aware of the urinary nature of these noble men.
When it comes to what benefits or benefits are given to them, these noble men are more active than the other, but if they want to let them give up their own interests, these noble men are definitely unwilling to do so.
Therefore, George III had long seen these noble men unhappy.
Especially after going to the Ming Dynasty, George III's dissatisfaction with these noble men reached its peak. In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was never a shortage of civilians and nobles who sacrificed their families for their country, while the noble men in England only wanted to get benefits from their own homes. This contrast is something that no king would like to accept.
But George III has no choice but to use these noble men, because these noble men represent the interest groups in the entire England. Not to mention the reforms made against the noble men, even if George III wants to promote some non-noble talents, he cannot bypass these traditional noble men.
Now, George III saw the opportunity, an opportunity to clear out traditional English nobles.
Although George III was crazy, George III was not without a single backup plan.
Chapter completed!