Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

When Lillian successfully became prime minister, August received the news. She believed that Lillian was the best choice for Britain at present. To be honest, even August had to admit that he was not Lilian in many places. An's opponent.

To be honest, August didn't win much support when he took office. When he stormed the Brandenburg Gate, he didn't have many people under his command. If his good brother could respond correctly, then he would most likely fail. But he was very lucky, and Ron helped him convince the military, so he succeeded.

At that time, August's men were all members of the grassroots team, and this was only possible when Prussia was not very industrialized and had insufficient capitalist development. Britain, on the other hand, was a traditional democratic country with strong capital. It's very difficult to get to the top there. Lillian has successfully gained the support of almost the entire society through her own layout and connections, which is extremely difficult to achieve.

Moreover, her revolutionary ideas were much clearer than her own at that time. When August was causing trouble, not a single member of the King's Arsenal was captured by Congress, and most of the army just remained neutral and could switch sides at any time. It was so complicated. After the game, August realized that his operation at that time was indeed somewhat ill-considered.

Fortunately, the final result was successful. Of course, the issue about the UK has not been resolved yet, because even the bill proposed by Lilian as Prime Minister cannot be directly passed by Congress. After all, although the Social Democratic Party has more than half of the votes, in theory, The other two parties combined are unlikely to change the course of the bill.

But Lilian may have overlooked one more important thing. In a capitalist society, people are never just following the central government's decision. It is difficult to get people to change their minds quickly.

Moreover, Lillian has only been in power for more than a month, and she has successively proposed many drastic reforms, including rearmament, changing the colonial act, withdrawing from the gold standard, abolishing child labor, regulating the capitalist market economy, and a lot of messy stuff.

August didn't even dare to play like this, but Lillian did. She did it directly, which made August sweat for her. She even told the Prussian ambassador to the British Embassy, ​​" You must pay more attention to the people around Your Highness Lilian and don’t let others hurt her.”

It can be seen from all aspects that August values ​​Lilian. After all, with the British continental balance of power, he probably will not be able to annex Austria in his life, so August cannot let Lilian make any mistakes.

August sent cabinet secretary Albrecht to go to England to meet Lillian in person. August wanted to know what was wrong with Lillian. Wasn't he afraid of death if he did this?

The next morning, Albrecht saw a calm-looking Lilian in the cabinet meeting room. She was surrounded by a circle of cabinet staff, including some familiar faces. Albrecht had attended the last British meeting. Hitt has seen some of them, some from the Conservative Party and some from the Liberal Party, but most of them have never been seen before.

"Miss Lillian, long time no see. Miss August asked me to congratulate you on becoming the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom."

Lillian glanced at him without any impression, "Have we ever met?"

"Of course, but this is the first time for such a face-to-face meeting. I am Albrecht, the cabinet secretary of the Prussian government. I have met Miss Lillian several times when I dealt with previous prime ministers."

"Really? August must have asked you to come to me, right? What happened?"

"Everything is well in Prussia. Under the guidance of His Highness Augustus, the whole of Prussia is prosperous. However, Prussia has always wanted to maintain a good relationship with Britain, so I would like to know about Miss Lillian's future strategic goals. Miss Lillian The reforms made during this period are unprecedented, and I wonder if the domestic opposition will be detrimental to Miss Lillian."

Lilian understood the meaning of Albrecht's words and also understood August's intention. In fact, she just asked herself whether this new official would be a three-pointer when he took office. This is going to burn the upper valley. Why? Those capitalists were burned out, and August was afraid that after the capitalists recovered, they would fight to the death with Lillian based on the principle of death and destruction.

Lilian said with a smile, "Don't worry, although my reforms seem to be huge, in fact I only adjust the income distribution. My withdrawal from the gold standard and issuing additional currency will not harm the capitalists much. The supervision of the capitalist market will not The abolition of child labor and the establishment of maximum working hours and minimum wage standards are the three areas that offend the interests of capitalists, but thanks to the help of His Highness Auguste, I withstood the pressure of the opposition."

"Your Highness August?"

"The whole world knows about Prussia's economic miracle, especially the British. The British don't understand why Prussia suddenly became rich. Many capitalists went bankrupt during this economic crisis. Most of the remaining truly powerful capitalists are aristocrats and capitalists. , Queen Victoria has sufficient binding force on them, and the workers overwhelmingly support my policies, so there is not much opposition to my policies, because there is no money, capitalists cannot sell their goods, and the risks of the stock market are not regulated. Yes, the free economy is popular, and various problems have led to this financial crisis. The source of the crisis is the lack of liquidity of pounds in the market, and workers’ income is too little. As long as I solve this part of the problem, when When people have money to spend, the economy can be revived."

"So that's the case, but Her Majesty Lilian is so young but has such a clear mind. She will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future."

"Stop complimenting me. Many of my decisions come from August. Many of her ideas are worth learning from, so remember to thank her for me." Lillian took a sip of black tea and suddenly said to Albrecht , "By the way, help me bring a message to August. Britain will no longer interfere in anything on the European continent. Britain will abandon its policy of glorious independence and continental balance of power policy."

Albrecht nodded and left the British Cabinet Conference Hall, but he did not choose to return to Prussia immediately. He spent two days looking around in London and other big cities. After Lilian came to power, various There seemed to be no demonstrations in the region. Perhaps some capitalists did not agree with Lilian's views, but they did not dare to say it openly, which would not arouse much public opinion.

Lilian's current reforms have actually moved a little bit of the capitalist pie, but not too much, just a little bit, and they have provided relief to companies that are bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy. In fact, the biggest losses are probably the middle class, and they are not counted. Extremely rich, but not particularly poor. After withdrawing from the gold standard, the currency devalued, and a lot of their original wealth evaporated.

Albrecht tried to ask some middle-class people about their opinions on Lilian's solution to the crisis. Their answer was most likely indifferent. They were very conservative and did not dare to make it public without anyone taking the lead. If you resist the government, you will have to swallow this kind of loss.

After learning that Lilian was not lying, Albrecht returned to Prussia. He reported the situation to August. After learning of Lilian's intentions, August finally felt relieved for the time being. .