New Shun 1730

While Pitt and Grenville were discussing the future of the four-family alliance, another protagonist in this court struggle, the young King George III, who could speak English for the first time in decades, was planning the power issue after his succession with his political mentor, Lord Bute, John Stuart.

Lord Bute learned from Viscount Bolingbroke's ideas. On the headache of the party struggle in Britain, he advised George III to break the party boundaries.

In particular, breaking the political rule that "Torys are not allowed to enter the cabinet" to avoid "the hatred of the Tories and their tendency to try to bring in foreign forces to overthrow the Hanoverian royal family."

This tendency is very obvious.

Since the Hanoverians came to Britain, the Tories have been severely suppressed.

Since the riots in 1715 against the Germans becoming the King of Britain, for the first time, the Tory gentlemen could no longer occupy the advantages in public offices such as the army, navy, civil service and church as traditionally.

Tory officers in the army were deprived of their commissions.

Tory lawyers cannot become judges.

Tory Anglican clergy can no longer become bishops.

Tory businessmen are denied government contracts or directorships in any large company.

The problems caused by this kind of party struggle are actually normal. The struggle between the new and old parties in the Song Dynasty was also like this in the end. I will kill you when I come up, and you will kill me when you come up.

Although the Tories have always drawn a clear line between themselves and the Jacobites who support the restoration of the Stuart dynasty on labels.

However, in fact, this line is not clear.

In fact, if future generations study British history, they will find a very interesting little detail.

Many letters of the Tory family, as antiques of later generations, were very numerous before 1715; and even more after 1760.

Only in the 45 years from 1715 to 1760, many letters of the Tory family seemed to be blank. Disappeared.

Because... these letters are probably either contacting Louis XV, Charles XII, or the exiled Stuart family. So, these things must be destroyed.

From a class perspective, Britain is still a country where rural power is greater than urban power.

The Tories are rooted in the countryside, and as rural gentry, they have great influence in the countryside.

However, Britain's election system at this time, as well as the criteria for determining whether to be considered a person based on religion, race, and whether the family income meets the standards, and the very unreasonable zombie constituency problem, prevented the Tories from gaining an advantage in Parliament.

Simply put, Britain's economic structure at this time is that the countryside is better than the city, and the old gentry is better than the emerging capital and the new aristocracy.

However, the emerging capital and the new aristocracy, by inviting foreigners to be king, using a lot of money to buy zombie constituencies, and the king's ban on the Tories who support the Stuart family from entering the cabinet, have achieved a political structure that does not match the economic foundation.

A symbol of this rule is the Riot Act introduced in 1715: Any gathering of more than 12 British people can be regarded as a riot.

Because there was widespread dissatisfaction with the German king in the countryside, a riot of thousands of people broke out on the day of George I's coronation.

Later, the London Stock Exchange was attacked, believing that "stocks and securities are symbols of the immoral parasitism and growth of the Whig Party."

"We should have our own king", "The real king will come back soon, and the Germans can only go back to grow radishes" and other calls were heard one after another.

The continuous riots, rebellions, and uprisings from 1715 to 1750 were always manipulated by the Tories behind the scenes.

George III's father gave these Tories hope.

When his father was still the prince, he promised to break the restrictions of the new and old parties, and the cabinet would no longer exclude the Tories because of party disputes.

But his father died before he succeeded to the throne. Several leaders of the Tory Party died before George II died of shitting.

The greatest joy of George II's life was that his son died before him.

If everything followed the old historical trajectory, the Tory Party would basically die out.

Because Britain won a great victory in the Seven Years' War in history, and the victory covered up many problems. Then there was the great development of colonization in India. A large amount of silver was shipped back from India as original capital. The Industrial Revolution began, and the countryside no longer had an advantage over the city. In the end, the city dominated the countryside on an economic basis.

But now, everything has become different.

The Stuart family is still outside.

The Battle of Gibraltar caused a full-scale panic in Britain.

The participation in the European war made the people more dissatisfied with the "protecting Hanover" behavior.

The ban on the Tory Party from entering the cabinet since 1715 has caused the Whig Party to split.

The reason is also very simple.

Since the Tory Party cannot enter the cabinet, what should be done about the party struggle? It must be that the Whig Party splits up and plays by itself.

The Patriot Whig Party, led by Pitt, had a brief cooperation with the Tories, pushing the Patriot Party to the top, but also expanded the influence of the remarks such as "The King of England or the King of Germany".

Although, George III really knew how to speak English.

Although, his father left him a fairly good reputation and the political legacy of the Tories surrounding his father.

But the situation is very different now.

If...if the French take a step back and say they just want to send the Stuarts back to be king, will the Tories support it or not?

You know, when Louis XV sent spies to Britain in the name of "exchanging equestrianism", the Tories asked the party leader to sign the "King's Declaration". Once Louis XV led his troops to knock on the gate, they would issue the "King's Declaration" to support the restoration of the Stuarts and open the defense from Oxford to London.

This is not a secret.

If the war is a comprehensive advantage for Britain, all this is certainly not a problem. If the French do not come, these Tories will gradually disperse.

In the end, under the tide of the times, they gradually died in the irreversible process of urban domination of the countryside accompanied by the development of industry and commerce.

But now...

China and France cooperated to capture Gibraltar and are sending back a large number of British prisoners. And there will inevitably be spies planted by the French.

At that time, the Tories, who were already dying, will rise again.

Even, it is possible to stand up and lead the way. After all, a large-scale uprising was planned in 1945.

As long as... the conditions given by the French are to let the Stuart family return, rather than the French occupying Britain themselves, then the Tories will definitely welcome the royal army.

From an economic perspective, the Tories, who are mainly gentry and landlords, have had a hard time in recent years.

Various prohibitions have prevented them from getting benefits from trade.

Various consumption taxes, monopolies, etc. have made their living costs continue to increase.

Gentry must be decent, they have to drink tea, have two porcelains at home, drink wine, eat sugar, and get a set of the recently popular Liaodong tussah silk quilts...

These things are either monopolized or heavily taxed, which makes them really sympathize with smugglers in concept.

In addition, they were excluded from the cabinet and some key positions, and were excluded everywhere. They only had extensive influence in the countryside, but the strange constituency system and property registration system prevented them from getting the majority voice in Parliament.

The discrimination and suppression of party disputes over the years made them full of resentment.

George III should have received the political legacy left by his father who died early: the promise to the Tories that he would break the party disputes and remove the restrictions on the Tories from entering the cabinet.

He even worked hard to learn English.

All the nobles knew that George III really knew English.

However, if this kind of political legacy is not used well, it will arouse greater anger.

Now, the Tories are celebrating the death of George II, and they are eagerly looking forward to the successor of the prince they supported before to fulfill the original promise.

If they fulfill it, everything will be fine.

If they don't fulfill it...

It's a kind of anger to always refuse to agree.

If they agree and then don't fulfill it, it's another kind of anger.

George III and Lord Bute knew very well that if they did not immediately show a clear attitude of abolishing party disputes and lifting the Tory ban after ascending the throne, England, Scotland, and Ireland would really explode a big firework.

If the French had not mixed spies in this prisoner delivery activity, it would be a disaster. But now they can't refuse, because people don't want to fight anymore.

People don't want to fight anymore, which makes Dashun and France send prisoners after capturing Gibraltar. They know that they are sending spies, showing off their power, and looking for opponents, but they can't refuse it under the mood of not wanting to fight anymore.

Because refusing them to come means expressing a mood of "no negotiation, continue fighting".

And the spies sent by the French are old acquaintances to those Tories. At that time, once they are mixed up...

Britain may still be Britain.

But it will not be the Britain of his Hanover family.

Therefore, in order to prevent this situation, George III's top priority is to demonstrate his "non-partisan" policy in the new cabinet and lift the ban on the Tories.

Let the Tories see that the new king is really a trustworthy person, a British who can speak English, a king who can be used to suppress and retaliate against the Whigs.

And this... is easier said than done.

No one wants to take the blame after the war has reached this point.

Whoever comes to power will not have a political life of more than three years.

Continue to fight, and step down.

Make peace quickly, or step down.

Moreover, even if he is really determined, he must immediately solve three problems.

Is Hanover a core interest of Britain? Will Britain continue to bleed for Hanover?

This is a pain point for him as a German king. As long as this problem is not solved and an explanation is not given, there will be no follow-up.

The second question is how to pay the national debt? Pay it back or not?

Indeed, Britain now owes more than 400 million taels of silver in national debt, but this thing can be repaid or not.

However, if it does not pay, it is easy to be twisted off.

If it pays back, it must be made clear what it relies on to pay it back.

Is it to increase taxes?

Whose taxes are being increased?

Is it tariffs?

Or selling monopoly rights?

In short, a clear statement must be given to ensure that the people believe that this money will not be wasted and will definitely be repaid.

Pitt had previously fooled people into thinking that the money would be repaid with tea tax, sugar tax, cotton tax, monopoly rights, etc., but now even a fool knows that this promise has failed.

Even if the Ming Dynasty reformed the salt administration, it would have to make it clear to the merchants that you would have to use hereditary salt permits in the future to solve the problem of no one buying salt permits. All these things are the same, and they must be explained clearly with real money, otherwise, the finances will collapse directly.

The third problem is the selection of cabinet members.

The premise for the king to "eliminate party disputes" is that the king must prove that under the king's leadership, policies that are beneficial to Britain can be achieved.

If the king is incompetent, it is impossible to eliminate party disputes.

And the selection of the first cabinet after he succeeds to the throne is crucial.

This group of people must be able to solve wars, sign peace treaties, solve national debts, stabilize the economy, etc., and the proportion of candidates from various factions such as the Tories, Whigs, and the Patriots of the Whigs must also be considered.

In fact, under this situation, the "tariff and trade" issue that Dashun really wants is not a very serious problem.

At least, it was not at the forefront of George III's considerations.

As long as the Tories were stabilized and no one led the way, generally speaking, it was not so easy to cross the Channel, and the Channel Fleet could still ensure Britain's survival.

However, if the Tories were not stabilized, it was not made clear how to repay the national debt, and no clear statement was made on the Hanover issue, it would be hard to say.

Britain has always opposed standing armies because the navy defends the Channel, and the army is basically only used in political struggles.

The Chinese and French fleets may not be able to cross the Channel. However, internal uprisings and resistance, as well as activities such as welcoming the royal army or deposing the king, the navy cannot suppress them by land.

This time, China and France came to Britain with the power of the victory in Gibraltar, which could be big or small.

If it is not handled well, it will be that French spies will urge the Tory uprising to welcome the return of the king.

If it is handled well, it will be a contact before a peaceful armistice, to feel the diplomatic attitudes and bottom lines of both sides, and what the weird Dashun who participated in the war wants.

Lord Bute even believed that the Dashun was actually an enemy that could be cooperated with. At least, the Dashun would not support the restoration of the Stuarts. At most, they would ask for some compensation, trade, or something else.

Therefore, he believed that the Dashun could be approached and conditions could be asked. As long as the people on the Dashun side withdrew, France would be unable to support itself. At least the fleet could not really cross the channel.

In fact, in his opinion, there seemed to be no deep hatred between Britain and the Dashun.

However, Lord Bute did not consider, and of course could not consider. There was a person in the Dashun who dragged the Dashun to participate in the First World War with a revengeful mentality.