The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

In Parliament, hawkish lawmakers are agitating for war.

And this era, because the sun never sets, is at the peak of their national power, the most powerful period.

Therefore, the sun never sets, everyone is full of self-confidence, and they do not take other countries into account at all.

In their opinion, as long as the sun does not set, the Royal Navy will go out, and the other side will obediently surrender.

In the past, they had won many wars in this way, so they had developed a mindset and felt that no matter who they met, as long as they sacrificed the Royal Navy, they would be able to win.

Prime Minister Gladstone listened to the proposals of these parliamentarians with a pale face, and did not speak.

When the news of Hawk-chan's alliance with the Second Empire came, he himself felt a little incredulous.

Before this, they never thought that these two countries would form an alliance!

The reason is that the Second Reich has been running its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, and has been co-opting the woolly bear and Austria-Hungary for decades, without even looking westward.

Ever since President Monroe proposed the Monroe Doctrine, Eagle Sauce has been in a state of playing by himself behind closed doors, and it seems that he is not interested in international affairs, especially the morale of Europe.

Moreover, Eagle Sauce has only recently transformed from an agricultural country into an industrial country, and their industry is almost entirely imitating the industries of European countries, producing some low-priced, poor-quality copycat products.

It is hard to imagine that such a country would have the ambition to dominate the world.

Where did the Eagle Sauce people get the guts to dare to jump out and challenge their empire, are they crazy?

However, the two countries unknowingly formed an alliance, and they did not notice it until the sun set.

This caused a huge panic in Gladstone's heart, and the other party's diplomatic strategy seemed to be more than a notch higher than theirs.

They hadn't guessed each other's intentions before, and they didn't have any precautions about what the other party was going to do.

As soon as he thought of this, he felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Since the other party has the courage to form an alliance, they must be ready to deal with the wrath of the sunset, and maybe they are even ready to go to war with the sunset now.

In this case, wouldn't choosing to go to war at this time be in line with the other party's wishes?

Although the sun never sets is the hegemon of the world, their hegemony is not absolutely stable.

If they fail to lose the war, then their supremacy will probably be handed over!

As soon as he thought of this, Gladstone did not dare to start a rash war.

At the moment, the situation between the enemy and the enemy is unknown, and they don't even know what kind of hole cards the other party has, so they are afraid that they will fall into a trap if they start a war rashly.

Without the support of Prime Minister Gladstone, the radical proposals would not have been able to pass through Parliament.

After all, the MPs on the Prime Minister's side all think of their own party leaders, and Gladstone does not express support, and of course they will not support it.

But the matter did not end there, and even because of Gladstone's opposition, these hawkish lawmakers were very unhappy with his compromise.

They then made a big announcement in the newspapers and among the people, attacking Prime Minister Gladstone as a soft egg, cowardly, and afraid to defend the interests of the empire on which the sun never sets.

They are even preparing to jointly petition Queen Victoria, hoping that Queen Victoria will come forward to remove Prime Minister Gladstone and appoint a tougher prime minister.

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"I already know about this, you did a good job, I won't blame you!".

Because of the attack, Prime Minister Gladstone had to go to Buckingham Palace in person to explain the matter to Queen Victoria.

This is not a trivial matter, and even if he had not been attacked by these attacks, he would have to come to the queen and discuss with Queen Victoria about the solution at this time.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is ashamed, this incident happened under my nose, but I didn't notice it in advance, this is the old minister's dereliction of duty, the old minister resigns!"

Gladstone has been attacked a lot in the past few days, because of the slander of those councillors, and the attitude of the people towards him has changed 180 degrees.

If he doesn't choose to declare war on the Second Empire and Eagle Sauce immediately, I'm afraid that the shitpot of soft-footed shrimp and cowards will always be buckled on his head!

But there is no way to explain these things, and explain to the people that as the prime minister, he must focus on the overall situation and not act rashly

The people won't listen, they won't understand, they will just continue to call him a coward with no eggs!

Therefore, Gladstone, who was quite physically and mentally exhausted, really had the idea of quitting his job.

When Queen Victoria heard his words, she looked up at him.

He said lightly: "The major affairs of the military state need to be in charge of the old and serious ministers, what do some young people who have not dried up know?"

"You have done a good job in the position of prime minister, the economic strength and military strength of the empire have improved over the years, and what you have done is in the eyes of the king, and he will not forget the great contributions you have made for the empire. "

Queen Victoria's voice was not loud, but there was an inexplicable penetrating power that sounded powerful.

When Gladstone heard this, his nose was sour, and he only felt that all the grievances he was full of were dissipated under this relief.

A voice sounded in his heart: as long as Her Majesty remembers his own goodness, that is enough, and other people's opinions are irrelevant.

"So, don't go, continue to work hard as prime minister, and run the country well. "

Although the empire seems to be beautiful, it actually hides many crises, which many people ignore under the fire.

"As for the matter of the alliance between the Second Reich and Eagle Sauce, the diplomatic failure will naturally be solved by diplomatic success, you can go to Gaul in person, this matter must be broken from the European side. "

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