1856 Credentials
"Failure, total failure! This is the shame of your Scotland Yard!" Benjamin scolded the police chief in the Prime Minister's residence. The ban had been issued for four days, but Xiao Letian's underground publication was still circulating. The police station arrested countless citizens who had privately circulated reports, but they had no idea how to punish them.
Because everything was voluntary, there was no profit in the circulation of this publication, and the newspaper number only attacked France, which made the British police very at a loss.
"Dear Prime Minister, it's not that we don't try to arrest, but we really don't know how to deal with these citizens... Is it illegal to call the French? There should be no such thing. Since we haven't broken the law, we don't even know how much fines should be fined!"
"What's even more terrifying is that there will be many MPs putting pressure on us. They say that if the Police Department dares to punish the citizens of London for scolding the French, they will... be impeached you!"
Hum... Benjamin snorted coldly, "These idiots who only know how to buy for voters don't know where the core interests of the British Empire are, they just know how to make trouble..."
No matter how much he scolded, Benjamin knew very well that this ban was actually very unpopular. Xiao Letian made an extremely pleasing approach to the psychological demands of the British people. Such interesting things as scolding the French have always had a public foundation.
Benjamin, who was frowning, was also a little helpless. You really had no choice but to those people who spread their number positions privately. Fine, imprisonment, or just a verbal warning? If the punishment is light, it has no effect. If the punishment is serious, it will inevitably cause protests from the people and directly induce protests from the parliament.
"What should I do? What should I do..." Just as Benjamin was at ease, the secretary suddenly walked out from outside without knocking on the door.
"Prime Minister! Prime Minister... The letter of the country, someone from Buckingham Palace just reported that the letter of the country was submitted..."
"School of the country? Where is the national letter!" Benjamin stood up in shock. His personal secretary was the most calm and reliable person. He had never seen him with such a panic expression.
"It is the letter of the Qing Dynasty. Sir Ai Liguo, who followed the returning country, has already got off the ship. He did not go home and went directly to Buckingham Palace to pay homage to Her Majesty the Queen..."
"How could this happen? Arrange the carriage immediately, I'm going to see the queen... What did the Qing people say?"
"I don't know, I have no clue at all. This is the first time that the closed country has taken the initiative to submit a letter of nationality to us... Is it the legendary news that Emperor Tongzhi traveled to Europe?"
Benjamin put on his clothes and ignored the police and walked out directly, "God knows what will happen? Your guess is not impossible. Many channels have proved that Xiao Letian wanted to take His Majesty Tongzhi to travel to Europe... But aren't they fighting a war?"
"If the Far East loses, what will they have the mood to come to Europe? Xiao Letian will face punishment from the whole of Europe at that time. Who will welcome him?"
"Did he have already been sure to win! God, has the situation in the Far East changed... No wonder he would spend all his money to conduct a series of reports on the Oriental Chinese in Europe? Did he know that we had to make a mistake in judgment?"
"Hurry up...go to see the queen right away!"
The police chief was left in the room. He listened to the Prime Minister's conversation in shock. The news revealed here suddenly became dumbfounded.
Suddenly, a light flashed in his head and did not dare to hesitate. The police immediately left the Prime Minister's residence and informed his economic personnel immediately, asking him to prepare to short the ruble immediately. He knew that once the news of Tsarist Russia's defeat in the Far East was passed to the City of London, Tsarist Russia's bond credit would immediately plummet.
"If you have bonds now, sell them quickly. If you can short, short them immediately. Please inform my economic person quickly..."
The butler on the carriage faithfully carried out the order of the police chief and immediately rented a carriage and left the street.
Countless reporters in the city of London also had a very sensitive sense of smell. Sir Ai Liguo left without hesitation when he returned to Europe, and he didn't know where they got the news. Soon, major newspapers released the news.
"Sir Ai Liguo, who has been stationed in the Qing Dynasty for many years, has returned to London at 6:00 this morning. However, the strange thing is that the Sir did not reunite with his family, nor did he go to see the newly appointed Prime Minister, but directly paid a visit to His Majesty the Queen... According to reliable information, this time, Sir Ai Liguo brought a letter of state from the Qing Empire, and the specific content is unknown..."
"Important news! According to insiders, the envoy Ai Liguo brought back this time the letter of the Qing Empire was the Qing Empire. Emperor Tongzhi, who had no power in charge, was about to visit Europe. The Qing Empire hoped that the British Empire would coordinate security and hospitality matters... "
This is really an extremely ironic thing. Prime Minister Benjamin had just entered Buckingham Palace. Three hours later, the newspaper's emergency room had already started to be released on the roadside, not to mention those more rapid underground illegal publications. The news that Emperor Tongzhi was about to visit Europe among Chinese fans had already begun to flow.
The Prime Minister did not receive the specific details of the letter of the country, but the citizens of London already knew it, which shows how powerful the mastermind behind it is.
The Buckingham Palace also became nervous. Faced with the letter of nationality sent by the Qing Empire, the queen and many royal members, including the prime minister, were a little at a loss.
Human beings have written records for more than three thousand years, but in these three thousand years, Europe and Asia have never had any imperial-level state visits.
This is a major event that is destined to be recorded in history forever. Although the British Empire is now so powerful that it is called the Empire of Sun Never Setting, it is far inferior to Chinese civilization in terms of intermittent civilization.
Chinese civilization has not been cut off for three thousand years. Where people have believed in the same religion, culture, and morality for three thousand years, and adhered to the roughly unchanged territory of the Central Plains.
And what about Europe? After Greek and Roman civilizations, it was the dark medieval era. The city-states were filled with princes and fought for hegemony, and they were rarely conquered by each other for more than a thousand years.
Although the European monarchs have looked down on the backward China at this moment, they still have a little awe in their hearts for the country where the three thousand years of civilization has not been cut off.
The golden dragon circles above the Ming yellow silk book, and the square Chinese characters are strong and powerful. Below the book is a translation written by Sir Ai Liguo himself. Benjamin has been reading the translation for five minutes.
"No! That backward and closed country actually agreed to the emperor's visit? Don't they believe that they are the center of the world? Isn't they the king's land under the world? Shouldn't they live in the Forbidden City to receive tribute from all nations? When will they allow an emperor to visit foreign countries?"
Ai Liguo listened to the Prime Minister's words and said with a smile, "There is no agreement between the Qing Dynasty's central government! They were also forced to do so. The two empress dowagers who held power in the Qing Empire and the princes had opposed it from the very beginning!"
"It's a pity that Xiao Letian used force to deter his emperor students, and Emperor Tongzhi had already flew out of the palms of those people at this moment. They could not stop Emperor Tongzhi from doing anything!"
"That empire is too demanding of face. Since it cannot be stopped, it can only choose to accept it. Taking the initiative to submit the letter of state is also a way to gild my face!"
Chapter completed!