In the 19th century, most Western buildings had one suite and another suite. Outside there was a larger lounge where people could eat and chat, and inside there was a small suite for sleeping and napping. Even some people had a particular study room and a suite in the master bedroom. God knows what it would be for them to have so many suites.

When the door of the suite was opened, the first face he faced was actually a Tory veteran, the current foreign minister of the empire, Earl Larendon, who was Benjamin's true confidant. He actually hid in the lounge in Gladston.

"External Minister... Are you..." Gordon was extremely embarrassed standing there, but a trace of ominous premonition emerged in his heart.

The people who surprised him even more were still behind. The Field Marshal of the Garnett Joseph Wallsley Empire, the personal secretary of the two Armour Marshals, three giants in the banking and business circles, and the last part of the crowd was Prince Edward.

Gladstone said nothing wrong. Gordon is just an embarrassing person who cannot access the top-level information. A middle-level member like him, who analyzes it with a little incomplete confidence, can be imagined.

Foreign Minister Earl Larenden nodded apologetically to Gordon, "There is no need to ask any more. Everything in front of you has proved your guess... Yes, the entire upper class of the empire has made a decision..."

"Let Benjamin rest. The Empire will give him the best retirement benefits, and no one will hold him accountable for all his faults during his tenure. Let the handover of the Empire's rights be more decent!"

What else can Gordon say? These are not people in front of him, but huge forces.

The Liberal Party, Whig Party, and even the Tory Party have abandoned Benjamin, the Army and the Navy have abandoned him, and even the big men in the financial and business circles have chosen to abandon him.

Even the royal family stood behind Gladstone, how could this turn the tables?

Gordon sat directly on the chair with his legs weak, and he shook his head in pain, "How can I fight this? If I had known this was the case, why would I have to do this impeachment scene? Just to make your position more formal? Why do I have to do this..."

Gladstone handed Gordon a glass of wine "No, you're wrong, we do this because we respect the constitution of the empire... The constitution is above everything else, this is the spirit of Britain!"

"I'm asking you to come today. In fact, I hope you can abandon the party's views and not be discouraged and continue to work! The negotiations between the Empire and Emperor Tongzhi need you, and the new government still needs you!"

"Need me?" The wine Gordon drank was bitter.

Foreign Minister Larendon nodded, "Of course you need, after all, you still have the position of admiral of the Qing Dynasty. Although we all know it is honorary, this is also your uniqueness..."

"And I know that Emperor Tongzhi has a good personal relationship with you. We hope you will continue to work for the new prime minister so that we can finally get control of the railway!"

The prince also spoke, "Let's open your door. In fact, there are no colonial factions, internal affairs factions, etc. in the world... Everyone's views are consistent when it comes to the core interests of the empire!"

"Gladstone opposes continuing colonial expansion, but only opposes those expansion actions that lose money, and those external expansion that can really make a lot of money, and he also raises his hands to agree!"

"At this moment, the empire's navy has been able to control the area downstream of the Yangtze River. This is the richest economic area of ​​the Qing Empire, but it is far from enough..."

"Our warship tonnage is too large to effectively control the canal, so we urgently need to control a north-south railway to expand our sphere of influence..."

"In the future, our pattern of ruling the Qing Empire will be cross-shaped! Using the Yangtze River as the east-west transport belt and the railway as the north-south transport belt, we will control the local economic lifeline from one vertically and one horizontally, and put our military forces into it..."

"Our intelligence agencies have made accurate calculations. Once the future pattern takes shape, we can control one-quarter of the population of the Qing Empire..."

"Once the railway is opened, it will have a strong stimulus effect on the economy along the line, which will attract more people to influx... In the future, there will be no problem in controlling one-third of the population of the Qing Empire, including two economic belts in vertical and horizontal lines!"

"What is one-third of the population? We do not have an accurate population figure in the Qing Dynasty, but multi-party data show that the Qing Empire still has a population of 600 million... God! If we can let 200 million people live in our economic circle, think about it yourself how big the economic equivalent is?"

Gordon was moved by the prince's analysis. Of course, he knew the hugeness of China. An important excuse for these colonialists to persuade the British Parliament to launch troops against the Qing Empire was that, if the sleeves of every citizen of the Qing Empire grew an inch, it would be enough for the textile machine in the whole country to work for a whole year!'

Glaston guessed Gordon's idea, and he smiled and said, "You always said that the Chinese people's sleeves would grow an inch, but unfortunately, the people of that ancient empire had a very strange sense of pride and pride. They would rather have torn clothes than buy our British textiles..."

"Most Qing people still wear the local cloth they weave with the most primitive textile machines! How do you change this situation? Do you also rely on war? Use war to force every Chinese to choose to use British textiles?"

"This is obviously unrealistic, that is, defeating the Qing Empire on the battlefield can only be considered a success, and the other half needs our products to penetrate the Qing Empire in all directions!"

"Let the Chinese people at the bottom see and touch our industrial products with their own eyes, let them feel the temperature of our products, and let them compare the quality and price in person..."

"Only with comparison can you have a choice! And what this requires is not war, but the power of business! This is what I am striving for!"

"You like to colonize China with warships and artillery, I'm not! What I like is colonizing China with our British commodity areas!"

"Let our business forces completely shatter the corrupt and backward industrial chain of the Qing Empire and reshape a business environment suitable for our British Empire!"

"This is my colonialism! And all this requires that railway! And you are an important part of being able to convince Emperor Tongzhi. Do you understand now?"

"Do you understand how much we need you?"

Gordon took a deep breath, and he felt the violent beating of his chest and heart. It was really a lesson to talk to these top elites in the empire!

It was like opening the door to a new world, even if there was only a small crack in the door, it was enough to shock him.
Chapter completed!