Chapter 179 William Pitt Consultation

Regarding Zhu Jingyuan's arrangements, Zhu Jianyan and Liang Yunying discussed it for a long time, and finally asked Liang Yunying to write a letter.

Write down messages that are not convenient for public delivery by telegraph.

Including the criteria for selecting officials and teachers for the food country, and the real purpose of allowing Zhu Jingyuan to build schools and fund students.

And the imperial court will give him a batch of official rewards, and he can privately ask Zhu Jianyan for another one.

If you are interested in any land, mountains, forests or lakes, you can mention it to Zhu Jianyan in private.

And tell Zhu Jingyuan that Liang Yunying will go there after the new year and will bring him some maids.

If Zhu Jingyuan agrees, he can directly ask the clan government to arrange for him to select a few suitable girls and send them there.

If you still plan to find a princess by yourself, you can also accept two formal concubines first.

I taught you several paragraphs earnestly, carefully written them and sealed them.

Let two members of the royal family take him to Tianjin to take the next immigration ferry to the country of food.

Although Liang Yunying herself wanted to go to Dashi Country, she couldn't leave immediately.

From the end of the 34th year of Taiping to the beginning of the new year, the capital of the Ming Dynasty will be particularly busy.

Next, a ceremony will be held to honor Zhu Zhongliang as the Supreme Emperor, the Queen as the Queen Mother, and the other concubines as the Dowager Concubines.

Zhu Jianyan was the legitimate second son, and his biological mother was Zhu Zhongliang's queen, so there was only one queen mother in this dynasty.

Then wait until New Year's Day, which is Zhu Jianyan's enthronement ceremony.

Next, Zhu Jianyan was canonized as a concubine.

Finally, the new emperor offered sacrifices to heaven again.

The Chinese New Year is about to begin, and with all this big stuff done, it won’t be until February next year.

Only then can Liang Yunying set off.

While the entire Ming Dynasty is busy preparing for the New Year, countries in Europe and the West have already begun to plan for the new year and the future.

Their new year has begun.

The Ming Dynasty's negotiating delegation was originally the last of all the missions to return to the capital of the country.

Representatives from other countries returned to their countries one after another before the end of 1805 AD.

Compared with the excitement when the Ming Dynasty delegation returned to China, when delegations from other countries returned to the capital, the atmosphere was obviously much cooler.

The Ottoman negotiations had ended long ago, and the mission had obtained the colony when they returned again.

However, the size of the colony obtained was completely incomparable with the land ceded, so there was no publicity.

However, the degree of civilization of the Ottoman citizens was significantly lower than that of other Thai and Western countries. The Ottoman Empire was the empire of the Sultan.

Ordinary people don't care about ceding land. As long as there are no compensations and no need to raise taxes, a ceasefire is a good thing.

Lucia, Spain, and Portugal did not announce any official news, and the delegation returned to their capitals silently.

However, the news was published in private newspapers, triggering a new round of condemnation and criticism. Many newspapers denounced the delegation for losing its power and humiliating the country.

Spain and Portugal lost a large number of colonies, and the eastern region of Lucia was split off and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

The failure of the entire war and the failure of negotiations made the new generation of young people in various countries filled with indignation.

In the days before and after the New Year, courts in various countries are thinking about how to stabilize national order.

Fortunately, the war is finally over and they can focus all their efforts at home, otherwise they might collapse at some point.

Austria, Italy, and Prussia announced the news, but did not hold any events.

Private newspapers believed that their country did not suffer a loss this time. It paid reparations to end the world war and gained the Mozhou colony.

They are all looking forward to starting to colonize Mozhou in the coming year, hoping to discover important minerals and build new cities and manors in Mozhou.

The French were busy appeasing the Yinzhou colony and continuing to control the news of the Quebec Mission Incident. There was basically no one to control the affairs of the mission.

The matter of France ceding territory and paying compensation seems less important now, and I don’t know if this is a good thing.

Prince Charles received Zhu Jingyuan's gift and was in a good mood, wearing new clothes to attend the New Year's banquet.

The situation is most complicated in the United Kingdom.

Under the long-term exaggeration of newspaper news, everyone from the new elite to the old aristocracy regarded Pitt as a traitor.

From the private sector to the court, there were calls for Pitt to be dismissed.

King George III was also planning to depose Pitt. He even had the order written down and ready to be signed and dated at any time.

But Pitt's last letter and the Prince of Wales's persuasion made George III forcibly endure it.

George III did not publish Pitt's dismissal and asked Pitt to appear in Parliament for questioning after returning home.

The questioning took place in the House of Lords, which is nominally the highest judicial body in the United Kingdom.

Members include descendants of the royal family, hereditary peers, life peers, judges of the Court of Appeal and church archbishops and bishops.

In theory, members of the House of Commons should be civilians. When they get to the House of Lords, they have no place to sit, so they stand at the back to participate.

George III sat in the King's Seat and was questioned by a Lord Chancellor.

Pitt himself has no illusions about the inquiry, and now everyone wants him removed.

One person needs to be responsible for all the current contradictions and mistakes in the UK, and I am the ideal candidate.

Your own party no longer supports you, and now they don't need you.

Maybe not everyone is against me, but now they don’t dare to stand up and support me.

But Peter didn't want to leave a stain on himself, because he had a clear conscience, so he decided to participate and accept the questioning.

After getting permission from the king, the justice began to ask questions to Pitt who was standing below:

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, there are media reports that your relationship with His Highness Prince Dashi of the Ming Dynasty is very secret.

"There are photos showing the two of you having an intimate conversation at a banquet. What's your explanation for this?"

Peter said of course:

"I have no personal friendship with His Highness Prince Dashi.

"The so-called intimate conversation is just a misunderstanding caused by the angle of the photo.

"Actually the conversation didn't last long, just a few sentences.

"But I am the representative of the anti-Ming alliance, and Prince Dashi is the negotiator of the Ming Dynasty. Both of us were paid attention to by media personnel, so we left photos.

"At that time, Prince Dashi actually just came to ask me if there was a patent for flying machines in the UK.

"It was just a casual chat during the free time at the banquet.

"We have never had any private contact or communication with each other."

There was a suppressed discussion below, but the discussion was not about Peter's answer, but how to let Peter take the blame.

King George III looked at Peter and said nothing. His mind was filled with analysis of the news reports he had seen.

The justice paused for a moment, waiting for the secretary to finish recording the information, and then continued to ask about the content of this topic:

"How did you answer that question about flying machine patents?"

Peter had already been mentally prepared for these situations, and now he answered the question immediately:

"I just stated that we have not yet approved the relevant patent in the UK and did not disclose additional information.

"I claim that I am not familiar with patent matters or the development of flying machines."

The justice felt that there was nothing to dig into here, so he changed to a more sensitive topic:

"About you exchanging seats with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the meeting.

"What's your explanation for being the only court representative sitting in front of representatives of this country's royal family?"

Pete was also prepared for this kind of question:

"That is the only way to resolve the Ming Dynasty's difficulties when arranging the seating order.

"As the organizer of the Anti-Ming League, I sit in the front row of representatives of the Anti-Ming League. This approach is reasonable and reasonable.

"I have already explained the relevant logic to His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales."

The justice waited for the record and continued to ask:

"In that case, why did you make so many compromises to the Ming Dynasty and sign such an agreement that humiliates the country?"

Pete immediately retorted:

“That’s the best result for Britain! That’s the best result that Britain can achieve!

"If there are no accidents, our peace can last for decades or hundreds of years.

"If you do not accept this agreement, you can ask His Majesty the King to veto the agreement again.

"Britain can continue to fight against Ming Dynasty and see what the result will be!
To be continued...