Fox of France

In the following days, even the steps in front of the house of the former Prime Minister Pete Jr., who theoretically has been idle at home, were about to be stepped down by lobbyists from all walks of life. Some of these lobbyists hope to continue to maintain peace, such as representatives of the textile industry, a part of the banking industry, and a part of the machinery manufacturing industry. There are also some who hope to go to war as soon as possible, such as some agricultural enterprises, some liquor enterprises, and a large number of spokespersons of military industrial enterprises.

The same is true for other political figures. Every member of parliament, no matter whether they are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons, their doorsteps are full of carriages.

Every lobbyist uses "the interests of the country and the people" as an excuse to ask these congressmen to take actions of one kind or another. At the same time, they all express, intentionally or unintentionally, that they will never forget the profound friendship between us. , will definitely be worthy of friends.

Little Pete discovered that only a little more than half a year had passed, but the political situation in the whole of Britain had undergone tremendous changes.

In the previous few years, thanks to the efforts of Pete Jr., the originally loose Tory Party became more and more united, and it was increasingly able to act as a whole in Parliament. And his old opponent Fox, although he has a sharp mouth, every time in the parliament, the Tories including Pete Jr. can be dumbfounded, and even have to resort to such things as "some things we thought we knew, We also do know, some things we do know, we also think we know, some things...you know it" and other means to prevaricate. However, relying on unity, the Tory Party continued to defeat the Whig Party on major issues, and even successfully provoked several internal strife and splits in the Whig Party.

When facing Fox, Pete Jr. can say this: "I have never won a parliamentary debate; but I have never lost a parliamentary vote."

Gone are the days of impressing MPs with a powerful speech in Parliament and changing the outcome of a vote in one fell swoop. In the case of a large logarithm, the result of the vote is decided long before the vote. Even if someone is in the middle of the voting process and jumps back, the reason for his jump is never an exciting speech. Any politician who doesn't understand this and is still nostalgic for the good old days can only suffer failure again and again.

But today, Pete Jr. finds that people who are behind the times seem to have become themselves. He noticed that in just over half a year, deep cracks appeared in the originally united Tory Party.

Some members of parliament firmly oppose the resumption of war with France because they, or their families, or their "friends" invest in textiles or other industries that have gained a lot of benefits from trade with Europe. They even felt that as long as Ireland remained nominally within the United Kingdom, it was not unacceptable to give them some "self-government rights". Some people simply think that the United Kingdom's policy towards Ireland over the years is fundamentally wrong. The United Kingdom is indeed very unfair to Ireland. is an intolerable error.

On the other hand, another group of members firmly demanded to resume war with France because they, or their families, or their friends invested in industries such as arms. They even felt that those MPs who opposed the war were traitors to England and should be dragged out for ten minutes of shooting.

Little Pete knew that if a vote were to be voted on this right now, it would almost certainly split the entire Tory party in an instant and make the Whigs laugh.

In fact, even now, the Whigs, especially Fox, are having fun.

After this incident, several die-hard Tory MPs who had never come to his door before expressed goodwill to him through some channels, and expressed that if the parliament were to vote on peace issues, they hoped that Fox's The Whigs could be on the side of the peace. Of course, in return, they will also support some ideas of the Whig Party. For example, they are willing to give some support to the Whig Party on some issues in Ireland, and even on some issues of religious policy.

In the past, Fox had only seen two or five young Whigs, and they were groups of two or five young. Many times, when we count the votes the night before voting, we still feel that we still have a certain advantage. When we vote at noon the next day, we find that the number of votes is not even half of others. When did you see that the Tory Party will also produce traitors?

"I thought that only a party like our Whig party, which is mainly composed of civilians, would produce traitors. I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect those decent nobles in your Tory party to be so-so! "

However, although Fox is full of contempt for these profit-seeking nobles in his heart, the experience of fighting in the political arena (being hanged and beaten by Pete) for so many years has made him deeply realize that it is better to make many of his own people than the enemy. The importance of doing little.

Therefore, although he was full of contempt for these traitors, Fox was still very kind and warmly received the envoys of these two or five boys, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with them.

So Pete Jr. first discovered that the "English Press Union" had begun to split. The first to jump back was the "England Economic Observer" in the "England Press Union", which is against the "London Businessman".

On April 1st, the "Economic Observer" actually published such a report: "Treating Irish talents fairly is the key to the long-term stability of Ireland".

In this report, the "England Economic Observer" first reviewed the history of how Britain lost North America, and pointed out that it was precisely because of the British expropriation in the North American colonies that it led to the independence of the North American colonies.

Then it used detailed figures to compare with North America, and came to such a conclusion: "Our government's plundering of the Irish is even more than that of the North American colonies."

The article then raises a series of questions on this basis: "Does the UK government really consider Ireland part of the UK? Or is it simply a colony? Is he a citizen of this country? Or does he see an Irishman, who is also white, as a black African?"

This shot was completely beyond the expectations of the "England Press Union". It was not until three days later that the Times Review organized a rebuttal to the England Economic Observer report. Then the "England Free Press Union" immediately joined in, and several newspapers cursed each other.

"The Times Review" accused the "Economic Observer" of betraying the motherland. The "Economic Observer" scolded the "Times Review" as "a lackey of tyranny" and "the mouthpiece of warmongers".

Then the "Free England" of the "England Free Press Union" stated: "Although we do not agree with the "Economic Observer" on many issues, we believe that the "Economic Observer" is still an important one. A good media with a stand, an attitude, and a conscience. As for the appalling accusation of "betrayal of the motherland" in the "Times Review", it reminds us of Samuel Johnson's famous saying: "Patriotism is the last of the rascals." hiding place.'

As for "Treating Irish Talents Fairly Is the Key to Ireland's Long-term Peace and Security", it is of course a good article, a good article full of real, even higher humanitarianism and higher patriotism. We wholeheartedly agree with this article; we are equally filled with contempt for those 'patriotic thieves' who are trying to start a civil war and try to bring us to our fellow Irishmen, whose plots cannot succeed..."

Faced with such a situation, Pete Jr. and Addington both realized that it was not possible to block Ireland immediately at this time. First, the timing wasn't quite right; the Irish's mass production campaign was doing well, and they should have enough potatoes for a while. Starting the lockdown now will give them and the French more time to contingency. Moreover, the navy's mine experiments have just been completed, and it will take a long time for the production to increase enough to block the Irish coast. Second, such behavior is likely to create divisions directly within the UK and, more importantly, within the Tory Party.

On the other hand, after such a toss, the so-called "secret" of the British Navy has also made the whole of Europe, and no one knows it.

After Napoleon got the news, he immediately asked Joseph to ask him about countermeasures.

"Mines. The British are good. They actually came up with something like this. Well, you ask me how to clear the mines? Well, this is not technically impossible, but it is very troublesome, just like clearing landmines, it is very dangerous and troublesome , is much more troublesome than laying mines.”

"You know this too? To this day, Verdun hasn't been cleared." Napoleon scolded, "Why did you bury so many?"

"This is the result that we can slowly discharge mines under peaceful conditions." Joseph said, "Removing mines is more troublesome than this, and in that area, we will not have command of the sea, allowing us to quietly and slowly Demining. So don’t think about demining or anything like that.”

"Then what?" asked Napoleon.

"Napoleon, who do you think is more afraid of mines than us or the British?" Joseph asked.

"Of course they are British...how about Joseph, can we make this thing?" Napoleon asked.

"As long as there is funding, I can make one in another month." Joseph replied, "Of course, if it's just used to scare the British, tomorrow I can make a model that can scare them to death."