After hearing the Prime Minister's reply, the Queen felt a little unhappy. Under her rule, this country has reached its peak in history.
Especially the navy, their naval tonnage is almost unrivaled in the world, and they have implemented the two-power standard.
The so-called two-power standard is that its naval ship tonnage must be the sum of the ship tonnage of the second and third-ranked countries.
In other words, they can rely on their own country's strength to deal with the challenges of the two countries below them at the same time.
Now the Prime Minister actually said that the quality of the enemy's navy completely surpasses his own.
"I think Mr. Prime Minister, your cabinet should pay attention to this matter. Since the sea power of our British Empire has fallen behind, you should design a new warship. We must not let our navy be surpassed by other countries.
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Earl Rosebery fully agreed with the Queen's words, but this is all for later. The most important thing now is how to deal with matters in East Asia.
"Your Majesty the Queen, I will remember your words firmly. After I return, I will order the Navy Ministry to design new warships. But the most important thing now is, how to solve the problems in East Asia?"
The Queen of England is indeed old. She no longer has the energy to continue fighting against other countries as before.
"Send someone to negotiate with the strongman in the Far East about this matter. Try to minimize the impact of the matter. You must ensure that our sphere of influence in the Far East will not be deprived of us."
Earl Rosebery thought for a while. If he really followed the Queen's wishes, although the situation could be temporarily calmed, the consequence would be that his right to speak in East Asia would be seriously weakened.
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, our right to speak in East Asia will be severely weakened, and the Rakshasa Kingdom may expand on a large scale in the Far East, which will have a great impact on our international policies."
Count Rosebery still wanted to continue sending troops to completely nip Liu Hai, the strongman of the Far East, in the bud.
Queen Victoria suddenly became angry when she heard this, "Under this situation, can't you see the situation clearly? Since our navy has been defeated once, it may be defeated a second time. If the navy is wiped out again, our maritime power will
We will be severely impacted. Those European powers will never let us go when we are weak. They will definitely pounce on us like wolves on the prairie and bite off a piece of meat from us."
After hearing this, Earl Rosebery was a little disapproving. He thought that these European powers were much worse than himself in terms of naval strength and shipbuilding capabilities.
The strong man in the Far East does not have any shipyards at all, but he can possess 50,000-ton warships. Such mysterious forces must not allow them to exist.
Queen Victoria saw that her Prime Minister still wanted to continue arguing? The Queen had controlled the country for so many years, and she hated people who went against her will.
"Mr. Prime Minister, you have to remember, what interests do we have around the world? We must not inflict heavy losses on the navy because of the emergence of a strong man in the Far East. If the navy once weakens, it will be very difficult to rise again? Think about the current squadron.
Teeth."
Nuyang's tone was still very angry when she said this? She now has the idea of changing a prime minister, but this time she needs a scapegoat for her failure in the Far East.
Wait until this incident is over? Let this guy get out.
Earl Rosebery didn't know it yet, but his stubbornness had left a very bad impression on the queen.
Although this country seems to have entered a democratic era, the king is only a symbolic element.
In fact, the Queen has been secretly controlling the direction of the domestic political situation through various forms for so many years. As the Prime Minister, he is very aware of this situation, but there is nothing he can do about it.
So he could only agree to the queen's suggestion and then leave.
After Earl Rosebery returned to the Prime Minister's residence, he immediately held a cabinet meeting. At the meeting, he informed that member of the defeat of the Far East Navy and also explained to the cabinet members the Queen's attitude on this matter.
The Queen has actually spoken, so naturally these cabinet members will not disobey the Queen's orders, because they are concerned about their own political lives.
So after the meeting, London immediately sent a telegram to Sir Walter in the capital of the Qing Dynasty.
Let this Qing Guotong preside over this negotiation with Liu Hai. The bottom line of the negotiation is not to harm any of their interests. As for other countries, they can no longer care about them, and they can also be thrown out as a bargaining chip on the negotiation table.
, to satisfy the appetite of bangs.
Besides, at this time, Liu Hai led his warships back to Shanghai Wusongkou Pier in a mighty manner.
This day is October 2, 1885. This is a day that Liu Hai will always remember. Before this day, the Nanyang Navy led by Liu Hai defeated the most powerful maritime force on the planet.
This established Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy's absolute maritime hegemony in East Asia.
Liu Hai's fleet lined up at Wusongkou Pier and entered the military port. The people watching around and observers from various embassies saw the appearance of two new-type warships that had never been seen before in Liu Hai's fleet.
The personnel in these embassies were almost all intelligence personnel. One look at the shape of the two battleships, and then combined with the intelligence, they judged that these should be the latest battleships - the Sovereign class battleship.
Regarding this situation, everyone in the embassy had roughly guessed the outcome of this naval battle.
It seems that Geely has suffered a heavy setback in East Asia this time.
The diplomats from various countries looked at each other, with a hint of tacit excitement in their eyes.
Especially diplomats from the two countries of China and Lanxi. Since these two countries are closest to Geely, they are the most able to feel the pressure at sea.
If the opponent's navy is severely damaged this time, it will leave a foundation for the rise of our own country.
Soon, the specific circumstances of this naval battle were revealed through various channels, and this information was transmitted back to Europe through various channels such as embassies.
Europe was in a state of excitement at this time. Countless espionage agents rushed to London, trying to figure out the impact of this failure on them.
The most important thing is to detect them. Are the navy's losses serious this time?
Earl Rosebery was very troubled by this failure, so let’s not mention it for now.
Besides, after Liu Hai returned to Shanghai, he immediately explained the situation of this naval battle to the court in the form of electricity: the entire main force of the Nanyang Navy defeated the enemy in the South China Sea and sank three enemy battleships, five armored cruisers, and a heavy cruiser.
6 ships, 10 light cruisers, captured two opponent's battleships, and one armored cruiser. The Nanyang Navy has achieved absolute maritime hegemony in East Asia.
When Liu Hai's telegram reached the capital, Prince Gong Yixin jumped up from his chair with joy when he saw the telegram.
Although Liu Hai can be regarded as a semi-warlord figure, he still obeys the orders of the court after all. Now as long as he is acceptable in general, the court will recognize him as a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty.
Since this is the case, then the victory of this war will naturally be the victory of the Qing Dynasty.
So Prince Gong Yixin happily went to the Summer Palace with the telegram to report this victory to Lafayette.
After Cixi received the telegram, she was not happy at all. Instead, she put the telegram aside gently and said: "I didn't expect that this bangs would develop to this point in just a few years. It will be possible in the future."
How to suppress it?”
After Prince Gong Yixin heard this, his eyes also showed sadness. Guiziliu had watched the decline of the Qing Dynasty over the years, and he already understood that the Qing Dynasty would not last long.
"Queen Mother, this is all for later. Now we should first think about how to reward bangs, so as not to chill the hero!"
After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Cixi had a sneer on her face, "Just send a telegram to the whole country to commend him. As for the actual thing, you tell him that after the war is over, he will be rewarded in one go."
Although Prince Gong felt that this matter was a bit unreliable, Cixi and Lafayette had already spoken. What could he do? After all, he was no longer the majestic political king he was back then.
A few days later, a telegram of commendation from the imperial court was delivered to Liu Hai.
At that time, Liu Haizheng and Zeng Yuying were playing with their sons, and the housekeeper happened to send this telegram.
Liu Hai took the telegram and read it, then burst into laughter.
Zeng Yuying, who was next to her, saw Liu Hai smiling so happily, so she came over and said, "What's so happy about? Let me see it too."
"What can I have? Our Lafayette gave me a commendation."
Zeng Yuying became interested as soon as she heard this, "What did the imperial court reward me? Is it a promotion to a higher rank?"
With a sneer on Liu Hai's face, he delivered the telegram to Zeng Yuying.
Zeng Yuying also noticed something was wrong on Liu Hai's face. She picked up the telegram and looked at it. It was just a few words of commendation, but nothing practical at all.
When Zeng Yuying saw this, she also understood why Liu Hai's expression was so weird.
Liu Hai sat there and thought for a while, then sighed and said: "I am loyal to the imperial court, but I didn't expect that the imperial court would be so suspicious of me."
Then Liu Hai stood up, like a loyal minister and good general, and stood at the window sighing.
Others don't know Liu Hai's thoughts, how could Zeng Yuying, who is Liu Hai's pillow, not know? It's a bit funny to see him pretending now.
However, Zeng Yuying did not expose the bangs, but followed the words of the bangs and gave him a few words of comfort.
Liu Hai pretended to be in front of Zeng Yuying for a while, but then he couldn't pretend anymore, turned around and laughed at Zeng Yuying, "But this is exactly what I want. The ruthlessness of the court can just bring out my loyal general.
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After Liu Hai finished speaking, he took the telegram and walked out.