Chapter 102

Chapter 102

Four People’s Signatures (6)

As everyone knows, Arthur Lee is a scholar-entrepreneur who buys the world’s respect with excellent character and outstanding learning not absolutely a dirty politician.

- What terrible hybrid is scholar-entrepreneur again?

What sound. This is all learned from the East.

From Grand Minister Kim Jwageun who is in heaven now starting if Joseon yangban of course devoted to commercial activities in the name of slaves or illegitimate children. That Joseon despised commerce is because not knowing this VPN and looking.

And let’s speak honestly. Because merchants operate state affairs becomes a terrible devil den causing war saying sell opium. Compared to that how independent and pure is Joseon?

Therefore.

February 1858.

A few weeks before I went to meet Palmerston.

Usual London raining wetly.

I was dumbfounded seeing the person who suddenly came to our house.

“Thought no way no way, didn’t know would really come.”

“Sorry for really coming.”

Member Disraeli. No, Minister of Finance Disraeli.

Don’t know how flustered receiving the message whether fine to suddenly visit.

While the servant received Disraeli’s umbrella and coat, hat I guided him to the reception room, and the chef immediately whispered.

“What tea shall prepare?”

“Just take out sikhye.”

“Yes?”

“No need to give prettily to that human. Just give.”

Sure enough.

Disraeli who received one cup of sikhye literally jumped.

“What is this! Larva? Treating with bugs?!”

“Rice, rice. Even treating what others cannot eat because none many complaints.”

“Keuung... Please another. Just ordinary-”

“Bring out sikhye without rice grains.”

Disraeli could not break my will to feed that sikhye to the end.

If coming as a guest to our house to that extent seems something to request, isn’t it funny to complain after coming to request.

“Sweet is okay taste. A bit understandable why deliberately brought this out several times.”

“Right? Especially when insides are bloated drinking is very good.”

“Do I look insides not good?”

I smiled faintly. Only smiled.

After a while trivial personal miscellaneous - small stories like horse racing, stocks, politics, marriage went back and forth, Disraeli finally brought out the main point. What great story trying to tell lingering like this. Conservative Party joining?

“Her Majesty the Queen recently expressed great disappointment at the repeating political strife. Finally the subjects’ dissatisfaction reached even the sky, so our Conservative Party plans to strictly punish that traitor Palmerston and Whig Party parasites receiving Her Majesty and the subjects’ general will and sit down France’s nose.”

“Frog bastards seemed enormously angry, possible to handle the aftermath?”

“Public sentiment supports the Conservative Party. British Empire subjects never want subordination to France!”

“Then will report to Her Majesty to immediately dissolve the parliament and implement general election.”

Right. If that confident must do general election.

Cleanly eat Conservative Party majority seats and war fine. These crazy bastards.

“But Her Majesty wants stability. If holding general election again here politics will become even more chaotic. Since the Conservative Party loyal subjects of Her Majesty cannot disturb the royal heart-”

“Right.”

Now know what proposal came to make.

But why to me?

“Please persuade Peelite Member Gladstone.”

“Said join the cabinet?”

“Yes.”

“Sorry but I lack the capacity to persuade Member Gladstone. If saying am I close with him fact, but because of that recklessly words-”

“Propose the Colonial Secretary position.”

A bit strong.

“If Colonial Secretary position has the authority to unfold Member Gladstone’s grand reform will. Our Conservative Party will also give some help.”

“Well... right.”

“And enormous profits will follow for Representative Lee. Know?”

Recombination of Conservative Party and Peelites.

This is a super special rice cake that will literally completely overturn the political situation.

The Conservative Party will occupy majority again, and the Whig Party will be sobbing in the opposition unable to even breathe until the general election.

I promised to definitely convey to Gladstone.

And immediately went to find him.

***

If saying big shots of the Whig Party cannot omit Palmerston and Russell, two people.

If Palmerston is like the specimen of commonly said ‘British person’ as a bloodless tearless imperialist and Machiavellian who does whatever if only national interest, Russell had strong identity as a liberal and pioneer of reform.

Short height about 160.

S-grade bloodline as the third son of the Duke of Bedford Britain’s best noble family.

Various writing activities not distinguishing genres such as politics, history, literature, romance, religion.

Even if can stamp curse pointing at Russell ‘that bastard even while noble family buries all other nobles’, could not curse him saying no beliefs.

Because he was real.

Even if can curse that human’s reform ruins the country, hard to curse no patriotism seeing the will for that reform.

But if Russell had misfortune it was that Palmerston was in the same party.

In the days Russell was prime minister and Palmerston was foreign minister, Palmerston showed crazy moving of ignoring prime minister and queen all and doing as pleased several times.

Russell who could not endure finally retaliated against Palmerston, and Palmerston also counterattacked. The result was internal division of the party and regime change.

At some moment Russell came to shiver at politics.

‘I did prime minister, rather than doing others’ lackey just not do.’

The will to reform this rotting British Empire still remained, but now fed up with the scramble for power and endless backstabbing.

“Soon Her Majesty the Queen will call me.”

Palmerston collapsed.

Palmerston who seized the prime minister seat with betrayal and fraud, in just 1 year similarly lost to betrayal and fraud.

Now no matter who sees his turn!

Her Majesty will order him to clean the shit Palmerston made, and he will be able to practice reform once more!

“C, Count.”

“Did a person come from Windsor Palace?”

“Ah, a, no. That, that.”

“Speak straight.”

“Her Majesty seems called Conservative Party’s Lord Derby.”

“Impossible!!”

Victoria did not call Russell.

In the queen’s view ignoring the royal family was fifty steps hundred steps for Palmerston or Russell, and backstabbing for party interests and strategies was also fifty steps hundred steps for both bastards.

Russell a reformer?

Just what different from the old monsters crazy for power swarming in the parliament?

Stabbed former prime minister Aberdeen too, this time stabbed current prime minister Palmerston too. Chattering great cause with the mouth but just a habitual internal shooter?

Of course from Russell’s position unfair.

“That bastard Palmerston also did internal shooting in the days I was prime minister! No, then the traitor frame of subordinating to France was put on and the Whig Party had to die together with that crazy Palmerston? Tell the Conservative Party to eat sole majority?”

But those who listened to his words were not that many.

Russell realized his political life was being driven to the edge of a hundred-foot pole.

In the middle.

He received an invitation from a completely unexpected figure.

“Sincerely thank you for accepting the invitation.”

“If Member Gladstone’s invitation whose fame is widespread of course must step?”

Gladstone the representative figure of the Peelites.

Russell one of the Whig Party’s leaders although shaking this way and that.

Their secret talk could not help but shake the British political circles immediately.

“The Conservative Party proposed coalition. Proposed the Colonial Secretary seat to me.”

“Plan to... accept?”

“If a rational politician would first calculate how much the Whig Party will call my price. But I am not. The Conservative Party neither wants reform nor wants free trade. Don’t want to break my conviction for mere thin political profits and ride the same boat with the Conservative Party.”

Russell who sent his own side’s prime minister once a year for exactly that thin political profit became a mute who ate honey.

“But while refusing this proposal at the same time confirmed. I, and those dreaming of free trade and reform ultimately must ride the same boat with the Whig Party to create the regime.”

“Those words are correct. Until when must the matter of repeating coalition and throwing the political situation into chaos be repeated?”

First an agreement between Russell and Gladstone was derived.

1. Stop the antagonism inside the Whig Party.

2. To clarify the great cause of reform, also draw in the Radicals outside the parliament into the merger.

2 did not seem that hard.

The problem was 1.

“Meaning reconcile with Palmerston.”

“Even if we become one party, if shooting inside ultimately nothing changes.”

Anyway no heavyweight named worthy of prime minister besides Palmerston. Russell was in a situation unable to even properly do internal discipline immediately.

Finally Russell agreed to this condition.

And Arthur Lee met Palmerston to hit the final blow.

***

“-Became like this.”

“Russell and Gladstone and Radical leftovers gather and recommend me as prime minister? Living long really all sorts of things in the world.”

Even the world’s Palmerston seems sincerely surprised.

“The price?”

“Appropriate distribution of power? I am just a messenger.”

“Funny. Lawmakers who can do messenger role are overflowing. Since you did something to receive commission came even to me.”

He who was chewing the steak chewy like the enemy’s flesh put down the knife heavily as if the knife was an axe.

“Take my counterproposal.”

“If counterproposal, meaning not agreeing now.”

“No. Agreeing but must attach one more. Draw in the Irish bastards.”

Four-party merger beyond three parties.

“Said the banner of reform against the Conservative Party? Then of course must draw in Ireland. Literally all politicians except the Conservative Party unite and found one party.”

With this win.

Not a 1-year mayfly cabinet, but an enormously strong cabinet that can eat for a full 10 years arises.

If receiving compensation for the birth of this powerful party and cabinet... what on earth can receive? Just imagining goosebumps rose.

Money or whatever is nothing. The tangible and intangible rights to receive as the price of contributing to the birth of this absolute power!

From the Conservative Party’s position absurd. Why after barely winning and seizing the regime suddenly those guys become a combined robot. Even meticulously gathering all guys with no presence and merging into one.

But isn’t this karma? Who told to manipulate public opinion?

“What want? New party’s nomination? House of Commons seat?”

“Already starting merit rewards. In Joseon language this is called gulping kimchi soup first.”

“If the anti-Conservative Party banner merges no matter of not winning. For a while will definitely roll stably.”

“Once I do not desire the lawmaker position.”

Really.

A beggar without money even attaching the gold badge cannot maintain.

- No money? You? Joking?

Really none.

At least no money worthy of doing politics.

19th century politics is done with money. Not a soft neighborhood like the 21st century so literally must smear money with all strength. Here if only money and power can cash even an electoral district with population 2? Ah. Britain. Really a wonderful country.

“I once am thinking of raising some business domestically. Hope help this business a bit.”

“That is a natural thing. Whether loan screening or securities issuance or whatever just say.”

Wow. Reaction different from last time from the start. Just free pass free pass.

This much even entering heavy chemical industry will not become Thames River eel feed.

“Just curious so let’s just ask once. What on earth business trying to do requesting support even abandoning parliament entry?”

“Roughly thinking two.”

“Not one but two? What.”

“First is a train running not on railway but ordinary roads.”

Automobile.

“Next is electric light.”

And electricity.

Preempt the Second Industrial Revolution.

And protect the world’s hegemony.

In my view, this was the only solution.

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