Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Neither Close Nor Distant (5)

“So... the world’s Member Disraeli couldn’t even recover the principal?”

The Conservative Party leader, Earl of Derby (Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley) clicked his tongue, and Disraeli tried to turn the words.

“The young friend had a quite sharp mouth.”

“Genius. How many people heard the sound of the highest peak in one field in their 20s? Mozart?”

“No, still that, ordinary genius is closer to poor eloquence than eloquence? Thought could win with speaking skills.”

“So came getting hit excitedly. Because looked down on the opponent.”

“No, not exactly to say got hit-”

Derby waved his hand seeing Disraeli’s ugly appearance with no time for excuses. Became a party heavyweight because of that eloquence, but at the same time earning beatings because of that mouth was usual Disraeli as is.

The Conservative Party great split that started with the Corn Laws.

Experiencing the unprecedented situation of the party leader running out of the party saying ‘cannot eat with you guys’ the Conservative Party received enormous damage. Because heavyweight, big shot figures all switched to the Peelites.

Derby became the leader of the Conservative Party empty overnight, and even if appointed prime minister there was no figure worthy of taking the cabinet’s heavy responsibilities so a cabinet full of rookies and half-baked, young masters was born.

‘What? Who? Who? (Who? Who?)’

The old Duke of Wellington who was almost deaf at the time shouted the elderly unique shout ‘who?’ throughout hearing the new cabinet list, and the 1st Derby cabinet attached such an amazing nickname <​Who Who Cabinet>.

But to Benjamin Disraeli the Conservative Party great split became an enormous opportunity. If not that mess by what means would he have eaten even minister in this Conservative Party and stood tall as a party heavyweight.

Although that <​Who Who Cabinet> received the total attack of the Whig Party and Peelites, Irish independents and Radicals and short-lived unable to endure long... Disraeli obtained fame as a national figure.

Derby was somewhat displeased with that point.

Disraeli’s combative attitude clearly influenced the deterioration of relations with the Peelites, and then of course his responsibility has a certain share in the cabinet collapse is his inner thought.

But could not openly confront him either.

Anyway currently in the Conservative Party not many named who can self-reliance with individual skill, if wasting the person barely there again Derby would definitely be preserved as the world’s fool.

“Member Disraeli. From now on until the party line is properly set how about restraining somewhat personal comments?”

“Party leader. Then we the opposition must have just quietly watched the Far East problem? If the opposition doesn’t play the opposition role by what means will we obtain votes?”

“Overturning that all because of us about to have Joseon interests snatched by France!”

“Joseon interests are all illusions. Insignificant compared to Chinese interests-”

“Then fine persuading voters like that.”

Ultimately Derby’s voice grew.

“As party leader, I will clearly warn about chattering your theory on diplomacy as if party line. If wanting to do diplomacy with such hegemonic ideas work under Palmerston. Not under me.”

“Excuse me. Will restrain myself.”

“Quickly clean up first. The Joseon problem the more mentioned the more we cannot help but suffer losses.”

The Joseon problem that Disraeli centered and stabbed received attacks from other parties for various reasons.

Someone worried about France’s intervention.

Another someone claimed withdrawing power from Joseon is a humiliating matter of submitting to ‘weak Qing’.

Another someone shouted ‘just make our protectorate or colony fine?’.

In this situation Disraeli met Jo Byeonghyeon and Arthur to look for some clue to counterattack... the result was not remarkable.

“Strictly speaking that Arthur Lee is a Conservative Party supporter.”

“If regarding the Peelites as Conservative Party too right.”

“Hope supports us. Well, that will be hard.”

“I have another plan.”

Derby instead of answering looked at him blankly.

“From now on shut up about Far East stories, and turn the topic to the Balkans or Central Asia. Must twist the story itself toward the side that must block Russia’s threat from the Indian direction rather than that Siberian ice lump.”

“That is a story quite appetizing. But will leave that to another person so you no longer step forward.”

“...Understood.”

He held one sip of tea with a bitter sense of defeat circulating.

As Derby’s words, couldn’t even recover the principal.

But if only not bringing out that Far East problem no more matters entangled with him.

Probably.

***

As of 1855, at this time cases of changing parties were not as rare as thought.

Palmerston who seized even the prime minister seat as a heavyweight of the current Whig Party was originally from the Conservative Party, but because the line differed a lot from the Conservative Party mainstream such as opposing Catholic oppression or supporting liberalism, free trade after various disputes ultimately switched to the Whig Party.

The current Conservative Party leader Earl of Derby was Whig Party in his youth. Because a Whig Party family with bones started with the Whig Party, but after fighting big inside because of religious problems ultimately issued the command to the Conservative Party.

Disraeli became a Conservative Party heavyweight from the Radicals, and Gladstone also from the Conservative Party now Peelites and later joins the Liberal Party. As expected the industry national rule that runaway ninja is stronger than just ninja is definite.

- From when did lawmakers become ninja...?

Why. Similar. If only chakra (votes) there perform the miracle of pushing mountains with bare hands and using water escape even in places without water. But if power depletes can no longer perform techniques. Live gathering among themselves. Even in America build Mount Rushmore copying Hokage faces... still need more evidence? Lawmakers are definitely ninja.

- No, no. That...

And now London is in the middle of season 256 ninja war.

Gladstone’s face met after a long time was full of haggardness.

“I was too late. Should have visited the minister first setting aside all matters.”

“Late. Not yet late so came well.”

He who was Minister of Finance suffered extremely vicious working environment of bones and flesh being ground as the Crimean War broke out. Even the cabinet practically got hit by no-confidence beam and exploded stillbirth.

“I will resign.”

“...Then the coalition collapses? Will Prime Minister Palmerston accept the resignation?”

“I am not even the head of the Peelites no way collapses with this matter. Since nailed in the parliament there was a problem in war conduct, as Minister of Finance who engaged in war conduct I also must take responsibility and resign.”

Principled enough to be stuffy. How do politics like this.

But Gladstone rather bowed his head toward me.

“Thank you.”

“Suddenly? For what?”

“For proving I was not wrong.”

At the sudden words I didn’t know what to do so shut the mouth once, and sure enough he first opened the preface.

“Colleague lawmakers and citizens who give votes all say the same. If chattering morality like that where earn money and how increase colonies.”

“Well, not wrong words.”

“But look at what we did in Joseon. We rescued the king the legitimate ruler of Joseon, and subjugated the traitor Prince Kinchua (Kim Jwageun) who arbitrarily held and shook the country and bought Joseon people’s goodwill. We delivered excellent civilization and religion to Joseon, and Joseon people expressed gratitude and respect to such us. Much more beautiful than colonial exploitation?”

That, seems holding very flower garden-like thoughts, the things I did are not that beautiful things?

“Might think I hold absurd idealism. But did we kill all like Spaniards in Joseon and plunder gold? Built plantation farms and sold black slaves? Forced opium and reduced Joseon people to addicts? I guarantee. We accomplished much more morally correct things than conventional colony management.”

“...Saying so, again plausible.”

“If the British Empire leading world civilization must have dignity befitting that status. Disraeli forgot this and fell into predicament.”

“How do you see Member Disraeli?”

“Satan’s blood relative.”

Wow fuck. This person trying to keep gentle and dignity immediately stabs like this. Really dislikes quite a lot.

“I am not some anti-Semite or such. Evaluated him considering his wicked nature and meanness, wolf-like persistence and agitator temperament flattering the public, praising war and treacherousness not choosing means and methods.”

“Already verbally sliced. If making bindaetteok into rags like this hard to eat.”

“I do not speak empty words.”

I only nodded the head at that overwhelming force, and he briefly stared at the mountain of documents piled full then turned his head.

“Heard the story of refusing the Joseon minister proposal.”

“Already?”

“When went to reveal resignation intention to the prime minister. If because of me fine to accept. Now I am in a private citizen status for a while. Getting along with living power will be much more helpful to you too.”

“Sorry but Lord Palmerston is too scary a person to approach with such shallow heart. Seems will be completely stripped even one piece of underwear.”

“As expected smart.”

He readily acknowledged. If recklessly picking up will get sick. Of course.

“Then will return to Joseon in personal capacity?”

“No thought of returning for a while. Probably for quite a long time, perhaps no matter of returning to Joseon for life.”

“Why?”

“Because I was not in London such a dangerous matter immediately burst. This time fortunately seems cleaned up well, but thinking like this really my business and honor might fly away from the roots quite scary.”

“Running for office also not bad. If an ambitious and capable young person nothing like becoming a lawmaker and serving the country.”

No no. What vicious words. Running for office.

“Running for office... seems not yet. Cannot say will never, but at least not now.”

“Then? Really will do studies?”

“Will do business.”

Doubt formed in Gladstone’s eyes.

Might not understand well what business again leaving Lee & Gladstone Company that already almost ate one country, and the Far East Company.

But my conclusion became clear.

I must become not just a bourgeois but that famous ‘industrial capitalist’, a manufacturing factory owner owning thousands tens of thousands of employees and huge factories.

“Just war special.”

“Come to think of it the place called Nobel was also your owned company. Is it going well there?”

Ayu, would it be the level of going well?

Money copying event.

And no thought of ending there.

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