1825 My New Daming

Chapter 137 For the sake of the British Empire, India must fulfill its duties! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

"Your Excellency, Earl Nelson's telegram said that he believed the Battle of the Kii Passage had shown the Sovereign to be a failed battleship, with nothing to offer but solid armor. He advised the Admiralty to begin immediately the design of a new fifteen thousand tons Class fast armored cruiser, at our current level, this is the most effective route, so the design and construction work should start immediately.

In addition, we should also start pre-researching [-]-ton or even [-]-ton invincible warships.If we are doomed to be unable to compete with our opponents in terms of numbers, then we need several super battleships that can offset Ming's numerical advantages."

At this time, Secretary of the Navy Robert Peel took out a telegram from Earl Nelson, commander of the Indian Grand Fleet, breaking the dull atmosphere in the conference room.

Earl Nelson is worthy of the British Empire's naval god. As soon as he got the report from George Elliot, he knew where the problem of the defeat was.Well, it's mainly the weapons that don't work.This is not the only weapon theory, but seeking truth from facts.

As the core asset of the British Empire Navy, the Sovereign Class is obviously difficult to take on. In fact, when designing the Sovereign Class, some people have raised such a problem-the 13.5-inch artillery of the Sovereign Class is against a [-]-ton hull. Still too big.Moreover, the cost of this class of battleship is extremely expensive, it is simply expensive waste.If Britain spends all her limited military expenditure on monarchy-level construction, then there will be no need to fight an all-out war in the future, and Britain will undoubtedly lose.So Nelson, the naval genius of the British Empire, came up with a countermeasure for his empire in the shortest possible time.

Nelson has two countermeasures. One is to engage in fast armored cruisers-this is not only to seize the T-position in future naval battles, but also because the British Empire has too many interests to defend, and her large number of colonies And far away from the mainland, if there are only heavy and slow ironclad battleships, once a war breaks out in a place where the sun never sets and the empire is weak, it will be difficult for the Royal Navy to reach the battlefield quickly.

So fast armored cruisers are essential for the British Empire!

However, the cost of this [-]-ton patrol is definitely not cheap. After all, the tonnage of the Sovereign class is only around [-] tons.

The second is to engage in super battleships - the quantity is insufficient and the quality is not high, and the tonnage is not high.Since it is impossible for the British Empire to compete with the Ming Dynasty in the number of battleships, it can only compete in the quality or tonnage of the battleships.

Of course, [-]-ton and [-]-ton battleships are extremely difficult to manufacture, and they definitely cannot be built casually.It takes a lot of time and money just to design and tackle key technologies.

Moreover, the cost of a single ship of this super battleship must be very expensive. For the British Empire with insufficient financial resources, the difficulties will be enormous.

When Prime Minister Jenkinson thought about the cost of building a large number of [-]-ton cruisers and [-]-[-]-ton battleships, his brain began to ache. Moreover, the cost of the navy was only a part of it, and the army was now also expanding its military preparations.

The rule of the British Empire in India must be defended by the army, so the army has to pay more!

And Great Britain is in an economic crisis right now. Where did the money come from?
Thinking of money, Jenkinson's brain hurts!Is this about to have a stroke?The Prime Minister was helpless, so he had no choice but to look for help to George Canning, who was holding a wine bottle and twisting the cap.

"Prime Minister," said Foreign Secretary George Canning, who had just taken a sip of the yam tincture, and had already seen what the Prime Minister was thinking at this time, "now there is a way to raise enough funds."

"What way?" The British Prime Minister looked at his foreign secretary, frowning and asked, "You don't want to increase taxes, do you? This is a period of economic crisis."

"Prime Minister," George Canning said, "increasing taxes is a must! And as long as the right people increase taxes, not only will it not worsen the economy, but it may also stimulate production in the British Isles. There will be no harm at all."

"George," Robinson, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, seemed to be very dissatisfied with the discussion of financial issues between the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary George Canning, so he interjected with a gloomy face at this moment, "do you want to impose some special taxes on the gentlemen of the House of Lords?"

George Canning glanced at Robinson, and said with a smile: "If necessary, of course we should tax them, but right now, there is no such need, because what Ming is trying to invade is not the British Isles, but India! So we need It is not the gentlemen of the British Isles who are defending, but the various elites of the Indian Empire. They should pay and protect the emperor, state and private property."

"But the Indians have paid a lot of money," Robinson frowned, "India is our colony after all, we can't expect too much."

"Maybe we can make a little change," George Canning said.

"Change?" Robinson is the chairman of the cabinet's India Committee. He frowned when he heard the change, "How?"

"The East India Company is already an obsolete thing, and it should be abolished." George Canning said, "There should be a cabinet appointed by the Indian emperor to be responsible for governing the Indian Empire."

"Emperor of India?" Robinson asked. "Emperor of the Mughal dynasty?"

"Of course not," said George Canning with a smile. "The emperor of the Mughal Dynasty has obviously lost the support of the Indian nobles and people. He should transfer his throne to our Majesty the King. This will allow India to If it is transformed into an alliance of British monarchs, our king will become the emperor of India, and the nobles and people of India will become loyal subjects of His Majesty the emperor of India.

In order to defend the Indian Empire and the Indian Emperor and their own interests, they will stop at nothing!Not only will you be very happy to pay your taxes, but you will also actively join the army! "

George Canning took another big sip of Yapian tincture, raised his spirits, and said happily: "The government of the Indian Empire uses the taxes collected from India to order warships, guns, and ammunition from the British Isles, and hire us More civil servants, military officers, and engineers help them govern the country and train the army, which will greatly improve employment in the British Isles, and maybe pull the UK out of the quagmire of the economic crisis."

I have to say that George Canning is really a genius who is good at making wishful thinking after knocking down the pharmacy!
Robinson frowned and asked, "But how could the Mughal emperor be willing to transfer his throne to His Majesty the King?"

George Canning laughed. He just wanted to explain to Robinson how to seek to usurp the throne (there are several historical books on Chinese politics that have special records), and the cabinet secretary Huck rushed into the conference room. When he arrived, he reported the latest telegram loudly: "Mr. Prime Minister, the urgent telegram from Alexandria. Zhuge Weijiu, the special envoy of the Ming Empire, has just arrived at the Kabat Castle in Alexandria, Egypt, and was grandly received by Ali Pasha and his son!"

When George Canning heard the news, he laughed again: "Prime Minister, this is good news! Da Ming obviously wants Turkey to join hands. For them, this is indeed a temptation that is difficult to refuse. On the one hand, Da Ming and The relationship between the Turkish Empire has always been good; on the other hand, Ming and Turkey can cut off the Suez Canal together. But this is exactly what we expect! Because Ming and the Turkish Empire will put themselves on the opposite side of the entire Western civilization, from Russia's From the snowfields and the vast plains of America to the boundless rain forests of South America, all Westerners who believe in Christianity will gather around the British Empire, and our struggle against Ming will become a civilized confrontation!"

The British Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, nodded and said with a smile: "The Ming Empire was originally a civilization, and it would be difficult to defeat it by relying on the strength of the British Empire. If we can unite the power of the entire European Christian world, then the final victory must belong to us." Of the British Empire!"

(End of this chapter)