shadow of britain

Chapter 185 Arthur, do you want to be fired?
4 Whitehall Street, Greater Scotland Yard.

Arthur was sitting at his desk, holding a newly published newspaper in his hand, but the title of the newspaper was too shocking for him.

"The Duke of Wellington, who does not know good and bad, makes another declaration against reform in Parliament"

"Wellington: Parliamentary reform is no different from the French Revolution, and the Whig party will bring the country to death"

"Wellington: reform is a precursor to civil war, want to reform the election, unless you cross my dead body"

"Eight Minutes of Horror Silence in Parliament"

"Viscount Palmerston slams the Prime Minister: Another Cromwell whose ultimate goal is to start a civil war"

Lord Russell: Britain is moving towards a military despotism under Wellington

"Sir Peel Shocked by the Duke of Wellington's Statement"

"Emergency meeting of the Tory party organized by Sir Peel after the close of Parliament"

"Sir Peel and Tory MPs issue a joint statement: We regret the Prime Minister's views, the Tories have never opposed reform, but we think the current package is too radical"

Sir Peel forces Duke of Wellington to resign after impromptu meeting with PM

Sir Peel to succeed Duke of Wellington as Tory leader

"Great Victory Across the Ages!"His Majesty the King has appointed the Earl of Charles Gray to form a cabinet, and the new cabinet will be announced after the counting of votes in the general election next week"

Arthur put down the newspaper in his hand and rubbed his temples with a headache.

The Red Devil sat by the window and gnawed on an apple, while sneering: "Wellington, a bold decision! Is he taking all the accusations on himself so that Peel can continue to lead the Tory Party forward? "

Arthur tapped the headline of the newspaper on the table: "Isn't this obvious? Although I have been told by you that there will be explosive news, the news is too explosive. The Duke of Wellington is purely taking his own The political future lives on for the Tories."

Agares threw the apple core out of the window, grabbed the curtains and wiped his hands: "But you'd better think about how to protect yourself now, Wellington is gone, Peel is gone, and the Whig Party came to power to form a cabinet." .In my opinion, those guys who don't like you are probably going to pop out one by one to show you some color."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside Arthur's office.

The Red Devil glanced at the door, shrugged and said, "Look, what I just said."

A small police officer opened the door and entered the room, and saluted Arthur: "Superintendent Hastings, Director Rowan, please come over."

Arthur let out a breath, he stood up and picked up the bowler hat on the coat rack and put it on his head: "Got it, I'll be there right away."

……

A few minutes later, in the office of the commissioner of the Greater London Metropolitan Police.

Director Rowan rested one hand on the back of the chair, and with the other hand was holding a handwritten letter with a private seal.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

The corners of Luo Wan's mouth turned up, but he quickly restrained his smile and restored his previous majestic expression.

He knocked on the desk with his hand and shouted to the door: "Please come in."

Arthur pushed the door open and entered the room, raised his white-gloved right arm to salute: "Sir."

Luo Wan smiled and pointed to the chair in front of Arthur: "Arthur, don't be so reserved, sit down first."

Arthur came to Rowan and was about to sit down, but before he could sit still, he saw Rowan lift the teapot in front of him and pour him a cup of tea with his own hands.

"Arthur, come on, drink something to warm up first, the weather is really cold today."

Arthur smiled. He just picked up the teacup to drink, but before the tea entered, he heard Director Luo Wan, who was leaning on the back of the chair with his fingers crossed, said: "But you should also be used to this cold, right? After all, you should have been working on the front line at this time last year. Sitting in the office is better than staying outside, don’t you think I’m right?”

Arthur raised his eyebrows slightly, and slowly lowered his hand holding the teacup. Regarding Rowan's eccentricity, he never thought that he would let it pass by so lightly.

As Mrs. Cowper said before, he is only 20 years old, and it is normal for him to be young.

Also, as Mr. Mochelles and General Codrington said, whether he is going to be a musician or a scientific secretary to an officer of the Admiralty, he is very promising.

One of the reasons why he stayed in Scotland Yard was because of Sir Peel's respect, and the other was because there were many of his friends here. If he left lightly, Tom and Tony would be labeled as the Hastings faction. Label's new sheriff probably won't have a good time.

Arthur thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Sir, you are right. In fact, I often go to the front line now. Although it is comfortable to stay in the office, if I sit for a long time, my brain will go wrong."

Director Rowan thought that Arthur might be patient for a few more words, but the other party started to fight back from the first sentence, which was really beyond his expectation.

"Really? You're always on the front lines? So you must have done a good job at Tower Hamlets?"

Rowan leaned over and took out a thick document from the filing cabinet behind him and threw it in front of Arthur: "Can you explain to me why Tower Hamlets is After you took over, have you consistently ranked first in each jurisdiction for a long time?"

Arthur originally thought that Rowan might mention other things, but hearing that he had the audacity to start with the crime rate in Tower Hamlets, it still made Arthur feel a little ridiculous.

Arthur said: "Sir, although I don't want to find a reason, you should understand that the crime rate of Tower Hamlets has been leading other regions since I took over. This is caused by many factors. First, ..."

Rowan raised his hand and interrupted Arthur: "It's not that I don't consider your difficulties. If you have the same resources as the superintendents in charge of Tower Hamlets, then even if the crime rate drops If not, I can understand it.

But Arthur, you're not like those guys, you're smarter, younger, and more capable than someone like Clemens, and that's why we're going to take you from a street cop in a year promoted to Superintendent of Scotland Yard.

And you also know how much support the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Scotland Yard have given you. The newly established LPS was not handed over to other people, but to you for separate management, in order to help you solve the problem in Tower Hamlets. crime problem.

Now that you have taken more resources and enjoyed the most dazzling light in the entire Scotland Yard, then you should produce corresponding performance. "

When the red devil standing behind Arthur heard this, he just smirked and put his slender fingers that were sharp enough to pierce his throat on Arthur's shoulder.

"Oh! Listen! Listen, Arthur. This old guy is completely shameless! From his mouth, it seems that your promotion was not made by you, but he gave it to you out of mercy. LPS , He dares to mention LPS? Doesn’t he know that LPS has not received even a penny of extra funds from the Ministry of Internal Affairs? You are doing two things with one money, but this is actually your fault. "

Arthur was about to speak, but before he could speak, Rowan raised his hand and interrupted him.

Luo Wan said: "Arthur, I know you may want to say that your energy has been involved in too many things during this time. Like the murder case or the pursuit on the high seas... But please forgive me To put it bluntly, as a police superintendent, your main job is to manage your jurisdiction well. If you can't solve the security problem in Tower Hamlets, then no matter how much you do, it will be useless.

Things like solving crimes are just icing on the cake for Scotland Yard.It is of course good to be able to solve the case, but if it cannot be solved, it is understandable that I still have the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Because everyone knows that according to the practice left over from the time of the sheriff, we usually hand over these difficult cases to professional robber catchers, um... Maybe they have changed their names now, to detectives or something.

Remember, Arthur, that you are a police officer, not a detective.If you are interested in that aspect, then I advise you to set up a detective agency or something, and don't hang around in Scotland Yard. It will not be good for your personal development or the evaluation of Scotland Yard's image in front of the higher authorities. . "

Having said that, Rowan looked at Arthur's expressionless expression like a deck of playing cards, just smiled and took out a few more documents from the pile of documents at hand and threw them in front of Arthur.

"Arthur, when I tell you these things, it's not because I personally have any opinion on you. On the contrary, during this period of time, I have had a very good time with you. I must admit that you have given Scotland Yard a lot of face. But, as you know, it's not a good thing to show your face sometimes when working in the public sector of the government.

You know, how the Home Office feels bad for us because of the huge salary increase at Scotland Yard.The Ministry of Finance also felt that continuing to raise the security tax may cause dissatisfaction among the dioceses, and the Secretary of State also felt very headache when preparing Scotland Yard's budget for next year.

While I don't think it's your fault, after all you're doing everyone a favor and every officer at Scotland Yard should thank you.But you know, sometimes you can't be too radical, or you will be like our Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, and let the Whigs get out of power by inattentiveness.

You see, maybe your reputation is too famous. Viscount Palmerston and Viscount Melbourne, who are likely to take over the post of Minister of the Interior, have already written to me to ask about you. "

Speaking of this, Rowan crossed his fingers and supported his chin, leaned forward slightly, his face was full of smiles: "Arthur, how do you think I should reply to them?"

Arthur glanced at the two letters placed on the table by Director Rowan. He took off his bowler hat and held it in his hand. He stared straight at Rowan with his eyes. Wipe the smile.

"How else can I reply? You just write. He's a little better than Charles Rowan."

Luo Wan's eyes gradually turned cold: "Arthur, what do you mean?"

"It's just a coincidence, I want to ask you this question too." Arthur leaned back in the chair, pressing his hands on his raised knees: "Director Luo Wan, if you are sincerely discussing police work, it is completely No problem. But if it's something else, I suggest we can work it out privately."

Luo Wan lowered his head slightly, then raised his head suddenly, stroked his hair and laughed loudly, "Arthur, where did you get your confidence?"

Arthur stood up and put on his top hat again: "Sir, I don't have any confidence. You may not know me. What I do is not only based on confidence, but also on my mood. Otherwise, when I encountered the case of little Adam , so you won't stand in the magistrate's court. You are too old to understand the thinking logic of young people.

I don't want to be your enemy. If you feel that I have offended you in some way, you can obviously talk to me directly. I am more than willing to apologize to you and try to find a solution to the problem.However, you have chosen this method. Since you have already preset your position, I think that through negotiation and negotiation, the conflict between us can no longer be resolved. "

Director Rowan stood up slowly: "Arthur, do you want to be fired?"

Arthur just smiled, and lightly held the doorknob of the office, a reddish light flickered in the corner of his eyes: "Sir, you forgot one thing, whether I should be fired or not is not up to you. I don't want to see things develop to this extent. So, sir, please be sure to hide it quietly. In the end, there will only be one of us left. Next, let's see who is the last one. Whoever wins."

(End of this chapter)