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Chapter 756 The Undemocratic British Empire

On July 1879, 7, the British nobles broke out. In addition to their dissatisfaction with the royal family, many British nobles expressed the hope that Princess Beatrice should marry a native of the British Isles like Princess Alice, rather than a royal family on the European continent. marriage.

William IV naturally knew the reason, but he was more curious about how Britain would solve it.

The British nobles are more powerful than the Junker nobles of the German Empire. Therefore, as the British nobles united to put pressure on the royal family, the entire United Kingdom suddenly fell into the focus of all countries.

From the origin of the aristocracy to the 19th century, and now with the rise of the capitalist class, the British aristocracy has declined many times. However, what surprises future generations is that it has been able to obtain new social nutrition from the decline each time and once again show new vitality. .

What is the secret to the recovery and rise of the British aristocracy from decline?This was a huge piece of knowledge even in the 2nd century, which attracted the attention and discussion of later generations of scholars.

William IV had seen relevant discussions in his previous life, and he believed that the main reason was that the British aristocratic system had repeatedly rejuvenated its vitality and the true meaning was mutation.

That is to say, it changes in response to the changes in society, uses its own changes to actively or passively adapt to the economic and political changes in society, and creates a new aristocratic system and culture.

From 1485, the York family and the Lancaster family fought the last battle of the War of the Roses at Bosworth near Leicester. Finally, Henry Duzer created a new dynasty in England after a long period of aristocratic melee.

In British history, the fate of the nobility is closely related to the royal power. However, throughout the history, there has never been a dynasty where the nobility has undergone such a big change as the fate of the Duze Dynasty due to the rise of British royal power and changes in the social structure. The nobility in this period has In less than 120 years, the nobility and the royal power lived in peace.

Of course, the suppression of hostile nobles and the promotion of new nobles used by the Duze Dynasty were two politically complementary tactics used by the monarchs of the Duze Dynasty.

On July 1879, 7, the famous newspaper "The New York Times" of the Commonwealth of America directly pointed out the news of the fight between the old and new British aristocrats, which caused dissatisfaction with the British government, but also caused more dissatisfaction among the lower classes of British society. Protest against the British government.

The newspaper pointed out that the old and new aristocrats in Britain often fought against each other. The Tories represented the great aristocracy, while the Whigs represented the new aristocracy.

After the annexation of Ireland into the United Kingdom in 1800, the number of members of the House of Commons increased by 100 to 658, but the control of the nobles of the House of Lords over the members of the House of Commons increased at the same time.

1877年根据托利党政治家约翰的估计，议会658名议员中仍有270名受大地主詹主任的控制，其中受托利党支配就有203人，另外8名大贵族支配了剩余的57个议席。

In addition, statistics have always shown that in the 1875 Parliament, one thing that cannot be ignored is that the British House of Commons has a dignified aristocratic factor. Many of its members come from aristocratic families or are close relatives of aristocrats.

The newspaper directly pointed out by name that in 1860, 10% of the members of the House of Commons were the sons of English, Scottish, and Irish nobles, and this ratio has steadily increased every year since then.

In the House of Commons in 1870, there were only 113 people in the House of Lords who were sons of nobles and Irish nobles, 45 grandsons of nobles, 33 sons-in-law, 22 nephews, and 14 brothers and brothers-in-law, a total of 227 people.

As if it would not stop poking a hornet's nest, the newspaper directly reported that among the 1875 members of Parliament in 558, there were 107 sons of nobles in the House of Lords and Irish nobles, 84 barons, 16 sons of barons, and 18 grandsons of barons. The 11 sons-in-law of barons, together with the grandsons, nephews, great-nephews and nephews of nobles at all levels, account for more than half of the members of the British House of Commons. The New York Times ridiculed: "Due to the control of British aristocratic families over parliamentary elections, to a certain extent, the British House of Commons also has a hereditary nature. Many members are descendants of former members. For example, in the House of Commons in 1870, There were 234 members whose fathers were former members of the House of Commons. By 1875, the number had increased to 294, more than 50%. Another 29 members were the grandchildren of former members. The two types of members together accounted for 58% of the total number of members of the House of Commons. If When we consider the relations between brothers and marriages in the House of Commons, it will be found that two-thirds of the members are involved in a complicated web of blood relations."

Following the exposure of the New York Times, many newspapers around the world followed suit and republished the story.

However, newspapers within the UK such as the Times of London, The Times and the Financial Times, which are relatively famous in the world, suddenly fell silent.

But they couldn't remain silent for much.

On August 1879, 8, the Dutch "Australian Times" revealed that in the new parliament as of the end of July 1, there were still 1879 aristocratic children, and there were 7 members who fully or partially represented the interests of land owners.

The Australian Times also revealed that among the 1875 members who entered the House of Commons in 815, there were 8 Irish nobles, 172 sons of nobles, 27 grandsons and great-grandsons of nobles, 82 barons, and 53 sons, grandsons and great-grandsons of barons. There are 342 people in total, accounting for 42% of the total number of members. There are also 100 members who are married or blood related to fifth-level nobles and barons.

这份报纸更是进一步揭露报道：英国下议院中的议员有超过407名议员的家庭是拥有2000英亩以上的地-主家庭，在地产超过5000英亩的111名大地-主中，有59人是英国议员。

With the further exposure of the "Australian Times", it seemed to have given the bottom class of British society a shot in the arm, and the bottom class of British society suddenly launched a large-scale protest movement.

When William IV saw this, he was very happy. In his previous life, he saw Britain and the United States, especially the United Kingdom, which had always used human rights as an excuse to cause trouble everywhere, and now it was about to fall into his own hands. He was so excited that he had nothing to say.

Although the Netherlands also has aristocrats, as the world's earliest country with dual core development of capital and aristocracy, the Netherlands has already started to balance. Especially after William IV traveled through time in 1857, he participated in the development of Dutch society as the crown prince. In the lower-level economy, after coming to power in 1861, the Netherlands began to vigorously improve the education and income of the Dutch people. Now, 18 years later, a whole generation has passed, and the per capita income of the Netherlands is 2:3 compared to the United Kingdom. That is, compared with the Netherlands, Britons earn half as much.

Moreover, the gap between rich and poor in the UK is much higher than that in the Netherlands, and the Gini data is incomparable.

Therefore, the white people in the UK are 3:2 as much as the white people in the Netherlands, but their economic aggregate is the same.

Therefore, the real life conditions of the two countries are very different.

Therefore, only William IV knows where the fire caused by the New York Times will go.

"That guy named Edward actually killed six of my MI[-] agents. Since Her Majesty the Queen wants to watch a show, don't blame me. My agents can take advantage of the chaos and continue working."

(End of this chapter)