Chapter 151: Will Great Britain conquer India first, or Ming Dynasty conquer Japan first? (Please subscribe, please vote)

10 Downing Street.

Grand Dukes He Shen, Qishan and Mikhail have all left. Now sitting in the conference room, in addition to the cabinet members of the current British cabinet, are Prince William and the Duke of Wellington, who are about to go to India.

Among them, Prince William will serve as the Vice-King of India. The so-called Vice-King is the King’s deputy, a super-governor who can exercise power on the border or in the colonies on behalf of the King. Prince William’s Vice-King is not the same as the previous Governor-General of the East India Company.

On the other hand, the latter's rule over India is actually a bit unfair and inconsistent.

The British East India Company was a chartered trading company in its earliest days, mainly engaged in zero-dollar purchases, and also engaged in smuggling, slave trading, drug trafficking and normal international trade. Well, normal trade is still necessary, because the East India Company

The black money earned from zero-dollar purchases, smuggling, slave trading, and drug trafficking is usually converted into silk, porcelain, tea, sugar, etc. and shipped back to Europe to earn another fortune. This is more profitable than shipping gold and silver directly back.

But the British don't know how to do this business? Gradually, they obtained the feudal power to build castles and rule the local people from the Mughal governors or some short-sighted Indian princes - they may be

The East India Company was treated like a feudal lord. So the East India Company began to transform from a company to a political power.

Later, the East India Company gradually grew in size during the struggle with various Indian states and even the Mughal Dynasty - the company's organizational efficiency was of course much higher than that of the feudal monarchs, and the East India Company also had

Foreign guns, foreign artillery, and foreign generals, where are the opponents of India's Mughal dynasty and princes of the princes? By the 1830s, except for the Sikh Empire in the northwest corner, which was still not very obedient, the entire India had been conquered by the East.

controlled by Indian companies.

However, this kind of control was not backed by justice. Although the British Parliament passed a series of laws declaring that the sovereignty of the land acquired by the East India Company belonged to the British King. However, these laws were not recognized by the local princes and nobles in India.

It seems that the East India Company only stole or snatched power from the Mughal Dynasty. Their rule in India had no righteousness and was illegal!

As if to prove that its rule was illegal, the East India Company still retained the Mughal emperors of India, but kept these emperors under house arrest in the palace in Delhi and gave them large annuities every year. This inevitably gave the Indians a sense of

There is an illusion that the legitimacy of British rule in India comes from the Mughal emperors.

In this case, although the Mughal emperor did not have any political or military power, the East India Company also had difficulty in ruling because it lacked sufficient legitimacy. There was no way to let go of the search, let alone to organize it.

Enough to fight against the Ming Dynasty's Indian army.

Nowadays, the confrontation between the British Empire and the Ming Empire is intensifying, and Britain is at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Ming Dynasty because of the insufficient white population. The only way to reverse the decline seems to be to make the British rule of India reasonable and legal.

, and has a righteous status recognized by all Indians.

Therefore, the East India Company must be abolished first. However, it is impossible for the British to return the power of the East India Company to the Indian emperor of the Mughal Dynasty. Instead, they will establish an Indian deputy king to take over the power of the East India Company.

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And this deputy king is not only the deputy king sent by the British king, but also the deputy king of the Mughal emperor!

"Your Highness," George Canning said to Prince William, who was about to take office, "according to the suggestion of Viscount Amherst, you should serve as deputy king of the King of England and the Emperor of India at the same time. In this way, the sovereignty divided by the King of England and the Emperor of India

, can be reunited in you. Then, we will arrange a usurpation for you according to the customary laws of the East! You will legally usurp the throne of the Mughal Emperor and become the recognized emperor of India. And after you inherit the British throne

After that, all the sovereignty of India will be unified under the hands of the Indian Emperor of the Hanoverian Dynasty!

From now on, the monarchs of the British Empire will be able to firmly control India!"

"Can usurpation really be legal?" Prince William was still a little uneasy. Although he also knew that there were three ways to usurp the throne: surrender, wearing a yellow robe and killing his nephew, but was it really legal to do so?

"Your Highness," the incoming Chief Minister of the Indian Empire, the Duke of Wellington, assured him, patting his chest, "We can first establish the Indian Imperial Parliament, and then formulate an Indian version of the "Act of Powers" to stipulate that usurping the throne is legal."

"Yes, yes, as long as there is an Indian version of the Bill of Powers, usurping the throne will be legal!" Prince William was completely relieved now.

Because he knows that the background of the introduction of this "Bill of Rights" is a transnational usurpation!

The throne of King James II of England was usurped by his daughter and son-in-law, William III, the ruler of the Dutch Republic, and Princess Georgia Anne (a British princess). Even the civilized and progressive British mainland can legally usurp the throne, let alone India?

George Canning said with a smile: "Now we and Ming Dynasty both have a problem. What we are facing is how to merge the divided sovereignty of India and hold it firmly! And Ming Dynasty's problem is how to according to their

They are willing to transform Japan and turn it into a vicious dog in their hands. And whoever solves their own problems first will definitely have the upper hand in the next gamble."

In fact, Britain's problem is insufficient production - compared with the Ming Dynasty, Britain's production is quite insufficient! Therefore, Britain must extend the industrial revolution to a certain extent to India, which has a large population.

The problem of the Ming Dynasty is the lack of cannon fodder - the per capita of the Ming Dynasty is high, and the gap between the rich and the poor in the country is relatively small. The people live a relatively comfortable life, and naturally they are not willing to go to war. Moreover, the people of the Ming Dynasty who have paid a certain amount of taxes can elect political officials.

.And political officials have the power to overthrow the cabinet! Therefore, once the Ming Dynasty suffers too many casualties in foreign wars, the cabinet will be in danger of overthrowing.

And Japan, with a population of more than 30 million, is a country that can provide millions of cannon fodder for the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, as long as India's partial industrialization is completed or Japan is integrated by the Ming Dynasty, the final showdown between the Ming Dynasty and Great Britain will not be far away.

And whoever solves his own problem first will undoubtedly have the upper hand in the future game.

Prince William asked again: "Prime Minister, has Japan not succumbed to the power of Ming Dynasty yet?"

George Canning smiled and said: "The Tokugawa shogunate is seeking compromise, but there are still many brave samurai who are unwilling to surrender. They have already flown the banner of respecting the king and resisting the Ming in Nagasaki, and they have also asked for help from our British Empire. This

It’s exactly the result we wanted from the beginning! Although the price paid was a bit higher, Japan eventually became chaotic. If the Ming Dynasty carried out armed intervention in Japan, they would most likely fall into the quagmire of war and be unable to extricate themselves!”

Having said this, George Canning couldn't help but feel proud. He had only been prime minister for a few days, but the policies he implemented were all very successful! The war with Daikin had been successfully resolved, and the war to carve up Turkey

There is also a very good solution, and the dispute with Ming Dynasty is almost settled. Yesterday, we got news that even Japan, which was originally planning to give up, is now in chaos!

Someone has already raised the flag of justice over in Nagasaki, and people are responding throughout Kyushu and the western part of Honshu Island. Chaos is about to start. The Tokugawa shogunate may be overthrown, and Japan may also fall into troubled times. As long as this troubled times comes

, it will be difficult to clean up.

Although the Ming Dynasty will definitely ask the British Empire not to interfere in Japanese affairs, but no agreement has been reached yet? It is just a good time to seize the opportunity to step up aid to the Japanese martyrs - the British Empire is very good at doing this kind of thing.
Chapter completed!