Chapter 280 Sir Wei, do you think it would be better to kidnap the emperor? Or seek to usurp the throne?

Emperor William has been waiting for Viscount Amherst's words for a long time!

India is so good, with so many loyal and patriotic princes, so many Zamindars who work hard to collect rent for the country, and countless untouchables who work hard and don't complain. And as long as the enemies from Central Asia or Afghanistan do not invade, the following will

If ministers or sons do not rebel, Indian rulers will generally not be overthrown.

Although the British and Indian troops under Emperor William are unable to penetrate Afghanistan under the protection of the Jin Kingdom, they can still hold on securely. As for the ministers below, most of them are British immigrants like him, and they have no foundation in India. They are just making money.

He just left the country and could not seek to usurp the throne. As for his son, he had no legal son. The heir to the Indian throne was that girl Victoria, and she was not in India, so there was no way she could rebel.

Therefore, Emperor William's rule in India could not be more stable. He went back to England because he was so stupid and crazy!

Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "Prime Minister, you are right. As long as I stay in India for one day, the Indian people will stand with the British Empire and resolutely oppose the ambitions of the Ming Empire. So I will never leave India.

Until we completely defeat the Ming Empire!"

"But you still want to inherit the British throne!" Viscount Amherst, who realized that he had said something wrong, looked at the Indian emperor, "The British people also need your leadership."

"I can ascend the throne in India," said Emperor William, "and lead the United Kingdom in India!"

Upon hearing this, Viscount Amherst, Earl Nelson and George Elliot all felt something was wrong!

The Indian emperor also served as the British king, and then issued orders to London from Bombay. Why does this sound like the majestic British became a colony of India?

"Your Majesty," Viscount Amherst said, "I'm afraid the people of the United Kingdom cannot accept a king who is absent from the country all year round, right?"

Emperor William glared at his chief minister, and then said in a deep voice: "My Viscount, do you think the British people really need a king to lead them?"

What does this mean?

Viscount Amherst, Earl Nelson, and George Elliot were so excited!

What happened to this Indian emperor? Does he no longer want to be the king of the United Kingdom?

Emperor William plausibly said: "In these two years in India, I finally know how to be an emperor! The emperor is the master of the country, not the slave of the Parliament!"

you do not say!

Having already been the Emperor of India, who would be willing to be the King of England? George IV's life was very difficult. He could not repay the debt of several hundred thousand pounds, and had to pass a special act of Parliament to get money to help repay it.

What’s even more despicable is that the source of these parliamentary appropriations is not the taxes paid by the British, but the income from the royal estate. It is obviously a royal estate, but the profits must be handed over to the British Treasury, and the Treasury then takes a part of it to the royal family.

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By the way, the main source of this royal estate is not farmland in the countryside, but a large number of properties and real estate in big cities such as London!

You can't spend your own money casually. What kind of monarch is this? He is clearly a servant of the Parliament!

"But the throne of the United Kingdom cannot remain empty."

"Yes, it is the throne of the United Kingdom that gives you the power to rule India!"

"What if the parliament passes a resolution."

Viscount Amherst, Earl Nelson and George Elliot had no choice but to come together to persuade their emperor to change his mind.

Emperor William thought about it and realized that the throne of the United Kingdom seemed to be quite important. Without this throne, the British troops in India would not listen to him. Without guns, the Indian emperor would not be able to continue.

"Then" Emperor William thought for a while, "Then I will appoint Victoria as regent! I am a personal convoy in India, and I am fighting for the British Empire to completely dominate the world. The people of the United Kingdom should understand. And Victoria is like this

Isn't this sweet and lovely girl the best candidate for monarch in the eyes of the Parliament and the people? If those people have Victoria as Regent, they will not want an Emperor William."

To be honest, a good girl like Victoria is indeed the British people's favorite queen.

But the problem is that she will not be the queen immediately, but a regent appointed by the Indian emperor!

In addition, from a legal point of view, Emperor William's Indian emperor was not appointed by George IV, but he usurped the throne himself according to the customary law passed down by the Indian throne - he attempted to usurp the throne.

So it’s hard to say whether Emperor William’s India was a colony of the United Kingdom of George IV. Now Emperor William of India has appointed Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom as the Regent of the United Kingdom. This is true.

"This matter has been decided!" Emperor William looked at Viscount Amherst and Earl Nelson and said, "Send a telegram to London to tell the Prime Minister and Parliament that I will succeed the British King in India and appoint Princess Victoria as the joint commander.

Regent of the Kingdom! I will not return to the soil of the United Kingdom in triumph until I lead the brave and fearless Anglo-Indian army to defeat the evil empire in the east.

I will also appoint Field Marshal, the Duke of Cumberland, as the Governor-General of Australia, with full authority to command Australia’s military defense!

In addition, send a message to the Chief Minister and Parliament of Hanover and tell them that I will succeed the King of Hanover in India and appoint my brother, the Duke of Cambridge, as the Regent of Hanover!"

Hearing this series of appointments from Emperor William, Viscount Amherst, Earl Nelson and George Elliot were even more dumbfounded. The Indian emperor appointed his niece as the regent of the United Kingdom, and appointed one of his brothers as the governor of Australia, and the other brother as the governor of Australia.

Regent of Hanover Is this still the British Empire? This is obviously the Great Indian Empire on which the sun never sets!

10 Downing Street.

In the Prime Minister's Conference Room, all the British cabinet ministers and dignitaries of the House of Commons sat in awe, looking at a copy of the telegram in front of everyone in a daze. The Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, sat listlessly in the seat at the head of the conference table, motionless.

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The sky outside the window was gloomy, and the capital of the British Empire was once again shrouded in thick fog. Oh, I don’t even know if the British Empire still exists!

That telegram copy was a collection of a series of telegrams sent by Emperor William of India from Bombay that might subvert the positioning of the Indian Empire and the British Empire.

When the Duke of Wellington just got these telegrams, he was a little speechless. Although he could accept that the British King William IV would temporarily stay in India to stabilize the morale of the army, that William did not want to return to the UK at all, but wanted to stay forever.

He became Emperor William of India and appointed regent of the United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Hanover and governor-general of Australia.

Although alliances with shared monarchs are not uncommon in Europe, shared monarchs actually have priorities. Usually, the place where the "king" of a shared monarch alliance resides for a long time is the "lord".

For example, England, Scotland, and Hanover formed a co-king alliance, and the king has settled in England for a long time, so England is the undisputed leader of the alliance.

Nowadays, the United Kingdom, the Indian Empire, and the Kingdom of Hanover share the same monarch. The monarch lives in India, so of course the Indian Empire is the boss of this shared monarchy alliance! From this perspective, the British Empire no longer exists, and is replaced by the Great Indian Empire.

Fallen empire!

In addition, Earl Nelson also sent a sealed telegram to the Duke of Wellington, informing him that Emperor William had imposed tyranny and perverse actions in India, and was deeply loved by the Indian princes and people. It seemed that he did not want to return to England and become king.

The matter was so serious that the Duke of Wellington did not dare to make a decision on his own, so he had to invite the leader of the opposition Whig Party, Lord Grey, Frederick John Robinson (the same man who served as Prime Minister before the Duke of Wellington).

Robinson, who had served several prime ministers but had now defected to the enemy and left the Tory Party to join the Whig Party, and several other members of the Whig shadow cabinet came together to discuss the country's future.

In Wellington's view, there are two ways to completely solve this problem. One is to find a way to bring Emperor William back from India to become the king of the United Kingdom - that is, kidnapping an emperor to become the king! The other is to let Princess Victoria directly succeed him.

Become the Queen of the United Kingdom, and then give the throne to Emperor William. In other words, let Victoria, who is still a little lolita, seek to usurp the throne.

One is kidnapping the emperor, and the other is plotting to usurp the throne. Is this legal?

Can Parliament pass the Kidnapping of the Indian Emperor Act or the Usurper Act? If not, the Duke of Wellington would not dare to act recklessly, otherwise he would become Cromwell?
Chapter completed!