Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1303 Death and Revenge ([-])
In this oligarchy of big family alliances, the distinction between "we" and "you" is a definite attitude.

The leading and most famous figure of the Patriot Party was William Pitt.

But William Pitt wasn't all Patriot Party.

This Patriot Party is based on the three branches of the Temple family and the Pitt family, and has a large number of core members. It represents the interests of a group of people who "have power but cannot speak out" in British politics at this time.

This includes some famous pens such as Alexander Pope who translated "Iliad" and "Odyssey" into English.

Even in a broad sense, when they formed an anti-Walpole alliance, John Guy who wrote "The Beggar's Opera"; peripheral members.

His initiator was the field marshal, and from the establishment of the field marshal in the United Kingdom to this time, counting George Wade's wave, there are a total of seven officially awarded field marshals.

In the core circle of the Patriot Party, apart from the pen, it also occupies a large number of positions in the court.

include:

Field Marshal, Richard Temple.

Lord Seal, Richard Grenville.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Littleton.

Nova of the Navy, Thomas Grenville.

Chief Treasurer of the Naval Accounts and Pay Office, George Grenville.

And Pete and Pete's brother.

We are all relatives, the real relationship is that one loses all, one prospers all, your sister is my wife, and my sister is your wife.

In the early days, their title of "patriot" was well-deserved, and they had clear political ideas.

The political idea is "Britain is the England of the English".

In the negotiations with Russia, they played an important role and contributed to the Russian-French alliance.Because they are firmly opposed to subsidizing Russia to form an Anglo-Russian alliance, because this will make Britain fall too much into the quagmire of Europe.

They opposed the standing army, because the standing army meant strengthening the power of the government, supported the formation of their own legions by various big families and nobles, and believed that the system of buying officials and the ownership of the private army by the head of the army was the cornerstone of maintaining British freedom.

Oppose Britain to spend money to hire Hessian mercenaries, and believe that the national defense security of the United Kingdom must be maintained by the family militia, and Hessian mercenaries are always on the side of the king. Hired, not de jure fighting for Britain.

Of course, during this period, when they had some basic clear political demands, they were united.

But with Pete taking the stage, a lot of things changed.

For example, they strongly opposed the subsidy to Russia at the beginning, and they strongly opposed being involved in the disputes in the European continent, but Peter was able to turn around as soon as he came to power, which contributed to the annual subsidy of several million taels to Prussia.

And greatly increased the use of Hessian mercenaries, and began to train the standing army...

Although, from a realistic point of view, from the perspective of the actual needs of an imperialism, what Pete did is understandable.

However, this is completely different from the concept they insisted on at the beginning.

In other words, at the beginning, the Patriot Party was a party with "four families as core members, able to attract peripheral members of the radical Whig party and anti-European war faction, and have certain clear political demands".

But with Pitt coming to power, those members of the Whig party who had united with the four families because of their political ideas, saw that Pitt's policies were no different from what he had opposed, and naturally withdrew.

As a result, this group of people degenerated into what George III called "snakes hidden in the ground", a political oligarch family with the family at its core, completely lost its political beliefs and programs.

Now, Pete, as the core figure, is facing a huge crisis.

Dashun's participation in the war led to the complete bankruptcy of Peter's "war and trade" strategy, and the systemic collapse of the national economy, which made it necessary for the family oligarchs to cut off from Peter.

Court politics is not a chaos without a trace, but a certain logic.

Even, in fact, most of the time, this logic is very vulgar.

From George III's point of view, he couldn't smear the entire Patriot Party or send them off.

Because telling them all to fuck off means they're going to cuddle outside.

And this group of people originally started out as opposing the government and the prime minister.

Kicking them all out means that this group of people who were already at odds have joined forces again.

Therefore, obviously, the new king must disintegrate the Patriot Party, win over a part of it, and cause divisions within the Patriot Party.

In this way, after Pete got out, he was bare-boned, without the assistance of the rest of the family, so the voice of opposition in the wild state would not be so loud.

So, the new king chose George Grenville.

Hope to use Grenville to complete the division of the Patriot Party.

Conversely, within the Patriot Party, especially the Temple-Grenville family, there is also an urgent need to make a certain cut with Pete.

This kind of cutting cannot be a bottomless cut and backstab.

Because of Pete's influence, the new king had to pinch his nose and use people around Pete.

And if Pete is completely stinky, backstabbed too hard, cut too much, and has no influence at all, then the new king doesn't need to pinch his nose and insist on using Grenville.

It is such a philistine and vulgar reasoning.

Grenville hopes that Pete will give the new king a big job after leaving the field, so as to enhance the value of the rest of the Patriot Party group.

Because if a huge job is done, the king and the parliament will be even less likely to throw out all the members of Pitt's party-if they throw them all out, it is because they are afraid that they will not be able to form a group outside the government and expand their influence.

Sacrifice one, happy family.

Speaking of relatives, if you go down, don’t you still have sons, daughters, and son-in-law?

As long as the alliance of the entire big family does not fall, isn't it possible to make a comeback at any time?

As long as the Strait Fleet can keep the Straits, then everyone can continue to fight internally, with internal fighting as the main and external fighting as a supplement; external fighting is the means of internal fighting, and internal fighting is the purpose of external fighting.

As for the destruction of the British economy after Pete’s whispering failure, firstly, this matter is not obvious now, on the contrary, a large number of articles are still arguing the benefits of completely liberalizing customs duties; Merchants make money, and now Dashun is blocking ships and smuggling. I don’t know if the economy will be destroyed in the future. If the fight continues, many merchants will be destroyed.

The third is...to what extent can we ensure that the future economic destruction that Pete is worried about will not happen?
The newspapers in the Netherlands gave Pete a "conservative" label. According to the conservative strategy, that is, to maintain the strategy of the mother country using the navigation regulations to force the colonies to be the market, it is impossible for Britain to go back.

Therefore, everyone believed in Peter's muttered horror predictions about the future, and insisted on a war with no hope at all. On the premise of maintaining navigation regulations and administrative trade, control over North America, the Caribbean, West Africa, and India, and continue to use the old methods to grab wealth."

Still, everyone is more willing to believe some remarks advocating free trade, thinking that the British navigation regulations and administrative trade have hurt the foundation of the United Kingdom.Now is it time to endure the pain, complete free trade, comparative advantage, silver outflow to increase the value of silver, and reduce labor costs?

The key to Britain now is not tactical victory.

Instead, someone needs to stand up and give a clear strategy and future direction.

Even if this direction cannot withstand scrutiny at all, the important thing now is not whether the conclusion is right or not, but that people who are confused and desperate need a conclusion.

This conclusion, or a clear strategy and future, can be conservative, radical, or humiliating, and the important thing is to have it.

Even if Pete stood up at this time and said that for the future of Britain, economic control, national debts will not be redeemed, banknotes will be issued, property taxes will be levied, and the land tax will be increased from the 10% that was so easy to suppress back to 20% in the Walpole era. %, Mandatory collection of real estate tax according to the size of the windows, compulsory military service... Raising funds, vigorously building ships, counterattacking in naval battles, fighting all the way to the Cape of Good Hope, forcing Dashun to return to the east of the Cape of Good Hope...

Even if it is said, learn to collect Liao pay, increase taxes, or implement financial controls.

also.

Regardless of whether this thing is said, it will be publicized tomorrow whether it is the ancestral grave, but at least this sounds like a promising strategy and a method with certain details.

The problem is, there is no such thing.

Nothing practical.

Since the siege of Gibraltar, the parliament has been talking nonsense all day long, without any detailed, feasible, and feasible solutions that take into account money and national debts.

Every day is either talking, spraying each other, or quarreling.

Pete yelled at the top of his voice all day: Hit, hit, hit, keep it up.

But he didn't mention such details as tax collection, tax increase, financial control, re-imposition of May [-] tax on land, inspection of smuggling warehouses, inspection of warehouses of hoarders and so on.

He was bright-feathered, a true patriot, a defender of liberty, probably until his death.

What about the money?Where does the money come from?How to play without money?To what extent?How much would it cost to restore the old trade system and bring Dashun back to Ceylon and Malacca?

In other words, no mention of money.Just talking about the dead, Britain, with a population of 600 million men, women, and children, is going to fight against the Dashun after the military reform, unplug the fortress in Cape Town, the naval base in Mauritius, counterattack India, and conquer Temasek, forcing Dashun to fight with the United Kingdom. East India Company trade... how many people will die?Can you afford to die?

He didn't say a word.

It means "to persist to the end", "to fight to the end", "to defend our trade, which is the foundation of our strength".

All empty guns.

It is an empty cannon under the path dependence of conservatives.

The terms that Grenville asked Pete to present to the cabinet at this time were not empty guns, but a direction that at least sounded feasible.

(End of this chapter)