Daming 1805

Chapter 418 For the benefit of the British people

On the second day after Pete's funeral, representatives of the Thai and Western countries had a semi-formal discussion on the intention and scope of signing the naval treaty.

Then they returned to their countries, and discussed with their monarchs and relevant navy ministers to determine their country's negotiation goals and bottom line in the naval treaty, as well as the scope of subsequent cooperation with Ming Dynasty.

Representatives from other countries still had to walk for a few days on the road, and the British, who were the hosts, started discussions, or quarrels, in the parliament around the scope of cooperation with Daming.

The Prince of Wales took his daughter Charlotte to the meeting, and the father and daughter went this time with an attitude of bragging.

Daming's request involved Charlotte, so it was only natural for Charlotte to attend the meeting.

The Prince of Wales knew his abilities, so he let his daughter speak for him.

And Charlotte, a child, opened the roof when he came up:

"I now request the parliament to pass a resolution immediately, authorizing myself and His Royal Highness Prince Dashi to independently establish a joint venture company in which the two of us hold shares.

"Authorize the company the right to operate industries of any type and size throughout the UK, including the mainland."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the audience, including the Prince of Wales, who was shocked.

Charlotte and Zhu Jingyuan originally had a joint venture company, but the scope of business was limited to the United States.

At the end of the Yinzhou War, Zhu Jingyuan negotiated with the British and established the American Development and Construction Company, which was held by Charlotte and the American court.

Then Zhu Jingyuan entered into a joint venture with this company and established an American development company, operating almost all industries in the United States.

This company can be regarded as a joint venture between Charlotte and Zhu Jingyuan, but it has shares of the American court.

Now Charlotte requests that, excluding any other individuals and organizations, she and Zhu Jingyuan will directly hold shares in a separate joint venture to establish a company that is completely controlled by the two of them.

And expand the scope of business to the whole territory of the British mainland, and expand the scope of business that was originally limited to the whole.

It is obviously impossible for the British Parliament to agree.

Although the current Prime Minister Grenville is a man of life, this kind of request just prevents him from living.

Grenville had to stand up and persuade:

"Your Highness, this is seriously damaging the interests of the United Kingdom. It is impossible for Parliament to pass such a law."

The Prince of Wales also wanted to nod subconsciously, but he forcibly held back, keeping a straight face and saying nothing.

Charlotte said at once:

"Then I will ask my father and grandfather to authorize us to directly establish a company with the same rights in the name of the royal family."

Grenville immediately said:
"Your Highness, don't be impulsive. This kind of company is not protected by British law. There is no way to go through any relevant documents and procedures, and there is no way to operate normally..."

The Prince of Wales almost nodded again. If the subject of the discussion was himself, he would instinctively start to worry.

Charlotte, however, immediately continued tit-for-tat and continued to increase:
"Our company does not need British legal protection, nor does it need any documents and procedures from the British government.

"His Royal Highness Prince Dashi and my personal names, as well as Daming's product endorsement, are enough to attract anyone to trade with him.

"We will also directly set up our own security company to protect the normal operation and safety of our industry.

"Prince Da Shi can ask Da Ming to directly provide any type of weapons and equipment.

"We don't need the protection of the British police and army!"

Now the Prince of Wales almost lost his temper.

Let Ming provide any type of weapons, exclude the police and troops of the British court, and protect their own safety.

What kind of security company is this? This is the private army of the British royal family!

It is not protected by British law and does not use British government documents. This is a country within a country in the UK.

If ordinary people do this, it must be impossible.

But with the support of the British royal family and the Ming royal family, this kind of company should be able to maintain.

If things like this keep multiplying, the authority of the British royal family keeps growing.

If this joint venture continues to expand, gradually controls the UK's basic industrial industries, and then produces 10,000+ "security personnel" who are not controlled by the imperial court, then the British Parliament will be useless.

In the future, Britain will return to the era of royal power where the king has a constitution in his mouth.

The Prince of Wales can understand this, and the old fritters, the Prime Minister Grenville and the following MPs, fully understand the huge risks involved.

Grenville couldn't help reminding Charlotte with some anger and anger:

"Your Highness, you can't do this, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous..."

The Prince of Wales was a little scared, the royal family confronted the following, and the result was really unimaginable...

Charlotte stood up even more firmly:
"Grenville, explain to me what is unimaginable.

"Are you threatening me? What are you going to do to me!"

Grenville immediately felt that he had said the wrong thing:

"Your Highness, you have misunderstood, of course we are not going to do anything to you, we are worried about Da Ming's threat.

"If your joint venture company with Prince Dashi can operate all industries without restriction, it is equivalent to completely opening up all markets in the UK to Daming.

"This is seriously damaging to the interests of all British people.

"Your Highness, you are the heir to the British throne. You should consider the interests of the British people."

Charlotte immediately continued to ask:
"It's not like Daming wants Britain to open up its market for no reason!
"Ming is willing to provide Britain with the latest shipbuilding technology, which is obviously a win-win or even triple-win cooperation.

"And you said who are the British people?
"Is an Englishman with an income of twenty pounds a year considered an Englishman?

"The biggest difference between our royal family and yours is that we treat all citizens equally!
"Those who have British citizenship are my subjects!
"Under such a premise, the cooperation between me and His Royal Highness Prince Dashi to establish a joint venture company is obviously beneficial to the British people.

"Because our joint venture company will implement the same working system as Daming, just like the American region.

"We will also offer wages higher than most British factories.

"And more importantly, more perfect and scientific labor guarantees to ensure the personal safety of workers.

"So what I'm going to do now is what is good for all British people.

"You opposing me can only show that you are selfish!
"You only speak out on behalf of the interests of the bourgeoisie, and don't talk about the British people!

"Have British workers empowered you to represent them? Have you given them the right to vote?

"You say I'm the heir to the British throne, and I know my British heir.

"Because my father was the Crown Prince of England and my grandfather was the King of England.

"However, I am now going to set up a company to operate any normal industry in the UK, but you are not allowed?
"These things that ordinary British people can do, but my heir can't do it, what's the point of me staying here!
"I'm going to the United States tomorrow, to live in Daming, and I won't be angry with you!
"No...not tomorrow, if you don't agree today, today...I will leave now!"

Grenville was directly cornered and didn't know how to answer.

The anger just now is gone, only the fire is left.

Charlotte, a 16-year-old girl, has a way of speaking, and has also seized the moral high ground.

Parliament does not give all Britons the right to vote, only those with certain assets can vote.

Therefore, the parliament was elected by the British bourgeoisie, and of course it also represents the interests of the British bourgeoisie.

But the King of England is the king of all British people, and it stands to reason that he should represent all British people.

This is the point of direct institutional contradiction between the king and the parliament.

To solve this problem, either open voting to all Britons and make Parliament a parliament for all Britons.

This is clearly not possible at present.

Either let the king directly manage or even control a large number of industries, thus transforming into a part of the actual bourgeois group.

Nor should it be allowed under normal circumstances.

Because it will certainly increase the authority of the British royal family, which is what Charlotte is asking for now.

But the parliament is now blocked by Charlotte.

Either Parliament allows the royal family to directly manage all industries, or recognizes that all British people are subjects of the British king and should be protected by the king.

Once the premise that all British people are British people is established, the cooperation with Ming will become just again.

If Daming's joint venture is excluded and the royal family is allowed to operate all industries independently, the nature is actually the same.

Charlotte will definitely have the technical support of the food prince.

There is no cooperation on the surface, but it does not mean that there is no cooperation in private.

If Charlotte gave birth to Prince Dashi again, then this cooperation would be even more uncontrollable.

This logic, even if Pete is here, it is difficult to quickly find an entry point to refute, let alone Grenville.

Moreover, Charlotte also threatened that if the parliament did not agree to her conditions, she would run to Daming for refuge.

If Charlotte really does what she said, the British Prime Minister and Parliament really seem to have no way to deal with it.

Charlotte is no ordinary British royal.

For the current Charlotte, it seems that there is really nothing that can scare her.

Even if George III is not crazy, he is 74 years old this year, and the old man in his 70s may disappear at any time.

The Prince of Wales is the de facto King of England, and Charlotte is the de facto Crown Prince of England.

For the British, an heir to the British throne and even a king who is not in the UK is of course the best crown prince and king.

That is equivalent to no royal power to interfere with the British government, and the bourgeoisie can do whatever they want.

But for Charlotte, the de facto crown prince, it is impossible for her to leave and not come back.

Behind her stands Daming's most promising prince.

Charlotte's attitude towards him is not to be a mistress for wealth and status.

After all, Charlotte herself is the heir to the throne.

That's the mentality of a real lover.

If Prince Dashi can interfere and even control Britain through Charlotte, it is impossible not to intervene.

Charlotte just ran to Daming and complained, and when she returned to England again, it might be that Daming's army escorted her back to return the government.

Even if the Ming court did not come forward directly and only sent troops in the name of King Dashi, it would be difficult for the British court to deal with it.

The main reason is that the British court didn't take it seriously this time.

Not to mention that there is no way to fight against the whole Tessie, let the British army fight against their king and crown prince, the big soldiers and small officers in the army may not be obedient.

Fighting against one's own king and crown prince is not only an internal matter of the country, but is rebellious in nature.

The Prince of Wales and Charlotte are not wrathful tyrants.

Of course, there is another way to kill Charlotte and his daughter, make someone else king, and cut off the relationship between Daming and the British royal family.

But that's an even more sinister form of gambler behavior.

Without Charlotte as his lover, the Dashi Prince would have no bridge to interfere in the British government.

But Daming has the possibility to do it directly.

The act of killing one's own crown prince in the current environment can make the British bourgeoisie stand on the opposite side of all monarchs.

It is not necessary for Prince Dashi to get angry at the crown to call other monarchs to intervene.

But the biggest problem is that Grenville doesn't know what to do now.

Grenville froze right there.

If Pete is here, he can control the situation.

He should be able to see through Charlotte's purpose, and he will definitely stabilize Charlotte's emotions first.

At the very least, find a reason first, such as cooperation with Daming, or wait until after the naval treaty, and delay this matter first.

Then coordinate with all parties and come up with a compromise plan acceptable to all parties.

But Grenville didn't think of that right away.

People in Grenville these days don't even have enough consciousness to be a paper-maker.

As a result, the entire parliament scene was in chaos.

There was a commotion below, but no one came out to answer Charlotte's words.

Charlotte stayed where she was for a few seconds, seemingly getting annoyed, and then really walked out.

Seeing the situation, the Prince of Wales knew that the discussion could not continue today, so he went directly to chase after his daughter:
"Charlotte, wait for me..."

Then the Prince of Wales discovered that Charlotte's direction was not to return to the residence, but to go directly outside the palace.

The Taixi royal family didn't have as many rules as Daming. Charlotte is not just an ordinary princess, but also the king of the United States, and travels back and forth between the United Kingdom and the United States every year.

So she may return to the palace at any time, and there are no restrictions on personal actions.

The Prince of Wales followed closely:
"Charlotte, where are you going?"

Charlotte looked back at her father who was following him:

"I went to the United States, and then transferred to Daming. When the cooperation with Daming is settled, I will come back and have a look..."

The Prince of Wales said with trembling hands:
"No need, no need to be so intense, nothing really happens..."

Charlotte laughed and said:
"Father, don't worry, after I leave England, our whole family is absolutely safe.

"After I went to Daming, the British would never dare to touch you and grandpa.

"On the contrary, if I stay in London, there is a slight possibility that our family will be in danger.

"Because they have the opportunity to wipe out our whole family, although I don't think they have the guts at all...

"I am now leaving London directly in a fit of anger, which is also to put pressure on the cabinet and parliament.

"Forcing them to make concessions on cooperation as soon as possible."

The Prince of Wales is not stupid, and after a little thought, he understood that this is indeed the case.

Charlotte, the heir to the British throne, was safer after she went to Ming Dynasty by herself.

Daming wants to use her to interfere and even control British politics, so she must absolutely protect her own safety.

At the same time, Daming has her as a bridge to interfere with Britain at any time, and the British dare not do anything to themselves.

After understanding this, although the Prince of Wales was reluctant, he still decided to cooperate.

As a result, a shocking news spread quickly.

Princess Charlotte fell out with the prime minister and the parliament in the parliament, went directly to the pier on the spot and boarded the passenger ship bound for America, and threatened to take refuge in Ming Dynasty and seek help from the royal family of Ming Dynasty.

Although the Prince of Wales tried to dissuade him, it did not work in the end.

(End of this chapter)