14. End of the Second Hundred Years War 2
There is no ti for the Cabinet and Congress to concentrate on internal disputes. We must stop this pointless war as soon as possible and revive the nations key industries. At this mont, I declare an end to the political conflict and suggest that the ruling and opposition parties work together to overco this national disaster.
Woaaah!!
Grey! Grey! Grey! Grey!!
The biggest crisis and challenge since the birth of the United Kingdom, which unified the British Isles, had now co.
The aftermath of external expeditions and internal reform failures had caused even the richest and most advanced country in Europe to falter greatly.
Heroes always appeared in tis of crisis. While all the politicians in Westminster were the target of public distrust, discontent and anger, there was a new star. It was Charles Grey, the leader of the Whig Party.
In parliantary democracy, the better the Pri Minister and Cabinet managed the state affairs, the stronger the support for the ruling party was, and the less power the opposition party had.
Charles Grey was able to expand his political influence thanks to the British situation on the verge of collapsing, just by being the leader of the opposition Whig Party. But Charles Grey was a politician who had left a number of marks.
We should stop a war that is not profitable and is only sacrificing our people, and we should not allow too much autonomy to the financiers. Taxes burdenso to the middle class should be abolished, etc
His past remarks were not much supported at the ti, and voters were tired of hearing the sa repeated sounds.
But now, most of his past statents were reevaluated, and their status changed completely.
Charles Grey, the Whigs madman, had already beco the most influential politician in London.
Being able to deliver such a speech at Campbell Square just in front of the Palace of Westminster itself was a sign of the changing status and influence of Charles Grey.
Pri Minister Robert Jenkinson and the Tory lawmakers had laughed at Charles Grey at the opening ceremony of Westminsters Parliant a month ago, comparing him to a dumb cow.
But now they were vainly looking at the leader of the Whig Party, which was in the spotlight of the dia and the public, as if they had lost the war.
I will fight for the stability and developnt of the kingdom, the lives of the people and their families and for the realization of justice. However, I have no intention of causing unnecessary conflict and confusing the political situation by insisting only on my argunts and values. We need cooperation! I would gladly work with Pri Minister Jenkinson and the Tory mbers to overco the crisis in the kingdom! Please look forward to it!
Clap clap clap clap clap clap!
Long live the British Kingdom!
God, protect Charles Grey!
An explosive response ca from the citizens of the square after Charles Greys speech that was wrapped in political tolerance, gentlemanhood, and cause.
Among them chanting his na, Charles Grey was stretching his fists toward the sky. He looked as if he had won the election.
Pri Minister Jenkinson was a man who could read the true aning of such a performance. If Greys argunts at the opening of this eting were not carried out, angry citizens should think carefully about what would happen and should make a decision. He was actually making political threats to the Tory mbers and the Pri Minister.
The wounded beast has been released back into the woods.
Pri Minister Jenkinson was looking at Charles Grey, who ca into the palace, with remorseful eyes.
France was Englands sworn enemy and had fought against it for hundreds of years. Britain had always been wary of the birth of a superpower with total hegemony of the European continent and had never been as threatened as now by France.
Seeing the French develop at a terrifying pace under Napoleon Bonapartes rule after defeating the frozen empire, Russia, Pri Minister Jenkinson was even more convinced. If there was a country that would plunge Britain into abyss, it would be France.
Until now, Britain had biting on one side of Frances neck with the war on the Iberian Peninsula.
As the war continued, France suffered more than Britain.
The Peninsular War itself served as a barrier against the French expansion and Napoleons ambition.
But the mont they signed a ceasefire, the fangs of Britain, which were currently sinking in the neck of France, would disappear.
How much stronger and more evolved France would return, and would Britain be able to stop such France?
Its none of the business of a pri minister who has lost all his power and support. Now.
Jenkinson was inford last night by Prince Regent George IV to step down as pri minister. On the surface, it looked like he was taking an honorable resignation, but in fact, his replacent was to reveal his responsibility for the current situation.
He would never step back into Westminster Palace after this fatal blow to his political life.
Feeling the emptiness of his political power, Pri Minister Jenkinson prepared for the opening ceremony, which would probably be the last of his life.
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And on that sa day, the British Parliant issued an armistice agreent on the Iberian Peninsula War. dia outlets waiting in front of the palace imdiately spread the breaking news through the evening newspapers.
After hearing the headline news, citizens stord out to the square, cheering for the end of the war and shouting their countrys na.
Only Britain was withdrawing from the fight, but Spain and Portugal could not stop France on their own.
In fact, this huge event ant the end of the entire Iberian War, and was thus concluded on the last day of March 1813.
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Humans were rational animals and enjoyed talking with logic, but they were creatures that faithfully responded to emotions and impulses when a decisive mont ca.
Londons stock market big crash would go down in history as an event clearly revealing such human nature.
The revision of the tax law proposed by the British governnt before the crash was full of common sense and a highly reasonable asure to stop capital from leaking offshore and to raise the shadow economy in the open, allowing transparent investigation and use of the nations taxes.
But for Londons financial institutions, which had previously committed tax evasion to their hearts content, the above set of asures could not have been pleasing.
In protest against the governnt, they sold their securities and bonds collectively and rcilessly.
The market could not withstand the shock, and frightened investors threw away their sales, eventually collapsing the frawork of the stock market.
Economists in Europe have created their own formulas by doing a lot of studies, market research and simulations to model the principles of market fluctuations and flows. I understand that the advisor wrote a similar thesis
Thats right. When I was at Heidelberg University, I wrote about the correlation of value investnt between cash and securities.
Savoring the faint scent of black tea spreading in the room, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Prigord[1] gave his notes to the man in front of him.
Franois Carnot, who had impressive white hair and cold eyes, had erged as the most influential figure in the current imperial politics.
And he completely interrupted Talleyrand-Prigord, who stopped his sentence midway. But even after this, Talleyrand continued to talk comfortably as if he were talking to a third party with the skills of a diplomat who had been trained for many years.
The will and passion of scholars to explore is certainly respectable. But they must have realized that it is the will of the privileged few, neither formulas nor laws that determines the principles of the market, starting from this big crash.
In the end, Londons financial tycoons ssed up the market with money and influence and carried their way through. The frightened public just leaned on it and got carried away. But isnt it interesting that there are so many people in London who accuse the governnt rather than condemn the financiers?
It is the states job to control such mishaps from occurring. This is not going to happen in Paris.
Carnot, as always, listened to Talleyrand with an expressionless face that did not show any emotion. Talleyrand had heard that he was just a friendly professor when he was at Heidelberg University The transformation was amazing.
I thought the advisor was a man similar to . You must have understood the limitations of the current imperial system more than anyone else with you brilliant mind and cool-headed reason. But you ended up making a complacent choice. Im just sorry about that.
My choice is not complacent. Its a commitnt and challenge with new expectations for the changed Emperor.
Changed His Majesty is clearly showing us a different side from the past, but how long do you think it will last? Ive seen him for longer than you have.
Napoleon Bonaparte, whom he had t at the end of the 18th century, was simply a brilliant French hero.
When Talleyrand first saw him, he had to stop himself from cheering, saying that his countrys salvation had co. In fact, Napoleon perfectly t Talleyrands expectations by defending France from external threats.
But everything was reversed when the degeneration of greed and ambition ca to him. The shining savior that Talleyrand cheered for turned into a dictator who had lost control.
After being disappointed by him dozens of tis, Talleyrand left all hope and expectations behind. And he swore to God that he would not live for the Emperor, but for France after the disappearance of the Emperor.
You look like my past self. It took a long ti to realize that the Emperor was not the savior we had been waiting for. Now you will follow the sa path as . I can imagine your despair, anger, and you blaming yourself for the past. I feel so sorry for you.
Ever since he first t Franois Carnot, Talleyrand-Prigord had had strange expectations.
He had thought that Carnot, who had previously been critical of Napoleons regi and had even rejected the Emperors appointnt without thinking twice, would agree with his ideas.
Is that right? But I think all these things and the rhetoric seem to be your trick to rationalize your trafficked act.
However, Carnot was pushing Talleyrand into the pit as he chased traces of treason.
Talleyrand handled everything with great care so that no traces could be found, and although no one had noticed him until now, he did not managed to escape the eyes of this new committee advisor.
The cause of overthrowing a dictator can only be recognized as such when it is done the right way. It is only hypocrisy if the nation groans under foreign threats and a person who holds hands with them and sell out internal secrets insists that its to overthrow dictatorship and for the re-ergence of revolutionary consciousness.
Talleyrand closed his eyes tightly.
Im also concerned about when the Emperor will regain the sa ferocity as before. However, I will not do the sa thing as you. I will watch, speak straight, and sotis utter harsh words right next to His Majesty. I will not hide in fear like you, even if I am severely reprimanded or broken by His Majesty, or if I am threatened.
Once he made up his mind, Franois Carnot was a person who did what he thought was right even if it would an risking his life. Only then did Talleyrand admit it.
It was a perfect illusion to say that Carnot resembled himself in the past. Rather, he had the spirit of a young man and his loyalty to his dying country.
It was much more like Talleyrand-Prigords youth, at an earlier point in the past. Like a self-portrait that made him ashad of himself who had beco murky and had changed over ti.
TL notes
[1] Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Prigord painted by Franois Grard
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