Chapter 982 London Waves

London.

On Monday, Murphy came to the Tulip Palace early to wait for Queen Victoria. It was a little different from the past. His face was pale today, and even the maids of the Tulip Palace could see the deep worry in his eyes.

After waiting for a while, the door of the Queen's bedroom slowly opened, and Victoria Mia appeared in front of Murphy as radiant as ever.

But now Murphy is not in the mood to appreciate it at all. He quickly walked to Victoria Mia and said a word in a low voice.

Hearing this sentence, Victoria's face turned pale, and her pale face was completely bloodless.

"Your Majesty, the Conservatives are attacking our foreign policy through the failure of the combined fleet. Their voice has been supported by many centrist MPs. This time we are in trouble." Murphy said with great concern.

Now that the Liberal Party has only a slight advantage over the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, this defeat is enough to turn the Conservative Party over. If so, the Queen's right to lose the Liberal Party's power will be restricted by the Conservative Party, which is the last thing Victoria wants to see.

"It's unbelievable how the Combined Fleet lost so badly." Victoria was almost mad, as he said, he and Murphy walked out the door.

After getting on the carriage, she and Murphy soon came to the House of Representatives. At this time, the members of the House of Representatives had already filled the House. Obviously, this failure had a great impact.

Because they haven't suffered such a catastrophic failure in decades.

"Respected Her Majesty, just three hours ago, two warships that were almost falling apart arrived in London. It is certain that these two warships belonged to the East India Company. We have lost most of our naval power in Asia for the same reasons we opposed the plan, and we have also provoked a formidable enemy."

Victoria had just sat down, and suddenly stood up from the seat of the Conservative Party, a congressman with white hair and a thin body wearing a gray vest. This is the leader of the Conservative Party, Nick Timothy.

When Victoria came in, her eyes were focused on a group of naval soldiers in the middle of the House of Representatives. These naval soldiers were ragged and skinny, and one could imagine how much suffering they had suffered when they returned to England from the Great Yu Kingdom.

"Earl Nick, first of all I am very saddened by what happened to these navy soldiers, but I don't think there was anything wrong with the original decision, everything I did was for the benefit of the British Empire, only the soldiers who destroyed the Great Yu Kingdom, we Only then will there be more time to realize the technologies obtained one by one. As you said, the Great Yu Kingdom is a formidable enemy. So far, he is only in Asia. When one day their tentacles reach North America, South America, and Africa, Even Europe, when it's too late when we're throttling him." Victoria's eyes were fixed on Nick, not backing down.

"Shh..."

Victoria's voice fell, there was a burst of boos from the Conservative seats, and after the Bill of Rights was passed, the Queen actually ruled but not ruled the United Kingdom, and the real power fell to the House of Commons.

It was only Victoria who cleverly used her influence to cooperate with the Prime Minister of the Liberal Party, which further expanded the Queen's influence, as if she had the right to rule the UK again.

In fact, in Nick's view, this is just the Liberal Party using the Queen's influence, and the Queen is using the Liberal Party's power. In fact, they are not afraid of the Queen.

"Dear Her Majesty, look at these poor soldiers, these two warships originally had more than a thousand soldiers, and after returning to England, there were only more than a hundred soldiers left, most of whom died of starvation at sea, or suffered from illness. This is the price paid for fighting in the far east, and the most important thing is that your decision did not safeguard the interests of the United Kingdom, and what we may face next is the retaliation of the Great Yu Kingdom." Nick said calmly: " India, Australia, our important colonies, and they are likely to be lost."

Victoria Mia covered her forehead with a headache. She had never encountered such a setback since she took the throne. Just as she was about to say something, she stood up alone, it was her uncle, Duke Paston.

He stopped Victoria from arguing, instead saying: "Her Majesty, now we must improve relations with Da Yu to avoid losing more, otherwise the Liberal Party will lose the support of many nobles who have huge interests in India. , you don't want to see the Liberal Party ousted, don't you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is very unwise to continue to provoke war, especially in such a distant place, since the combined fleet has failed, we must change our strategy." Murphy echoed.

Victoria has been in a panic since she got the news. Facing Nick's questioning, she was just defending her mistake.

Now that Paston and Murphy said this, she suddenly realized that if they continued to fight against Nick, they would be more passive. Only by appeasing the nobles could they leave room for turning around, but now she must make effective suggestions and show her This queen can lead Britain out of trouble.

After calming down, she stood up and said, "I feel very sorry for the failure of the combined fleet, but this also allows us to see the true strength of the Great Yu Kingdom, which prevents us from further misjudgment. Therefore, through this incident, we should adjust the relationship with the Great Yu Country, and now we should send a mission to the Great Yu Country to ease the relationship."

After a pause, she continued: "At the same time, we must invest more manpower and financial resources to speed up the research of new technologies, so that we can defeat the army of the Great Yu country in the next war, and we must support the enemies of the Great Yu country. I suggest Sell ​​steam engine technology to Tsarist Russia and help Tsarist Russia popularize steam engine factories, they will effectively contain the forces of the Great Yu Kingdom."

Victoria's words fell, and Conservative MPs didn't boo on purpose. They were just dissatisfied with the Queen's sophistry. In fact, they also hoped that Victoria could come up with effective countermeasures when the United Kingdom suffered a setback.

Seeing that her speech had achieved good results, Victoria continued: "Ideas are sometimes more effective than weapons. The Great Yu Kingdom is still an imperial state, and we are moving from imperial power to popular election. It is often the case that an empire collapses from within. It's easier than destroying it from the outside, and our Senator Cao Kun knows this better than we do."

When Victoria spoke, she looked at the two seats in the corner of the Liberal Party, where Cao Kun and Cao Zhengtong and their son were sitting.