Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

In London, Downing Street is as busy as Buckingham Palace these days. Serious gunfire incidents have occurred frequently on the Balkan Peninsula. Although it has not really reached the point of a major power war, it has indeed reached the point of misfire. This has made many people worried about this, especially ordinary British citizens. They already have some doubts about the British government. After all, in just a few years, the UK can no longer act as casually as before. It can determine the control of wars in various parts of the world, and has been suppressed everywhere. It has experienced such a serious regression in its status in world affairs. This is how they, who have always relied on their noble status, can stand it.

This has made all the British and even their colonies feel aggrieved. He has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the current position of the British government in the world, so newspapers and other places are criticizing his dissatisfaction with the government. They also satirized the authorities by commemorating Britain's strong position in the world maintained by former Prime Minister Salisbury and former strong prime ministers such as Balfour and Bannerman to express Asquith's weakness and British dissatisfaction. In fact, this was also their Reflecting the inaction of the new King George V.

In fact, we can't blame them. Compared with his father, Edward VII, George V is almost invisible. People rarely see his shadow, and even reports rarely see him. This is like Edward VII. It is definitely a huge watershed compared to carrying out proactive diplomatic strategies everywhere. How could they, who were accustomed to seeing the former king's pro-people policies everywhere, endure such a change. As a result, George V became the target of complaints from many British people.

"Pa" George V dropped the newspaper in his hand with a livid face, "Say, what on earth is going on? You actually set this fire on us."

The faces of the people below also had a slightly embarrassed look on their faces. As ministers, they were powerful from generation to generation. The master was bullied and the ministers were humiliated. They naturally understood this truth, and it was inside. Many of them pointed the finger at cabinet members like them. This made them very dissatisfied. Of course, more importantly, they were dissatisfied with their declining status in the hearts of the people.

"Gobi. You are in charge of intelligence. Have you found the results?"

Gobi hesitated and looked at the other people. The people here are all cabinet ministers. He is just the head of royal intelligence and should not be here in the first place. But in today's meeting, his appearance was originally an accident. Therefore, the other people were not surprised that His Majesty would ask him at this time. After all, this was only reasonable.

Gobi obviously also understood his current status, especially when he saw the indifferent attitude of several others towards him, and when he thought about his small knighthood, he felt even more in his heart about the intelligence chiefs in Spain in the south. He yearned for status, but his face didn't show it.

"After many back-and-forth inferences and some clues provided by relevant people, we are very confident that the newspapers were entrusted by the world to publish this time. We believe that this is the work of the Greeks, and intelligence shows that The target should be Otto I."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gobi shouted to shut up.

"How sure are you?" George V asked expressionlessly, as if he had expected it.

"70%"

"Seventy percent is already a very high figure." Asquith said after finishing his words in Gobi at this time, "But this is also an understandable idea. It is nothing more than Otto I understanding his Greek kingdom. Some couldn't stand the bad situation in the neighboring countries, so under such circumstances, Otto I had no choice but to use this method to tie us into their tanks."

"What does the Prime Minister mean?" George V asked with interest: "What do you think we should do when Greece is like this? Is it to give them a little color and tell them not to offend us again? Or what?"

"No, I think His Majesty already has his own plan in mind. I think it is appropriate for Your Majesty to give us an order at this time?"

George V stared at Asquith with an extremely serious expression, and Asquith had an amiable expression on his face. He seemed to have no discomfort and looked at George V kindly. After a long time, George V suddenly laughed. He smiled, and then said loudly and ungently: "How do you feel?"

Everyone was a little surprised, and some couldn't react to the speed of the conversation between the two, but they quickly expressed their agreement to follow His Majesty's arrangements.

George V seemed to be very satisfied and nodded, and then said: "After discussing with the Prime Minister yesterday, I finally felt that Greece's little thoughts are actually understandable, but there are some things we still need to get back. But not now, we don’t have to rush for a while, on the contrary, we should also help them. This time, I decided to use the Mediterranean fleet to go to their country’s coastline, so that their people can see the majesty of our gunboat diplomacy, and also give Otto a I want to put pressure on them and tell them not to do these little tricks that they think they are unaware of."

"Your Majesty, for the war that has started on the Balkan Peninsula, the most important thing now is how should we stand?" Churchill asked with concern. After he asked, he realized that he had asked something inappropriate. After all, he was now Home Secretary, these questions are fine even if they are asked by the Secretary of the Navy Fisher or the Secretary of War Richard Haldane. However, as the Minister of Home Affairs, I feel that it is a bit overbearing to ask them at this time.

Others looked at him in surprise, but after a few doubts, they quickly disappeared. However, they all glanced at Asquith secretly, and they all understood that Churchill's teacher should be the one having a headache now.

Fisher and Edward Gray also felt something strange in their hearts. George V, however, had an expressionless face, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Asquith felt a little helpless. It seemed that his student had suddenly forgotten his situation. He glanced at George V, who did not reveal any inner thoughts, and smiled bitterly in his heart. For him, Asquith How could Quess not understand what the other person was thinking?

He struggled with his mouth and finally chose silence.

Fisher winked at Gray, signaling the latter, the foreign secretary, to speak up.

Gray also understood that it was indeed the best time for him not to show up at this time.

"Your Majesty, I think the Home Secretary's concerns about the issues on the Balkan Peninsula are somewhat understandable, but I think we should take a look first before talking about it. As long as we issue a statement to Greece to express our protection, that's it. As for Austria, After Tuo Yi’s actions this time, we feel that we can still use this as a threat in exchange for some benefits. After all, hatred can often be exchanged for benefits, right?”

"What an exchange of hatred for benefits!" George V glanced at Gray with admiration, then turned to Fisher and Haldane, "Where are you two? What do you think?"

Haldane agreed, but Fisher asked curiously: "I don't know, what interests does the Foreign Secretary refer to? Of course, I am just curious and want to know."

Gray smiled and said: "I heard that Crete is now under the rule of the Greeks, and some daily necessities cannot be provided. So, I think this is really tragic. We are the people of God. Why? How cruel can we look at their miserable life, so we can help them live the days without daily necessities. I think we can take over the right to sell daily necessities there, where we, the British, are the only ones selling things. Well, Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"A very great idea, very creative. In this way, this matter will be supervised by your Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Next, we will discuss the so-called East Asia Alliance with Spain's East Asian allies."

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"Do you think, Your Majesty, there is any difference today?" Gray and Fisher did not come out of Buckingham Palace and did not have to go home immediately. Instead, they chose to hold talks in an old room in a hotel in Downing Street where they had met each other in the past ten years or so.

Fisher hesitantly looked at the waiter who had just come in from the restaurant. After he went out and closed the door, he said: "What, isn't it that he is beginning to be suspicious of Prime Minister Asquith?"

"That's true. The Prime Minister's power has become a bit bigger in recent years. Compared with the previous terms, he is now facing His Majesty who has only been in office for a year or two. In comparison, the Prime Minister's status is indeed more consolidated. Going to Churchill, a young talent, would give him no worries."

Edward Gray felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, he also received a lot of help from Asquith at the beginning, but in the end the two people were dissatisfied and disagreed in some places, and finally parted ways. Thinking about Churchill now, how do you think about it, although In terms of status, his position as Foreign Secretary is not lower than that of the other party's Home Secretary. However, you must know that with the connections created by Asquith, if you add the support of War Secretary Richard Haldane and the Secretary of State for Industry and Commerce, then , Churchill's position seems to be very likely to take over from Asquith, which is definitely a great irony for him.

Perhaps, based on this, although he has not fallen out with Asquith in recent years, he has become closer to Fisher, another military giant who has always been dissatisfied with Asquith. The purpose is to get their help. After all, in the final analysis, Churchill was directly kicked out of the Navy by Fisher. The feeling in my heart is absolutely indescribable.

How could Fisher not hear Edward Gray's sour look when he talked about Churchill's young talents? He smiled faintly and then said: "Speaking of young talents, I have made appointments with many of them. The military and the government still have some influence, wait a minute, but everyone needs to have a few drinks."

Edward Gray glanced at Fisher with some surprise, and had some questions in his mind: I don't know, who is he talking about? Faintly, he was looking forward to it. (To be continued...)