Chapter 774 John Niu Niu, are you ready to be a troublemaker?
“This bastard, this idiot, he will destroy the empire!” A tall man was roaring in the famous Hampton Court Palace in Richmond, on the banks of the Thames.

He has a head of thick black hair that looks like waves, and a square face with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He is not only very handsome, but also very manly. Even when he is angry or cursing, he still looks very charming.

On the side, George III’s fourth daughter, the 21-year-old Princess Mary, looked at the angry Mo Gongze with a look of intoxication on her face, her eyes were tearing.

‘He showed his most unconcealed side in front of me, he opened his heart to me, he loves me. Thank God, thank God for sending me such a charming life partner!’

This world really does value appearance. If an ugly guy were here, even if he were a prince, he would definitely not get the kind of lickspittle evaluation from Princess Mary, the English princess known as a gentle little beauty.

Not only Princess Mary, but also her sister Princess Sofia, who is only one year younger than her, could not help but sneak a peek at the angry Prince of Seres and Prince of Belgium.

“Dear Karl, it’s not worth it for you to be angry for a fool like Franz II. He will pay the price for his concession and weakness this time.” Princess Mary said softly in a delicate voice with a little bit of sarcasm.

“Furthermore, the throne of the Prince of Belgium cannot be easily deprived even by the Holy Roman Emperor. Francis II is not qualified to unilaterally declare the abandonment of all of Belgium. No one would recognize such a unilateral treaty.”

What made Mo Gongze so angry was that three months ago, the Holy Roman Empire and the French Directory signed the Treaty of Campo Formio.

The treaty stipulated that Austria, the main body of the Holy Roman Empire, would provide a series of assistance ranging from grants to territorial exchanges to a series of Holy Roman German states that had suffered heavy losses in the battle with the French revolutionary government.

After all, these Germanic states came to help in the war under the orders of their big brother Austria. If Austria did not appease these guys who suffered heavy losses, the team would not be able to lead.

But this was not the reason why Mo Gongze cursed. Mo Gongze cursed because the Holy Roman Empire promised to cede the Austrian Netherlands, namely the Principality of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Duchy of Limburg, etc. to France, and recognized the legality of France’s possession of the Austrian Netherlands.

Austria got the opportunity to divide the Republic of Venice with France. France almost gave half of the Republic of Venice to Austria to reach the Treaty of Campo Formio.

My goodness, this is equivalent to directly ceding the place of livelihood and legal basis of Mo Zirong and Mo Gongze, father and son.

Moreover, it was Emperor Franz II who ate the meat, and the father and son of the Mo family were bleeding profusely while cutting the flesh. How could people not be angry?

“Brother Karl, yes, you don’t need to be sad, because you are a distinguished guest of the Kingdom of England and a prince of the Seris Empire. In this world, anything that the Kingdom of England and the Seris Empire haven’t agreed to will only remain on paper.”

It was Princess Sofia who spoke, but Princess Mary beside her suddenly raised her eyebrows. She felt a strong threat from the delicate voice of “Brother Carl”.

No, she had to go and cry to her father, King George III, or she had to go to her brother, the Prince of Wales. No matter what, she had to get her father to finalize the marriage.

After all, Prince Carl is outstanding enough in terms of family background and talents, and he also owns two territories at the same time. Whether it is Belgium in Europe or Pengzhou Prefecture of the South China Sea Mission of the Seres Empire, both are extremely prosperous territories with a population of hundreds of thousands and rich resources.

Princess Mary can still tell which one is more precious, a princess with an empty title or the Queen of Belgium and Princess of Lu.

The marriage must be arranged as soon as possible, otherwise one day you might end up falling for some green tea bitch.

What’s wrong with my sister? She is the most threatening green tea bitch.

. . . .

At 10 Downing Street, in the study of the Prime Minister’s official residence, England’s Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger showed the report of Lieutenant General Clarke, the Acting Governor-General of British India, to his close political ally, Home Secretary Henry Addington, his cousin and Foreign Secretary Baron William Greenwell and others.

“This majestic king is indeed one of the favorite sons of the Great Emperor Seris. It is truly a genius idea to have our army quell the rebellion for them.”

The majestic king mentioned by William Pitt the Younger is Mo Zhouzhe, the fourth son of Mo Zibu. Since the princes of Dayu did not have European names, it is unknown who invented it or from which book it was found.

These Europeans ranked the first nine princes of Dayu who had basically reached adulthood according to the Chinese legend that a dragon gave birth to nine sons. Mo Zhouzhe was ranked fourth, corresponding to Pulao among the nine sons of a dragon. He symbolized majesty and vigilance, and was therefore called the King of Majesty by European nobles.

“Are we getting too close to Seres?” Home Secretary Henry Addington frowned.

“It doesn’t seem like a good thing. Once Seris has tasted the sweetness of using our Force India team, there will definitely be another attempt to get it.”

After listening to this, William Pitt the Younger did not express his opinion. He looked at his cousin and Foreign Minister Baron William Greenwell, who had been sent to Seres twice and had in-depth exchanges with the Emperor and Crown Prince of Seres.

“What do you think, my dear brother, are we getting too close to Seris?”

Baron William Greenwell coughed lightly, stood up straight, and replied in the deep, royal voice of London:
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I think this does not depend on whether we are getting too close to the Seris Empire, but on whether the Kingdom of England needs to get close to the Seris Empire.

I think the answer to this question is obvious. In order to get rid of those lunatics across the strait, to maintain our trade with the mainland, and to keep India as our cash cow now and in the future, the only thing we can do is to maintain friendly and close relations with the Seris Empire.

Unless, I mean unless, unless the Kingdom of England is ready to mobilize all its fleets to the far east to fight a battle with the vast Seris Empire that will determine the fate of the world.”

“No, don’t make such a decision lightly. It gives me a bad feeling, just like when the Spanish Empire hoped to use the Invincible Armada to solve our problem once and for all.”

As soon as Foreign Secretary Sir William Greenwell finished speaking, the First Lord of the Admiralty, George John Spencer, 2nd Earl, shouted anxiously.

This is England’s biggest dilemma at the moment. It’s not that no one can see that the Seris Empire is growing stronger day by day, but England cannot go to war with it at this time simply because Seris is growing stronger.

Not to mention, we should mobilize the entire nation’s navy and fight a decisive battle with all our might.

“Yes, yes. After losing New England, we absolutely cannot afford to lose India. But to keep India, we must maintain good relations with the Seris Empire.”

Speaking of the Seris Empire, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, who was always full of wisdom, became a little depressed and muttered to himself.

“But the Seris Empire is growing stronger and stronger. One day, they will realize the value of India and compete with us for it.”

“I think we can ask the Governor of Cape Colony, Earl Macartney, to come and discuss this issue.

He had just returned to London to resign as Governor of the Cape for health reasons.” Home Secretary Henry Addington suddenly proposed.

If there is anyone in England who knows more about China than Baron William Greenville, it is only Earl Macartney, who was sent as an envoy to the Qing Dynasty and met Emperor Qianlong in history, and who was sent as an envoy to Dayu in this time and space and served as an intern in the Dayu central government.

Although Foreign Secretary Sir William Greenville had made two diplomatic missions, they were both for official business. Macartney was different. He was an admirer of Chinese culture who had been fascinated by it since childhood and had studied it for twenty years.

Only such people can truly analyze the problem from Seris’s perspective and come up with the closest answer.

Without further ado, a few hours later, Earl Macartney was invited to 10 Downing Street.

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, and Your Excellencies, I am no longer in a position to continue to perform my duties in the Cape Colony.

But regarding the Seris Empire, as long as you have the time, I am still willing to express my personal views.”

Macartney’s title of earl was not an English noble title, but an Irish title. So despite his impressive title, he was not considered a great noble in London. Therefore, he was still very humble in front of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and others.

“Yes, Earl, we have time and are interested in hearing you talk about Seres, especially about the Seres Empire and how its people view India.” William Pitt the Younger made a gesture of invitation.

After hearing this, Earl Macartney became excited and told people about the Seres Empire. This was his favorite thing to do, even more exciting than being a colonial governor.

Of course, this historical excitement of Earl Macartney disappeared after 1796.

Because in history, he saw that the paradise on earth that he had been pursuing since his youth, the holy goddess Seres civilization in his political ideal, became a low-class prostitute that could be slept with by anyone under the rule of the Qing Empire.

Because of this incident, Macartney was heartbroken. After writing a lot of diaries lamenting that paradise on earth no longer existed, he soon fell seriously ill and died.

But this time and space was different. After he went to Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, he saw a Seres civilization that had completely recovered its former glory and was even more glorious. Macartney almost didn’t want to come back.

“Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Your Excellencies, I have always wanted to say that in our view, India is a supreme treasure, a supreme treasure bestowed by God upon the Kingdom of England.

Because India has dozens of times more prime farmland than England, and hundreds of millions of the most hardworking people. They have been domesticated by Hinduism and are very obedient. They naturally believe that white people are their destined masters.

It can be said that everything that England lacks can be found on the Indian continent.

But for Seres, it is completely different. The civilization of Seres is far superior to ours on the moral level, so it is destined that even if they use slaves, it will soon become a kind of employment relationship with personal dependence.

At least they would not treat their employees as non-human beings, use children of a few years old to clean chimneys, or force more than half of the women under their rule to rely on prostitution to support their families.

I have personally seen it in Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, as well as Guangzhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province.

In these places, if a decent woman became a prostitute under the jurisdiction of an official, it was a very serious matter, a serious crime that represented a decline in morality. The local official would likely be punished, and even the client could be sentenced to exile.

Macartney talked incessantly, completely unaware, or deliberately ignoring, the slightly flushed cheeks of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and others.

“Moreover, in Seris’ culture, there is an impulse and obsession called enlightenment.

They rarely like to enslave a group of people, but are always obsessed with educating them and turning them into part of a life that lives according to Seres moral etiquette.

This is how they have reached their current terrifying population of 600 million.

If I were to make an analogy, it would be like the Roman Empire in the East, which never perished. Unlike the Roman Empire, they did not always enslave the barbarians, but instead transformed the barbaric barbarians into civilized Romans.

It seemed that Earl Macartney had been holding these words in his heart for a long time. He spoke them all in one breath, and then looked at the top leaders of the Kingdom of England present and came to a conclusion that shocked them.

“So, gentlemen, what we are facing is not an empire, but a powerful civilization that has been alive for at least four thousand years, a terrifying existence that is as powerful as the entire Europe combined.

Seris is a living fossil of this world and the only human civilization that has not been interrupted. His spiritual core is something we can never imagine.

As long as there is a choice, everyone, never, ever, ever go to war with the Seris Empire!”

This is the power of Europe’s number one Seres fanboy at this time. In many aspects, it is not so correct, at least not as powerful as Macartney said, but at this moment, Macartney’s words undoubtedly stunned all the top leaders of the Kingdom of England in the room.

After a while, William Pitt the Younger broke the silence. He nodded, looked at Earl Macartney and said, “Please continue, Earl. I haven’t heard what the Seres think of India yet.”

Although the words were plain, William Pitt the Younger knew very well that his desire to use the navy to show strength to the Seres Empire was completely extinguished by Macartney’s cold water.

At this moment, William Pitt the Younger even regretted asking Macartney to say these things.

After this fierce outburst, Macartney felt completely relieved. He was no longer so excited, but began to rationally analyze the situation to Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger.

“Yes, Prime Minister, as I said, the Seres will not use the cruel method of slavery to expand production, and at the same time they like to educate barbaric peoples.

These two characteristics destined the Seres Empire to be extremely wary and disgusted with India.

In terms of numbers, the Indian continent probably has a population of 80 to 100 million. To educate a population equivalent to one-sixth of Seres’ own is something that makes people collapse just by thinking about it.

At the same time, more importantly, the Indian continent is also the origin of a civilization that is not inferior to Seres. In fact, one of the original sources of many characteristics of Seres civilization is Indian civilization.

Although Indian civilization has been interrupted by many conquests and the locals have long become the lowest class of existence, Indian civilization still exists tenaciously and, over thousands of years of history, has penetrated into every inch of the skin of people living on the Indian continent.

This characteristic actually gives Indian civilization the ability to educate or assimilate to a certain extent.

This makes it impossible for Indians to be civilized by other civilizations. They can only tenaciously and stubbornly transform foreign civilizations into a civilization with a very strong Indian style.

The population is almost impossible to educate, and the civilizational foundation is also impossible to educate. This makes it impossible for Seris to actively touch India in terms of civilization.

Macartney made the first conclusion, and then he went on to say: “If cultural assimilation is impossible, then India will not be of any help to Serbia.

Moreover, India has vast tracts of arable land and docile, hardworking people, which the Serbs have no shortage of. They do not crave everything in India as we do.

On the contrary, due to the great importance of India and Seres, Nanyang, which ranks second only to the mainland China, is too close and has maintained a certain cultural influence on Nanyang for thousands of years.

What the Seres fear most is probably not that we control India, but that we cannot control India, which will lead to a large number of Indian people pouring into Southeast Asia like a tide, and using population to turn Southeast Asia into a shared territory between the Seres and India.

“Yes, that’s it, that’s it!” Foreign Secretary Sir William Greenville suddenly exclaimed. He looked at Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and said:

“No wonder the Great Emperor of Seres was so strict about the labor we imported from India, yet so interested in white slaves. It turns out he was afraid that the Indians would turn Seres’ South Seas into a thriving home.”

“Yes, everyone. We don’t have this worry, because Indians can travel to the South Seas by boat or even on foot, but they can’t come to the Kingdom of England by either of these means.”

Earl Macartney said this confidently, but he could never have imagined that one day the world’s transportation would be so developed.

Everything they do in India will eventually be retaliated by the Indians. The excretion pits on the beach were dug in advance by the colonists for their descendants.

“Count, are you saying that there are only two greatest civilizations in the world, one is the civilized civilization represented by Seres, and the other is the civilization with strong assimilation ability represented by India?” asked Home Secretary Henry Addington with some dissatisfaction.

Haha, you know what, in the world of later generations, such prototypes really began to appear.

The so-called Indianization of America and Europe, the so-called advanced version of the Germanic winning theory is the great Bharat all-win closed-loop theory, all of which are of the same tune.

“Of course not, there are us too!” Macartney denied it, with a proud expression on his face.

“However, the most important issue facing us Europeans right now is who will inherit and carry forward the Roman Empire in the new era.”

As he spoke, Macartney actually laughed, “Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Your Excellency, when I was in the palace of the Seres Empire, the great Lord of the Orientals, His Majesty the Great Emperor of Seres, gave me a very impressive analogy.

He said, ‘You English should not seek to integrate the Indian mainland into one entity, because that would be like digging an open-air toilet on my doorstep.

Whenever a small stone fell into the toilet, the splashed feces and maggots in the feces would cover the doorway of my house, and the maggots would even crawl all over the backs of my feet.

And you people in England live so far away that you can’t even smell the toilet.'”

“Really… well, it’s really disgusting and appropriate.” Little William Pitt couldn’t help laughing, and he felt a lot more relieved.

“So, Seris has no interest in India. They won’t make money from it, right?”

“Mr. Prime Minister, of course, the Seres like Indian money, so they sell their various goods to the British Isles and take away the money we have worked hard to earn from India in a very elegant way.”

This time, without waiting for Earl Macartney to answer, his younger brother, Home Secretary Henry Addington, who was in charge of a labor service company in India, took the initiative to answer.

Little William Pitt nodded. “Thank you, Count. Your advice has helped us better understand Seris and the East.”

After Earl Macartney left, William Pitt the Younger stood up and shook his head tiredly. Seeing this, the people in the room knew that the talks were over and began to say goodbye.

After a while, the Prime Minister’s cousin, Foreign Secretary Sir William Greenwell, came in from the back door.

“My brother, Seris may not have any thoughts about India now, but that doesn’t mean he will never have any thoughts about India.

Macartney’s judgment of Seres was filled with a certain degree of admiration, which I find difficult to fully trust.”

“Yes, my dear brother, I think so too, but at least until France becomes a waste, Seris will not control India, because they still need us to fight against France.

Unexpectedly, while we were using Prussia and other countries to engage in balance of power politics on the European continent, the Seres Empire treated us as the Prussia of the Eurasian continent, using us to prevent Europe from ever being united.

“My dear brother, I don’t have the courage to fight against Seris for the future of all Europeans at the cost of dragging England into an extremely dangerous vortex. We are Protestants and will never become the shield of God.”

At this moment, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, who held great power, showed an unusually weak side. Even he felt despair about the future of the kingdom.

“My brother, the situation is far from hopeless.” Baron William Greenwell was calmer.

“So we must defeat the French as quickly as possible, and then turn our attention back to North America. We must take back New England and make the Kingdom a great empire on its own continent. Only in this way can we compete with the Seres Empire.”

William Pitt the Younger looked at his cousin, Sir William Greenwell, not knowing whether to shake his head or nod.

It is not impossible to take back New England, but the prerequisite for taking it back is probably to move the capital of the Kingdom of England from London to New York, so that the country folks of New England can enter the kingdom’s aristocracy.

This… This doesn’t seem to be any easier than defeating the Seris Empire, right?

(End of this chapter)