Chapter 1108： see through (1/2)
London
”Your Excellency, the empire is preparing to launch a war against the Holy Roman Empire. Has it been approved by the Parliament?”
”Your Excellency, why start this war? What can we get?”
”Your Excellency, is the empire ready? How high is our chance of winning?”
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When he woke up, Prime Minister Campbell, who was still in a daze, was surrounded by reporters as soon as he left the house.
Overwhelming problems, frantically swept to him. The hidden traps are even more numerous. With the old spicy experience, Campbell knew that these reporters were going to do something again.
For this group of unscrupulous media, as long as there is big news that can increase the sales of newspapers, it doesn't really matter whether Britain will fight against Shinra.
I have long been accustomed to the media's routines. After a short pause, Prime Minister Campbell waved his hand and said: ”The government will hold a special press conference to answer these questions.
Now I can only tell you that the government is not ready to launch a war against the Holy Roman Empire, but we are not afraid of war either.
Please do not believe the rumors circulating in the market. Great Britain is a peace-loving country. We are willing to work with peace-loving countries around the world to maintain world peace. ”
After getting rid of the reporter, Campbell's face suddenly became gloomy. The reporter came so quickly, it was obvious that someone was behind the organization and planning.
If he hadn't reacted quickly and fooled the past in time, maybe he would have been trapped now.
Britain’s system is already very complete. The government has no power to wage war against a big country without the approval of the parliament.
On the issue of safeguarding their own power, lawmakers have never relaxed. Whenever there is a little wind, Campbell can't think of a good life.
Campbell has no energy to condemn the shameless actions of competitors. The biggest problem right now is that the window paper was punctured and Britain was forced to the edge of the cliff.
”Sneak attack” and ”entice the enemy”, you don't have to think about it. Reporters all know that a war is about to break out between Britain and Shinra, which means that the whole world knows.
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In full anger, Campbell called an emergency cabinet meeting.
”The news has leaked out, and public opinion is very unfavorable to us. Some time ago, we proposed to strengthen the strategic material reserve, and now it is also regarded as evidence by the outside world.
The opposition party will not let go of this opportunity. According to its inherent routine, it usually starts with reporters and then with questions from parliamentarians.
Without a reasonable explanation, our lives will be sad. In order to prevent the situation from worsening, we must come up with a plan today. ”
Infighting is an indispensable part of British politics. The critical situation is only their experience, and the opposition parties cannot feel it.
Different from the high level of the Shinra government, which climbs up one step at a time, the high level of the British government all climbed to the sky from the election.
Even if there is an excess, it is only a few days in the parliament. Only a few have experience in the government.
Even if you have experience of performing duties, it is of gilded significance, which is higher than the actual meaning. Most of the time, they only put on their names and do not perform specific duties.
Of course, this does not mean that the top government officials are idiots. It is impossible to win in complex political struggles and stand out from elections all the way without extraordinary ability.
What everyone lacks is administrative experience. Generally speaking, after being elected, there will be a professional team to help disseminate relevant knowledge, and there will be an advisory group assisting in handling government affairs.
The effect will be known by the number of exotic policies during his tenure. Generally speaking, the worse the prime minister's personal ability, the greater the appetite of interest groups, and the more messy policies he will launch.
If you have a strong learning ability, or you have been exposed to relevant knowledge in advance, it will be no problem to get rid of these advisory groups that are flooded with interest groups.
Anyone who wants to make a difference must get rid of dependence on the advisory group and jump out of the circle drawn by interest groups.
However, these are all things after election. When ordinary politicians are in the opposition, they have no access to relevant knowledge at all, so naturally they don't need to think about that much.
This is also the reason why political families are more likely to succeed. Everyone's innate knowledge is not on the same level.
Now is no exception. In the eyes of most British people, the Royal Navy is still invincible across the world, and the British Empire is still in full swing.
The rise of the Holy Roman Empire is indeed a trouble, but it is only a trouble. With the Royal Navy, Britain is not afraid of any enemies.
As for the deeper gaps in national power, industrial gaps, population gaps... all are not within the scope of everyone's knowledge.
It's not that there are no ”people of insight” who come out to do science, but now is the most glorious era in Britain. Everyone is immersed in the glory of the sunless empire and simply ignores the crisis.
The ignorant is fearless. I don't know the difference in national power between the two sides, and I still think that Britain is the once arrogant empire of the sun that never sets, and naturally there is no pressure to drag it back.
Foreign Secretary Adam: ”The news about our preparations for the war should have not been leaked out, or else the opposition party has already attacked, and the outside world will not be so peaceful at all.
Judging from the current state of affairs, most people inferred from the current international situation that we are going to fight against Shinra.
Or the Vienna government was aware of our intentions and deliberately released news in an attempt to disrupt our strategic layout.
The opposition party just took advantage of this opportunity to use the power of the media to fuel the flames. If they really had the evidence of our planning war, they would have gone to the parliament for impeachment.
In a sense, this situation is also a good thing for us.
By directly clarifying the contradiction between the empire and the Shinra, we can also take the opportunity to promote the Shinra threat theory and prepare for the next war.
So far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received enquiries from many European countries, as well as a peace proposal led by the Dutch government.
On the surface, this is because European countries do not want this war to break out. Isn't the deeper reason why they are afraid of the Holy Roman Empire?
We must know that during the European War, the Vienna government responded with a single response and formed an anti-French alliance without much cost. ”
Regardless of Adam's analysis, he is actually panicked. No matter who released the news, the enemy will be prepared.
I was worried about how to fool the main force of the Shenluo Navy, but now that the enemy is prepared, it is even more difficult to achieve.
Unable to inflict heavy damage to the Shinra Navy as soon as the war started, their quick fight and quick decision plan was declared bankrupt.
Once the war continues, the good days in Britain are over. Among other things, the European market is completely gone.
Just look at the reactions of European countries. Everyone opposes war between the two countries. In addition to worrying about standing in the wrong team, the more important thing is that the war will continue.
In the eyes of the outside world, the Holy Roman Empire has the advantage of land power, while Britain has the advantage of sea power. If it really starts to fight, no one can do anything for a while.