C2121 The Chaos of London (1/2)

Even if Benjamin was an outstanding politician, able to keep a straight face, allowing his political enemies to humiliate him in such a diplomatic situation, his face would not be let down.

”My Minister of Finance, you seem to be meddling in too many things. Do you want to interfere with the management of the city?” This was Benjamin insinuating that Gladstone was ambitious, he knew that everything he said today would be passed on to the Queen.

Gladstone's current position was in the Minister of Finance, and was directly under Benjamin's leadership. But who other than the Queen could handle this great god? Benjamin felt a headache seeing him.

The leader of the opposition party was the Liberal Party, who posed the greatest threat.

Until now, Benjamin had only taken office with four pieces of the budget allocated to him, but he was rejected by the cannon. Every time the council debate ended, Benjamin would suffer a crushing defeat.

This was what a real political enemy should be like, Benjamin knew clearly that Gladstone had her eyes on the throne of the Prime Minister, and he still had the ability to challenge her.

However, no matter how powerful a subordinate was, he was still a subordinate at the moment. In such a large-scale state visit ceremony, it was necessary for a subordinate to act as if he was a subordinate.

A deep worry emerged in Benjamin's heart. He stared at Gladstone and was confused. Normally, Gladstone would not be so ignorant as to understand the general situation of a politician of this level.

To deliberately find trouble with him at this kind of occasion, was Gladstone confident that she could break the rules? Is he determined to attack me? Was this the signal to declare war?

The two of them were of equal seniority in the political arena and were very close to each other. Adding that Gladstone had defeated Benjamin numerous times in the debates, the leader of the opposition party naturally would not be afraid of the threat from the Prime Minister.

He adjusted his tie and said nonchalantly, ”Dear Prime Minister, please don't forget that I am not only the Minister of Finance, but also a resident of London. Can I not blame London for such a chaotic and inefficient management?”

”Please don't forget that this is the first time in the history of mankind that an emperor of the East and West has come here to visit. The entire world, including our future generations, is watching us. Do you wish to leave behind a stain of chaos?”

”You can afford to disgrace that person, but I can't afford to disgrace myself …” Hehe, 200,000 people? ”How laughable, I don't know where you found such an advisor, but his analysis is so childish and ridiculous!”

”I remember that half a month ago, I wrote a letter to you. I already reminded you in that letter that there will be more than 400 thousand spectators at this gathering. Have you not seen it before?”

Benjamin was immediately angered, his mouth was full of bitterness, of course he knew about the letter, but the arrogance hidden within the words in the letter made him extremely unhappy, and even Gladstone's reminder was taken by surprise.

Now that he thought about it, this was probably Gladstone's plan. On the surface, it was a reminder but it was spoken in a very harsh tone, purposely provoking him.

After he threw the proposal letter into the trash can, he would then bury the fact that he had been attacked. At least, he would have a reputation of not accepting criticism.

In other words, the more chaotic the ceremony became, the greater the crime would be. If there was a trampling or falling into the water and several people died, Gladstone would certainly attack him with all her might.

This was clearly setting up a trap for him! But this trap hadn't been broken yet. Who told you not to stop giving suggestions? Who told you to underestimate the scale of this event?