C2358 The stubborn donkey who Resisted in a Lay (1/2)

Gladstone could already feel that victory was right in front of them. Politicians of their level knew very well that the outcome of a war was usually decided before the war began.

As long as you smooth out all the crucial points before the war, victory will be a matter of course.

In the end, England was still the next group of merchants. The pursuit of profit was their essence, and the merchants were greedy and calculating. They would tie everything under the sun to their interests, even war.

The First Opium War actually adopted the war resolution with a very weak advantage, and that small advantage was gained by the Queen using her strong influence.

To be frank, what they loved to do was to earn money, and the first thing they had to do in order to earn money was to avoid risk. However, war was always full of uncertainty, and other than arms merchants who had to rely on war to make money, merchants in other industries preferred to make money peacefully.

They liked the illusory sense of glory brought about by the victory of the war. At the same time, they also hated the fact that their children had lost their lives in a foreign country, so they were very clear that the real war had broken out, and the ones who died were the children of commoners.

This was an idea, and this idea was a kind of power. If Liberal Party could develop till now, it was precisely this kind of power that Gladstone borrowed.

Using moderate mercantilism as a substitute for radical colonialism had allowed the British state policy to be focused on internal affairs as much as possible. According to the Chinese, they would first practice their internal energy and only when their internal energy was stronger would they be able to colonize the country with greater glory.

Therefore, Gladstone's success was related to two things. He had to promise the people at the bottom level that he would build a large number of Infrastructure, make it universal and compulsory, and even give the colony more autonomy in exchange for a period of peace and stability. This was to develop internal affairs and cultivate internal energy.

The second point was a different story for the elites. Gladstone did not oppose colonialism, on the contrary, he was doing everything for the sake of a better colonial expansion.

In that eavesdropping hotel, Xiao Letian had already pointed out the crux of the problem, especially the close relationship between technology and compulsory education. He had even predicted that Britain would fall from the position as the strongest country in technology in the future.

Why? Since Prussia had now been undergoing compulsory education for decades, with an extremely large population, the total number of high-tech talents in Prussia in the next forty to fifty years would be no less than in the UK, or even higher, based on the same proportion of elite production.

Another special case was the America. Although there was no compulsory education for all in the America, it was about to begin.

Furthermore, the isolationism of the America had created a stable political situation in the country. Furthermore, it had become very inclusive towards immigrants and people, allowing the country to absorb many of Europe's excluded national elites.

In addition to the America's advantage of having a large population, the rise of technology in the future was definitely predictable like Prussia's.

On the contrary, if these top-level jobs continued for such a short period of time, the upgraded factories would not even be able to recruit qualified operators. Take a look at the development of mechanical processing equipment in the last few decades, the latest machines needed to be operated by highly educated workers.

There was a dilemma in Britain. Uneducated people were unemployed and had to work hard at the simplest and lowest possible jobs.

As for those high-paying jobs, they could not recruit anyone at all. The salaries of the senior blue-collar workers had continued to rise many times, but there was still a huge gap.

How can this social conflict be resolved? War? In the end, he still relied on Gladstone's method.