Chapter 846： Ministers and Secretaries with Different Minds

The Duke of Newcastle spoke cautiously, which calmed Palmerston's overheated mind a little. He understood that France is not a small country after all, but an army power that can keep pace with the British Kingdom, a naval power. If so, it could easily lead to a diplomatic crisis.

If it triggers the second confrontation between Britain and France, then he, the prime minister, is likely to have done it.

[The last confrontation between Britain and France was during the Orleans period. Thiers, then Prime Minister of Orleans, took the initiative to confront Britain because of the Egyptian issue, and was removed by Louis Philippe. 】

"You're right!" Palmerston responded calmly to the Duke of Newcastle. "We really shouldn't be so arbitrary! Let's do it!

You now return to the War Department immediately to deploy military operations against the Qajar dynasty.

I will send ambassadors abroad to find out: where exactly is the French fleet going! "

"Prime Minister, if this fleet is really going to Asia, should we continue to move!" The Duke of Newcastle whispered.

After being silent for a moment, Palmerston gritted his teeth and said to the Duke of Newcastle: "Of course we must continue to act! You must be very clear about the importance of the Indian subcontinent to our country! If France really stretches out its hand there, we must Take a decisive shot at them at the risk of war with France!"

"I understand!" The Duke of Newcastle nodded solemnly and responded to Palmerston: "I will return to the War Department to arrange!"

After the Duke of Newcastle left, Prime Minister Palmerston called his cabinet secretary again.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, what are your orders!" The cabinet secretary said to Palmerston humbly.

"Now you go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately and call the Minister of Foreign Affairs to my office!" Palmerston gave orders to the Cabinet Secretary with a cold attitude.

The secretary of the cabinet did not act, but took out the small notebook that he carried with him, turned to the page of today's itinerary and said to Prime Minister Palmerston: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I feel I have an obligation to remind you to wait a while. There is a meeting waiting for you to attend, can you postpone the meeting with the Foreign Secretary a little bit!"

"No!" Palmerston said firmly to the cabinet secretary: "I must see the Foreign Secretary as soon as possible, and the meeting can be postponed appropriately!"

"Okay! Your Excellency!" The Cabinet Secretary bowed to Palmerston and left the office.

Palmerston took advantage of this time to continue thinking about the idea of ​​using the war to stabilize his approval ratings.

"Maybe the Qajar Dynasty is a good choice!" Palmerston murmured to himself.

After a while, the Earl of Clarendon, then British Foreign Secretary, appeared in Palmerston's office.

"Your Excellency!" The Count of Clarendon bowed to Jerome Bonaparte first, and then continued: "What do you want me to do?"

Palmerston told the Earl of Clarendon in short words the news that the Duke of Newcastle had conveyed.

After pondering for a while, the Earl of Clarendon politely refused to Prime Minister Palmerston: "Your Excellency, please forgive me! The matter of the French Imperial Fleet going to sea should not be inquired by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This matter should be It should be left to the Ministry of War to do it!"

The behavior of Duke Clarendon to shirk responsibility made Palmerston feel an inexplicable discomfort.

Thinking back over a year ago, there was that cabinet minister who dared to refuse the task that he had given him!

Now that their prime minister is shaky, they have learned to shirk.

Thinking of this, Palmerston became more determined to use the means of war to restore himself and his dangerous approval rate.

However, now is the time when he needs Earl Clarendon to run for him, and he can't offend Earl Clarendon.

So Palmerston said to the Earl of Clarendon in a cordial tone: "Villiers, of course I understand that it is safer to leave this matter to the War Department to inquire, but now the War Department is deploying to the Qajar Dynasty. military operations!

So I don't have time for other questions, so I'll ask you to ask for it. "

"Military battle against the Qajar dynasty?" Earl Clarendon glanced at Palmerston in surprise.

Unexpectedly, such a short period of time has passed, and another war will be waged in Britain.

It seems that Palmerston can sit in the prime minister's position smoothly again, and his luck is really good enough!

Clarendon couldn't help but sigh inwardly, his dream of being prime minister was probably out of reach.

Since Palmerston had the possibility of continuing to serve as Prime Minister, Clarendon had no choice but to continue to obey Palmerston's orders.

After all, he wants to continue to sit in the position of foreign secretary.

"Okay! I'll send a telegram to Ambassador Coats asking what the **** is going on with them!" Earl Clarendon replied to Palmerston with a nod.

"Thank you for your hard work! Villiers!" Palmerston breathed a sigh of relief, and he half-coaxed and half-coaxed Clarendon and still obeyed his orders.

However, this also means that he must implement the war against the Qajar Dynasty.

After the Earl of Clarendon had left, Palmerston ordered the cabinet secretary to call his personal secretary.

Although the cabinet secretary was unhappy that Palmerston had called him a private secretary, he followed Palmerston's orders.

After Palmerston's private secretary appeared in the office, Palmerston immediately asked the private secretary with a straight face, "Can I continue to trust you?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I was the one who brought you into Number 10 Downing Street!" The private secretary resolutely corrected her attitude and swore her loyalty to Palmerston.

"Now I have a task for you!" Palmerston said in a low voice, while taking out the England bill from the drawer, "You go to the major newspapers now..."

Palmerston gave part of his plan to the private secretary, who had a surprised look on his face.

"If this is successful, I will most likely continue to be Prime Minister!" Palmerston patted the private secretary on the shoulder and said, "And you will continue to be my secretary! Do you understand?"

"Yes! Prime Minister!" The private secretary, who was originally uneasy about Palmerston's position, responded excitedly to Palmerston.

"Go!" Palmerston replied with a wave of his hand to the private secretary, "I look forward to good news from you!"

The private secretary leaves the prime minister's office, while Palmerston contemplates the plan.

However, Palmerston could not have imagined that he would be killed by his own private secretary, who "betrayed" him after he went out.

The private secretary who walked out of the room met the cabinet secretary in one place. He hurriedly saluted the cabinet secretary and said, "Your Excellency Secretary General, you have worked hard!"

"You've worked hard too!" Pi Xiaorou, the cabinet secretary, replied to the private secretary without a smile, and then lowered his voice and said to the private secretary, "I'm here specifically to wait for you, can you find a place to talk!"

After hesitating for a moment, the private secretary responded to the cabinet secretary: "Okay!"

The private secretary and the cabinet secretary came to an empty room, and the cabinet secretary still smiled and looked at the private secretary.

However, in the eyes of the private secretary, the smile of the cabinet secretary really made people feel a sense of oppression.

After a while, the cabinet secretary said to the prime minister's private secretary in a friendly tone: "William (name of private secretary), you should know which side you are on!"

"Me!" The private secretary swallowed and said to the cabinet secretary: "Your Excellency Secretary-General, I don't understand what you mean!"

"I don't understand!" A smile appeared on the corner of the cabinet secretary's mouth. He shrugged his shoulders and said to the private secretary, "Then I won't ask anymore!"

He paused for a while, then said to his private secretary "hard-heartedly": "However, you have to remember one thing! The prime minister of our country is not forever, his life span is only two to three years!

Where will some secretaries go once the Prime Minister's term is over?

Sometimes, we have to think about our future! "

After that, the secretary of the cabinet glanced deeply at the private secretary and continued: "Of course I do not deny that some prime ministers continue to find a place in the cabinet after leaving office, but ministers do not have the power to be as free as prime ministers. Assign! Do you understand what I mean?"

The private secretary swallowed again and whispered to the cabinet secretary: "Your Excellency Secretary-General, I actually don't know anything!

I just heard that there was going to be a war on the Qajar side, and Palmerston wanted me to communicate closely with the newspaper in advance.

"The Exotic Land Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

The rest I don't know anything about! "

After listening to the report of the private secretary, the cabinet secretary also understood what Prime Minister Palmerston meant, UU read www. uukanshu.com He patted the private secretary on the shoulder and said, "We just need a secretary like you!"

"Your Excellency, what do you want to do?" the private secretary asked the cabinet secretary in a low voice.

The cabinet secretary shook his head to the private secretary, revealing part of his heart: "I don't want to do anything! In fact, I am also happy to see Palmerston continue as prime minister!"

"Then you just..." The private secretary hesitated.

"Sometimes, I have to have all the information!" the cabinet secretary said to the private secretary, "you will understand when you get to my position! Now, you should go to the task that the prime minister gave you! "

The private secretary turned and left, and before he could leave the room, the cabinet secretary said to him again: "Part of the bonds you purchased are still with me, and you can come and pick them up when you have time!"

The private secretary immediately understood what the cabinet secretary meant. He turned to the cabinet secretary and responded, "Yes, Your Excellency!"

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