"It can't be said that it is promised. It is mainly to promote the unity of the Brussels Treaty Organization countries. The internal reason is that the current domestic financial deficit can still be regarded as serious, and the ruling party still needs to discuss the military expenditure." Alan Wilson began to babble, "In terms of foreign policy, the consideration of attracting allies..."

"Speak something you can understand." General Mountbatten frowned, "You don't need to say these foolish nonsense at home."

"Fiscal deficits will inevitably lead to cutting military spending. What's more serious is that there are no new warships in service." Alan Wilson changed his attitude and said, "As an admiral of the Navy, I believe you must have something to say, esteemed Governor."

"That's it!" General Mountbatten looked serious, this is really a very serious matter.

Mountbatten's biggest dream is to be the Secretary of the Navy like his father. As we all know, the distribution of military spending in the UK has always been dominated by the navy. Cutting military spending usually means cutting military spending on the navy. "Is it serious?"

"The Labour Party is in power now, and it can be said to be very serious." Alan Wilson told the truth that this is not a simple Conservative Party and Labour Party problem. If the country's financial problems are very big, both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party will do it.

After that, it becomes the old question of which of the Labour Party and the Conservative Party is more traitorous to the country. When the Conservative Party was an opposition party, it was opposed to disarmament and the reduction of military spending, and the result was not the same when it came to power?

As a navy general, Mountbatten became serious when he heard about the reduction of military spending, especially the navy military spending. In the final analysis, this was his pain point, because he was really an active-duty soldier or a navy general. .

On the question that I really have a cow, General Mountbatten said in a low voice, "What does Prime Minister Attlee think about this?"

"The opposition is not firm." Alan Wilson recalled the performance of Prime Minister Attlee when he was in Brussels, and gave an affirmative answer.

"That's a firm no objection. The Nelson-class battleships have been parked on the slipway for more than a year." Mountbatten nodded to himself, "What do you keep, it is already behind the times, and the maintenance cost is still very high. , If Salazar is willing, what's wrong with leasing? It can save costs both financially and manpower. And since there are financial difficulties, the Navy should take the initiative to propose a self-rescue plan, is this no problem?"

"Of course there is no problem. The navy can think about the country, so what's the problem?" Alan Wilson, like a jerk, performed rainbow farts on his father-in-law with high intensity from multiple angles.

The navy must think for the country, and take the initiative to stand up in a hurry, which reflects the responsibility of the Royal Navy to guard the British Empire for hundreds of years.

Obviously, General Mountbatten had this responsibility. He just took time to come back to participate in the wedding of the crown prince, and he did this by the way, which was very reasonable.

This is no problem, Alan Wilson breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, this matter is not difficult. It's just that this difficulty is not very difficult for General Mountbatten, and it is still very difficult for him as a civil servant.

In fact, the aristocratic class also needs to be divided into what kind of aristocracy, after all, even within the aristocracy, there is a gap between the rich and the poor. But obviously Mountbatten is a very powerful figure in the current imperial aristocracy.

Mountbatten's father had been the Minister of Naval Affairs, and he was very influential in the Navy.

As for Alan Wilson really not, even if what he said is the same, but what Mountbatten said and what he said, the effect is different, there is no way, this is the reality.

November 20th is the day of the wedding of Crown Prince Elizabeth and fiance Prince Philip. For the subjects of the entire British Empire, this is a day that has been waiting for a long time, whether it is aristocratic celebrities, ordinary citizens, or overseas civil servants. Follow London through various channels.

Even for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the day is a universal celebration.

The feelings of the several dominions and the United Kingdom have not been diluted by time. The entire page of the newspapers of the major dominions is full of news of the wedding of Crown Prince Elizabeth. The whole page is full of praise. I hope this is a good omen and can bring Britain from the world war. Evacuate and pull out in the haze.

Even the prime ministers and ministers of the current cabinet, and members of the opposition party have expressed their best wishes. The embassies of various countries are not to mention, expressing their blessings to the wedding of the century.

The High Church of Westminster is even more famous, waiting to send blessings to the future heirs of the empire.

Before the wedding, George VI had made Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merione and Baron of Greenwich.

The King of Iraq, Princess Juliana and Crown Prince Bernard of the Netherlands, as well as the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg were present in person,

The entire wedding process will be followed by the BBC, which will then be made into a documentary for global broadcast.

In the accompaniment of the Australian band, after the Crown Prince arrived at Westminster Abbey, the wedding entered the most exciting stage with a happy mood. After the music was played, the composer read the hymn. After the hymn, The cathedral played the wedding march.

Crown Prince Elizabeth left the cathedral to join the Duke of Edinburgh to cheers and applause from the citizens of London.

"God knows how I got in here." Alan Wilson asked himself, he didn't know that there were so many nobles in England before, why can't he see any of them? Where did these nobles come from?

Alan Wilson also has a mission. He and several foreign ministry civil servants are responsible for hosting the Iraqi king's family.

Faisal II is the current king of Iraq, which was granted independence in 1932. This made Iraq the first country to be established after the signing of the Versailles Peace Treaty.

Yet Britain still maintained military bases within its borders; after Faisal I's death, Arab nationalists repeatedly asked the British to leave Iraq, but the British refused.

Historically, King Faisal II was overthrown by a coup in 1958, but it is obviously still early, and the very immature king came to attend the wedding of the British Crown Prince at this time.

Faisal II is now only thirteen years old and goes to school in England, but power is clearly out of hand. Accompanying the king to London was Princess Badia Bent Ali at the wedding, watching the young king by the way.

Alan Wilson mainly communicated with this Princess Badiya. At present, the rights and interests of Iraq belong to Nouri Said and the regent, that is, Princess Badiya's brother.

After a few casual conversations, Alan Wilson discovered that the Princess Badia who lived until Saddam was hanged.

It seems that there is a bit of Wu Zetian's potential, he just has nothing to do with Princess Badiya and does his duty as a receptionist.

There is no doubt that Alan Wilson has always been unable to get rid of the problem of the key government, but he is only starting, and then Princess Badia's personal performance time, saying that Iraq has experienced many coups in recent years, and the king is still young and does not know how countries facing this complex situation.

Listening to the king's aunt babbling nonstop, Alan Wilson thought about it, "It's mainly about the army, and there have been military coups in recent times, which shows that the danger in Iraq comes from within the army. Hostility to the royal family. From this, it is very urgent to build a reliable army."

"That's right. There have been many military coups in recent years, which are very disturbing." Princess Badia looked at her young nephew and said, "Especially at this time!"

According to the traditional customs including but not limited to the Arabs, the current Faisal II obviously does not have the ability to pro-govern.

Therefore, the power of the state is in the hands of the prime minister, and the representative of the royal family is the regent Abdullah royal family. The Iraqi royal family and the Jordanian royal family are one family, descendants of the Hashemite family who were driven out by the Saudi royal family.

"Actually, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also talked about the issue of Jordan and Iraq, and many colleagues have their own opinions." Alan Wilson said while thinking, "Considering the kinship between Jordan and Iraq, the two countries should maintain a certain degree of intimacy. However, no matter how good the relationship between the two countries is, it cannot solve the anti-royal ideology of the army. In fact, from a religious point of view, most people in Iraq belong to Shiites, while the royal family and the army belong to Sunnis , not to mention what the majority of Shiites think, first of all, the Sunni-dominated army actually opposes its own king~lightnovelpub.net~ This shows that the problem is really serious."

"It seems that the British Empire has also seen the seriousness of the problem." Princess Badia sighed, "Is there a solution?"

"There is a need for a guard that is loyal to the royal family. Since the problem comes from the army, and it is an army that shares the same beliefs as the royal family, since both the army and the royal family are in the minority, but they still oppose the royal family, it means that there are at least some Sunni officers in the army. , have confidence in the control of the situation after the coup, then they must have no confidence."

Alan Wilson turned around when he said this, "I don't know Her Royal Highness, have you heard the story of Louis XVI and the Swiss Guard? Maybe you can get inspiration from it. Since the army itself is a minority in Iraq's national faith, Then support a minority as a guard that belongs only to the royal family to check and balance the army, maybe a balance can be achieved."

This was originally used by Alan Wilson to deal with Egypt in his report to Prime Minister Attlee, but now the national conditions of the Arab world are similar, and there are many Christians in the Middle East in this era, and the proportion is not smaller than the proportion of Copts in Egypt .

The historical trend of Christians in the Middle East is that there are fewer and fewer Christians in the future. In the 1980s, there were nine percent of Christians in Iraq. Less than three percent remained when the United States invaded Iraq, and a little more than one percent was left when the second Iraq war occurred.