1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Prime Minister?" Bernard and others met by chance on the way to work.

"Oh! Bernard, what's up?" George Lloyd smiled when he saw that it was Bernard who called him.

In the British compound power system, although the Prime Minister represents the highest power of the government, if he wants to really implement this power, he must rely on the civil service group.

After all, many ministers and even prime ministers are half-way graduates. Before entering politics, they may be doctors, lawyers, scholars... including actors.

They may know how to win the general election, but they definitely don't understand the operation of power and the operation logic of the country.

"No! It's okay! Nothing, just a greeting, haha..." Bernard smiled very unnaturally.

"By the way, Prime Minister, I heard that Sir Asquith, commissioned by the Civilian Education Association, will go to the Ministry of Education today to inquire whether the government's investment in compulsory education during the war can be implemented as planned. If you are interested, you can go and listen."

"Oh! It's already this time. I need to go to the News Agency. There seems to be a lot of incredible news recently. The News Agency is very busy. In wartime, this is not good news."

"Goodbye, Prime Minister."

Bernard said a long paragraph in one breath. George Lloyd was still sorting out the information and couldn't reply, so Bernard said goodbye.

He had done what he should do privately. If George Lloyd couldn't solve the problem in time, then he could only submit suggestions directly, but in that case, the Prime Minister's face would be damaged.

"When did Sir Asquith talk to civil education..." After a while, George Lloyd sorted out what Bernard said.

Don't blame him. After all, Bernard spoke very fast and used written English. He said a long paragraph at once. Even if George Lloyd was a lawyer, he couldn't react at once.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, it was almost tea time. George Lloyd, who had just finished his lunch break for an hour, put down the documents in his hand and stood up and walked towards the Ministry of Education.

As the cabinet secretary, the head of the civil service, Bernard would not say these nonsense to him inexplicably.

He could also guess that Asquith's purpose of coming should be for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The reason why he came under the guise of compulsory education instead of communicating in Downing Street or privately was to prevent rumors.

"Asquith, you are really here. Long time no see." George Lloyd came to the Ministry of Education and saw Asquith sitting in the reception room of the Ministry of Education reading a book at first sight.

"I thought you would come one o'clock earlier, Prime Minister." Asquith put down the book and took off his glasses, revealing dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Oh! I heard Bernard say that you would come to the Ministry of Education, but I didn't expect you to come so early. You know, after the war started, the Ministry of Education was very idle every day." George was very happy to see his old boss.

Asquith was a good man. When George Lloyd accepted Asquith as the Secretary of War, Asquith decisively delegated power to him, allowing him to transform Britain to adapt to the war.

It was precisely because of his decisive action and achievements as the Secretary of War that he was promoted to the position of Prime Minister after the Easter Irish Rebellion.

George Lloyd actually admired Asquith very much. Although everyone said that Asquith was a good man, only they knew that Asquith was very capable.

During Asquith's tenure, even with the interference of the House of Lords, the passage rate of proposals reached 50%. Then Asquith cut off various rights of the House of Lords and transformed the House of Lords into a botanical garden.

It was also during Asquith's tenure that the absolute leadership of the House of Commons was legally passed. In the past, the House of Lords could reject proposals passed by the House of Commons unlimitedly and without restrictions, but after Asquith, the House of Lords lost this right.

Moreover, Asquith's cabinet brought together many different political strongmen, such as Winston, George, and Foreign Secretary Edward (who served as Foreign Secretary for 11 years).

These political strongmen did not have a huge conflict in Asquith's cabinet, and all departments cooperated well.

Don't think that there are no conflicts of interest between departments. If politicians want to go further, they must make achievements or gain more recognition. This requires resources, and resources are limited.

For example, in the previous discussion on whether to support Jews, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Executive Department had a huge conflict. In the end, of course, the Executive Department failed because the Ministry of Finance had great power.

"George, the outside world has become so chaotic, and you are still so leisurely. Should I praise you for having a strong heart?" Asquith said unhappily.

"What?" As a politician, George unconsciously entered a state of tension when he heard Asquith's words.

The outside world represents the people, and the chaos represents dissatisfaction, which together means that votes may be lost.

Although everyone didn't want to get rid of him all the time during the war, George not only wanted to be a war prime minister, but also wanted to continue to control Britain after the war.

"Don't you read the newspaper? I just brought you a few." Asquith saw that George didn't seem to be pretending, so he handed George a few newspapers he bought on the road.

"The headline on page 2 of the Daily Mirror said that we are actively moving towards failure."

"The front page headline of the Manchester Guardian said that we changed a foreign secretary and said that Mr. Balfour was a guy who only knew how to talk nonsense."

"The Times' front-page headline says that this government doesn't care about the lives of civilians at all. Even if the king's people can't afford bread, the government still has to add the stinky shoes of the Jews."

"The Daily Mail said that the government is prolonging the war and collecting resources at the same time, making the lives of civilians extremely difficult. They are not sure what the government thinks."

Asquith said simply, and also made some beautification.

"Oh! How can they say that? This is a personal attack!" Hearing the keyword of collecting resources, George Lloyd subconsciously read the last newspaper first.

Because they are really collecting resources, yesterday the six military ministers said that the supply on the front line has become more tense recently, and more materials are needed to replenish.

It's not that the Huaxia Empire has banned the export of materials. At present, the two sides have not reached that step. If they really reach that step, the flag of the Huaxia Empire has been planted on the Suez Canal.

This is the result of the German submarines' efforts. The British sonar is not very practical and is very easy to be interfered with. In addition, there are too many routes that need to be maintained and too few ships. It is normal for transportation problems to occur after the German submarines' efforts.

However, the newspaper attributed the reduction of supplies on the market to the prime minister, and then extended the question of the ability of the Welsh people.

George Lloyd is a Welshman and the first Welsh prime minister in the UK.

"What is the front-page headline of the Daily Mirror?" After all, he is a politician. He let go of his anger in just a moment, and then he was curious. Everyone is scolding me on the front page, why is yours on the second page?

"It is the changes in the types and prices of daily supplies supplied throughout the UK. Since the beginning of last spring, the Daily Mirror has been doing this, which has greatly increased their newspaper sales. Don't you read newspapers?" Asquith frowned and looked at George Lloyd.

Reading newspapers is what a politician must do nowadays. Newspapers will record a lot of information, including the media's evaluation of the government's recent actions and various things that have happened.

Whether these things are important or not is another matter, but newspapers, as a media for the public, are very easy to affect the support rate. If a politician does not read newspapers, he is not a qualified politician-when there is only one kind of media at present, newspapers.

"I usually ask people to cut out the important content from the newspaper. You know, the war situation is very complicated recently, and I don't have enough time to read the newspaper."

"It's not that I don't pay attention to current affairs. I usually listen to the radio. The radio doesn't seem to play these contents in recent months."

George Lloyd said vaguely.

The secretary must have done it, but he didn't have so much time and energy to read it bit by bit, especially in the recent period, the external war situation was unfavorable, and the internal conflicts between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party had to be dealt with.

After Asquith stepped down, the era of the Liberal Party ruling alone had passed. George Lloyd faced a coalition government, and there were many conflicts in the cabinet.

"The radio station is the industry of the Chinese emperor. At such a sensitive time, it is very normal not to involve politics."

"George, no matter what the reason for the shortage of materials is now, it has caused large-scale dissatisfaction. If this problem is not solved now, the next step will be a large-scale demonstration."

Asquith rubbed his eyebrows. Isn't George Lloyd's political sense very sensitive?

"But the Foreign Ministry is very important. The Foreign Minister must be our man, Asquith, I'm trying to find a way." George put down the newspaper. He knew there was a problem, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

The government must give an explanation to the society for this matter. Balfour may not be able to keep it, but the Foreign Ministry must be kept. As one of the departments with great influence second only to the Ministry of Finance, it must remain in the hands of the Liberal Party.

During this period, George was also working hard for this matter.

"It doesn't matter who the Foreign Minister is. What's important is to suppress this matter as soon as possible and restore social supply at the same time. I don't think we have reached the time when we need to snatch civilian rations." Asquith was a little disappointed when he learned of George's idea.

"As long as the Liberal Party can remain united, what belongs to us will always be ours. The Irish incident has divided us. What we need is to improve the cohesion of the Liberal Party as soon as possible. This is the key to your keeping the Foreign Ministry." Asquith nodded to George Lloyd.

"I know!" George nodded and figured out the joints.

As long as he is still the Prime Minister, the Foreign Ministry will be taken back sooner or later, but the Liberal Party has lost the hearts of the people, and it is useless to keep the Foreign Ministry.

"But we can't get supplies for now. The Germans are attacking our transport ships like crazy. We have suffered heavy losses in supplies. We must give priority to supplying factories and the front line."

"Then find other sources of supplies, George. You are more experienced than me, but you are acting like a novice now. You need to stay calm and don't let other things affect your judgment."

"You have to leave. You have been here for too long..."

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