Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

August believed that top-down reform in the UK would be difficult unless some special means were used. However, in this era, the British all know that their territories are spread all over the world, and the sun never sets on the territory of the British Empire. The entire country is very confident. They have always trusted the current king and government.

This has led to the fact that people generally still believe in the government, and something is needed to make the people start to question the current government. In other words, it is a bit of a show. August pointed to the most likely place, Ireland.

Ireland is the closest colony to the British mainland, and Britain's great shortcomings are still evident in this land. British politicians, including Queen Victoria, don't particularly care about it, although it is very close to the British mainland, has many resources, and has a small population. Quite a few. To be honest, as long as the British behave a little bit as individuals, people won't have such big opinions. What happens next is the British's own fault and they can't blame others.

According to a certain OTL's worldview, during the Great Famine in Ireland, many countries around the world provided humanitarian aid to Ireland, including Sultan Abdulmersid of the Ottoman Empire and the Choctaw tribe of American Indians. Although it was not much, there was nothing they could do. , after all, some people really can’t take it out, and some people don’t dare to take out too much.

And what about the UK? He was very kind and donated two thousand pounds, and then there was nothing more. However, the two thousand pounds had to be clearly marked, and Ireland had to hand over all the remaining grain. It could be said to be a drain on Ireland, and everyone was not very happy. happy.

In this world line, the Great Famine in Ireland was delayed much later, and it did not completely break out until two years ago. So far, Prussia was undergoing industrial transformation at the time and had no time to care about Ireland, but it still sent a The ship's grains passed by, but I didn't care about it anymore.

At the end of last year, some observers declared in newspapers that the Great Famine in Ireland was over, but August knew clearly that this was just the last illusion before the light faded, because downy mildew was coming soon.

August told Lillian his thoughts, "A famine is breaking out on the island of Ireland. Although the situation seems to be getting better now, a more serious crisis will come soon. I think this can be exploited. Ireland's The population is almost five million. If you can get their support, you can expand your power as quickly as possible, and even gain fame and fortune in politics and public opinion."

"Really? I have been paying attention to Ireland a long time ago. I really want to help the Irish. They are all my people, but my ability is still very limited after all. Smart and lovely August Miss, you can definitely help me, right?" Lillian said a little sinisterly.

"Are you doing this on purpose? Are you really unable to help or are you pretending that you can't help? You are the leader of the Social Democratic Party... If you want to buy from Prussia, I can give you direct sales from the factory, but I can't. There is no extra money to help you with poverty alleviation.”

August refused directly. Even if he really wanted to help her, he couldn't afford the money. Food rations for five million people were not easy to come by.

Lilian spread her hands and said, "Okay, okay, I know, you are really impeccable... But I have learned your methods, and I still have to thank you for this."

"The situation in the UK is a little more complicated. I don't want to receive news one day that you have been assassinated by an aspiring young man. Then I will be in big trouble."

"Don't worry, even if my ability is really not enough, I won't be killed directly. I still have some effect on those congressmen. Killing me directly will not do them any good," Lilian said.

August also trusted Lillian's prestige. If he followed the normal electoral route, it would only take about ten years to win the position of prime minister. But that would take too long, and Lillian didn't like it. .

As foreign minister, she could negotiate some treaties with Prussia that were beneficial to Britain to enhance her prestige.

At least most people should think that they are politically talented, so that they can defeat their opponents in the general election.

After discussing what might happen with Lilian, August did not stay longer in Sanssouci Palace. Instead, he hurried back to Congress, where she received news from Tina.

In the office, August listened to Tina's report. The pension proposal was rejected, mainly because the initial five-year period was a bit short, and Congress believed that it might not be able to fill the vacancy.

Although Prussia and Japan have a large population, they also have to pay a lot of money. In essence, they are just using the money of the later generations to supplement the money of the predecessors, so the time limit must be extended a little.

Then how many years it will take to pay becomes a question. After actually calculating it, Tina felt that five years was a bit short, and the cumulative number was even more torturous for administrators.

How could Prussia have so many administrative staff to calculate such huge data? There is no computer that can draw conclusions in one second.

After listening to Tina's opinion, August felt that what she said made sense. In the end, August could only try to reduce the value as much as possible and super-double the year. Let's not say twenty years...

After paying for twenty years, you can receive a pension after the age of sixty, and then the accumulation increases from five years to fifteen years.

In this way most of the problems can be solved.

Tina submitted the revised proposal to the parliament. This data was still acceptable to most people. Of course, part of the reason may be that August went to arrest a few more playful nobles.

This group of people definitely felt that there was too little money to be made in five years, and August could only perform traditional arts for them.

Even the native Africans may need to add a few more friends.

In the end, the pension policy was unanimously approved under August's coercion and no inducement. This situation can be said to be very common in Prussia. Although the nobles were very unhappy, August had an army. I don't dare to fight her.

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It took August four full days to distribute all the medals, a total of two thousand medals, and he was tortured almost every day.

She didn't know if it was because she hadn't exercised for too long. She felt that she felt uncomfortable all over after just standing for a few times or giving a speech. It seemed that she still couldn't imitate Zhu Yuanzhang and put too much intensity on himself.

Although I could hear some vaguely familiar surnames later on, they were not as exciting as the first day, and they were forgotten after a while.