Benjamin's judgment of Xiao Lotte was entirely based on a politician's unique intuition, which he had also possessed in the prime of the Count of Derby.

It is a very difficult feeling. When a person has accumulated through thirty or forty years of hard study and accumulation, he has been struggling in the political circle, has been studying the strategies and geopolitics of a great power, and has always been able to get in touch with the most core secrets of the world...

When a high-quality elite spends most of his life immersed in this conspiracy and open conspiracy, and when he spends his whole life studying the laws of the rise and fall of a powerful country in history, that indescribable directness or spirituality will appear.

All famous politicians in human history have more or less this intuition, and even more so in China, those founding emperors, generals and ministers almost all have mythological colors.

There are not many great people around the founding emperor who knew about it five hundred years ago and then five hundred years later? Not to mention those people being mythological, those people actually have this unique intuition. When many things happen, they can roughly infer the final result.

The reason is very simple, "Using copper as a mirror, you can correct your clothes and wear, using history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall, and using people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses." Most people who are good at studying history have a unique deduction of some things that are happening now.

Because all the chaos that happens before humans actually have been repeated in history, and the appearance may be different, but if you thoroughly study the core things in it, you will not change, especially human nature and the hearts of the people.

Benjamin is considered relatively excellent among the British Prime Ministers. Later generations honored him as the "literary prime minister". If he can have such a title among the prime ministers of all generations, he can tell that this person has high cultural literacy.

Benjamin's seemingly childlike nonsense is actually a judgment made after careful consideration.

In his mind, the rise of any nation or country is inseparable from general trends, opportunities, heroes and a little bit of luck.

Yes, it is very difficult for a superpower to form. The Chinese seized the general trend and opportunities of agricultural civilization, and had already condensed a cultural core suitable for the survival of agricultural civilization in the Qin and Han dynasties. Moreover, talents have been undecided throughout the ages, which has established China's unique position in the Middle Ages.

Of course, the Chinese are also very lucky. The rich land is protected by oceans, plateaus and deserts. The enemies they have to face for thousands of years are nothing more than the barbarians in the north. This unique geographical location is the good luck of the Chinese.

The ancient Roman Empire was much worse. Although a super-large empire was established based on the convenient sea transportation of the Mediterranean, they had to guard against too many enemies.

There are barbarians in the north, pagans in the Middle East to the east, and primitive people in Africa to the south lag a little behind, but they have caused quite a lot of trouble.

To compare the attack on three sides and the attack on one side, of course, the Chinese have better luck.

Britain was also lucky. It was the first country to pioneer the industrial revolution. Its strong productivity and correct maritime strategic thinking made Britain, the European island country, quickly become the world's largest country.

But Benjamin knew very well that no matter how good the opportunity was, it still needed people to promote the historical process, especially heroes.

Drake, Nelson, Newton, Shakespeare... countless heroes jointly pushed Britain forward, seized the opportunity of history and refused to let go until it surpassed any country in the world to become the current empire of the sun never set.

The people are loose, and people's hearts are selfish and profit-seeking. Without a hero leading a mess, nothing will be accomplished.

Why is China poor and weak now? Because this is a China without heroes, everyone's hearts are blinded by selfish interests, and they are constantly consuming internal energy. At this time, they are afraid that heroes will appear to unite people's hearts. If such a large country has so many populations and total economic output, who can fight against this world if it is truly mobilized?

Why doesn't the Earl of Derby understand such a simple truth? Is he really confused?

No matter how Benjamin explained, the stubborn Earl of Derby opposed his opinion. From beginning to end, he did not think that Xiao Lotte was a hero. In the eyes of the Earl of Derby, Xiao Lotte was not a hero at all.

"Okay, Benjamin! In my eyes, Xiao Letian is just a mouse who makes holes and gains advantage among the great powers. Look at everything he does, just be a prime minister on a broken island. With just a military scale of 20,000 or 30,000 people, what do you think he can do?"

"The Qing people would not recognize Xiao Letian as orthodox. No matter how high you look at him, Xiao Letian is still the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty. He has not been involved in the top leadership of the Qing Empire. The Tanggu Special Zone is said to be very good, but it is too small. How can the economic size be compared with Europe?"

"Just to say, even the declining Netherlands and the small principalities of Italy are not comparable to Xiao Letian. You are too worried... Let him make trouble for the Qing emperor and the Russians. As long as he is still fighting against the Russians, I think we should still support it appropriately!"

Benjamin is going crazy. "Prime Minister, you can't look at the problem like this! Although Ryukyu was a vassal state of the Qing Empire, Xiao Letian was a Han Chinese from beginning to end. He has a certain prestige among Chinese intellectuals!"

"China is a very practical nation. They seem to be very loyal to the imperial power on the surface, but they are only loyal to the imperial power, not to a certain emperor... Oh God! Why don't you understand what I mean?"

"Xiao Letian is very dangerous. He is too dangerous. I think everything he does now is dormant. He is gathering energy. One day he will soar into the sky! When he shows his fangs, we may not be able to subdue it!"

Benjamin finally even gritted his teeth and threatened, "Prime Minister, if you ignore my proposal so much... I will meet the Queen alone, and I will express my feelings independently!"

With a muffled bang, the Earl of Derby put the wine glass on the table, "You want to meet the queen? Do you bother the queen just for this? I really misread you. It's too inappropriate to give you the position of Prime Minister. How many major events in the empire need to be paid attention to? Why do you have to focus on a small character in East Asia?"

"Just for such a warship? Well, I can authorize you to allocate two million pounds of additional research funds to the Navy, and we will also build a warship like that! In this way, you will finally be satisfied, right? My Minister of Finance..."

Benjamin was furious by the sarcastic tone of the Count of Derby, "I really can't explain it clearly. I must meet Her Majesty the Queen!"

Derby stood up and pounded the floor with his cane. "Okay, then go together! You are too anxious. Grabbing power is not like you!"

Note: Book friends have reported too many typos in the past two days. I’m sorry that this is because a relative at home has passed away. I have been helping with the funeral these days. The chapters updated every day are written by staying up late.

Last night, I was so sleepy that I kept kowtowing halfway through the code. I really couldn't go back and review the typos, so I was so sorry.

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