669: Chapter 327 Impending Mountain Rain_2 669: Chapter 327 Impending Mountain Rain_2 In July of the sa year, having won with fewer troops, he defeated the French Marshal Auguste Marmont in the Battle of Salamanca, and after capturing the Spanish capital of Madrid, he was promoted to General and awarded the title of Marquis of Wellington.
In 1813, with a swift attack over a great distance, he annihilated the fifty-thousand-strong French army led by Louis’s uncle, Spanish King Joseph Bonaparte, in the Battle of Vitoria, completely driving the French out of the Iberian Peninsula, and penetrated into French territory.
With such brilliant military achievents, the King and the Parliant naturally bestowed upon him the highest level of comndation—promoting him to Army Marshal, awarding him the title of Duke of Wellington, and granting him Britain’s highest honor, the ‘Knight of the Garter’ dal.
Of course, these were still far from all of the Duke of Wellington’s honors.
As a senior dal collector, Arthur saw in the honor cabinet of his residence at No.1 Apsley House in London dals that included but were not limited to:
The highest honor of the Kingdom of Portugal—the Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword.
The highest honor of the Kingdom of Spain—the Order of the Golden Fleece.
The highest honor of the Kingdom of Sweden—the First Class Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword.
The highest honor of the Austrian Empire—the Maria Theresa Military Order.
The highest honor of the Russian Empire—the Order of Saint Andrew.
The highest honor of the Kingdom of Prussia—the Order of the Black Eagle.
The highest honor of the Kingdom of Sardinia—the Annunciation Order.
The highest honor of the Two Sicilies Kingdom—the Order of Saint Ferdinand and of rit.
In addition, there were many highest orders from small German states, as well as dals that Arthur could not even recognize.
Of course, the epito was His Grace’s eight Marshal’s batons.
It could be said that the Duke of Wellington was just one Legion of Honour away from a complete collection of European dals.
But the fact that he didn’t receive this dal could only be blad on himself; after all, who made Napoleon abdicate at Waterloo?
Due to Napoleon’s abdication, the award went temporarily out of edition, denying everyone the chance to receive it.
If Arthur wanted to catch a glimpse of what that dal looked like, he had to apply through Talleyrand, which was indeed a monstrous cri.
Despite the Duke of Wellington’s peerless and dazzling glory, this does not an every younger son of the nobility could be as successful as him.
Many in the House of Commons had nothing but a purchased Baronet title or a lower-ranking Knight dal obtained by pulling strings and using backdoors.
Of course, there were also those without even a Baronet or a lower-ranking Knight dal, such as Sir Benjamin Disraeli, who was being attacked in the center stage by a host of Whig Party Representatives.
Mr.
Hunter from the Westminster Consortium was relentlessly pounding the table, his face flushed with anger, barraging Disraeli with accusations.
“Between 1721 and 1832, of the 22 Pri Ministers, 13 were from the House of Lords, six were sons of the Nobility, and one was the grandson of the Nobility.
So important positions such as the High Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Chamberlain are also held by the Nobility, and most of Britain’s important diplomats are dominated by the great Nobility!
From 1734 to 1832, three quarters of the mbers were landowners or their close kin, the rest being either their friends or wealthy rchants and professionals nominated by them.
As for the army, that is even more the domain of the Nobility.
Our Parliant even explicitly stipulated: Officers should co from families with property!
So the army is largely composed of the Land Nobility and landholders.
In the Parliant, I conducted a background check on 558 long-serving mbers of the House of Commons.
The investigation revealed that among them, 107 were sons of the Nobility, 68 were siblings or nephews of the Nobility, 129 were Baronets or their close relatives, aning that 55% of the House of Commons mbers have more or less a touch of the Nobility.
With the Parliant and the army controlled by the Nobility and local judicial and administrative powers in the hands of the reputable gentry, Britain’s vast workers, farrs, and small craftsn were excluded from national power.
Britain’s current governnt is not one that represents rchants, nor farrs, it represents the Nobility who make up less than one in ten thousand of the national population!
This is a typical oligarchic nobility, with power concentrated in the hands of a few.
If Parliant cannot represent all of Britain’s people, Disraeli, how can you continuously shalessly claim that you are the representative of the people?
How can you shalessly say that reform of the Parliant is unnecessary!”
Upon hearing Hunter’s interrogation, Disraeli rely wrinkled his nose and humd softly, “Mr.
Hunter, I have never said that I am firmly against the reform of the Parliant.
However, I believe that reform should be progressive, a gentle change.
If you insist that we must imdiately implent universal suffrage, well, then you must first persuade those Whig Party colleagues who stand with you in the sa gutter.
This is Parliant, not a bazaar for haggling.
If you can’t first get your own act together, any discussion here is superfluous…”
Arthur, leaning on the railing of the second floor, couldn’t help but comnt while listening to Disraeli’s speech at the central podium of the Parliant, “It seems Benjamin has quickly gotten accustod to his new duties.”
Great Dumas, who was nearby, heard Disraeli’s remarks and couldn’t help shaking his head, “Benjamin, the young man sure knows how to keep his cards close to the chest.
But it beats , how a Jewish lad could end up as a Conservative?
Isn’t parliantary reform in the interest of the Jews?
I really can’t fathom how his butt ended up on the Tory side.”
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