Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Starting from December 19, 1863, this was an extraordinary day.

In the three regions of Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi surrounding the Dutch colony of Lake Victoria, a huge riot broke out between the indigenous Hutu and Tutsi tribes that day. The Hutu tribe unexpectedly attacked all the Tutsi tribes without the Tutsi's being able to prevent them. The Xi people were massacred by their own hands.

The population ratio between Tutsi and Hutu in the three places is between 15% and 20%.

Therefore, when the Hutu attacked the Tutsi, although the Tutsi had a lot of firearms, the disparity in numbers was too large, and the Tutsi completely stopped.

In less than a week, the Tutsi population ratio dropped sharply in the three places, from 15% to 3%.

As this data was exposed in Europe and the world, the world suddenly became shocked.

12% of the Tutsi people are just gone.

"This was a huge murder. Like criminals across Europe, the Hutu's methods were eerily similar. Everyone knew that the killing was about to happen, but no Tutsi thought it would be so big,"

When many Tutsi people were interviewed in Sydney, they complained bitterly to Europe's largest newspaper "European Times":

“Weapon-wielding murderers made a grand show of killing their neighbors with honor and a reputation for justice.

But until the last moment, they were not sure whether the other party was the murderer.

From bystanders to the murderer, no one can be sure whether the murdered person is guilty or not, but this is not unimportant.

Because as darkness falls on the last day of the week, all Hutu and Tutsi people, regardless of gender, high or low, have a new identity - murderers or victims."

"European Times" showed the data at the end. In this one-week massacre, more than 400,000 Tutsi people were killed by Hutus.

But many people in later generations believed that it was not only this figure, but even more than double.

The Netherlands seemed to be a little slow this time and waited a week before they got the situation under control.

This time, the Netherlands mobilized more than 30,000 indigenous soldiers from the East Indies to garrison in Lake Victoria, which prevented the riots from continuing.

But at this time, there were not many Tutsis left.

London, England.

Queen Victoria, Viscount Palmerston, Foreign Secretary Russell, Finance Minister Creston, and Prince Edward, the British Crown Prince, held another small circle meeting in the palace.

"Your Majesty, why did we take advantage of the turmoil in the Dutch African colonies to move south from Sudan into Uganda?"

Crown Prince Edward had just finished discussing the internal problems of the United Kingdom, so he couldn't wait to raise the problems faced by the Netherlands in Africa.

In his opinion, this is a good opportunity.

Queen Victoria frowned and said dissatisfied: "You only saw the riots, but you didn't take a closer look at the cause and process of this incident. What role did the Netherlands play?"

Crown Prince Edward was stunned, "Can the Netherlands still be able to lead events on its own?"

There is no king in the world who has messed up his own rule. Edward has never thought about this, because it is too unbelievable. If the control is not good, it may affect the dominance of the Netherlands.

When Queen Victoria saw her son's face, she knew that he must not have thought about this problem.

Originally, her husband, Prince Albert, was dissatisfied with the cold and died of the cold because he went to London to find Edward. During this period, she originally wanted him to take charge of politics. With several recent unexplained speeches, she became even more dissatisfied with him. Got negative reviews.

"Everyone, what is William IV's purpose for what the Netherlands is doing now, and what do you think?"

"The Netherlands is creating conflicts among indigenous people"

Russell knew that he was asking the question, so he said: "The Tutsi and the Hutu have been living together for a long time and have always been in peace. But since the Netherlands seized these colonies last year, they have faced a new situation around Lake Victoria. The two ethnic groups have a unified stance. The two ethnic groups combined have more than 3 million people.

For the Netherlands, although they can rely on advanced firearms and heavy artillery to rule by private message, the cooperation between the two ethnic groups is very important to the Netherlands.

The convergence of positions between the Tutsi and Hutu people put pressure on the Netherlands. After all, the Dutch army of 10,000 to 20,000 people faced millions of indigenous people and could suppress them temporarily but not in the long term.

To break the crisis in the Netherlands, it is natural to break the tacit understanding between the two races. This is the cause of this massacre."

When Prince Edward heard this, his heart suddenly moved.

At the same time, I also regretted what I just said. Holland was really the driving force behind the scenes?

Finance Minister Creston's words at this time made him understand that this matter was absolutely true.

Creston also said: "Minister Russell is right. The cause of the matter is that after the Netherlands acquired Tanzania, Kenya and other places in October last year, they actually chose places with lighter skin and only about 15% of the population. The Tutsi people took charge of Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda, which caused great dissatisfaction among the Hutu people, who constituted the majority of the population.

Moreover, the Netherlands also put tremendous pressure on the Tutsi rulers, requiring them to impose huge taxes on the Hutus, which made the Hutus breathless.

This caused serious dissatisfaction among the Hutu people in the three places.

What's ridiculous is that this was originally something the Dutch were doing, but with the devolution of power to the Tutsi, the dissatisfaction the two groups had with the Dutch whites was instantly transferred to the Tutsi.

The Tutsi thought they were more noble than the Hutu because of this, so they did not take the Hutu seriously.

This made all the Hutu people even more angry.

But they were afraid of the Dutch and did not dare to say anything.

But starting last month, the Netherlands began to take back the power it originally gave to the Tutsi and returned the Tutsi to their original shape.

So when they saw that the Tutsi were no longer favored, the Hutu naturally stopped being repressed and took many provocative actions.

More than a week ago, Hutu leaders in Rwanda and Burundi were attacked and killed by Tutsi, which instantly ignited the anger that has lasted for more than a year.

So the Lake Victoria Massacre was born, and this is what happened. "

As Creston spoke in such detail, Prince Edward fell silent.

William IV actually had such a method to rule the colonies?

Viscount Palmerston said: "Your Majesty, Africa has now become an extension of the struggle between European countries. Look at Austria and Prussia now, look at France and Spain, and parts of South Africa such as the United Kingdom, Prussia, the Netherlands, Portugal, etc. Even even The Gulf of Guinea has also become a place of competition between Tsarist Russia, Sweden, Austria and Denmark.

The excitement in Africa is even more intense than in Europe. Even in Europe, they dare not take action easily because it involves the mainland, but in Africa, it seems that they are no longer repressed and have no scruples. Therefore, I suggest that the United Kingdom should also carry out its own strategy and launch its own colonial expansion journey to Africa. "

Queen Victoria agreed: "Yes, but the rich India and the Qing Dynasty are our focus."

Several people were silent.

Africa is just a place for Britain to play, while the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean are Britain's bathtubs.

On December 25, 1863, a European king passed away. His departure was regarded by later generations as the beginning of the official rise of Prussia into the German Empire.