Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On January 1, 1865, the Confederate States of the Northern United States, which was at war with the United States, officially came into effect. The Emancipation Proclamation for the liberation of black slaves. The Confederate States of the Southern States, composed of slave owners, attacked fiercely. With the conclusion of Fredericksburg, The battle had just ended with a Southern victory.

The South wanted to pursue the victory, so the two sides launched another war in Chancellorsville, Virginia on January 8, 1865. The leaders of this battle were Robert E. Lee and Joseph Hooker.

The Union Army suffered more than 5,700 casualties, 11,000 wounded, and more than 4,000 prisoners and missing persons.

More than 3,600 Confederate soldiers were killed and 9,200 wounded.

What I want to say is that the total number of troops invested in the north is more than 150,000, and that in the south is 65,000.

This battle was another great victory for the South.

President Lincoln once again faced pressure from Congress.

Fortunately, because the "Emancipation Proclamation" began to be implemented this month, black people continued to defect to the North, and it seemed that the situation was beginning to turn, and the balance began to develop in the direction of the Northern Union.

Elihu B. Washburn, the Minister of the Interior of the Commonwealth of America, has been stealing the limelight recently. The implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation marked the beginning of black people's identity in the United States, and it also changed the politics of the United States. Ecology has changed.

Originally only white people could run for the presidential election, but now black slaves have also become a source of votes.

With the rapid growth of black people, the political elections in the federal state will break the current equilibrium.

Therefore, many people love and hate Lincoln's promulgation of the Emancipation Proclamation.

As one of the framers, Elihu B. Washburn and Attorney General James Speed ​​have become the most influential figures in the hearts of black people in both North and South America, second only to President Lincoln.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

William IV was listening to North American intelligence from the Dutch Director of International Intelligence, McKay Sean.

In particular, he has been concerned about changes in American politics.

"Now this makes Seward, the Secretary of State of the Northern Federal State, very dissatisfied.

Because he also had thoughts about the next federal election in 1869, and with the rise of these two men, it seemed that Seward, the Secretary of State, was beginning to think about declining in Lincoln's cabinet government.

Andrew Johnson, the Vice President from the southern state of North Carolina, has been deliberately guided by well-intentioned people, causing waves of crusade in the Confederate States. As long as the South does not reintegrate with the North, then he, the Vice President, will have no chance to become the President of the Confederacy. , every attack from the South would cause Andrew Johnson, Rena's Vice President (who is also the President of the Senate), to move further away from the presidency.

However, the most eye-catching person is Schuyler Colfax, who has been elected to the House of Representatives since 1854 and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives the year before that in 1863. In March this year, the three-year term of Speaker expired because He became a radical leader within the Republican Party. Many people predicted that he would be re-elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives, not to mention a sure shot. At least many Republicans were leaning towards his re-election.

Your Majesty, this person, like many of his predecessors, was ambitious during his tenure."

"Does he have any signs?"

"He often maintains an affable signature smile, but he is very honest and does not hide his ambition to covet the presidential throne."

William IV instantly thought of the successive speakers of the House of Representatives who were the face of the superpower in later generations. It seemed that the president named Biden had a smile on his face all year round, much like Maitreya Buddha, but his ambitions were also never concealed.

William IV even daydreamed about Biden and whether his role model in life would be the person McShane just mentioned.

Thinking of this, he was moved in his heart and asked: "Do you have any clues about this person?"

Don't blame William IV for his dirty mentality, it's just that the world is like this, especially because of his position. When others are concerned about the superficial wars in various countries, in fact, using the intelligence agency, William IV has begun to infiltrate various countries. Yes, his big secret chess, Elihu B. Washburn, the current Minister of the Interior of the Commonwealth of America, also has his handle.

In today's British political arena, in fact, he has carried out targeted intelligence collection and even created it, and has mastered a lot of negative intelligence on British Whig and Tory political figures.

Sometimes, these can be unexpected and bring great benefits to the person who masters them.

At least if the negative impact is big enough, even Britain's current Viscount Palmerston can unseat him.

What's more, it's still the American Federation that claims to be law-abiding and fair-minded.

McKay Sean said: "After our investigation, we found that he was related to the bribery case of the American Chateau Credit Bank. At the same time, we also found out that in 1862, when he was a member of the Postal Stations Committee in Congress, he had purchased envelopes from a company that supplied government envelopes. Contractor, accepting $4,000 in donations for the vice presidential campaign.”

William IV closed his eyes with satisfaction, his eyes flashed with satisfaction, and said: "Isn't that enough? In this way, we can hunt down a federal heavyweight again?"

McKay Sean: "If nothing else, yes"

William IV: "Contact the other party as soon as possible and collect other evidence quickly. I want to see him show a friendly side to the Netherlands quickly."

Afterwards, William IV sighed: "For a Speaker of the House of Representatives, this is a big fish. It can feed several meals."

McKay Sean thought to himself: "It's just a few meals, it should be several years."

But when he thought about the many secrets of important political figures from various countries that His Majesty currently held, he became silent.

In the Dutch Royal Palace, the most heavily guarded thing is not the palace where the king rests, but the private office where the king works. It only has about 100 square meters of space, and there are more than 20 people guarding the front, rear, left and right on duty at a time. They are on duty in three shifts. Weighing is rigorous to the extreme.

"Your Majesty, Elihu B. Washburn seems to be walking around very frequently with Irish people recently. He seems to be doing something."

William IV said: "So he is restless."

McEshaun: "As Britain's potato crisis at the beginning of this century caused a large number of Irish people to immigrate overseas, the United States became the first choice, and the United Kingdom also let it go. Now in the Northern Commonwealth, where the concentration is the most concentrated, Irish influence has begun to Dissatisfaction with the English and Scots grew rapidly, so the Irish formed their own small group.

Therefore, their close contact obviously seems to have different opinions on the president of the Federal State."

"What kind of different opinions are there? Just say that you are ambitious," William IV laughed and scolded.