Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On February 25, 1866, millions of people from the Tsarist Empire marched on St. Petersburg for an anti-war demonstration, demanding that Alexander II stop the war, rebuild the economy, and give the people of the Tsarist Russian Empire a better life. They also asked Alexander II to deal with those who supported the war. Military officials are angry with civilians.

There were also rallies of varying numbers in other parts of the Russian Empire.

The trigger for this march was the release of a new novel "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, a famous writer from the Russian Empire.

This novel mainly describes a poor college student, Raskolnikov, who is corrupted by anarchist ideology and believes that he can do whatever he wants. In order to make a living, he killed the old woman who put Lidaide and her innocent sister Lizaveta, creating a murder that shocked the entire Tsarist Empire.

After experiencing a painful confession, he finally surrendered under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sonia and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. This work focuses on depicting the psychological changes of the protagonist after his fan crime and reveals the suffering of the people at the bottom of the Tsarist Empire. Life.

If it were just like this, it would naturally not have such power, but if you want to blame it, it is because there are many scenes in it, all related to the foreign wars of the Tsarist Russia Empire.

With the support of some people, especially those who encouraged the relatives of Tsarist Russian soldiers who lost their lives because of the war, the scale increased, driven by hundreds of thousands or millions of people.

Under such circumstances, William IV, who was holding a Privy Council meeting, received the news.

Prime Minister Tolbeck and Foreign Minister Hesbert von were left alone. In addition to the two, there were also Bill Charlie, director of the Royal Dutch Intelligence Service, and McKay Sean, director of the Dutch International Intelligence Service.

After everyone sat down, William IV asked McKay Sean: "The parade in Tsarist Russia is too strange, with more than a million people, it cannot be easily organized. Your people, in Tsarist Russia Is there a brow over there?”

Everyone looked at McKay Sean. Every move in the Tsarist Empire would involve many interests of the Netherlands. Especially if the political situation in the Tsarist Empire was unstable, many plans for the Netherlands would be disrupted.

Especially the arms supply agreement between William IV and Alexander II, the Netherlands' actions to support Tsarist Russia behind the backs of other countries will usher in condemnation of the Netherlands from various countries, and it is even possible that the Netherlands will be resented by Tsarist Russia's opponents.

Several people here have participated in many opportunities of William IV, and they are very familiar with the arms alliance relationship with Tsarist Russia.

At this stall, one has to be cautious and worried.

McKay Sean: "According to the news from our people there, the people causing trouble this time are a group of people who are opposed to the monarchy of Tsarist Russia.

However, our people discovered that the author of this book was Dostoevsky. Before the book was released, he often traveled to and from London in the previous year."

"England!" Hesbert von couldn't help shouting.

And Prime Minister Tolbeck, who has been in politics for many years, cannot help but change his temper.

William IV's face was even more gloomy.

After a moment, Hesbert Fengcai said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, it makes sense. With the withdrawal of the Austrian Empire, the United Kingdom has become exhausted by relying solely on them and the Ottoman Empire, and London is now There was a lot of noise, and they opposed supporting the Ottoman Empire in its defense against Tsarist Russia.

It would be nice if the war ended quickly as soon as it started, but now so long has passed, the war is not over yet, it has even become entangled, and there seems to be a risk of it becoming protracted. This is naturally unfavorable to Britain, especially since the Tories are eyeing it and attack the ruling Whigs at any time."

Tolbeck also nodded and said: "I think Viscount Palmerston was too anxious this time to resort to such a method. However, isn't he afraid that Alexander II will retaliate against Britain after he finds out?"

Bill Charlie didn't speak, and neither did McShane. It was obvious that he was asking King William IV.

William IV took a deep breath, looked at them, and said: "The British general election is approaching. Britain has suffered successive defeats in recent wars. The people are worried about peace. However, the Whigs in power seem to be unable to see the public opinion and are sending troops to North America and the Balkans." , which added to the stain on the Whig government, which had just become a laughingstock in South Africa.

Viscount Palmerston is old and wants to leave a name for himself. I want to wash away the shame of South Africa, but the higher I hope, the greater my disappointment. More than half of North America died, and the Balkans suffered a lot of damage. The Pacific Fleet was almost completely wiped out. Under such circumstances, if the British cabinet government led by him was still willing to fight, not even Queen Victoria would agree.

Don't forget, only his two daughters came to participate in the International Women's League this time, but there were no women from the government cabinet. This is very unusual. I think this is a move by the British royal family to express dissatisfaction with the cabinet government. . "

Following William IV's analysis, everyone discovered that this was indeed the case.

"Your Majesty, is Britain timid now?"

"Yes, I just want to leave in a dignified manner and at the same time, I also want to win the victory on the British side. At least, this is how it seems to us outsiders."

When William IV said this, he nodded towards Bill Charlie, who said: "Everyone, our Royal Intelligence Service recently discovered that there are more British spies in Amsterdam, and they are even pretending to be immigrants in the East Indies. People from the British Isles and people of British origin from elsewhere have also appeared there and in Australia, and we have weeded out a number of suspicious characters around the secret base."

William IV said vigilantly: "The British have begun to explore the Netherlands. If you know yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious. The British learned the art of war from that big country in the Far East. Maybe they began to doubt our military strength. Therefore, next, the cabinet The government must cooperate with intelligence organizations on this issue to blind the British, and the probing activities of other countries cannot be ignored, especially Belgium and Prussia and France.”

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William IV secretly thought: It is necessary to prepare espionage preparedness plans as early as possible. The United Kingdom can be said to be the pioneer in this profession. In later generations, they even arranged many movies and TV series to promote their achievements and show off.

The Netherlands has to guard against this.

Hesbert von "Your Majesty, since the British are so eager to withdraw from the war, should we stop them? I mean, should we tell His Majesty Alexander II?"

William IV shook his head and said: "That will not be very effective. Alexander II will still "take care of the overall situation." In this case, we might as well help them."

Seeing their curiosity, William IV began to express his thoughts

On February 25, 1866, after the Tsarist Empire withdrew from the Balkan Peninsula War due to the withdrawal of the Austrian Empire, the British and Ottoman Empires alone, especially the scruples of Britain's participation in the war this time, gradually fell into a disadvantage in the war with the Tsarist Russian Empire.

On February 28, 1866, through the mediation of King William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Emperor Alexander II of the Russian Empire and Franz Joseph I, Emperor of the newly established Austro-Hungarian Empire, went to Amsterdam in Wield. William IV held a historic meeting under the auspices of