Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

The House of Representatives of the Netherlands passed the "Relationships with the Commonwealth of America Act", which completely surprised the British. In anger, the British lost both face and dignity.

The British opposition Tories took the opportunity to introduce the "Relations with Portugal Act".

This bill almost replicates all the regulations of the Netherlands towards the Commonwealth of America, and provides strong support to the Kingdom of Portugal, which has recently fallen out with the Netherlands and has always been close to the Tories.

This time, even some Whig MPs, who had always been dissatisfied with the Tories, supported the bill introduced by Tory leader Disraeli in the House of Commons.

As you can imagine, the Netherlands definitely aroused Britain's anger this time.

However, it seems that the Netherlands is not ready to give up.

You must know that the Netherlands has recently had many conflicts with Portugal in Africa's Mozambique, Angola and Congo. In South America, because of Portugal's support for Brazil, the Netherlands decisively sided with Argentina, the second largest country in South America, to deal with Uruguay. , so the war between the two countries continues, and it obviously does not stop in South America.

Both Argentina and Brazil have clearly become proxy wars of sorts.

Brazil is powerful enough and has a large enough population. Therefore, the Netherlands has attracted Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador for Argentina. You must know that Colombia and Venezuela are just north of Brazil. The north and south attack Brazil supported by Portugal, which makes Portugal also feel the pressure.

Fortunately, I don’t know what happened to the Netherlands, but they actually agreed to the request of the Federal Republic of America, fulfilling Argentina’s wish to add the Federal Republic of America to the South American Union, which ultimately worsened the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

It is even said that Britain is now using various reasons to make things difficult for Dutch ships to pass through the Suez Canal, in order to blackmail the Netherlands into driving the Commonwealth of America out of the Union of South America. However, in the end, the Netherlands did not give in and instead further clearly supported the movement of the Commonwealth of America. "With the Commonwealth of America."

In the end, Portugal benefited to this day.

All these incidents happened in less than a month. But it triggered a series of effects on the situation in Europe.

Unconsciously, Europe's previous pattern has been reshuffled.

When did the Netherlands dare to challenge Britain, the leader of the six major European countries?

This is everyone's question, even the Dutch are not surprised.

The French Emperor Napoleon III lamented to his subjects at the Palace of Versailles that the Netherlands had risen and that he could not treat the Netherlands as a medium-sized country. France should give the Netherlands the respect it deserved.

Even King William I of Prussia expressed his appreciation for William IV of the Netherlands in the King's Speech delivered by the Prussian Parliament and looked forward to greater cooperation between the Netherlands and Prussia in the future.

It is obviously another great power that although it is not clear that the Netherlands has the status of a great power, it is willing to give the Netherlands such a status.

Alexander II even expressed his strong praise for William IV and expressed his expectation that the Netherlands would increase its relations with the Russian Empire in the future.

As for the Austria-Hungary Empire of Joseph I, it expressed no favorable opinion of the Netherlands, but agreed with the Netherlands' courage to make its own demands to the United Kingdom, and expressed the hope of cooperating with the Netherlands in the future.

These countries expressed their love one after another, but it made the UK seem to be excluded from the support of the European powers. In addition, the Ottoman Empire was having trouble with the UK. Five of the six major European countries expressed support for the Netherlands. This made the citizens of various European countries feel... A sense of astonishment was born.

When did the Netherlands actually get the support of so many big countries?

And this is when facing the overlord Britain.

In this regard, William IV said to his wife Alexandra: "The British government and Queen Victoria have always lived in a world where force is power. Although this is a fact, she has forgotten one thing, that is People's hearts are made of tofu, and national interests also change with time.

A few years ago, the Netherlands began to send elites from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to communicate with various countries. Over the years, the results have been remarkable. The Netherlands has been recognized in Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Constantinople, and Vienna. The Netherlands has almost allowed these countries to interests are aligned with Dutch foreign policy.

This is something that the UK has been implementing in its offshore balancing hand policy, because the Netherlands has everything they have, but what the Netherlands is implementing cannot be used by the UK. It is a strong and powerful plan, but it is easy to be implemented by other countries. They are afraid that if they become stronger, they will become the target of checks and balances by the United Kingdom. This is why all countries are wary of the United Kingdom.

The Netherlands, on the other hand, brings increased benefits to other countries, but does not have and does not have checks and balances, so it is more willing to accept the Dutch ‘gift’.”

Alexandra learned a lot from William IV's 'teachings'.

I don’t know why, but William IV has been indoctrinating her in political science recently, giving her a clear understanding of domestic and international policies. From this, she also understood the current international status of the Netherlands.

What was the best state that my natal kingdom of Denmark was in before?

She also finally understood why the Netherlands did not support sending troops to Denmark, and why William IV wanted the Danish royal family to marry other countries through marriage, thus resolving the Prussian and Austrian invasion of Holstein. and the crisis in Schleswig.

William IV has recently spared no effort to preach to Alexandra on any international developments. In fact, it is also for the future of the Netherlands on issues including international women's organizations, so that Alexandra can quickly face sudden situations and cultivate She has the ability of a female leader, so that the Netherlands can gain more advantages and face the drastic changes in Europe that will occur in the future.

Some people may ask William IV that it is okay to find a man to run the International Women's Association, because as long as the ability is good, the same effect can be achieved.

But William IV didn't think so. The issue of the loyalty of the first division was a big sign of the Dutch royal family. The next generation doesn't know about it, but because there is no term limit for this generation, it will be possible for Alexandra to be in charge for a long time. .

The second is that William IV is prepared to let Alexandra use this opportunity to cultivate an international perspective, which will eventually feed back into the training of future heirs to the royal family, including Prince Albert.

William IV and Alexandra will have more of the same stance and views on raising future generations.

Instead of taking advantage of the marriage relationship like some countries do, and finally forgetting the international reality in order to be close to Denmark, the next generation will eventually take away the Greater Netherlands created by the couple.

This example is the same as the German Emperor Wilhelm II in his previous life. Wilhelm I and Bismarck managed to build such a huge empire for decades, but they ended up with that dismal end. It was truly cruel.