Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On November 14, 1866, Dutch Foreign Minister Hesbert von explained to people including Interior Secretary Joan Leer at the Privy Council that the Lincoln government would send a message to the South to ease relations and prepare to start peace talks with it. explained and pointed out that the Lincoln administration was killing two birds with one stone.

“In fact, after several years of war, southern agricultural plantation owners are tired of the destruction caused by the war, and the economy is in dire straits.

The call of the Lincoln administration today is undoubtedly a solution to the unity of the South. Whether it is from the perspective of the country's history of uniting to resist Britain and independence, or from the actual benefits brought by the armistice, it will undoubtedly give the advocates The war caused unprecedented pressure on the Davis administration."

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Prime Minister Tolbeck praised the channel: "The Lincoln administration did not just focus on easing the South and fully confronting the North. He also had a deeper idea."

Seeing that many people looked over and their eyes fell on him, Tolbeck took a thoughtful look at William IV, and saw that his eyes were calm, and it was obvious that he neither showed interest nor ignored what he was going to say next. , can’t figure it out.

I secretly lamented that His Majesty William IV's thoughts were becoming more and more elusive. Apparently, his methods of managing the country and controlling his subordinates were becoming more sophisticated.

Putting this idea behind him, he said: "Actually, secondly, the Lincoln administration has been trying to find a just and awe-inspiring reason for attacking the South in the future. It is similar to the Qing Dynasty, which only seeks trouble from the Davis administration. Obviously Separate the Davis administration from the southern people and treat them differently.

Wherever there are people, there are interests, and the interests are not the same. Therefore, although it is not obvious now, over time, this interest dispute will be revealed. By then, maybe when there is a choice, southerners will face the sugar-coating of the north. -Bullets, dissatisfaction with the Davis administration will deepen, and eventually internal fighting will break out, and even the North, which will lead the Lincoln administration, will intervene. This is Lincoln's long-term purpose."

Following Tolbeck's analysis, everyone couldn't help but nodded in agreement, and William IV also praised Tolbeck's analysis.

This was one of the methods that Americans later used to create unrest in various countries. Unexpectedly, the Lincoln government began to use it at this time.

The second one is like this, what about the third one?

Everyone, including William IV, was somewhat interested.

"Third, I actually think that there must be a reason why the Lincoln government launched a war against Britain this time."

Is not this nonsensical? Nothing happens in this world without a reason.

However, he did not dare to say this.

Tolbek obviously understands this, "Actually, I think the Lincoln government is attacking the United Kingdom in order to gain the conditions for negotiation with the United Kingdom. In the end, it is obvious that the Lincoln government realizes that the only way to do this is to make the United Kingdom feel pain. Only after feeling distressed will he stop supporting the Confederacy and sit down to negotiate with the Lincoln administration to resolve the Confederate affairs.”

"The Prime Minister is saying that the Lincoln government is preparing to use war to promote peace, and the occupation of British Columbia and Alberta is just to provide the most powerful bargaining chip for subsequent negotiations with the United Kingdom?"

The speaker was the Dutch Finance Minister Jan von Capello.

Tolbeck smiled at his God of Wealth and said, "In general, that's what I mean."

Dutch Minister of Justice Ross frowned and said: "In this way, the Lincoln government may, in subsequent negotiations, use a multi-pronged approach to the Confederacy, which is likely to compress the development of the South. Space, this is somewhat inconsistent with our previously designated North American policy. After all, on North American issues, except for Dumiljan’s different friendly attitude, in fact, we and the UK have similar concerns, and we are not willing to see a The United States of America is too powerful and does not want to see the emergence of a unified United States of America where the north and the south are integrated.

This is very important for the Netherlands to occupy a dominant position in future cooperation with the Commonwealth of America. After all, in terms of size and population base, it is currently difficult for the Netherlands to match the opponent. Therefore, we need to prepare for this and be wary of the Netherlands becoming the opponent in the future. After becoming strong, one’s own status will decline.”

There are only about 10 million white Dutch people, less than one-third of the 32 million people in post-integration America. Unless the 20 million African and East Indian indigenous people are added, there will be no comparison. Such use of these 20 million people of color is currently the biggest problem for the Dutch government. It is also the reason why the Dutch government has frequently held meetings of the Privy Council and Tolbeck Cabinet recently.

Because William IV, the leader of all this, requested that the decision be formally finalized before the end of this year.

William IV saw the topic unfold.

Said: "Actually, the Lincoln administration made such a hasty decision to attack the British overseas territory of Canada. In addition to providing strong conditions for negotiations with the British and gaining an advantage in future negotiations on the status of the South, there are other reasons."

Everyone, including Torbeck, looked over.

“I recently looked at the development history of European and American countries, and I observed that some countries have rapidly entered a high-speed stage, while some countries have remained unchanged, and some have entered a regression.

With the reform of Alexander II, the agricultural economy of the Tsarist Russian Empire entered the early stage of industrialization, although it was not complete. The economy developed rapidly, and its scale was already comparable to that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, second only to the United Kingdom, France, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Commonwealth of America. country, ranked 7th.

We in the Netherlands are in 8th place.

Several years of war in Britain have made the domestic arms business booming, but the industrial goods economy has shrunk, so in the past four years, growth has only been slow.

The Kingdom of Prussia developed second only to the Netherlands in Europe. Their wars were short-lived but achieved rapid results. The damage to the economy was minimal and could be ignored. They even annexed various countries, making Prussia's economy still ranked behind the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom. After France, Austria-Hungary, America, and Tsarist Russia, the territory of the German Confederation except Austria is now almost the same. The rapid growth of population and territory has caused their economic scale to enter the third place, surpassing Austria in one fell swoop. The Hungarian-Milican Federation and the Tsarist Russian Empire were almost on par with the French Empire. This caused the surrounding countries to feel the sudden pressure, regardless of whether it was economic or military.

France's reindustrialization has also led to moderate economic growth, but the pressure from Prussia has made Napoleon III very distressed recently.

The economic development scale of the Commonwealth of America has not grown in recent years, but has shrunk. Obviously, the economic development driven by the industrial self-sufficiency movement triggered by the war that just started in 1861 began to decline after reaching its peak in 1864. This This puts Lincoln under great pressure. Therefore, in order to improve the economic development predicament, this provocative war is really a last resort."

On November 20, 1866, just as all countries were focusing on North America and preparing to watch the war between Britain and the Commonwealth of America, France crossed the border westward in South Vietnam and launched a small-scale war against the Cambodian region in the east of the Kingdom of Siam. Discovered by a Dutch reporter, it was immediately reported and attracted worldwide attention. The Far East fell into the sight of European and American countries.