Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"Prussia kicked Austria out and annexed the other countries of the German Confederation. This simple and crude move caused the world to look at Prussia, and it had already been put into the toolbox of danger and ambition.

It is hard to imagine that other countries will obediently join the new organization created by Prussia. They are all afraid that the organization they join will become the next German Confederation and that they will become the target country for annexation by Prussia. "

Speaking of this, Bismarck praised: "Britain and other big countries also faced the same problem. William IV saw this clearly, so he launched these organizations one after another as a medium power, and small countries joined one after another, and they formed a A rope with considerable power makes other big countries wary.

If everyone didn't know the power of these organizations before, after using it this time on the French Empire, at this moment, I don't think anyone will be envious of the influence of the Netherlands leading these two organizations.

They all want to take it for themselves. I think the greedy British will take action soon."

William I's face changed and he asked urgently: "What the Prime Minister means is that the UK may take this opportunity to cooperate in sanctioning the French Empire and the Netherlands and other countries, and choose to adopt the same stance, get closer to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and then choose to join in"

If that were the case, William I believed that Britain, which really joined, would most likely overwhelm the influence of the Netherlands and become the leading force in the organization. The influence of this organization was not taken seriously before, but now after this change of power, It shows that no big country dares to underestimate the other party.

If it is used by the United Kingdom, then for Prussia, the gap with the United Kingdom that was already there will become even further. Therefore, William I looked at Bismarck very anxiously.

Bismarck said solemnly: "If we were in the position of Queen Victoria of England, what would your Majesty think?"

William I opened his mouth and had to admit that if he were the King of England, he would also take the opportunity to join the organization in order to control this huge power.

William I said coldly: "No, Britain must be prevented from obtaining this power. Prussia does not have it, and Britain should not have it."

Bismarck and others nodded when they heard this. Obviously, they did not want Britain to get these sharp weapons and hurt Prussia.

"What does your Majesty mean, is the UK going to join the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the near future and try to take control of the International Red Cross?"

Queen Alexandra asked in disbelief.

"Not bad," William IV said with certainty. "Britain is famous for its greed, and the display of these two forces has already moved the hearts of many careerists."

Queen Alexandra looked at William IV worriedly: "William, will this make the Netherlands a good place? As a ship on the cusp of the storm, it is very likely that it will be squeezed by the big powers?"

William IV looked at Alexandra in surprise, "Do you think not only Britain would think so, but other countries as well?"

Alexandra had some thoughts, "I think Prussia should also want to master this power."

Alexandra has been under the guidance of William IV recently. She has begun to appear in William IV's office frequently as William IV's secretary to the King of the Netherlands. She even has a hint of the king's think tank. .

This was intentional on William IV's part. Women are careful. In the international political arena, the facts of later generations have proven that women can still hold up half the sky. Among the future prime ministers, presidents, and cabinet ministers of Europe and America, women occupy many positions, and their performance is no worse than that of men. Among them, Merkel of Germany and Hillary Clinton of America are both internationally famous. figure.

Their advantages over men were brought to the extreme. It was precisely because of this that William IV had the idea of ​​​​cultivating female politicians. His grandmother, Queen Anna, had passed away, and his mother, Sophie, followed her father, William III, to Greece. Be a queen.

The only person who is trustworthy is his wife Queen Alexandra.

Therefore, as a pioneer of female leaders in Dutch politics.

William IV chose Alexandra. As for how to promote her later, William IV had already planned a plan, but it was not perfect yet.

However, the Director General of the International Women's Association has greatly changed Alexandra's overall view, and the rest is the next experience.

Alexandra: "William, I think you must have had an ulterior motive when you asked me to found the International Federation of Women's Associations. However, I think you must have a plan of your own."

William IV: "Yes, but it is not the time yet. Now that countries have ideas about the International Hague Tribunal and the International Red Cross Society, we must take precautions."

Alexandra: "How to prevent it?"

William IV: "Of course there is a plan."

British Empire, London.

Queen Victoria and British Prime Minister Disraeli also talked about these two organizations.

Queen Victoria has inherited the British throne for 38 years. She has experienced all the changes in Europe in the past 40 years. Therefore, the strange changes in Europe in the past ten years have surprised her to find that they are different from those in the previous 30 years. Especially the rise of Holland was so fast that she couldn't react until now.

In less than ten years, the Netherlands has become a competitor to the French Empire and other European powers?

The ability of the little guy William IV forced Queen Victoria to carefully explore step by step. Now she actually regrets that she did not insist on the Anglo-Dutch marriage, which made the relationship between the two countries even tighter.

Put the Netherlands under the British European royal marriage network.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister Disraeli, no matter what, we should maintain our influence within these two organizations."

"Your Majesty, the Netherlands seems to be very vigilant in this regard. Although we have hinted that we want to join it for many days, we seem to be blocked. Even other countries such as Spain do not seem to be willing to join us alone."

Queen Victoria's eyelids wrinkled, "Continue"

Disraeli smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that they have reached a consensus. If they want the UK to join, then the UK must join with other major European countries, not just the UK."

Queen Victoria: "To balance us?"

Disraeli: "It's a good idea. You know, Britain is too powerful. They are not willing to accept Britain's dominant position in it and lose the ability of all countries in the organization to defend themselves."

Queen Victoria said dissatisfied: "Does this mean that if the UK wants to join, it has to wait until a big country wants to join before it can join together?"

"That's more or less what it means, but" Disraeli looked at the Queen's dissatisfied expression and replied helplessly: "The message there is that they will not push the major countries to join. If the UK wants to join, we need to go there ourselves. We have to convince other big countries to join with Britain, otherwise, they will not agree to join as a single big country."

"What, what kind of logic is this? We apply to join, but we still need to convince others? Are we treating Britain as a tool?" Queen Victoria was greatly dissatisfied.

Disraeli sighed: "This is the response of their countries."

After hearing this, Queen Victoria, although dissatisfied, had to admit that Britain must remain a gentleman and either continue to apply and coordinate with other major powers, or directly cut off the plan to join.

In the end, the queen compromised.

"I think Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Tsarist Russian Empire also have ideas. Let Russell's Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact them accordingly, and the French Empire will be faced with it. Of course, more importantly, the Netherlands, the leader of these two organizations, must be in When communicating, give a certain amount of pressure. Doesn’t the Netherlands care about the Kingdom of Siam? I think we should start from this.”

Disraeli agreed, "Yes, Your Majesty."

As Britain's plan to join the International Hague Tribunal was further implemented, British diplomats began to travel between Prussia, Austria-Hungary, the Tsarist Russia, etc. When this news broke in the "European Times", it seemed that other Great powers such as the Ottoman Empire also sent envoys to Amsterdam, presumably because they were afraid of being isolated.

This makes the French Imperial Government and Napoleon III very scared, because if these countries successfully join the International Court of Justice in The Hague that is currently sanctioning the French Empire, then these countries may face a bill to sanction France.

And when the time comes, the scope of sanctions faced by the French Empire will increase exponentially.

The French Empire will also be further isolated from the international community.

If you think about the joining of these big countries, the remaining small and medium-sized countries around the world that have not yet joined will be eager to make a move. No need to guess, you know that they will definitely choose to join.

As a result, the French Empire sent missions to various countries to lobby, trying to prevent them from joining the organization, but the effect seemed to be ineffective.

This worried Napoleon III and the French imperial government.

The situation in various European countries seems to be developing in a direction that is even more unfavorable to the French Empire.

When Napoleon III and his Prime Minister Olivier were at a loss, it was at this time that William IV took action.

A telegram from Amsterdam, Netherlands, surprised them.

On August 23, 1867, the French government and the International Society of the Red Cross simultaneously announced that Director General ElBaradei would visit Paris to meet with Napoleon III, and the Palace of Versailles has confirmed this.

France's largest newspaper "Le Figaro" reported that ElBaradei's spokesman said on this day that Director General ElBaradei will also hold a working meeting and have lunch with French Prime Minister Olivier in Paris.

The spokesman said ElBaradei "hopes to discuss with France how to bring peace to the Kingdom of Siam as soon as possible"

In addition, ElBaradei is also in contact with Bangkok, the Kingdom of Siam, to make arrangements for his visit to Bangkok.

The report pointed out that Director General ElBaradei wrote to Paris and Bangkok respectively through the Embassy of the French Empire in the Netherlands and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Siam in the Netherlands on August 20, requesting cooperation with Napoleon III and Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam. Meet in the world.

The Palace of Versailles previously stated that it was dissatisfied that the International Red Cross had not made a single attempt to contact Napoleon III since the French Empire launched military operations against the Kingdom of Siam.

Now that Napoleon III has changed his attitude, the situation has obviously changed.