Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On December 26, 1867, in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, on the Australian continent in the Far East of the Netherlands, in class 02 of the senior year of the University of Sydney.

Faced with the "provocation" of Abraham Kaibo, the famous "prick" in the class, Teacher Bit finally fought against it.

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands has been developing in a low-key manner in the past few years, and has already surpassed Europe in terms of economic quality. Although it cannot compare with the British Empire in terms of quantity, it cannot compare with the same old powers, the French Empire and the emerging Kingdom of Prussia. In addition, The Netherlands' annual output of industrial products exceeds that of other countries.

This is due to the Netherlands' concentration on economic development, absorbing the latest technologies from various countries, and avoiding offending the achievements of European countries.

However, there is a bottleneck stage in any undertaking. The Netherlands is too small. William IV fully supports the cabinet government's move to the Far East and expands the potential of the Netherlands. These are inevitable choices for the Netherlands on the way to its rise as a great power. I don’t think any country in Europe would think that His Majesty William IV’s approach was wrong. On the contrary, countries have different thoughts on this.

The Netherlands has obtained resources from the Far East. If the Netherlands continues to develop according to its own technological strength and a population of tens of millions, it will not be a problem for the population to double in less than 20 years.

20 million Dutch people! It was similar to Spain, Italy and the Ottoman Empire today.

Coupled with the effective integration of indigenous populations adopted by various countries from the Netherlands, the population is nearly 40 million indigenous people, and the potential is absolutely amazing.

The Netherlands is currently promoting the universalization of secondary education. If you think about it, if tens of millions of people receive secondary education in 20 years, the national strength of the Netherlands will be comparable to that of other powerful countries in the world.

This is a threat to all countries. Therefore, I think checking and balancing the Netherlands will be the next step for all countries, especially Britain, Prussia, France and other countries.

Of course, this is only a potential threat. After all, for Britain, France and Tsarist Russia are its opponents.

For France, the rising Prussia and Britain were rivals, and the Netherlands was just touching the lion's butt.

Of course, it's the kind that offends lions. "

"Can I think that the teacher means that the Netherlands took the lead in sanctioning the French Empire, and the French Empire did not dare to go all out to deal with the Netherlands, so it selectively ignored it?

Or is it that he is afraid of facing several opponents at the same time, so he selectively chooses to 'forgive' the Netherlands? "

Abraham Kaiper continued to ask.

That's it, Bit looked helplessly at the hateful guy in front of him. Every time, this kind of problem could lead to dozens of problems, and there were endless problems.

Teacher Bit continued to smile against his will and replied: "Classmate Abraham asked a good question. In fact, according to European terms, Napoleon III was very happy with his success, but in my opinion, sometimes His Majesty Napoleon III just liked to maintain the glory of the French Empire. It's just that The method is just wrong.

I don’t know if any of you students have noticed that Napoleon III had a special characteristic. Does any of you know about it? "

Having said this, Teacher Bit looked proudly at the students in the audience and saw that no one answered, just when he was about to speak out.

"Teacher, is it true that Napoleon III liked to make distant friends and attack close friends in his foreign policy?"

Teacher Bit's posture with his mouth wide open was fixed. He looked at Abraham Kaibo in disbelief, his eyes full of surprise.

Teacher Bit's expression made everyone look at Abraham Kaibo. Needless to say, they had already guessed that the latter was right.

After a moment, Teacher Bit came to his senses and asked hurriedly: "How did you guess that?"

At this point, you still use guessing to describe it?

Teacher Bit is still as face-conscious as ever.

Abraham Kuyper pursed his lips slightly, and said with great confidence: "The years Napoleon III ruled the French Empire, including the Millennium Civil War, participating in the Crimean War with the United Kingdom to fight against the Russian Empire, and fighting against the Austrian Empire in Italy. The internal conflicts in America and Europe's opposition to America's Monroe Doctrine led to the invasion of southern Mexico, the colonization of Africa, and the invasion of the Kingdom of Siam. These were all completed during the Napoleon III period, but on the mainland. Except for the Belgian issue some time ago, Except for taking advantage of the cooperation with the Netherlands and Prussia to capture the southern provinces of Belgium, there have almost never been any major disputes with neighboring countries.

So, teacher, I think Napoleon III practiced distant diplomacy and close attack."

After hearing this, Teacher Bit agreed with this statement.

"Teacher, why don't we go back to the topic just now. How big is the impact of the Netherlands' participation in sanctioning the French Empire at this time?"

Bit: "Of course there is an impact. It doesn't depend on the situation. If the Netherlands is currently suppressed by powerful powers, the French Empire may turn around and deal with the Netherlands after stopping the war in the Kingdom of Siam. But I think His Majesty William IV France has considered reporting this issue, and there should be a plan to deal with it, so we don’t need to worry unfoundedly about the French Empire.”

"According to the teacher, the difficulty of the Netherlands does not lie with the French Empire?"

"Yes, I am surprised by Prussia's attitude towards the Netherlands. I don't know if my classmates have heard of it. Prussia just completed the second treaty with the Netherlands some time ago, and it was also carried out in the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Coordination. Under such circumstances, Prussia actually chose this time to strike in the back. Although it was not brought to the table, it was enough to put the situation faced by the Netherlands at a disadvantage.

How the Dutch government and the Dutch royal family respond at this time will lead to completely different results.

Prussia's approach is strange and unpredictable. For such an opponent, the Netherlands must carefully prescribe the right medicine, otherwise it may be fooled by others without knowing it. "

"The teacher's opinion of Prussia is negative on this issue, so Prime Minister Bismarck's actions towards the Netherlands are obviously a surprise attack in the teacher's opinion."

"Yes, you described it well. Prussia has just annexed the German Confederation. The Netherlands is close at hand, and the danger index is actually very high. The Netherlands' Atlantic location is destined to be greedy for Prussia. The United Kingdom and the French Empire will stop Prussia's actions. You know that I What can you say, classmates? However, Prussia obviously knows that this idea is undesirable, so it is absolutely serious about preventing Britain and France from invading the Netherlands.

Of course, the military strength of the Netherlands is not what it used to be. The cost of Prussia's invasion of the Netherlands will definitely be high. Not to mention other things, Prussia will face the threat of intervention from the Tsarist Russia Empire, the Austria-Hungary Empire, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden and other countries. "