Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On February 15, 1868, when Lincoln refused to implement two bills of Congress, members of the American Nationalist Party initiated an impeachment against President Lincoln in the House of Representatives and listed 11 charges against President Lincoln.

After the vote that day, Speaker of the House of Representatives Skyler Colfax announced the success of the impeachment after the counting of votes. Among the 230 members of the House of Representatives (one representative vote is born for 100,000 people), they voted in favor of impeachment. The number exceeded two-thirds, reaching 165 members.

The Senate accepted the case and held a hearing on the case on February 25. After a final vote, President Lincoln was acquitted by one vote.

This is a practical exercise of the presidential stripes stipulated in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of America. If the president is impeached, it may greatly weaken the power of the president and even destroy the presidential system of the Federal Republic of America. This case is of great significance. A practical example of the separation of powers and mutual checks and balances, it is also a typical example of political conflicts resolved by legal procedures within the American Federal State.

Lincoln seemed to be knocked down, but in the end, because of the difference of one vote, he actually regained the victory. Many people sighed, and many people were happy.

Kingdom of Prussia, Berlin, Bismarck has been restless these days. He always feels that something is going to happen, but he has no clue.

"Is it really because of old age that your energy has dropped recently?"

Bismarck couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face, but when he thought about Prussia's current prosperity, he felt like an old man who was aiming for a thousand miles.

"How can I be willing to accept that Prussia will not become an empire in one day? And Napoleon III of the French Empire, who seems to be a beautiful man, is just a grasshopper in the autumn, just at the mercy of others. The current mentality of Queen Victoria in the UK is somewhat It is difficult to fathom, and the thoughts of a widowed woman are even more difficult to fathom.”

Bismarck then thought of Alexander II in the east, with a stern look in his eyes, and sneered: "The Russian Empire seems to be powerful, but in fact it is just strong on the outside and weak on the inside. The eldest son has died of meningitis, and the second son looks good, but in fact he is just as cool as Alexander II - He is a libertine and has a bad reputation in St. Petersburg. However, now that he is married to a Danish princess, it makes me a little bit elusive. What does Alexander II want to express? "

Bismarck never believed that everything would grow without reason. He was a smart man, and smart people often think about things that others cannot, especially in Europe, where politics is all over the sky. He did not believe that Alexander II was unintentionally sentimental. It was really announced that it was because his deceased son's fiancée captured the "hearts" of their entire family with just a few letters. This was pure nonsense.

Bismarck even speculated that Alexander II was stubborn about the Baltic Sea, was greedy, and intended to expand Baltic Sea dominance.

"If we can't test the emperor in St. Petersburg then, if he really wants to do this, Prussia must cut off Alexander II to prevent Prussia from being attacked from both sides."

Bismarck thought of the legendary assassination. At present, this was the only way that Prussia could stay out of the matter. He had even thought about it long ago and used those dissatisfied with Alexander II's domestic reforms in the Tsarist Russian Empire to cover up this.

"What worries me most is, besides the UK, there is actually the Netherlands in the west."

Whenever Bismarck recalled the rapid rise of the Netherlands in the past ten years, he couldn't help but feel frightened.

In just ten years, the Netherlands has developed into the current European reserve power. Although it is still far away from Prussia, that is only a difference in population.

But as the Netherlands continues to develop, while European countries are fighting against each other, the gap between the Netherlands and European countries will wax and wane.

This is what Bismarck least wants to see. Originally, in his plan, the Netherlands would be a fertile land for the Prussian king to annex again to expand his own strength. Although currently due to the French Empire, Prussia will not act rashly. However, when France The Empire was defeated?

At that time, the Netherlands and Belgium would be Prussia's targets. Bismarck believed that if Prussia captured these two western Atlantic coast countries, with the long coastlines of its neighboring countries, the Kingdom of Prussia would not be trapped in southern Denmark. Aid the coastline of the Kingdom of Hanover.

At that time, Prussia would use this to face the maritime empire of Britain. Only then could Prussia truly compete with Britain.

Therefore, Bismarck's positioning of the Netherlands was actually viewed from the beginning as Prussia's future territory. However, the Netherlands is now rapidly developing into an economic and technological power. Even with the repeated transactions between Britain and the Netherlands, the Netherlands actually Things are booming in the Far East.

There are more than 10 million Dutch people. Currently, more than 6 million people live in the Far East, and there are only more than 4 million in the mainland.

"If Prussia takes action now, I believe that if France, Britain and other countries do not intervene, it may not take more than a month to capture the Netherlands." Bismarck couldn't help but sigh:

"However, now the Netherlands actually has a hole in the Far East. And depending on the situation, the Far East of the Netherlands is more powerful than the mainland of Europe. If Prussia launches an attack on the Netherlands, it will rely on the Netherlands to gradually develop in the Far East and not be weaker than the mainland. With its national strength, Prussia will face a strong counterattack by the Netherlands in the future. At that time, it is still unclear whether Prussia can withstand it. At least except for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Prussia will definitely not be the opponent of the Netherlands."

Bismarck even suspected that Queen Victoria and Viscount Palmerston had deliberately seen through the ambitions of him, William I and others when they traded Australia to the Netherlands.

But when he thought of Britain's stinginess, Bismarck finally rejected the idea.

He frowned and sighed: "The current situation in the Commonwealth of America, the combination of Germans and Irish is very difficult. I didn't expect that the Dutch have such a stable operation there, and even the Irish can't break the Dutch." The forces in North America originally wanted to slowly erode the strength of the Netherlands. In the end, when they were almost done, they took the Netherlands under the Prussian flag. It seems that they have to reconsider, otherwise, trouble may occur.

Now, I hope there is good news from Siward."

At this time. The secretary walked in quickly and brought him good news.

The Confederate States failed to impeach Lincoln, and Seward continued to serve as Secretary of State.

Bismarck took a deep breath and slowly relaxed.

Bismarck sneered and said: "Mililand is finally stable, and the Dutch will face Lincoln's reckoning next."

After hearing the news, William IV of the Dutch Royal Palace also sneered.

"In this world, there are always some people who think victory is within their grasp, but they don't know that victory or defeat is often reversed in an instant. Bismarck, Bismarck, maybe you breathed a sigh of relief, but you don't know that this is actually just the beginning of your misfortune. That’s it, just wait and see.”