Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

William IV's comments on current affairs in an exclusive interview with Hague, the top reporter of "European Times", attracted the attention of the whole world, and everyone showed mixed feelings after reading it.

Even Napoleon III, who was visiting Milan, Italy, had his eyes wandering and kept repeating William IV's name in his mind.

In France, all the ministers looked incomprehensible, almost all of them were shocked.

William IV actually publicly stated the purpose of Napoleon III's visit to Italy, which made everyone in Napoleon III's team who was visiting Milan blush.

The Italian side also looked aggrieved. Obviously, they wanted to keep it secret. As soon as everyone's calculations were revealed, everyone immediately looked embarrassed. Many people were very angry with the big-mouthed King William IV. Just say you know, say It's not authentic when it comes out.

How can we continue talking about this?

In Prussia, many people were also happy that William IV had openly discussed it. Some people in Prussia were happy, and many others were angry.

Even many high-ranking officials and nobles are discussing this.

Many people even asked the Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the Dutch ambassador to protest, but Bismarck eventually suppressed it.

In London, with the publication of the "European Times", many people were also very dissatisfied with William IV's metaphor in the interview that Prussia could use Britain to grow if it wanted to grow. What was even more dissatisfied was that William IV did not make it public The opposition to Dutch Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington's visit to Spain was also called personal freedom in the name of it.

This makes the British who have always been second in the world and no one first in the world very dissatisfied. They feel that their arrogance has been insulted.

Therefore, it was the unanimous opinion of many people in the UK to pressure the Disraeli government to threaten the Netherlands so that the Dutch government would change its tune and stop its hostile attitude towards the UK.

At the same time, many people in the Netherlands were excited to comment on the world situation with William IV's domineering attitude and follow his guidance on the political situation in various regions of the world. They were also surprised that William IV publicly declared that he viewed public opinion. As a result, I was surprised when I chose to move the capital to Melbourne.

Far away from the mainland and moved the capital to the Far East, Melbourne, Australia?

This surprised many people in the Netherlands.

Many people strongly objected, because this means that the status of the European mainland may decline as a result. After the status decline, they have vested interests in the current family focus on the mainland. If the capital is moved to Melbourne, then as the sponsor William IV will naturally move the seat of the royal family to the Far East.

In this way, the mainland will be completely overwhelmed politically by the Far East.

This made them, who had always looked at the remote area of ​​the Far East the same way they looked at the indigenous people, unbearable. This is simply being counterattacked, and the person being counterattacked is none other than myself.

Therefore, many people became dissatisfied.

Not only in the mainland, but also in the Far East, many people are dissatisfied, including people in Jakarta, the capital of the Dutch East Indies. As the largest city in the Far East, Jakarta is the oldest Dutch colony. Originally, as the representative of the Netherlands in the Far East, many companies and government departments were based in Jakarta. However, after the British transferred the Australian mainland to the Dutch in 1862, Jakarta's economy Its status was surpassed by Sydney, and its political status was replaced by Melbourne, which is not far from Sydney.

Even when the former Prime Minister Flos Arran von Hall was appointed as a senior official in the Wilhelm Province, he was also asked by William IV to do a good job in the construction of the deputy capital Melbourne, as well as the corresponding industrial layout, and more importantly He also serves as deputy prime minister, assisting Prime Minister Tolbeck in managing the Far East.

This has shown that Melbourne's status in the Far East is equivalent to that of the acting capital.

In fact, many people in Jakarta knew that this day would come sooner or later, but when King William IV said it, many people who were still lucky in Jakarta were suddenly disappointed. Obviously, Jakarta was completely eliminated.

Needless to say, as the topic of William IV moving the capital to Melbourne becomes more and more intense, capital and talents from the Dutch East Indies will flock to Sydney and Melbourne, and Jakarta will further lag behind Sydney economically and politically. From now on, I will bow down to Melbourne more appropriately.

This is true in Jakarta, and it is also true in the European Netherlands. Many people lament that in the future, Australia in the Far East will officially become the administrative and economic center of the Dutch overseas territories.

Perhaps from the hints of William IV, everyone has seen where the most suitable place for investment is in the Netherlands.

London.

Since the four naval battles with the Netherlands more than a hundred years ago, the largest city in the UK has been out of control. It has replaced Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and become the world's largest financial city. Because of its acquisition of huge financial capital, , Britain also followed and ushered in a period of rapid development.

As the largest industrial area in the UK, the number of workers in London has already exceeded the 2 million mark, and the total city population has exceeded 5 million, making it the largest city in Europe.

A society with a large population naturally produces more contradictions, which creates a hot soil space for various revolutions in Europe. Therefore, the starting point of many movements in Europe comes from London, and of course, there are also many in Paris.

However, it is precisely because of the innovations of these troublemakers in London that the British government has been able to understand the latest situation in the world and establish a most advanced complete system for public opinion risk control. This is why the United Kingdom, as the best constitutional monarchy in Europe, National reasons.

The financial position seized from the Netherlands allowed Britain to use financial capital to build itself and rise to become the most powerful country in Europe. However, they also wanted greater benefits, so Britain continued to launch colonial wars abroad, from North America to the northern Indian Ocean. The purpose of the subcontinent and Africa is to obtain financial capital while also finding more industrial raw materials for Britain and opening up the market for industrial products.

Unfortunately, with the current anti-British sentiment in Europe, British industrial products seem to be blocked. The market of the American Commonwealth of America was originally a piece of fat, but now it has closed its door. If we don't find new ones, The market and the factories and warehouses of British capitalists are almost full, and they can't wait any longer.

Moreover, the British government itself understands that if there is no way to open up the wealthy European market this time, it will be fatal to British industry. Therefore, the current situation in Europe is actually under the control of the British government and big capitalists. Under surveillance.

Especially the latter, in order to put pressure on the Disraeli government and show that Disraeli could not protect their interests, these people did not hesitate to get close to the Whig Party. Of course, this was only limited to providing covert support and blatantly showing support. The opposition parties are still unwilling to go all the way to darkness.

It was through the collaboration of these capitalists that the opposition Whig Party led by Creston actually attracted many British MPs who had never joined the Whig Party or the Tory Party, and its seats in the House of Commons were increasingly close to those of the Tory Party. This gives the opposition party led by Creston the tools to clamp down on the ruling Tories.

It was under such circumstances that the British Disraeli government made great adjustments to its foreign policy in order to find a "way out" for the capitalists in these large factories.

Queen Victoria asked with concern: "You told me that Huntington's visit to Spain was an opportunity and an important reason for Britain to force the Netherlands to open its market. Now it seems that it is a bit difficult, right?"

Prime Minister Disraeli's face was full of confidence and he replied: "Don't worry Barbie, we have got the key to the door. I am following it personally. Everything is going according to plan."

Queen Victoria nodded. Ever since the Disraeli government came to power, Queen Victoria had become accustomed to Disraeli's confident actions.

From the beginning when Disraeli reported to her that he deliberately made a fuss about the Dutch Speaker of the House of Representatives Huntington's visit to Spain and anonymously provided information to the Spanish Herald, Queen Victoria watched the situation develop in a state of acquiescence.

Nowadays, the relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom has indeed become turbulent due to this incident. The Netherlands' current provocative move seems almost finalized, and Britain has become the victim.

This gave Britain more reason to put pressure on the Netherlands, which brought the previously set goal one step closer.

Queen Victoria glanced at Disraeli. Although this old man is not as powerful as the deceased Viscount Palmerston in terms of ability, he is not inferior in the use of conspiracy.

At this point, Russell's Foreign Secretary is slightly inferior. Only Creston can confront him in the Whig Party. Perhaps this is why Viscount Palmerston lured Creston from the Tory Party to the Whig Party. Maybe it’s because of the Ge party.

In this incident, Gibraltar was used to lift Spain's national sentiment. In addition to being useful and immediately effective, it also meant to frame the case. We need to firmly grasp the initiative and not let William IV and the Dutch government snatch it away.

This is a common method used by the British. If they succeed in making money, even if they fail, it can be said to be irrelevant. Anyway, Britain and Spain have had long-standing conflicts over the Gibraltar issue and after their victory over Spain in the naval battle.

As the helm of the United Kingdom, after 30 years of experience as the King of England, Queen Victoria has experienced countless conspiracies. She is even more excited about the Crow-Pian War launched by the Far East against that big country in 1840.

Although she was not personally opposed to the Netherlands, and was even a supporter of the marriage between the Dutch and British royal families, this did not prevent her from supporting the Disraeli government's attack on the Netherlands to safeguard British interests.

In contrast, now the Disraeli government has begun to pay attention to food. It is not like Viscount Palmerston's forced buying and selling, which shocked the whole world. Instead, it is finding various reasons to deal with the Netherlands.

This is not because the UK is kind, but because the balance of power in Europe seems to be about to break, the UK needs to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor to make European countries relax their vigilance towards the UK and resort to all possible means to temporarily restrain themselves.

The current restraint of the UK highlights the unreasonableness of the Netherlands, which allows the UK to maintain a good international reputation.

The world's maritime hegemon, the United Kingdom, cannot rely solely on force. More often, it needs to use diplomatic means to solve problems. At this time, the British government in London needs to hide its strength, although no one will underestimate Britain's strength at first.

Queen Victoria: "Be careful with your intensity. I don't want to affect Princess Louise's marriage to Prince Frederik, Crown Prince of Greece in October."

Prime Minister Disraeli paused and said, "Yes."