Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Feng shui takes turns, but the scope of the turns is in the Anglo-Saxon country. If successful, it is conceivable that Queen Victoria is currently unaware that the British plan to rule the world will be closer to completion in 150 years. If after that What about Canada, where Britain, the United States, and the rising Australia supported the Anglo-Saxons? It’s terrifying to imagine.

Thinking of this, William IV said extremely vigilantly:

"The great powers in the Far East have experienced decline and take-off again. As the world structure changes and history remains unchanged, the Netherlands will also need continuous changes in the future. During the colonial era, the Netherlands will need to experience more rises. Britain, Prussia (Germany), France , Russia, Austria, the United States and other major powers are turbulent. Every European war is also an opportunity for the Netherlands to change the destiny of a small country that will always be dominated by others. Therefore, in the future, the Netherlands will need to swing and deal with the two camps in various periods to provide a safe environment for its own security and development. This has become the Netherlands’ biggest coup in migrating to the Far East. The accumulation of history has pushed the Netherlands forward in a complex environment.”

With William IV's final decision, the Netherlands' gradual withdrawal from major European organizations will become the new normal.

For example, in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands will accept major countries such as Britain, France, and Prussia to join in the future to form a European order.

The Netherlands will use this to make its initial contribution to peace in Europe (which it already has) in the coming decades and continue to earn positive influence.

But correspondingly, it’s the same as the Nordic Alliance. The Netherlands will therefore be prepared to propose some favorable conditions for the Netherlands from various countries.

However, these are all things for later.

On January 10, 1870, the Prussian army launched an attack from Reims to Saint-Quentin in the north.

This 20,000-strong French army was attacked by 50,000 Prussian Second Army soldiers led by Prince Karl in the direction of Reims. It only took 2 days to invade the city of Saint-Quentin, with its back close to the west of the Netherlands. The Pas-de-Calais province of Flanders has the English Channel to the west. Therefore, after the 20,000 troops lost 12,000, the remaining 8,000 people could only go south to Amiens, the capital of the Somme province.

But it seems that Britain is serious this time. After Prussia occupied Saint-Quentin, the British Channel Fleet boldly docked in the Port of Boulogne in Pas-de-Calais. At the same time, the Netherlands also docked in West Flanders. The 30,000 troops in Russelal, Texas also began preparations for war.

Even in the countries surrounding Prussia, they all chose to carry out certain troop movements at the junction with Prussia at this time. Obviously, this was a move to put pressure on Prussia.

The actions of various countries against Prussia seemed to encourage the government of Prime Minister Charles's cabinet in Paris.

“We call on Berlin to secede from Paris and reject any foreseeable negotiations if any occupied French territory is declared Prussian.”

Prime Minister Charles of the Second French Empire spoke at a press conference in Paris.

This sentence fully shows that the French Second Empire did not give up the territory occupied by Prussia. Of course, the French government was also taking advantage of the situation to pressure Prussia to retreat.

However, Prussia did not respond with words to Prime Minister Charles's call, but the Bismarck government directly held the guns and ammunition in its hands.

On January 14, 1870, three days after Prussia occupied Saint-Quentin, it seemed that it was concerned about the British presence in Boulogne. It did not go north to attack Arras, the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department, nor did it go west to pursue the city of Amiens in the Somme department. Instead, it went east to occupy the Hainaut province that the French Empire originally captured from Belgium. This province was located in Prussia. The occupation of San Quentinou caused the French army to flee. Therefore, when Prince Karl of Prussia personally led an army of 10,000 people to the north, the Hainaut Province was occupied in only 3 days after the Forbidden City.

Moreover, the battle is fast, but the space is too large and a lot of time is wasted.

At the same time, the French-occupied Belgian province of Namur was also occupied by Crown Prince Frederick. Support, the entire French territory east of Paris was occupied.

Prussia ignored the intimidation of various countries to deploy troops around Prussia and even launched an attack on France, which angered the surrounding countries. Therefore, Britain once again took the lead and publicly required all countries to deploy no less than 1,000 troops. troops went to Paris to support the Second French Empire.

Perhaps out of anger with Prussia, all countries surprisingly agreed, and even William IV did not refuse.

So on the 20th, 1870, the nine Pan-Prussian countries actually formed two armies of 23,000 troops with varying numbers from each country. Among them, 15,000 troops composed of Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, and Belgium appeared in the Port of Boulogne.

Another 8,000 troops entered Chalons at the eastern end of the central part of the French Empire from Bern, Switzerland. This army was composed of Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia.

The latter, under the leadership of the Charles government, arrived in Melun, southeast of Paris, before January 30, 1870.

Prussia naturally condemned the intervention of the international community, but because Prussia's previous behavior of not abandoning other countries was irritating, and now it was Prussia as the invading party, Prussia was morally untenable, so no one paid attention to it.

By this time, William IV knew that Prussia would definitely choose to negotiate next.

Bismarck was a smart man. He understood that the attack was over, and it was the wise man's behavior to use all the bargaining chips in his hands to negotiate.

However, Bismarck's methods still shocked William IV.

On February 1, 1870, just when the international community thought that Prussia would compromise under the pressure of other countries, Prussia actually signed the Treaty of Frankfurt with Adolphe Thiers of the Third French Republic. The two countries unanimously condemned and disagreed with it. The Paris government suppressed the Paris uprising.

It turned out that with the secret support of the French Third Republic government led by President Adolphe Thiers in the south, someone actually launched an uprising in Paris where Queen Eugenie and Prime Minister Charles were located. However, under the eyes of the international coalition to aid France, Prime Minister Charles actually sent out troops to suppress it.

It is said that more than 500 students and demonstrators were beaten to death and more than 2,000 were injured. This incident immediately spread rapidly around the world with the support of Adolphe Thiers and Bismarck. Of course, the information was transmitted in France The empire is mainly negative.

Many civil organizations in the international community demand that the French Second Empire in Paris conduct a thorough investigation into the truth and give justice to these students and victims in Paris. It seems that at this moment, the wind direction has changed, and the target of many people's accusations has shifted from the Prussian soldiers to France. Second Empire.

When William IV saw this, he couldn't help but smile knowingly. Sure enough, Bismarck would not be captured without mercy, but this counterattack was really good.

It would be even more outrageous in the era when people in later generations are dominated by Netflix.