Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

The increase in members of the Dutch royal family, and the addition of two at once, is really happy for King William IV of Greece and Queen Sophie. Of course, the same is true for Christian IX of Denmark, because this represents his daughter Alexandre Queen La's position became more stable.

The bloodline of the European royal family is very important. Because of this, there are frequent incidents of searching for heirs from near and far when it comes to inheritance. The most typical example is Queen Victoria. She also used the inheritance method of near and far. Successor to the position of King of England.

Therefore, William IV currently has four direct descendants. As long as he does not die prematurely, the possibility of the Dutch royal family heirs being cut off from the primary election will not be cut off for decades or hundreds of years.

William IV in Amsterdam was naturally the happiest.

Looking at Queen Alexandra who was extremely weak in front of the bed, William IV very considerately helped her pull up the warm quilt to cover her exposed neck.

"Thank you, Alexandra"

William IV understood very well what the birth of these two little guys meant, and precisely because he understood it, he cherished Alexandra in front of him even more.

A saying from the past life is not true at all: if a woman is willing to help you give birth to a child, it definitely proves that the woman is at least not disgusted with you. When a woman is willing to give birth to three or four children for you over and over again, So it proves that this woman has placed her body and mind on you. Will you still let down such a woman who is willing to become a piece of your body?

If you do this, it only proves that you are a fool and you are hurting yourself.

Queen Alexandra understood the pity of her husband William IV. She smiled and struggled to get up. William IV sat on the bedside with a wry smile, held her against his chest, and held her in his arms. .

After a while, Alexandra asked doubtfully in a gentle voice: "The two children are still young, and His Majesty directly granted a knighthood without mentioning it, and he still used overseas territories as the title. Isn't this not good? .”

Two princes and princesses were just born yesterday. Although she was moved by William IV and knighted them, this is actually quite rare for European royal families. In particular, William IV directly awarded Prince Jacques the title of Duke of the Congo, and Princess Mary became the Grand Duchess of Kenya.

Oh my God! During her time as regent, she had a detailed understanding of the African countries. Both of these places were very important places in the Netherlands. The Congo is in the middle of western Africa, and according to Dutch information, it is the largest place on the African continent with the most vegetation and water resources. It even caused competition from Portugal's Louis I. The Netherlands fought a war with Portugal, and the Netherlands won. It was saved later.

Now such a place has been knighted by Jacques.

She raised her head and looked at William IV and said: "Your Majesty actually made Jacques the Grand Duke of Congo and Mary the Grand Duchess of Kenya? Is there any profound meaning?"

William IV smiled, then gently rested his chin on Alexandra's shoulder, and said warmly: "It turns out you are the one who knows me."

Alexandra said dissatisfied: "Stop being a good boy and tell me what His Majesty thinks."

William IV was not angry that he was ignored by the coquettish Alexandra.

William IV laughed and said: "Alexandra, you have also been regent and governed the Netherlands for two months. So what do you think of the current governance of the Netherlands? What difficulties have arisen?"

Alexandra was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect that William IV would ask her back. This made her couldn't help but recall the difficulties she had when she was governing the Netherlands on behalf of William IV during this period.

"To put it bluntly, there are quite a few difficulties." She thought for a moment, and then said: "The mainland is too far away from overseas territories around the world. Even if there is a telegraph, there seems to be a sense of powerlessness beyond our reach in terms of governance.

In the Far East alone, we sometimes face a sense of inadequate communications or inadequate execution. Although part of Africa is also in the Atlantic Ocean, it is also very difficult to govern because of the distance between the north and the south."

William IV nodded and said: "Is there any good way to change it?"

Queen Alexandra thought for a while, and finally said helplessly: "I have tried many methods, but finally found that it is still difficult to achieve the convenience of ruling under the eyes of the local people."

Speaking of this, her brain suddenly flashed, and she seemed to have caught something, but she couldn't seem to catch it.

Wait, she is also a very smart person. She immediately recalled the question asked by William IV just now, and then thought about her answer. She seemed to have guessed something. She straightened her waist from William IV's chest, turned back to face William IV, her face Pressing the other person's hand with surprise, she couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what do you want?"

William IV nodded and said proudly: "Yes, the Netherlands is vast and sparsely populated. No matter how the Dutch whites develop in the next 20, 30, or even 40 years, it will be difficult for them to become the largest ethnic group everywhere."

Ignoring Queen Alexandra's surprise, he continued: "I spent a lot of effort and used various means to obtain the Congo Basin, which has the most green forests and rivers in Africa, and also occupied the northern part of Angola. After that, I lured Portugal to take the initiative, and I found an excuse to capture northern Mozambique. I also worked hard to capture the rest of the country step by step. In the entire Africa, we, the Netherlands, occupy one-fifth of the land, and It’s still the most fertile fifth of the land.”

William IV proudly said: "France is a desert in the north, Britain is almost a desert, Prussia is even more fragmented in the east and west, and other countries cannot compare with us in terms of territory or fertility."

Queen Alexandra naturally knows this. The Congo River Basin in central and western Africa and the Zambia River, Rufiji River, Ruvuma River, etc. in the central and eastern basins are all under the governance of the Netherlands. Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and other Nile Rivers are under the control of the Netherlands. The upper reaches are also in Dutch hands.

Because of this, the Dutch territories in Africa have always been under the prying eyes of European countries. Therefore, the Netherlands has been developing in a low-key manner in recent years.

William IV said: "Currently, there are 11 million indigenous people who have migrated from Africa and the Far East, while the number of white Dutch immigrants who are over 40 years old and the white European immigrants is less than 200,000. With 6% of the Dutch managing 95% of the indigenous people, if we add remote control Rule, sooner or later something big will happen, which is very detrimental to rule."

Alexandra said with some trembling: "So His Majesty gave them the title of grand dukedom in these places?"

William IV nodded first, then shook his head and said: "It's not just about entrusting titles. When they grow up, this may be the place where they will rule in the future."

Alexandra's whole body trembled, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes to look at her husband, who met her gaze.

William IV: "I want each of our children to become the king of a country. Only in this way, those African places will always be tightly held in the hands of the Orange-Nassau family."