Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 48 The whole world is shocked!Actually hired the Russian navy as thugs?
He was the last monarch of the Oldenburg dynasty and the last king to rule Denmark.

During his tenure, the Danish Constitution was born in 1849, and Denmark became a constitutional monarchy.

During his reign, the two autonomous regions in southern Denmark, Schleswig and Holstein, had a war with Denmark in 1852 because they requested to join the German Confederation. He once tried to get Holstein to join Germany. Confederation, and Denmark merged with Schleswig, but the two principalities had an internal agreement to advance and retreat together, an indivisible agreement.

Therefore, in the 1852 war between Tempe and Pueblo, with the mediation of various countries, he reluctantly preserved these two principalities.

But now Prussia is becoming more and more unscrupulous in intervening in Denmark's internal affairs.

They even publicly declared that they did not recognize the two principalities as belonging to Denmark. Their future direction was determined by themselves, and the Kingdom of Denmark could not finalize their ownership.

This was a public statement made by Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck himself to the German newspaper "Rheinische Zeitung". It was also the country's latest stance on Prussia's status on the two principalities.

It's worth it!

He was already slow to react and fell ill in an instant. However, when he woke up and was about to complain to Prussia immediately, Prussia had a soft and hard attitude, saying that Denmark wanted Prussia to continue to support Denmark's jurisdiction over this area. The two principalities could, but Prussia did not agree with the choice of successor to the Danish king, the one confirmed by Frederick VIII.

The dispute was mainly about who would succeed the Danish throne. The German Confederates of Schleswig and Holstein generally chose descendants of the Augustenberg family.

However, the Danes in these two places believed that they had too close relations with the people of the German Confederation, and they supported the opposing Glücksburg family, which was now called by Frederick VIII. Next to the heir Prince Christian.

Opposed to supporting members of the Ostenborg family to succeed the Danish king.

"Prussia has gone too far. It dares to interfere in our internal affairs. It simply doesn't care about the rules of interaction between countries."

"If you have the strength, you can do the same thing, but do we have it?"

Frederick VIII was lying on the bedside, with only Prince Christian beside him, his sister's daughter's husband and his nephew and son-in-law.

Being childless, he could only use this to maintain the continuation of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Frederick VIII was just complaining about Prussia's incoming provocation.

Prince Christian, who was next to him, was constantly trying to connect the dots, tying the relationship between the two even more closely together.

Looking at Frederick VIII, Prince Christian was in a daze because he was afraid.

I was shocked for that person in my heart. Everything seemed to be going as he told me. Even what he thought was a joke back then was now truly confirmed as the presumptive heir of Denmark.

He was William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They had met when he was the heir to the Dukes of Schleswig and Holstein. At that time, William was just Crown Prince William.

Now five years have passed, and their identities have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Suddenly, he felt terrified because he remembered that he had made a promise to this joke. If he really became the king of Denmark one day, he would be willing to give the Danish overseas territories of Iceland and Greenland to William. This shows that Denmark under his leadership will follow the lead of the Netherlands and advance and retreat together.

"Oops"

He couldn't help but say it.

Frederick VIII frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

""Nothing, nothing, just Your Majesty, I think we have forgotten that we are not alone. Like last time, we can also use foreign aid."

"It can't be that simple, foreign aid, foreign aid, don't you think you don't need gold coins? Let me tell you, the king seems to be prosperous, but in fact he is very hardworking. Did you know that in the American Civil War in the first half of this year, the British Empire and Spain intervened?"

"Naturally, this is a current event that is reporting progress every day. "European Times" is updating it every day. According to reports, the British Empire and Spain voluntarily began to withdraw from the U.S. civil war today."

"Humph, what does it mean to be voluntary? It's just a way of putting money on your face. Let me tell you, it's because the United States contributed 300 million US dollars.

The Imperial Navy of Tsarist Russia was invited to Vladivostok in the Pacific Ocean, and the few warships were dispatched in the name of a visit to warn the British Empire and Spain, and to express the close relationship between Tsarist Russia and the United States.

Humph, perhaps fearing that the effect would not be effective, Tsarist Russia also sent warships to visit New York in the Atlantic Ocean. It was in this way that it suppressed the two countries and triggered the retreat of the two countries, huh."

Frederick VIII said disdainfully.

After saying that, he extended the secret report he had just received to Christian IX, and saw that it said it came from St. Petersburg, Tsarist Russia.

Prince Christian is not a newbie in politics, and with the encrypted copy, he knows that this is the latest news intercepted by the Danish intelligence agency.

I hurriedly opened it and took a look, and I couldn't help but be horrified, "How dare the Russian Empire dare?"

"Why don't you dare? For money, what the Russian Empire is short of now is really money. Ahem, cough, cough. I didn't expect that the Americans actually thought of hiring one of the most powerful armies in the world as a thug. What a generous move. , do you understand? Now, do you still believe that they quit voluntarily?
"In fact, it is exactly what he said.

On February 1862, 2, just as William IV was convening his Privy Council meeting in Amsterdam after receiving distinguished guests from all over the world, the whole world was shocked by the news. Where did it come from, but the moment really overshadowed the focus of the European Royal Marriage Conference, because it was so shocking.

When the news reached William IV, who was holding a Privy Council meeting, it was already 18:[-] in the afternoon.

William IV just said inexplicably "It has finally begun", and then Mark Rudd told everyone about the Dutch participation in the action to resist the British and aid the United States.

It turns out that since the American Civil War in 1861, European kings have sent troops to the Americas to divide the United States. They have used various methods to divide the United States, which has made the northern government of the United States busy and exhausted. However, President Lincoln, Secretary of State Seward and others were not intimidated at this time. Your legs will be weak and you will pee your pants, or you may just grab your bag and run away.

Instead, he chose to calm down and think of countermeasures.

Finally, President Lincoln thought that the enemy of the enemy was the friend of the United States. At first, Lincoln asked for help, but he suffered from the fact that the United States had no allies.

I couldn't help but sigh that the restrictions of the Monroe Doctrine had caused the current situation of the United States, so I thought of the French Empire that helped the United States become independent. The relationship between the other party and the United States was still a traditional partner, but it was not an ally, but it was not a bad relationship. .

So an invitation was sent.

However, France is now obsessed with Mexico. Mexico is right on the other side of the United States, and its geographical location is very important to U.S. homeland security.

What Lincoln didn't expect was that France was willing to help, but with conditions. In his reply, Napoleon III demanded that the United States pay a certain price. The United States must agree with France's actions in Mexico and provide selective assistance until Mexico The candidate, who was entirely supported by France, only terminated the contract after becoming Emperor of Mexico.

Without even reading it, Lincoln threw the reply into the fire and turned it into ashes.

In fact, France had no intention of helping the United States. The next day, the British Empire sent a letter urging the United States not to waste its efforts, but to peacefully resolve the demands of the southern planters and restore the previous order in the United States.

By this time, it was not clear that the two countries were already colluding together.

At this time, when Lincoln was at a loss, and Secretary of State Seward was also at a loss, Lincoln's close political ally, Elihu B. Washburn, chairman of the Congressional Trade Committee and Appropriations Committee, stepped forward.

Unexpectedly, he mentioned the Tsarist Empire, and after making a detailed plan with several people on the spot, he sent Lincoln's envoy to St. Petersburg and sent a letter of distress to Tsar Alexander II.

Tsar Alexander II was also an ambitious man. After considering all parties, without declaring war, the Russian Imperial Fleet left St. Petersburg and arrived in New York Harbor on February 1862, 2. Their appearance caused The hesitations of Britain, Spain and France were all over the place.

At the same time, Japan discovered that for some unknown reason, the fleet deployed by Tsarist Russia, a major Western power in the north, suddenly left the port in Vladivostok and then headed east, which shocked them. The Meiji Emperor thought he was going to attack Japan, and he almost did it. They made up and fled. Fortunately, this huge fleet was far away from Japan's own country.

Heading towards the Pacific Ocean deep in the east.It wasn't until outside San Francisco on the western coast of the United States that they received the news from the newspapers a few days later. This caused them to be in the public eye for a few days, and they all yelled that Tsarist Russia was just trying to scare people.

But fortunately, thanks to the unity of the nation, there is no fear that someone will reveal who Alexander II is. Otherwise, the island nation would have been covered in corpses for thousands of miles.

However, I don’t know whether it was a coincidence or a pre-rehearsal. When the Russian Imperial Navy arrived in San Francisco on the west coast, a Dutch naval fleet consisting of 8 ships also arrived in San Francisco at the same time. It even completed the mission under the spies of the British Empire. The move of the two fleets to merge for training is too obvious. Together with the 8 Dutch warships, a total of 20 warships are here to support the United States.

At this moment, the Spanish fleet in the Pacific immediately retreated south, directly to Cuba in one go.

The French fleet also returned to the port of Mazatlan, Mazatlan Province, Mexico.

In the east, with the arrival of the Tsarist Russian navy in New York Harbor, Britain, France and Spain also chose to leave after hesitating for a while.

They left, but they also took away the news that Tsarist Russia and the Netherlands were supporting the United States, which swept the world like a storm.

The United States hired the Imperial Russian Navy for $750 million!
"This will be the headlines of newspapers around the world tomorrow." William IV looked at all the members of the Privy Council and said: "This is a day worth remembering, because from now on, the Dutch Navy will resume its journey around the world as it did in the 17th century. of all sea areas to protect our interests.”

Having said this, William IV nodded to the Prime Minister. Everyone in the conference room felt their hearts tense because they knew that this Privy Council meeting, which is held once a week except under special circumstances, would be held today according to the information received in advance. His Majesty will announce the always large and rigorous Dutch national governance plan, which involves all Dutch administrative departments. Everyone here is linked to this plan. According to His Majesty, everyone has work to do.
(ps: Chapter 2, 3414 chapters, the latter are not counted as word count, basically keep more than 6000 words every day.

Some book friends have reported that many data in this book are not clearly displayed from the beginning to the present, so it seems that the country in the book Netherlands is not so complete and pale. In fact, this is a good reminder. I would like to say thank you.

So I thought about it for a while, then I came up with some ideas and started announcing the next chapter.

Today, Monday, it is currently ranked 7th on the list of all new historical books signed. This book is currently the only foreign historical novel there (check the top 50). It is also ranked 12th in the history category today. , the QQ reading client’s new historical books are ranked [-]th.

Maybe it’s because the name is too long and I can only see half of it, which affects the visual effect, so the recommendation votes and collections can’t keep up, so I need everyone’s support even more.

Ranked 22nd on the all foreign history list (what I want to say is, are foreign historical novels really so niche?

A mixture of joy and sorrow!

I am happy that the ranking is high, but sadly this shows that there are too few people writing foreign historical novels and there is little competition, so the ranking can jump up quickly in this list, but in the general list of all types of novels, it is After being beaten, I have said so much. In fact, I want to say that foreign history is not easy, and writing a book is not easy. If you like it, you can vote for each other. I really need all kinds of votes in your hands.)
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