Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 61 The Netherlands is late, Canada has no hope

Buckingham Palace.

Palmerston had no objection and sighed: "His Majesty William IV is indeed not simple."

"What kind of non-simple method?" Queen Victoria asked with a sneer,

"I have been in contact with him. He is very calm and likes to make arrangements in an orderly manner. Take this marriage conference. He said it was cancelled, and he canceled it without any hesitation. He seemed not to worry about the consequences. of European royal families were dissatisfied”

Palmerston said worriedly, "I didn't believe it at first, but after this trip to the Netherlands, I was convinced that William IV was indeed the driving force behind the turmoil in Belgium for so many days."

"Are you sure?" Queen Victoria immediately straightened up, her stern face fully exposed. The cold Atlantic air in February had not dissipated yet, as if it had frozen again at this moment.

"It can't be wrong," Palmerston said: "From the beginning of Belgium to now, the characters in the series are all in secret. However, combined with the recent quietness of Prussia and France, the liveliness of the Netherlands seems abrupt in contrast, and the Prussian and French two The Chinese are not fools, and Napoleon III and Bismarck will not be easily used by others. How can they be used by the Netherlands?

Revealing them so abruptly was obviously a deliberate hint to His Majesty and me. It was too strong to highlight Holland as the protagonist.

Coupled with the Dutch expansion in the Pacific, there is no need to question it. "

"Then what is he trying to do?" Queen Victoria frowned and said dissatisfied: "Actually, according to my opinion, the Netherlands under William IV was disobedient and had no awareness of being a country that lagged behind others. So it would be a shame to directly destroy the British Empire. The warships sailed to Rotterdam and Amsterdam and made a circle. I don’t believe that the Dutch government and parliament, how can that little guy William IV still have such unrestrained ambitions and plan for the world.”

"As long as those Dutch moderates who are afraid of the British Empire's gunboats come to power, as well as businessmen who have many interests in the British Empire, and other people from other walks of life stand in the way, William IV may follow in the footsteps of his father William III and become a It is not impossible for a king to be castrated."

With the attack on the constitutional monarchy in Europe in 1848, the power of kings in European countries was basically divided a lot.

The most typical example is Oscar I of Sweden. Because of this, the parliament did not cooperate with the Norwegian issue. In the end, although Norway continued to respect Oscar I and the current king Carl XV as kings, Norway produced a prime minister and a Norwegian parliament. With independent autonomy from Sweden, except for the garrison and diplomacy, Sweden is still in charge. Everything else is undoubtedly an independent kingdom.

But Norway is much better than Ireland.

The latter pays all the taxes, while Norway is self-reliant and self-reliant.

"Exactly what I want to say," Palmerston said seriously; "During my time in Amsterdam, the information I obtained through communicating with our embassy staff is sufficient to prove it."

Palmerston's weather-beaten old face showed surprise, and he said to Queen Victoria: "The Kingdom of the Netherlands appears to be a constitutional monarchy, but in fact, it is a centralized monarchy under William IV, the King of the Netherlands."

"Boom!"

A delicate tea cup suddenly fell from the queen's hand to the ground, and it circled on the ground several times before stopping.

"Ah! What?" Queen Victoria stood up in a state of disbelief. Regardless of dropping the teacup on the ground, she hurriedly asked: "How can the Netherlands return it?"

"Your Majesty, although this disaster swept Europe, some countries were not really affected, right?"

Tsarist Russia, Prussia, Austria, the Ottomans, and Napoleon III, who only changed to a constitutional monarchy a few years ago, all withstood that storm.

However, no one expected that the Netherlands, as a small country, would secretly subvert the power and change the pillars. This really shocked Palmerston's speculation.

A centralized Dutch king is definitely not two different concepts from a Dutch king who is bound by parliament and the constitution. Anyone who understands politics knows this.

Even if you don't know, you will understand that it will be used to check and balance the king in a while, but when this parliament is changed to the surname Wang, then it means that the king is already the most powerful person in this country.

As soon as the king speaks from Chrysostom, it becomes a decree!
Queen Victoria was stunned.

After Britain actually escaped the great European Revolution, Queen Victoria and Palmerston had an idea and promoted its development behind the scenes.

In the end, it really swept across Europe, and even the middle powers such as Sweden, Portugal, and Spain could not withstand it. In the end, they had no choice but to delegate power to parliament to calm the storm.

France, the origin of France, was a republic without an emperor at that time. Napoleon the Younger was still the president of the country. However, Napoleon the Younger was finally restored in 1852 and became the new French Empire. This caused the royal families of various countries to curse the French Napoleon the Younger, now Napoleon III, for causing harm. People are not shallow.

Therefore, even if Napoleon III was strong, he could only finally agree to make France a constitutional monarchy.

Even France has bowed, but the little Netherlands can still hold on?Queen Victoria looked at Palmerston in confusion, listening to his explanation and analysis.

"According to the final analysis of the intelligence collected by our embassy, ​​both factions in the Netherlands have now completely pledged their allegiance to King William IV. In other words, there is no longer any opposition to King William IV in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. group"

"That is to say?"

"Your Majesty, in other words, as long as William IV makes the right decision in the Netherlands, it will definitely be passed by the Dutch Parliament and take effect immediately."

After finishing speaking, Palmerston's eyes revealed deep fear. A Dutch country with a relatively strong military would not have the ambition to annex each other among the major European countries, not to mention that basically all countries have constitutional monarchies. Legislation, parliamentary checks and balances, and checks and balances between monarchs and ministers have prevented countries from quickly reaching agreement on their foreign policies.

Even Queen Victoria in the UK, although because of her strength, the policies she supported were often passed, she also encountered repeated opposition from the old aristocracy and the new business class when it came to reforming internal matters. I have a terrible headache.

In particular, the dispute between the Whigs and the Tories was about to turn into opposition for the sake of opposition.

The Queen is dissatisfied with the British two-party system.

Comparing the two events, one can imagine how great the shock to Queen Victoria was caused by the acquisition of power by William IV of the Netherlands.

"No, Your Majesty the Viscount, we cannot tolerate the Netherlands becoming powerful in Europe again," Queen Victoria said firmly.

"But Your Majesty, the strength of European countries is now well hidden, and it is difficult for us to see through it. If we look at the actions of the Netherlands from another perspective, it can be regarded as a good opportunity, so that we can use the Netherlands to discover brand new Continental Europe,"

Palmerston sighed: "It's a pity that William IV is too wary of us, so I don't have a chance to make a move.

However, he agreed that I would use the situation in Belgium as a game of chess and invited me to play a game with him. The deadline is April 2th, two months later. However, whether it is a complete victory or the upper hand, it is the winner. If I win, the Netherlands will We will completely withdraw from all plans for Belgium.”

"What if we lose?" Queen Victoria asked, she had a bad feeling.

"If he wins, Britain will exchange Dutch overseas territories"

Queen Victoria looked at him in surprise. After Palmerston confirmed, she asked: "How to exchange?"

Palmerston walked slowly to the huge map hanging on the wall, which was more than 2 meters wide and 3 meters long. He pointed at the Kalimantan Island in Southeast Asia and said: "The Netherlands is preparing to use the East Kalimantan Province and Kalimantan Province in Kalimantan." In exchange for West Kalimantan, we start from the Queen Charlotte Islands in the Pacific, follow the Peace River to the Great Slave Lake, and allocate it to the Netherlands north of the mouth of the Nelson River.

"Equivalent to the Queen Charlotte Islands, all of British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the Arctic Islands, Saskatchewan, etc.,"

Palmerston has worked hard to count these areas one by one.

Queen Victoria's originally somewhat cold gaze suddenly struck Palmerston with even more chill.

For some reason, Palmerston suddenly had a bad feeling.

Although he didn't know why, he always believed in his hunch, and he had relied on this hunch to achieve many victories in the past.

Queen Victoria said: "I'm afraid it won't work there, because just two days before you went to the Netherlands, the leader of the Tory Party, Benjamin Disraeli, came. He came with a lot of bourgeois ideas, because Britain should In terms of Canadian development, increasing efforts will not allow the United States to take the lead, so I’m sorry.”

Such a thing happened?
Palmerston felt doubtful, but he didn't want to ask Queen Victoria deeply. He just looked at her with a wry smile, "It seems that I am going to admit defeat to William IV. Unexpectedly, I lost before I even started." "

"No" Victoria stopped: "The British Empire will naturally not admit defeat, let alone the promise made by the Prime Minister of the British Empire personally. We naturally need to continue to implement it."

Seeing Palmerston's confusion, Queen Victoria said: "Since William IV has his eye on Canada, there is obviously something he likes there. In this case, Disraeli just happened to be an excuse to block him." Mouth, also, since it is the Dutch territory in the Pacific, naturally we should also exchange the territory in the Pacific. Let's do this. The Viscount will send me a telegram back to William IV later, and I agree to this inevitable decision. deal, but what the UK is willing to offer is not those Canadian territories, but "

Palmerston immediately became interested in the location of the transaction she was about to announce. Where would it be?
Canada is out of business, is it India?Malaya?still?
(Where will it be?

The answer is in the next chapter.

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