Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 69 Junior Sister Alexandra
The Netherlands' strength in Europe is not considered top-notch. Even with its hidden naval strength, it can only be considered a medium power with a first-class navy. Its shortcomings of a population of 600 million and its small area in Europe have limited its potential. Development potential.

Therefore, developing overseas is the only opportunity for the Netherlands to stand up. Looking around the world, the Netherlands can strengthen its position. Only a few areas are occupied by the Americas.

Those who want to develop less influenced by European countries are the Pacific region far away from Europe. Until the end of the 19th century, it received little real attention from European countries and was only treated as a kind of colonization. .

It just so happens that the Netherlands happens to own overseas territories there.

Some people will say why not just dive into Europe = Europe and vigorously develop the Pacific region.

William IV was like this at the beginning, but you must know that if you want to develop quietly, not everyone else is willing to see you develop like this.

The UK has a great sense of crisis. Every time a European country develops to a certain level, it finds itself on the verge of being caught up.It will take action, and the method is almost to make other similar threatening countries in Europe come to fight you. Finally, when you two are exhausted, it will slowly reveal its hidden body, and then judge you with its own interests. Role, come to pronounce judgment with you, causing countries to threaten its strength and fall back.

"The Netherlands needs to involve France, a European country and a maritime power, in order to win the vigilant support of other important European countries towards Britain. The Netherlands does not want Prussia to enter the fast lane of fighting with France now.

To prevent the British from spreading hatred around the Netherlands, causing wars around the Netherlands and hindering the development of the Netherlands, that is why I am pushing for the establishment of the tripartite agreement.

My purpose is not only to form a Dutch-Prussian alliance. In fact, my real purpose is to establish an alliance without Britain and to be wary of Britain. The Netherlands does not want to see a European u, especially Western European countries, divided by the British issue. "

The Netherlands could therefore only advance from a defensive force to a deterrent force.

The Netherlands’ choice to choose the Kingdom of Prussia as the best security partner to meet its security needs is a pragmatic and unsurprising decision.

There were five reasons why he allowed Prussia to join the Triple Pact.

Historically, the Netherlands had close military and security relations with the North German Confederation, including Prussia;

A common religious system, that is, both are Protestant Lutherans, and both have a certain degree of wariness against Catholicism;

The Netherlands, France and Prussia all viewed Britain as a long-term potential threat. '

Both the Netherlands and Prussia are dissatisfied with the surge in imports of British industrial products, because this has caused dumping on the development of local industrial products and reduced employment development in countries such as the Netherlands. They are increasingly dissatisfied with the lack of employment opportunities in the three countries;

Britain's naval supremacy has caused anti-British sentiments among the three countries to jointly develop their navies and gradually expand their scale.

The three-nation pact is less an alliance than a warning that the region could face increasing instability from British involvement, and a call for each country to forge closer partnerships with others in the region.

The signing of this alliance by the three countries has heralded a formal change in the Dutch policy. It marks the transformation of the Dutch defense policy from a historical defense policy to a deterrent force, preparing for the possibility of participating in various military operations in the European region in collaboration with France and Prussia.The agreement also reinforces the importance of defense and security relations between the Netherlands and its partners.

As William IV emphasized at the Privy Council meeting, the Netherlands is now facing the greatest opportunity and greatest crisis in a century. The relationship with its partner countries will reshape the Netherlands' status in Europe, and at the same time, it will also affect the Netherlands' position in the Far East. development, creating a certain degree of assistance, because if Europe is strong, the Dutch territories in the Pacific and Indian Ocean will be strong, and if the European mainland is weak, then those areas will be continuously invaded by European countries.

Therefore, this is the most important and significant strategic adjustment since the Netherlands fought four naval wars with Britain and finally lost.

Therefore, the Kingdom of the Netherlands under his leadership will increase defense spending to 10% of the country's GDP.

Especially since January this year, the Netherlands, Britain, France, and Prussia have been involved in the escalating internal disputes in Belgium. This tug-of-war began in 1, when Belgium, with the support of Britain, broke away from the Netherlands on its own. The current situation is destined.

Especially now with the general election in Belgium, the pro-British royal family and government, as well as the pro-Dutch, pro-French and pro-Prussian forces are complicated.This election is a melee in which each is working on his or her own affairs, each striving to win by proxy.

"Your Majesty, Princess Alexandra of Denmark also came to attend this marriage meeting. It is said that since she joined Princess Victoria of the Kingdom of Prussia last year through the help of King Leopold I of the Belgian Palace, she is now married to Queen Victoria. The eldest son, Crown Prince Edward, has a good relationship, so King Edward has just arrived in Amsterdam and is visiting the Danish embassy.”

Just as the meeting was about to begin, McKay Sean, director of the Dutch International Intelligence Agency, whispered the news in his ear.

Lightly nodded.

Immediately, William IV looked at the men in front of him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It has been almost seven years since he came to this world.

In 1856, his soul traveled to the body of Crown Prince William of the Netherlands, who was visiting the Kingdom of Denmark. William had just turned 16 at the time.

Along with William III, the father of the King of the Netherlands, he visited Frederick VII of Denmark to discuss an agreement on mutual assistance at sea between the two countries, especially in the Bei Sea. They jointly resisted the pressure from the British Empire and sought cooperation, but he never thought about it. William had a dispute with Prince Christian, the presumptive heir of Denmark, because the two had a dispute over the Danish national treasure-the future fairy tale king Andersen.

It turned out that William came from a later generation and was very familiar with this name. He immediately wanted to ask Andersen to be his literary teacher and 'communicate' with him more.

But Prince Christian objected, because he invited Andersen to be a teacher for her eldest daughter Alexandra and several of her children. The two were also good friends, so how could they be cut off halfway? So he argued with reason and became Andersen's student. However, behind him, there were several junior students who were future members of the Danish royal family.

I don’t know how that girl Alexandra is doing now. She was born in 1844 and has just turned 18 years old. I don’t know if she still remembers what they did under the moonlight in Copenhagen, Denmark. many
[ps: The relationship between the two is the source of the Danish situation in the second volume of this article. The second volume will be a reason for the Netherlands to participate in the Temper War, and it is also the reason why the Netherlands even joined the Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Nordic countries). An alliance from 1397 to 1524 (an alliance established to fight against the Hanseatic League, the predecessor of the German Confederation) was the beginning of the Netherlands' official show of its claws in Europe. From then on, it would face the world as a powerful country. , everyone please wait patiently and continue to support. 】

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