Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 8 Formation of Hope Alliance
Berlin.

The Army Chief of Staff, Moltke, said proudly: "The invasion of Denmark is just an illusion. So what if William IV of the Netherlands knew about our possible actions? He would never have imagined that our invasion of Denmark was a fake and just one of them. In fact, we wanted to The real thing is to bring greedy Austria in and consume Austria’s strength.”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Prime Minister Bismarck with admiration. Only he could think of such a link.

William I also felt extremely satisfied in his heart. He originally asked von Rowan to recommend Bismarck to Bismarck when he was just a prince under his brother William IV. After his first attempt to win over Bismarck was rejected, the two The bad relationship was alleviated, and in such a grand way, he was finally taken under his command last year, forming the current iron triangle of his subordinates. For Bismarck, even Crown Prince Frederick was scolded by him many times for his different political views.

Bismarck was indeed the Bismarck he knew and understood. After more than ten years, his diplomatic and political skills had become more mature. He felt that he was a secret bole. Having received a few people was God's best care for him.

William IV said: "The battle for the leadership of the German Confederation between Austria and Prussia has been going on for many years. It is time to end it."

"How did your majesty see it?" If Tolbeck understood something, Hesbert Feng also understood it immediately, and the Minister of the Interior Jonler asked in confusion.

Finance Minister Jan. von Capellor said at this time: "Because Prussia has developed to the extreme, it needs to be swallowed up to develop itself, and the German Confederation has Austria, which has always been Prussia's biggest resistance. Therefore, we I guess that in the next step, Prussia will directly confront Austria. Even, given the success-loving personalities of Austria’s current King Franz Joseph I and Prime Minister Archduke Rainer Ferdinand, if, I mean if, assuming that Prussia When Prussia was about to use force against Denmark, Xu Yi suddenly invited Austria to participate in the conflict, and then threw the hard nut to Austria. Then "

"As a result, Austria has lost its troops and its national strength has been sharply reduced. Will Prussia take the opportunity to deal with other countries in the German Confederation?" Interior Minister Joan Leer asked in surprise.

"Yes, even, I guess, if Prussian William I and Prussia were ruthless and decisive enough, why didn't Bismarck and William I directly march towards Austria, which was weak at this time, to further cripple the opponent?" Tolbeck said in a surprising way. The way.

Ah!
Haysbet and Feng looked at Prime Minister Tolbeck with a serious face in shock. They looked at William IV respectfully, and then said: "Don't look at me like that. Haven't you noticed? All of this is Is His Majesty deliberately leading us in this direction until now?"

Several people recalled that this was really the case. From the beginning to the end, they were led by William IV. Thinking of this, they couldn't help but be horrified. They didn't believe that they had fallen into His Majesty's train of thought. If you don’t know yourself, what should you do if you are an enemy? Are you still helping others count their money after being sold?
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but shudder collectively, it was too dangerous.

At the same time, when he looked at William IV again, there was some color in his eyes after being conquered that even they didn't know about.

Seeing this, William IV nodded to Torbeck, satisfied with the other party's guidance.

Looking at the people in front of him, William IV was extremely satisfied. They were all good, and more importantly, this team was very young.

The average age is less than 40 years old. With the current living environment, as long as nothing unexpected happens, it will not be a problem for these people to live to be 70 years old. That is to say, it will not be a problem for them to serve under William IV for 20 years. 20 years will be enough to complete the project. Enough is enough for many things that are important to the Netherlands.

He couldn't help but look forward to the good news brought back by his Minister of Defense, Stufan Bales, but he was not in a hurry now, because this person was currently visiting Spain, and he was accompanied by the Minister of the Navy, Vincent Atter. Visiting Portugal.

So he asked some questions about these two people. Everything was going according to plan, and he was extremely satisfied. Spain would be another long-term ally of his, a partner in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. William IV wanted to build a To unite allies in those two places to fight against the encroachment policy of the British Empire, the Kingdom of Spain, which has a Philippine colony next to East India, is definitely a good choice.

What's more, both countries also have colonies in the Caribbean, Spain's Cuba and Dutch Guyana, and the navies of the two countries are also equally powerful. Together, they have surpassed France in terms of total tonnage and are approaching the British Empire.

As for the Kingdom of Prussia, the most needed ally of the Netherlands at present, it is done secretly. After all, Prussia has risen too fast, is too jealous, and is too close, and it is easy to cause trouble for the Netherlands, and those few people every A peaceful master.

As for Spain, there is no need to worry. Its geographical location is enough to represent a lot of things. What's more, the Spanish influence in the Americas is what the Netherlands needs to rely on, so that it can invest more good things in many of William I's ideas, such as The Latin (i.e. Spanish) ethnic group supported Washburn, who was supported by the Netherlands, to run for president of the United States. It was not a big deal against the British and French people, but Washburn established his own faction in the Republican Party, and some Spanish support made it even more powerful.But it's still early, so I won't comment for now. "The alliance between Spain and us is imperative. Queen Isabel is easier to deal with than Queen Victoria." William IV looked at several people in turn, and finally looked at Foreign Minister Hesbert von, "Even if it is I don’t hesitate to use male pets.”

After saying that, William IV ignored the weird looks of others and couldn't help but sigh at the many legends about Queen Isabel. For example, 6 of her nine children were born in different lives. Although this was only a legend he had heard in his previous life, It has not been proven, but he believes in a truth, that is, there is no smoke without fire. He believes that the fly will not bite the seamless egg, which is groundless. Obviously, the current Queen of Spain is not rigorous enough in this regard, or too much. Be open.

Therefore, William IV has made up his mind to stay away from his daughter on the matter of marriage, so as not to know about it even if his head is green.

When William IV and others were discussing various countries at the Dutch Palace in Amsterdam, there were also people in London talking about him.

This person is Queen Victoria and her Prime Minister Palmerston.

Before the two discussed the Netherlands, Henry John Tapper, Viscount Palmerston, and Victoria had just rolled their eyes and looked red.

Since becoming Foreign Secretary in 1830, in order to allow the British Empire and Tsarist Russia to compete for hegemony, Temple advocated maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and supporting the country. At the same time, he deliberately provoked the sensitivities of Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire in important areas south of Tsarist Russia that wanted to expand. Nervous bridgehead of the Crimean War.

He also regarded France as the main competitor of the British Empire in the Kingdom of Greece, Egypt with the Suez Canal, the Iberian Peninsula (later the Saudi Peninsula) and the Mediterranean. He favored the unification of Italy by the Savoy dynasty as a check on Napoleon III of the French Empire.

In the current struggle between Prussia and Austria for the leadership of the German Confederation, he, like Queen Victoria, supports Prussia, hoping that it will grow up to become a strong enemy of France and Tsarist Russia in order to maintain the current balance of power in Europe that is somewhat tilted towards Tsarist Russia and France, especially in the After Metternich's death, Austria had become decadent. Without this complete function, it could no longer stop Tsarist Russia and France on its own.

When he intervened in the current civil war in the United States, he tried to support the southern slave owners in order to obtain the greatest benefits. If he won, he could divide the rich fruits of the northern industrial belt of the United States.

But now the workers of the British Empire are dissatisfied, because America has begun to fight back against the intervention of the British Empire, restricting the entry of industrial products from the British Empire, which has caused a large number of unemployment among the workers of the British Empire, which has aroused the workers' dissatisfaction with him.

As Foreign Secretary in 1830, he controlled the external affairs of the British Empire.

In 1837, Princess Victoria succeeded to the throne of the Queen of the British Empire. The two began to cooperate tacitly in carrying out foreign aggression activities, including countries in the Far East, controlling global sea power, and dominating world trade.

The "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" has clearly become an existence that can compete with the world, and the prosperity of the British Empire naturally goes beyond that. During this period, Maxwell, the greatest scientist since Newton, Dickens, the most outstanding litterateur since Shakespeare, and the pioneer of liberal policies appeared. Gladstone and the famous diplomat Palmerston himself.

It can be said that there are many talents. Many people in the Far East do not know the name Palmerston, but later generations around the world know his famous saying: The British Empire has neither eternal allies nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests!
For decades, it can be said that he was known to everyone in Europe. He served as Foreign Secretary for 1830 years from 16 to 1855 and was re-elected as Prime Minister in 1859.

For more than 30 years, Queen Victoria's foreign policy was dominated by Palmerston. His strategies were far-reaching, his techniques were superb, and his calculations were precise. Looking at the diplomatic history of the European continent for hundreds and thousands of years, except for the one in 1859 Except for the late Austrian Prime Minister Metternich, no one can compare with him.

"But now it seems that there is another opponent, Bismarck? It's interesting!
But who else? "

　Here’s a make-up for yesterday’s Chapter 3!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)