Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 125

"Prussia is that I have a gun, do you have money?"

"Prussia is a military regime established after the Teutonic Knights returned to Europe. This country has a strong tradition of military patriotism."

Faced with hundreds of people, Pierson acted leisurely and complacently.

"In the early days, Prussia was just a small country in Eastern Europe on the coast of the Baltic Sea. In 1619, Brandenburg and Prussia combined to form a commonwealth, and Prussia officially joined and became the sphere of influence of the German nation."

Since the beginning of the 18th century, Prussia has been fighting hard to support the third largest army in Europe with a population outside the top ten in Europe. At its peak, its strength even reached more than 150,000 people.

The country's army training is very strict. Soldiers have to shoot more than 165 pounds of training bombs a year, while French soldiers in the same period went to the battlefield with 30 shots. In actual combat, when infantrymen of other countries can fire three shots per minute, The Prussian soldiers had already completed 4 shots. "

Nicholas Pearson said solemnly: "Everyone, this neighbor of ours is already extremely powerful, even so big that the Tsarist Russian Empire has begun to fear the Kingdom of Prussia in recent years, and the Austrian Empire is even more afraid to attack Prussia. The Netherlands needs Be wary of this country.

During Prussia's War of Succession to the Austrian Empire, although Britain was an ally of the Austrian Empire at the time, it urged Austria to accept Prussia's invasion of Silesia. With the support of Britain, Prussia's territory suddenly increased by one-third.

Just like other countries have a hero to make countries rise, Frederick the Great of Prussia was keenly aware that what Britain cared about most was to weaken the strength of the two land powers, Austria and France, which happened to be Prussia. The biggest hurdle in expansion.

However, at that time, the commodity economy in Central Europe was not as developed as that of Western Europe, and the Central European countries were unable to borrow heavily. In order to support the war machine, the two countries hit it off. The United Kingdom borrowed money from Prussia for development, which weakened the dominance of these countries over the European continent. , Yingpu formed an alliance.

Ladies and gentlemen, the biggest advantage of Prussia is that their elite army has the upper hand in the face of the puffy Austrian army all the year round. There are also a large number of German Confederations between Prussia and Prussia as a buffer. It is impossible for Prussia to be eliminated by France. .

This location is exactly a good place for investment in the UK.

Thus, since the War of the Austrian Succession, the alliance of England and the Kingdom of Prussia has been indestructible.

As long as the United Kingdom continued to transfuse blood to Prussia, Prussia would continue to weaken the strength of France and Austria on the European continent, compressing their power in Central and Western Europe, while the smart Prussia could use the financial resources of the United Kingdom to expand its own power, and finally reached the 19th In the 1950s, the German Confederation became the de facto existence after the Austrian Empire.

During the Seven Years War, Prussia received more than 6.5 million pounds in funding from the United Kingdom every year. This money was only a drop in the bucket for the United Kingdom, but it was enough for Prussia to fight with the surrounding countries until the men were almost exhausted.

However, when Prussia fought Denmark for Schleswig in the 1850s, Austria began to feel a sense of crisis within the German Confederation, and Prussia, who wanted to gain leadership, fought against Austria, but in the end the Tsarist Empire stood He came out and stood behind Joseph Franz I of Austria. Although France expressed its neutrality, it was also vigilant against Prussia, a new entrant. It seemed to be impartial, but in fact it was biased towards the Austrian Empire.

The United Kingdom, a country that has supported Prussia for a long time, became indifferent when Prussia needed its help, which made Prussia fully recognize the ruthlessness of the other party, so Prussia signed many agreements, admitting After the humiliating treaty between the Austrian Empire and the German Confederation, the Austrian Empire no longer had the same intimacy and enthusiasm for the United Kingdom. Even Queen Victoria's idea of ​​saving her eldest daughter, Princess Victoria, to Crown Prince Frederick to save the alliance between the two countries, also Ignored by many hardliners in power in Prussia.

Ladies and gentlemen, Prussia has a strong national strength and a well-trained army. With the help of British funds for dozens of hundreds of years, the army has risen and has become one of the five major European countries in the late anti-Napoleonic period.

However, they were Central European countries at that time. After they won the Rhine Province in the German Confederation in 1815, they became Western European countries and bordered us. They were a great threat to the mainland of the Netherlands and had to be guarded against.

However, the existence of the Tsarist Empire, which has always been an ally of the Netherlands, has made the Kingdom of Prussia scruples to engage in bad relations with us.

"clap clap"

This time, William IV did not directly let the next person speak, but ended up saying this topic: "Prussia is now an ally with us. It seems inappropriate for us to talk about each other like this, but we are here at the Diplomatic Academy, and it is about the Dutch diplomatic community. A great event, so you can talk about your concerns without hesitation.

Just like what Ambassador Pearson said just now, in his opinion, Prussia is like that. When he said this, he may make everyone feel what kind of image another country is in the heart of an ambassador.

You can even look up how some of the work that Ambassador Pearson did in Prussia in the past revolved around how to get in touch with this country. This is a window, so that students can quickly think about problems from the perspective of work.

Since students can, then colleagues can also learn from each other, this is not competition, but mutual promotion”

William IV did not participate in any commentary on Pearson's attitude towards Prussia, but after explaining the purpose of this course ~www.mtlnovel.com~, to the Dutch ambassador to the Russian Empire, Calvin K. Colin Road:

"Since we talked about the Tsarist Russia Empire, then Colin, as the Dutch ambassador stationed in the Tsarist Russia Empire, tell everyone how you think the Tsarist Russia Empire rose."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Calvin Colin, 37 years old this year, is also a veteran of the Dutch diplomatic circle. Before he became the Dutch ambassador to the Tsarist Empire, he was the Dutch ambassador to the Kingdom of Greece, so he has extensive diplomatic experience.

"To know the Tsarist Empire, you should actually know the people in the country. In St. Petersburg, many well-known writers call the Tsarist Russians two-legged animals in a self-deprecating manner, often ridiculing that the Tsarist Russians are cheaper than the Prussians."

The Tsarist Russian Empire has been an ally of the Netherlands for hundreds of years. Colin actually said that, which made everyone here feel strange.

As soon as this comment came out, the venue became quiet, and even William IV looked calm.

Colin had long anticipated this consequence, but he was determined and didn't care, because he was confident that when he said what he knew, everyone would choose this statement.

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