Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 271

Kingdom of Prussia, Berlin.

"All major powers hope that the North American Civil War will end as soon as possible. Although the relationship between the United States of America and the United States of America has become more tense after the outbreak of the war in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom can better influence the situation in Europe. The long-term conflict, resulting in a gradual decline in the purchasing power of the Confederate countries, will increase the resistance to Britain's economic recovery.

Nonetheless, it was impossible for Britain to drop its stature and ask the prevailing Commonwealth of Millikin to end the offensive.

Therefore, for Britain, the Netherlands supports the actions of the Commonwealth of the North. The United Kingdom is secretly disappointed and even a little angry. The United Kingdom hopes that the Netherlands will join the sanctions against the Commonwealth of America in the north and prohibit the sale of weapons to the Commonwealth of America. It is hoped that the Netherlands will cut off the long-term friendly relationship with Tsarist Russia, but it is well aware of the historical origin and status quo of the relationship between the Netherlands and the Tsarist Russia Empire, so the United Kingdom finally gave up. "

In the Prussian Royal Palace, sitting opposite Bismarck is William I, alongside General Moltke, Crown Prince Frederick and 17-year-old grandson William.

William Wang couldn't bear it any longer, and hurriedly asked, "Why is the UK still hesitating to win over the Netherlands? Is the position of the Netherlands really that important and irreplaceable?"

Bismarck took a deep breath, then said calmly: "In order to check and balance France, the United Kingdom attracted the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire. After the dynasty established by Napoleon I was finally defeated, the United Kingdom was worried that the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire would be too large on the European continent. It was too close and threatened Britain's interests in the European continent. Therefore, in order to break the dominant Austrian Empire in the German Confederation, the United Kingdom supported the unwilling to be a small Prussia in the German Confederation.”

William I glanced at his grandson and sighed: "Everyone should know how frequent Britain's economic blood transfusions to Prussia are, and finally we rose up with a strong military policy and became a stable country comparable to Austria.

In 1850, we Prussia wanted to establish an alliance to unite the northern German states to make Prussia stronger, but this caused panic in Austria and the Tsarist Russian Empire. Austria and Russia feared that Prussia would grow and dominate the affairs of the German Confederation, so they imposed it on Prussia. Pressure, although the United Kingdom supported it, but the Russian Empire was persuaded by Austrian Joseph I, and finally Chen Bing 100,000 under the border between the two countries and Poland, Prussia finally compromised, temporarily put aside the plan to agree to the northern Germany, and was forced to sign a funeral. -The Treaty of Olmitz of the Power ru- State, Prussia was forced to inherit the leading state of the German Confederation or Austria. "

Little William continued to ask: "If that's the case, why didn't Britain continue to support Prussia?"

William I looked lovingly at William's curious eyes, and he explained: "Because, Prussia is stronger."

"Stronger?" Little William. "Isn't that what the UK wants to see?"

Bismarck looked at the second heir to the Prussian throne and explained: "His Royal Highness, people grow up and want to divide their families. Prussia supported by Britain has become stronger, and it is time for a conflict with Britain."

"Prussia is strong and threatens the interests of Britain. The British are timid. They are afraid of everything that threatens the rise of their country. Therefore, they once again support other countries, and the Netherlands is the latest support object of the United Kingdom, although it is difficult to see What is the real benefit of the British support from the Netherlands, but it is undeniable that the United Kingdom has always been very tolerant of the Dutch policy, so the Netherlands, the wall blocking Prussia, has been used.”

Little William said displeasedly: "British people are too bad"

He has forgotten that his mother, Princess Victoria, the wife of Crown Prince Frederick next to him, and the current Crown Princess of Prussia are all British.

Crown Prince Frederick watched his son open his mouth, and in the end, he chose to remain silent.

France, Paris.

The French Emperor Napoleon III and Prime Minister Olivier were also discussing this time.

"The Netherlands is a key part of Britain's "Central-European strategy" to contain Prussia. Once the Netherlands' policy is too harsh, or if they have a bad relationship, the Netherlands is very likely to fall strategically to the alliance between Prussia and the Netherlands, and no longer care about the feelings of the United Kingdom.

"Your Majesty is right, the UK will not push the Netherlands to Prussia casually, and the Netherlands will not easily fall to Prussia unless it has to. There is a behemoth France beside him, which has already worried the Netherlands. Prussia is too intimate, which is not much good for the Netherlands, but a lot of harm.

After all, if you are too close to Prussia, you will hate Britain, France, AustriHungary, and even the Tsarist Russia Empire will doubt the independence of the Netherlands, and Denmark, the Dutch ally, has just been taken by Prussia. Schleswig and Hols Tyne two places, dissatisfied. At this time, if the Netherlands is too close to Prussia, not to mention the Danish royal family, even the commoners will be very disgusted, and the same is true of Sweden.

Therefore, the neutrality of the Netherlands at this time is the opportunity to rise. The Netherlands has the economic motivation to adjust the contradictions between these countries. At the same time, the Dutch act as important mediators in international conflicts, which is conducive to establishing a good international reputation for the country, improving its international influence, building the status of a major world power”

Napoleon III took this seriously and said: "The recently established national court in The Hague, the Netherlands, was built for this purpose. William IV has been planning for a long time, and even created a crisis to let all countries join this organization."

Olivier said with a wry smile: "Yes, as Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and other countries have submitted applications, the number of members of the International Court of Justice in The Hague has exceeded double digits, which is more than half of the countries in Europe and the United States. , If the Netherlands can link the judicial departments of these countries, then it will have a very large influence on the countries in the future. Regarding this move of William IV, Your Majesty, France has to guard against it.”

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

William IV sneezed suddenly, he guessed, someone must have mentioned him, and it was transnational.

When he thinks of transnationalism, he thinks of today's international political game.

This international political game is just like playing chess. It needs to be stable, and every move needs to be meaningful.

William IV is like that today. Many people don't understand that every action he makes contains many pits, yes, pits dug for various countries.

The United Kingdom hoped that the war in the Balkans would end, but the Tsarist Russian Empire did not buy it, and the Ottoman Empire was the same. In the face of the tough Tsarist Russian Empire, the two countries had to continue to maintain, and it was difficult to lose face.

Why is Tsarist Russia so confident? In fact, in addition to the Tsarist Russia, it is because Tsarist Russia also has weapons made in the Netherlands and firearms and ammunition produced by the factories built by the Netherlands in the Tsarist Russian Empire.

The longer the war between Tsarist Russia and Britain and Austria lasts, the higher the price they pay, especially the economy of the three countries, and the economic opportunities of the Tsarist Russia Empire will be more dependent on the capital and arms of the Netherlands, not to mention the Tsarist Empire's own production and design. And so on, if it were possible, there would be no weapons of the Tsarist Empire soldiers that have always been the technology of the middle and lower reaches of Europe.

Therefore, the Russian Empire has always been in short supply of Dutch weapons.

The historical relationship between the Netherlands and Tsarist Russia and the regular foreign ministers' meeting mechanism have not stopped once in the five years since William IV succeeded to the throne. Therefore, the quasi-alliance relationship between the two countries' strategic cooperative partners has caused great headaches for the United Kingdom. Even Britain was afraid that if the Netherlands, Prussia, and Tsarist Russia formed a treaty, it would further exploit the British leadership.

The value of William IV and even the Netherlands in the British continental strategy is why it is so unscrupulous. This is true even when facing France, because France, like Prussia, is now unwilling to lose this not weak buffer country to slow down the struggle between France and Prussia.

These are also the reasons why countries did not mention the Netherlands in the second place in this arms transaction, but expressed dissatisfaction with the UK's 30 million pounds.

"The Netherlands' current arms are basically stable. Even if it increases, it will only be technically. After continuing to innovate, countries will increase their arms purchases on a large scale, or unless a war breaks out, the Netherlands will only order orders. will increase.

These are for the Army, but the Navy."

William IV's eyes brightened, but the navy was the biggest money-making arms machine in the 19th or even 20th century.

A battleship will cost more than 10,000 pounds to move ~ www.mtlnovel.com~ That is a sail battleship, and a steam battleship is not painful, because almost all steam battleships are iron armored, all counted together, the previous 6 and If the sailing battleship is only more than 10,000 pounds, then the steam iron armored battleship can be increased by at least three times. That is 30,000 pounds, and the Tier 1 steam battleship costs 300,000 pounds, which is a huge burden for many countries.

But for Argentina, a South American country rich in grain and minerals, it can be slaughtered.

After all, South America is not the forgotten corner of the future.

The current South American countries have just defeated Spain and other European countries more than 10 years ago, and completed the war of independence. After 50 years of development, they all attach great importance to strengthening their military. Therefore, even Britain, France, Spain and other countries are reluctant to provoke them easily. I just want to instigate the other side to fight.

However, the military modernity of various countries is very serious. Paraguay has a good relationship with France and is now equipped with a large number of the latest French weapons. This is why they can make the Brazilian army equipped with Portuguese weapons in the early stage of the invasion of Brazil. The reason for the retreat.

Argentina is the most complicated. Weapons from the Commonwealth of America, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands are all prevalent in the Argentine army, which can be said to be dazzling.

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