Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 326

With these influential experts and professors in the Netherlands attacking monopoly companies one after another, not only did they spark heated discussions in the Dutch society, but even many people at the bottom of the Netherlands took to the streets to demonstrate this. Dissatisfaction with monopolies.

This upsurge even hit European countries and caught them off guard. Even the French Empire on the south side forced Napoleon III to return to the mainland from the Far East.

Because in Paris alone, more than 400,000 people took to the streets to protest, threatening the rule of Napoleon III.

In the face of criticism and skepticism, the monopoly as the industry leader vigorously defended itself.

In the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in addition to the William Group controlled by William IV, the owner of the Dutch coal mining giant Anfeike, Luo Fei, stood up and said that before the rise of Anfeike Coal Mining Company, the Dutch coal mining industry was in a chaotic situation for a long time. An orderly and healthy new situation has been opened.

He mentioned that the rich should benefit the community and serve their fellow citizens, but few rich people responded. No matter how cleverly Luo Fei said it and how noble some monopoly companies were, they all made a reasonable explanation for the monopoly.

This is the counterattack of other challengers.

There is no doubt, these people point out, that the wealth and influence of the monopoly tycoons give them more say than anyone else.

When critics are less influential, the monopoly tycoon's point of view will be accepted by more people.

Even some priests of some religions believe that unrestricted competition is inhumane, so openly support the demonstrators and publicly condemn the competition.

At the same time, some new school economists began to criticize the laissez-faire beliefs of European and American countries, including the Netherlands, and continued to say that state funding was an important force for social progress.

With the development of monopoly, the contradiction between large enterprises and governments of various countries is deepening. The monopoly of big companies has begun to shake people's belief in fairness and democracy.

If it is not stopped in time, it is likely to cause people to question the legitimacy of the country's government.

Hermann van Peron warned that in order to maintain a stable and orderly rule, the government must take measures against large enterprises that threaten the development of Dutch democracy, which is a product of the development of the times and a bottleneck.

He called on the Dutch government and parliament to withdraw from measures to check and balance big business as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret letting the situation develop to an unstoppable level.

On October 6, 1867, people from the bottom of the society took to the streets in the Netherlands to express their dissatisfaction with the monopoly of big companies. The scope of the impact was not only in the mainland, but also in the Far East. According to statistics, there are more than 1 million people.

With the news from the Netherlands, various countries in Europe and the United States have taken to the streets to demonstrate in different scales. They all use the title of dissatisfaction with the monopoly of big companies and demand that the government restrict their behavior and give everyone a fair and just society.

Of these, the British and French Empires both have populations of more than 5 million.

Among them, Paris and London alone have more than one million people.

It can be seen that the unification of the bottom-level recognition people in the Netherlands has brought the world into sync.

When big companies in various countries complained about the Netherlands, countries were also very flustered by what happened in the Netherlands, especially Prime Minister Disraeli of Britain and Olivier's cabinet government of France. The scale of the demonstration was so large that the scene was on the verge of getting out of control.

Both countries advocate free and unregulated transactions. It is not uncommon for the prices of industrial and agricultural products to be pushed up by big companies after they are bargain hunters.

However, it has always been sheltered by the government, so there is suffering at the bottom of the public. Everything that happened in the Netherlands was just a fuse, the dry firewood was ignited in an instant, and the fire was fierce.

However, these two countries still insisted desperately. Because of the influence of large enterprises, high-level officials in Britain and France did not dare to move casually, because these enterprises have become towering trees, and if they move their cakes, it will cause harm to the government. Backlash, hurting the country.

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But can it really stand it?

On October 15, 1867, the largest monopoly in the Netherlands, the Wilhelm Group controlled by William IV, announced that it would be decomposed into a Togolese company and would no longer appear as a whole.

William Plastics, William Firearms, William Warships, William Steel and William Coal Mines, William Innovations... A series of subsidiaries have officially become separate individual companies.

As soon as this news came out, it shocked the Netherlands and even the whole of Europe and the United States. Because William Group occupies almost more than 30% of the production capacity of various industries in He Holland.

Even among the suppliers of arms parts, it has reached 60%. Such a giant, even if it is said to be decomposed, it will be decomposed, which makes everyone know what the Dutch government will do in the face of civil society dissatisfaction this time. solution eucalyptus.

After all, William IV occupies more than 50% of the group's shares, most of the other shares fall into the original Dutch East India Company's 17-member board of directors holding 25%, and the remaining 25% is owned by other Dutch consortia or tycoons. take stock.

The reason for this distribution is that of the William Group's investment, at the beginning of its establishment, William IV's total investment was half of the company, the seventeen-member board of directors accounted for a quarter, and the remaining quarter was divided into four. Other consortia and tycoons in the Netherlands accounted for one-sixteenth.

The William Group meets three times a year, and the meeting schedule is at least seven days a week. The work of the William Group board of directors includes the group's annual operating status report, the observation of the operation of subsidiaries, and the compilation of accounting books, etc. ~www.mtlnovel.com~ The most complete group in the world That is to say, even in countries such as Britain and France, large companies in various countries are following it one after another, trying to replicate its success.

Not to mention the United Kingdom and France, the Rockefeller Group and the Morgan-Root Consortium have appeared in the United States of America, and they are trying their best to learn from the William Group, and even the Rothschild family, the largest consortium family in the United Kingdom and the world, is still there. In recent years, heirs have been sent to visit the William Group, and they want to learn the management philosophy of the group. This is a topic that many people have discussed recently.

The William Group monopolizes a country's resources and can be called a giant monster in the economic world.

But it is such an existence, and now it has fallen apart?

Dutch pride gone?

This has put all the financial groups in various countries in danger, fearing that the violent storms in the Netherlands will blow to them.

However, the people at the bottom of the country are even more excited because of this. It is like fighting chicken blood. The number of demonstrators has grown rapidly. Paris has reached 1.8 million demonstrations, and London has reached a terrifying 2 million, accounting for 15% of the total population of the UK. one part.

Governments are under unprecedented pressure.

Governments have glared at the Netherlands.

On October 20, 1867, the Dutch Senate, led by Ould Sherman, organized a group of 10 members to jointly propose a law against monopoly - "Antitrust Law" in the Dutch Parliament. That's why it's also called the Sherman Antitrust Act.

With the passage of the Act, the sharp economic and political contradictions in the Kingdom of the Netherlands were eased, while the rule of William IV was consolidated, the Netherlands' ability to fight entrepreneurs was damaged, and their rights were limited.

This is even more smooth for the administration of the Dutch cabinet government.

However, the Netherlands is settled, what about the world?

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