Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 367

"The news of the visit of King William IV of the Netherlands to the British Empire has once again turned the world's attention from the Commonwealth of America in North America back to London on the west side of the English Channel in Europe.

In addition to President Lincoln, the most influential person in the United States of America now is Secretary of State Seward, not Secretary of War Edwin. Stanton. It's now Vice President Andrew."

"First, Vice President Andrew is now in the Senate, with all his promises, and under the leadership of Speaker of the House Skyler Colfax, he overrules President Lincoln. He has arbitrary judicial power and legislative interpretation power.

Second, within the executive cabinet government, there is the Minister of Finance, James. Speed, Attorney General Marty. When Grice, Secretary of Transportation Dudler, Secretary of Commerce Rice, and Secretary of Energy Granholm supported Vice President Andrew, it was difficult for President Lincoln to do anything. "

Thirdly, "In the United States, because the Dutch occupy half of the media industry of the newspapers of the Commonwealth of America, they hold the power of public opinion there, because they have a very favorable position in shaping the favorability of the Commonwealth of America."

“Fourth, in terms of capital operation, Dutch people occupy a very important position in the largest capital operation consortium in the Commonwealth of America. In New England, north of New York, the influence of Dutch people is far ahead of that of Ireland. ancestry."

William IV did not interrupt Foreign Secretary Haysbet T. Feng Xihuo slowly explained the situation in the Commonwealth of America, and listened carefully. This has always been the most commonly used method of analysis when he encountered difficulties.

The U.S. is not the world hegemon of later generations now, and at most it has only been strengthened regionally, but compared with European countries, it is difficult to say whether it can enter the top five powers.

The separation of the South has left the United States with a broken arm, and its strength and security have declined a lot. However, Lincoln, the most important accelerator on the road to the rise of the United States, overturned under the impetus of William IV.

In the recovery of the South, the United States has not succeeded, not to mention that even they are torn apart internally. This led to the emergence of the Westward policy concept of Siward after Lincoln unified the Jane Gagos, and in just a few years, he purchased Alaska from Russia and forcibly seized the Hawaiian Islands, which established the United States as a Pacific power.

At the end of the 19th century, relying on the strategic position of the Hawaiian Islands, the expansion accelerated, and finally took away the Philippines, which had fallen to Spain, a great Western power. , and thus extended its tentacles to the Western Pacific.

It only took 30 years for this time, and one generation has completed what European countries have done for several generations. The road to rise is dizzyingly fast.

Now the Netherlands is disrupted, the rise of the United States is divided into two parts, the strength is greatly reduced, the interior is scattered, and there is a lack of cohesion. At present, among the Western powers, only the Netherlands has the deepest influence here, and this is what William IV wanted most. The sight, the purpose, is naturally the Pacific of the Netherlands, not the Netherlands of the Pacific.

"What about the United Kingdom? Our influence in the United States of America has reached its peak, and the United Kingdom is now mainly in the Confederate States, but everyone knows that many of the chaebols in the United States of America are actually from the United Kingdom. The Morgan-Root consortium is of British origin, the DuPont consortium is of French origin, the New York consortium is from the Netherlands, the Chicago consortium is also of Dutch origin, and there are also many German and Italian consortiums.

I don't think anyone can deny the influence of the Morgan-Roots consortium. If he is looking for a consortium similar to him, I think the Wallenberg consortium in Sweden, of course, no one knows how many tools are hidden in the UK. in the toolbox"

Haysbert Von: "No one can figure out, if you take into account the previous Civil War, after we were exposed as a British-sponsored consortium and destroyed by the Lincoln government, the British lost at least the impact of the seven New England states. power, the influence there is now dead.”

Haysbert. Feng: "With the rise of Prussia in the south and the center, the influence of the United Kingdom has declined even more. However, the United Kingdom has still not moved to remove the United Kingdom from the Commonwealth of America, which has to be suspicious. place."

"My foreign secretary, it seems that we still need to wait?"

"Yes, with the British in the Commonwealth of America having a hard time turning the tide, I don't think we should continue to put our energy there and continue to be anti-British, because it might be offensive to the British, you know, Prussia For the Netherlands at the moment, it is absolutely suffocating. If the UK moves closer to the other side, we will face the enemy on several sides. Don't forget, France's Far East invasion is still in a stalemate.”

Your Majesty is fine, but he likes to provoke powerful enemies everywhere.

As early as 1861, not long after he succeeded to the throne, he provoked Britain in South Africa, and then exchanged South Africa, where gold mines were discovered, for the barren but barren continent of Australia, and the two countries were able to quell hostility.

Afterwards, His Majesty and Portugal competed with Portugal for the Congo River Basin in Africa. Although they finally defeated each other, King Louis I of Portugal began to take advantage of His Majesty William IV. He fought against the Netherlands in almost all matters in Africa and South America.

It was not until Portugal joined the International Court of Justice in The Hague~www.mtlnovel.com~ that the relationship between the two countries eased, but beware of the other side has never relaxed.

The subsequent sanctions against France's invasion of the Kingdom of Siam triggered a rebound from France, and was finally sent by the Dutch gang to quell Napoleon III, which was delayed until now because of the deadlock. The local border is also peaceful.

Afterwards, Prussia's suppression caused the Netherlands to rebound strongly. With His Majesty William's strategy, he finally used the Commonwealth of Millikin as the battlefield. Under the watch of European countries, Prussia lost in Millikin, but the Netherlands won.

Easier said than done.

Heisbert Von knew how many pits were dug behind the scenes, how many foreshadowings he sat down, and how many resources he used the classic Dutch investment to get the result.

"Listen to you, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has made too many enemies at present," William IV muttered: "It seems that after the meeting with the Queen, it is possible to give up the tough stance that was prepared before, and it is better to put down your posture. "

Haysbert Feng was taken aback for a moment, co-authoring, His Majesty is still preparing to confront Queen Victoria hard during the next meeting.

So he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "My Majesty, you don't want the Netherlands to be good neighbors."

William IV: "Remember, it is mediocrity not to be envied by others! Have you ever seen a really reconciled neighbor in a big country?"

Chapter end