Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Chapter 1000 Bai Gong’s Troubles

Commonwealth of America, Washington, White House.

Stephen Douglas has been having a lot of headaches recently. Facing the U.S. election that officially starts in December this year, he needs to keep traveling around to attract supporters.

At the same time, he also needs to face the Republican Party's attacks on him. Garfield is very difficult to deal with. The current polls on both sides are very close, which makes this election difficult to determine the outcome.

It was not like this originally. I could still use my advantage in power to get more support for myself.

However, the war launched by Austria-Hungary in Mexico that started in the past few months made his previous approach of befriending Germany and Austria as a check on the Netherlands and Britain suddenly seem a bit feeble.

Austria-Hungary actually launched an invasion war, and Germany endorsed it behind the scenes.

Germany's close exchanges with the United States in the past suddenly became the target of his attacks.

The Republican Party is now clinging to its close relationship with Germany, demanding that he persuade Austria-Hungary to withdraw its troops from Germany, implement America's consistent Monroe foreign policy, and prevent Europe from intervening in the Americas and European countries from invading the Americas.

Although he countered by asking why the Republican Party did not stand up against the Netherlands, an ally of the Republican Party, when they formed an alliance in Latin America earlier, the Republican Party countered by saying that peace is incomparable to war.

This comparison makes Stephen Douglas unable to refute.

Indeed, the invasion of the Austro-Hungarian Empire made it very difficult for him and he was in trouble.

I don’t think about this, but when I think about the recent sensational global university rankings, my head hurts even more.

The talent pool of Dutch and British universities is indeed great. For example, Britain first recruited a group of talents from the surrounding countries that were occupied by France during the Napoleonic Wars. During this period, it took in many Jewish talents. Metternich, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire, even directly immigrated to London. It can be seen that How attractive.

After the Napoleonic Wars, Britain went to France to attract a group of talents. Even Napoleon I was exiled to Britain. Think about it, the leader of a country has been imprisoned. Haven't all the secrets of this country been known to Britain? Nowadays, blood is being drawn from France's breakup and British colonies. With such a talent pool, wouldn't it be normal for scientific research to be done well?

This makes Stephen Douglas very envious.

And now, after years of promotion, Dutch is now a world-class language.

You must know that Dutch belongs to the Indo-European-Germanic-West Germanic branch. Before 1860, its speakers were mainly distributed in the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Dutch Suriname (also known as Dutch Guiana), and Dutch Andre in the Caribbean. Sri Lanka Islands, Dutch East Indies, etc.

Spoken Dutch has many variations from standard to local dialects. It is allowed to be used in public situations, official conversations, documents and university lectures. Spoken Dutch is used at home when talking with friends and fellow countrymen. Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam are the most popular languages ​​in Europe. A regional dialect that is closer to Standard Dutch than other regional dialects.

After William IV came to power in December 1861, he tried his best to promote the unification of the Dutch language across the country, which facilitated the export and spread of Dutch.

The Netherlands' circle of global allies has been continuously expanded. The rise of the Netherlands' economic and political status has made the Dutch language gradually popular in these countries. The number of study abroad places provided by the Netherlands has increased its attractiveness. The number of jobs in the Netherlands has increased from Sweden, Denmark, and Greece at the beginning. The three countries gradually became the fragrant pot of other countries in the Tsarist Russian Empire. With the addition of Latin American students and labor force, Dutch became the first foreign language in each country. Even in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, Dutch actually became English, French, and German. As the fourth language, Dutch has become the first choice after Spanish in Latin American countries. Even in many countries such as Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, the promotion of Dutch is almost from top to bottom. Many people speculate that in ten years In eight years, Dutch speakers may be able to fight against the Spanish chamber.

Even in the Commonwealth of America, the Dutch originally only accounted for one-twentieth of the country's total population. However, because the Dutch controlled many newspapers and capital groups in the country, the Dutch even promoted Dutch communication in factory education. Over the years, Dutch has become more popular than French and German in the United States.

At present, it is said that among the 30 million people in the northern Commonwealth of America, more than 5 million people can speak Dutch in daily use, and most of these people are middle-class families or individuals, and they have a great influence on the Commonwealth of America.

You must know that English learning is not yet compulsory. English only accounts for 8 million people, German has more than 7 million people, and French has only 3 million people. Therefore, Dutch has become a third language.

Dutch is the first foreign language even in the Kingdom of Siam, Qing Dynasty, and Koryo Kingdom in the Far East.

Even in hostile Argentina, Dutch is the first foreign language.

Together with allies such as Greece and Spain, Dutch speakers have long been connected to a global scale.

Plus the International Red Cross, headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands; the International Court of Justice, headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands; the International Olympic Games, headquartered in Amsterdam,

International Labor Union, World Free Trade Organization, FIFA, Oxfam, International Telegraph Union, Pacific Rim Parliamentary Organization, International Organization for Migration, Organization of the Netherlands and World Customs Union, Organization of the Pacific Community, International Organization for Migration, Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Far East, Netherlands Maritime Transport Association, International Music Council

The Melbourne-based International Cycling Competition, the International Federation of Industry, Oxfam, the International Labor Organization, the International Women's Union, the International Telegraph Association, the International Association of Journalists, the International Association of Universities, and the World Intellectual Property Association.

These organizations were all created in the Netherlands during the past twenty years of William IV's rule. Naturally, their headquarters have been located in cities in the Netherlands. In order to send personnel to these cities in the Netherlands, countries have to learn Dutch. After all, the official language used by these organizations is Dutch.

This has made Dutch a world language. Nowadays, countries all over the world like to use Dutch when publishing articles and patents in newspapers. Look, these are all Dutch. These countries and organizations use Dutch, so the level of internationalization is naturally very high.

Under these premises, with the support of the Dutch language, the rankings of these Dutch higher education schools have naturally risen. Moreover, their rankings are still under the Dutch newspaper "European Times", which uses the Dutch system. The rules must be somewhat beneficial to you. Of course, having money in the Netherlands is also a very important factor. How can you do research if you don’t have money, right?