Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"King William IV of the Netherlands and Queen Alexandra personally took action. It seems that the Austro-Hungarian and Mexican War in Latin America has entered a new stage."

Queen Victoria exclaimed.

Princess Alice was very calm when facing the problem of her mother, Queen Victoria of England. It was not at all like the one Queen Victoria just mentioned was her old lover and love rival. She said: "Mother, Alexander As the Queen of the Netherlands, she has now begun to intervene in the situation of the international community, so she is likely to take further actions."

Queen Victoria nodded and said: "That's good, but first, we still need to find out what her husband William IV thinks. After all, who of us would think that her actions really have nothing to do with William III?"

The Queen came to the map hanging on the wall, stared at the south of Mexico and said: "The Austro-Hungarian invasion of Mexico has begun. No one will think that it will be over in a short time. We in the UK will not, nor will Germany or even Austria-Hungary. That's why. An Anglo-German-Austrian alliance emerged.

Previously, the Netherlands established the Group of Thirteen, which has touched the world's powerful countries. Austria-Hungary's invasion of Mexico has caused other powerful countries to move up their chairs and sit down to watch the drama. Now suddenly Queen Alexandra said that she would stop acting. You Do you think anyone will really stop? "

Princess Alice: "Of course not"

Queen Victoria laughed and said: "Not only can't it be done, but she wants to increase the intensity so that the fire will burn even bigger."

Princess Alice: "Why?"

Queen Victoria sneered as if she had the pearls of wisdom in her hand: "A small queen can issue orders to the world's powerful countries to cease war. So, can King William IV directly step on the kings of other countries and dictate? What do you think? Are people like William I, Franz Joseph I and even Brazilian Emperor Pedro II willing to listen?”

Princess Alice said: "However, Alexandra issued the call this time in the name of the Director-General of the International Red Cross Society. Morally, those monarchs have been bound."

Queen Victoria continued to sneer: "If morality could stop wars, Napoleon I would not have launched wars against other neighboring countries, I would not have colonized India, and I would not have launched a crow war against the Qing Dynasty. , and more than twice.”

She said to Princess Alice with sincerity: "Remember, kindness to others will be cruelty to yourself in the future. You may not imagine how many hardships I went through to get to the top, but what I can tell you, I am still I remember clearly with heartache that if you lose your child, you should still lose it, but you must fight for what you should fight for, just like your grandmother who was a Saxon widow, but ended up marrying to London and becoming a prince's grand duchess. I am an unrelated person, but I have become the Queen of England and have been in power for 44 years. Sometimes, fate can change everyone in such a magical way. Living the life you want is the greatest kindness to yourself. .

Morality is used to bind the weak, but the strong have always used it to serve themselves. The British colonized and semi-colonized half of the world. When did the British talk about morality and kindness? As we talked about, It’s all battleship gun diplomacy, not what you just mentioned.”

Princess Alice's mind was filled with what Queen Victoria had just said. The coldness was really unfamiliar to her, but she still felt that this was the style that a true king should have.

Rather than so-called kindness.

"But, is there some conspiracy behind Alexandra's so-called kindness now?" Princess Alice asked doubtfully.

Queen Victoria: "British gunboat diplomacy is the theme, but the Netherlands has not had any foreign wars for many years. Even the turf war with Portugal in Mozambique and Angola in Africa in 1865 was completed quickly and in a short period of time. Other countries did not There is no sense that the Netherlands is a warmonger”

Princess Alice: "???"

Queen Victoria: "The German Empire learned from us in the hegemonic diplomacy used by the United Kingdom. In fact, other European countries are mostly domineering in their foreign affairs because our battleships and artillery are powerful enough."

“However, the Netherlands began to spread its culture around the world in 1858, so that various countries have a large number of college graduates who have studied in the Netherlands. After these people returned to their countries, the good image of the Netherlands was spread in these countries. Even after these international students return home, they become social and government elites in various countries.

Unknowingly, they are helping the Netherlands spread its influence."

Princess Alice: "I know it's called soft power in the Netherlands"

Queen Victoria nodded and affirmed: "Yes, this kind of force is actually a kind of infiltration, a force that makes local countries reluctant to give up and forced to interfere. The Netherlands has successfully implemented this strategy in the past 20 years. Well, look at the Commonwealth of America. Stephen Douglas's anti-Dutch policies were repeatedly resisted by the Dutch, Dutch factory capital, social elites, etc., and it was difficult to move forward. In the end, President Stephen had to cancel the policy against the influence of the Dutch. .

Princess Alice naturally knew this, "Now the Republican Party has favored the Dutch and has won a large number of voters' votes. According to our intelligence, the Democratic Party has now put pressure on Stephen Douglas, asking him not to appear in any more cases." With the anti-Dutch declaration, many congressmen became dissatisfied because the Dutch in their constituencies began to take the lead in supporting Republican candidates."

"Not bad." Queen Victoria exclaimed: "Now that the Netherlands has become a trend, and has such a foundation of influence in various countries, it is naturally not the effect we get through intimidation. The Netherlands also uses different foreign methods. I guess that William IV must be They want to use Alexandra to rule the International Red Cross to incite anti-conservative government forces within each country and help them get a morally noble excuse to stand up and disrupt the conservative diplomacy within each country. Then, the Netherlands can secretly intervene Go in, Brazil is the best model”

Brazil!

When Princess Alice thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case.

At present, Brazil's pro-Dutch Prime Minister Fonseca is suppressing Pedro II. He has the final say in almost all of Brazil's domestic and foreign affairs. It was also the Netherlands that repeatedly gave Fonseca external support in terms of morality and arms, allowing Fonseca to become powerful.