Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

The current changes in the composition of the Dutch population have broken the stable political structure of the Christian Party and the Liberal Party. The 6 million overseas white immigrants are the biggest driver of the rise of the Socialist Party, and the number of Dutch immigrants in Belgium has reached 3 million. It has already been 10 years. It is said that the number of Dutch people who have returned to the Netherlands has now increased to 5 million.

Taken together, the Socialist Party has a base of nearly 10 million people.

This is a foundation stronger than the Christian Party and comparable to the Liberal Party.

Among the political parties that indigenous people and black people currently trust most, the Socialist Party is also the most popular, and the Christian Party is the worst. The Liberals are in the middle.

He sighed and said, "Just follow what you said and fight back against your opponents."

The Dutch "Australian Times" and the Dutch national radio program "Current Affairs" concluded on December 29, 1881 that Colt, the Socialist Party candidate challenging the Queensland Senate seat, would defeat his opponent. Smith Hall, who was originally the most promising, because The family scandal is in trouble. Smith, who had more than 30,000 votes more than his opponent last time, may really face defeat this time and find it difficult to retain his seat in the Dutch Parliament.

Senator Smith Hall of the Liberal Party may face failure when seeking re-election. Compared with the Christian Party, the Socialist Party does not cross the line. Because the Socialist Party is the third largest party and a party established after moving to Australia, compared with the Christian Party and the Socialist Party, On the contrary, it is blooming everywhere. It has been operating in Queensland for many years and seems to be the biggest profiteer this time.

In addition, this also means that in the general election of 38 provinces + 1 city in the country, the Socialist Party actually has senators in more than a quarter of the provinces. In other words, after the Socialist Party wins the Queensland Senate, it can control one-third of the Netherlands. One's identity exerts influence. Moreover, Queensland is the first country in the Netherlands to hold general elections for its members. There are 38 other provinces and cities that have not yet started their elections for senators. This is definitely the greatest gospel for the subsequent prime ministerial election.

According to previous speculation, the Socialist Party may win the remaining 18 Senate seats. If so, it will have nearly 30 Senate seats and become the largest party in the Netherlands.

With nearly half of the seats on the left and right, this also means that the Socialist Party has become a general trend.

Even if only the remaining 47 seats are won by other parties, occupying 40% of the Senate seats, they can block any proposals, bills in the House of Representatives, other cabinet governments, local legislation, etc., can all participate in the final decision. To spoil the situation, after all, the Netherlands requires that all proposals must be supported by more than two-thirds of the people before they can be passed, and the nomination of cabinet members requires more than half of the people.

As long as the Socialist Party comes to power, it can unite with other liberal parties or Christian parties to block nominations, or if the Socialist Party comes to power, it can exchange interests with other parties and obtain the approval of the other party's support.

In short, all current polls point to one question, that is, the Socialist Party will be the biggest winner in this election.

On the Christian Party side, Prime Minister Lyndon was also discussing with his staff what was happening in Queensland against the Hall family.

Prime Minister Lyndon finally decided to wait and see what happened, and at the same time, secretly observed the actions of the Socialist Party.

"The Christian Party has almost no chance in this election, because all polls show that as the Christian Party's candidate for prime minister, I only have 21% support. I am very sorry for this, while the Socialist Party's Jules Danetang has reached 45% , Gerrit de Vries of the Liberal Party is currently 35%. However, despite this, we still need to let voters see our tenacity, and we can shift our goals to make up for our loss by gaining more parliamentary seats. In the absence of the prime minister’s position in the general election, that is to say, when the Liberal Party and the Socialist Party focus their ammunition to win the prime minister’s position and form a cabinet government, we can put resources into the election of local senators and representatives.”

So under the leadership of Linden, the Christian Party was ready to attack, turning its guns and aiming at the local councils.

Royal Palace of the Netherlands.

"Even if the Christian Party wins a senatorial seat in Northern Australia, another key province, it will not help. Therefore, if I were Prime Minister Lyndon of the Christian Party, then I would definitely use the resources at my disposal first. At the local level, seize more local influence, and then win back what we lost today in the next general election.”

"Your Majesty, non-partisans are also strongly supporting the candidates this year. Last year, there were only 2 independent senators. According to the analysis of our royal think tank, there may be 5 new senators this year."

The director of the Royal Think Tank met with Cantur, the director of the Dutch Safety Council, to make his judgment.

William IV smiled and asked: "Why are you so sure? This was something that rarely happened in the past."

Cantur: "If there is a tie in the Senate vote, whoever wins the election, the deputy prime minister can participate as a vote. Therefore, the Socialist Party has a greater chance of winning. Of course, the Liberal Party is a long-established major party in the Netherlands, and the prime minister occupies the majority of the vote. He has been responsible for two-thirds of the Dutch Prime Minister's term in the past 66 years starting from 1815, which cannot be underestimated, especially the old Prime Minister Mr. Tolbeck."

When he mentioned him, William IV also sighed secretly in his heart.

He quite admired Tolbeck. At least during the eight years he was in power from 1862 to 1870, the old prime minister was very cooperative with him, so much so that the most solid foundation for the development of the Netherlands came from his rule. matter. Before 1870, Tolbeck kept everything in order, whether it was domestic or foreign affairs. If it weren't for the other party's poor health and old age, he might have to use him again.

If he were here, maybe he wouldn't have to work so hard against the Anglo-German-Austrian Alliance as he is now.

Cantur: "In New South Wales, since no candidate won more than half of the votes in today's local council elections, according to New South Wales' electoral rules, the two candidates with the highest vote share, the Christian Party The current Senator Warnock and his opponent Walker from the Socialist Party will have another showdown tomorrow (December 30)."

William IV: "I recall that all elected senators will be sworn in on February 3 next year?"

Cantur nodded and said: "Yes, but it may be postponed because the election situation continues to stir up trouble."

"The election for the House of Representatives continued to stir. According to research by the Netherlands Peace Research Institute, it is estimated that the Socialist Party finally won 20 of the 39 seats in the election, and 5 of the remaining 19 seats were taken away by independents. The remaining 19 seats were taken away by independents. 14 seats are divided between the Liberal Party and the Christian Party.

However, the Australian Political Index Agency estimates that the Socialist Party is 15, the Liberal Party is 12, the Christian Party is 9, and the analysis is independent. "

William IV did not take this seriously. He did not participate too much in the electoral battle between the three major political parties and those without party affiliation. This was a colosseum in which elites needed to be selected to deal with the external environment of the Netherlands, so The Law of the Forest is actually very adaptable to the peaceful conflict between several political parties in the Netherlands.

300 of the 600 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives and 39 seats in the Senate are up for election.

What suddenly occurred to William IV, "Now everyone is rushing to accuse the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Hall's family?"

Cantur: "Yes, according to intelligence analysis, it was the Liberal Party that pushed for the attack on Minister Franz Hall, especially his sole heir and even his daughter-in-law Miss Linna."

William IV: "What do you think?"

Cantur: "What does Your Majesty think is in the best interest of His Majesty or the royal family? Who can I help?"

William IV laughed and said: "I already said I won't end it."

Cantur: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince exercise."

William IV was stunned. After turning 16, his eldest son Prince Albert could participate in politics. It went by so fast in the blink of an eye.

"In that case, then it's up to you to make the arrangements." William IV followed up: "I don't think it's better to do this. Next, deal with the provocations of Britain, France and Germany, and the Netherlands' foreign relations. Unless the society goes to war, then leave the rest to him. Let me make a decision, you can review it, and just give me the final result to sign."

Cantur's body was shaken. No matter how it sounded, it sounded like he wanted to let go. He hurriedly looked at William IV, and when he was about to speak, William IV's words came.

"Don't worry, I won't watch the decline of the Netherlands. I am just training a qualified monarch for the Netherlands. Albert is only 16 years old now, and I am now 41 years old. It's time to give him some real hands-on opportunities." .”

While all parties are launching various "advertisements" to promote themselves around this election, Cantur, chief think tank of the Royal Netherlands Think Tank and director of the National Security Council, announced that Prince Albert, the Crown Prince of the Netherlands and the Archduke of Australia, will represent His Majesty King William IV sat in Melbourne's King's Square to personally oversee the results of the general election.

At the same time, Cantur announced that Prince Albert would replace His Majesty William IV in the weekly Privy Council meetings in a semi-ruling manner starting from January 1, 1882.

At the same time, Prince Albert will also intervene in government affairs issues of all departments and participate in the operation and understanding of the cabinet government in an all-round way.

As the news spread, people from the three major political parties in the Netherlands paused for a moment, and then continued to make various moves for tomorrow's general election with their own thoughts.

His Majesty William IV has withdrawn from office. Perhaps the most disappointed person is Floss Hall, because he originally planned to collect information to launch a counterattack against the Socialist Party, but in the end His Majesty still stepped behind the scenes. Prince Bert came to the stage to support daily governance?

Should I complain to Prince Albert about the Socialist Party? If the 16-year-old Prince Albert chooses to put it aside, will there be no room for his face? If I don't put it aside, I am afraid that he will hit fifty big boards each, and I feel uncomfortable now.

It was too difficult. I didn't want to be the first case handled by the other party after taking office. Thinking of this, the wily Floss Hall chose to stay quiet for the time being.

However, the outside world outside the Netherlands is talking a lot, and they are all speculating on William IV's intentions.