Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

The two charges facing Sharon allege that he deliberately provoked disobedience to the monarch and the royal family during his speech at a rally in Wellington, New Zealand, in violation of the Sedition Act of 1862, which was added 20 years ago. 》Article, if convicted, Sharon can be sentenced to a maximum fine of 10,000 Dutch guilders (£1,000), a maximum of three years in prison, or both.

Faced with this dramatic election case, many commentators in the Netherlands analyzed that the royal family would provide Sharon in order to stabilize the New Zealand and Queensland elections and reduce the current incitement tactics among the candidates. Influence.

New Zealand Socialist Party supporters and Queensland Liberal Party supporters both have support rates higher than the national average. If the two parties' inciting attacks on the election in their respective territories can be reduced, it will give the Netherlands a new look.

Unexpectedly, Mari Philip, the Socialist Senate Whip and Minister of Education, stood up at this time and pointed out in Melbourne’s response to this matter, “Yes, we basically avoid invoking the sedition law. But when it comes to the royal family We should insist on our status and dignity to prevent such situations from turning into unhealthy political discourse. When the truth comes to light, our Socialist Party will handle the case fairly."

Mari Philip's tough attitude towards this case is believed to be recognized by the middle voters, stop the decline in the Socialist Party's support rate due to party members insulting the royal family, and prevent the Dutch from thinking that the Socialist Party is loyal to the royal family and immigration members. The King's disrespectful remarks were excessively weak and compromising.

Many scholars of Dutch politics told the New Zealand Post that the Liberal Party's mention of Kongchaloun will definitely enhance the Liberal Party's image of loyalty to the royal family. The Socialist Party has aggressively recruited immigrants to join the party in recent years, and loopholes have appeared in the party's management. Most of the internal staff are overseas immigrants. It is understandable that the Liberal Party would take advantage of this shortcoming to obstruct it. The image of the Socialist Party has deteriorated and the Christian Party has split. Naturally, the Liberal Party has benefited.

"But such political actions are carefully calculated. The royal family hopes to reduce racial and religious speeches during the election, especially radical language, after the prosecution, so as to prevent the election campaign from entering a mutually harmful environment."

Whether this is true or not, no one knows.

Royal Palace of the Netherlands.

William IV looked at these so-called expert arguments with great interest and found it very interesting.

"The Liberal Party Tolbeck is actually very ambitious. When I met my father, they had a fight. In the end, my father, William III, left Amsterdam and became the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The throne of the Netherlands was passed to me."

William IV smiled at Queen Alexandra next to him.

Alexandra cut a pot of tea for him, then filled it for herself, and said: "The Liberal Party is currently quite powerful. Tolbeck knows that William is optimistic about the Socialist Party, so it has been making concessions. However, there was a Christian Party in the past. As a roadblock, the Socialist Party needs to defeat the Christian Party, which has the second highest support rate, before it can compete with the Liberal Party. Now that the Christian Party is split, the Socialist Party has been promoted to the second largest party, and it is expected to surpass the Liberal Party in popularity. The Liberal Party is anxious, so it will start to pay attention to its opponent. , did you do something dirty?"

"You are good at thinking of this, Alexandra," William IV praised. "The Liberal Party has been in power for two-thirds of the Dutch government for the past 66 years, and the Christian Party has only occasionally played soy sauce."

Seeing Alexandra's puzzled expression, William IV explained: "In fact, the Liberal Party is often able to suppress the Christian Party just to provide tools for the royal family to maintain checks and balances, so it is more convenient for the Christian Party , just to allow it to secure its position as the second largest party.”

William IV said with extremely sharp eyes: "If I tell you, in 1861, when I supported Linden to establish a new faction of the Christian Party, the entire Liberal Party was panicked. Then in 1862, Tolbeck was elected to power for the second term. , they tried their best to suppress the Christian Party, and then they were elected to power for 16 consecutive years in four consecutive general elections. This was the Liberal Party's revenge. Do you believe it?

Alexandra's eyes were fixed in disbelief, and she even blurted out: "William, you mean that the insult to the royal family faced by the Socialist Party this time is actually the Liberal Party's suppression of the Socialist Party, and it is also a disguised attack on the royal family. The royal family issued a warning? How is that possible? Are you crazy?”

In her eyes, William IV is the best monarch in the world now. The Netherlands has been promoted from a second-rate country in Europe to a first-rate power. Now it is on par with Britain, Russia, and Germany as top powers, and even surpasses the divided France and declining Austria-Hungary. Empire, my husband William IV can be said to be the most important. In other countries, such a person is respected by everyone in the country. Even when he passed away, he was still respected by future generations.

Alexandra originally thought so too. She has also been proud of being the Queen of the Netherlands many times. In her opinion, the couple was admired by everyone in the Netherlands, but William IV told him at this time that the Liberal Party, the largest party in the Netherlands, was disrespectful to the royal family and had been doing so since the restoration of the country in 1815.

This had a devastating effect on Alexandra's outlook on life.

"I told you many years ago that everyone's interests are different and define what he should do. The Christian Party's predecessor was the East India Company, and the Liberal Party was a gathering of retail investors who opposed the East India Company. The second consortium has corruption in the former and extremes in the latter.

Therefore, I strongly invested in these two major consortiums, understood the internal operations, and finally started to create the United Dutch Group, the third largest consortium in the Netherlands. It is used to check and balance the other party, and the establishment of this consortium and the Socialist Party actually came into being because of this. "

William IV said coldly: "At that time, under the checks and balances between the two parties, William successfully brought the Socialist Party and the United Group to power. But now that the Christian Party has split, the old faction has turned to the Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party has greatly increased its power, even surpassing the Liberal Party."

Alexandra asked hurriedly: "Why?"

William IV said: "Because the Christian Party is the oldest political force in the Netherlands, the old faction is very clear about the history of the Netherlands. The shortcomings of the Socialist Party are that it was only established ten years ago. The joining of the old faction allows the Socialist Party to make up for its shortcomings. This The threat to the Liberal Party has naturally increased, and"

Alexandra asked appropriately: "And what?"

William IV said sarcastically: "And I also laid out other chess pieces."

Alexandra didn't need to ask, this time William IV said: "Don't forget that the old faction of the Christian Party has joined the allies of the Socialist Party, and the remaining new faction of the Christian Party is actually the existence I used to deal with the Liberal Party. Only then It is the real trump card. From now on, the Liberal Party needs to face the Socialist Party who is comparable to them, and also needs to face the New Christian Party, the third largest party. This is the situation I have most wanted to see for many years."

Queen Alexandra understood clearly this time. What William IV meant was that after twenty years of planning and ups and downs, in order to deal with the Liberal Party, which had been pretending to be loyal to the royal family, this election finally An offensive was launched, and it succeeded.

William IV said with some pride: "From the beginning of this election, the Dutch royal family is the king of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Our royal family is the strongest force in the Netherlands, and at the same time, it is also the most powerful royal family in the world."