Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

January 6, 1882. Tomorrow the Socialist Party will announce the results of the half-term elections to the Senate.

Counting of general election votes begins at the same time.

At the same time, in the Liberal Party, there are calls to replace de Vries in the prime ministerial election.

At the Royal Palace of the Netherlands, William IV's godson pattern continues. William IV still used the domestic situation to teach his eldest son, Prince Albert, a lesson.

William IV: "Imagine, if after this election, the Socialist Party can survive and win as expected, becoming the winner of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Christian Party becomes the key minority at this time, then four years The rotation of the younger structure of post-election voters will bring greater opportunities to the Socialist Party.”

Prince Albert: "Father, what are the shortcomings of the Socialist Party?"

William IV:

"No one is perfect, and flowers never last a hundred days! The premise of what I just said is that this requires Jules Danetang to maintain his personal voice while promptly improving party building, expanding talent reserves, and finding a foothold for policies for his ideas. , institutionally ensuring the survival of political parties.

Only in this way can the Socialist Party be better able to cope with future challenges. "

Prince Albert: "Father, some people are comparing Jules Danetant's Socialist Party with Linden's New Christian Party, and are worried that the future of the Socialist Party may be as limited as the New Christian Party."

William IV: "It is right to worry, but it must be pointed out clearly that the rise of the New Christian Party at that time caused the Christian Party to fall into divisions. The age structure of voters between the New Christian Party and the Old Christian Party was very different, resulting in insufficient subsequent vitality. .

On the contrary, the greatest characteristic of the Socialist Party is its strong radiation influence on young generations.

In addition to his rational and intelligent style, Jules Danetant's personal integrity and diligence are also important traits that attract young people. "

Prince Albert: "Where's the Liberal Party?"

William IV: "These two qualities have always been one of the self-proclaimed labels of the Liberal Party. However, when the Hall family, which was in power during the high-ranking period of Queensland officials, was further erupted into uncleanness and arrogance, and even frauds occurred frequently, the Liberal Party's The character design failed to meet social expectations, and the characteristics of the Liberal Party were overturned by its own people.

On the other hand, during the past four years when the Socialist Party was in power in Western Australia, Northern Belgium, William Province (formerly Victoria), New Zealand Province, South Pacific Province, Maluku and Sulawesi Province, and Madagascar Province, he worked diligently. , leave early and come back late, keep personal wealth clean, and strictly abide by financial discipline in administration.

In the context of the complicated political environment in the Netherlands for many years, it is not easy to achieve the above points at the same time and persist for a long time. "

Prince Albert: "Young people's votes are therefore in the hands of the Socialists?"

William IV: “In recent years, political trends in various countries around the world have shown that the moral level of candidates almost determines the voting tendency of young voters, and the Netherlands is no exception.

For example, the Jules-Danetan combination was able to stir up a storm in the local elections and formally focused on the Liberal Party's "corruption, laziness, bad financial discipline and other pain points. Thus, it won the support of a large number of young people.

Although in the end he had to form a coalition cabinet government with the powerful Christian party Lyndon as deputy prime minister, this social sentiment did not dissipate. Instead, the voters chose Jules Danetang four years later. He serves as a new political outlet in Dutch politics. "

Prince Albert: "Father, the Christian Party is now divided into two factions. The old and new forces are competing for the third largest party. However, the new faction of Prime Minister Lyndon seems to be more neutral. On the contrary, the old faction is actually close to the Socialist Party. Is this possible? Will it destabilize the balance of power?"

William IV: "Since Lyndon accepted the leadership of the Christian Party, new problems have arisen in the distribution of power within the Christian Party. The new power groups that once gained popularity within the party because of the newly rising Lyndon within the Christian Party are now taking the lead in the Lasha elders. In the face of conservative forces, he had to give up some power to local factions, which made Linden's position somewhat unstable.

Even as the fight between the two factions became more and more fierce, for a while, party members who were originally peripheral members of the Christian Party seemed to find no home in the Christian Party.

Having lost their sense of belonging, they vented their disappointment and anger on this congressional election and the general election. The internal struggles of the Christian Party in the general election made the Christian Party weak in front of the three parties, as well as the conservative party led by Rasha in the last election. The party had a nonchalant attitude towards Lyndon, and some peripheral Christian party members turned to support Jules Danetant of the Socialist Party. "

Prince Albert: "So the Socialists benefited?"

William IV did not refute, saying: "Yes, that is the fact. However, the Socialist Party needs to pay close attention to the integration trends of the Christian Party's split. Under the pressure of the conservative exodus, the leader of the Christian Party and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Linden recalled some The staff focused on local declarations of war, gave up on the election of the prime minister, strictly enforced discipline within the party, and vigorously suppressed the voices of conservative forces.

Even at last month's Christian Party General Conference, Lyndon expressed that he would not object to the separation of the old Christian Party, and even expressed support for the establishment of a new Christian Party. These measures may promote the return of conservative forces to the new Christian Party. , thus narrowing the lead between Linden's faction and the Socialist Party and the Liberal Party in Dutch politics.

At present, it seems that Lyndon has decided to withdraw from the election, and other New Christian Party members have basically determined that they will not step onto the campaign stage. Even if they insist on running, there is a high probability that they will be abandoned. "

Prince Albert: "It depends on the results in the next few days?"

William IV: "The form of the governor of this general election has been established, and the polls in the next three days will be crucial. No matter which political party it is, it will be very careful and will not allow mistakes to be taken by its opponents to seize victory. of fruit.

This is true of the Socialist Party, and so is the Liberal Party.

If Jules Danetant can hold on to the first position, the Socialist Party may be able to take office completely alone and govern the cabinet. Unless the Socialist Party and the Christian Party break away from limited cooperation with the two major parties, the Liberal Party will enter the rhythm of a two-power struggle for hegemony.

The Socialist Party’s campaign propaganda methods this time are very different from those of the Christian Party and the Socialist Party in the past.

The Liberal Party, in particular, is accustomed to handing over issues to current affairs commentators who are famous speakers in traditional newspapers, letting them lead the trend, and using talents on the flanks to create a storm of public opinion in a short period of time. Create social hot spots. The advantage of this approach is that once the propaganda goes too far, these celebrities are excellent blockers to prevent the Liberal candidates from getting angry.

The downside, however, is that information cocoons form around certain flanks of the stratosphere.

When this method of propaganda is overused, the dissemination of information will lose continuity, and the party’s supporters will gradually become fixed, and even fault zones along the age dimension will appear. This is the key bottleneck the Liberal Party currently encounters. "