Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Dutch Parliament, William IV's King's Speech remains.

“Over time, the people of the Netherlands’ new ally, the United States, waged a long and sometimes bloody struggle to expand and secure their independence and freedom from continued colonization by Britain, their former master power.

Just like the British before they became prosperous, they were driven by the ideals of the Enlightenment. After all the hard work, they finally determined the British "Bill of Rights" that has influenced Europe and even the world to this day, and handed over the power of governance to me now. Facing you, the democratically elected parliament.

The Netherlands does not need to hide that we have been affected by the British bill, but what we should be more proud of is that we are the first country in the world to implement shareholder system management.

That was the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century when the East India Company was most prosperous. At that time, we were a more prosperous country than Britain.

Many of the data in the Netherlands now are not so much that they surpass the UK, but that the Netherlands has become stronger again. "

William IV always spoke slowly and slowly.

But it makes people excited.

In the Dutch Parliament, there are 78 senators, 623 representatives and cabinet members plus a few specially invited people.

In the New Holland Hall of the Dutch Parliament building with less than a thousand people, everyone has only respect for William IV. Yes, no matter whether it is the ruling Socialist Party or the largest opposition party, the Liberal Party, the second largest party, the New Christianity and The third largest party, the Old Christian Party, is still composed of independent MPs.

They all believed in William IV, because His Majesty was the key to the Netherlands becoming what it is today. This is the consensus of all citizens of the Netherlands.

"There were two former Boer senators and seven members of the House of Representatives present."

William IV said:

“In 1863, when Queen Victoria and I were discussing the issue of the ownership of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, and our compatriots the Boers were at war with the British, I was very anxious. The Netherlands was a small country with a population of only over 6 million, but There are half as many Dutch people living abroad as there are natives, that is, three million people.

The Cape of Good Hope in South Africa has always been ruled by the Netherlands. It can be traced back to 1800 for nearly 200 years, and many Dutch blood breeds there.

I was thinking at that time, why not take these compatriots away from the right and wrong land of South Africa, that barren land, and then bring them back to the Netherlands, where they can live a more comfortable and safer life like all ordinary Dutch people, without being subject to the British. Bully.

As I communicated repeatedly with their leaders, eventually, as you can see in the news or history textbooks, these "Boer" compatriots returned to the Netherlands.

In 1863, nearly 450,000 Dutch compatriots officially became Dutch. Most of them migrated to the huge island called Australia where we are now. They were the first after the Kingdom of the Netherlands took over the Australian continent from the British. The Dutch came here to develop. "

More than 800 people at the scene applauded with all their strength.

This applause is for the Boer compatriots who suffered great losses from the war between South Africa and Britain.

You must know that the British deployed nearly 200,000 regular troops and more than 50,000 servant troops in South Africa. But in the end, more than 50,000 people died, and the number of victims was similar to this figure. On the mainland, it was because of this war that the then extremely powerful Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston was dismissed from the House of Commons.

Although the recall failed in the end, it can be seen at that time.

“The careers that many of our citizens started on this island inspired Dutch people in Europe and later tens of millions of immigrants from around the world.

But perhaps no one drew the greatest inspiration from these notions of freedom than those European immigrants from the east side of the Atlantic.

Strindberg came to the Netherlands as a Swedish immigrant and became the father of Dutch drama and the director-general of the Literary Society. .

Mark Twain became deputy director-general of the Dutch Literary Society.

Van Gogh, the director-general of the Dutch Painting Association who moved from the Netherlands,

Edison, who immigrated from the United States, has become the most famous inventor in the Netherlands and even the world.

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When William IV mentioned each of the famous figures, bursts of cheers rang out from the crowd.

These characters are household names not only in the Netherlands, but also around the world.

Edison's invention of the electric light made him a top inventor.

Together with the invention of direct current and the power station, he became the most respected inventor.

Although unlike his previous life, Strindberg did not record the momentum and oppression of the ruling class, in the past few years he still wrote many works that reflected social issues, such as the novel "Auguste the Red Room". Strindberg", "The New Country".

These works profoundly expose the conservatism, fraud and ruthlessness of the European upper class.

In the following years, he was influenced by the popular theories of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud in Europe. He observed the world from an anti-rational philosophical point of view, and many of his works had a mystical tendency.

His plays "The Father", "Miss Julie", "The Companion", "Dance of Death", etc. all describe the pathological social relations in Europe. The eight characters describe the conflict between instinct and desire, which fully reflects the Strindberg's naturalism.

Last year, Strindberg wrote "The Drama of Dreams", which expressed his desire to help Europeans escape from pain, but was also filled with the despair of losing normality due to pain. In this way, like his previous life, he became Pioneer of European Expressionism.

Strindberg is now a beacon for European and even world literary circles. Together with Mark Twain, he has enhanced the foundation of Dutch literature today.

Only William IV of the people present knew that if things remained unchanged, Strindberg would publish "Half a Sheet of Paper", "The Burial", and "The Housemaid's Son" in the future. These three works established his literary world. and dramatic status.

As for Van Gogh, Van Gogh was born in 1853. Although he was still a few months away from turning 30, he still deeply influenced the art on both sides of the Atlantic in the late 19th century as in his previous life.

Especially Fauvism and European Expressionism in global painting circles.

Although Van Gogh's previous works were realistic in style, he was driven by the revolutionary literary and artistic trends and inspired by the paintings of the Qing Dynasty and Japan after moving to the Far East and Australia. He boldly explored a style that freely expresses inner feelings. His works starting from 1875 It achieves the expressive power of lines and colors and the decorative and allegorical nature of paintings.

At present, his most influential works include "Starry Night", "Sunflowers", "Wheatfield with Crows", etc.

From the rostrum of the Reichstag, William IV said:

“These individuals now represent the diversity of native, European immigrants and American immigrants in the Dutch population.

It also represents the plasticity of life in the Netherlands in the face of different regions around the world. The Dutch dream is vividly reflected in the three of them."