Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

William IV did not know about the secret chess game arranged by William IV for the No. 1 seed in Belgium, the meeting between Jules Darnell and Mari Philippe, and it was impossible for him to know everything.

But he knew these two people.

The meeting in the Privy Council soon ended, and he returned to the lounge, lost in thought.

Looking at the many safes in front of him, he opened one of the safes and took out a document inside. Here was a list of chess pieces he had arranged over the years, including those from the Netherlands, such as Torbet before.

There are also foreign ones, such as Washburn from the United States and Jules Danetang from Belgium.

These are all the arrangements he made after he traveled through time 7 years ago. There is no way around it. He was originally an ambitious person in his previous life, but after time traveling, he became a person with status!

Opening the information of Jules Danetang and Mari Philippe, he couldn't help but smile strangely.

This Jules Danetang is one of his attempts.

He wanted to copy a future president of the United States, Bill Cotton, the president of the United States in the 1990s. He used this person as a blueprint to copy that leader's development method for Jules Danetang, so that his emotions would baop The leader, Bill Charlie, followed his own script to guide the other party. Unexpectedly, he succeeded.

The test was successful!

He actually started to enter orbit on his own.

Yes, just like the president in his previous life who chose the infamous Bobby Baker, who was very famous in Walton at the time, Jules Danetant also chose Mari Philippe, the de facto political leader of Belgium today. Cooperation exists at the parent level.

He was really curious, what kind of sparks would their cooperation create?

What is the future development of this guy, or to what extent will he develop, Speaker of Belgium? prime minister?

Thinking of this, he revealed a dazzling sharp light.

He began to look at the information of these two people carefully.

Looking back on Danetang's entire life journey, in the first 23 years, he was just an ordinary university student in West Flanders, Belgium. However, his family was not wealthy, and he was rewarded for his hard work.

During the sketch trip to the Netherlands organized by the school, he met his political mentor, Bill Charlie, the leader of the intelligence organization of Crown Prince William of the Netherlands. He accepted his various sponsorships and began carefully designed training. After returning from the course, with the help of Bill Charlie, he quickly became a genius in West Flanders.

Yes, his fame spread among the upper echelons of the province, and even later began to spread throughout the Flemish (Dutch-speaking areas) of Belgium: West Flanders, East Flanders, Flanders Blanc The provinces of Bandt, Antwerp and his own province of Limburg.

Belgium is divided into three regions, with the mixed language area of ​​the capital Brussels as the center and a straight line running across it.

To the north is the Dutch-speaking Flanders region, where the Dutch-speaking population accounts for 52% of the Belgian population.

The mainly French-speaking Wallonia region in the south accounts for 40% of the total population, of which the eastern Prussian-speaking region within Wallonia accounts for 3%.

Many people have long heard of Malife Lip's notorious reputation, so they are reluctant to approach him.

But one person was surprised. When Jules Danetang was making the selection, after hesitation, he finally recommended to his mentor Bill Charlie his assistant candidate, Mari Philippe.

This made his mentor at the time look at him in surprise for a long time. Even now, he still remembers how unforgettable the scene was.

Even William IV saw in the documents the conversation between Bill Charlie, the current head of the Dutch Royal Intelligence Service, and him.

"Dane Tang, you have to be careful. This person doesn't have a good reputation. If you choose, he may become a stain on you. Are you sure you still want him to be your assistant?"

"I'm sure it has to be him."

"Well, hope everything goes well"

"I believe in my choice, teacher"

In this way, he quickly met Mari Philippe who came out of the prison, and had to sigh at how efficient Charlie was in doing things. It seems that the prisons in Belgium are still too lax in supervision. I wonder if the same is true in the Netherlands. , it seems that he needs to keep an eye on this place to prevent this kind of loophole from appearing in the Netherlands.

It recorded Philip's obedience to his words and his outstanding performance, and Danetang showed pride on his face.

William IV smiled when he saw this.

When many people thought Philip was a living specimen of a bygone decadent era, he also saw this.

But he saw something more. This man grew up from a lower level, and he understood that although the other party had a bad reputation, he had already been swept into prison.

But it is undeniable that Danetang, who wants to enter the political arena and manage his own power, needs talents with experience and management skills. His status is destined to find that he cannot find talents like defenders to support him. , not to mention that at that time, he was just a small city councilor in the province of Limburg.

Who is willing to follow a man of great talent? It's better to go it alone.

By chance, Jean Danetang learned about Mari Philippe, and was shocked to hear his deeds.

For him who is ambitious but doesn't have much capital, Philip is a gift from God.

Therefore, he ignored the dissuasion of his mentor Charlie Beer and the disdain and dissatisfaction of many colleagues in Limburg Province towards his wooing Philip, and used a lot of opportunities to tame Philip. He knew that this was an opportunity.

Because he believed that since this Belgian political machinist and corrupt man could push another poor but ambitious compatriot from the same province to the top of Belgian politics and become Prime Minister, then he could undoubtedly give him guidance. Maze.

In his view, Philip accompanied the former prime minister all the way through the thorns and thorns. He not only understood Brussels, Belgium, but was also very familiar with Belgium's political ecology. Even as an adviser to the former prime minister, he understood how the entire world worked and was familiar with it. To him, they are all enlightening beings. To put it simply, for him at this level, they are a guiding light for his promotion journey and a ticket to understand the world.

William IV closed the document, closed his eyes and squinted slightly. After a long time, he opened his eyes, and the light shone brightly.

It’s him!

This person is the best candidate for him to enter Belgium. As long as he stands at the top, relying on him, he can use Belgium to do things that the Netherlands cannot casually do.

"However, Dark Chess No. 2 is not convinced even after thinking about it, so why not let them fight first."

William IV thought of Dark Chess No. 2, and couldn't help but reveal a strange smile.

This No. 2 Dark Chess was a figure trained by Tolbert himself, and it was not an exaggeration to become a direct disciple of Tolbert.

If such a candidate favored by Dutch Prime Minister Tolbert loses to the candidate of Dutch Royal Intelligence Director Bill Charlie, I don't know what his expression will be. He is really looking forward to that scene.

February 1, 1862.

France, Paris, Palace of Versailles.

The Palace of Versailles is the palace of the French Empire. It was built in the city of Versailles southwest of Paris in the 16th century. It was later expanded to its current size several times and consists of three parts: the large garden in front of the palace, the palace and the radial avenue.

The shape is symmetrical, with an axis facing east and west. The interior decoration of the palace is extremely luxurious. Tapestries, oil paintings, and sculptures are hung on the inner walls. Bronze or marble sculptures by famous sculptors are displayed in the hall. It enjoys the high reputation of an art palace and covers an area of ​​more than 110,000 square meters.

On the second floor, there are King Napoleon III’s office, bedroom, audience room, wardrobe room, entourage bedrooms and other rooms. On the first floor, there are furniture storage and armory. The 26 rooms more than 100 years ago have now become 2,300. .

Napoleon III is currently receiving his Prime Minister Emile Olivier in the audience room on the second floor.

"Prime Minister, I wonder what you think of Prussia now?"

Olivier just asked Napoleon III why he relaxed his vigilance towards the British Empire, which would have serious consequences. This made Napoleon III dissatisfied and asked rhetorically.

Just now, Napoleon was speechless after being refuted. No matter how good-tempered he was, he couldn't stand Olivier's repeated pressing. In the end, he was forced to , the whole thing collapsed.

So when he had no answer, he later turned around and tried to make the other party face the same situation as him, which made him feel uncomfortable too!

The thing is, the original purpose of meeting Olivier this morning was to ease the relationship with him, because he was still prepared to make good use of his connections to slowly change the attitudes of those who opposed him, in order to consolidate his regime,

In such a state of mind, he kept his attitude very low, but he didn't expect that the two of them were talking about domestic affairs. It was okay, with a king and an elected prime minister. The two parties still need to cooperate to better develop France. No one can France does not want to be bullied by other countries, but when it comes to foreign policy, the differences between the two are exposed.

The Olivier Maritime faction has always insisted that if France wants to develop, it must develop overseas colonies. It should be stronger, especially when Napoleon III actually gave up the crucial Suez Canal to obtain the British Empire's support for his restoration of the Napoleonic dynasty. Feeling dissatisfied, and his main attack direction is the Indian Ocean.

Although Napoleon III was also very keen on overseas affairs, his main focus was the Americas.

The British Empire is also supporting his development in the Americas, especially the fact that the two countries are now taking advantage of the civil war in the United States and cooperating to prepare to invade and intervene in American affairs, which makes Olivier even more dissatisfied.

What dissatisfied him most was that Napoleon III forcefully arranged for a prince from Paris to directly serve as the emperor of Mexico in order to prepare to rule Mexico and serve as a front line for the invasion of the United States. This has already allowed Olivier to receive proposals from American Presidents Lincoln and Seward. Multiple letters of inquiry from the Secretary of State.

This made him feel the anger of the Americans.

So his temper was vented on Napoleon III, and you and I argued and explained. In the end, Napoleon III was defeated because Olivier reminded him.

"Your Majesty, I feel that the British Empire is using the United States to consume the strength and potential of the French Empire.

The real purpose is because they want to use the United States to divert our attention, prevent us from threatening them in the Indian Ocean, and prevent us from plundering resources in the Indian subcontinent.

This has to be guarded against, and at the same time, the Civil War has now reversed. The South initially had the advantage in the support of the British Empire, but now it has reversed.

In fact, we have to admit that the industrially developed north with a GDP of 1.8 billion US dollars and 360 million pounds is more suitable for France, because we need this market and technology to activate our national development, rather than exhausting our resources in Mexico. "

Napoleon III moved his mouth, but in the end, he did not refute, so the two stopped fighting each other.

However, Napoleon III was not a man willing to suffer losses, so he asked:

"Prime Minister Olivia, what do you think of Prussia and what is his attitude towards the French Empire?"