Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

The consular district of the Prussian Embassy in Berlin is not far from the Parliament and the Prime Minister's Office, just on the west side of Arter Danlington Street.

Why was it built here?

Because this is the fastest place for countries to find out the latest news about Prussia.

The Dutch Embassy in Prussia is also located here.

The distance from here to the palace is actually only half an hour away. Of course, taking shortcuts is common.

Especially Alger Robben, the current popular figure in the Dutch Embassy in Prussia, the full-time first secretary of the most powerful Ambassador Pierson.

He was very familiar with this road.

But at this time, his face was full of nervousness and uneasiness.

He picked up the pocket watch on his chest and looked at the hour hand, his face even more dissatisfied.

"It's already past night, and King William I of Prussia and Prime Minister Bismarck actually came to invite people to the palace in the middle of the night. This is very rare in the history of diplomacy,"

Alger Robben thought carefully: Not many major events have happened recently, especially those involving Prussia and the Netherlands. Apart from the three-country agreement last month, there seems to be no other problems.

However, all the conditions and obligations of the three parties in the trilateral agreement are clearly recorded in the text, and there should be no further trouble.

He really couldn't figure it out. It was so late. Why did he need to find Ambassador Pearson?

But when he thought of Pearson, his restless heart calmed down instantly.

In fact, after the subversive theory that Pearson brought to him was so shocking to him, what came over him was overwhelming admiration.

Three years ago, after graduating from The Hague University, Alger Robben entered the government department and became an ordinary third-level secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the kind who served tea and served water.

Later, he was favored by Lu Ford, a counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and became his assistant. It was from then on that he had a relationship with his current boss, Pearson, and finally became his person.

At that time, Luft was in trouble and was at a low point in his life. As far as he knew, this matter was related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Württemberg.

Ruft was just within Pearson's sphere of influence at the time and was one level below him.

One night, Minister Pierson of Württemberg, who had returned to report on his duties, came to Luft's office, I later learned. That was the stop where he came back from Württemberg to ask for talents and resources, in order to bring more people to participate in the diplomatic consolidation of the Principality of Württemberg, and to cultivate candidates to take over the position of minister.

But as Pearson told him later, the selection of people also depends on loyalty. He wants to leave Württemberg, but Württemberg has already stamped his mark and is his territory. In Dutch diplomacy, Within the ministry, there is no room for other opponents to plunder the wealth he has built.

Sure enough, successful people do not take any chances.

Not long after this trip, his boss Luft soon became the Minister of Württemberg, and he became the acting secretary of the popular man from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands who had just returned.

His job is to take care of this important person who was originally only a visitor.

But he didn't know about the "deal" between Luft and Pearson at first, so he felt unhappy and wasn't enthusiastic about his work.

And he soon discovered that Pearson, as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already spread, was a jerk who liked to give orders. The former minister often opened the bathroom door and stood in a squatting position while peeing while working.

He has a young and handsome face, but he is a very crazy person in the studio.

However, workaholics have always been what Alger Robben dislikes the most.

Seeing him peeing while standing in the office bathroom, still talking about his work and naming a series of people, Pearson even said directly to him: "Robben, listen, give those people one at a time in the order of the names I just dictated." When sending a telegram, there must be no mistakes."

Arjen Robben had had enough of the boredom these days, and he even selectively forgot the warnings and instructions from his boss Luft, who told him to serve Pearson carefully and carefully.

He left the list on the table near the bathroom and left directly.

After half an hour of meeting with the top diplomats in diplomacy, Pearson also looked at him with an embarrassed expression.

"Who did I just ask to send a telegram for me?"

At that time, the young and energetic Robben became furious on the spot and replied confidently: "I am already very busy taking care of one boss, and I don't want to serve two people at the same time."

Luft was already standing behind Pearson, a little satisfied, but now he was dumbfounded and quickly found various explanations for him to Pearson.

Robben clearly remembers that Luft seemed to say something like "He is too tired and overworked."

He even apologized and dragged him outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building to state the interests. Of course, there was no denying that Luft’s selfish motives were at work, but just like Luft’s drawing cakes to satisfy his hunger, Pearson’s Status determines following him. It seems that in terms of future, the opportunity is rare and needs to be cherished.

Although he was stubborn, he finally returned to Pierson, but to his surprise, Pierson seemed to have never had any unpleasantness and just asked him to do whatever he was told.

He even took the initiative to talk to him.

"What do you want to drink?" Pearson asked, holding up the coffee pot in his hand and walking towards him.

Arjen Robben said he was flattered and said cream and sugar.

"Really? I usually drink black coffee," Pearson said, getting a cup for Robben.

"Well, I used to be a young man like you, full of personality." Pearson stood very close to him.

"I know what it's like when a person wants to start a career and be his own boss, but has to work for others. What is your major in college?"

Robben talks about philosophy.

Pearson had no reaction. "This profession makes very little money, and it depends on your mouth. If you want to upgrade, philosophy alone is not professional. Diplomacy requires rigor, and the rigorous basis comes from the understanding of national and international laws. I studied law at Leiden University It corresponds to politics and majors, so you can study law later.”

Alger Robben didn't understand that after he hated the other person, the other person actually gave him honest and useful advice like a father.

Robben still clearly remembers his own performance: always unwilling to be criticized by others, he took the initiative to return to Pearson's office and spent three hours building up the lists on the floor. , sorted out the sequence and typed the telegrams one by one. Even after finishing the work, he came back and asked the pending former minister if there was anything else he could do for him.

In this way, he and Pearson officially entered into a working relationship, and after several years of accumulation, he also understood that this was just a way for Pearson to play politics.

Not only did he turn a person who offended him into a valet at his disposal, but now that Alger Robben looks at his own status, he can proudly and slightly sarcastically say that Pearson recruited and trained him. He killed one of his generals.

After three years of getting along, Alger Robben has learned more about Pearson.

Pearson's personal approach: Never pick up a gun without having ammunition ready.

He could think about one thing for days and nights, carefully studying any imaginable risks.

The factor of being able to persuade others is included. Once he is ready, he will pretend to meet the opponent just by chance. The opponent basically does not know what hit him. As long as he uses this move, Robben basically finds that There's nothing that doesn't get hit.

The most impressive experience he had personally experienced was when he was sent to Prussia by King William IV in January this year, when he was a reporter for the Berliner Zeitung, a Prussian media.

This reporter was sent to report on the focus of the Netherlands' change of ambassador, so he came to inquire about the many international issues of the Dutch Embassy. Anyway, if he could write down the questions, it would be enough to kill a person.

However, this person made a surprise visit in order to make Pierson, a rising star in the Dutch diplomatic community, look embarrassed.

Unfortunately, he was wrong, and very wrong. He underestimated Pearson's adaptability.

The newspaper reporter was waiting for Pearson outside his office. When Pearson appeared, he also expressed his intention to come and see Pearson's ugly appearance.

However, Pearson directly grabbed his arm, pulled him into the office, and said kindly and enthusiastically: "You are here, I have been looking for you. I want to tell you, you are the person I have met." The reporter who knows the situation best here, if it weren’t for me, the Netherlands and Prussia would definitely have suffered huge losses because of this, and Prime Minister Bismarck would not have been as handy in Prussia as quickly as he is now, or even "

Robben looked at the reporter with an unbelievable expression on his face. He was also a little unbelievable. He didn't know why Pearson was talking about this, because he remembered that this was the first time for this reporter to come here, and it was also the first time for the Dutch Embassy to contact this person. Dealing with a newspaper.

While Pearson was making his long speech, he took out a piece of white paper and scribbled and drew on it carefully, as if it was important. After a while, during the interval, Robben was called over and took the paper The note was handed to him.

So Robben took the note and walked out of the office without knowing why. Then he opened the note and saw that there were only two sentences on it: "Who am I talking to? Hurry up and give me the purpose and background of his coming." Come here, quickly"

Robben was shocked. He could still operate like this?

When Robben came in again an hour later to hand him the note, Pearson made some unexpected praise for the reporter's work, his talent as a journalist, and his current progress. After giving him the same honest advice as he had given him back then, Robben suddenly felt that the world was really amazing and that there were such people.

Whether it was at that time or in the years to come, Pearson's secret of success was revealed to him again and again, but it was not something that ordinary people could learn. It was like he had a pair of jeweler's eyes and could see through the selves of others.

Robben has surrendered to him since then and has benefited a lot in the past three years.

Half an hour later, Pearson finally got off the carriage, so Alger Robben, who had been waiting outside the embassy gate for a long time, went up to greet you and said: "Ambassador Pearson, Bismarck and William I have been waiting for you at the Berlin Palace for a long time. , do you want to go into the palace to see them now?"

Pearson patted Robben's shoulder nonchalantly. Just when Robben agreed, Pearson walked directly to the gate and left a sentence that shocked him.

"Since we've been waiting for half an hour, what if we let them wait for half an hour? Let them cool down first. I want to go in and eat something to rest my stomach first."

"Although I know it won't go well, is this good for knocking aside the king and prime minister of the host country?" Arjen Robben said with a wry smile, shook his head, and followed quickly.

(ps: In order to raise the status of William IV, we can only give his subordinates as high a promotion as possible, and the role of Pearson is used to assist William IV in raising his status. I like this role. Yes, everyone please vote for it!)