Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

At present, the Netherlands' position in the world is becoming more and more stable, but it can do something more beneficial to the Netherlands. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the situation in South America. Everyone was attracted by the dispute between the UK and the Netherlands over the Strait of Malacca. At that time, who knew that the scope of William IV's game with London actually included South America, especially Britain's long-standing ally in South America - Chile.

Thinking of Chile, William IV's eyes flashed with pride.

On August 14, 1878, just as the world was stirred by the two weddings of Queen Zoffi of Greece and former King Emmanuel II of Italy, the tense relations between the UK and the Netherlands in the Malacca Strait had not yet been eased. Although the situation in the Balkans was affected by the "The Hague" The Treaty allowed Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro and other small countries to establish themselves as countries one after another. When the interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsarist Russia were not satisfied, the Balkan Peninsula still maintained a fragile balance.

At this time, a major event was reported in South America, which stunned people in Europe, America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Far East.

A military coup occurred in Chile in the southwestern part of the South American country on August 13, 1868. The conservative regime lasted for nearly ten years with the support of the army.

In 1868, President Mascaiano used the army in his hands to serve for another third term as president. He adopted a pro-military policy, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Chilean people. At the same time, internal conflicts within the big-money sister oligarchic group intensified, involving the Chilean army and causing factions within the Chilean army.

In 1873, Mascaiano once again used the greatest military power behind him and the support of the United Kingdom to serve as the fourth president of Chile. This made many Chilean factions dissatisfied.

Among them, the "United Soldiers" were led by General Arturo Lauzon, the second largest faction in the military and commander of the army in Santiago, Chile, and officers from other Argentine factions who had nationalist and anti-British and pro-Dutch sentiments. "Group" launched an armed political bian. They occupied the government building in the capital Santiago, overthrew the pro-British rule of Mascaiano's fourth presidential term, and established a new government of Arturo Lauzon.

And as the situation evolved, starting from Santiago, the capital in central Chile, the scope of the attack on Mascaiano's forces began to expand in various places. By August 15, in just three days, the astonishing success of self-reliance changed. Come on, come the new presidential regime.

The British South African fleet, which was preparing to send troops from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to help, was unable to move forward because they were attacked by the Chilean government before they had even crossed the mid-Atlantic between South Africa and Chile.

The pro-British forces in Chile were eradicated.

When the news came back to London, the Creston cabinet government in London was completely shocked.

A pro-British government was ousted from power in three days, which did not bode well for the British Empire, which now had few allies.

And since New Zealand was lost, Chile, located on the southeastern coast of the Pacific, has been a strategic location for Britain to supervise the Netherlands. Together with the Malaya Islands in the north of the Dutch East Indies and South Africa in the west, they suppressed the Kingdom of the Netherlands in three directions: east, west, north and west.

Now, Chile, which is the important town for the British to supervise the Far East Netherlands, has been "miraculously" lost, and it has come to power as a pro-Dutch regime. This is definitely very unfavorable for the British.

This allows the Netherlands to break free from the cage set by the United Kingdom, and will definitely be very passive about Britain's position in the world's oceans.

In this regard, Creston had to consider a serious issue, that is, the current dispute between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in Malacca stems from the British preventing the Netherlands from occupying the strategic Strait of Malacca, and thereby preventing the throat of maritime ships from falling into the Dutch But now that Chile has become a pro-Dutch country, the Straits of Magellan and the Drake Strait at the southernmost tip of South America will also become the possessions of the Netherlands in the future. This has a great impact on Britain's desire to continue to control the throat of the world. of blow.

The world's ten largest straits mainly refer to the Strait of Malacca, the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Drake Strait, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Korean Strait, the Bering Strait, the Strait of Guangzhou, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Ottoman-Turkish Strait.

These places are either intercontinental straits in economically developed areas, straits that communicate with the ocean, straits that are the only passage, or straits that are the main routes. They are all chokepoints for maritime traffic, which can restrict the navigation of ships or shorten the length of the sea. Navigation has very important political, economic and military significance.

Britain controlled many of these straits.

Now that the Netherlands is fighting for the Strait of Malacca, it is attacking in the east and west, quietly changing the pro-British Chilean regime, and may then remotely seize the Drake Strait and the Strait of Magellan. This makes Creston feel terrible just thinking about it. .

Furthermore, the manner in which this incident occurred also made the Netherlands' danger level reach its highest point in his eyes.

No one would think that Holland is a kind person, but the method Holland used now shocked Creston and him.

So when he came to Queen Victoria in Buckingham Palace in fear, he couldn't help but express his worries anxiously.

Queen Victoria looked equally unhappy. She did not expect that William IV would collapse a pro-British force in such an unprecedented way just three days after the death of his mother, Queen Sophie.

Creston sighed at this time: "When the Dutch came to power in the Commonwealth of America, the Netherlands fought fiercely with Prussia, and finally defeated Prussia using financial means, but that was done legally and compliantly. But now, the Netherlands has resorted to a brutal method of changing the regime. It is simple and effective. This makes me tremble with fear. Your Majesty, the Netherlands has made every effort to cultivate talents from all over the world in recent years. Chile’s Successfully becoming a role model for these pro-Dutch elites, I am afraid that these people may not be content. With Chile’s success ahead, there may be countless Arturo Lauzons in the future.”

Queen Victoria also had a heavy look on her face when she heard this.

She also didn't expect that the Netherlands would easily support Arturo Lauzon to come to power. Chile's always pro-British attitude made the British lower their vigilance against them, but she didn't expect that Chile would break away from British control like this.

If other pro-British countries do the same in the future, Queen Victoria will also show concern when she thinks about it.

She looked at the intelligence information in her hand, her eyes were slightly inflamed, and then she suddenly said: "It shows that this Arturo Lauzon received a university education at Leiden University in the Netherlands in 1860?"

"Yes," Creston replied in a daze at first, and then faced Queen Victoria's meaningful look, he suddenly came to his senses.

Creston said: "What does the Queen mean by saying that those close to the Netherlands in the future should have a background of education in the Netherlands?"

"Isn't it? As long as we follow this line of thinking, we can suppress people with this background to eliminate a lot of hidden dangers."

Not only London, but also Bismarck and William I in Berlin were also shocked from time to time.

The Netherlands actually controls another South American country. No matter how you look at it, South America has almost become an ally of the Netherlands.