Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

In the synagogue, Councilor Sackham, the director of the Netherlands Financial Commission, and several others waited for the summons and finally walked into this not-so-luxurious synagogue.

Everything is simple.

But to their surprise, they thought there was only His Majesty William IV, but they didn't expect that there was one more person inside. Even Senator Sackham in the team looked at the old and arrogant middle-aged man in surprise. , when he saw a few people coming in, he just glanced at them, and then sat upright, but had no intention of greeting them directly, which made Sackham even more confused.

However, these thoughts did not prevent him from saluting William IV.

After the etiquette was completed, everyone found a place to sit down. Emond sat in the first position on the right hand of William IV. Therefore, as the leader of the delegation, Senator Sackham sat on the left and at the top, while Jourda Netang He sits in the second chair to the right of the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Opposite in the second picture from the left is Frank, President of the National Bank of East India, in the third picture is Vanderlip, President of the Far Eastern Commercial Bank, and Davidson, President of the United Private Bank, is sitting in the fourth picture from the left.

The fifth seat is Nat Wallenberg, President of Stockholm Bank.

The sixth picture shows Hilton, Sackham's deputy and secretary on the Finance Committee.

The third picture from the right is Andrew, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Special Assistant to the National Financial Commission. The fourth and fifth pictures are respectively Sir Henry, senior partner of Royal Dutch Investment Company (also commonly known as Royal Investment Company's personal envoy) and Royal Dutch Investment Company. Norton, the president of the First National Bank of Sydney controlled by an investment company, and the sixth picture is Bertie Forbes, founder and financial writer of Forbes.

After a few people sat down, Nat Wallenberg, the president of Stockholm Bank, never looked away from the man sitting on the right hand side of William IV.

While his eyes were strange, he also showed shock.

No one knew what he was thinking. He thought to himself: "How could he appear here? This is one of the most secret meeting places in the Netherlands. This meeting was kept secret. He came in secret. He was the only foreigner. Moreover, the Wallenberg family, second only to the royal family in Sweden, fully supported William IV, which can be said to have sacrificed a lot. Originally, he wanted to ask for more support from the Netherlands for his family, but now after seeing the person in front of him, He found out he was wrong.

Compared with others, I am simply a dwarf, but how did William IV impress the other party and actually drag this top European figure here?"

In fact, besides him, there is another person here who knows the Edmund in front of him, and that person is Jules Danetang. You must know that Jules Danetant was elected Prime Minister of Belgium in 1861 and served for two terms. It was not until 1869 that the three northern provinces of Belgium returned to the Netherlands. Jules Danetant moved to the Australian mainland and entered the Dutch political arena. In 1870 He formed the Dutch Socialist Party in Melbourne in 2001 and became the leader of the third largest political party in the Netherlands, which made people mistakenly think that he was a newcomer to the political arena.

When he was the Prime Minister of Belgium, when he visited the French Empire in Paris, he met James Rothschild next to Napoleon III, and he also met James' successor Emond.

As soon as he came in, even though he hadn't seen him for many years, he still recognized this leading figure in the Paris financial world when he saw him.

His mind was also shocked, but after many years of experience in politics, he had already calmed down, so he just glanced at the old god Emond with a profound look, and then glanced at the indifferent William IV in a hidden way. , fear and admiration coexist in my heart.

Others didn't think that being in contact with Emond would not make him angry at his weakness, but they would not pretend to be cold and look for a place to sit down while pretending not to notice.

William IV regarded everyone's actions as the same, but watched them sit down without any expression before saying: "You may be a little strange when you come here today, why I called everyone here."

His eyes roamed over several people, and finally landed on Jules Danetang, and asked with a smile: "Your Excellency, Chancellor of Finance, how about guessing the purpose of calling everyone together this time?"

Suddenly, several people looked at Jules Danetang.

They all couldn't help but guess that William IV had already told the other party the answer and asked Jules Danetang to be the speaker of the meeting?

However, when they saw Giulda Netan's thoughtful look, they immediately knew that they were wrong. Obviously, the Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister was confused.

Suddenly, everyone looked at Representative Sackham, because as the group leader and organizer, he should not be unaware of this.

"Don't look at me, I do know, but since His Majesty asked, I can only wait until I appear," Sakmu said with a bitter smile.

Old fox!

Several people immediately cursed each other secretly.

After Jules Danetang thought for a moment, his eyes fell on Sackham and guessed: "Since His Majesty invited us here, and the head of the group is Mr. Sackham of the Financial Committee, who manages the Dutch financial currency, then it must be It’s a meeting related to finance.”

Seeing that William IV had no objection, he added: "As for those who attended the meeting, have you noticed that the three major private private commercial banks of the three major consortiums in the Netherlands, the Royal Investment Company, the Stockholm Bank, etc., plus the specialized Mr. Forbes publishes financial news, and he is the Minister of Finance of the Netherlands. There are such clear factors, and the answer has already appeared on the paper, that is, His Majesty is preparing to hold a financial and monetary conference, and the content is mainly financial, and even It’s related to banks’ issuance of currency, government bonds, etc.”

He glanced at Emond Rothschild and finally said: "I think the world situation has entered a dangerous stage now. The Netherlands, Britain and France are all political and military powers. At the same time, because they are global economic powers, their influence is very great. This When His Majesty provoked the Netherlands from Britain and France, he convened senior executives of the Swedish Stockholm Bank, including Mr. Nutt, to gather here. This is to carry forward the remaining financial influence of the Netherlands around the world."

As Giardnetan spoke "candidly", everyone couldn't help but look at William IV who was standing above them.

Seeing that he had neither objection nor admission, everyone immediately knew that what Jules Danetang had guessed was pretty much the same.

Everyone couldn't help but admire him. He was indeed a born politician. He was less than forty and already held high positions in two countries. He founded the third largest party in the Netherlands and used his cleverness to unite with the Christian Party to become the deputy prime minister of the ruling coalition cabinet government. and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this ability to bend and stretch.

Even William IV on the stage admired it very much.

And Edmund Rothschild, who was next to him, had even more admiration on his face.

He even secretly sighed: France lacks such bold politicians, and Paris is in the hands of those old politicians, so he is allowed to bet on the Netherlands.