Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Emond Rothschild, the third generation leader of the Rothschild family and now living in Paris, had a very helpless expression on his face.

"Mr. Emond, our Majesty is currently asking your family to fully support our actions against Bismarck, so please, please, your family also stand up and favor Bismarck?"

Jefferson Breen, Ambassador of the Dutch Embassy in Paris, spoke. He has served in this position for 16 years and can be said to have witnessed the changes in power in the Netherlands and the Second Empire of France.

When he first came to Paris, he had to look up to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Second French Empire every time he met him. However, since the rise of the Netherlands, especially after the split of France in 1870, he had to look up to him.

The status of the two countries reversed, and the Netherlands became a guest.

With their backers getting tougher, these people who represent the Netherlands when they go out will naturally follow the tone and need to be tougher.

No, just yesterday he was summoned by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. After he strongly expressed the attitude of the Netherlands and asked the other party to put a stop to it, he came here today to see the French financial emperor Emond de Rothschild. Although his tone was respectful, , but it is also what Haishu needs to show off.

Especially him who came with a mission.

Although Emond was dissatisfied, he still did not directly refute the other party.

Especially as the Rothschild family who supports the Jewish world the most, it can be said that he has already developed a certain dependence on the Netherlands.

The support that William IV of the Netherlands has promised to restore the Jewish state in recent years has become increasingly apparent.

If I hadn't rejected William IV's proposal to use the Bahrain Islands in the Middle-Eastern Persian Gulf to enrich the Jewish nation, it would have been more than 10 years since the Zionist nation was successfully established.

There was some regret in his heart, but thinking about the development of Jews around the world, especially in the Netherlands, in the past ten years, Emond Rothschild felt happy again.

After all, the geographical location of the Bahrain Islands is too special.

To the south are the Dutch overseas territories of Qatar (obtained from Germany in 1870), the United Arab Emirates, and East Oman.

To the west of the Bahrain Peninsula are the Kingdom of Nazhi and the Kingdom of Hanzhi of the Arabian Peninsula.

To the northwest was a large area of ​​land controlled by the Ottoman Empire.

The northernmost point of the northern Persian Gulf is British-controlled Kuwait.

To the east and north across the Persian Gulf is the Persian Empire.

The biggest reason for his refusal was that the Bahrain Islands were too small, covering less than 800 square kilometers. According to food cultivation, they could not even feed 500,000 people.

The number of Jews in the world now far exceeds this figure.

Therefore, when Bahrain was founded, he did not think that the future development potential of this Jewish country would be great.

On the contrary, with the help of William IV and many others, the Dutch domestic market was now opened to the Jews, and the Jews also obtained the right to live in the Netherlands. There are currently 400,000 Jews in the Netherlands, accounting for one-tenth of the total number of Jews in the world.

Second only to the German Empire and the Russian Empire, but before France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Data alone cannot explain much. Due to their special circumstances and their status as prosperous professionals, Jews have now become a bastion of the bourgeoisie in the Netherlands.

They are major patrons and activists of educational, cultural and artistic charities. As the most influential foreign minority, they are eager to establish equal status and then become the backbone of liberal political and social movements.

As an ethnic group that has abandoned its own culture to varying degrees, the Jews in the Netherlands are currently particularly obsessed with innovative modern things in every cultural field. Their experience is believed to be a preview of future waves of Jewish immigration to the Netherlands.

What Emond didn't know was that the Jews were only one of the main forces of the European avant-garde before 1900. It was the Dutch Jews who laid the foundation for the three major cities in the Netherlands, including Sydney, Melbourne and Amsterdam, to play a leading role in the modern cultural field of the future world. status.

Ambassador Jefferson Breen said at this time: "Mr. Emond may have doubts, right?" At 72 years old, he is the oldest ambassador in the world. He has dedicated his life to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and he has been deeply honored. He won the trust of three consecutive kings of the Netherlands, William II, William III and the current King William IV of the Netherlands. Before coming to France, he also served as the Dutch Ambassador to the United States.

It can be said that he is the most senior member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. He is naturally mature and aware of Emond's concerns.

Seeing Emond pretending to be calm, Jefferson Breen said: "At present, the German Empire can only stay here in Western Europe, and its position is extremely embarrassing. I believe Mr. Emond can guess this time that Bismarck is actually preparing to sit back and watch the tiger. Dou, want to take advantage of the opportunity."

Edmond pretended to be surprised and looked at Ambassador Jeff Breen and asked, "Seriously?"

Jefferson Brin nodded, but secretly scolded the other party for being pretentious. As the richest man in the French Empire, even Napoleon III, the Emperor of the Second French Empire, and Thiers, President of the Third French Republic in the south, did not dare to offend the other party. It can be said that Eamon Delhi took advantage of the contradiction between the two and actually took care of both sides, allowing the Rothschild family to expand their business in the French Empire, not to mention their financial influence.

He did not believe that such a person did not know that Germany and Austria-Hungary had asked the United Kingdom and the Netherlands respectively for the territory of Kalimantan some time ago.

However, he did not tell the truth and said: "Of course, Bismarck took advantage of the conflict between Britain and the Netherlands to demand part of the Dutch and British territories on Kalimantan. Unfortunately, it was shelved by the two countries in the end.

But he never thought that Bismarck himself would now be involved in a close relationship with the Jews, causing both the Junker nobles and the Germans to doubt their loyalty.

I asked Mr. Emond, could this be a British plot? After all, you should know that the British are very close to the Rothschild family, which controls the financial lifeline of the United Kingdom. Now if it is revealed that Bismarck and Bismarck are Regarding the unusual relationship between Jews, do you think the two people at Buckingham Palace and No. 10 Downing Street can still sleep peacefully? "

I think I will definitely not be able to sleep. "

This is Jefferson Breen's self-answered answer.

Emond Rothschild agreed in his heart. No country is willing to let others seize the vital parts of its snake.

What's more, Britain and Germany seem to have a peaceful relationship in recent years, but that was without any quarrel.

Jefferson Brin: "Bismarck's strength and iron-bloodedness are famous in the European world.

If you want the other party to give up any piece of fat, you need to exchange it for lean meat.

What's more, Bismarck was famous for carrying out many foreign operations with plans and succeeding. If Bismarck's relationship with the Jews was true, then the Jews of various countries would be a source of danger.

It is very likely that the Jews will instantly become Bismarck's tools. At that time, all countries will become frightened birds, and the Jews will become street rats that everyone in the countries shouts to beat. "

Emond Rothschild looked at Jefferson Breen seriously with a complicated look, and then asked: "It seems that the living environment of the Jews is terrible. I wonder what the Netherlands needs our Rothschild family? "

Jefferson Breen: "The Jews can continue to have ambiguities with Bismarck, but they can pour dirty water on the British government and let Germany and Britain attack each other. Preventing Britain and Germany from getting closer is our goal."