Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Archduke Ferdinand wanted to continue after hearing this, but was interrupted by Franz Joseph I with a wave of his hand. He sighed: "The Netherlands is in Latin America, and the power of America is getting stronger and stronger. In the past, the Commonwealth of the United States was Opposition prevented European powers like us from expanding there before the 1860s. However, as the Netherlands and Britain competed, the Confederation of the United States fell into north-south division during the Lincoln period, and it is still divided 20 years later. Now is the best time for other countries to intervene in Latin American affairs. If we miss this window, it will be more difficult to have opportunities in the future."

Archduke Ferdinand's face softened slightly, "So over the years, although everyone disliked the United Kingdom, they did not stop the Confederate States of America from continuing to separatize the South, in order to prevent the United States from continuing to carry out the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America after reunification? "

"Yes," Franz Joseph I nodded: "So Ferdinand, everything still needs to be considered comprehensively. The Netherlands has risen too fast and has monopolized too many interests. It has touched the interests of too many people. Being called the target of suppression is justifiable.”

Ferdinand had no objection this time.

The Netherlands should not occupy so many interests, and western Latin America has almost become its back garden.

However, other major European countries have gained nothing, which is a big taboo.

Archduke Ferdinand asked: "Your Majesty, when are you going to take action?"

Franz Joseph I said at this time: "It is August 10th, so let's start on September 1st to end this war before winter comes."

"What kind of outcome does uncle intend to achieve?" ArchJustice Ferdinand asked.

"At least occupy the entire southern part of Mexico and attack outside Mexico City," Franz Joseph I said fiercely: "Avenge your third uncle's execution with one arrow."

Upon hearing this, Archduke Ferdinand fell silent again. At the same time, I recalled the various benefits of my third uncle, Macmillan I, when I was a child. He also developed a hatred for Mexico.

Archduke Ferdinand said to himself: "I just hope everything goes as smoothly as my uncle said."

However, there was an uneasiness in my heart.

At the same time, Franz Joseph I next to him was also reminded by Archduke Ferdinand, his nephew and heir, which made him more wary of Bismarck and Germany. However, the militaries of the two countries are currently coordinating, and it is impossible for him to stop.

Secretly said: "I hope Bismarck and William I will not play any conspiracy."

Indians are proud. They are the largest ethnic group in the Americas. Even after the successful invasion of European whites, they still account for the majority of the population.

Guatemalan President Justo Rufino Barrios (Barrios for short), who was born in 1835, studied law at The Hague University in the Netherlands as early as 1858 when he was 23 years old. Two years later, he returned to Guatemala to enter politics in 1860.

Become a rising political star in the Republic of Guatemala.

In 1861, the United States launched the South American Civil War, and the United States' largest capital force in Guatemala began to withdraw from Guatemala.

At the same time, the Dutch-dominated United Fruit Company also began to acquire large areas of coffee and banana estates in Guatemala and became involved in Guatemalan politics.

In 1865, with the help of the United Dutch Fruit Company, Barrios soon helped Vicente Serna overthrow the government of Pedro Essinena, who was elected President of Guatemala that year, and established a new position in Vicente Serna. Serna, the new president, formed a cabinet government and became the commander of Guatemala's army.

This term was very solid, so solid that even after Vicente Serna was ousted by Miguel Garcia Granados in 1871, he was still in the Granados government and remained a top military official as before. , even more nominally reasonable, he became the first Minister of Defense and Chief of General Staff after the reform of the Guatemalan military.

The two of them are in charge of the government and the military. They lived in peace until 1878, when the new Democratic president of the United States, Stephen Douglas, came to power. The latter tried his best to win over Miguel Garcia Granados. Granados also wanted to suppress Barrios more, so the two began to cooperate to suppress the latter.

Afterwards, Barrios was naturally unwilling to give up, so he found the Netherlands.

They hit it off immediately, and the dry wood ignited when it encountered a strong fire.

So in the spring of 1879, Barrios began to launch various corruption accusations against Granados to make his reputation infamous, and then "produced" various evidence of betrayal. With such "irrefutable evidence" When Granados refused to step down, Barrios directly used the army to drive him out of power.

Then, with the support of the "people", he took the position of President of Guatemala and Supreme Marshal of the Military.

Immediately, in order to gain more recognition for his rule, Barrios, under the guidance of the Netherlands, began to fabricate the theory that his maternal grandmother had Indian ancestry. This statement made the Indians no longer oppose his rule and even came to help him.

At this point, Barrios ruled Guatemala firmly.

Even Indians actively participated in this nationwide mobilization, which was an unexpected surprise for him.

Guatemala is now a country where all citizens are armed. There is no need for government coercion, and the people will spontaneously take up arms and return to the establishment.

Barrios had now put aside the initial panic caused by the German-Austrian alliance.

According to what he said when he met with Martinas, Secretary-General of the Thirteen-Nation Alliance in Ecuador not long ago, the Thirteen-Nation Alliance needs a victory to demonstrate the necessity and prestige of this group's existence. Central America, where Guatemala and Mexico are located, is where the group may face a brutal war next.

The German-Austrian Alliance may be the touchstone of this group, whether it is real money or scrap metal. You will know then.

As the Group of Thirteen, especially the Netherlands, continuously provided information about military mobilization related to the German-Austrian Alliance to the Group of Thirteen, Barrios already understood that fighting this war was inevitable.

"Perhaps we need to put aside the grievances between the two countries with Mexican President Manuel Gonzalez and do more, otherwise, the survival of the country will come."

Thinking of the various attitudes that may exist in Mexico, Barrios felt unhappy for a while. But whether it was for his own power or national interests, he had to do this.

At the same time, in Mexico City, Manuel Gonzalez was having face-to-face communication with his predecessor, Porfirio Diaz. It could also be said that Gonzalez was "asking for advice" from the latter. ".

There was nothing he could do about it. Porfirio Diaz was his former boss, his boss, and the Emperor of the Republic of Mexico.