Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On the morning of September 1, 1881, the Mexican Ministry of National Defense announced in Mexico City that due to the danger of Austria-Hungary launching a military operation, the Mexicans at the junction of the Yucatan Peninsula and Yucatan Peninsula would retreat 10 kilometers north from that day to evacuate. Local residents.

On the evening of September 1, 1881, Mexican President Gonzalez signed an order confirming that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had marched north from the original border of the Yucata Peninsula, once again expanding the invasion area on Mexican territory.

At 12 o'clock in the morning on September 2, 1881, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it would negotiate with the Austro-Hungarian Embassy in Mexico. Mexico would stand its ground and would not allow Mexico to invite the former president in Juarez after losing the Yucatan Peninsula. Losing even one square kilometer of territory.

On September 3, 1881, the talks ended, and the two sides reached an agreement on the return of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the position before September 1.

On September 5, 1881, Crown Prince Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire publicly stated that the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not give up its rule on the Yucata Peninsula. In order to live in peace, Mexico should give up joining any military alliance because it would threaten Austria-Hungary. Regarding the empire's interests in Central America, Crown Prince Ferdinand stated that he had expressed Austria-Hungary's new withdrawal conditions to Gonzales in Mexico City.

As a result, Austria-Hungary pressed forward step by step, Mexico would not retreat, and a war between the two countries was about to break out.

At eight o'clock in the morning on September 6, 1881, this was the time to go to work. Haha, perhaps in order to learn more thoroughly about the operation of Western governments, Li Hongzhang submitted a letter to modify the court meeting and office hours to align with the Netherlands. Office hours start at 8 o'clock every day.

Today, as usual, officials from various county offices in the Qing Dynasty picked up the Chinese versions of "Australian Times" and "European Times" to read, appreciate overseas people and strange things, and gain knowledge. This is what they did in January of this year. This habit started after the government implemented Chinese-language newspapers in March.

However, just when they opened the newspaper, they were ready to read the headlines about which country's economy was developing rapidly, what invention had been invented by the Netherlands, and what Germany had imitated. As for the subsequent development of the street protests in London, the capital, today's headlines were unexpected.

Because whether it is the "Australian Times" or the more influential "European Times", the headlines in black and bold are hanging directly above.

"A war between the European power Austria-Hungary and the Central American power Mexico is about to begin!!!"

The three exclamation points are bold and enlarged, which is particularly eye-catching.

This immediately attracted the interest of officials above the county government level in the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty has been invaded by European powers in recent years. Every time the Qing Dynasty made speechless compensation or apology (silver) from various places, this made the people of the Qing Dynasty very angry, especially the old woman who was the tallest in the Qing Dynasty. He was even more filled with hatred.

There were obviously hundreds of millions of people, but they were invaded by the British, which the newspapers said were only over 30 million people, and they didn't dare to say a word.

This is such a shameful thing.

With the arrival of newspapers, many people in the Qing Dynasty also have an understanding of the world's population. For example, the population of the Japanese pirates in the east is 50 million, which is one-eighth of the Qing Dynasty. The white people of Britain and France do not include the population of the colonies. In other words, it was almost one-ninth of the Qing's population; in the developed Netherlands in the south, the white population was even only one-twelfth of the Qing's total population. But if you add black people and indigenous people, Africa and other Dutch territories (the Netherlands) Counting the population of the Netherlands (which has no colonies, only overseas territories and is managed by a unified government), the population of the Netherlands exceeds 60 million, but it is only one-fifth of the Qing Dynasty.

It's a pity that the economy is developed, and the per capita income is more than 30 times that of the Qing Dynasty. Many people in the Qing Dynasty have to accept this, but they are convinced.

But what is most unacceptable to the Qing people is that the Japanese pirates formed an alliance with the British, and the Meiji Restoration was promoted for more than ten years, and the per capita income was twice as high as that of the Qing Dynasty.

Japan's total GDP is almost one-third that of the Qing Dynasty. Although it is not as high as the Qing Dynasty's total, it worries many knowledgeable people in the Qing Dynasty. After all, the population is small, and according to Dutch newspapers, this Japanese pirate country is allied with the United Kingdom. The British are constantly selling weapons to the Japanese pirate country. Obviously the British are not well-intentioned and are trying to support Japan to deal with the Qing Dynasty.

There is some truth to what the newspaper said. Few people who can become officials above the county government level are stupid. Their thinking is very clear.

The Netherlands used their fantasies and ideas to gradually make the Qing nationals emotionally opposed to Britain and Japan. Obviously, the Netherlands succeeded.

So when they saw that Japan's income was so high, they were first full of hostility towards Britain, because they felt that it was Britain that caused the rise of the Japanese pirates who harmed them along the Qing coast and had the strength to continue harming the Qing border people. Therefore, invisibly, The Netherlands, which is at odds with Britain, is even more friendly.

When they saw the news about the imminent war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Republic of Mexico, they, the Qing people, couldn't help but worry about the Netherlands, because if they remembered well, just three months ago, the South American League led by the Netherlands was changed to the Group of Thirteen The Alliance, this Mexico, joined the organization at that time.

Now that Austria-Hungary and Mexico are going to war, will the Netherlands be involved in the war?

Many people are worried about this, not because they pity the Netherlands for entering first and then being defeated, but because now in the Qing Dynasty, more than 20,000 students study in the Netherlands every year, and more than 200,000 people work overseas there.

The students who can study abroad have unusual family backgrounds. Almost all of them are the sons and daughters of prominent officials or officials in the Qing Dynasty or large landowners and wealthy people.

If the Netherlands is plunged into war at this time, will the children of these people be trapped in a war zone and their lives be in danger?

Also, the more than 200,000 overseas workers in the Netherlands (most of them are gold diggers in the northern part of the Australian continent) send back a slap in the face in foreign exchange every year. Will it reduce the Qing government's finances? Those people are almost one-third of the per capita income of the Netherlands, but they are also ten times the domestic income. This is enough work to support millions of people.

Also, if the Netherlands fails to participate in the war, the Japanese pirates who are currently afraid of the Netherlands will take the opportunity to cause chaos in the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty with the support of the United Kingdom. These are the concerns that officials from all over the country came up with according to the newspapers. .

Unconsciously, they discovered that the interests of the Qing Dynasty were tied to the Netherlands.

Qing Dynasty, Capital City, Ci-Ning Palace.

Li Hongzhang also held in his hand the Chinese-language "Australian Times" dated September 6, 1881. Above him was the empress dowager Cixi, who was the only one in the palace.

Empress Dowager Ci-an passed away on April 8 this year at the age of 44. Therefore, from then on, the woman in front of her had the final say in the Qing harem.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lower his head lower.

Cixi looked at Li Hongzhang in front of her and was very satisfied. He was a capable and discerning man. Unfortunately, he was a Han. Otherwise, he would have been a few steps closer to the title. That makes sense.