Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"The Qajar dynasty that currently rules the Persian Empire was established in 1779 and had its capital in Tehran. As for why, of course it was because of the harassment from maritime powers such as Britain and France, which made them feel insecure, especially after seeing the Napoleonic wars between Britain and France. Still with the intensity of the blockade and anti-blockade wars, this new dynasty chose to build its capital in the northern interior.

In the early days of the Qajar Dynasty, Western powers stepped up their efforts to compete for power in the Persian Empire, and they all wanted to turn the newly established dynasty in this country into their own colonial agent.

In 1801, the Tsarist Empire annexed the Georgian region of the Persian Empire; in the same year, Britain was unwilling to be outdone and fought three wars with the Persian Empire ruled by the Armor Royal Family. In the end, it lost the war, causing the Persian Empire to cede territory and compensate for the recognition of Afghanistan's independence.

Just like a group of sharks smelled the fishy smell, Tsarist Russia and Britain tasted the smell of meat, so France, Austria, and the United States, which had only been born for more than 20 years, successively forced the Persian Empire to enter into unequal treaties. The Persian Empire was very wronged.

Beginning in the 1850s, Britain and Russia abruptly seized the privileges of mining, building roads, setting up banks, and training troops in the Persian Empire.

However, because the people and government of the Persian Empire were very dissatisfied, Britain and Russia did not dare to continue the oppression, so it was like this, 30 years later in 1881. "

Watching Gerrit de Vries talk about the history of the Persian Empire. Only then did everyone present begin to have a general understanding of this extremely mysterious country.

William IV wanted to know more. According to history, by 1907, Britain and Russia put aside their differences and colluded with each other in the Persian Empire's sphere of influence: the north belonged to the Russian Empire, the south belonged to the United Kingdom, and the center was a buffer zone.

By that time, the Persian Empire will become a semi-colony of Britain and Russia. It was not until 1921 that Reza Han overthrew the Qajar dynasty and established the Pahlavi dynasty in 1925.

Jules Danetang said sharply: "How are you going to do this, Your Excellency Griet? You must know that as you just said, the Persian Empire is now considered the target country of British and Russian exploitation. This country should currently avoid British and Russian talents." Yes, you think Tehran will support us against the British."

Yes, the Persian Empire could not protect itself, and it was not afraid of the British. How could it support the Netherlands against the British?

Everyone else also looked at Gerrit De Vries.

Joseph Beit said: "I think Gerrit should pay attention to the fact that the Russian Empire is also a key player. If the Persian Empire helps us to fight against the British, and the Russian Empire stabs Tehran in the back, we cannot guarantee their safety. And when we get angry, maybe we will suffer backlash. Don't end up with Britain and Persia dealing with us in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and East Oman in the western part of the Persian Gulf. That would be very difficult."

When the others heard this, they nodded in agreement.

People who have no long-term worries must have short-term worries. The two people in front of them are worthy of being the Prime Minister and Speaker of the National Assembly in Belgium. They are also very compatible as political partners. This makes Lyndon next to him very envious. On the contrary, he is Gerrit de Vries asked, and he became even more wary of the two people in front of him.

William IV was secretly pleased that these two men were indeed the twin stars of Dutch politics whom he had focused on cultivating, and they were becoming more and more far-sighted.

Since he came to power in December 1861 to take charge of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the most unpleasant thing about him was that his people were not used to using it.

John Rudolf Tolbeck was his first prime minister after he came to power. The two had known each other for a long time since the days of Crown Prince William IV, so there was less of a running-in period, and there was not much hostility in terms of cooperation. William IV At that time, the East India Company was re-invented and it was successful. William IV, as the crown prince at that time, controlled the huge commercial aircraft carrier of the Netherlands. Tolbeck, a liberal prime minister with a difficult relationship with his father, had to cooperate with him.

Of course, Tolbeck was also impressed by William IV's strength and talent, and he never disobeyed William IV's instructions in various administrative matters.

Originally, from February 1862 to February 1870, due to the Dutch-Portuguese War and the African War, the election of the first prime minister in 1866 was postponed for one year. It was not until 1867 that the second prime minister took office until the end of February 1871.

These nine years were the most important years in laying the foundation for the rapid economic and military development of the Netherlands. They were also the most important nine years in which William IV rose to prominence and was promoted to a global political giant.

Tolbeck relied on his experience as a prime minister in the 1960s and his strong appeal as leader of the Liberal Party to lay a solid foundation for the Netherlands in these nine years.

Then Tolbeck's close confidant Gerrit de Vries came to power. The four years from February 1871 to February 1875 became the four years with the greatest changes in Dutch politics. The Netherlands moved its capital from Amsterdam in Europe to Melbourne in the Far East, Australia. Jules Danetant, a man of merit who led Northern Belgium to return to the Netherlands, established a new political party, the Socialist Party, and rose to become the third largest party in the Netherlands.

At the same time, the Dutch constitution directly changed the electoral law, making the Netherlands the first country in the world where political parties can jointly form a government instead of one-on-one.

The Liberal Party then weakened and no longer had a monopoly on the new blood in Dutch politics. Instead, the Socialist Party was better at sucking blood.

In February 1875, Gerrit de Vries was re-elected as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands by a narrow margin. The Liberal Party barely maintained its position as the ruling party. At that time, the Socialist Party did not lean towards the Christian Party. Even in this election, the Socialist Party won many overseas provinces and cities. executive power or parliamentary power.

In the Australian mainland, it also captured the province of William (Victoria), coupled with the blessing of the ruling status of the four provinces in northern Belgium, = etc., the status of the Socialist Party is directly catching up with the Christian Party, which has only two provinces in power in Australia. .

This shocked the Netherlands and Europe.

From February 1875 to February 1879, the Socialist Party expanded in an all-round way and blossomed in all the ruling areas of the Netherlands. It played a combined punch and won the victory in towns, cities, provinces, the House of Commons (House of Representatives), and the House of Lords (Senators). Plenty of gains.

In particular, parliamentary seats at all levels have obtained admission tickets to fully re-guarantee governance in various places.

These are all inseparable from the efforts of the two people in front of him. When Gerrit De Vries thought of this, he suddenly had an idea and found vigilance in Linden's eyes, and he suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Perhaps the Liberal Party can start on this.

That's right, the Christian Party and the Socialist Party are not very harmonious. Interests are always the propeller of cooperation and separation.

Now that Gerrit De Vries had an idea, he naturally started to act immediately, so he tentatively showed kindness and said: "I think so, the Privy Council meeting is time-sensitive, and I will go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to have a good chat with Minister Joseph later. Chatting, it just so happens that you also need to use your status as a diplomatic envoy to negotiate with the Persian Empire."

Linden's expression changed drastically, and he looked back and forth between the two of them vigilantly.

Jules Danetang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Joseph Beit with a half-smile, and the two nodded tacitly.

During the process, it all fell into the eyes of Gerrit De Vries, who smiled with satisfaction.

William IV, who was sitting on the wall watching the four people in the field, found it interesting.