v3 Chapter 134： Rama IV

Speaking of which, William IV couldn't help but sighed at the balance of power diplomacy, which really penetrated into the soul of the leaders of British diplomacy in all eras.

It has been there since ancient times.

It is not without reason that the Indian subcontinent was split into India and Pakistan in later generations. This was a foreshadowing set by the United Kingdom in order to make a comeback before leaving. Although it did not succeed in returning there again, the various pits left behind made this subcontinent full of scars. Hundreds of holes, even the 21st century is full of wars, and the races in India are high and low, noble and low. This solidified "legacy" left by the British deliberately has harmed India even more.

This is great balance-of-power diplomacy.

Of course it's not just there.

Among the countries in the Middle East, the disputes between various factions are also the traps that the British began to set during their rule. If they want to solve the trap, it depends on how they solve it.

Having read a lot about the various "conspiracies" set up by the United Kingdom around the world, William IV never thought that the name of the European grandmother used by Queen Victoria's descendants to improve her image was right because of the various "conspiracies" she signed in her hands. documents and treaties.

If the signing pen in her hand is a butcher's knife, then the soul under her pen will definitely not be less than 10 million people.

With one stroke of the pen, millions of people land on the ground, the world asks if there is another woman who can do it?

Even Wu Zetian, who was familiar to William IV, is difficult to compare with Queen Victoria in terms of influence.

"New Zealand aside, there are more mountains and less land, and the number of immigrants who want to come to the UK will not only not increase, but will even decrease. Don't forget, after exchanging the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State with the UK, the UK has already Having fully mastered South Africa and having received this painful lesson, Your Majesty and colleagues, I think Queen Victoria and the British government will put immigration on the agenda, and after the war, the people of the British Isles have lived a safe and worry-free life, I don't have that desire anymore.

The 400,000 people who migrated from Australia to New Zealand are the best target immigrants.”

Venus analyzed.

William IV nodded and said, "Yes, so the UK should, like us, develop mining and increase local resources in South Africa in recent years. This is the main purpose, and we must seize this strategic opportunity to develop ourselves. Among the opportunities, it is most important to quickly gain a firm foothold in Australia and establish a solid rule."

"The Pacific Railway built by the United States is said to have a 7-year construction period. It will employ labor from poor countries in the world. If we want to save power costs, we also need to recruit external labor?" Tom asked .

He had to ask, because before following William IV this time, he had already been told that he would be with the former Dutch East Indies Governor Jane Simscock, the Army Chief of Staff Jopp Il, and the Minister of Industry. Wem Curt, Vice Minister of the Navy Theo Lin Linden, and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Venus, etc., formed the Deputy Cabinet of the Far East.

This is a team that William IV will form himself, the purpose is to continue to serve as a symbol of the continued existence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the event of any unforeseen events in the Far East in Europe.

"No, why hire those people, hire them from East India, after all, there is a large population there, and also, you can hire Burmese and other Siamese (later known as Thais), but pay attention to the population Balance, let them check and balance each other, don't dominate"

William IV's eyes were sharp.

"Burmese?"

Weim Kurt asked inexplicably: "Now the Burmese have gone through the First Anglo-Burmese War in 1826 and the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852, and Burma has been divided into Upper Burma and Lower Burma. Are we recruiting Upper Burmese who ruled by the Gongbang Dynasty, or Lower Burmese who were occupied by the British?"

William IV didn't answer, but asked Mackay Sean, "How is Anna now with the Siamese royal family (later Thailand, and now the country consisting of Laos and Cambodia)?"

"She has a good relationship with King Rama IV, and now serves as a tutor to more than a dozen princes and princesses of Rama IV.

Some time ago, she and Rama IV went from conflict to reconciliation, to each other, and they had a good impression of each other. The two are now in a super-friendly relationship, and they have also become the second queen of Siamese folk.

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In the Siamese Empire, great influence"

With the introduction of the director of the Netherlands International Intelligence Agency, Mackay Sean, the people present knew that William IV had such a deep layout.

It has even penetrated into the Middle Far East country of Siam, which is also well-known in Europe.

It turned out that from 18658, the Dutch East Indian widow Anna came to Siam, because at this time Siam began to learn from the West to develop its economy and military.

Therefore, Anna's beautiful face and knowledge made her famous in Bangkok very quickly, and finally disturbed the royal family of Mann, so after being interviewed by Rama IV at that time, she was hired as a tutor of the royal family's western culture .

During this period, it was because of different ideas, especially Anna secretly instilling the warm charm of the Netherlands, etc., which ran counter to the culture of Britain and France, the big countries that Rama IV wanted children to learn, so there was a dispute, but In the end, Anna was persuaded. From conflict to reconciliation, the two actually had a year-long love with an age gap of nearly 20 years.

And Rama IV passed Anna and learned about the essence and connotation of Western culture and modern civilization, and at the same time had a good impression of the Netherlands. Therefore, in the recent large-scale transactions, Rama IV preferred to trade with the Dutch East Indies. After nearly four years of development, the economy between the two places has become a close relationship.

The founding king of the Bangkok Dynasty of the Kingdom of Siam was King Chakuri, known as Rama I, who ruled in Siam from 1782 to 1809 for a total of 27 years.

His first move after he ascended the throne was to move the capital of the royal family from Thonburi, which had just disappeared, to Bangkok on the other side of the river. He was also called the Bangkok Dynasty and established a new Bangkok Dynasty Palace.

After Rama I died in 1809, his son Rama II continued to build Bangkok as his most important work during the 15 years he ruled the country from 809 to 1824.

By the time King Rama III completed the construction of Bangkok from 1824 to 1851.

It is found that the huge neighboring countries in the north have begun to fall into decline and are frequently challenged by Western powers. In the 17th century, the Kingdom of Siam was invaded by Western Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France, so I know that these Western countries have powerful firearms.

So in order to develop the Kingdom of Siam with great efforts, he began to contact Western civilization again, and got in touch with various countries, and sent embassies or representative offices in various countries, in order to learn Western culture, speaking, Siam is the East In the country, the first country that wants to learn Western culture and technology, unfortunately, it is still far behind the latecomers in terms of effect and strength. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!