v3 Chapter 136： Madagascar's rulers and ministers

On September 20, 1862, the Dutch fleet finally arrived at the port of Point Noire in the north of the Congo River, a new Dutch overseas territory.

There, William IV met the 1,000 Dutch soldiers stationed there. Seeing that they were all in good spirits, William IV gave them an encouraging speech and made a promise to increase wages and benefits for everyone, which attracted the audience. everyone cheered.

So on the ground of Pointe Noire, the neat Dutch national anthem "William Ode" was sung.

After half a day of corrections, the fleet continued southwards and came to the port of Cabinda at the mouth of the Congo River. After seeing the new Dutch Major General Braga, he went upstream to the new city of Kinshasa in the Congo. After a day of repairs, he began to follow the Congo. The river went upstream, and after 1 day, it reached Mbandaka, the original capital of the Kingdom of Congo, and directly entered the main palace.

There, at a grand welcoming ceremony that day, he officially received the original King Antonio X of the Gang,

Next to him is Martinas, the former leader of the Transvaal Republic and the current Deputy Minister of the Army.

With the envy of all, William IV officially announced that he had granted both of them the title of Baron of the Netherlands and the knighthood of Major General Braga.

And several people thanked Dade for swearing forever allegiance to William IV and the Dutch royal family.

During the two days of repairing, William IV, this small cabinet and these three people held several secret meetings in Mbandaka. During these meetings, William IV affirmed the stability of the situation in Congo, and at the same time For Baron Martinas's grasp of the situation, according to the original plan, he won Northern Rhodesia for the Netherlands, and also won the northern part of Southern Rhodesia, and expressed his appreciation for the Netherlands occupying the entire upper Zambezi River.

However, William IV asked the three to open up land passages with eastern Kenya and Tanzania as soon as possible to raise the connection between the three places to a new height.

At the same time, the three of them also received a new order from William IV, requiring the three to assess the situation and cooperate with each other. If necessary, they can be killed first and then smashed to erode the colonies of Angola in the south and the ordinary King Aya colonies in the southeast. At present, it mainly lies in the development of economic resources.

Provide a steady stream of nutrients to the native and Australia.

In addition to the secret meeting, William IV also watched the military parade, and also launched a military exercise, requiring the Transvaal army to team up with each other to PK, and mixed team exercises. In the past few days, The Dutch native army, the Congo natives and the Transvaal army grew rapidly. This army, which totaled 50,000 people, quickly merged. After 7 days, after they were completely integrated, William IV set off again along the Congo River to the outpost. After Haikou, continue south.

Now it's September 29th.

However, this fleet was a recent one, and this time it had an extra team of about 3,000 soldiers. They were all Transvaal soldiers who had fought hard against the British. They could be said to be brave and good at fighting.

After passing through Portuguese Angola, Prussia's southwest Africa (later Namibia), and South Africa, which is now completely occupied by the United Kingdom, it took them 7 days to finally reach the port town of Tulia** in the southwest of Madagascar on October 6. .

There, William IV met the long-lost Dutch chief of staff Leon Booker.

"The white face before has turned black, and the heat in Africa is so intense that even General Booker, the famous cunning fox of the Dutch Army, dares to tease"

"Hahaha" Everyone laughed heartily.

However, there were two people who couldn't laugh when they saw this scene. They were Madagascar's commander-in-chief and foreign minister Rainier Learyvoni and the former king Radama II.

Rainier Lea Rivone was born in a new noble family in Antananarivo. His ancestors were Western freemen, and later joined the royal family and made a fortune through business and military industry. His ancestors assisted Rambo Azala Mu ascended to the throne of Emerina (that is, the dynasty within Madagascar), and thus became the king's secretary.

Rainier Lea Rivoni's father and older brother recognized the Prime Minister of the Emerina Dynasty in the Kingdom of Madagascar.

Rainier Lea Rivone was talented and eloquent from a young age, and was admired by the elderly Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar.

In 1852, as the Queen's private secretary and senior general, he became one of the most important figures in the palace,

In 1860, when the current King Radama II was in power, he was promoted to foreign minister.

However, since the 1950s, all kinds of anti-social contradictions in Madagascar have become increasingly intensified. Almost all the important positions in the dynasty, the new aristocratic forces representing the interests of emerging aristocrats and landlords, and the old aristocrats represented by the royal family have intensified and surfaced.

The vast number of peasants, handicraftsmen and petty merchants, as well as ordinary soldiers, all fought more and more fiercely against feudal exploitation, hard labor, and the king's bao/government.

In May 1861, the people's uprising finally broke out in the capital Antananarivo. On May 12, the new nobles headed by the Rainier Lea Livoni brothers launched a political rebellion against the royal family, especially with the help of the people. The crowd's avocado Li Amin overthrew, Radama II, and helped Queen Labodo to the Queen's throne. Rainier Learyvoni was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and his elder brother was the prime minister. From then on, the monarchy system gave way to the power of the prime minister.

In January 1862 of this year, because he was not satisfied with the checks and balances of power, Rainier Lea Livoni encouraged the Queen to lead with him, and formed a party against his brother, the prime minister, so his brother, the prime minister He was ousted, and Rainier Learivone took over as Prime Minister of the Royal Palace of Madagascar.

, Just before the power was warmed, he finally appeased Britain and France, and made them give up the invasion of Madagascar.

Originally, I was proud to watch Britain being beaten by the Transvaal Republic and the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa, especially when I saw that the United Kingdom was beaten and retreated, and I satirized and laughed at the United Kingdom.

France, Prussia, and the Netherlands have directly seized territory on the African continent.

This news is not only shocking in Europe, but he was really taken aback in Madagascar. When he and the queen secretly prayed not to look at Madagascar, but he underestimated Madagascar, and the Netherlands chose Madagascar.

After these years of civil strife, the kingdom of Madagascar, which has a population of only 300,000, has less than 10,000 troops left. In front of the Dutch army full of bullets, they originally thought of holding a battle, but what they did not expect was that the former king Radama II actually escaped from imprisonment and led an army out, but instead of fighting, he wanted to rely on the army of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to regain power.

In the end, it took the Netherlands less than a month to take the entire Madagascar except the capital Antananarivo under the leadership of the former king, Madagascar's largest leading party.

Originally, he wanted to insist on waiting for the British to rescue the soldiers, because he had already sent a letter of distress to the British South African governor, Jobon, but what he and the queen did not expect was that the British would automatically dissolve and accompany their ancestors in the Transvaal Republic. After the Kingdom of Lu was wiped out, he actually chose to stay put and ignored his and the queen's pleas for help.

This made him a prime minister who could only give up his resistance and chose to submit.

At this time, I saw King William IV of the Netherlands, and with that loud laugh, he and Radama II were full of bitterness in their hearts.

The two have hated each other for years because of the power struggle in Madagascar. With the successful invasion of the Dutch royal palace, they have become prisoners. Everything in the past is ridiculous.

"The two are the most familiar people on Madagascar. God has the virtue of good life. Since both of them have chosen to return to the Netherlands, they need to be loyal. What do you think?"

Radama II did not wait for Rainier Learyvoni to speak, and said: "Your Majesty, you are right, I, Radama, are absolutely loyal to the Netherlands, and I can even swear this to show my loyalty to His Majesty. The admiration of the people, like the water of the Betsy Bucca, goes on and on..."

"Shit" William IV suddenly got goosebumps.

Rainieria Rivoni and the other indigenous people looked at Radama in astonishment, as if they were meeting this person for the first time.

When did the former king have such a good eloquence, he seems to be more powerful than Rainier Learyvoni, who is known as an eloquent person.

After Leon Booker whispered a few words in William IV's ear, William IV coughed a few times before saying: "Since the two are willing to be loyal to the Netherlands, then I will not treat the loyal ones badly. The other party's, so be it, I am going to build railways throughout Australia. This is the Dutch Deputy Minister of Finance Tom and the Minister of Industry Wem Kotter The two have to show their loyalty. Let's check it out, each of you will choose a team of 10,000 people to go to the north and south of Australia to help build the railway. I will put my words here. If the two of you can complete the task first, then I will give the other to the Netherlands. The knight's title, and the loser will continue to serve there for more than 10 years, and I set the time limit at 5 years."

Radama II was originally proud of himself for taking the lead, but now he is dumbfounded.

To build a railway, he, a king of Madagascar, is going to help the Netherlands build a railway?

Is this William IV overkill for me?

Also, it took five years to get a small knighthood? Is it too stingy?

Rainier Leia Rivoni heard the words differently. He was a more cautious person, otherwise he would not have stepped from an aristocratic child to the Prime Minister of Madagascar in less than 10 years. It was carried out under the overthrow of the former King Radama II.

Many people suspected that he had an affair with the queen at that time. In fact, only he knew that he was innocent, but he was a little more threatening to the queen.