v3 Chapter 224： Britain is timid!

On February 25, 1866, one million people of the Tsarist Russian Empire marched against the war in St. Petersburg, demanding that Alexander II stop the war, rebuild the economy, give the people of the Tsarist Empire a better life, and ask Alexander II to deal with those who supported the war. Military dignitaries, outraged by civilians.

In other parts of the Russian Empire, there were also rallies in varying numbers.

The fuse of this parade came from the release of a new novel by the famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky,

This novel mainly describes a poor college student Raskolnikov's ideological persecution of anarchism, thinking that he can do whatever he wants. In order to make a living, he killed the old woman Lidaide and her innocent sister Lizaveta, creating a murder case that shocked the entire Russian Empire.

After a painful confession, he finally surrendered himself under the persuasion of the Christian girl Sonia, and was sentenced to exile in Siberia. This work focuses on depicting the psychological changes of the protagonist after the fan crime, revealing the suffering of the people at the bottom of the Russian Empire. Life.

If it was just like this, it would naturally not have that kind of power, but if you want to blame it, there are many scenes in it, all of which are related to the foreign war of the Russian Empire.

With the support of some people, especially to encourage the relatives of the Tsarist Russian soldiers who lost their lives because of the war, the scale has increased with the help of hundreds of thousands of people.

Formally in such a situation.

William IV, who was holding a meeting of the Privy Council, received the news.

Leaving the Prime Minister Tolbeck and the Foreign Minister Heisbert Von alone, in addition to the two, there are Bill Charlie, Director of the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service, and Mackay Sean, Director of the Netherlands International Intelligence Service.

After several people were seated, William IV asked Mackay Sean: "The parade in the Tsarist Russian Empire is too strange, with more than a million people, it is not easy to organize. Your people, in Tsarist Russia Are there brows over there?"

Several people looked at McKay Sean. Every move of the Tsarist Russian Empire would involve many interests of the Netherlands, especially if the political situation of the Tsarist Russian Empire was unstable, then many layouts of the Netherlands would be disrupted.

Especially the arms supply agreement between William IV and Alexander II, and the Netherlands' move to support Tsarist Russia behind the backs of other countries will usher in the condemnation of the Netherlands by all countries, and it is even possible that the Netherlands will be hated by Tsarist Russia's opponents.

Several people here have participated in many opportunities for William IV, and they know more about the arms allies with Tsarist Russia.

At this stall, one has to be cautious and worried.

Mackay Sean: "According to the information we got there from the people who were there, it was a group of people who opposed the Russian monarchy.

However, our people discovered that this time Dostoevsky, the author of the book, traveled frequently to and from London the year before the book was released."

"Britain!" Heisbert Von couldn't help shouting.

And after entering the political arena with Prime Minister Tolbek for many years, he couldn't help but change his color.

William IV was even more gloomy.

After a while, Hesbet Feng Cai said solemnly: "If this is the case, it makes sense. With the withdrawal of the Austrian Empire, the United Kingdom has exhausted itself and the Ottoman Empire alone, and London is now exhausted. There was a lot of noise, and they opposed supporting the Ottoman Empire to defend against Tsarist Russia.

It would be fine if the war ended quickly at the beginning. Kuaishishi has passed so long now that the war has not ended, and it has even fallen into chaos. It seems that there is a risk of long-term development. This is naturally not good for Britain, especially the Tories who are eyeing the Whig Party at any time."

Tolbeck also nodded and said, "I think that the Viscount Palmerston is in a hurry this time, so he will use such a method. However, isn't he afraid that Alexander II will retaliate against the United Kingdom if he finds out?"

Bill Charlie didn't speak, neither did McKay Shawn, which, obviously, was asking King William IV.

William IV took a deep breath, looked at them, and said: "The British general election is approaching, the British have lost many times in the recent war, and the people are worried, but the ruling Whig seems to be unable to see the public opinion, and sends troops to North America and the Balkans. , which adds to the stain on a Whig government that has just become a laughing stock in South Africa.

The Viscount Palmerston was old and wanted to leave his name behind. I want to wash away the shame of South Africa, but I hope that the higher the disappointment, the greater the disappointment. More than half of North America has died, and the Balkans has suffered a lot. And the Pacific Fleet has almost been wiped out. Under such circumstances, if the British cabinet government led by him is still fighting, including Queen Victoria, will not agree.

Don't forget that this time, only his two daughters came to participate in the International Women's Union, but there were no women in the government cabinet. This is very unusual. Come to think of it, this is a move by the British royal family to express their dissatisfaction with the cabinet government. . "

With the analysis of William IV IV, everyone found that this was the case.

"Your Majesty, is Britain timid at this time?"

"That's right, I just want to leave in a decent way, and at the same time I want to make the victory go to the British side, at least, from the point of view of us outsiders, that's how it is."

When William IV said this, he nodded towards Bill Charlie, who said, "Everyone, our Royal Intelligence Service recently discovered that there are more British spies in Amsterdam, even in the East Indies, pretending to be immigrants. The British Isles, as well as people of British descent from elsewhere, also showed up there and in Australia, and we have weeded out a lot of suspicious people around the secret base."

William IV said vigilantly: "The British have begun to probe the bottom of the Netherlands, knowing themselves and their enemies and winning every battle. The British learned the art of war from that big country in the Far East in this accident, and they may have begun to doubt our military strength. Therefore, next, the cabinet The government must cooperate with intelligence agencies on this issue, so that the British are blinded, and the probing activities of other countries cannot be ignored, especially Belgium and Prussia and France.”

"Yes"

William IV secretly said: To prepare a plan for espionage as soon as possible, the UK can be said to be the pioneer of this profession and even later generations were lined up by them in many movies and TV series to promote their achievements and show off.

Holland, have to guard against this.

Haysbert Feng "Your Majesty, since Britain is so eager to withdraw from the war, should we stop them, I mean, should we tell His Majesty Alexander II?"

William IV shook his head and said: "That's not very effective, Alexander II will still "take care of the overall situation". Since this is the case, we might as well fulfill them."

Seeing them curious, William IV began to speak his mind

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On February 25, 1866, after the Russian Empire withdrew from the Balkan War due to the withdrawal of the Austrian Empire, the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire, especially the United Kingdom's scruples in participating in the war, gradually fell into a disadvantage in the war with the Russian Empire.

On February 28, 1866, under the mediation of King William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Tsarist Russian Emperor Alexander II and the newly established Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I went to Amsterdam in Wield, William IV. Under the auspices of , a historic meeting was held.