v3 Chapter 262： Britain strikes back

The House of Representatives of the Netherlands passed the "Relationship with the Commonwealth of Millikins Act", which made the United Kingdom never imagined that it was so embarrassed that it lost face and shame.

The British opposition Tories took the opportunity to introduce the "Relations with Portugal Act" bill.

In this bill, almost all the regulations of the Netherlands for the Commonwealth of America are copied, and it has made strong support for the Kingdom of Portugal, which has recently fallen out with the Netherlands and has always been close to the Tories.

This time, even the Whig MPs, who have always been dissatisfied with the Tories, also in the House of Commons, supported the bill introduced by Tory leader Disraeli.

As you can imagine, the Netherlands definitely got the UK's ire this time around.

However, the Netherlands does not appear ready to rest there.

You must know that the Netherlands has recently been in conflict with Portugal in Mozambique in Africa, Angola and Congo, and in South America, because of Portugal's support for Brazil, the Netherlands has decisively stood on the side of Argentina, the second largest country in South America, to deal with Uruguay. , so the war between the two countries continues, and apparently does not stop in South America.

Both Argentina and Brazil have clearly become a proxy war of some sort.

Brazil is strong enough and populated enough. Therefore, the Netherlands attracted Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador for Argentina. You must know that Colombia and Venezuela are in the north of Brazil, and the north and south attacked Brazil supported by Portugal, which made Portugal also feel the pressure.

Fortunately, I don't know what happened to the Netherlands, but they agreed to the request of the Commonwealth of Millikin, which fulfilled Argentina's expectation of joining the Commonwealth of Millikin to the South American Union, and finally made the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands worse.

It is even said that the United Kingdom is now on the Suez Canal, for various reasons, making it difficult for ships to pass by the Netherlands, in order to coerce the Netherlands to drive the Commonwealth of Millikin out of the South American Union. "With the Commonwealth of Michigan".

Finally, the current Portuguese income.

These incidents happened in less than a month. But it triggered a series of effects on the situation in Europe.

Unconsciously, the previous pattern of Europe has been reshuffled.

When did the Netherlands dare to challenge the UK, the top of the six major European countries?

This is everyone's question, not even the Dutch.

The Emperor of France, Napoleon III, lamented to his subjects at the Palace of Versailles that the Netherlands had risen, and he could not treat the Netherlands as a medium-sized country. France should give the Netherlands the respect it deserves.

Even King William I of Prussia expressed his appreciation to William IV of the Netherlands in his speech to the Prussian Parliament, and looked forward to further cooperation between the Netherlands and Prussia in the future.

Obviously, it is another big country that is willing to give the Netherlands such a status although it is not clear that the Netherlands already has the status of a big country.

Alexander II even highly praised William IV and expressed his expectation for the Netherlands to increase its relationship with the Russian Empire in the future.

As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire of Joseph I, they expressed dislike to the Netherlands, but agreed to the Netherlands' daring to make its own demands to the United Kingdom, and expressed the hope that they could cooperate with the Netherlands in the future.

These countries have expressed their love, but it seems that the UK is excluded from the support of the European powers. In addition to the Ottoman Empire, which is in trouble with the UK, five of the six major European countries have expressed their support for the Netherlands, which makes the nationals of European countries a kind of A sense of astonishment was born.

When did the Netherlands get the support of so many big countries?

And it's time to face the hegemony of Britain.

In this regard, William IV said to his wife Alexandra: "The British government and Queen Victoria have always lived in a world where force is power, although this is true, but she has forgotten one thing, that is People's hearts are made of tofu, and national interests also change over time.

The Netherlands began to send the elites of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to communicate with other countries as early as a few years ago. Over the years, the results have been remarkable. The Netherlands has been recognized in Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Constantinople, and Vienna. The Netherlands has almost let these countries. interests dance with Dutch foreign policy.

It is something that the offshore balancer policy that the UK has always implemented does not have, because what they have, the Netherlands has, and what the Netherlands is implementing, the UK cannot use, after all, the offshore balancer is a big country. It is a strong and powerful plan, but it is easy to be implemented by other countries. If you are afraid that it will become the object of British checks and balances after being strong, it is the place where countries are wary of the United Kingdom.

The Netherlands, on the other hand, brings benefits to countries, without checks and balances, so they are more willing to accept the Dutch 'gift'."

Alexandra again learned a lot from William IV's 'teaching'.

For some reason, William IV has been indoctrinating her with political science these days, giving her a clear understanding of both domestic and international policy. From this, she also understood the current status of the Netherlands in the world.

What was the state of the kingdom of Denmark, her parents' home, in a good state.

She also finally understood the reason why the Netherlands did not send troops to Denmark, and also understood why William IV wanted to marry the Danish royal family with other countries, which resolved the invasion of Holstein by Prussia and Austria. and the crisis in Schleswig.

William IV has not let go of his lectures to Alexandra on any international developments recently. In fact, it is also for the future of the Netherlands on issues including international women's organizations. Alexandra can quickly face the sudden situation and cultivate. She has the ability of a female leader, so that the Netherlands can gain more advantages to face the upheaval in Europe in the future Some people may ask William IV, then find a male to lead the international women's Association is also possible, because as long as the ability is OK, the same effect can be achieved.

But William IV didn't think so. The issue of the loyalty of the first division is a big sign of the Dutch royal family. The next generation does not know, but because this generation has no term limit, it will be possible for Alexandra to take charge for a long time. .

The second is that William IV intends to let Alexandra use this opportunity to cultivate an international outlook, and finally feedback it to the future heirs of the royal family, including Prince Albert.

William IV and Alexandra will be more consistent in their positions and views on raising future generations.

Instead of taking advantage of in-law relationships, as some countries do, and finally forgetting the international reality in order to get close to Denmark, the next generation will eventually take away the Great Holland that their husband and wife created.

This example is the same as the German Emperor Wilhelm II in the previous life. Wilhelm I and Bismarck finally conquered a huge empire for decades, and finally ended up with that bleak end, which is really cruel.

And on the Dutch members facing the future