v3 Chapter 617： Bismarck: Now is not the time to win the Netherlands

Kingdom of Prussia,

berlin palace

In a huge and magnificent palace.

An old man dressed in gorgeous Prussian royal attire is slowly reading the latest information in his hand. Although he is old, but with a bit of heroism on his face, it can be seen that he must have been a handsome man when he was young. There was a certain majestic temperament in him.

This man was King William I of Prussia.

At this time, he was sitting behind the desk, standing with memorials presented in various places.

Different from being kind when he usually shows up in public, now his eyes are showing threatening eyes, as if he is choosing someone to devour.

Opposite him, it is Bismarck, the European iron-blooded prime minister who has always maintained this seriousness.

Both of them looked tired.

The quiet work they kept did not last long.

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands is very wary of us."

A moment later, what William I held in his hand was the latest information from the Netherlands. On the front page was written a directory consisting of the letters "Dutch Army Deployment".

Bismarck nodded: "William IV never believed in anyone. In order to deal with Britain and prevent us from plundering our colonial territories in Africa, he proposed the formation of the Franco-Prussian-Dutch alliance. In the end, Britain had no choice but to follow us with the flow. Seize territory in Africa.

I thought that the alliance between the three countries would last for a long time, but I didn't expect that the agreement would be abolished only in accordance with the five-year agreement, and the Netherlands took the lead in abolishing it.

After allies became enemies, the Netherlands drew other countries to punish the former French Empire, and it was still ruthless.

Did His Majesty even find out that although we had already planned to go to war with France, it seemed that the Netherlands could always predict our steps along the way, and then made various corresponding deployments.

Therefore, William IV, who is so cautious, is understandable to be on guard against us, and even this is the real him."

William I sighed: "The position of the Netherlands is more important to us than Denmark. The Netherlands is the biggest wall that prevents us from entering the Atlantic Ocean. If the Netherlands is the forehead of Prussia, how could we attack Denmark? The coastline is more than twice our Atlantic coastline (plus the Belgian part), and if we return to Prussia, then we will have enough naval ports to confront the British Empire in the future.

The current rise of Prussia is unstoppable, and in the future, it will definitely compete with the British Empire on the sea, and will certainly confront various issues in Europe.

At present, the Netherlands has confronted the United Kingdom in the Indian Ocean. Although there is no real knife and gun, but a series of competitions have been carried out for this. Your Excellency Prime Minister, if Prussia does not make more preparations, the limitations we will face in the future will be difficult to remove."

Prussia is his life's hard work, and it is possible to expand a little bit, which is why he agreed to reuse Bismarck, who was very persistent in expanding frontiers.

It can be said that the two are soldiers in the trenches, but one is charging and the other is the commander in the rear.

Bismarck looked at his pocket watch and said with a smile: "The world must be shocked by the fact that the Principality of Luxembourg loaned us to the Netherlands. At this time, the Netherlands already has yellow mud in the crotch, not **** or shit. I think the UK will definitely stare at the Netherlands. One step, and the French Empire hated the Netherlands even more, whether it was the nobles or the lower ranks of France, they became a member of the hostile to the Netherlands.

Your Majesty, in order to gain the vast fertile territory of the Netherlands and the long Atlantic coastline, we need to do more, to make the Netherlands slowly lower its defenses against us, the Dutch homeland defenses are empty, and the Dutch surrounding Countries were hostile to the Netherlands, and even the Netherlands fought with them. At that time, we took the Netherlands as if we were looking for something, which reduced unnecessary losses, and also allowed us to face less international condemnation. Why not do it? "

William I nodded and said: "We can't be in a hurry for the Netherlands. However, William IV has now gone to the Kingdom of Greece to participate in the marriage between Greece and the United Kingdom, but he handed over the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Queen Alexandra of the Netherlands, that From the regent of Princess Alexandra, the eldest princess of Denmark, I admire the courage of William IV, who is a genius."

Bismarck also exclaimed: "France wants to pursue the matter lent to us by the Principality of Luxembourg. William IV had already gone to the Greek land before that happened, and after calculating that he was already far away from France, I was responsible for what he did at that time. It feels amazing.

After that, Alexandra's regency also made the female regent of Empress Eugenie in France as the regent, which simply brought the soft power to the extreme. It seems that the Netherlands is showing weakness to France, but it seems that the Netherlands is going to have a fight with France. A female-to-female regent contest.

In short, the Dutch position is even more ambiguous. France seems to be reluctant to set up a confrontation with the Netherlands at this time, but just sent troops there as a threat or defense.

I have to say that William IV’s actions made the water more turbid, and it was difficult to see clearly. Even me, my vision has become blurred after being cast by him Master the situation There is no previous stability. "

This atmosphere is difficult to describe. Bismarck has only felt it in the body of Metternich, the former Prime Minister of the Austrian Empire. Even the former Prime Minister of the British Empire, Viscount Palmerston, who passed away before, did not have William IV to give him. The feeling is so strong, at least not as big a threat to him. It is precisely because of this that after the successful layout, under the warning of Viscount Palmerston, he still strongly launched Prussia against Denmark and the Austrian Empire. The war between the two countries, because at that time, he had already realized that compared to the old fox, the Viscount Palmerston, he was not inferior to the other party in terms of diplomatic and political ability.

And William IV's incomprehensible approach made him even more worried.

William I knew that Bismarck had never spoken to him, so he knew it was Bismarck who was confessing to him that he had no chance of winning against the Netherlands.

So he wisely changed the subject and said: "The Netherlands currently has less than 3 million people in mainland Europe. According to William IV's meaning, it has become a foregone conclusion to pay attention to the Far East's soft voice in Europe. We can put the threat of the Netherlands aside, just follow this Again, as long as the Netherlands lends itself to Prussia, we can tolerate the existence of the Netherlands.

What's more, it is a wall for us, and it is actually a door closed to the outside world, which can isolate the penetration of British forces. At present, if we have not won the Netherlands, this is the best ending."

After Bismarck nodded, he smiled and said, "Napoleon III has been in Reims long enough. It's time for us to attack. I think it will start on October 16, 1869, the first day after the Greek wedding."

William I laughed: "Just do it, I agree."

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