v3 Chapter 621： Land Power and Sea Power

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On October 15, 1869, Crown Prince Frederick of the Kingdom of Greece held a grand wedding in Athens with Princess Louise of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The Crown Prince Frederick seemed to cherish this opportunity to promote himself. Speaking to the European Times at his Athens wedding, he wanted the marriage to be free from either Greeks or foreign dynasties; "I prefer a woman I love and respect more than a woman. Unfamiliar tones marry a woman who has both pros and cons"

The assertion of Crown Prince Frederick Neptune that the new Crown Princess Louise is a bit like the former Queen Josephine of the French Empire, who has the virtues of Queen Josephine.

Later, Crown Princess Louise also cooperated very well with her husband Crown Prince Frederick to show this side. The Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Greece made a clever move that day by rejecting the diamond jewelry presented to her by the city of Athens and taking the money for the jewelry. Dedicated to an orphanage in Athens, besides

The secular wedding was held at the Royal Palace of Greece at noon on October 15, 1869. All the dignitaries were present, and the minister of state of the King of Greece, Verde, was the officiant, and the one-hour concert ended the ceremony.

The Orthodox religious wedding was held on October 16, 1869. Athens was covered with the blue and white striped bunting of Greece. There were colorful interlinings and ornaments with the same color as the Greek flag.

The delegation huddled together on land, and the Acropolis, where the wedding was held, was full of viewing platforms. The etiquette was based on the 1836 wedding of former Greek king Otto I and Queen Mary of Oldenburg of the German Confederation.

Chief Riding Officer Posen rented horses from London and restored the luxury carriage vehicles of the ousted former King Otto I.

The honor guard cavalry regiment is the main part of the honor guard.

At noon, the group left the Greek palace and went along the new main street of the Acropolis to the Parthenon, Inrictheon and Erechtheus in Athens.

The Greek army and the Greek royal guard formed a human wall.

Amid the sound of bells, salutes, bugles and drums, the huge procession took an hour to reach the Parthenon, although it was winter and the weather was fine.

Overall, the streets of Athens were more curious than cheering.

When she arrived at the vestibule of the Parthenon, Princess Louise turned to the crowd and bowed her knees, arousing the attention of everyone present and cheering in return.

Later, in the Temple of Inricetion and the Temple of Erechtheion, she also used various methods to win the favor of the Greek people.

This made William IV, who was watching the whole process, sigh. Sometimes, you have to admit that the energy of an ambitious woman is inexhaustible.

Suddenly, he saw Queen Victoria's deep gaze not far away, "It seems that the Queen of England is also amazed by the actions of her fourth daughter, that girl Louis finally left London and jumped into the European continent. Like a fish in water, a dragon has the sea.”

He looked at Crown Prince Frederick, the younger brother of the groom today, and thought to himself: "Frederick will never be able to handle that girl Louise, I just don't know how long Frederick can stand it. Alas, it seems that there will be more troubles in the future."

After the ceremony, the brigade returned to the Royal Palace of Greece via the main street, where the delegations of Hershey from various countries were received there. Afterwards, Ceylon and the bride left the wedding **** and attended a dinner banquet at the royal palace.

On the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Frederick and Princess Louise, King William III of Greece announced the amnesty of nearly 5,000 people, leaving only 600 expelled or exiled.

After the wedding, William IV has received an invitation from Queen Victoria to meet the two.

In this regard, William IV naturally will not refuse.

However, unlike the last time when William III and others were there, only Queen Victoria and William IV met this time. The meeting place was inside the British Embassy in Greece.

16, 1869, 10 a.m. Athens time.

Both of them can speak the language of each other's country, and there is no obstacle to communication.

A 29-year-old Dutch king and a 50-year-old British queen meet alone, naturally there will be no love-love-love-love two-person topic.

The meeting between the two unfolded with ease and calculation.

The first to shoot was Queen Victoria.

"This wedding is the first time in 1832 that the 17-year-old Prince Otto from the Kingdom of Bavaria was pushed to the Kingdom of Greece to restore his country and became the King of Greece. Otto I, and held a grand wedding in 1836, after a lapse of 33 years in Greece The second king's wedding held, no wonder the whole country celebrates in Greece"

Queen Victoria smiled and said: "This wedding seems to be the last wedding of His Majesty William IV and Queen Alexandra. Would you have any opinion? You of the king are more solemn, and it is normal to have opinions.”

"Actually, I think the wedding of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie in 1853 is even more unparalleled, but even then, there is no threat of war now."

William IV slowly reminded the Queen: "Many countries don't understand why the crisis came suddenly, it is because of the length of vision and the sensitivity of everyone's self-defense."

Queen Victoria asked back, "Isn't His Majesty William IV's current loan of the Principality of Luxembourg to Prussia to attack the French Empire, not shocking enough, not high-profile enough?"

William IV took it for granted: "The position of the Netherlands is doomed that we can only judge the situation and stand on the side of our own interests."

"In favor of Holland? Do you think Prussia will be the final victor?" Queen Victoria.

"At least I wouldn't think that the second French Empire, with its chaotic powers under the leadership of Napoleon III, would be the opponent of the iron triangle of William I of Prussia, Bismarck and Mooch. Is it difficult for the Queen to think that Prussia will not win?"

It was William IV's turn to ask questions.

Queen Victoria was taken aback, yes, the Prue soldier is strong and strong. If Prussia is properly arranged, it seems that it is not impossible to reach Paris.

But killing her would never have imagined that Prussia would have occupied Paris. If she knew, she would not be discussing it so calmly now, but would go directly back to London to dispatch troops, or support France, either overtly or covertly, to prevent Prussia from expanding too much.

"But although France suffered a defeat in the east, it only lost less than 1/20 of its territory, and only a quarter of its army. The main force is still there. Besides, France's population of 33 million can be mobilized at will. Millions of troops don't matter"

William IV laughed and seemed to mock at this: "Prussia and Prussia, the Kingdom of Prussia has a much stronger decree than the French Empire. As far as I know, in the French Empire, many people have begun to miss France- The First Republic (1792-1804, replaced by Napoleon I and the establishment of the First French Empire) and the Second French Republic (1848-1852, as President Napoleon III proclaimed the emperor in 1853 and established the French Third Republic) Second Empire)?"

Queen Victoria suddenly changed color.

The French Empire has always been the largest revolution-origin-source-place in Europe. The influence of the birth of these two republics broke through the scope of France and impacted the rule of European monarchs and royal families. It seems to echo the United States, especially in 1848. It is only by changing the entire European monarchy to a monarchy-constitutional-system to quell the anger of those affected in the countries.

William IV was very satisfied with Queen Victoria's mood changes, and he warned: "Her Majesty, Her Majesty Napoleon III used the support of the old French nobles to ascend to the top of the French Emperor after suppressing those people with the presidency in 1853. , it used to be strong, but now facing Prussia's pressing step by step, those who were once suppressed by him are now very happy, and the fate of the Second French Empire this time is really hanging."

Queen Victoria suddenly stared at William IV and asked: "The people in Bismarck saw the instability in France, so they took the opportunity to attack and get angry, so as to shake the rule of Napoleon III. , can greatly promote their own dominance, on the contrary, the dominance is corrupted, and the 33 million people in France no longer return. The Netherlands used this to make a choice.

But what I don't understand is that even if the situation is unfavorable for France, there is no need to stand on the side of Prussia to become the anger of the French, right? "

In the face of the Queen's question, William IV seemed to answer very frankly: "Because, after Prussia decided to defeat France, it will give East Oman, the Middle East territory of the French Empire, to the Netherlands."

What?

Queen Victoria's eyes widened, "What a king of the Netherlands, he calculated so accurately, aren't you afraid of losing your bet?"

William IV shrugged, looked at Queen Victoria with a half-smile and reminded: "If there is a possibility of losing, why should the Queen invite me to today's meeting?"

The queen was at a loss for words, yes, she was a little panicked as she received the information that the more unfavorable to France on the Fa-Pu battlefield.

"I'm not going to have royal cologne. If I'm going to trade the New Zealand Islands with you, what are you going to give England?"

Finally let go, but this queen is not someone who easily compromises, and William IV is going to throw another bomb to stun the opponent.

"In that case, I would like to persuade the war between Upper Burma and the British Empire"

Seeing that the Queen's face changed greatly for the first time, he further said: "Her Majesty should know that the Netherlands has this ability."

It was impossible for Queen Victoria not to change her face, the first time William IV showed his minions in front of her, and it was still a serious threat.

Although everyone was tacitly aware of the fact that the Netherlands supported Upper Burma, on the surface, the French Empire was supporting Upper Burma, but in fact the Netherlands was also a member of it.

At this time, the United Kingdom and Upper Burma were still fighting in small battles, and the current situation in Europe made it difficult for Queen Victoria, who was watching, because of the war with Burma in the Far East.

At this time, William IV proposed that the Royal Cologne should be exchanged for the New Zealand Islands.

However, after she transferred the Australian mainland to the Netherlands in the way of helping Britain take South Africa, she and the Viscount Palmerston made a plan to check and balance the Netherlands. It was the United Kingdom that prevented the Netherlands from rising to become the strongest in the United Kingdom in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. A means of effectively checking and balancing after a big opponent.

Now it seems that William IV also quite understands their thoughts. Now, is he choosing to break the game at this moment?

To this end, Queen Victoria was suddenly selected into the selection in the pull.

If William IV was promised, then Britain would lose a chip to balance the Netherlands.

If it does not agree, the United Kingdom is currently at a disadvantage in the Upper Burma War. The weapons previously supported by the French Empire, coupled with the vague intervention of the Netherlands, make Britain seem to have entered a cycle in which France is dragged by a large number of troops in the Far East.

What if Britain was caught in the same vortex of war as France?

Is the British army strong enough to resist?

Of course, the British navy is still the strongest, but Britain also has quite a few colonies in Africa. On the Canadian territory, if the Commonwealth of Millikin once again has ambitions to visit Canada, the British army will be entangled in the Far East. What should I do?

"I'm embarrassed to imagine that the Queen is so distressed. Well, now on October 16, why don't you give me an answer in three days? The Queen should have an answer by then."

Queen Victoria asked sternly, "So confident?"

"Yes, I'm pretty sure the Queen will agree." William IV stood up, straightened the folds on his dress, and then looked at Queen Victoria, who was still sitting still: "I think the British Empire should be able to Allow a strong Netherlands, because really speaking, we are all monarchical-constitutional-system countries, and the relationship between the UK and France cannot be compared with that of the Netherlands and the UK.

Moreover, the Netherlands, like the United Kingdom, will be a sea power country in the future. We feel that when facing land powers such as the Tsarist Russia Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the French Empire, our Dutch and British positions are the same, that is, to maintain our The suppression of the land power by the maritime countries, only those big countries that split the Eurasian continent, and our countries whose main sites are isolated overseas can more effectively find a way of survival that is beneficial to themselvesWilliam IV Shi said very seriously: "The Netherlands recognizes the British Empire as the world's largest sea power country, but also hopes that the British Empire will increase the weight of the Netherlands in the sea power countries to a sufficient extent. I think only in this way, the Netherlands will be able to follow the British More harmonious coexistence, rather than mutual suspicion."

His works include "History/History/De/Land/Benefit/Hub/New", "Bu/Li/Bian/U/Bu/Li/Bian/De/Sea/Ocean", "Democracy/Democracy/De/Li/ Think/And/Reality/Reality" The world-renowned British geographer and geopolitical scientist Mac/Kim/De'ai was born in 1861. In 1919, he said "Whoever rules Eastern Europe will rule the hinterland of the continent. ; Whoever rules the hinterland of the mainland will rule the world island; whoever rules the world island will rule the world." Before it appeared, William IV's remarks made Queen Victoria's eyes shine.

William IV eventually left the British embassy in Greece, but he knew that New Zealand might be coming soon, when the Netherlands really had an enviable natural barrier in the Far East.

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