Chapter 196

June 5, 1864.

There was a serious civil dispute in Holstein, the principality of Denmark.

It turned out that the Germans in Holstein made up the majority and the Danes only had a small part.

In addition, at the Vienna Conference, it was also recognized as a member of the German Confederation, so it was more Germanized.

As a result, a rebel group of Germans who fought against Danish rule was born.

There are positives and negatives. These German organizations correspond to the Danes' organization to maintain Danish rule.

On this day, several propagandists met each other while they were promoting their propaganda all over Holstein.

The team of several hundred people grew in momentum, and the two sides even stopped to confront each other. When the quarrel was no longer satisfied, the two sides finally had a physical conflict, and the final death toll exceeded 20. Among them, the Danes were the More than 15 people, and more than 5 Germans.

Is this worth it?

So Holstein became a mess.

Many of the Danes in Holstein became the target of the Germans, burning, killing and looting, and seemed to be the target. For this reason, the Danes fled Holstein and went north to Schleswig. In the Danes-majority chassis, these long-hatred Danes took a shot at the Germans there.

So the tide spread to Schleswig.

The Kingdom of Denmark and Prussia condemned each other for this.

"Denmark's rule has suffocated the Germans in these two places. These Germans feel the unfriendlyness of the Danish government to them. We strongly condemn the differential treatment of the Danish government and seriously doubt the Danish government's ability to control."

The Prussian foreign ministry attacked the Danish government.

"We don't think it's a single event, it's a planned operation to mess up the Danish dominance of Schleswig and Holstein, and we're not going to let it go."

The Danish government did not back down, and took Prussia hard.

The new King Christian IX succeeded to the throne. It was when he was in high spirits and wanted to consolidate his position. Therefore, the appearance of Schleswig and Holstein made him see an opportunity to increase his status. I feel that this is an opportunity for the Danes to increase their support for him.

Thus, in June 1864, Schleswig and Holstein once again became a hot topic of international debate,

But this time Denmark's support was reduced.

In order to deal with Austria, France is not prepared to confront Prussia. The British side is because Queen Victoria herself has German blood, so she also has sympathy for the Germans, so although the British government did not express its position, but this attitude They are all there, for everyone to see at a glance.

Christian IX's son-in-law, King William IV of the Netherlands, called on the two countries to sit down and conduct meaningful peace talks to avoid accidents.

Austria seemed ready to see a good show, so there was a lot of noise, wishing that the two countries would lose both, so that Prussia could not threaten Austria's position.

Italy, Portugal, etc. are not too serious, so they are all joking, each sending contradictory messages, but they are just adopting more contradictory and ambiguous policies on the ownership of the two places.

On June 15, 1864, Denmark reborn Schleswig as a Danish territory, and even Danish Prime Minister Detlef Gorhard Monrad announced that he would soon enact legislation to directly attribute Schleswig to Denmark. Straight.

On June 16, after the German Confederation was instructed by the Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck, the German Confederate Parliament issued a statement, threatening that the Germans would interfere in the incident.

On June 20, when the Austrian army in Ethiopia was confronting the Prussian army, Christian IX of Denmark announced the abolition of the provisions of the Danish constitution affecting Holstein and Lauenburg, while retaining Denmark and Schleswig. the terms of the grid.

Christian will sign the new constitution to handle the bill.

Many people are a little confused about this practice in Denmark, because the new king is in trouble for himself. If he signs it, he will violate the terms of being a king. If he does not sign, he will be the same as the Danes. The people are against each other, therefore, as a result of signing or not signing, he is in a dilemma, so on June 22, Christian IX officially signed the bill in Copenhagen, expressing abandonment of Holstein and Lauenburg, Retain the rule of Schleswig, and still rule indistinguishable from the rest of Denmark.

When the news reached Germany, the crowd was agitated and outraged.

The Schleswig-Holstein region has an extremely important strategic position. Historically, these two principalities on the banks of the Elbe River have been a pain point in Europe and have long plagued and tormented European politicians.

Since the 15th century, after a long period of migration activities, the southern part of Schleswig was gradually Germanized. Therefore, this time Christian IX's Bar Schleswig was directly managed again. For the Germans who migrated, it was very frightening. Especially since Holstein was outright abandoned by the Danes.

Needless to say, the Danes are now terrified of German infiltration.

Will they have good fruit to eat after Denmark's direct control?

Berlin.

After Bismarck and King William I of Prussia, Chief of the Army General Staff Mooch, Minister of War Count von Lohn, and Crown Prince Frederick were discussing the London Conference for a while, as Bismarck turned the content to the northern neighbor Denmark, several people Subconsciously revealed dissatisfaction.

"Since the victory of the French War, the whole of Europe has defeated the French Napoleon I, and at the Vienna Conference after the war, I, we, Prussia, have contributed a lot, restraining most of their energy in the north, making him unable to attack with all his heart. To the west and the British Isles of the British mainland, but Prussia did not have much in return for this Austrian-hosted conference.

Metternich is known for being cunning and cunning, and they may have long been thinking about how to balance Prussia after the war. "

Bismarck resolutely said to Crown Prince Frederick: "The German Confederation needs to be unified, and Prussia needs to get back what it did not get at the Congress of Vienna, and even for this, even at war. Your Royal Highness, you should know that Britain, Tsarist Russia, France None of the European countries, including Europe, want a German state strong enough to annex the German Confederation, but that must be our goal."

Crown Prince Frederick sneered: "Will the countries easily let Prussia complete the annexation process one after another? I am afraid that when Prussia just completed the annexation of a principality, Austria will fight with me and us first, although these years The Austrian Empire has become weaker, and that is only the reason why the rise of Prussia is too fast, but everyone can't deny the fact that Austria's strength is almost the same as Prussia. I don't understand that Prime Minister Bismarck's unified German Confederation will how to proceed"

William I glanced at his son indifferently. Compared with his own son, Crown Prince Frederick, he preferred his grandson William Jr.

Bismarck's plan, except for Crown Prince Frederick, everyone here knows that Bismarck told Crown Prince Frederick so diligently that he actually wanted to change his pro-British thinking, but with the conversation, William I was a little dissatisfied. Oh, this guy, why is it that the elm is lumpy, like a wooden man, he can't push it.

"Has Crown Prince Frederick forgotten Denmark?" Bismarck said confidently, "Denmark's Schleswig and Holstein are symbols of the unity of the Germans for many years. If the Germans here are wronged, they will form a unity in Germany. This kind of solidarity with the same hatred, which is also the common interest of everyone."

"Could it be that Prime Minister Bismarck wants to use Denmark as an enemy to create German unity?" Crown Prince Frederick doubted: "Did the Prime Minister forget that the Treaty of Ribe stipulates that Schleswig and Holstein will never Separated, the King of Denmark as their king and duke."

Bismarck said with a smile: "Of course I know this historical treaty, on the contrary, I want to use the policy of non-separation in this treaty to make the Germans return to Prussia.

The Austrians, who thought they were smart, threw this burden on us, but they didn't have any borders with these two places, so our relationship with Denmark has always been skewed.

But as you can see, Prussia's actions to defend the Germans in these two places have won the hearts of the entire North Germans. Holstein is almost shouting to break away from Denmark, and so is South Schleswig, The people in both places had an overwhelming fondness for Prussia.

The Ribe Treaty also stipulates that it is a direct bloodline, but Christian IX is not. Now we must make Denmark make mistakes, and then we can take advantage of the righteousness and go to war with Denmark, making Prussia a hero of the Germans, marginalized Austria, suddenly incompetent, all Germans consciously think that we Prussia are the orthodox Germans. "

With Bismarck's elaboration, Crown Prince Frederick can imagine that if he really finds a reason to go to war with Denmark in order to obtain Schleswig-Holstein, then the crazy Germans will provide much for the unification of Prussia. help.

So when Holstein's sudden change appeared, Crown Prince Frederick instantly understood that the messenger behind this incident must be the Prussian Prime Minister in front of him, and look at the people around him, Crown Prince Frederick I thought bitterly: It turned out that this plan was implemented jointly by several people, and he was the one who was only informed after the deployment was completed.

Thinking of this, he has doubts about his pro-British policy. It is difficult for him to be pro-British, so that the father and son and the monarch and minister are separated. Is it worth it?

...

William IV, who was in the Royal Palace of the Netherlands, sighed to his wife Alexandra:

"My father-in-law~www.mtlnovel.com~ doesn't know what it means to be too hasty? Now, Denmark is giving Prussia an excuse."

When Alexandra heard the words, her beautiful face changed, and she begged to look at her current husband.

William IV had a headache,

"Alexandra, Schleswig is a constant headache for Denmark, and the German Confederation often interferes with Denmark's relations with the two southern principalities.

This interference was not limited to this Confederate member of Holstein, but extended to the affairs of Schleswig, who was not a member of the German Confederation.

So it can be said that Schleswig has nothing to do with the German Confederation.

But everyone understands that the purpose of the German Confederation is to turn Schleswig into another completely Germanized Holstein and drag Schleswig into the German Confederation. "