Chapter 8

Berlin.

Mao Qi, the chief of the army general staff, said proudly: "The invasion of Denmark is just an illusion. William IV of the Netherlands knew what our possible actions would be. He never imagined that our attack on Denmark was fake, just one of them. In fact, we want to It is true to pull in the greedy Austria and consume Austria's strength."

After speaking, he looked at Prime Minister Bismarck with admiration. Only he could think of such a link.

William I also felt extremely satisfied in his heart. At first, he asked Von Roen to recommend Bismarck, who was once a prince under his brother William IV. After he was rejected for the first time to win over Bismarck, the two The bad relationship was eased, and in such a grand way, he was finally brought under his command last year, becoming the current iron triangle pattern. For Bismarck, even Crown Prince Frederick was repeatedly scolded by him for different political views.

As expected, Bismarck is still the Bismarck he knows and understands. After more than ten years, his diplomatic and political skills have become more sophisticated behind him. He feels that he is a secret Bole. He has received a few people and is God's best care for him.

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William IV said: "The battle for the leadership of the German Confederation between Austria and Prussia has been going on for many years, it is time, it is time to end"

"How can your Majesty see it?" If Tolbek realized something, Hesbet Feng also realized it, and the Minister of the Interior Jonrer asked inexplicably.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jane von Capello said at this time: "Because, Prussia has developed to the extreme, it needs to rely on swallowing to develop itself, and the German Confederation has an Austria, which has always been Prussia's biggest resistance, therefore, I Guess, in the next step, Prussia will directly fight against Austria, and even, with the characters of the current Austrian King Franz Joseph I and the Prime Minister, Archduke Renner Ferdinand, if, I mean if, assuming Prussia When Prussia was about to use force against Denmark, Xu Yizhongli suddenly invited Austria to participate in the conflict, and then threw the hard bones to Austria, then"

"Austria has lost its troops and its national strength has plummeted. Will Prussia take the opportunity to clean up the rest of the German Confederation?" Interior Minister Jonrell asked in surprise.

"Yes, even, I guess, if William I of Prussia and William I are resolute enough, why don't Bismarck and William I directly march towards the weak Austria at this time and further maim the opponent?" Tolbeck said amazingly. the way.

what!

Haysbert Feng looked at the Prime Minister's serious-looking Tolbek in shock, looked at William IV respectfully, and said, "Don't look at me like that, haven't you noticed? All this is Is His Majesty deliberately leading us in this direction until now?"

Several people recalled that this was really the case. From the beginning to the end, they were all led by William IV. When they thought about it, they couldn't help being horrified. They didn't believe that they had fallen into His Majesty's thoughts. I don't know myself, what if it's an enemy, I've been sold, and are you still counting the money?

Thinking of this, they couldn't help shivering collectively, it was too dangerous.

At the same time, when he looked at William IV again, his eyes added some color after being conquered that even they didn't know.

Seeing this, William IV nodded to Tolbek, satisfied with the other party's guidance.

Looking at the people in front of him, William IV was extremely satisfied. They were all good. More importantly, the team was very young.

The average age is less than forty years old. With the current living environment, as long as there are no accidents, it is not a problem for these people to live to the age of 70. That is to say, it is not a problem for them to serve under William IV for 20 years. 20 years is enough. A lot of things that are important to the Netherlands are enough.

He couldn't help but look forward to the good news brought back by his Minister of Defense, Steffan Bells, but he is not in a hurry now, because this person is now on a visit to Spain. Along with him, is the Minister of the Navy, Vincent Aite. Visiting Portugal.

So he asked about the situation of these two people, everything was going according to plan, and he was very satisfied that Spain, would be another long-term ally of him, a partner in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and William IV wanted to build a The combined allies in those two places will fight against the encroachment policy of the British Empire, so the Kingdom of Spain, which has a Philippine colony next to the East Indies, is definitely a good choice.

What's more, both countries have colonies in the Caribbean Sea, Cuba in Spain and Guyana in the Netherlands, and the navies of the two countries are of equal strength. Together, they have surpassed France in gross tonnage and are approaching the British Empire.

The most needed surface ally of the Netherlands, as for the Kingdom of Prussia, it was done in secret. After all, the rise of Prussia was too fast, it was too enviable, and it was too close, and it was easy to find trouble for the Netherlands. A peaceful lord.

And Spain, don't worry, its geographical location is enough to represent a lot of things, not to mention, the Spanish influence in the Americas is what the Netherlands needs to rely on, and can put more good things into many ideas of William I, such as The Latin (that is, Spanish) ethnic group supports the Dutch-backed Washburn to run for president of the United States against the British and French. Washburn established his own faction in the Republic, and some Spanish support is even more powerful. But it's still too early to tell.

"The alliance between Spain and us is imperative. Queen Isabel is easier to deal with than Queen Victoria." William IV turned his eyes on several people, and finally looked at Foreign Secretary Hesbet Feng, "Even if it is I don't hesitate to use male pets"

After speaking, William IV ignored the strange expressions of others, and couldn't help but sighed about Queen Isabel's many legends, such as her nine children, 6 of them were from different lives, although this was only a legend he heard in his previous life, It has not been confirmed, but he believes in a truth, that is, there is no wind without waves. He believes in the truth that flies do not bite seamless eggs. There is no ground for nothing. Obviously, the current Queen of Spain is indeed not rigorous enough in this regard, or too much. Let's be open.

So, William IV has made up his mind to stay away from her daughter when it comes to marriage, so as not to know if her head is green.

While William IV and others were discussing various countries at the Dutch Royal Palace in Amsterdam, there were also people discussing him in London.

This person is Queen Victoria and her Prime Minister Palmerston.

Before the two discussed Holland, Henry John Tapper, Viscount Palmerston, and Victoria stared red-eyed.

Since serving as foreign minister in 1830, Temple has advocated maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire and supporting the country in order to allow the British Empire and Tsarist Russia to compete for hegemony. The bridgehead of the nerves of the Crimean War.

He also regarded France as the main rival of the British Empire in the Kingdom of Greece, Egypt with the Suez Canal, the Iberian Peninsula (later the Saudi Peninsula), and the Mediterranean.

In the current competition between Prussia and Austria for the leadership of the German Confederation, he supported Prussia like Queen Victoria, and hoped that it would grow up to become a strong enemy of France and Tsarist Russia, so as to maintain the current balance of power in Europe that was tilted towards Tsarist Russia and France, especially in the After Metternich's death, Austria was already rotten. Without buying this complete function, it could only rely on its own power to stop Tsarist Russia and France.

Intervening in America's current civil war, he once tried to support the southern slave owners in order to gain the greatest benefit. If he won, he could divide the rich fruits of America's northern industrial zone.

However, the workers of the British Empire are now dissatisfied, because the United States has begun to fight back against the intervention of the British Empire, restricting the entry of industrial products in the British Empire, which has caused a large number of unemployment among the workers in the British Empire, which has caused the workers to be dissatisfied with him.

Since 1830, as foreign secretary, he has been in charge of the foreign affairs of the British Empire.

In 1837, the Queen of County Victoria succeeded to the throne of the British Empire. The two began to cooperate with tacit understanding to carry out foreign aggression activities, including countries in the Far East, control of global sea power, and **** of world trade.

The "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" has become an existence that can compete with the world, and the prosperity of the British Empire is more than that. During this period, Maxwell, the greatest scientist since Newton, the most outstanding writer since Shakespeare, Dickens, and the pioneer of liberal policy appeared. Gladstone and the famous diplomat Palmerston himself.

Many people in the Far East don't know the name Palmerston, but the world knows a famous saying he said: The British Empire has neither eternal allies nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests!

For decades, he was arguably known to everyone on the Continent, from 16 years as foreign secretary in 1830, to his election as prime minister in 1855 to his re-election in 1859.

In the past 30 years, Queen Victoria's foreign policy has been controlled by Palmerston. Her strategy is far-reaching, the technique is ingenious, and the calculation is precise. Throughout the history of diplomacy in the European continent for hundreds of thousands of years, except in 1859 No one can compare to the late Austrian Prime Minister Metternich.

"But now it seems that there are more opponents, Bismarck? Interesting!

But, who else? "