Chapter 103

The situation in Denmark is not good now. Prussia has completed its infiltration in Schleswig and Holstein, especially the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck. He used the psychology of many people in the German Confederation about Denmark's rule of Holstein. Inciting national independence has become a certain climate."

Tolbeck Road.

Schleswig and Holstein are located between Denmark and the Elbe River, close to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea on the Atlantic Ocean, and have a very important economic and strategic position. The Kingdom of Prussia in the German Confederation gradually eroded the territory of Hanover. , has been connected to the edge of Jutland.

As the Junkers and the bourgeoisie in the Kingdom of Prussia have long coveted the land,

These were originally two small duchies, which had long been subordinate to the king. Yes, they only belonged to the king, not to the kingdom. Moreover, these two small duchies had their own one-round administrative agencies and were unwilling to merge with Denmark.

William IV remembered that the Congress of Vienna in 1815 affirmed the status of these two duchies, and even incorporated the small duchy of Lauenburg into the territory of the king of Denmark.

But it is precisely because of this that Denmark is hated by many people in the German Confederation, because in Holstein and Lauenburg, the members of the German Confederation occupy the vast majority of the population, and they have always been members of the Holy Roman Empire. In part, they were also members of the German Confederation according to the provisions of the Congress of Vienna, and the Danish king, as the sum of Holstein's reign, was naturally recognized as a member of the German Confederation. But not the Kingdom of Denmark.

However, on the contrary, in Schleswig, the inhabitants are overwhelmingly Danes, although the southern part of the principality, like Holstein, was assimilated by the members of the German Confederation in Prussia, Schleswig. Greg is not a member of the German Confederation, it is just a fief of Denmark.

Originally, the current king of Denmark, Frederick VII, also agreed with Holstein to join the German Confederation, and Schleswig completely joined the plan of Denmark, but

The Treaty of Ribe of 1460 stipulated that Schleswig and Holstein would never separate, further complicating the situation.

From the end of the 1840s, Denmark began a national movement to strive for the complete integration of these two principalities into Denmark. This tendency aroused strong repercussions in the German Confederation, and resistance to the Danish invasion even became a common common ground for the entire German Confederation. The voice, the horn of battle.

In the end, the war started. After three years of fighting from 1848 to 1851, the self-reliance of the Schleswig and Holstein areas failed. This part of the people belonged to the Germans, and they all It is also good to want to incorporate Denmark into the jurisdiction of the members of the German Confederation.

In addition, the countries of the German Confederation, especially Prussia, were very dissatisfied with the shipping fee charged by Prussia for shipping through the Denmark Strait between the Baltic Sea and the Bei Sea. In order to avoid this fee, Prussia planned to build the Kiel Canal, especially Prussia wanted to break it out. The Atlantic still went through a strategy overseen by Denmark, but Denmark ruled Holstein, so the canal could not be built, and Prussia was firmly locked in the Baltic.

This naturally makes it difficult for the strategic position of the Kingdom of Prussia to affect places outside the Baltic Sea, especially when other countries are colonizing the Atlantic Ocean, everyone including William is impatient, afraid that it will be too late, and the rest of the world will Colonies will be gone.

Force the two apart?

On the surface, this is a reasonable approach, but in reality, both sides are not very satisfied with the result, and besides, Schleswig and Holstein have always been united throughout history, and they are now called separate. Belonging to two countries, everyone will feel very twisted.

As a result, the rule of Denmark began to be interfered with by the German Confederation in the affairs of Schleswig and Holstein, which made Denmark even more furious. No one came here and would suspect that the German Confederation had no ambition to annex Schleswig. This is a well-known thing.

Hesbet Feng hesitated for a while, and finally after taking a look at Tolbek, he bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, although you are closely related to the Crown Prince Christian family of the Danish royal family, but now Denmark is in Schleswig. Grid support, has dwindled."

"Why less?" It was War Minister Pete Deron who spoke.

"Do I look like someone who doesn't care?"

William IV glared at Haysbet angrily, and then explained to Pete de Jong: "Since 1860, this Schleswig and Holstein has once again become a hot topic of international debate. But the support for this big sale is less than the last time.

The Crimean War weakened the Russian Empire's national strength, and Alexander did not dare to offend the entire German Confederation, including Austria and Prussia, at the same time.

The French Empire, Napoleon III, was prepared to no longer support Denmark in the region, because he wanted to do so in exchange for concessions and exchanges with the interests of the German Confederation elsewhere.

Because Prince Albert is from Saxe-Gotha. Coburg of the German Confederation, and Queen Victoria's mother is also from Coburg, Queen Victoria and the royal family of Prince Albert both agree with the position of the German Confederation.

However, British officials moderated their hometown sentiment, believing that the German Confederation's naval expansion in the Baltic Sea had threatened the British Empire's maritime hegemony.

Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert agreed with the German position, but British officials tempered their sentiments that the expansion of the German navy in the Baltic Sea threatened British maritime hegemony, including both the Tories and the Whigs. Almost all the leaders of the party, in this case, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert can only no longer insist, so the result is that the British Empire supports Denmark, but now they are looking for a reason. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

According to legend, the meaning of the British Empire is to marry Prince of Wales and Prince Edward to marry Alexandra, the county lord of Crown Prince Christian of Denmark, or to marry Princess Alice or Princess Helena to his eldest son Frederick. King Frederick.

Thus, the British Empire had a pretext for intervening in Denmark and the German Confederation.

This is also the reason why Queen Victoria called the eldest daughter some time ago, married Princess Victoria of Prussia, and gave Prince Edward and Alexandra a red line.

When he explained this time, William IV felt the strange eyes around him, and immediately understood what these animals were thinking, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Alexandra, you hurt me"

It turned out that the European royal family some time ago believed that during the conference, all the people present knew one thing, that is, the county owner actually asked William IV, and the time of the request was during the session of the Privy Council, so They all knew about it.

Although he explained that this is a junior sister who also followed Guo Andersen to learn to write fairy tales, the response he got was, whoever believes who is a fool!