Chapter 354

On December 5, 1867, Senator Macri of the French Empire proposed to learn from the Netherlands and launch an antitrust law. The bill was drafted by his partner, Senator George Edmund of Lyon, and its content drew on the experience of Dutch antitrust law. And referring to the relevant report of the Ministry of Finance of the French Empire, the draft considers all business associations to be a violation of free competition.

As soon as this draft came out, the people at the bottom of the entire French Empire thought it was a huge victory for them, a successful case of civilians challenging big entrepreneurs.

However, just when they were about to open the champagne to celebrate, the accident made them angry.

It turned out that this draft was reformed in the hands of the French Imperial Senate Judiciary Committee with weak rhetoric. It did not propose specific punishment measures for the monopoly of trust organizations. It is of little significance to control and prohibit trusts. Not surprisingly, it was easy for the senators and the House of Representatives to do so. passed the bill.

Napoleon III did not expect that when he thought he could sleep at ease, Paris once again staged a great parade movement.

In the end, Napoleon III and the consortium supporters behind him had to compromise again.

On November 10, 1867, the French imperial government formally followed the example of the Netherlands, and established the French Antitrust Bureau to supervise the monopoly of domestic large enterprises.

And European countries have also joined in.

Compared to the French Empire, they lost less.

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When President Lincoln and Seward, two Irish and German giants, met secretly without the knowledge of the Dutch, they did not expect that they would be watched, and their conversation soon fell into the distance. In the ears of William IV of Europe.

William IV looked at the details of the conversation about President Lincoln and Seward in the intelligence. While secretly giving strength to the intelligence officers lurking around them, he was also slightly disappointed with President Lincoln, and at the same time felt sorry for Seward. more disgust.

William IV looked at the Dutch Director of International Intelligence Mackay Sean and the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Director Bill Charlie, and finally set his eyes on Prime Minister Tolbeck and Foreign Minister Hesbert Feng.

"Everyone, in the face of Seward, Secretary of State of the United States of America, who has become increasingly unfriendly to the Dutch, what are your plans?"

"Your Majesty, I think it is obvious that Secretary Seward is going to borrow the remaining two years of President Lincoln's term to pave the way for himself, and the bargaining chip is to use the transaction to get through the Irish-American hurdle of Lincoln, and just use the Dutch-American. The reason for its too much influence, so I am going to promote the alliance of Irish and Germans, and suppress the Dutch in the structure of the federal government of the United States of America. If we really want to deal with him, I don't think it is better. We need a strategy of conquering the barbarians. Combined, a huge monopoly will naturally form. Today, both Europe and the Americas have serious antitrust. So, why don't we use this to fight back against each other?

After all, this is also an area of ​​advantage for the Dutch in the Commonwealth of America."

When William IV heard the words, he nodded. In this regard, Dutch people did a good job.

Among the six most influential newspapers in the United States of America in 1867, the rankings from largest to smallest were The New York Post, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Times, and The San Francisco Times ", "Washington Times".

One forty six!

The Dutch occupy three newspapers, half of them.

Such influence is enough to influence public opinion in the Commonwealth of Millikin.

William IV gave Heisbert Von's words a positive look.

Upright, he is indeed a Dutch diplomat.

So he looked at McKay Sean, the director of international intelligence next to him.

The latter said: "Your Majesty, from my experience, our intelligence community believes that we should directly spread the threat of the combination of Germans and Irish to other ethnic groups. After all, Dutch people are suppressed, so other ethnic groups are even more vulnerable. Maybe they will follow suit, and they should feel the same way about this. I think as long as this person's emotions are mobilized, many unexpected things can be done."

Bill Charlie also agrees: "Latinos are very dissatisfied with the fact that the current government and other departments of the United States of America are managed by three major ethnic groups. If the Dutch people promote reform, then there may be unexpected gains."

"Be specific." William IV stared at Bill Charlie.

Bill Charlie explained under the inquiring gazes of the three: "According to our intelligence, the British began to be reluctant to dormant because of the easing of relations between Millikin and the United Kingdom. The Jews even used the huge wealth transferred from Europe. The expansion of the annexation operation in the newspaper industry is currently blocked, but with huge funds, the acquisition will be successful sooner or later. After all, newspapers are also run by people, and no one wants to live with money.

In addition to these two ethnic groups, there are more than 2 million people of Swedish and Danish origin from northern Europe. They are very united and claim to be descendants of Vikings, so they are very cooperative in the United States of America. The influence is not small. The French are very self-reliant, and they exist in Central Europe, but they are not many, less than a million people. Other southern European Hispanics and Portuguese also formed their own interest groups.

The Irish and Germans rely on the number of people to overwhelm all ethnic groups, while the Dutch are on good terms with the Irish, especially supporting the Irish financially, allowing the former to have the funds to run for election, just like Lincoln's success this time. The Millikin Consortium has contributed a lot.

The German-born funds are abundant, and the Irish-born consortium is on the rise.

Therefore, there is a three-legged situation~www.mtlnovel.com~ Now that these two ethnic groups are apart from the Dutch, they have to be vigilant. At this time, if the Dutch can use this to open up cooperation with all ethnic groups, just follow Like the members of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, as long as the Dutch become the leader of the alliance, the union of the two ethnic groups will be broken without attack. After all, the population of these two ethnic groups is only 9 million, and the population of the United States of America is 23 million. ? "

Vertical and horizontal?

William IV also agreed with this approach, and he looked at Prime Minister Tolbeck.

Born in 1808, the 59-year-old Tolbek is in good spirits, which makes William IV understand that this age group is really the best age to play politics, and it can be regarded as a golden age.

Tolbeck pondered for a while, but then asked in a nonchalant way: "Your Majesty, I don't think we should only focus on the United States of America. This is wrong."

Seeing William IV's calm eyes, Tolbek suddenly realized in his heart that His Majesty had already noticed it?

His Majesty is indeed His Majesty, but his thoughts are different.

Seeing other people, he was surprised at first, and then his eyes were suddenly enlightened. Only then did Tolbik see the effect he wanted to see with satisfaction.

Sure enough, only His Majesty is a special case.

Heisbert Von couldn't help but ask, "What does the Prime Minister mean?"

Tolbeck nodded and said in a surprising voice: "The Netherlands can be a chess player, so why can't other people be able to remotely control people in the United States of America?"