Chapter 49

He was the last monarch of the Oldenburg dynasty and the last king of Denmark to rule Denmark.

During his tenure, the Danish Constitution was born in 1849, and Denmark has since become a constitutional monarchy.

During his reign, the two autonomous regions of southern Denmark, Schleswig and Holstein, fought with Denmark in the Purdan War in 1852 because of their request to join the German Confederation. He tried to get Holstein to join the German Confederation. The Confederacy, and Denmark merged with Schleswig, but there was an agreement within the two duchies to advance and retreat together, an inseparable agreement.

So in the 1852 war between Tempe, he managed to keep the two principalities under the mediation of the nations.

But now Prussia is getting more and more unscrupulous to meddle in Denmark's internal affairs.

They even publicly declared that they did not recognize that the two principalities belonged to Denmark, and their future direction was decided by themselves, and the Kingdom of Denmark could not make a final decision on their ownership.

This is the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck's personal statement to the German newspaper "Rheinische Zeitung", and it is also the country's latest statement on the status of Prussia's two principalities.

This is worth it!

He, who was slow to respond, fell ill in an instant, but when he woke up and was about to complain to Prussia for the first time, Prussia was soft and hard, expressing that Denmark wanted Prussia to continue to support Denmark's jurisdiction. The two duchies can, but Prussia does not agree with the candidate for the successor of the Danish king, Frederick VIII.

The controversy is mainly about who will inherit the Danish throne, and the German Confederates of Schleswig and Holstein generally choose the descendants of the Augustenberg family.

However, the Danes in these two places think that they are too closely related to the people of the German Confederation, and they are more supportive of the opposite Glücksburg family, which is now called by Frederick VIII. Next to the heir Prince Christian.

Opposed to support members of the Ostenberg family to inherit the Danish throne.

"Prussia has gone too far. It dares to intervene in us, and it simply ignores the rules of exchanges between countries."

"If you have the strength, you can do the same thing, but do we have it?"

Frederick VIII was lying on the head of the bed, with only Prince Christian by his side, the daughter-husband of his own sister, and his own nephew and son-in-law.

With no successor, he can only use this to maintain the continuity of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Frederick VIII was just complaining about the provocation coming in from Prussia.

But Prince Christian, who is next to him, is constantly intertwined, tying the relationship between the two even more.

Looking at Frederick VIII, Prince Christian was wandering because he was afraid.

In my heart, I was shocked by that person. Everything seemed to be moving forward as he told me. Even what he used as a joke back then is now a real confirmation of the Danish heir position.

He is William IV of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They met when he was the heir to the Dukes of Schleswig and Holstein. At that time, William was only Crown Prince William.

Now that 5 years have passed, the identities of both of them have undergone dramatic changes.

Suddenly, he was terrified, because he remembered that he had made a promise to this joke that if one day he really became the king of Denmark, he was willing to give the Danish overseas territories Iceland and Greenland to William, In this way, it is shown that Denmark under his leadership will follow the lead of the Netherlands, advancing and retreating together.

"Oops"

He couldn't help but say it.

Frederick VIII frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

""It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just Your Majesty, I think we have forgotten, in fact, we are not alone, like last time, we can actually help from abroad."

"How can there be such a simple thing, foreign aid, do you think you don't need gold coins for foreign aid? Let me tell you, the king looks beautiful, but in fact he is tired. In the civil war in the first half of this year, the British Empire and Spain intervened, do you know?"

"Naturally, this is a current event that is reporting progress every day. The European Times is updating it every day. According to reports, the British Empire and Spain voluntarily began to show their withdrawal today, and no longer intervene in the American Civil War."

"Hmph, what is voluntary? It's just putting money on the face, I'll tell you, it's because the United States gave $3 million.

They invited the Tsarist Russian Navy to send in Vladivostok in the Pacific, and dispatched the few warships in the name of the visit to warn the British Empire and Spain, and to show that Tsarist Russia had close relations with the United States.

Hmph, maybe I was worried that the effect would not be good. Tsarist Russia also sent warships in the Atlantic Ocean to visit New York. It was this way that calmed the two countries and triggered their retreat, hum."

Frederick VIII said disdainfully.

After speaking, he stretched out the secret report he had just obtained to King Christian IX, and saw that it was written from Tsarist Russia, St. Petersburg.

Prince Christian is not a new political rookie, and with the encrypted copy, he knows that this is the latest news intercepted by the Danish intelligence agency.

He hurriedly opened it, and couldn't help being horrified, "How dare the Tsarist Russia Empire?"

"Why don't you dare? For the sake of money, the Tsarist Empire lacks money now. It's really money, ahem, cough. I didn't expect that the Americans would even think of hiring one of the most powerful armies in the world as thugs. It's a big deal. , I see? Now, do you still believe that they quit voluntarily?

..."

In fact, it is exactly as he said.

On February 19, 1862, when William IV received distinguished guests from various countries in Amsterdam and was holding a meeting of his own Privy Council, the whole world was shocked by the news from one side. Where did it come from, but the moment really overshadowed the focus of the European royal marriage conference, because it was so shocking.

When the news reached William IV, who was holding a meeting of the Privy Council, it was already 18:00 in the afternoon.

William IV just said something incomprehensible, "It's finally begun", and then Mark Rudd came to tell everyone about the Dutch participation in this anti-British and US aid operation.

It turned out that since the American Civil War in 1861, European kings sent troops to the Americas to split the United States. Various means were exhausted, which made the northern government of the United States busy and exhausted, but President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward were not frightened at this time. You have to pee your pants with soft legs, or just run away with your bag.

Instead, he chose to calm down and think hard about countermeasures.

In the end, President Lincoln thought that the enemy of the enemy is the friend of the United States. Just now, Lincoln asked for help, but the United States had no allies.

I can't help but sigh that the restrictions of the Monroe Doctrine have caused the current situation of the United States, so I thought of the French Empire, which helped the United States become independent. .

So an invitation was issued.

However, France is now obsessed with Mexico. Mexico is on the other side of the United States, and its geographical location is very important to the homeland security of the United States.

What Lincoln didn't expect was that France was willing to help, but it was conditional. In his reply, Napoleon III asked the United States to pay a certain price. The United States must agree with France's actions in Mexico, and selectively provide assistance until Mexico. The candidate, who was fully supported by France, ended his contract only after he became emperor of Mexico.

Without looking at it, Lincoln directly threw the reply letter into the fire and became ashes.

In fact, France had no intention of helping the U.S., and the next day the British Empire sent a letter urging the U.S. not to waste its scheming, but to peacefully resolve the demands of the southern plantation owners and restore the U.S.'s previous order.

At this point, it still doesn't understand that these two countries have colluded enough.

At this time, while Lincoln was making a move, and Secretary Seward was at a loss, Lincoln's close political ally, Eli Hugh B. Washburn, chairman of the Congressional Trade and Appropriations Committees, came forward.

Unexpectedly, he mentioned the Tsarist Russian Empire, and after making a careful plan with several people on the spot, he sent Lincoln's envoy to St. Petersburg to send a letter of distress to Tsar Alexander II.

And Tsar Alexander II was also a man of great ambition. Based on various considerations, the Tsarist Imperial fleet left St. Petersburg and arrived in New York Harbor on February 18, 1862 without declaring war. Their appearance caused In addition to the British and Western hesitations in France.

At the same time, Ri Ben found out that for some unknown reason, the fleet of Tsarist Russia, a major western power in the north, deployed in Vladivostok and suddenly left the port, and then drove eastward, which startled him. The emperor of Meiji thought he was going to attack Ri's own country, and he almost had to. Make up to escape, but fortunately this huge fleet is far away from the country.

Sail to the Pacific Ocean deep in the east. It was not until San Francisco on the western coast of the United States that they received news from the newspaper a few days later, which caused them to take a few days from the people, so they all scolded the Tsarist Russia for nothing to scare people.

Fortunately, the national unity is not afraid of someone leaking Alexander II, otherwise, the island country would have been floating for thousands of miles on the sea.

However, I don't know if it was a coincidence or a pre-rehearsal. When the Russian Imperial Navy arrived in San Francisco on the west coast, a Dutch naval fleet consisting of 8 ships also arrived in San Francisco at the same time, and even under the eyes of the British Empire's jian spy, it completed The move of the two fleets to merge and practice is too obvious, plus the 8 Dutch battleships totaling 20 warships are here to support the United States.

At this moment, the Spanish fleet in the Pacific Ocean immediately retreated to the south and returned to Cuba in one breath.

The French fleet also returned to the port of Mazatlán, in the province of Mazatlán, Mexico.

In the east, with the arrival of the Russian navy in New York Harbor, the three countries of Britain, France and Spain hesitated for a while, and then chose to leave.

They left, but at the same time, they also took the news that Russia and the Netherlands were supporting the United States, which swept the world like a storm.

The United States hired the Tsarist Russian Imperial Navy for $7.5 million!

"This is the headline of tomorrow's newspapers around the world." William IV looked at all the members of the Privy Council and said: "This is a day to remember, because, from now on, the Dutch Navy will return to the way it used to be in the 17th century. to protect our interests."

Speaking of this, William IV nodded to the Prime Minister. In the conference room, everyone's heart was tight, because they knew that ~www.mtlnovel.com~ This Privy Council meeting is held every week except in special circumstances. Today According to the information received in advance, His Majesty will announce the always huge and strict Dutch national governance plan, which involves all the Dutch administrative departments, and everyone present is linked to this plan. According to His Majesty, everyone has work to do. .....