The territory of the Ottoman Empire was getting smaller and smaller, and it was almost inhabited by the British, Tsarist Russia and Austrian Empires. The rise of Italy and the restoration of the Greek kingdom made its revival hopeless.

To say which country has the most recognition for its rise in status at the London conference, it must be the Netherlands.”

Andersen said: "Yes, after many games with Britain from 1862 to 1863, the veteran European political strongman Viscount Palmerston made concessions to William IV, which shocked Europe at that time.

A series of actions with Tsarist Russia and alliances with other countries forced the United Kingdom to finally recognize the strength of the Netherlands. This province is a manifestation of its recognition of its rise. In particular, the use of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State in South Africa to fight against Britain's wrench-wrenching proxy wars made hundreds of thousands of British troops fight in terror, causing the United Kingdom to suffer a big somersault and become the international laughing stock

The face-to-face war with Portugal in 1864 was even more so that Portugal was losing ground. As you can see, the then Portuguese King Louis I thought that Italy, Austria and Brazil were drawn together, and he showed strategic contempt for the Netherlands.

Unexpectedly, the bitter fruit was eaten in the end. The Netherlands has the support of Denmark, Sweden, Tsarist Russia, the United States of America, Greece, and the Kingdom of Prussia. Even Ottoman is on the side of the Netherlands.

This team makes British stocks and France fearful, not to mention Portugal.

At the right time and place, the Netherlands has become the protagonist of the London conference, even surpassing the United Kingdom.

Even in the media of various countries, the Dutch word appears more often than the British, especially in 1864 and 1863. "

Princess Dagmar was very curious about the Netherlands, where her sister married. Hearing the teacher and the couple speak in such an admiring tone, she couldn't help thinking that she would marry the king of a big country like Alexandra in the future.

What she didn't know was that she did marry the king of a big country later, and she was also the queen of the empire, even an empire that was much stronger than the Netherlands at present.

She couldn't help but ask: "Where is the Netherlands in the current position?"

Crown Prince Frederick said amusingly: "Dagmar, haven't you read the news? The latest "European Times" has conducted a comprehensive strength ranking, which is based on population, military, economy, technology, etc.

The British Empire is ranked first in terms of military, economy and technology, the French Empire is second in terms of military, economy and technology, the Russian Empire is third in population and military, and the Austrian Empire is fourth in terms of population and military. The Kingdom of Prussia is ranked fifth by military, economy and technology, the Ottoman Empire is sixth by military and population, and the Netherlands, which you just asked about, is ranked by economy, military and technology, followed by Milli, which is based on economy, technology and population The Confederates tied for 7. "

"Seventh?"

Princess Dagmar heard the words and said enviously: "So, now my sister is the queen of the seventh largest country in the world. It's great."

When Christian IX heard the words, he looked at the fourth child with amusement, who was also the second daughter of the decision of beauty, and said fondly: "Really speaking, if the Netherlands is now ranked by comprehensive strength, then the Netherlands is now second only to the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom. France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Ottoman.

Millikin was economically strong, but militarily, he was a dwarf. "

Crown Prince Frederick said at this time: "If you really want to fight the Netherlands, it is very likely that you can only rely on population and economic strength to maintain an unbeaten situation, and Prussia, which is far worse economically than him, is much worse. ”

When he heard about his eldest son, Prussia, Christian IX's eyes showed a look of dread and deep concern at the same time.

He said: "It's a pity that Denmark has no strong allies, and now it has to face a rising Prussia with huge ambitions. Even Austria is so powerful that it is difficult to contain Prussia. Although Denmark has a good navy, it is connected by land. The Prussian naval superiority is not exploited. It puts Denmark at a serious disadvantage.”

Everyone fell silent as Christian IX spoke of the Prussian threat to Denmark.

With the recent support of Prussia to Schleswig-Holstein, a principality under the nominal jurisdiction of Denmark, in fact, only Schleswig is under the control of Denmark. Prussia is increasingly provocative of Denmark in Holstein. dominion.

Relying on the Germans, Prussia quickly infiltrated Holstein, especially after Bismarck was elected to the Prime Minister's Cabinet in 1861, it accelerated the influence of the Prussians in Holstein.

If this is the case, his predecessor Frederick VII and him are just vigilant at best. After all, Holstein Germans also occupy the majority, but they are dissatisfied that Bismarck's cabinet has no Hesitantly, it penetrated into Schleswig, where the Danes occupy the majority.

And it is still going on in a fair manner, even providing financial and political support to where, and even forming a lot of teams to propose to the Danish government the idea of ​​​​dividing from the Danish jurisdiction, which makes Christian IX unacceptable.

In particular, it will be extended that the two places were only loyal to the Oldenburg dynasty where Frederick's blood was located, not Christian IX, who had no direct bloodline with this dynasty family.

This provocation of Prussia can be said to have hit the key point of Christian IX, and it also made Christian IX the biggest trouble.

Therefore, under the influence of Holstein's popularity, Christian IX already wanted to throw away this hot potato and directly bring Schleswig under his banner and directly manage it.

So he proposed this plan to Prussia.

However, the original agreement required that the two principalities must be bound together to advance and retreat together. The Prussian side also did not agree with the idea proposed by Denmark.

This made it difficult for Christian IX to choose and expand~lightnovelpub.net~ Even he suspected that this was Bismarck's intention. What he wanted was to disclose the content of the negotiations between the two countries as a threat, so that he could be caught by Prussia. The pigtails will make him lose Holstein's heart as soon as he announces it.

Therefore, after suffering this loss, he no longer has any thoughts of properly handling Prussia for Schleswig.

During the time mentioned, he stepped up his deployment in the two places to prevent those damned Germans from jumping over the wall and causing trouble when they were provoked by Prussia.

But can it really be stopped?

Christian IX has no confidence at all.

On June 5, 1864, Christian IX came to power in Holstein after the death of Frederick VII.

The people of German origin, who are in the majority of the population in the Holstein region, have refused to accept the jurisdiction of Christian IX since December last year, and those who supported the jurisdiction of Denmark have provoked anger. On this day, the two sides met. Fighting, finally after several months of brewing, a conflict of power broke out.

What followed in Denmark and Prussia turned Europe's attention from London and Africa back to Jutland.