Opening 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 257 The Netherlands never destroys the country

British Empire, London, Buckingham Palace.

Queen Victoria is calmly having the current conversation with her sixth child and fourth daughter, Princess Louise.

But it is not a commonplace chat, but a national event.

Queen Victoria seemed to ask casually: "If you marry into the Kingdom of Greece, will you focus on the interests of Greece? Or will you focus on the interests of the British Empire?"

"All Worlds"

Princess Louise also replied indifferently: "In the European royal family, after all women marry, they will focus on the interests of their husband's family. This is a sincere allegiance. I don't think the European royal family will be an exception. On the contrary, I have looked through the history of Europe, and almost no queen betrayed her country, so I think the mother's problem seems to be a criticism of history."

Queen Victoria continued to ask noncommittally: "If your husband becomes the king of Greece in the future, will he take the initiative to guide him to promote a closer relationship with the United Kingdom?"

Princess Louise smiled and said, "Britain is our home country, and I naturally hope that Yinghe is in harmony."

Queen Victoria followed: "Crown Prince Frederick is from the Netherlands. If there is a war between Britain and the Netherlands one day, how do you think you will choose a position between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands at that time? After all, it is possible that your king and husband will Will you choose your home country, the Netherlands?"

Princess Louise was silent for a while, then raised her head and said, "I think what I can do is to try my best to educate the future ruler of the Kingdom of Greece to be a pro-British person."

Queen Victoria finally smiled.

She said: "Yes, the existence of the queen does not exist because of meddling in the politics of the host country. Her meaning is to nurture the next generation and help the royal family cultivate their values. You are the princess of England and the queen of Greece. This dual identity can make You're destined to be in the spotlight, so you're able to speak out about nurturing the next generation, obviously you understand the use of the high profile and the low profile."

After speaking, Queen Victoria sighed: "Your eldest sister Victoria married to Prussia because she didn't understand this truth, but she suffered a lot in Berlin."

Princess Louise paused after hearing the words, "That's because Bismarck is too strong, and is wary of and suppresses her eldest sister Victoria."

Queen Victoria smiled and said: "Do you really think so? Although I don't deny that hiding clumsiness is a good knowledge, but it is possible to hide clumsiness, but it has lost the original intention of hiding clumsiness."

Princess Louise: "Okay, I admit that I have some ideas. On the one hand, as I mentioned earlier, Bismarck's strong suppression, but more eldest sisters themselves are in Berlin as British princesses and Prussian crown princes. Publicity in Prussia The freedom of the United Kingdom is good, but it highlights the Prussian monopoly. The rising Prussians are very arrogant. This Victoria did this, and did not successfully promote the goodness of the United Kingdom. Instead, it triggered their rebellion. , so Miss Victoria would naturally be generally disgusted by the Prussians led by Bismarck."

Queen Victoria gave Princess Louise an admiring look, secretly saying that she was indeed extremely talented in politics and extremely sensitive.

She changed the subject and said, "Then what do you think is the main purpose of the Dutch Kingdom's move to annex Belgium?"

Princess Louise was taken aback for a moment, she didn't understand why Queen Victoria was discussing this hottest political topic in Europe with her.

But she didn't have time to think about it, because she had already been motivated by this topic, and she didn't vomit unpleasantly.

So she pointed out: "I think the Netherlands is a combination of truth and falsehood. The purpose is to spy on the bottom line of the United Kingdom. If the United Kingdom is weaker, the Netherlands may use this to ask the United Kingdom for further demands. What it wants, if the UK is stronger, then the Netherlands may not back down, but will also look at other countries or push other countries to continue to challenge the UK's position."

Queen Victoria: "What is their purpose?"

Princess Louise: "It's just a big country. The Netherlands needs other countries to be chaotic and have long-term stability. Obviously, this is no different from the offshore balancer that we have implemented in the UK for hundreds of years."

Queen Victoria smiled and didn't say whether she agreed or not: "What an interesting answer."

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Nicholas Pearson, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, smiled and said: "But the Dutch royal family has always been doing things that conform to public opinion. With 80% of the vast public opinion, what is wrong with the Dutch act of conforming to public opinion? People continue to support the current Belgian behavior, which makes people feel that the UK seems to be coercing public opinion, and the impact is not good."

British Foreign Secretary Russell secretly said: "No wonder even Bismarck admires this person in front of him. It is really difficult to deal with."

But he said firmly: "No matter how hype you say, Belgium will not allow the country to be destroyed. This is the bottom line of the British royal family and the government."

Finally showing his tail, the overall situation of this trip to London has been decided!

Nicholas Pearson was secretly proud in his heart, but his face was surprised: "I never imagined the destruction of Belgium. The Netherlands is just preparing to complete the public opinion of the Dutch. It's that simple."

Russell suddenly thought, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Nicholas Pearson: "The original intention of the Netherlands is not to destroy Belgium. Our Majesty has a good relationship with Leopold II, and the two often have telegram contact. I believe that Minister Russell can also report to Leopold II. Germany II asks for proof, so we naturally have no intention of hurting our friends.”

Russell sneered: "I don't see the intention of harm, but the intention of a fatal blow."

Russell: "?"

Nicholas Pearson expressed his original intention: "After the investigation by our Dutch government and the Belgian Dutch ~lightnovelpub.net~, the final conclusion is that several provinces occupied by the Dutch must return to the Netherlands. As a concession, we also Respecting the place where His Majesty Leopold II is admired, we strongly oppose the idea of ​​Belgium joining the Netherlands as a whole, which is put forward by some people, because it is not correct, and our Majesty and the Prime Minister agree with this view.”

Russell asked in an uneasy deep voice, "What exactly does Holland want to do?"

Nicholas Pearson: "What we mean is that Belgium doesn't have to be destroyed, the Netherlands can keep the Belgian royal family in Wallonia-Brabant and strongly support the rule of Leopold II."

what!

Russell's whole body was shaken, and he looked at Nicholas Pearson with an incomparably flat face in disbelief.

The Netherlands turned out to be this idea, which is inconsistent with the momentum they have shown before.

Is this a negotiating strategy, first put forward the biggest demands, and then in the name of concessions, let the opponent agree to their bottom line requirements.

Suddenly, Russell thought of the request made by the Queen and the British government that the Kingdom of Belgium would not be allowed. Nicholas Pearson's approach in front of him also seems to meet the conditions he prescribed.

Thinking of this, his mind suddenly ran fast, quickly calculating the gains and losses of Britain.

Nicholas Pearson seemed to know how powerful the "answer" he provided was, so he didn't rush the other party, but drank the tea brewed from the British tea from India on his own. .

After a long time, Russell looked at Nicholas Pearson with complex eyes+Add bookmark+