Vol 3 Chapter 592 I really want to be prime minister for 2 more terms

On June 18, 1869, the British was defeated in Burma by Upper Burma, which shocked the whole of Europe, which made European countries that did not care much about the Far East began to focus their attention there.

European countries have urgently mobilized 70,000 regular troops from Britain (80,000 British regulars in India mobilized 20,000, and 50,000 in India), and it can be seen that the British regular army has dropped to less than 300,000 in the near future.

The British regular army is not enough, this should be the real feeling of all countries.

Nearly half of the 550,000 British troops are overseas, which may make loopholes in their domestic defenses, and even the British may have seriously affected their domestic economy in order to support the war.

If the country is trapped in the same way as France and cannot escape for a long time, even France’s 600,000 troops are similar to Britain’s 550,000 troops, but they are sent to a third of the Far East with more than 200,000 troops, causing France to become a war of attrition. If the United Kingdom also started a war of attrition, it would definitely be extremely painful, and unless the United Kingdom recruited regular troops on a large scale and trained new recruits, the United Kingdom would not be able to easily recruit more troops. If this is the case, it will be a boon for Upper Myanmar.

Even if the British recruited new troops, they would not dare to move. Don’t forget, the United Kingdom has other sources of danger to take into account. The Russian Empire’s ambitions for the Balkans and Central Asia threaten the British power there, and the Commonwealth of Millikin Under Canada’s ambitions, both countries are serious challenges for the UK.

Because of this, the British royal family and the Disraeli government are said to be worried about it.

To make matters worse, European countries have already seen the reality of the British Empire. If the so-called maritime hegemony has followed in the footsteps of France in Cambodia in the Kingdom of Siam in Upper Burma, the United Kingdom will be an international joke at that time.

At that time, Britain’s international prestige will be drastically reduced. Perhaps at that time, when the European countries really dare to challenge Britain’s position at sea, don’t believe that anything is possible. After all, even a small indigenous country in Upper Burma can defeat the United Kingdom. If the European powers will only be strong but not weak, will they be willing to continue to let the United Kingdom occupy that huge share?

Probably not willing to.

These changes also affect the relationship between the UK and other countries. Countries in the European continent will feel that the UK’s position as an offshore balancer has declined in the past, and it cannot check and balance the major powers in the European continent. It can be said that it is optional.

The French Empire felt that Britain was no longer the only hegemonic power in the sea, and the Tsarist Russian Empire felt that Britain’s position in the Indian mainland could be challenged.

Even the Ottoman Empire, an ally of the United Kingdom, felt that the United Kingdom was powerless to help them fight against the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, why did the Ottoman Empire hand over all the Suez Canal to the British jurisdiction, and even the northern and southern parts of Egypt, perhaps the Ottoman Empire thought it could be tried? Let’s see if we can take it back. After all, from the last war with the Russian Empire, the United Kingdom still did not help the Ottoman Empire to win the Russian Empire. In the end, it was the Netherlands that persuaded the Ottoman Empire to make a slight concession to become the Russian Empire’s dominance over Romania. .

All these are enough to make the Ottoman Empire change its mind towards Britain.

Prime Minister Thorbeck said in a low voice: “Your Majesty, the UK is currently keeping up with the outbreak of the Burmese war. In the past month, the trade volume of our Far East has risen sharply, an increase of 25%. This year’s economy in the Far East may grow faster than in previous years. The share of trade has expanded.”

At present, the Kingdom of Siam is the Netherlands’ first trade target in the Far East, the second target is the French Empire’s South Vietnam and North Vietnam, as well as Cambodia and Laos occupied by the French Empire, and the third target is the Spanish colony of the Philippines, which is said to have 500,000 Spaniards, The reason is that Queen Isabella and Prime Minister Ramon Narvaez from Spain want to learn from the Netherlands and migrate some Spaniards to the Philippines in an attempt to form a stronger **** there.

Tolbek said with a little excitement: “This year’s fiscal revenue, I am afraid that the emperor has set a record in the past ten years, but the UK is just the opposite. It may lead to a huge decline in trade at the same time as the fiscal decline. In the long run, the Netherlands can close the distance with the UK.”

This kind of change has really given him an impetus as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. If the Dutch Constitution clearly states that the Prime Minister can only be re-elected for one term (two terms of 8 years), he was born in 1798 and this year At the age of 70, he still feels that he is old, and his ambitions are thousands of miles away.

Under the leadership of William IV, the Netherlands will advance by leaps and bounds in the future, and it is just around the corner to seize the status of a great power. He even estimates that the distance from the status of a great power can only be achieved by one or two prime ministers.

He couldn’t help but sigh, perhaps the most popular saying in the Far East fits his current state of mind the most. That sentence seems to be like this: I am not born before you are born, and I am old when you are born!

It’s so classic!

“Britain knows the problem and has no confidence to talk to other powerful countries at the same time. Although they don’t talk about it, but with the lessons learned from the Dutch Boers in South Africa, maybe London is most afraid of whether there will be a problem there. Will be another Boer, that’s the fear in London”

William IV said this, with a slightly smug smile: “If the British thought that the 70,000 regular troops could completely put out the fire in Upper Burma, then it would be taken for granted.”

Tolbek raised his head and moved in his heart, and asked with a slightly expectant expression, “What do you mean by Your Majesty?”

William IV has always been on the move~www.readmtl.com~ The two began to contact in 1857.

Five years later, in January 1862, he became the Prime Minister of the Netherlands for the second time, and William IV inherited the Dutch throne one month before he became the Prime Minister. The step-by-step reform and development has become the most efficient country in the world with the rapid implementation of a policy from top to bottom, and there is no such thing as one.

According to William IV, this is a monarchy-lord-legitimate-constitutional system, but at the same time it is also a country-family-capital-capital-ism-ism. William IV firmly implements governance according to the power of the king, but The strictest means of control in the Netherlands are also in accordance with market rules.

Therefore, it seems that there are few traces of William IV in the newspapers. In fact, the influence of William IV is ubiquitous in the Dutch territory. No one knows the inside story better than his Prime Minister. It is because of understanding that they know the horror of William IV.

So he was curious about the words of William IV.

William IV didn’t make any extra flaunts, and sneered: “Napoleon III has high hopes for the Far East. If that’s the case, why don’t we push France to compete with Britain?”

Tolbeck was stunned for a moment and asked, “But the Kingdom of Siam is stubbornly fighting against the French Empire, and France has spare power to support Burma?”

William IV smiled and said: “No poison, no husband, you say, what if Rama IV, the king of the Kingdom of Siam, suddenly died?”

Tolbek: “If this is the case, the Kingdom of Siam is too busy to take care of itself, but it will no longer make steady progress in the situation in Cambodia, and more serious things are yet to come.”

Understood?

William IV nodded, worthy of being the prime minister he had chosen.

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