Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

United States, the White House!

At this time, discussions were continuing about the consequences of the Dutch 'invasion' of Hawaii.

"When we tested the attitude of the international community on November 8 of the previous year, it was the order you requested, Secretary of State, that the US warship intercepted the British Empire mail ship 'Trent' and imprisoned two people who were going to the British Empire. Confederate envoys..."

Salmon Portland's eloquence was so good that everyone, including Lincoln, listened very deeply.

He is also very sorry for the difficulties encountered by the Northern Alliance in the United States in the past two years.

"In short, all the countries around us are now taking the opportunity to gain certain benefits from the American civil war, and we are fighting this unnecessary war with the South.

Don't you realize that the civil war in our country has now become a feast for international powers to wait for the opportunity to sneak attack to gain benefits.

Even the Netherlands, a second-rate country that started as a marginalized country in Europe today, is not difficult to understand.

They did not directly participate in the American civil war, for fear of attracting dissatisfaction from the second-class countries such as Britain and France, so Hawaii, which is far away from the American mainland, is the best time to start.”

President Lincoln also sighed: "I have to say, these red-haired ghosts are indeed the most time-pickers, and now we are powerless to fight back against them, and it is also clearly written in the telegram, now in the Dutch Navy in Hawaii. 8 ships, all of which belong to the battleship type in service, but in the north, it is difficult to counterattack this.”

Listen, everyone except Seward nodded in approval of the President's analysis.

Seward frowned.

Many people wonder why Seward is so enthusiastic about the western development of the United States and the Pacific Ocean.

In fact, his idea of ​​the Pacific Ocean is nothing more than the worship of business and the value of the Pacific Ocean to the United States.

"President, I think that business is one of the most important parts of a country, and it is also the main force for the progress of American civilization and national expansion. If the United States wants to become one of the most powerful countries in the world, it must control the world's important Trade. From the historical trajectory of the development of the British Empire, we should find a law that political hegemony comes with commercial advantages!

For the benefit of the Junkers, Prussia can control Prussia's foreign policy. It was precisely because William I of Prussia and Prime Minister Bismarck could control the integration of the interests of the Junkers and other capitalists that Prussia could maintain unity within the country.

The current civil war in the United States is due to the different commercial interests between the north and the south. The plantations in the south and the industrial products in the north are too concentrated on their respective customers and are too single. The influence of infiltration, just like the cause, is due to the support of the British Empire, and the Southern Alliance will so boldly want to deal with the North again and again. "

With Secretary Seward's detailed remarks, let alone President Lincoln's eyes, business is indeed a place of great influence. Seward's remarks, so with President Lincoln's gang After the cabinet members began to understand the US government, they began to use commercial influence as the most powerful attack weapon against other countries in the world in the toolbox of the US to influence other countries, and it was also the most common and cheapest weapon attack action, especially after the Cold War. In the 21st century, he is the best attacking weapon for the maintenance of American hegemony.

It can be said that he is the pioneer of the US wanting to use such means to maintain its hegemony.

"Therefore, building a U.S. country with commercial hegemony has become a goal we need to pursue.

As for many people wondering, why do I see the development of the Midwest to the west coast of the United States, which leads directly to the Pacific Ocean. I supported the construction of the original East-West Pacific Railway, because I saw the most advantageous geographical location of the United States.”

Speaking of this, Seward's eyes gleamed, "The United States is in such a favorable position between Europe and Asia, away from the frequent wars in Europe, we can be safe and sound, there is no real war on this continent. The rapid development of strength under the challenger, and the competitiveness of Europe is not weaker than us, or even stronger, so the East does not shine and the West shines, Asia is a good news for us, especially the big business empires and tiben, as long as we can enter it, Our industry can find a digesting market and get rid of a single pattern of dependence on Europe.

The United States must control the route from the west coast of the Pacific to the west coast of the Pacific, so that the United States can become a real power that is comparable to the European powers.

The goal of the United States should be the world's commercial empire, so as to establish a title that is different from the Dutch coachman empire and the British empire's warship empire, and become the road to the rise of maritime trade and commercial empires"

There is another point that Seward did not say. In his mind, the center of this business empire should be in Asia and the Pacific.

He believes that trade and commerce in the Pacific is the commerce and trade of the world. The Pacific and its coastal islands and vast overseas lands are not only now, but throughout the second half of the 19th century and even the 20th century, and their future will be The main stage for this world to be a bigger, more promising future.

And he also believes that the competition for the world's major empires is not in the Taihu Lake region of the United States, nor in the Atlantic coast, not in the Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, but in the Pacific Ocean and its islands and surrounding continents.

Even he has already noticed that the commercial competitors and adversaries of the United States have found their competition spoils in those continents and seas in the East.

Therefore, it was only when he first stood in the Senate speech seat in the Capitol and gave his first Senate speech after his successful election for the Senate in 1853 that he made his views public.

Thinking of this, Seward said stubbornly: "Just as I thought before, the United States should control the Asian market, and declare that if this move is successful, the United States must become the most powerful country among the existing countries.

And those countries that already exist are more powerful. Therefore, expanding the rights of the United States to the Pacific and controlling the developed commerce in the East, this kind of power can provide a huge political security for the United States, so that other countries dare not fight against it. America has a different mind.

Therefore, I think the United States should be completely liberated from the residual influence and prejudice of Europe, and instead, use the views and influence of the United States to transform the entire planet, the land of Asia, where the sun rises first. Constitution and Customs.

Just like the Japanese ben that I am affecting now, I heard that they are preparing to launch a major reform of the 'Meiji Restoration', in order to develop their own national reform plan. What the United States needs to do now is to start from this plan. in order to obtain enough commercial benefits to consolidate our ability to guide their development and infiltrate their policy formulation, and if this is done properly, then we can even eliminate them from the inside and quietly. The influence of various countries in Japan, and then control the ideological direction of this country. "

"But, I said Secretary of State, will people not notice?"

The speaker was Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton. This time is different from later generations, the current U.S. Secretary of War. In fact, it is the chief of general staff and the secretary of defense of the later U.S. country. Its influence is not worse than that of the secretary of state in charge of foreign affairs. Even now is during the Civil War, and the temporary power of the minister of war has expanded to the extreme. more influential.

Secretary of War Edwin McMasters Stanton naturally has his reasons for opposing it. According to Seward, using business to attack other countries is so much for the war department, which is in charge of more than 100,000 soldiers. , then he is really about to lose his job and become an unpopular place. Then, who are the gold owners who specialize in selling weapons behind him, who will support them vigorously, which means that his re-election campaign will be a failure. Possibly, so he was naturally dissatisfied with what the other party said.

Lincoln naturally took the two's little Jiujiu in his eyes.

One put it nicely is for the future of the United States, so the main reason for the development of the western part of the United States and the Pacific Ocean is actually because the sponsors behind Seward's campaign are the capitalists of highways, railways and mineral development capital consortia.

The Secretary of War Stanton represents the interests of arms dealers, and the other members represent the interests of their respective sponsors. For example, Chancellor of the Exchequer Salmon Portland Chase is the representative of the Morgan family. www.uukanshu.com and the postmaster is the Rockefeller family.....

In short, these people in front of him are all people who put their own interests first. This is a loose alliance. Not only their personal interests, but also the penetration of the influence of the consortium behind them collide here, all for the sake of direct interests. A reasoned struggle.

And he used to be a member of it, and he is used to this scene, but now that he has become the president, what he has to do is to balance and negotiate with major financial groups to gain the greatest support for him.

And these people in front of him are the negotiating opponents for these consortiums to reach an agreement.

Of course, it is also the transmitter of the intentions of those consortiums.

But at the moment, it is still the power to seize the entire U.S. country and take it back.

Therefore, he directly made a decision: "Leave the Hawaiian Islands issue aside for the time being. The Civil War is the most important matter. Secretary of State, although we let go, is there any way we can make the Netherlands uncomfortable?"

Seeing that the general situation has been settled, Seward is no longer entangled. Instead, he said fiercely: "If there is a natural way, there is a way."

"Then, this matter will be handed over to the Secretary of State. I really look forward to this scene coming soon."

"Yes, I will not disappoint you"

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

William IV is receiving the British Empire's greatest diplomatic standard-bearer, Henry John Tapper, Viscount Palmerston, who accompanied Queen Victoria's rise along the way, and the three princesses of the British Empire.

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