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When the crisis between the three countries and the United Kingdom intensified due to the situation in the Kingdom of Belgium and South Africa, the United Kingdom proposed this meeting,

Before the meeting, France, Prussia, and the Netherlands asked Britain to promise not to attack the Republic of Transvaal in South Africa, and to remain neutral in the situation of the Kingdom of Belgium.

However, the UK did not directly respond to the concerns raised by the three countries.

Instead, it is only said that in order to ease tensions between France and the other two countries, the four countries will stage a historic meeting between the four prime ministers in Paris.

The British Prime Minister will hold one-on-three multilateral talks and one-on-one bilateral talks with the prime ministers of the three countries.

For this reason, Paris has become the focus of the world's attention in the past few days. During this period, Oslo, Sweden, Norway, has only lost a few bright spots because of the sensation caused by the alliance between the Netherlands and Sweden.

"How will the situation in Belgium evolve?"

A special reception room in the Dutch consulate in Oslo, which is his temporary office and resting place.

While waiting for the outcome of the Paris Conference, William IV was asking himself some questions.

The meeting between the prime ministers of Britain, France, Prussia and the Netherlands in Paris is about to begin. What changes will this meeting bring? How will Belgium develop?

The question is not decided by Berlin (the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia), nor by Paris or Amsterdam, but by Queen Victoria of the British Empire and Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston.

Regardless of what other parties say or not, and regardless of the governance capacity of Viscount Palmerston and Queen Victoria in international diplomacy, there are two points that the international community must recognize:

The first point is that in other countries in Europe, some of the countries in which the United Kingdom supports the independence of the United Kingdom are basically the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, although these countries currently have daily diplomatic relations with other countries.

Countries other than the UK have also strengthened their political or economic presence in these countries in a variety of ways.

However, in terms of geopolitics and national security, most of these countries still believe that the United Kingdom is the leader of the region and recognize that the United Kingdom is their protectorate.

The influence of the United Kingdom on these countries cannot even be replaced by France, the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire. The most famous of them is the Kingdom of Italy. France sent troops and diplomatic relations, but in the end, the United Kingdom won the service of the Kingdom of Italy.

Just like Belgium, although the Netherlands and France have overwhelming ethnic groups in Belgium, the two countries still cannot replace the country's pro-British policy. The Netherlands has been eyeing for 30 years to get back the 'homeland', but it is still difficult to win. .

Since the Vienna Peace Conference in 1815, although the victorious countries are fighting for the sphere of influence where Napoleon I once ruled.

Countries compete fiercely for influence, and when they can't get it, they take the opportunity to support the major families within the other party's forces to rise up and become new kingdoms and principalities in an attempt to reduce the strength of the other party.

Britain also took the opportunity to win a lot of new allies, such as Portugal, Belgium, Hannover, Saxony, Italy, etc. Although these countries sometimes swayed their positions in the battle between Britain and other countries, from the final result every time, Their final choice will be the British side.

They still agree with Britain's status as the world's largest power, and recognize that Britain's balanced strategy on the European continent is beneficial to them.

It is also believed that the UK will never give up its leadership of its balancing role in Europe easily.

These small countries are used by the United Kingdom to check and balance the major powers. If they are damaged, the strategic interests of the United Kingdom will also be damaged, affecting their own interests and even causing the turmoil to spread to London.

Therefore, the Belgian government and the royal family are not happy to see the turmoil caused by the internal factions of the Kingdom of Belgium, especially the general election, and the riots caused by their respective attacks on their opponents. Even the United Kingdom will not allow the country to finally disintegrate.

In fact, countries such as France and the Netherlands really want to do it, and there are many tools. If they want to interfere, they have many options. As long as the two countries are united, then Belgium and the United Kingdom may not be able to suppress forcefully, not to mention that it is difficult to quell and continue their rule. However, neither country wants to offend Britain for this death.

The second point that cannot be ignored is Palmerston and Queen Victoria. Both of them dare to think and act. They will never be soft-hearted or hesitate when it is time to take action. Merston is the best at international struggle.

In the face of such a strong combination, France is facing the French international bilateral and multilateral relations that have continued to deteriorate over the years. The internal propaganda of France requires the French people to fight for their dignity, but when facing the United Kingdom, we actually handed over the Suez Canal. people.

In the face of major dangers and powerful opponents, it is unrealistic to want to live peacefully and not to fight. The Kingdom of the Netherlands must dare to fight.

Only by taking the initiative to fight and fighting resolutely can we survive, win dignity, and seek development. Retraction and escape, compromise and concession will only lead to humiliation and death.

In the previous life, there was a saying in the ancient art of warfare: A good fighter stands in a place where he is bound to lose, and he will not lose the enemy's defeat.

However, William IV lamented that in later generations, in real international politics, it was the Tsarist Russian Empire who could really understand the essence of these words, put them into practical actions, and achieved results in maintaining and expanding national interests. The successor, the big country pj in the north of the country.

Why?

There is indeed a shortcoming in pj's national governance ability. His national economy not only did not improve at that time, but continued to shrink. If it were not for the fact that their country was sparsely populated, they could feed the country by selling oil and arms, or else the citizens would have to eat soil.

However, at the international political level~www.wuxiahere.com~ with such a weak economic level, his country did not fall into chaos, but instead made a series of shots in Syria, Ukraine, South Ossetia, etc., in the face of adversity to expand the territory of his country.

Moreover, in the conflict between India and the United States, he played the role of a mediator that the United States could not play in the future. After successfully defending and expanding the national security frontier, he hid in the most intense conflict between the United States and the United States, forcing the United States for 20 consecutive years. Several presidents took the initiative to show their affection, and automatically proposed to adjust and ease the relationship between Mi and his country.

From this, William IV can see the politics of pj! What a great wrist.

According to William IV's character and previous experience in dealing with similar issues, in international and regional political conflicts, if there is a need to protect his national security and interests, including the use of military means, he will never. There will be the slightest hesitation.

"Without hesitation?"

William IV's expression became more and more determined, "Come here, go and call everyone in the Privy Council except in Paris for a meeting, emergency level, the highest level is 5 stars."

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