8 a.m. on June 1, 1866, Stockholm, Scandinavia.

Although the monsoon in Stockholm in the morning was not as strong as in winter, the Arctic chill from the night still lingered in the morning, which was quite refreshing.

The Nordic continent is indeed not suitable for large-scale human migration. Not to mention food, just because of the cold weather, the money spent on buying fabrics and clothing every year is much higher than that of places such as the Kingdom of Italy in southern Europe. For ordinary people,

For a family, this is a big expense.

It's also pumpkin that the population of the United Kingdom of Sweden-Norway is always so small

As the largest city in Sweden, Stockholm is also the heart of the country with the most concentrated power. Royal palaces, government agencies, and parliament buildings are all located here.

Stockholm is adjacent to the Baltic Sea and has beautiful scenery. It is distributed on 14 small islands and a peninsula. More than 70 bridges connect these islands. Therefore, it is known as the Venice of the North. Therefore, William IV came to Sweden 2 days early this time.

After walking around Stockholm two days ago, I attended the German Heads of State Conference chaired by Karl XV today.

William IV was sitting on the carriage and asked the Dutch Ambassador to Sweden Harf next to him: "What is the current domestic situation in Sweden?"

This time he was accompanied only by Foreign Minister Hesbert von and International Intelligence Agency director McKay Sean. Of course, the head of the Dutch Royal Guard was bound to follow him, as it was important to protect the safety of the royal family.

A heavy responsibility.

Harve was born in 1834 and is only 32 years old this year. He is still young and strong, and can be said to be a young man in the diplomatic community. In terms of reputation, he is second only to Nicholas Pearson, the ambassador to Prussia, and Michael Davis, the ambassador to the British Empire.

The former was born in 1835 and the latter in 1830.

Huff took over the position from Pearson.

William IV knew that the Harv in front of him was a member of Pierson, the leader of the Young Boys faction in the Dutch diplomatic community.

Wherever there are people, there are Jianghu factions. This saying is really true.

However, William IV should not worry too much about these. Just like Tolbeck now, he has been elected as the prime minister of the Netherlands for the second time. He can only serve as prime minister for two terms at most, but he is not prepared to break it.

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Therefore, for the new cabinet government in the Dutch general election in 1869 and 1870, the Netherlands did not mind electing the opposition to power to check and balance the current ruling party of the Netherlands, the Liberal Party.

"Christian denominations can maintain my support as a religious believer. This is what must be done."

William IV secretly thought: "However, the Franco-Prussian War is coming. If a Christian party comes to power at this time, it may break many of the current arrangements of the Netherlands and affect my and Tolbeck's plans, which makes me a little bit

It's a contradiction. It depends on the situation. If it doesn't work, you can let the Free Party continue to work for another term. After Europe enters the peace of the 1970s, it will use the Christian Party to paralyze other European countries and promote the commonality of the Netherlands in Protestantism."

Thinking of this, William IV looked at Harf in front of him, and then thought of Nelson, the ambassador to Prussia.

"Nilson is a good guy. He is very shrewd, and the political methods he uses are different from Tolbik. Nielsen likes to use the royal method. He goes straight and at the same time catches his opponents off guard and uses his power to overwhelm others. This is in front of him.

When facing Bismarck, he was able to retreat unscathed and let Prussia agree to form an alliance with the Netherlands and France.

Nelson was from the Christian dang, so he was a good choice. He would only be 36 years old in the next election, and if it were 1874, he would be exactly 40 years old, which is really good.

Michael Davis, the liberal ambassador to the United Kingdom, was 40 years old in 1870, so he could succeed Tolbek. However, it was still early. After all, Hesbert von was also the same age as him, and other cabinet members were also of similar age to him.

It’s not big, but the Free Party is full of talents. However, Davis, Pearson and a few others can first enter the cabinet to gain experience and broaden their horizons.”

William IV was thinking here, but Ambassador Harf reported: "Your Majesty, the domestic situation in Sweden is quite chaotic now."

William IV looked at him in surprise, "Continue talking"

Harv solemnly said: "Before 1861, Sweden wanted to be independent because of Norway, so King Carl XV tightened control over Norway. However, originally the Norwegians did not dare to make any changes, but in recent years, as the British came to

The amount of maritime trade between Britain and Norway was promoted, and the trade volume between Britain and Norway was even higher than that between Norway and Sweden. This caused Norwegian capital to gradually shift its focus to Britain, so Norway vigorously

of building shipping vessels.”

William IV asked: "Won't Karl XV stop him?"

Capital gravity, for more than 2 million Norwegians, has led to resistance to Stockholm in the future, because factories in this era are more purely manual, and employment will change with the direction of industry. If Norway's industry serves the United Kingdom,

Then the number of jobs in the future will lie in the hands of London, not Stockholm.

Sure enough, Harf said with a wry smile: "Karl XV once asked Oslo to reduce its trade with the United Kingdom, but it caused huge dissatisfaction in Oslo. Even after the Norwegian Parliament passed the free trade proposal, it was sent directly to the Stockholm Palace. Karl XV

office, which is said to have caused great anger to Charles XV.”

William IV: "What happened in the end?"

The result is of course useless. If you look at the fact that Norway continues to trade with Britain in full swing, you can know that Karl XV's enthusiasm has gone gray.

Harf: "Karl XV was ready to veto it directly, and even planned to directly remove the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, Frederik Stang. However, in the end, this proposal from the royalists was actually vetoed by the Swedish Parliament."

What!

At that time, William IV was paying attention to southern overseas countries such as Africa and the East Indies, but he did not pay attention to this. Moreover, Sweden quickly downplayed the major issue, so it did not cause much international sensation.

However, in this case, William IV was a little surprised that he proposed to Sweden to hold a summit of German leaders, and Karl XV readily agreed.

"Why do they domestically oppose the proposal of Karl XV?"

Harf then explained: "The Swedish Parliament is currently mainly composed of liberals supported by royalists and capitalists. Many capitalists are the promoters of countries who want Sweden to keep up with the pace of Western European industry. Therefore, under Karl XV

His father, Oscar I, who wanted to promote Sweden to become an advanced industrialized country, was given great importance from the beginning, and the royalists were suppressed by Oscar I."

William IV knew this, because these royalists were traditionally descendants of nobles, and they were all vested interests.
Chapter completed!