New Shun 1730

Since Anthony waited for Earl Bentinck to come to him, after defining those people as mobs, the initiative was actually in the hands of the Regents.

Because Anthony could say those people were mobs at will.

Anyway, even if the Regents came to power again, the person who really stood in front of the stage would not be Anthony.

However, Earl Bentinck could only look for Anthony now, because he knew very well that Anthony was the real boss of the Regents.

Therefore, Anthony did not need to care about defining this matter as a riot in front of Earl Bentinck.

If the Orangemen wanted to harm him, pit him, and use this sentence to make trouble, then it was his personal opinion and had nothing to do with the Regents.

He personally had to say this.

Because Vansling Grant, who chose his successor, also believed that the Netherlands should be centralized.

As a successor, from a personal perspective, is there anything wrong with him defending his teacher?

Even if the Netherlands does not have the order of heaven, earth, emperor, parents, and teachers, and does not have the principle of protecting relatives, it is also a morality to defend the teacher and the person who chose him as his successor, not a black spot. In theory, Jesus is also Judas's teacher.

However, in addition to his private identity, he also has the identity of a behind-the-scenes boss of the Regent Party.

This sentence, spoken by him, can also be said to represent the attitude of the conservatives in the Regent Party.

In other words: if the Orange Party agrees with this sentence, then this sentence is the unanimous opinion of the conservatives in the Regent Party.

If the Orange Party just wants to use this sentence to trap the Regent Party, this sentence is Anthony's personal idea.

Of course, he has made a lot of efforts behind the scenes in the current chaos in the Netherlands.

He also has his own ideas about the future of the Netherlands and how to deal with the Orange Party.

Judging from the current situation, it is easy to promote a scene similar to the British "Glorious Revolution" - since the Orange family did it in the UK, the Dutch can naturally do it in the Netherlands.

However, Anthony will never accept the British political system.

His bottom line is that William IV either goes into exile in the UK or goes back to the manor in the northern agricultural province to lie dormant.

As for imitating the British system, allowing the Orange Party to continue to rule for life, but only restricting the power of the consul, etc., he will not accept it at all.

Because in the past, England was basically full of Protestants.

Most of the Jacobites were in Scotland. The rumor that the little usurper king was going to land in Scotland could scare the Earl of Cumberland back to defend himself because the original matter has not been resolved yet.

As an outsider, William II needed a long process to take power in Britain, and the power of the British Parliament was very strong.

However, the Netherlands is different.

The Orange Party is a very powerful political force in the Netherlands.

With such a strong political force, and still following the British model, can William IV really be a powerless governor at ease?

I am afraid that he will seize power once the limelight is over.

Moreover, although Britain is a constitutional monarchy, is the power of the monarch very small?

Others don’t know, but Anthony still understands.

A monarch who can influence the power of Parliament, control the selection of the prime minister, lead troops to fight in person, and old George can still control the government without speaking English. Such a monarch is not a so-called mascot.

William II was an outsider in Britain at the beginning.

But William IV was not an outsider in the Netherlands.

The Orange faction is powerful. Even if the title of consul is removed, William IV is still the richest man in the Netherlands and the largest landowner in the Netherlands.

Even if the richest man and the largest landowner are excluded, there are still the consuls of the hardcore Orange faction in Friesland, Groningen, Gelderland, etc.

Now that things have become serious, if you don't take the opportunity to drive William IV away and think about the British model, it would be a big mistake.

That would be purely looking for trouble and causing trouble for yourself.

But if the title of consul is completely overturned and all the foundations of the Orange family in the Netherlands are overturned, will it work?

That won't work either.

Not to mention that if this is done, civil war will inevitably break out.

Just say that in that case, the great cause of uniting the seven provinces and building a nation will be really difficult to accomplish.

In countries with non-motherly culture and self-generated culture, sometimes, the feudal legal principles of the monarch are really relied on to build the country.

If the power of Orange is completely eliminated or the title of consul is abolished, it will be difficult for the regents to concentrate power.

Abolish the "king", "centralize power", control the parliament, and even directly supervise the provinces and build ships in the future... Doesn't it look familiar?

In the eyes of the radicals and decentralizationists among the republicans, isn't this the Dutch version of Cromwell?

And Anthony defined the current chaos as "absolute freedom, and the next step is to have a Cromwell."

He dared not touch these politically correct things, let alone make people look "familiar".

The watershed between the Dutch elites who hated and liked France was the Paris guillotine incident. Before that, France was a beacon of monarchy; after that, France was a beacon of freedom, equality and fraternity.

The Netherlands, a country built as a nation with the "bastion of freedom in Europe", of course hates the beacon of monarchy; it also hates Cromwell's "more arbitrary than monarchy" Protectorate regime.

If the Orangemen were driven away and the Orangemen's power was eliminated, and the Union Provinces nonsense was continued, then the Netherlands would be finished.

But if they did not do that, people would say they were like Cromwell.

We can’t learn the British constitutional monarchy, at least not now. The Orange family is so powerful that they will counterattack once the limelight has passed.

So, from the beginning, when Conte found him and handed him the details of the Hague Massacre, he thought that he couldn’t use the ideas Conte gave him, because the Netherlands has its own national conditions.

That’s why he would use the most despicable means, attacking people instead of things, and using tabloids to make personal attacks.

The purpose is one:

I, Anthony, and the conservatives in our regent party firmly support the traditions of the Netherlands.

We firmly support the Utrecht Charter, the foundation of the Netherlands, and will not make any changes to the legal content and documents stipulated in the charter. Including the Federal Parliament, it has no right to modify some things stipulated in the charter. It can reform, but it cannot deny the cornerstone. The power of the Federal Parliament comes from Utrecht. In legal logic, the son cannot deny the father, because there is no son without the father.

The conservatives in the regent party recognize the political ideas of the former Grand Speaker Vansling Grant and will unswervingly promote the centralization of the Netherlands.

The conservatives in the regent party will defend the traditions and foundation of the Netherlands, firmly support the existence of the position of the consul, and firmly believe that non-Orange people cannot be called consuls.

However, William IV has intermittent mental illness and married a British princess who is seriously harmful to the interests of the Netherlands.

So, either William IV divorces.

Or, the conservatives in our regent party will firmly defend the consul system, but in view of the serious mental problems of His Royal Highness William IV, the consul, we have to choose a vacancy period. We are not opposed to the consul system, but there is just no suitable consul at this time.

If His Royal Highness William IV's son, after reaching adulthood and turning 18, is recognized by the Provincial Parliament and declares his firm defense of the interests of the Netherlands, we can consider supporting him to be the consul.

However...

First of all, William IV has no male offspring so far.

His wife has given birth to three children so far, two of whom died and one lived. The first two were stillborn, and the last one was alive but a girl.

Secondly, given William IV's physical condition and the fact that his wife had two stillborn babies, whether he could still have another baby was also a question. It was normal for a child to die before growing up in this era; but two consecutive stillborn babies were mostly the problem of the parents.

Thirdly, did William IV dare to divorce?

Britain was William's biggest support and support. At the beginning, he was going to be a consul, and he was ready to join the army and follow the military merit route of the Roman consul, that is, he was ready to command the British army to gain prestige.

Without the support of Britain, the Orange Party would have no foreign aid in the Netherlands. William IV's reputation had been ruined. Would he divorce again at this time and completely annoy Britain?

In the end, even if William IV showed his power or asked others for help and gave birth to a boy. Given the current smallpox infection rate, even if God blessed Orange and the child lived to 18, it would not matter whether the parliamentary party, who had completed the reform by then, would come back or not.

Anyway, it was all anyway, betting on the fate of the country.

Even if we ask for help tonight, and the shot is successful, and it happens to be a boy, and he hasn't died prematurely, hasn't got smallpox or whooping cough, isn't mentally retarded, and isn't deformed, that will be nineteen years later.

Why would it take nineteen years to bet on the fate of a country?

If they win, the prestige of the Orange Party is worthless, and they will be completely reduced to mascots.

If they lose, the Orange Party will take over the mess of losing the bet in the future - the mess is the tragedy that Anthony can foresee. Britain controls the Netherlands, controls the financial industry that Britain covets the most, and abolishes the commercial and transportation industries of the Netherlands. This mess must be revolutionized, and the Orange Party will take it over if they are willing to.

After solving the legal issue of the Orange family and the consul, the political system Anthony envisioned is similar to "holding the emperor hostage to command the princes."

The consul is vacant, but the position of the consul is retained.

During the period without the consul, the consul will transfer power to a new organization called the "Regency Committee."

The Regency Committee is not the Consul, but it has the authorization of the Consul, controls the army and navy, and has the power to directly interfere in the politics of the provinces.

In order to win the support of some people in the Orange Party, the number of people in this Regency Committee should not be too large, but a few Orange Party advisers should be included, especially those who support centralization but oppose excessive pro-Britishness.

Thus, a conservative alliance among the Republicans and the reformists among the monarchical Orange Party can be quickly reached.

Does the Regency Committee violate the Utrecht Charter? No, it is just that the Consul cannot fulfill his ruling responsibilities due to some factors, so he authorizes the Regency Committee.

What is the relationship between the Regency Committee and the Federal Parliament? The Speaker of the Federal Parliament must be a member of the Regency Committee, which is actually the real power in the Netherlands Province that controls the Regency Committee. Moreover, the relationship between the Consul and the Federal Parliament is the same as the relationship between the Regency Committee and the Federal Parliament.

Once it is reached, what should be done next?

This political alliance between the conservatives among the Republicans and the reformists among the Orange Party.

He will take advantage of the French withdrawal to boost his prestige among the people: it was the Regency Committee that saved the precarious Netherlands from the looting and invasion of the Vandalist French, and defended Protestantism, thus earning the title of Protestant savior.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of cooperation between China and the Netherlands to increase the prestige of merchants: It was the Regency Council that resolved the huge conflict between China and the Netherlands, and used superb negotiation skills and diplomatic means to obtain the right to sell East India goods from China, avoiding all fallout. into the hands of the French or the British.

Taking advantage of the cooperation and loan possibilities proposed by Dashun to increase the prestige of financiers: it was the Regency Council that solved the problem of "too low interest rates and few local investment opportunities" that the Netherlands had always faced.

The general mood of the citizens, businessmen, and financiers, these three factors, attracted them in a short period of time, and with extremely high prestige and support, they completed the first centralization reform, changing the tax systems and tax amounts of each province, and strengthening centralization.

Utilize the huge profits and rate of return reputation of cooperation with Dashun to build the Central Bank of the Netherlands and formalize treasury debt lending.

Then.

neutral.

trading.

smuggling.

Build ships.

Wait until the next European war breaks out.

Prepare for the possible, or rather inevitable, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War caused by smuggling.

In the end, relying on the victory of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War... Since it was a bet on the fate of the country, then assuming it won... with extremely high prestige and patriotic enthusiasm, the nation building of the Netherlands and the true national reunification were completed.

Of course, national unity and nation-building are indispensable to the Orange family, and the orange color of Orange is indeed the best totem for community building in the Netherlands. If we have reached that point, it is not impossible to establish a republic of virtual kings.