Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 34 Dragons flock to Amsterdam "asking for votes"

"Before I understood how Parliament Hill worked in the British Empire, I had a hard time understanding how someone like George Canning could rise to such a high position as Prime Minister of the British Empire from 1812 to 1827. ?
This man was not attractive in any way. He wore a pair of ridiculous reading glasses, kept squinting at the speech, and was sweating profusely.

In addition, some of his infamous personal behaviors, such as showing off his scars, lifting his pet dog by its ears, sitting on the squat toilet to handle official business, etc., do not bring any improvement to his image. the benefits of.

However, it was such a person who, during the turbulent years of the British Empire, drew his great blueprint to us 'fellow citizens of the British Empire'.

At that time, like many college students of that era, I was always troubled by this mystery: why in a well-functioning society of the British Empire, such a person could actually climb over countless colleagues who were more capable and charming than him. He became the prime minister of the constitutional monarchy of the British Empire. How could such a person decide war and peace in the countries of the British Empire?
As the years went by, I gradually understood that George Canning actually mastered this set of one-on-one communication skills, which I now call retail politics, and was effective in the British Empire Parliament and other organizations.

With the help of face-to-face conversations, he only needs to face a small number of top-level design people, rather than thousands of individual vote holders.

He directly applied his magic power to individual flesh-and-blood people, such as senators and representatives, who were holding handfuls of votes in their hands. As long as he convinced these people, then all the votes from the tens of millions of people in the British Empire would come to him. in hand.

From the beginning, his target was not the general public, but those members of Congress who supported the results.

Even in his case, the smaller the number, the better the effect.

I once had the privilege of being by his side and personally heard one of his teachings to me, and heard one of his philosophical words with my own ears: It is much easier to retail to 650 congressmen than to 300 senators. ! "

Viscount Palmerston said this, raised his head and looked at the people in front of him, and his eyes fell on Crown Prince Edward, "From this day on, I finally figured out that the Senate and the House of Representatives were where he stayed. The number of people is just right for him.”

Prince Edward was silent.

"Your Excellency, Viscount Palmerston, according to what you said, why did you just say that it is much easier to retail to 650 members of the House of Representatives than to 300 senators?"

Princess Helena suddenly asked.

Before Viscount Palmerston could speak, Princess Louise glanced at Prince Edward, who looked thick-browed, big-eyed, broad and steady. She stared at Palmerston with her deep eyes for a moment before she said leisurely: "That's Because the senators are mainly composed of descendants of the royal family, hereditary nobles, legal nobles, family nobles, life nobles, Scottish nobles, Irish nobles, successive prime ministers, bishops and other spiritual personnel. The strength here is complicated, and the stakes are even more entangled. Instead, focus on the elected members of the House of Representatives."

"Princess Louise is right." Viscount Palmerston's old eyes showed a look of surprise. In fact, this was not just the first time. Princess Louise gave him too many surprises along the way. Even , he regretted it a little, but he didn't want her to marry into the Netherlands. Unfortunately, there seemed to be few people in the British Empire who were worthy of her. Marrying into a nobleman?
Isn't this a piece of beautiful jade covered in dust?

Viscount Palmerston immediately shook his head.

At the same time, he finally understood Queen Victoria's pain.

It’s hard to give it away, but you’re afraid of losing it if you keep it!

It was about Princess Louise's status in their hearts.

"Before me, there were more than 8 former prime ministers of the British Empire who were still alive, and they were all crowded into the Senate. Plus a few categories of nobles, it can be said that there are all kinds of factions. It's a hodgepodge. It's too confusing. It's easy. Filibuster motion, but the House of Representatives is cleaner and simpler." Alice suddenly asked: "Viscount Palmerston, I don't know, what is William IV like?"

Viscount Palmerston laughed, and then glanced at Crown Prince Edward, who said calmly: "William IV is a man of excellent talent. In fact, many people don't know about his literature except for insiders. In fact, He has a drama that shocked Europe a few years ago."

"Edward, what work?" Alice asked breathlessly. She had a bold guess, but she was not sure.

years ago?Could it be.
Not only her, but Helena next to her also had a devouring light in her eyes. She didn't speak, but she revealed her eagerness.

Viscount Palmerston took in the expressions of several people, but Princess Louise's calmness made him wonder. Did she already know the answer?

""The Drama of a Dream""

Sure enough it was him!

Louise's calmness still felt a huge wave in her heart at this moment.

This play has been performed hundreds of times in major theaters in Europe. It can be called the most popular play in the past 10 years and has harvested countless tears.

They have all seen it, and they even remember the beautiful and poignant lines deeply.

"The beauty in the world is just a prelude and disguise for greater pain. A fragmented dream reveals that reality is just a torturous conspiracy. Anger comes from pity. People should not live like this."

When an angel was in the world, she failed to save the poor people, but was infected with the filthy air of the world until she could no longer fly. In the end, she could only burn herself to the ground before returning to the world. The suffering in the world was so great that it forced God to have humanity. , making very few people possess divinity. "

Alice murmured in a daze. Fortunately, this is the British Empire Embassy in Amsterdam. It is not far from the National Concert Hall of the Netherlands, where the marriage conference will be held the day after tomorrow. It is only a short kilometer away. The appearance of a few girls, Viscount Palmerston knew it was time for him to rest.
In the Netherlands and Amsterdam, major hotels are now fully booked, so they come here to witness the royal members of various countries.

"Look, that's the Prince of Sweden. He's the fourth brother of King Carl XV of Sweden. It's a pity that this man only likes to mess around and doesn't like to participate in the governance of the country. Otherwise, he can talk to his third brother Oscar. Like a prince, help Karl XV to guard Norway."

"Stop talking, look, that's the flag, it belongs to the Tsarist Russian Empire." These people all took a breath of air. "The Tsarist Russian Empire is one of the most powerful countries in Europe now. At the level of hegemony on land, even French Napoleon I retreated in hatred in Moscow. He was defeated thousands of miles away and was directly beaten back to his original shape. From then on, the status of the Russian Empire has never been shaken. It is said that their Crown Prince Nicholas and Prince Alexander came to participate in the marriage conference this time. Come to think of it. With the power of the Tsarist Russian Empire, we will definitely be able to bring the beauty home."

"Look, that's"

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