Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 702: The internal strife among the Argentine giants is very serious

Argentina, capital city Buenos Aires, at the Presidential Palace.

I saw Mitre staring closely at Shaks and Seroka, and said coldly: "I just said that Carter's words are quite reasonable. In other words, what the two ministers just said made me feel uncomfortable. What you just said , are you questioning our inability to rule Argentina? Or are you saying that I am inviting disaster to Argentina?"

Finally, he threatened: "If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, then don't blame me for being ruthless. You can talk about it after spending 1878 here."

As Mitre finished speaking, the expressions of many people present changed drastically.

Even Sarmiento was like this, and Seroka and Shax had cold sweat on their faces.

Miter has ruled Argentina for more than 18 years. Few people here can withstand the pressure created during these 18 years.

At this time, Food Minister Seroka, who was extremely frightened, couldn't help but cast a look at Sarmiento asking for help.

So does Chancellor Shackles.

As time passed by, the two of them began to sweat profusely.

"cough cough"

Sarmiento's coughing sound immediately attracted everyone's attention. However, President Mitre looked at him without any surprise, as if waiting for his speech.

Other Interior Minister Joyno, Industry Minister Tut, Senate President Paisis, and House Speaker Ham also looked over at this time.

Carter even more cunningly showed his hope, but also secretly showed his fear.

He secretly said: "My father is very afraid of this person. He has been wary of him all these years. However, because he is supported by the Netherlands, he has not dared to take action. But because of this, he has always treated Samien This guy's power is limited to the south, far away from the political center of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. However, in order to appease him and the Netherlands behind him, this guy's power has expanded a lot. From his family's original possessions, The provinces of Rio Gero and Little Uquen gradually expanded to the entire southern Argentina, extending to the provinces of Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego.”

Now this guy seems to have noticed that his father is preparing to stay away from the Netherlands. He is extremely sensitive to his own comfort and the possible weakening of his power.

This slight test still made him anxious.

"His Excellency, Vice President Sarmiento, do you have any further opinions on this?" Carter suddenly spoke up and asked for his father.

Sarmiento took a deep look at the other party, and when he saw the other party staring at him without flinching, he smiled slightly, "Actually, I think what the Minister of Food and the Minister of Finance said is quite reasonable."

As soon as he finished speaking, Interior Minister Joyno, Industry Minister Tut, Senate President Paisis, and House Speaker Ham suddenly focused their eyes slightly and their hearts trembled slightly.

But Carter didn't expect Sarmiento to be so direct, so direct that he couldn't react.Finance Minister Shakes and Food Minister Seroka showed joy.

Senate President Paisis sneered at this time: "I dare not agree with what the Vice President said."

Sarmiento suddenly showed curiosity and asked: "I don't know what our Senate President means?"

Paisis: "The Netherlands has a huge power in South America, which may have been beneficial to Argentina when it was still weak. But when Argentina became a big country in South America, the Netherlands' growing power in South America was... The biggest obstacle to Argentina’s expansion of its influence is that the governments of Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Northern Chile are currently subservient to the Netherlands. Does Argentina need to wag its tail towards the Netherlands in the future?”

He criticized: "If this kind of loss of national dignity is worthy of praise, then Argentina should not do this."

"Yes," Speaker of the House of Representatives Hamm followed closely: "I also feel that the relationship with the Netherlands has been too close in the past few years, so now it is time to distance ourselves. What the Netherlands can give us has been achieved in the past 17 years. It was given in 18, but what the UK gave us has not yet begun. Now that the Netherlands has introduced three-party politics, doesn’t the Socialist Party also introduce a way to unite all parties in the world?
If we place the Netherlands and the United Kingdom as two parties outside Argentina, then now that we have made friends with the Dutch party for many years and reaped the benefits, it is time for us to make friends with the British party and collect their benefits.This is the secret of a multi-party system.”

Seroka wanted to retort, but Sarmiento waved his hand to stop him.

Sarmiento smiled and said: "But that depends on whether Argentina can absorb so many benefits and digest them. Don't forget, the British and Dutch are not fools. If anyone puts Queen Victoria and William IV If you are a fool in the world, then whoever is the biggest arrogant person in the world will be killed in the end and you don’t know what happened.”

Interior Minister Joyno said at this time: "Despite this, Argentina has always grown up. We are indeed not suitable to be followers of the Netherlands. Argentina has its own dignity as a big country."

Although Carter was pleased with the "generous help" of Interior Minister Joyno, there was still fear in his eyes. Like Sarmiento, this person was a close friend of his father Mitre. He seemed to be helping his father, but in fact he was helping his father. In the past internal power struggles in Argentina, this guy always worked with Sarmiento to check and balance the power of his father, President Mitre. This time he actually supported their side for the first time. If something goes wrong, there will be a monster. He stared at the other person worriedly.

This guy Joyno's territory is in the provinces of Mendoza, San Luis and San Juan, which are even close to Santiago, the capital of Chile controlled by Northern Chile. At this time, this guy Joyno didn't seem to be worried at all. Who believes it?

"But" Joyno said with a smile: "The Dutch navy has already joined the British in Chilean waters, and the British are as fragile as soft tofu, and now they have followed southern Chile and are hiding in Puerto Montt in the south.

I think it is better for Argentina to remain silent than to move. After all, if there is news about the Chilean Civil War that the British suddenly left South America at this time, it will not be a sudden thing."

Carter retorted: "But will Britain be willing to suffer such a huge loss of strategic interests?"

Joyno said calmly: "There is nothing to be reluctant to part with. Don't forget, we in Argentina did not break away from Spanish colonial rule back then, and we didn't see Spain saying many things about being reluctant to part with it. On the contrary, it was Portugal that allowed Brazil to be founded. As a big country, we still need to rely on Brazil to maintain our position in Europe.”

Joyno finally said: "Many calculations are likely to fail. Argentina should not put its hopes on the route of resisting the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and constantly regard the economic foundation accumulated in the past as a bet, otherwise it will eventually find that it cannot be replaced. Got the goal Argentina wanted."

(Note: You can open the administrative map of Argentina to see where the sphere of influence of these people is)

(End of this chapter)