Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 748 The ball is in Mexico’s court

On June 1879, 6, Mexican President Porfirio Díaz visited Melbourne, Australia.

King Willem IV of the Netherlands and Mexican President Porfirio Díaz met for the first time in nine years. The last meeting was in Amsterdam before the Dutch capital was moved, when former President Benito Juárez was president. During the period, the leader of the opposition party came to visit and followed Bettoni to attend the government prime minister/presidential level meeting organized by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The meeting between the two was arranged in a very tight room.

"Your Majesty, the environment here is much better than in Amsterdam."

No one knew that Porfirio Díaz could speak Dutch and spoke it very well, and no one knew that as a Mexican president, he actually chose to lower his head slightly when facing William IV. Hanging down is something you would only do when facing someone more noble than yourself.

"Porfirio, just tell me what you said. If it spreads to the Netherlands and Europe, be careful that more than 200 million people in the south will hate you." William IV joked: "Although, I also want to say this. ,Ha ha"

Porfirio smiled bitterly when he heard this, and began to change the subject: "Your Majesty's actions in South America have been too big this time, and it has now spread to the Gulf of Mexico."

William IV pretended to be curious and asked: "Oh? Are you Mexicans also worried about us in the Netherlands?"

Porfirio Dias shook his head: "On the contrary, we are just worried that there is too little capital investment in the Netherlands."

"Why is this?" William IV asked again.

Porfirio Díaz: "Britain initially supported the southern United States and the Civil War broke out. The war lasted from the Lincoln era in 1861 to the Andrew Johnson era. It lasted for seven or eight years. In the end, the 13 southern states were allowed to become independent. .

There are 48 states in the United States (Hawaii and Alaska are in the hands of the Netherlands). After the 13 southern states became independent, only 35 states remained. "

William IV: "So what?"

Porfirio Díaz said dissatisfied: "Originally, the United States was a complete United States. In order to jointly deal with the British influence in Canada, the American government had a very good relationship with Mexico. However, with the independence of the 13 southern states as the Confederate States of America, The British are afraid that Mexico and the 35 northern states of the United States will form a federal state of the United States to jointly deal with the 13 southern American states in the middle. They actually stationed nearly 13 troops on the border between Mexico and the 5 southern states, which forced us to deploy there. 6 to [-] people”

"Your Majesty should know that Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his younger brother Maximiliano I were executed because of President Bertoni Juarez, which finally triggered the revenge of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which currently occupies Tel in southern Mexico. Part of the territory east of Lake Misno, so we had to send more than 3 troops there to defend the 1 Austro-Hungarian troops deployed there."

Porfirio Dias worried: "Facing these two powerful countries, we naturally hope to introduce a balancing force."

William IV asked: "Can't the Confederate States of America do it? You know, Stephen. That guy Douglas is very ambitious."

Porfirio Diaz: "However, he himself is beyond his reach, and Your Majesty should know that. There are many British supporters within the Democratic Party.

Moreover, the Democratic Party's opponent, the Republican Party, prioritizes capital and has close relations with the German Empire. It was fine in the past, when relations between Prussia and Austria were at their worst.But now the Bismarck government is developing new relations with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Currently, Austria-Hungary is using Germans to block the influence of Mexico, an internal friend of the United States, but it is actually hindering our approach.

Therefore, the Republican Party even pushed for a bill to slow down the development of closer economic relations with us, but it was blocked by Stephen Douglas."

Porfirio Díaz said: "The southern United States made the British in the United States oppose us, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire used the opportunity of the Bismarck government of the German Empire to win them over and proposed that the American Germans suppress us. Therefore, we are currently able to stand with Mexico. It seems that the only people who are together are Dutch." William IV stared at him with shining eyes and said with a smile: "You have a good idea."

"But you also know that we are currently fighting to the death with the United Kingdom and Argentina in South America, and our energy is limited."

Porfirio Díaz: "But it seems to me that he is doing everything with ease. Over the years, Your Majesty has always been a wise man in my mind. He always has a back-up plan for everything and almost has no plan left. I don't believe that Your Majesty will let you do that." The situation is developing in a direction that is not beneficial to the Netherlands”

William IV: "So you are optimistic about the Netherlands and are you really going to bet on the Netherlands?"

Porfirio Diaz shook his head.

He said to William IV with a grateful expression in his eyes: "During the war in Mexico against the invasion of Napoleon III in 1861, I joined the Bertoni Juarez government army and became a general. In February 1864, I Oaxaca City was defeated, and the army surrendered, and later managed to escape. However, after losing 2 of the 8000-strong army, only 750 people fled back to Mexico City. In order to quell domestic anger, President Betoni Juarez almost executed me. , in the end it was the Dutch Ambassador to Mexico who came forward to save me.

Then I went to Amsterdam for three years to study Dutch military warfare.Finally, he returned to Mexico in 1868 and joined the locals to form his own guerrilla team.

Later, with Dutch support, we occupied part of northwest Mexico, and finally the entire west of the Sierra Madre Occidental fell into our hands.

For the sake of the integrity of Mexico, Betoni Juarez finally recruited us.Eventually we formed our own political party, and after 1867 Juárez and I ran for president, but failed. I ran for the second election in 1871 and again failed. "

Speaking of this, Porfirio Díaz shot a strong look and said: "But God is fair. In 1872, Juárez had a heart attack and suddenly died, but I laid a solid foundation and finally launched Unfortunately, I failed and was defeated by Tejada, the successor of Juarez. I almost went to jail, but the Netherlands was worthy of our backing, and I came out again.

In 1876, my campaign for the emperor paid off and I succeeded."

William IV nodded and said: "Yes, you succeeded, and you succeeded too thoroughly. In the past, you killed all the cronies of Betoni Juarez and his successor Tejada. Now you are the one talking about the whole of Mexico." Let’s talk about it. Your Excellency, the most powerful President of Mexico since the independence of Mexico, please be frank and tell us what you think.”

More than ten years ago, I would never have thought that this guy could be more powerful than Bertoni Juarez. When the Netherlands invested in the latter, it was mainly to win over him. After all, the other party was too stubborn, and Europe was completely offended by him, so William The fourth generation is unwilling to put hope in the other party.

So in the end, he turned his attention to Porfirio Diaz in front of him.

Likewise, no one except him knew that the guy in front of him would rule Mexico for 1876 years after the coup in 35, until 19-1-1. He was forced to step down after 1915 year and died in Paris in [-].

Naturally, William IV would not be kind enough to provide Mexico with the best democracy or economic life. On the contrary, what he hoped to get from Mexico was the most important.

What other ally is more suitable and more cost-effective than Porfirio Díaz to be a stable ally of the Netherlands for the next 30 years or so?I think should not be?

Therefore, William IV invested in him many times, which was definitely a sure-profit deal.

(End of this chapter)