News that I don't know whether it was good or bad reached Sofia, and Queen Xenia came with the news that little Ferdinand's life's life was about to be settled.

It's just that the object of the marriage was somewhat unexpected by Ferdinand, and the object of this marriage was actually the Dutch royal family!

Princess Juliana, born in The Hague in the Netherlands in 1904, is the only daughter of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik.

This is the problem, if nothing else, in the future Princess Juliana will also inherit the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Ferdinand the Younger will inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

This raises a serious question, how should they live their future married life?

However, Ferdinand soon put the problem behind him, and under normal circumstances, both he and Queen Wilhelmina still had a long lifespan, and the problem would not erupt anytime soon.

As for the future?

For Ferdinand, after thirty or forty years, their children's children will be able to play soy sauce, and their children will be able to play soy sauce directly.

This is also in line with the actual social tradition in Europe, you can succeed to the throne today and pass on the throne to your children tomorrow, both are legal acts.

In addition to this, all the conditions of Princess Juliana meet Ferdinand's criteria for selecting a daughter-in-law, the identity matches, there are no scandals in her personal private life, and she does not have to worry about childbirth problems in her health.

"I don't have a problem, if little Ferdinand is willing, you can officially propose to the Dutch royal family!" Ferdinand thought for a moment and said

As for whether the Dutch royal family will refuse?

Ferdinand never thought that the Dutch royal family was having a hard time lately, and the Indonesian rebellion had drained the country a lot of energy.

A large number of families of the dead soldiers are looking for trouble with the government, if the rebellion cannot be quelled in the short term, the position of the Dutch royal family will be unstable, and now is the time when they need support the most!

A political marriage with Bulgaria can not only consolidate the position of the Dutch royal family at this time, but also divert the attention of the people and relieve the pressure on the government through this marriage.

After receiving Ferdinand's reply, Xenia breathed a sigh of relief, there were too many factors to consider in the royal marriage, and there were too few suitable candidates, so it was impossible to be too demanding in many aspects.

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"Helena, what do you think of Juliana and little Ferdinand?" Xenia asked tentatively

Wilhelmina was shocked, and reacted casually, if it weren't for the recent rebellion in Indonesia that was too worrying, she would have discovered the problem a long time ago.

Xenia's fanfare for little Ferdinand to find a daughter-in-law is no secret to the European royal family.

Politically speaking, marrying Bulgaria is a temptation that no European royal family can refuse, and in today's world is the mainstream era of constitutional monarchy, there are few kings who can hold real power.

Bulgaria is one of them, and it is one of the most powerful countries in the world today, and the marriage to the future Bulgarian king is destined for extraordinary political implications.

Many people are speculating that this time the two countries may marry again, and now the youngest daughter of Nicholas II and the two cousins of Ferdinand Jr. are about to get married.

But it doesn't matter, there are not many other members of the Bulgarian royal family, but there are many princes, and there are five boys in the back, which is enough for everyone.

The only regret is that the marriage with the prince behind has weakened a lot of political achievements, and it is difficult to influence Bulgarian politics for a long time.

Wilhelmina also thinks so, but surprisingly, the royal families of Bulgaria and Russia have not announced the news of their marriage for a long time.

If it was a marriage with a prince in the back, Wilhelmina would not hesitate to agree, but if she changed to the crown prince Ferdinand Jr., she would have a headache.

As Ferdinand was worried, in the future, Ferdinand Jr. and Juliana will both be heirs to the throne, and it is impossible for either party to make concessions and go to live in each other's kingdom for a long time, so what should be done in this married life?

Queen Wilhelmina herself was one of the victims of a political marriage that had been in name only since Juliana's birth, and she did not want her only daughter to follow in her footsteps.

(Queen Wilhelmina's full name: Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie; Juliana Full Name: Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina)

But she was unwilling to refuse this marriage, and the political interests contained in it were too great. As soon as the news of the marriage between the two parties is announced, the political crisis that the Dutch royal family is now facing can be easily resolved.

"I think the two of them are very good, if you don't ask what the parties mean, if they don't object, then ......" After much hesitation, Queen Wilhelmina made a decision

Born in the royal family, marriage is destined to be sacrificed, the chance of being able to meet true love is infinitely small, and being able to respect each other as a guest is a model couple.

Like Ferdinand, did he have a love affair with Xenia? The answer is very clear and cruel, they only have the family affection that time has piled up, and love has not yet begun, and they have entered the grave of marriage.

So usually the royal marriage, as long as the other party is not too annoying, quickly agree to it, otherwise the result will only be worse.

"Well, of course! We have to take responsibility for their marriages, and let them decide for themselves! Xenia said with a smile

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In 1926, the worst year for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Dutch government organized a counterinsurgency army to suppress the Indonesian rebellion, but it was accidentally cheated by the British.

In less than a year, 150,000 troops were defeated, which was more than the kingdom could bear, and the most important thing was that the counterinsurgency war was still far away.

For the next war, the Dutch kingdom had to continue to increase its army, and the Dutch government had sent nearly 400,000 troops, plus the troops stationed there, there were now nearly 300,000 left.

The Dutch kingdom's war potential has been almost fully exploded, and if they fail again, they will have to reluctantly abandon the Indonesian colony.

Obviously, this was unacceptable to the vested interests in the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands was naturally affected by the anti-war wave in Europe.

As the populace demanded an end to the war, and at the same time were unwilling to give up the huge benefits of the Indonesian colony, the Dutch government was in trouble!

Such illogical demands, but in the eyes of ordinary people, these are reasonable, because they are just asking the government to end the war, and they are not saying that they want to give up the current social welfare benefits.

Can you explain such a thing clearly to them?

Apparently it does not exist, and smart people know that many of the families of soldiers are advocating an immediate end to the war and reuniting their loved ones.

If the Dutch government really gave up the colony, negotiated with the rebels to ransom the prisoners, and then had to cut their social benefits to fill the hole because of the economic benefits of the colony, they would soon change their face.

This is true for all parties, let alone ordinary people? They were anti-war on the one hand, and unwilling to give up the interests they had in hand on the other, so they put pressure on the government.

How valuable is Indonesia's colony in this era? In terms of economic and military value, it is greater than all the colonies of Bulgaria combined!

The resources here are so abundant that many local people don't have to do anything, and they can make a living by picking wild animals and plants.

Mineral resources are also abundant, such as oil, natural gas, coal, iron, tin, bauxite, nickel, copper, gold, silver and other mineral resources.

In the 21st century, Indonesia easily feeds a population of two to three hundred million, and directly relies on the export of mineral resources to account for more than 10% of the country's GDP.

It is also because the natural conditions here are too superior, and the local people do not have the will to struggle, and the fourth most populous country in the world does not have much sense of existence in the international arena.

Even with this lack of progress, Indonesia has become one of the top 10 economies in the world with its abundant resources.

The Dutch naturally don't want to let go of such a treasure land, for example, almost all of the rubber used in Bulgaria is imported from Indonesia.

In later generations, the change of the main rubber production area was mainly caused by the domestic turmoil in Indonesia, and the ordinary people disliked the planting of rubber because it was too troublesome, so it gradually declined.

If anyone counts it, they will find that even in this era, Indonesia's economy is larger than that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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When Christmas came, the Dutch royal family and the Bulgarian royal family simultaneously announced to the world the good news of the marriage between the two countries, which was not only for the parties involved, but also for European countries.

The Netherlands is only a small kingdom, even if the relationship between the Netherlands changes, it will not affect the world situation, all European countries can rest assured, the shadow of the union of Bulgaria and Russia has disappeared, and the British government even held a banquet to celebrate this good news.

Compared with the continued marriage between Bulgaria and the Russian royal family, they are still more happy to see the marriage of the Bulgarian and Dutch royal families.

After all, the power of the alliance between Bulgaria and Russia is too great, and in the eyes of the British, if the Russian Empire had not broken out into civil war, the two countries might have merged by now.

In the eyes of the outside world, the possibility of a merger between Bulgaria and Russia has not disappeared, and if the royal families of the two countries marry again, it is almost inevitable that the two royal families will merge in the future.

No one thought that the seriously ill little Aklesei would have survived Nicholas II, and even the possibility of leaving descendants was almost zero.

In this context, the Tsar's succession will fall to the daughter of Nicholas II, and in order to maximize interests, it is almost an inevitable choice to let the younger daughter become the combination of the Tsar and Ferdinand Jr., and achieve a smooth transition after the merger of the two countries.

It can be said that Ferdinand and Nicholas II signed a treaty to jointly establish the Slavic Federal Empire, which not only deceived the Russians, but also the whole world.

Despite the high degree of secrecy taken by both countries, the secret treaty was revealed when the Germans conquered St. Petersburg, and both Bulgarians and Russians flatly denied it at the time, saying that it was a German conspiracy.

However, everyone still believed it, because the merger of Bulgaria and Russia not only had sufficient interests, but also a deep civil foundation, and the people of both countries supported the establishment of a federal empire, and the only dispute was over the issue of dominance.

If the heir of the union of the two royal families becomes the new emperor, it is estimated that no one will object, so that everyone will nominally obtain equal status.

It can be said that the sudden civil war of the Russian Empire saved the world hegemony of the British Empire, otherwise a behemoth that occupied most of the world's island would have been born.

Of course, this is what the outside world thinks, although Ferdinand was also tempted, and finally gave up, so the benefits are indeed very large, but the interests of the country are not equal to the interests of the royal family!

The king of Bulgaria, laid the foundation by him, and as long as the descendants do not toss indiscriminately, they are almost as stable as Mount Tai.

But the emperor of the Federal Empire is not so easy to do. With Russia's messy problems internally and the hostility of all countries in the world outside, and without superb political, military, and diplomatic capabilities, it will not be able to sit in this position at all.

The British have always believed that the sudden outbreak of rebellion in the Russian Empire saved the world!

Originally, the alliance between Bulgaria and the Russian Empire, the Russians had always been dominant, and once the two countries merged, the Russian Empire would become the main body of this new empire.

All this changed with the outbreak of the civil war in the Russian Empire, and they no longer had the strength to suppress Bulgaria, and likewise Bulgaria had no strength to suppress the Russian Empire.

A struggle for dominance between the two sides was assured, as evidenced by the fact that Bulgaria allowed the outbreak of civil war in the Russian Empire and acquiesced in the support of Britain and France for the rebels.

All of this was interpreted by the British as a struggle for dominance between the two sides, so John Bull did not hesitate to invest a lot of resources to keep the Russian Civil War going.

In their opinion, this struggle will inevitably escalate over time, and even the struggle between Austria and Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the end, Hungary is crying and shouting for independence.

Not to mention the fact that the two countries have not yet begun to merge? This marriage between the Bulgarian royal family and the Dutch royal family was seen by them as a political victory for the British Empire!

Well, these are the claims of the British press. In Ferdinand's view, the British government's approach was only to divert public attention and ease the pressure on their public opinion.

The Lloyd's-George Cabinet, which developed and implemented this policy, and the Stanley Baldwin Cabinet, which continued the policy to make the plan a reality, will share this legacy.

No matter how you look at it, it is the serious political consequences of the Stanley Baldwin cabinet in order to defuse the current - the poor performance of the British Empire in foreign wars.

The British people were satisfied, and suddenly they found out that the British Empire had gone through a dangerous period, but fortunately it was resolved by the government by political means.

For a time, the civilian approval rating of Stanley Baldwin's cabinet directly reached its peak.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the alliance between Bulgaria and Russia can unify the world island, and the population of this combination is more than that of all European countries combined, and the European continent can also be bulldozed by crowd tactics.

The Royal Navy of the British Empire is invincible in the world, and the British Imperial Army should forget it, isn't the lesson of the First World War enough?

British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin openly declared: The war that the British Empire is waging now is to avoid a larger war in the future, and this is for the long-term interests of the Empire!

In order to enhance its persuasiveness, the British Empire also took the initiative to create enemies for itself, and Japan, Russia, Bulgaria, and France were all honorably listed.

In the new round of the ranking of risk factors, Japan gloriously occupied the first place, surprisingly the Russian Empire ranked second, and France and Bulgaria ranked third or fourth.

Ferdinand knew that the rankings were all made up by the pro-Conservative London media.

Japan was able to rank first, and that was the credit of Mr. Churchill, and if he did not promote the theory of the Japanese threat, how could he explain the colonial rebellion in Southeast Asia and the delay in putting it down?

The Russians came in second, mainly taking into account the receptivity of the British population. After all, Bulgaria, which has just risen, has a fart feeling, and in the consciousness of many old people, Bulgaria is still a small country.

This kind of subconscious judgment cannot be changed overnight. As a news media, of course, we must meet the needs of the people, otherwise who do they sell newspapers to?

Originally, the London government launched the Afghan War this time more to prevent the penetration of Bulgarian forces into Central Asia, and it directly became a civil defense against the expansion of the Russian Empire into Central Asia.

It is estimated that God does not understand, where did the Russian Empire in the civil war have the courage to expand into Central Asia!

None of this is the media's business, they are just to create a topic, they can sell more newspapers, earn more advertising money, and help the cabinet relieve political pressure.

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