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    The decline of the Netherlands began when it was driven out of Southeast Asia by China, but the fatal blow came from Britain and France.

    Britain wants to gain maritime interests, and France wants to invade and occupy the mainland of the Netherlands.

    In the case of financial difficulties in Britain, Louis XIV offered money, and Charles II immediately agreed to join the French resistance.

    The financial support obtained out of thin air, of course, comes with additional conditions.  Britain and France sign the Treaty of Dover.  The treaty stipulates that France provides financial support to Britain, and Britain must gradually restore Catholicism and must fight against the Netherlands with France.  If there is a riot in Britain due to the restoration of Catholicism, France must borrow troops to help Britain counter the rebellion.

    After the signing of the secret treaty, France suddenly declared war on the Netherlands, and Britain immediately withdrew from the Triple Alliance formed with the Netherlands and Sweden.

    Immediately afterwards, Britain declared war on the Netherlands and attacked a merchant fleet in the Netherlands. The third Anglo-Dutch war broke out.

    The strongest fortress in the Netherlands, facing the French military strategist Vauban, collapsed just like Paper Lake.  Of the seven provinces of the Netherlands, five provinces were directly occupied.

    The Dutch Parliament urgently invited William III to be in power, and formed an alliance with Spain, Austria, Prussia, the Duchy of Lorraine, and the Duchy of the Palatine. The countries obviously wanted to jointly curb the rise of France.  Facing a complete siege, France had to fight everywhere. After the troops were dispersed, William III regained the lost territory of the Netherlands.

    Louis XIV waved the banknotes again, pulling the Netherlands' ally, Sweden, into his camp.

    Sweden immediately attacked the German region, Brandenburg and Austria, and had to order the frontline troops to return to defense.  In this way, France relieved the plight of being attacked from the front and rear, and began to attack the combined forces of the Netherlands and Spain.

    The Swedish army was defeated by Brandenburg, and Denmark immediately fell into trouble, allied with the Netherlands, and declared war on Sweden.

    Seeing that France was about to be completely surrounded again, Louis XIV started a tariff war, and Dutch businessmen suffered heavy losses.  Immediately, the navies of Britain and France jointly attacked the Dutch navy, and then went to fight with the Spanish navy to seize command of the sea in the Mediterranean.

    ?Because Spain lost its command of the sea, it surrendered to the Italian state of Spain, and took the opportunity to set off a national independence uprising.

    The French army defeated the German state again and occupied the Lorraine area.  Then he returned to fight Spain and occupied Franche-Comt¨¦ and Flanders in Spain.

    The United Kingdom, which has been helping France in the war, did not want to see France win a big victory, and chose to jump again, suddenly announcing the marriage of Britain and the Netherlands.

    After being backstabbed by his allies, Louis XIV was furious, but he had to admit it with his nose pinched.  He took out a large number of gold coins and presented them to Charles II and the British nobles in exchange for Britain's slowing down of sending troops.  Then, the French attacked frantically, forcing the Allies to beg for negotiations.

    During the negotiations, Louis XIV bribed Dutch businessmen and promised to reduce tariffs.  The Dutch businessmen have neglected their righteousness when they saw profit, and even disregarded the interests of the country, and collectively emptied the Netherlands from ruling William III.

    In this regard, France dominates the continent.

    However, the cost of war and diplomacy was too high, and the people in France were in dire straits, and even peasant uprisings appeared.

    The United Kingdom first turned its back on the alliance to France, and then turned back to the Netherlands halfway through. It also received financial support from France twice. It can be said that it made a lot of money, and it also grabbed maritime privileges from the Netherlands.

    However, in order to fulfill the Anglo-French secret treaty, Charles II was publicly baptized and declared to be a Catholic. He was strongly opposed by the Parliament and the Anglican Church. He had to order the dissolution of the Parliament, which kicked off the religious struggle in Britain.  It is tantamount to planting a landmine for one's own son. In the end, the eldest son died, and the second son lost his centralization.

    ?After repeated wars in the Netherlands, the economic situation was in a mess. China took the opportunity to seize Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the Netherlands was completely driven out of Asia.

    The current situation is that China colonizes the east coast of India and Ceylon, and Portugal colonizes the west coast of India.  Countless Chinese goods have been continuously shipped to India, and then transshipped by Portugal to Europe.

    Portugal married the princess to China and used Chittagong as a dowry. At this time, they got a good return, so don't be too comfortable as a second-hand businessman.

    However, the political situation in Portugal is chaotic.

    ? King Afonso VI, who was paralyzed and mentally ill since childhood, was cuckolded by his wife and younger brother.  Even the queen publicly declared that she had never consummated the marriage with the king, requested that the marriage be declared invalid, and then directly remarried to the king's younger brother.

    This is not over yet, after a couple of dogs and men got married, they jointly imprisoned the king in the Azores.

    Just five years ago, the king died of illness, and the dogs and men successfully became the king and queen.

    Three years ago, Princess Caterina of Portugal, who was married to Zhao Han, received detailed news from Portugal, believing that her younger brother had been murdered, and asked Emperor Zhao to send troops to preside over the overall situation.

    Zhao Han immediately ordered the navy to dispatch, andThe joining of the duke has a very strong appeal, which is equal to the recognition of the Portuguese nobles for the foreign prince.

    Constantly losing cities and territories, Pedro II couldn't sit still, and summoned the noble army to go north for a decisive battle.

    The two sides met on the outskirts of Coimbra. The fully armed 2,000 Chinese peasants and soldiers have been named the King's Guard by Zhao Kuangquan.  They were farmers and soldiers in China, but they were top elites in Portugal. They defeated Pedro II's army head-on, and Count Castelumellor took the opportunity to chase after him with his cavalry.

    One month later, Zhao Kuangquan proclaimed himself king in Lisbon, known as "Joao V" in Europe and "King Chen" in China.

    The Pope was furious and announced the excommunication of Portugal.

    The Portuguese have long been used to this, and Zhao Kuangquan is already the fourth Portuguese king who cannot be crowned by the Pope.

    The United Kingdom first recognized Zhao Kuangquan's throne, and then Louis XIV also expressed support. Both countries did not take the Pope seriously.

    ? Spain, which had just been beaten by France, felt like an enemy at this time. It was afraid that Zhao Kuangquan would lead troops to stab the chrysanthemum, and publicly recognized Zhao Kuangquan's throne in exchange for the signing of the non-aggression treaty between Portugal and Spain.
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