Editing Kingdom of Holland (section)

=== Louis the Good ===
[[File:Leydens Ramp., RP-P-OB-70.911.jpg|right|thumb|The destruction of the gunpowder disaster in Leiden. Louis Napoleon is on this etching visuable as the man in the white clothing.]]
During his reign Louis Bonaparte introduced the Napoleonic politics of centralisation and standardisation in the Netherlands.{{sfn|Aerts|2010|loc=pp. 50}} In the new centralised state of the Kingdom of Napoleon the king was able to appoint the mayors of the larger Dutch cities. In 1806 a new country-wide tax system was implemented that ended the widespread corruption. Louis also introduced the Civil Registry, Land Registry, and a Guarantee Act. In 1809 the king introduced a revised Penal Code and Civil Code which was based on the [[French criminal codel]], but which respected the Dutch customs and law.<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Cleen |first1=Marjolein |title=A French King in Holland |url=https://mforamsterdam.com/a-french-king-in-holland/ |website=M For Amsterdam |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref> Louis Napoleon also replaced the provincial mints with a national one.{{sfn|Aerts|2010|loc=pp. 49}} During his reign he also promoted the equality of Jews, Catholics, and dissenters in the Netherlands.{{sfn|Aerts|2010|loc=pp. 50}} The centralism Louis Bonaparte promoted also led to the foundation or reorganisation of several cultural institutions. The [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and the Royal Museum (precursor of [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]]) were founded during his reign.{{sfn|Aerts|2010|loc=pp. 49}}

Aside from the politics of centralisation Louis Bonaparte showed himself as a king who was a concerned father of his country. In 1807 he was present at the site of the [[Leiden gunpowder disaster]]. To help the affected people in Leiden he started a national collection, donated 30.000 guilders and opened [[Huis ten Bosch]] as a hospital. He showed the same affection to his people at the floodings in [[Zeeland]] (1808) and the [[Betuwe]] (1809). Because of these actions, the Dutch started to see their king as a good and a rightful king.{{sfn|Meijer|2020|loc=pp. 190}}