Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

In the Spanish Royal Palace, Cristina is currently chatting with Queen Patricia.

"Queen, you have worked hard during this time." She looked at the daughter-in-law in front of her with some sympathy. As someone who also had a political marriage, she understood that although her son and daughter-in-law established a marriage based on deep feelings, now But we have encountered a dilemma. Her mother's family and her husband's family are now fighting against each other. This is very difficult for a woman. Although she has not encountered the same thing, this does not prevent her from understanding the meaning of the three flavors as she has lived in the royal court for decades.

"It's okay. I have already prepared for this day to come. In fact, I know that Alfonso will never be ordinary. I know that there will be a day when he will cause a sensation in Europe and shock the world, so as early as we When we were together, I was mentally prepared for this. Maria, don’t worry, I know what I should do and my current identity.”

"Hey, that's what marriage is like. As women, we have no choice. It is difficult for anyone to copy the history of Queen Victoria. She will become the only one who exists. And if we women insist on doing it, If so, then we can only stand silently behind our men and let them conquer the world and show their wisdom and do great things. This is the main factor for us to provide them with stability on the home front."

"What Maria said is very accurate. This is also what European royal women should remember the most. I, wow..."

"Patricia, what are you doing, hurry up, call the doctor quickly, hurry up." Cristina was frightened by what happened in front of her. Fortunately, she had been in charge of the entire Spanish royal family for many years and responded quickly enough. "Hurry up, and hurry up and call His Majesty to come over. Just say, just say that the Queen is ill and tell him to come over quickly."

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"Prime Minister, what's the reaction from the UK now?" Alfonso seemed to be the same forever. He was still sitting in his dedicated conference room as usual, in the middle of the rectangular conference table, and on his left hand side, Prime Minister Eugene is sitting there, and on the right is the current Defense Secretary Lexton.

"Now the UK is split into two factions over this matter. One faction is dominated by hardliners, mainly the military and arms experts. They advocate that the UK should continue to carry out a tough foreign policy, continue to promote the development of alliance relations, and treat Spain Portugal also conducted warship patrols around its homeland and territories, allowing Spain and Portugal to live in the shadow of British warships until the two countries begged Britain."

"Good advice, worth your reference," Alfonso said cheerfully, but the expressionless look on his face told people that he was not in a happy mood.

"As for those who advocate peace, they are mainly strategic groups such as academics. They believe that Britain has begun to enter the struggle on the European continent, which is very bad. After all, the reason why Britain has been able to The main reason for maintaining prosperity away from war is because Britain has always pursued glorious diplomacy. The advantage of independent diplomacy is that they can more accurately choose war options related to the fate of the country, and this is technical. , where the chance of winning is greater, it is very important to choose the position that is in your best interests.

Now that Britain is involved in a continental war prematurely, the risk to Britain is not ordinary, especially now that Germany is participating, while Italy is in the Mediterranean and Northeast Africa, and Ottoman Turkey is in the Middle East and other forces are ready to move. Britain's joining would create unpredictable situations, which would greatly shake Britain's rule over those places. Therefore, they advocated that they should sit down and talk with Spain to prevent Spain from falling to Germany, or at least not participating in the war. Spain's hesitation will have the same effect on Italy as it did on Ottoman Türkiye. This is the result of the powerful understanding and analysis of those academic strategists, together with them, scholars and experts from various universities in the UK, as well as vested interests, the nobility, landowners and capitalists in the colonies. Their strength cannot be underestimated. "….

The concerns of the British experts are very reasonable. As the former ruler of the Mediterranean, the Ottoman Empire's status cannot be questioned, especially now that it is competing with Britain's indirect ally, the Russian Empire, for territory in the Caucasus. The relationship was a bad strategy. Britain used this to prevent Tsarist Russia from expanding to the south and had no choice but to develop into the Far East. If this were not the case, Tsarist Russia would not be eager to expand its territory in the Far East. In the end, it had a war with Japan, and was eventually defeated by Japan. The sneak attack hits instantly and causes huge damage. Now that Tsarist Russia has become an ally, and the Ottomans have begun to develop and grow a lot, the British are not sure whether their troops stationed in the Middle East can stop the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even if they can, they will suffer heavy losses, and Italy is also there. As for France, the domestic security issue is still the most important. After all, attacks from Spain, Italy, and Germany will be very photogenic.

As for Tsarist Russia, even if Japan was persuaded by the British to stop launching attacks on Tsarist Russia's self-proclaimed territory, it would be difficult for even the British to stop the Japanese ambitions. Who knows if Japan will suddenly turn to guns for profit? In turn, Germany and Germany launched a forceful attack on Tsarist Russia, and with the addition of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, Tsarist Russia at that time was even more overwhelmed and could not cooperate with the United Kingdom. At this time, the United Kingdom will discover Even if their navy is the best, they can only watch the world's major powers slowly cannibalizing its allies Tsarist Russia and France, and finally slowly and unanimously aim their guns at it. This is disastrous for Britain and will soon threatening. So now Britain has two options. One is to cooperate with the alliance led by Germany and Austria-Hungary to deal with Spain and Portugal, relying on Italy and Austria-Hungary. However, the German Empire may not agree to this, because Italy and Ottoman Turkey are exactly the same. Their potential allies of Germany, wouldn't this push future allies out to become enemies of themselves? This is not worth the gain, and it is not cost-effective for Britain to wait and give no matter how great the benefits are.

More importantly, the United Kingdom will not do this, because the most basic factor in the alliance between Britain and France, Tsarist Russia, and others is the strong and rapid rise of Germany. Their alliance itself is to contain the existence of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The second is for the UK and others to compromise with Spain and other countries, and this is also the easiest. After all, Spain does not pose much of a threat to the UK. It mainly reduces the expansion of the UK and reduces the power of the UK in the Iberian Peninsula. . The most important thing is that Spain and Germany are less aggressive than the former. If it were not for the conflict between the two countries this time, the relationship between the two countries would even be much better than that of Germany. After all, Spain is now The queen is also the princess of the British prince. As for the reconciliation with Germany, all the previous arrangements will be in vain. Spain is different, and it is even more beneficial to Britain, because after what happened and the current situation, Italy and Ottoman Turkey seem to have an increasingly similar position with Spain. If they are grasped well, they will Won't? As a result, Britain has better control over the situation in the Mediterranean and the Middle East through Spanish hands?

This was Alfonso's idea, and this is what Edward VII now thinks at Buckingham Palace in England. After all the changes in the past few days, a map now appeared in his mind. The red represents the alliance led by Britain and France and assisted by Tsarist Russia, the blue represents the allies of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the black represents Spain and Portugal. countries, yellow Italy and Ottoman Turkey are uncertain countries. This is the situation in Europe. As for the United States and Japan outside the region, Japan is now an ally. The United States can fight for it, but Edward will not do so unless it is a last resort, because what they, the British nobles headed by the royal family, look down upon most is that the group of serfs led by the United States are still there. There are nouveau riche. Although the United States has now caught up with the British economically, the British still view them in the same light (in fact, the British only regarded Americans as equals after two wars), so Edward regarded this The plan came last. ….

In his opinion, Spain, where his niece lives, is the best ally choice from every aspect, at least that's how it looks now. As for why it was like that before, Edward VII didn't expect that things would develop into what they are now. At first, he expected that Spain and Portugal would soon compromise with Britain. Who knew that his niece-in-law would respond with such a tough attitude? Suddenly, he thought of his mother, the deceased Queen Victoria. In his words before his death, although he also felt resentment towards this mother, he also knew how evil his behavior was at the beginning, so he was only resentful, but towards the British mother who had sat on the throne for more than 60 years The king who has been the longest-lasting and has laid tens of millions of square kilometers of colonies for Britain is admired by everyone in the UK and even many people in Europe.

Before she passed away, she said to him with sincerity: "Britain cannot continue to be so prosperous forever, just like China and India, the great eastern countries of the past, so we need to be prepared for future decline. We should leave a way for Britain to fall behind." There are only two ways that Britain can take now. One is to have a good relationship with Spain, and the other is to have a good relationship with the United States. Queen Victoria is more in favor of the former, and the latter is a gang in her opinion. A jackal, a jackal who won't let go until he catches his prey, Spain's Alfonso will enable Britain to continue to survive. When asked why she didn't choose France, Tsarist Russia, etc., the Queen directly said that she saw the potential of their country after repeated changes. It was only formed, and these changes will make the UK an endless waste of resources.

Edward VII still didn't quite understand it at first, but now he understands it. In fact, he understands better why the queen's eyes suddenly lit up when she talked about Alfonso. It turned out that it was Alfonso that she really valued. No wonder she strongly recommended an Anglo-Spanish marriage.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Spain."

Edward was originally impatient because someone was disturbing him, but when he heard the word Spanish, he suppressed it and took it over quickly, so that even the guard could hardly catch up with the king's quick movements.

"Could it be that he just appeared as soon as he dozed off on the pillow?"

I’m so dizzy. Yesterday I made a mistake and saw Sunday as Monday. What I want to say is that the week starting from the ninth day of the 18th will be updated three times a day. In the past few days, it will continue to be updated once a day. The reason is still In my hometown, it is not suitable to go out until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. So please forgive me for my bad behavior yesterday, hehe! I don’t dare to ask for votes.

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