Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"What you said is good. Of course, this does not refer to measures, but to the process. According to the ratio of Western Australia and New Zealand, all the migrant populations will be dispersed by then, and the population will be uniformly distributed to various important ports. Go to places with strong development potential, and then directly calculate 50 hectares of land per person. Think about it, if we arrange 600,000 people in Western Australia, calculated as a family of four children, in 20 years it will be at least 1.8 million, plus New Zealand’s 1.2 million, our population will increase by 3 million in twenty years. Think about it in more than a hundred years? And because of their departure, there will be more land on our mainland. It can be said that it can serve multiple purposes by alleviating the local people's anger against the nobles for occupying too much land."

Alfonso became more and more excited as he spoke, and continued: "From the victory of the Scottish uprising revolution in the 17th century, which directly led to the emergence of the British constitutional monarchy, to the French First Republic at the end of the 18th century with Louis XVI's guillotine, and early Over the past twenty years, the British and our shared colonies, the emergence of the American Revolutionary Independence, the American Civil War, which ended with the defeat of the slave owners, etc., what these all illustrate, it makes me understand more clearly, as a A monarch, a king at the end of the 19th century, if he cannot make the people's life less oppressive and does not allow them to live a good life, then the king's good days will come to an end. Louis XVI is the best proof," said Alfonso paused here, and saw that several other people were sitting quietly as if nothing had happened when they saw him shooting at them, but their heads were lowered, and it was not clear what their expressions were.

Seeing this, Alfonso couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why, because he actually shouted the name Louis XVI directly. Others could shout like this, but when he shouted like this, he seemed to feel that he was different from the usual person. Because, my grandmother, Queen Isabel II, my predecessor, the Spanish King, is the niece of French King Louis XVI and his queen, and now my grandmother is still living in France. Isn't this directly pointing at one's elders and saying bad things? No wonder a few people are so pretentious. But what I didn't expect was that Yan Shun also knew about this matter. It seemed that he had a serious understanding of himself or the relationship between the Spanish royal family. Thinking of this, he became even more satisfied with Yan Shun. He is worthy of being the talent he selected in the first place. He knew that if he didn't speak out, they would continue to mutter, and this was not what he wanted to see.

"Everyone should talk about their opinions first. Yan Shun, you're new here, so I'll start with you." After saying that, he winked. Yan Shun, opportunities are always within your own control. I have great expectations for you.

Yan Shun naturally saw the urgent look in Alfonso XIII's eyes. His heart was very moved and at the same time he had the urge to die for the scholar as his confidant. He saw that he was just a hawker in Madrid five years ago, yes, a fish seller who made a living by selling sea fish. His hometown was in Guangdong, a place south of the Qing Dynasty. Due to the oppression of the Qing government and the irreconcilable conflicts between his family and the local aristocrats, his father relied on money and old friends to travel across the ocean to Spain, which was a different territory from China. It is absolutely different. The people here live a very stable life. Although there are many nobles, the government at that time was very strict under the rule of the king, and the time when the nobles oppressed the common people rarely happened. So every one of them began to like this place. An ordinary person likes a place where he can live a peaceful life with less disputes. He had studied in a foreign language school for several years before coming here, and his father was also in the business of foreign goods, so He also had strict requirements on his foreign language. As a result, he already knew English, French, and Spanish before he came here. But I didn't expect that all the hard study for the sake of my future would come in handy. God made a joke, but in the end, the most practical way was to escape. ….

Although he could only make a living selling fish as a family because he didn’t have much money left when he came here, he was still fascinated by Western culture, geography, history, etc. because of his interests. He would hold a fish in front of the stall every day I studied the book carefully, but I didn’t expect that I would eventually meet His Majesty the King in front of my stall. At this time, I was already 25 years old. As some stories said, the King was interested in me, so after passing by After some research, I actually became his adviser after knowing that he was the king. Yes, according to the king, you will be my adviser in the East from now on. I think the idea of ​​combining the east and the west should be able to make The enemies of the Spanish Empire were hard enough to drink a pot of.

In this way, he jumped to the top of the dragon gate and became a celebrity. Although he has not been exposed to much publicity in these years, he believes that many of the things he has done, even the important ministers of Spain, have not contacted the country, because the scope of his previous jurisdiction Time... intelligence, to be precise, he is the head of the Spanish Royal Intelligence Service, an organization in the Spanish Empire that specializes in collecting intelligence. From five years ago to now, through his unremitting efforts, of course, the most important thing is the sufficient human resources, an iron chain invisible in the dark is integrating everything that happens in the world every day, a bit like the eye of God. , the world is under its surveillance. Although he does not quite understand the real role of this, he knows that his Majesty the King said that if it is of great use, it will definitely be of great use, because he has witnessed each of them. What he witnessed confirmed the vision of the king who was only in his teens. And what he, Yan Shun, needs to do is to show his value as much as possible. This is enough, it's that simple.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and said: "These words of His Majesty the King have a profound impact on people. I suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment. If I really want to analyze these revolutions, I can analyze them in detail."

"Just say whatever you have, we'll just listen." Seeing him asking for instructions, Alfonso stopped and motioned for him to continue. The other two people also looked like they were listening carefully. As for whether it was true or not. If you listen carefully, you won't know.

"There are different factors for the occurrence of these revolutions. Let's talk about Britain first. Britain took advantage of its location in the Atlantic Ocean to actively carry out overseas trade and colonial plunder. The enclosure movement accumulated huge capital, which enabled the rapid development of capitalism. , the interests of the bourgeoisie grew day by day, demanding the control of political rights and the further development of capitalism. The autocracy of King Charles I caused strong dissatisfaction. This is the reason. As a result, the United Kingdom passed the Power Act in 1689 to limit the royal power and established a parliament A constitutional monarchy that checks and balances the power of the king.”

"What's the point?" Surprisingly, Antonio, who had been silent all this time, actually asked the question.

Yan Shun also glanced at him in surprise, but a lot of them disappeared, and he said confidently: "The significance of this is that Britain is the first country in the world to establish a capitalist political system. Capitalism has opened up a path, and it also marks that human society has entered a new era. Just look at how many countries in Europe and even the world now have capitalist systems."

"What about America?" Paracides asked next. He was a little curious. He wanted to see the Chinese man's continued understanding.

"The United States means that it was oppressed, and the British colonial plunder became more serious, which made it angry. The final result became what it is now. The United States became independent. It defeated the British army and won the war of independence. Victory, and American capitalism went one step further. It set a precedent. In 1887, the United States directly formulated a constitution to implement a republic with separation of powers. The most important thing is that it will be a nightmare for the empire. Think about it. , the reason why countries such as the Philippines and Cuba are so strongly demanding independence from powerful empires is that they were encouraged by the United States' defeat of the world's most powerful country. He pointed the way like a beacon for those who were colonized in the world. At the same time, the emergence of its republic will pose a huge challenge to the monarchy system." Yan Shun said this and glanced at Alfonso, but saw that there was nothing unusual about the latter, which made him admire the latter even more He was very calm, but just when he was about to continue speaking, he was stopped directly. ….

“As for France, the king occupies absolute rule, the supremacy of royal power and the strict hierarchy and third estate system in France. The main positions of the revolutionary bourgeoisie, craftsmen, cities, civilians, and peasants are the bourgeoisie at the bottom. The result was that they were seized of power, and then the French revolution reached its peak. The indirect meaning was that it hit a country with a monarchy system like ours even more." Alfonso joined in at this time. Even if we talk about this topic for three days and three nights, we can't finish it. Time is limited, so it would be better to hurry up. Of course, he can see that Antonio and the others are satisfied with Yan Shun's answer just now. At this time, it is best for him to come out to support. suitable.

"The next main topic for us today: the situation in Europe. Count Palacides, as the Prime Minister of the country, you should first introduce to everyone the situation around us now."

"Yes, Your Majesty. France has provided money to Tsarist Russia a few years ago to repair the railway from Siberia to East Asia. The opening of this railway will make it more convenient for Tsarist Russia to transport troops to the Far East. This of course caused a stir. The UK is dissatisfied, but the UK tolerates it, because the biggest potential enemy of Karma now is Germany. Germany has developed rapidly in recent years, and its industrialization has entered the top three in the world, even very close to the UK. This has always made The British, who have a hegemonic mentality, are very vigilant. Not long after William II came to power, the maritime power strategy of accelerating the construction of the navy is a direct threat to the Forbidden City's status as the world's strongest navy. You must know that Britain has always required its own navy. The strength is two to three times that of the second-ranked one. Germany's desperate shipbuilding and strong navy has stung the British Empire. Her husband's death has always been attributed to her son Prince Edward, who was too romantic and lingered around, which made her husband Albert. The prince went to find him in person and unexpectedly met the dead Queen Victoria. The son, who was disliked by the queen because of Germany's actions, returned to manage national affairs. From this we can know that Britain has begun to maintain balance while maintaining balance. We are about to start preparing for intervention policy again." Paracides said this and glanced at Antonio, who took the words.

True to my word, there are two more updates today, one at noon and one at around 9pm.

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