Chapter 748: Twenty-three. Eve (2)

"The state is difficult..."
The clock sounded 11 times, and Marquis Sandiana rubbed his sour eyes and sighed.
The Marquis is not a pessimist or a person who likes to complain. He inherited the blood of Duke Infandante, the most noble of the Castilian nobles, and was 50 years old in the golden age of politicians. He was in the prominent position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet. It stands to reason that he should not be so depressed and anxious.
There is only one reason for this pessimism. The great kingdom of Castile, known as the "world's strongest country", has colonies all over the world, and the country where "the sun always shines on our territory" has reached a point of difficulty and internal and external difficulties.
There may be a little exaggeration, but the situation is really not optimistic.
The Seven-Day War swept away nearly one-quarter of the kingdom's wealth, one-seventh of the population, and nearly half of the navy's warships and merchant fleet. When the Charlemagne troops retreated, they implemented a very thorough scorched earth policy. There were broken walls and debris everywhere along the iron line to the border. Houses, farmland, wells... All traces of human existence were meticulously destroyed. Not far from the ruins of the villages and towns, there is a mass grave buried in the grass, filled with the corpses of women and children, the whereabouts of the young and middle-aged are unknown, as if the world has evaporated...
The numbers are pale and weak. In a more intuitive way, it means "this country needs at least 20 years or more to recover to the pre-war level."
The internal affairs are already a mess, and diplomacy is even more precarious.
Castile’s traditional foreign teacher strategy is to consolidate the alliance with Albion while leveraging the power of Ymir. Implement a containment strategy against Charlemagne. But this strategy was shaken by the sudden death of Queen Mary who was going to marry Philip II. The new Queen, Her Majesty Elizabeth, is a national supremacist and a firm believer in the National Church, which leads to two problems: First, the National Church is becoming the official state church of Albian, because of the differences in beliefs, Albian The friendship with Castile has broken. Second, Albian’s national policy has increasingly revealed the Puritans’ ideas of
desperately making money, desperately saving money, and desperately donating money
. The Albian people transformed this idea into expanding overseas interests and expanding the source power of the Church’s mission abroad. This leads to the spiritual level. The contradictions and conflicts between the two allies in real interests have also become increasingly fierce.
This conflict reached its climax at the end of the offensive and defensive war in Riga. When the glorious Castilian knight broke through the secret negotiations between Albion and the Principality, the last point of the spiritual connection with the same camp ceased to exist. Philip II publicly accused Albion of being a "dom of heretics" and needed "purification of blazing flames." Elizabeth responded unreservedly, "Please call Castilla to speak in a bright way." Diplomatic warfare is getting more intense. Seeing that it is about to slide to the break of war.
This is already one of the two pillars of diplomacy. The other pillar is also frustrating. In the battle of Charlemagne to suppress the crown of Saint Eastman. Emil's performance really chills all countries that believe in the Holy Church. Although the fierce battle was unanimously supported by the kings and popes of all the nations, after all, no one likes the spread of the revolutionary plague to their own homes, and the country they ruled up by themselves in the morning became the "xx republic". A group of Qiu Ba and Untouchables sent their whole family to the guillotine.
But in any case, the crown crown is also the most pure place of faith in the Holy Church, from top to bottom are all the believers of the Holy Church. The Pope, like the "Night of St. Bartholomew", watched Charlie Man's army to slaughter believers without restraint, but sent symbolic priests and nuns to help the refugees. In the eyes of other countries, this gesture is not a positive image...
The allies fell down, and the religious leaders did not look very reliable. What was more terrible was that heaven was far away, and Charlemagne was near. It is Titans who is stationed at the border. Think of the group of madmen who are proud of their disobedience and have been known for their "walking alone" and "running away." They stare at Castile and drool every day. Sandia Marquis Na felt shudder. Only the goddess and the two-legged beasts themselves knew that one day they would blow up their iron again, and then come to fight without a declaration.
Reform is necessary. This is the voice of every Castilian, whether aristocrats or civilians, who have learned deeply that only by making changes and rich nations and strong soldiers can they fight against that greedy and brutal neighbor.
That's what it says. But there is no agreement on how to change, where to change, what needs to be retained, and what kind of reforms are most suitable.
There are many opinions on reform, and generally speaking, they can be roughly divided into factions.
The faction used His Highness Tang Juan, the younger brother of the Marquis and King of Santa Cruz. They advocated the use of "iron and blood" by extending loans and plundering overseas colonies for military preparations without changing the state and most of the old system. Wash the shame and retrieve the lost glory. Among this faction, the old conservative nobles and soldiers are the most, and their conservative claims are called "conservatives." Because of their conservative thinking, they are very close to the church, and the church even provides churches and monasteries as a conservative secret base and arsenal.
The backbone of the other faction is dominated by the young nobles who once went to Charlemagne to study, with Juan Carlos, Jose Antonio, and Santiago Calvo de Roy as their advocates. Leah carried out reforms to achieve "civilization", ended the affiliation between Castile and Ymir, and established a rich, powerful and independent Castile, so it was called the "culture". There are a considerable number of radicals in this group who like brutality, and they have an unclear relationship with the Charlemagne embassy in Castile. Several recent coup plots have been related to the culturalists, including even Some people themselves are the backbone of the liberals.
The last faction is the "sturdy faction" with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandiana and Marquis General Primo de Rivera as promoters. Most of this group are ministerial bureaucrats with practical experience, tending to reform the system, but they are very impressed with Castilla's international status and the surrounding situation. It is aimed at promoting steady reforms.
In addition to the above factions, there is also an obscure right-wing organization, the "Lance Party", whose brain is quite popular with the president of the Military Academy of Zaragoza, General Francisco Franco. Conservatives and the Kaihua also maintain a certain relationship, but due to the small number of people, everyone does not pay much attention to them, which is a small group on the fringe.
The ideas and interests of the big factions can be said to have no intersection. Apart from building a strong country, they have no common language. Pai squashed with each other throughout the day. Attack each other with the most vicious words. Then like all the battles of the mouth guns that lost their brakes, the mouth guns were upgraded to real guns.
The Castilians have always been world-renowned for their pure and fanatical beliefs. While the "Seven-Day War" brought huge material losses to the country, they also shocked the Castilians' spiritual world. Along with the ideological split peculiar to social transformation. This group of the world's proudest and most blind-minded people became hysterical. Be violent and aggressive. When the controversy could not be divided, the end points began a series of eye-catching struggles such as gunfights, assassinations, and kidnappings.
A month ago, the Kaihua faction chief Jose de Castillo knight was chopped into meat sauce with an axe by four conservatives at his door. In retaliation. The civilized fighters broke into the conservative leaders, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Castaneda, after a fierce battle, killed 54 people including the count’s 3-month-old grandson, and then kidnapped Castaneda The Earl himself, the next day, the former Chancellor of the Treasury was pierced on a wooden pile in a cemetery outside Ursalia. When the conservative family of Count Castaneda, who was "martyrdom", held a huge funeral and demonstration, the Cultivators opened fire on the crowd,...
And throwing bombs and burning bottles, causing dozens of deaths and injuries. After a few days, the culturalist "famous mouth" Dolores. Ibaluri was killed by a parcel bomb at home...
In less than 4 months, more than 370 political murders broke out in Castile, 70 public places and private salons for political gatherings were blasted, and more than 10 printing facilities were burned. The entire country is almost in On the brink of civil war! If it goes on like this, the kingdom will be destroyed by various cliques, and Castile will be torn apart by the most unfortunate civil war in its own history, and then become the object of the division of the great powers.
At the thought of that tragic future, the Marquis' heart only felt a colic and almost passed out.
As of today, the marquis, who have consistently opposed the violent settlement of the internal affairs and the military administration, have to admit that their set of internal reforms that unite the forces of the various parties and steadily promoted can no longer go on. Only the conservatives and the military’s people can engage in The liberals who fell far away from radical and foreign countries. Then I asked His Majesty Philip II to come out and form a cabinet of "unity in the whole country" to restart the reform of the rich and powerful.
This is by no means a good solution. And no matter how reliable the political alliance formed with the purpose of "the enemy of the enemy is my friend", will the conservatives turn their guns to get rid of the steady problems of the stables? How far can they solve it? The Kaihua School is enough to cause headaches. It is important to know that the general background of the Kaihua School is the Charlie Man. No matter how many Kaihua factions are eliminated, the Charlie Man can always reach the dissatisfied people and then provide various support to create a stronger and more arrogant Kaihua school. . If you don’t completely cut off the source, the new liberals will continue to show their heads like gophers, but now you want to turn your face with Charlemagne and undoubtedly be a fool, and the most conservative soldiers have no guts to fight this package.
Taking a step back and saying, the Kaihua School is crazy, and there are still many talents with real insights. The so-called overkill must be overdone. For this rigid and dull kingdom, it really needs some passion and blood to promote change. In particular, in the context of the civil society's "promoting the royal family and eliminating the Charlie Man ghost", it is necessary to reverse the foolish atmosphere of "everything that has to do with Charlemagne", such as chopping rails, demolishing locomotives and killing Charlemagne technicians. Come here, to advance the modernization of the country, the existence of the civilized faction is essential. After all, no one expects the folks who hold up the cross sacred mark and the portrait of the goddess to use their flesh and blood to fight the "Peanut Rice" of the Charlemagne army. In front of the basic laws of physics, the slogan "Secure body protection, invulnerability" is like air ...
This is what the saying says, but the Kaihua faction still needs to clean up, and it is impossible for this group of foreign thieves to continue to make trouble. In addition, although it is impossible to completely cut off the black hands behind the faction, it is no problem to let them converge for a while.
After careful calculation. The Marquis Sandiana used few resources in his hand to play a few good cards.
The first card is Ross United. By introducing forces outside the human camp into the camp, it not only helps to offset Charlemagne’s growing national power, but also becomes a bargaining chip with other countries. When Albion first achieved a truce with the Principality, Castilla and the Principality achieved a certain process of reconciliation. In terms of technology, morality, and public opinion, the pressure was much smaller than in the past. As for religious obligations, although it is a bit troublesome, it is not unsolvable. After all, "the heretics have a chance to convert. Heretics must die", but the church has always advocated. Use snacks a little. Kings, nobles and people can also accept the principle of "Ning to form a friendship, not to heretics and Charlemagne".
The second card is active contact with Charlemagne's domestic rational force, Richelieu. Build a brand new bilateral relationship. This is the most difficult step. It is also a step that must be taken. Speak from the corner. Only when the relations between the two countries improve will no more disaster like the "Seven-Day War" occur, and it will be possible to safely pass the current period of Charlie Man. From the point of view. Charlieman also has many eyes on the army of Titans. Among them, there are many central ministers. Combining these people to contain Titans and expansionist thoughts, not only can guarantee Castilla’s own safety, but also in Charlieman. The seeds of discord have been planted internally, and over time, Charman’s internal chaos may not be triggered.
The last card. On the basis of the first two cards, the foreign colonies were ignored quietly. On the basis of keeping the existing colonies as far as possible, waiting to lure Charlemagne and Albion to fight overseas, so as to draw the two biggest threats into the abyss of confrontation, Castilla can take care of it.
These cards are very exciting, but also very difficult, and what is legendary is that the Marquis took only one month to advance each task to more than half. Now the Principality of the Principality has arrived in Ursalia, renting a house to serve as an embassy, ​​and relocating after the embassy is completed. The contact with Richelieu was also quite smooth. The Cardinal was not more inclined to peace than the soldiers, but the old man who was rational and ruthless believed that the current peace was in the interest of Charlemagne. Upholding this recognition, Richelieu showed considerable enthusiasm for Castile's peace proposal and even stated that the two countries can hold peace talks and sign a non-aggression treaty. The overseas colonies are still intact, and all facilities are carrying out defensive reinforcement work against possible attacks by Albion.
All matters are on track, and the abolition of the arrogant "training team" of the Kaihua faction should also be on the agenda. Despite the risk of intensifying contradictions, the group of mad dogs supported by Charlemagne’s envoys proactively attacked and provoked troubles, and then let them go on, and the civil war would be a problem sooner or later. What you need to think about right now is what reason to obscure the Bellamy Minister, so that the other party has no reason to intervene...
While the Marquis was thinking hard about the countermeasures, there was a sudden noise outside the window, followed by a screaming cry.
The Marquis Sandiana got up in a hurry, unable to take care of the ink bottle being overturned, and ran to the window. Opening the glass window, a bright moon hung high in the night sky, and in the cold moonlight, a group of people in various costumes shot and rushed into the main entrance of the Astoria Palace. Several 3-pound guns were being pushed up.
Fortunately witnessing this "ghost night walk" scene, the marquis burst into a sudden chill, and the fist hidden under his sleeve shook violently.
"This group of Charlie Man beasts who should go to hell...!!!"
The well-educated foreign minister squeezed the first from his teeth.
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"Ah!"
The Bellamy ambassador rubbed his nose, resisting the pungent smell of smoky smoke, howling while waving his pistol.
"Zhujun, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Kingdom rises and falls in this battle, Zhujun strives hard to kill the enemy!!"
In fact, the ambassadors do not have to jump up and down with guns, bullets, and rain. This group of Charlieman "strong men" who are convinced of their "Wuyun Changlong" and are determined to "seven lives to serve the country and pray for war" have already killed their red eyes. Stimulated, a large amount of adrenaline is secreted, and the "Kingdom Warriors" are in a semi-crazy state. Without his incitement, the guards stationed at the Ascoria Palace could not be lifted by the dense barrage, the palace began to catch fire, and the resistance was fought bravely and tenaciously, but their defense system has long been attacked by the enemy Mastering, and being caught off guard against the attack, despite the crowds, resistance is still being suppressed quickly.
Looking at the majestic and majestic outline of the Escorial Palace in the blazing fire, Bellamy's ambassador licked his lips with excitement and emotion.
When Minister Bellamy arrived in Ursalia to take over as minister, the situation in Castile was already very detrimental to Charlemagne. After his various turnovers and instigations, the situation was pulled back. But this is only a temporary phenomenon. Bellamy knows that sooner or later, the steady will join the conservatives to get rid of the Kaihua. All the things he painstakingly manages may be destroyed. It will become his urgency.
Want to stop...