Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2090, Spanish Reform
In the Royal Palace of the Spanish Empire, the young Charles V was summoning several young nobles who had returned from studying in the Ming Empire, and Alfred was among them.

"Since I inherited the throne, I have been thinking about how to turn Spain into an empire as powerful as the Ming Empire, fulfill my grandfather's last wish, unify Europe, and build a powerful empire."

Charles V looked at the young nobles in front of him.

The aristocrats in front of me are different from the Spanish aristocrats. They lack some of the decadence of European aristocrats, and more of the capable, gentle and elegant nobles from the Eastern Ming Empire.

"Your Majesty, if the Spanish Empire wants to be as strong as the Ming Empire, then we must follow the example of the Ming Empire, learn from the Ming Empire, adopt the advanced system of the Ming Empire, and abandon the old restraints of the past. Only then can we become truly strong."

Pelos stood up and said that he clearly expressed the suggestion that he must follow the example of the Ming Empire.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we must follow the example of the Ming Empire and establish a powerful centralized system. Only under this premise can we concentrate Spain's national power to do something that is truly beneficial to the development and strength of the entire empire." .”

Torres also followed suit.

Both Pelos and Torres came back from studying in the Ming Empire. It can be said that they are well-versed in the Ming Dynasty and know a lot about all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

"When the Ming Empire was more than a dozen years before Hongzhi, it was actually big but not strong. There were grassland barbarians who kept cutting borders every year, the people inside were poor, and the imperial treasury was empty."

"Later, after a series of reforms, the centralization of power was continuously strengthened, the power and status of the Great Ming Son was consolidated, and many reforms were carried out with the Great Ming Son at the core. Only then did the powerful Ming Empire gradually come into existence."

"Compared to the former Ming Empire, Spain is much better now. We have a huge colony, good financial revenue, and relatively fewer internal problems."

"As long as we can persist in reform, regardless of centralization, and carry out reform from top to bottom, we have the hope of becoming the second largest Ming Empire, rising in Europe, unifying Europe, and establishing an unprecedentedly powerful Spanish Empire."

Alfred also nodded respectfully.

They have been to the Ming Empire, and have seen the prosperity and power of the Ming Empire. Compared with the Ming Empire, Europe is still dark.

Just like at night, the cities of the Ming Empire were brightly lit, while the European cities were pitch black at night.

Europe and Ming Dynasty are two completely different worlds, and the gap between them is huge.

However, the nobles in Europe are still immersed in pleasure. Their favorite thing is to have parties, hold receptions, and indulge in sensuality. They have never seen that Europe has fallen behind the world, far behind the Ming Empire.

In the eyes of Ming people, Europeans are synonymous with barbarians, dirty, and uncivilized. When they first arrived in Daming, they felt aggrieved about it and argued vigorously.

However, after staying in Daming for a long time and feeling the strength and advancement of Daming in all aspects, he had to admit that Europe was indeed far behind Daming.

"But how to centralize power?"

Speaking of this issue, it is naturally in line with Charles V's thinking.

Who doesn't want to be an emperor who doesn't want to have all the power in his hands, and who doesn't want to keep his word?

But the situation in Spain is still very special. Similar to other countries in Europe, the power of the king is actually not very great. Its scattered state structure, the princes and nobles of the state hold a lot of power in their hands. They are no different from princes.

If you want to secure your position, you cannot do without the support of these princes and nobles.

As far as the position of the emperor of the Spanish Empire is concerned, the King of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile were actually united at the beginning, and the Kingdom of Spain was formed after the marriage of the two kings of Spain.

From here, we can know the state system and aristocratic system in Europe, and we can also understand why many countries have the same monarch, but they are two countries.

When Charles V first came to the throne, he was opposed by many people. He also relied on the army he hired to suppress these opponents, and then he secured his position.

But the situation on the side of the Holy Roman Empire is different. Although he is the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he does not have much real power in his hands. Yu Du was chosen by them.

In order to make themselves the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the Habsburg family of Austria even had to spend a lot of money to bribe the elector, which made him the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Therefore, he was very much in favor of the centralization of power, because he didn't want to be a puppet emperor, but wanted to be like the emperor of the Ming Empire, holding the universe in his hands and keeping his word.

"Your Majesty, first of all, we must follow the example of the Ming Empire, abolish the state system, implement the provincial system, appoint officials to serve as officials in various places, and at the same time take back the taxation rights of various places, and let the king directly appoint tax officials to collect taxes. The most important thing is to abolish the military power of the nobles, and bring all the troops under the unified dispatch and command of the king."

Pelos thought about it and said.

"But in this case, can the grand dukes and nobles from all over the world agree?"

After hearing this, Charles V frowned and said.

"Therefore, His Majesty must have a powerful army capable of sweeping away all parties. Only on this basis can all the disobedient nobles be suppressed."

Torres said solemnly.

"Ok!"

Charles V nodded. This is actually the same as his own plan. He himself planned to build a powerful new army that only obeys his orders, so as to become his most powerful force.

"Your Majesty, now is a great time."

"The famine is spreading. Although there are cheap grains from Ming Dynasty, the aristocratic merchants in many places don't care about the life and death of ordinary people. They hoard cheap grains and deliberately drive up grain prices, causing riots in many places."

"Your Majesty can just use this as an opportunity to follow the example of the Ming army and build a new army. On the one hand, suppress rebellions in various places to train the new army, and on the other hand, use this opportunity as an excuse to suppress nobles and businessmen in various places and win more support."

Alfred suggested to Charles V.

"Yes, right now is indeed a good time. There are many people who cannot survive. Recruiting soldiers is very easy. As long as there is food, you can recruit enough soldiers and horses."

"It's not difficult to train with the new army of the Ming Dynasty, and it's easy to form combat power as long as you have muskets. I met some veterans of the Ming Dynasty on the side of the Ming Empire, and many of them made a living in West Africa and Hong Kong. As long as I After writing a letter, they will definitely be willing to come and serve His Majesty, and of course their salaries must be relatively expensive."

"It only takes a few months for the new army to be trained by Ming soldiers. As for the arms and weapons, they can be purchased in Hong Kong."

Torres also nodded solemnly.

"Then leave this matter to the three of you."

Charles V nodded, and said after thinking for a long time.

"Yes!"

The three hurriedly saluted solemnly and replied.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty emphasizes that the power of the emperor is dictated by the heavens. I think we should follow the example of the Ming Empire and gradually get rid of the influence of the Holy See on secular power."

"Your Majesty, your power should be granted by God!"

After thinking about it for a while, Pelos also put forward a suggestion to make changes in the field of thought.

The power of the European monarchs has always been small, especially when they are often influenced by the Holy See. The emperor's coronation must be made by the Holy See, otherwise he will not be recognized and recognized by everyone.

This obviously greatly affected the concentration of power.

"How should we go about this?"

Charles V pondered for a while, and nodded slightly. He had already had enough of the dictating from the Holy See.

"We can follow the example of the Ming Empire and publish Spanish newspapers. Through the propaganda of the newspapers, we can grasp public opinion, publicize some remarks that are beneficial to His Majesty, and attack the voices of those who oppose it."

Torres thought for a while and said.

"This is a good idea. Newspapers are very good things. They can greatly publicize national policies, calm people's hearts, spread information, and so on."

Alfred nodded quickly when he heard it.

"When His Majesty consolidates the power in his hands, our whole Spain will be twisted together, and the power will become stronger than ever. At that time, whether it is France or Portugal, or the unification of the whole of Europe, it will not be a big deal."

"In the future, we must also confirm a unified language and writing. Only a unified language and writing can truly be united together for a long time."

"Books are on the same track as writing cars. Everything that Qin Shihuang ordered back then created the great unification of the East. The reason why Europe was scattered and could never be truly unified was that there was no unified language and writing."

"Every region has its own language and characters, currency, etc. Even if it is unified for a while, it will eventually fall apart."

"Yes, it's not just language and characters. In the future, we will also learn from Ming Dynasty, implement a unified currency, measurement units, etc., and unify many basic things."

"After the national strength becomes stronger, we will build railways and roads in various places to connect all parts of Europe and strengthen the connection with each other, so that the whole of Europe can truly become a whole, just like the Ming Empire. Even though the territory is vast, there are railways Existence, the exchanges between places will become extremely fast and convenient.”

"In the future, we will learn from the Ming Empire to develop our own industry."

(End of this chapter)