Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2107, imitating Charles V of Ming Dynasty
Far away in the Spanish royal palace in Europe, Charles V was discussing state affairs with several reformist ministers.

"Your Majesty, the Seven Electors of the Holy Roman Empire have announced that you have deposed your title as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and have now re-elected a new emperor."

"According to the information announced to us by the people of Ming Dynasty, many states of the Holy Roman Empire are actively preparing for war. They have purchased a large amount of arms and weapons from Daming Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., recruited Xinjian, and are preparing to resist our Spanish army of justice!"

Alfred reported to Charles V the changes on the side of the Holy Roman Empire.

Now Charles V is busy controlling all aspects of Spain and reforming Spain, so he has no time to clean up these states of the Holy Roman Empire.

After winning the civil war, Charles V abolished the state system, followed the example of the Ming Empire, implemented the provincial system, and took over many powers of the nobles, including taxation, conscription, and administrative powers. It was owned by Charles V, and followed the example of the Ming Empire and established a cabinet minister system to assist him in healing this huge empire.

The young Alfred became Spain's first first minister of the cabinet, and Pelos and Torres became the second and third assistant ministers, holding a lot of power in their hands.

The provincial system was implemented locally, and Charles V employed a large number of small nobles, civilians, and merchants as officials to be responsible for governing the entire empire and huge colonies.

This matter has been busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and now it finally looks a little bit better.

Despite numerous oppositions and repeated rebellions by the great nobles in the process, it was finally fully realized under the suppression of Charles V's army.

Now Spain is different from any other era in history. The former kings of Spain were often the titles of King of Aragon, Kingdom of Castile and so on.

And now, it is the king of Spain, and the kingdom of Aragon has become the province of Aragon, not a kingdom anymore.

"Humph!"

"Leave them alone, after we finish these things, we will slowly clean them up, it's just a mess, nothing to worry about!"

After hearing this, Charles V didn't take it to heart at all. The situation in Europe is naturally very clear.

In the whole of Europe, it can be said that except for France, other countries are almost all loose alliances composed of large and small states. Even the British Isles and small islands are divided into England, Scotland, and Ireland. , from here we can see the dispersion of Europe.

But France is an addition. Since the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, France has completed its unification, and France has always maintained such a unification, which also laid the foundation for France to remain the hegemon of Europe.

One of the most important reasons is that France eliminated those internal states and principalities, similar to Daming's side, and implemented the provincial system instead of the state system.

The Holy Roman Empire is a typical representative of the state system. It seems to have a large area, but it is actually a piece of scattered sand. It is composed of hundreds of principalities, princes, free states, cities, etc., and even the principality They can also be divided continuously, and the divisions are finer and smaller.

Under such a set of systems, the Holy Roman Empire is empty-handed, but in fact it is not a country at all, let alone an empire.

Charles V was obviously very clear about all this, so he didn't pay attention to the states of the Holy Roman Empire at all.

"Yes!"

Alfred quickly said yes, then thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Ming Empire is strong is because the Ming Empire has always attached importance to inheritance, especially the inheritance of the royal family."

"That's why the emperors of the Ming Empire generally opened up their harems and set up many concubines. This way, there will be many heirs and the heirs will be guaranteed, so there will be no chaos."

"In this regard, France and Ming Dynasty are very similar. The throne in France is the same as that of the Ming Empire, which is passed on from male to female, and will definitely not be passed on to people with foreign surnames."

"We in Spain want to become as strong as the Ming Empire, and we must follow the example of the Ming Empire in this regard."

"Your Majesty, you should open up the harem, create more concubines, have more children, and at the same time establish the same crown prince system as the Ming Empire, so as to ensure the long-term stability and inheritance of our Spanish Empire!"

"We in Spain should also introduce a succession code similar to the French "Salik Code" to clarify the change of the imperial throne, and follow the example of the Ming Empire to establish the eldest son inheritance system!"

Alfred discussed with Charles V the perfect succession system established by the Ming Empire.

"But the queen won't agree."

When Charles V heard this, he immediately frowned.

Charles V's ability to secure the position of King of Spain has a lot to do with his wife Isabella. Isabella is his cousin, and she is also the daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal. When she married, she brought an extremely generous dowry, which solved the economic crisis of Charles V.

At the same time, it also allowed Charles V to get the support of many parties, which allowed him to secure the position of the Spanish king.

"And we in Europe have always paid attention to bloodlines. Only noble princesses can give birth to legal heirs."

In this matter, Charles V worried a lot.

The tradition in Europe is like this. It pays attention to the purity of the blood, so it is a marriage between the royal family, and the marriage between the noble and the noble. It is absolutely impossible to marry a daughter of a commoner, because that will be despised by the nobles. It is difficult to rule the whole country without approval.

"So this is why our Europe is not as good as the Ming Empire!"

"The reason why the Ming Empire is strong is because they don't care about blood at all, they only care about ability."

"All the wives and concubines of the Emperor of the Ming Empire came from common people, but this does not hinder the greatness of the Emperor of the Ming Empire. The Emperor of the Ming Empire is not only the emperor of the Ming Empire, but also the monarchs of more than a dozen vassal states. The monarchs of hundreds of colonies and vassal states."

When Pelos heard this, he quickly said: "There are always all kinds of talents emerging from the Ming Empire and being reused."

"Now Liu Jin, the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet, is just an ordinary citizen, but he is very talented and has been reused. Under his reforms, the Ming Empire has become strong."

"The reason why we in Europe are not as good as the Ming Empire is because we pay too much attention to and care about bloodlines and origins, resulting in a large number of talented people who cannot be important, while nobles without talents occupy high positions and only care about their own enjoyment and life. , regardless of the life and death of the country.”

"Right now, almost all of the world is under the control of the Ming Empire, except for a few regions such as Western Europe and West Africa that have not yet been controlled by the Ming Empire."

"But in a few years?"

"With the powerful national power of the Ming Empire, I am afraid that the whole world will be included in the territory of the Ming Empire. If we don't break the constraints of the past, the final fate we are waiting for is to always lag behind the Ming people."

Pelos looked extremely worried.

"Your Majesty, only those who have been to the Ming Empire will understand the huge difference between us and the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire can have millions of people in just one city, which is comparable to a country in Europe."

"The current system in Europe is the root cause of Europe's backwardness. It is like a mess of loose sand. How can we concentrate our efforts to develop and strengthen our own country?"

"The queen will object, please entrust this matter to me, and I will definitely persuade the queen to agree to this matter."

Torres took the initiative to stand up and said that he had the ability to persuade the queen to agree to the matter.

"Well, then I will leave this matter to you."

Charles V nodded solemnly after listening.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Torres quickly and solemnly agreed.

"Your Majesty, the eldest son inheritance system of the Ming Empire is actually very beneficial to the queen, because only the queen's son is the first son and has the right to inherit."

"Only when the queen has no sons, will the right of succession fall to the other princes. Of course, the premise is that your majesty will have enough concubines, so that there will be enough princes left."

"On this point, there is actually another advantage. The people of the Ming Dynasty do not allow close relatives to marry, because according to the medical research of the Ming people, the offspring of close relatives who marry often have defects, some congenital diseases, and poor health. , easy to die."

"As long as the Queen agrees, His Majesty will send an order to us all over Spain, so that nobles from all over the country will send their daughters who are suitable for marriage to beauty contests, and choose healthy, beautiful, and good-looking noble daughters as concubines. More princes can be born to ensure the succession of the throne."

Seeing that Charles V agreed, Afred also began to introduce to Charles V the eldest son succession system of Daming in detail.

"In addition, in terms of confirming the crown prince, the Ming Empire attached great importance to the education of the crown prince and the prince. For this reason, the East Palace was built for the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. This East Palace is not only a palace, but more importantly, it is actually a palace. Well-established structure and system."

"Choose famous teachers from an early age to teach the prince and cultivate the prince's ability to manage the country. Choose the ministers in the court as the prince's teachers and officials. The ministers in the court are the king's ministers and also the prince's ministers."

"Using such a system to determine the change and succession of the Ming Dynasty's throne, this system has been operating very effectively since the founding of the Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years, ensuring the succession and stability of the Ming Dynasty's throne!"

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