Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2163, follow the example of the Ming people

Inside the Royal Palace of the Spanish Empire.

Charles V is frowning, and the pressure of Spain's multi-line war is still very great.

The north was going to war with the Holy Roman Empire and France was going to be destroyed at the same time, and it was going to fight England at sea. The colonies on the British Isle were also continuously attacked by the English.

In the Mediterranean Sea, there was a fierce battle with many principalities in Italy. The Holy See's army was powerful and well-equipped, and it severely damaged the Spanish army that attacked the Italian peninsula.

In addition to the fierce fighting here in the European battlefield, here on the Gold Coast of West Africa, because they knew that Spain was fighting on multiple fronts in Europe, Persia and North Korea started to mess up again, repeatedly trying to snatch Spanish colonies.

Fortunately, Spain's main navy is strong and has not suffered any losses. It still has a strong suppressive force, which stabilizes the situation in West Africa, otherwise Spain's life will be even more difficult.

But these are not things that bother Charles V. What really bothers Charles V is that the money in his hand is spent again.

The tens of millions of fortunes that were finally snatched from the hands of the French nobles were given to the Ming people, and the shells and bullets exchanged were all consumables.

However, if the guns and ammunition of the Ming people were not used, it would be difficult to win the war with a smooth-bore gun, and it would cost money to use the guns of the Ming people.

This made Charles V very troubled for military expenses.

"Report!"

"Paris is taken, Paris is taken!"

At this time, Pelos ran over excitedly, and shouted loudly before he said anything.

"Have you captured Paris?"

Hearing this good news, Charles V immediately stood up happily.

If Paris is defeated and France is destroyed, this means that Spain can reduce one of the most important battlefields, not only annexing France, a huge land and a large population, but also the French side. More than 20 troops were deployed to support other battlefields.

Of course, the destruction of France is also the beginning of Charles V's unification of Europe and the beginning of realizing his great dream.

"Your Majesty, at this time Alfred sent a telegram from Paris."

"As soon as the ammunition sent to the front line arrived, the attack was launched. The troops were divided into two groups, attacking Triple all the way, and crossing the Marne River all the way. In just two hours, Triple was captured and the defense line of the Marne River was broken at the same time. Paris."

"It entered Paris an hour ago. King Francois I of France and a large number of nobles fled. They are currently pursuing them with all their strength."

Pelos respectfully delivered the telegram to Charles V.

Charles V looked at it very quickly, and immediately said happily after reading it: "Beautiful job!"

"France is destroyed and merged into our Spanish territory. The 20 troops in France can be transferred out one after another to support other places."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"With the annexation of France, we have obtained a large area of ​​land and population. As long as we use it reasonably, our Spanish strength will grow rapidly."

Pelos also said solemnly.

"Well, immediately summon Torres, Brand and others to discuss the matter."

Charles V nodded and then gave an order to the court herald.

Soon, Spanish ministers such as Torres and the Duke of Brand came to the palace, and Charles V ordered people to hang up a huge map of Europe, which marked the current situation in detail.

"Everyone, in the past few hours, Alfred led the army to break through Triple, forcibly crossed the Marne River and captured Paris. The King of the Big Nose fled, and France perished."

Seeing that everyone was here, Charles V excitedly announced the good news to everyone.

"Haha, great, long live Spain!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, His Majesty!"

"Haha destroyed France!"

When the officials heard this, they immediately said happily.

There is also a feud between France and Spain. Generations have been competing for some adjacent land, especially in Sicily, Corsica, and Florence. There are contradictions between France and Spain.

In addition, Spain and France have always felt that they are the big brothers of Europe, and they are also vying for the status and status of European land powers.

Also at sea, French and English pirates have been targeting Spanish merchant ships and treasure ships, and two wars broke out between the two sides because of this incident.

It can be said that the grievances between Spain and France are very deep. Now that France is destroyed, the Spaniards are naturally extremely excited.

"Your Majesty, we can transfer the French army to the war on the peninsula on the Eastern Front as soon as possible."

Duke Brand thought for a while and said.

"No, Your Majesty, we cannot yet."

"Although we destroyed France, there are still riots in various parts of France. There are too many people who are dissatisfied with the rule of our Spanish Empire and unwilling to accept the policies we have implemented."

"I believe that the most urgent task is to appease and stabilize France, rather than rushing to deploy troops to other battlefields. Only after stabilizing all parts of France can we deploy troops and obtain taxes and troops at the same time."

When Thomas heard it, he also said quickly.

"What can you do?"

When Charles V heard this, he also nodded slightly. In France, the Spanish Empire has 20 troops. Except for the 10 commanded by Alfred, the remaining 10 are distributed in various places to suppress riots, banditry, and remnants in France. Aristocratic forces and so on.

These people are not going head-to-head with the Spanish army now, but playing travel wars, constantly dragging the Spanish army, so that although Spain has occupied these places, it has never been able to truly rule effectively, and the taxes cannot be collected. Conscription and more.

The French refused to accept Spanish rule and at the same time refused to learn Spanish. Many officials sent by Charles V were even killed.

This greatly consumed Charles V's energy and dragged down the layout of Spain.

Occupying a large area of ​​land in France is just a lot of wealth from those nobles, other than that, it doesn't have much effect.

"Your Majesty, if we don't take down a place that is the same as France, even if we can unify the whole of Europe, we will not be able to control such a large land by then. It is impossible for us to deploy heavy troops to protect it."

"Our ultimate goal is to unify Europe. If we want to become stronger, we must unite the areas we occupied and attacked."

"These occupied areas must be digested so that more taxes, more population and labor can be obtained."

Thomas thought for a while and said, "There is an old saying in Ming Dynasty, those who win the hearts of the people win the world!"

"The reason why there are still one after another of resistance and riots in France now is that we wantonly robbed the property of the nobles, and these nobles kept inciting all this secretly."

"Ordinary people have a hard time distinguishing right from wrong. They can only care about their own immediate interests and are easily incited by others. In addition, we are promoting Spanish and many systems in France. They must be against someone."

"If we want the French to become us Spaniards, we must find a way to make ordinary people profit, so that we can get their support."

"We can follow the practices of the Ming Dynasty and distribute the land in the hands of nobles to ordinary people without land for free, and at the same time encourage refugees to reclaim the land, and all reclaimed land will be protected."

"At the same time, in terms of taxation, we can appropriately reduce a part of the food tax. Anyway, food is not worth much, so we can't collect much tax."

"In addition, this time to destroy France, we can also reward the soldiers who fought bravely. The key point is to promote some non-Hispanic soldiers, so that the French can see your majesty's broad-mindedness, and let them believe that as long as you are loyal to your majesty You, who work hard for you, will definitely be rewarded, even if you are a commoner, you have the opportunity to become a nobleman."

"In this way, France will surely stabilize quickly and become the most stable rear for us in Spain, continuously providing us with taxes and troops."

Thomas told what he had learned from Daming.

He is now more and more fond of comparing the culture, history and so on between the East and the West.

The East pays attention to the kindness of princes and generals, while the West pays attention to the blood of nobles. There is a huge difference between the two.

Many Eastern thoughts and philosophies are much more advanced than those in the West, and Thomas has benefited a lot from careful study and understanding.

"How is this possible?"

"If this is the case, wouldn't the poor be able to rebel at will and snatch the land of the nobles?"

"And how can this poor man become a nobleman? Wouldn't that make everyone laugh at our Spanish nobles?"

When the others heard this, they immediately objected.

Europe has always been an aristocratic enfeoffment system, and the smaller and smaller the division, the finer the division.

Since ancient times, the nobles are the nobles, the poor are the poor, the princes and generals are all kind, the nobles only marry the nobles, and will never marry the common people.

Now it is even said that such a system will be broken. Once this head is opened, it will be chaotic in the future.

"Your Majesty, what Thomas said is reasonable. In the long history of the Ming Empire, this method is the simplest and most effective method, and it is also the reason why the East has always been able to maintain the great unity."

"Your Majesty, you will be the emperor of the whole of Europe in the future, and you must look at the whole of Europe with your eyes and heart, and you must regard everyone in Europe as your own people, not only the Spaniards, but also the French, Germans, etc. "

Pelos also stood up and expressed his opinion.

"Well, just follow this and try it now in France."

Charles V was persuaded, and he said after thinking about it.

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