Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2164, suddenly changed

The small town of Giverny in France, although it has been in the hands of the Spaniards for almost half a year, the riots against the Spaniards in the small town of Giverny are still so frequent that Spanish tax officials dare not enter the small town. town, because you never know when someone will kill you.

"The Spaniards have conquered Paris, and the king is in exile in Hong Kong!"

In the morning in the small town, someone rode a horse and shouted loudly, with infinite grief and indignation in his voice.

They have always been proud of being great French people, and they will always be loyal to the King of France. Even if the Spaniards come over, it is still not easy to rule here.

As long as the king of France gave an order, everyone would immediately rise up and drive the Spaniards out.

But France did not live up to it, and retreated steadily in the face of the Spanish attack. Now even Paris has fallen, and the king has gone into exile in Hong Kong, leaving behind his people.

"France is dead!"

"Dead?"

Hearing the news, all the French people in the small town of Giverny seemed to have lost their souls.

If you want to say where the people in Europe are the most unified, it must be France.

France has basically determined its current territory since a very early time, and has also established the French nation. The rule of the French king has always been very stable and has always been effectively passed on.

Unlike other places that need to rely on marriage and other means to expand or consolidate their territory, France can be regarded as a clear stream on the European side, which is why France has always been unified internally.

Although there are many nobles and fiefs, they are not scattered like Italy and the Holy Roman Empire, and the kings also hold great power.

The inheritance of the king is also passed on from father to son, and if there is no son, it will be passed on from brother to brother. It is different from the Holy Roman Empire. The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is still elected by the electors and does not have any substantive power.

For France, the recognition of the French is very high.

Now that they hear that France has perished, they are naturally very uncomfortable in their hearts, and they are also very sad. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as devastated.

"As long as the king is still there, we will still be in France, and we are ready to take His Majesty the king back and lead us to drive away the Spaniards!"

"Yes, as long as the king is still there, our France is still there!"

"We'll get rid of the Spaniards one day."

The residents of the town kept comforting themselves.

But in fact, everyone knows that the king wants to fight back, which is more difficult than reaching the sky.

The Spaniards are too powerful. More than 20 troops are stationed in France. Advanced rifles shred knights' armor, powerful artillery destroy noble castles, and sharp sabers break the backbone of the French.

Concentrating the power of the whole country cannot defeat the Spaniards, and it is even more difficult to come back and organize after going into exile.

"Tap~"

Just when the residents of the small town were in grief, the sound of horseshoes galloped from a distance. When the residents of the small town heard it, they all became very nervous, for fear that the Spaniards would kill them.

Soon, a group of Spanish cavalry escorted several Spanish officials to the small town of Giverny.

Seeing these Spaniards, the residents of the town were full of hostility, but they did not dare to attack, because these cavalry not only had sabers, but also rifles. Although there were only more than 100 people, they were enough to overwhelm the town. Cleaned up for the slaughter.

The leading official was John, who was originally a small nobleman nearby. When the Spaniards killed him, he chose to surrender to the Spaniards early. Now he is also appointed as a tax official in a nearby city.

"Residents of the small town of Giverny, everyone listen up!"

"France has perished, and the king of France has left all the French and exiled them to Daming Hong Kong."

"From now on, everyone needs to pay allegiance to the great Charles V, and is a citizen of the great Spanish Empire!"

John looked at the residents of Giverny town with anger and murderous intent in their eyes, took out a notice and read it aloud.

Hearing John's words, many town residents began to cry.

But there are more people who are even more angry and hostile to the Spaniards in front of them.

"In order to express his concern for you, the great Spanish Emperor Charles V decided to distribute the land that originally belonged to the nobles to you for free. After the land is distributed, you only need to pay [-]% of the grain to Charles V every year. That's all right, all the rest is your legal income, which will be protected by the great Spanish Empire."

"In addition, Emperor Charles V encouraged reclamation. New fields reclaimed on unowned or noble land will belong to the reclaimers, and they only need to pay [-]% of the tax."

"Everyone, as long as they are willing to learn Spanish, no matter whether they are nobles or commoners, they are all eligible to become officials and serve Emperor Charles V. As long as they make contributions, they can also be canonized as new nobles. "

"Many Frenchmen have contributed to the attack on Paris this time, and now they have been conferred nobles and become new nobles!"

As John's words fell, everyone around them exploded.

The Spanish king wants to distribute the land that originally belonged to the nobles to everyone for free?

And after that, you only need to pay three achievements to pay taxes?
The reclaimed fields also belong to the reclaimers?
Is there such a good thing in the world?

"Sir, is this true?"

Some people couldn't help but ask.

The hatred in the eyes seemed to disappear all of a sudden, and all that was left was the enthusiasm. In my mind, I was thinking about owning my own land. After paying the taxes, there was a lot of food left. The family had more than they could eat. You can eat delicious bread every meal.

"Of course it's true, everyone, please see, this is the new decree issued by Emperor Charles V!"

"Emperor Charles V also regarded the French as his own people, and treated them the same way he treated the Spanish. As long as everyone is willing to be loyal to Charles V, everyone can live a life of prosperity and dignity in the future."

John said solemnly.

"Great!"

"Great!"

"We can own our land, we can own our land!"

After getting an affirmative answer, the residents of Giverny couldn't help cheering.

Like the Ming people in the past, the common people in Europe do not have their own land, and all the land belongs to the nobles.

They are just tenants who farm the land for the nobles, which is almost equivalent to renting the nobles' fields to cultivate.

So the people here are similar to the peasants in Ming Dynasty, and they all live very hard. About half of the food grown through a year's hard work has to be paid to the nobles in the territory.

In addition to this, you have to pay one-tenth to the church, and you have to buy indulgences and the like. In addition, the king of France will also levy taxes on various places.

Especially during the war, the king taxed more, and the nobles also raised taxes.

In general, the farmers in Europe are actually even more miserable than the farmers in the Ming Dynasty before. After a year of hard work, only less than [-]% of them can finally get into their own hands.

Such heavy taxes and burdens have also led to frequent peasant uprisings and urban riots all over Europe. In essence, both Eastern and Western ancient times were basically land-based exploitation.

Whether it is the landlord gentry in the East or the aristocratic lord in the West, the essence is the same. Controlling the land is tantamount to controlling the common people and farmers.

Relying on the lease of land to live a life of getting something for nothing, and trying to pass this way down from generation to generation, farmers who can't survive are often prone to uprisings.

The Middle Ages in Europe was actually a very chaotic period. The number and scale of peasant uprisings would not be less than those in the East. It’s just that there were too many scattered nobles in Europe with different levels of greed. War of scale.

But in any case, land was the most important means of production during this period.

When I heard that Charles V was going to distribute the land of the nobles to everyone, and encouraged everyone to reclaim the land, and the reclaimed land also belonged to them.

The residents of the small town of Giverny could no longer remain calm.

Whether he is Charles V or King Nosed, whether it belongs to Spain or France, for these commoners, it doesn't matter.

The most important thing now is whether what Charles V said counts.

If you can really get your own land and only need to pay [-]% of the tax, everyone can't help but think about the happy life in the future, and it seems that you can eat a few more bites of bread in the future.

At this moment, the entire town of Giverny is going crazy, everyone is running around to tell you, and the whole town is boiling all of a sudden.

The Spaniards, who were originally enemies, now seem so amiable. They are like their own relatives, their own parents.

There was no hatred for the Spaniards in people's eyes anymore, instead it was filled with passion and anticipation.

The Spaniards didn't keep them waiting too long, and quickly took out a map, marking out the surrounding land that originally belonged to the nobles, and at the same time quickly counted the population of the town.

This time, the residents of the small town were very cooperative. Everyone lined up to count the population, and then they looked at the fertile land eagerly, hoping to get a piece of their own field.

Hard-working farmers even started to reclaim the land early. In the past, many wastelands were deliberately abandoned by the nobles to raise horses and foreign animals. Now these lands are full of farmers working hard to reclaim the land. .

(End of this chapter)