Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 194 Severe Treatment
The formation of a provisional cabinet government was the responsibility of Archduke Serrano and Canovas, while Carlo was more concerned about how to deal with the rebellious nobles.

There is nothing much to say about these rebellious nobles. Naturally, the perfect process is to abolish their titles, confiscate all their property, execute the leaders, and imprison the accomplices.

But after all, he was dealing with nearly a hundred nobles, including many high-ranking nobles such as dukes and marquises, so he still had to stabilize the emotions of other nobles.

At least it should not cause panic among the entire aristocracy. After all, the subsequent rule of Spain will still require the efforts of the aristocracy.

It is worth mentioning that the reason used by the rebellious nobles to lead the workers in the march was the exploitation of workers by capital, which also led to the further deepening of the contradiction between the aristocracy and the capitalist class.

For Carlo, this is actually good news. The Spanish land aristocracy will eventually become history, and the nobles will be more involved in finance and industry, that is, forming a new capital force.

After this rebellion, it was difficult for aristocratic capital and private capital to work together. Letting aristocratic capital and private capital confront each other can not only effectively limit the power of the capitalist class, but also make the royal family the referee between the two forces.

As long as the balance is well achieved, the nobles and capitalists in the future will become the helpers of the royal family. As the referee between the two types of capital, the royal family can further improve the relationship between itself and the workers.

How could a monarchical government supported by the working class and the peasant class lose such a war?
At noon on November 11, the Spanish government first sealed off the factory that was reported in the news to have exploited workers and withheld their wages, and then allocated funds to pay the full wages of all workers in the factory.

When the government officials distributed the salaries, they specifically mentioned that it was Carlo's order to pay the full amount of salary. This move immediately made the nervous workers happy and full of gratitude to their king, Carlo.

Carlo also said that he would provide free medical assistance to workers who were injured during the march. Although the money was nominally paid by the royal family and the government, in fact, a small fraction of the property confiscated from nobles and officials was enough.

The reason for bearing the medical expenses of the injured workers is also to mend the rift between the government and the workers caused by the armed conflict during the march.

No matter what the workers' initial purpose of the march was, when they exchanged fire with the police, rifts and even hatred between them were inevitable.

Carlo could only try his best to repair such rifts and transfer the workers' hatred towards the government to the capitalists and the Bourbon family who started the rebellion.

While Carlo was trying to appease the people in various ways, the Sun and the National Daily announced the causes of the civil unrest through the news, and blamed the Bourbon family who triggered the rebellion and the capitalists who withheld workers' wages.

The workers also desperately need a reason to absolve themselves of responsibility; regardless of their intentions, the large-scale demonstrations and armed conflicts were indeed caused by them.

In this way, the workers' hatred was easily transferred to the Bourbons and the capitalists, and they did not blame the government at all.

Even when considerable conflict broke out between the police and the workers, it was due to the instigation of the Bourbons and the withholding of wages by the capitalists.

None of this would have happened if the capitalists had not withheld the workers' wages and if the Bourbons had not instigated this demonstration.

Under the guidance of this force of public opinion, the Bourbon family soon became a target of public condemnation in Spain, and the Bourbon family's hopes of restoration were completely shattered.

For at least the next 50 years, Spanish workers and farmers will remember the damage caused to the Spanish government and people by the Bourbon family's incitement of civil unrest.

Nearly a thousand police and workers suffered casualties, and most of the hatred was transferred to the Bourbon family.

Of course, some capitalists also ended up being scapegoats. Although they did not participate in the incident, the workers’ extreme anger still led to many factories being destroyed and suffering heavy losses.

For all this, Carlo could only say sorry to them in his heart. Although they were innocently affected in this incident, if they had never withheld the workers' wages or exploited the workers, how could the workers' anger be transferred to them?

After resolving the impact of the workers' march, Carlo immediately began to deal with the rebellious nobles and officials involved in the incident.

In order to avoid panic among the nobles, it is necessary to set a scope before purging these nobles and officials.

As early as when Carlo returned to Spain, he informed Duke Jacobo and asked him to notify all the nobles of the Royal Council to attend a meeting to discuss how to deal with the rebellious nobles and appease other nobles.

Duke Jacobo naturally did as he was told, notifying almost all the nobles of the Royal Council who could be notified, and asked them to come to Spain as soon as possible to attend the meeting.

The meeting was scheduled for the morning of November 11th. As long as the nobles were in Spain, they would have enough time to attend the meeting.

There is no need to notify the nobles who are farther overseas, but the results of the meeting will still be made public to all nobles, so that those nobles who did not participate in the rebellion can be completely reassured.

On the morning of November 11, the meeting of the Royal Parliament officially began.

This meeting brought together the vast majority of Spanish nobles, including dozens of distinguished grand dukes, hundreds of nobles with a long history and distinguished status, and a large number of marquises and counts.

The barons were completely ignored in such a meeting place. They could only sit in the corner of the meeting and listen without being qualified to speak.

There are a great number of nobles in Spain. Even if there were nearly a hundred nobles who rebelled this time, there were still nearly a thousand nobles who were not affected.

The total number of nobles attending this meeting was 600, and the land held by these 600 people was more than that held by the Spanish peasants.

It is no exaggeration to say that the people in the conference hall own more wealth than the rest of the people in Spain outside the conference hall.

This is also the best reflection of the fact that a country's wealth is always concentrated in a few people. As a class with only thousands of people at its peak, the Spanish aristocracy possessed wealth that is difficult for ordinary people to estimate.

Even those inconspicuous barons in the meeting, their wealth is insignificant compared to other nobles, but for common people it is wealth that an entire family cannot earn in their entire lifetime.

At about half past eight, as a group of guards lined up outside the meeting place, Carlo officially arrived at the meeting place.

Accompanied by Archduke Serrano, Count Canovas, Duke Jacobo and others, Carlo went straight to the center of the meeting room.

There is a large podium nearly one meter above the ground, and the things that Carlo is going to mention in the meeting have already been placed on the podium.

After walking onto the podium, Carlo did not rush to speak, but instead glanced at all the nobles with a calm gaze. After most of them lowered their heads nervously, Carlo slowly spoke: "

Ladies and gentlemen, something has happened in Spain that has shocked everyone recently. Some of the nobles I trusted betrayed me and wanted to join forces with the Bourbon family to overthrow my rule.

In order to fight against me, they did not hesitate to instigate a workers' march involving tens of thousands of people and triggered a conflict between the workers and the government.

This incident caused immeasurable losses to Spain and exacerbated people's suspicion and hostility towards the government.

It is simply unimaginable that there are such scoundrels and scum among the noble class that I trust. If this incident had not happened, how long would they have been lurking among you?

Please tell me, my trusted nobles, are you still loyal to me?"

"I am willing to shed my last drop of blood for Your Majesty." Archduke Serrano stepped forward in time and shouted out his oath.

The other nobles were not stupid either, and they all followed Grand Duke Serrano and shouted loudly.

Carlo nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Of course I believe you, everyone. This incident was just an accident, but it allowed us to discover some parasites and scum among the nobles. As long as they are cleared out, the aristocracy is still trusted by me and is of course an indispensable existence for this country.

Now, let us discuss how to deal with these parasites and scum. And how to prevent such parasites and scum from appearing again and destroying the prestige and status of the entire aristocracy. "

Most of the solutions for dealing with these rebellious nobles have already been determined, such as their titles will be stripped, their properties will be confiscated, and so on.

What these nobles discussed was how to deal with these rebellious nobles. Whether to execute or imprison them, and who to execute and who to imprison, all needed to be decided by these nobles through voting.

The reason for letting these nobles participate in the vote is to let them see the consequences of resisting Carlo's rule. Carlo certainly believes in the aristocracy and is willing to make use of the aristocracy.

But the premise of all this is that the Spanish nobles are willing to submit to Carlo's rule and remain loyal to him.

Many nobles also understood this, so in the subsequent votes, they chose to severely punish these rebellious nobles.

Anyway, Carlo had set the tone before the meeting began, that is, these rebellious nobles were just parasites and troubles among the nobles, and they did not represent the aristocratic class itself.

This also means that the liquidation of the rebellious nobles will not affect other nobles. As long as the nobles did not participate in the rebellion, they are safe and will not be affected in the slightest.

The final voting results made Carlo very satisfied.

More than 600 nobles attended the meeting, and the vast majority of them agreed to impose a heavier punishment. Most of the remaining people also gave up their right to vote. After all, the relationship between nobles is complicated, and it is quite normal for them to be relatives.

After receiving the final voting results, Carlo's face showed no expression, as if he didn't care and said: "Okay, according to everyone's voting results, the punishment for these rebellious nobles will be severe.

In this case, as the King of Spain, I declare that the titles of all nobles and their families who participated in the rebellion will be revoked, all property of the rebellious nobles and their families will be confiscated, and all nobles and their families who participated in the rebellion will be imprisoned.

All nobles who personally participated in the rebellion were sentenced to death, and the death penalty would be carried out in different ways. Their families were imprisoned forever, and their titles would not be restored or released unless they made great contributions to the country and the royal family.

I hope you will all remember this lesson, a lesson that has caused serious damage to the hopes and status of the aristocracy.

Spain needs the strength of the aristocracy, but it does not need the parasites and evils among them. I hope that the Royal Parliament can strengthen the supervision of all nobles to prevent such cases from continuing to appear in the aristocracy.

In addition, I plan to reorganize the Royal Parliament and merge it with the Spanish Senate to form the Royal Senate, which will serve as the upper and lower houses of Spain together with the House of Representatives. What do you think? "

If the severe punishment of rebellious nobles was a big stick hitting the aristocracy, then the option of reorganizing the Royal Parliament and merging it into the Senate was a candy for the aristocracy.

The previous Royal Council was not part of the Spanish parliament, but an organization established by Carlo to supervise the aristocracy.

Apart from supervising the aristocracy, the Royal Parliament has no other power. Nobles who join the Royal Parliament are subject to supervision, and there are no other benefits.

After being incorporated into the Senate, these nobles who join the Royal Parliament will become members of the Royal Senate.

Although it is impossible for all of these 600-plus nobles to become members of the Senate, this also means that a considerable number of nobles will join the Senate.

Although the Senate does not have that much power among the two houses, it depends on who it is compared with.

After the merger with the Royal Parliament, the Spanish Senate will certainly have more power than the previous Senate. There is a reason why Carlo merged the Senate and the Royal Parliament, and his purpose was to check and balance the House of Representatives through the Royal Senate.

The Spanish Prime Minister is elected by the House of Representatives, and most of the cabinet members are appointed by the Prime Minister. The cabinet government is responsible to the House of Representatives, which makes the power of the House of Representatives grow infinitely. The party that controls the House of Representatives can even influence the cabinet government to an unlimited extent.

This is something Carlo does not want to see. Not everyone who holds power is like Prime Minister Primo, who is not greedy for power. Many people will be blinded by interests and eventually go the way of undermining the king or even becoming a dictator.

In order to avoid this situation, using the Senate to check and balance the House of Representatives is a good way.

The House of Representatives has the power to legislate, but the Senate can overrule the House of Representatives' legislation. The Senate also has the power to supervise officials, including the prime minister.

Even the power to impeach officials and the prime minister belongs to the Senate, which largely ensures that the Senate can check and balance the House of Representatives.

After the Senate and the Royal Parliament merged, the nobles would become the majority of the Senate. And the nobles obeyed Carlo, which also meant that Carlo would directly control the Spanish Senate.

According to Spain's regulations on prime minister elections, if no one can obtain a majority of votes, the Senate will join in the election of the prime minister.

This also means that Carlo will have a say in the election of the Spanish Prime Minister in the future. Combined with a certain amount of military power, it can ensure that the Spanish monarchy will be passed down for many generations on the basis of having a certain amount of power.

As Carlo expected, many nobles showed joy after hearing that Carlo wanted to merge the Senate and the Royal Parliament.

If some nobles can become senators, it also means that the power of the noble class will be strengthened. Although such power is far less than that of the noble privilege period, it is still a significant improvement compared to before.

More importantly, after the nobles entered the Senate, they were able to unite to reject some proposals that harmed the interests of the nobles, instead of having to sit idly by after the government proposed some policies as before.

This is also the real reason why Carlo gave this candy. The Senate does not have legislative power, and the nobles cannot propose some proposals that are beneficial to themselves.

However, because they have the power to reject bills, they can reject some proposals that are harmful to them. This ensures that the entire aristocracy has a certain influence that can be used by the royal family, but also ensures that the aristocracy does not gain too much influence and threaten the royal power.

It can even form a natural confrontation between the nobles and the House of Representatives, allowing the nobles to actively confront and check the House of Representatives, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

After seeing that some nobles were somewhat tempted, Carlo said, "The merger of the Senate and the Royal Parliament is just an idea of ​​mine.

Parliament has been dissolved, so there is plenty of time to think about this issue. If any of you have ideas or suggestions on the merger of the Senate and the Royal Parliament, you can submit them to me.

Well, the main purpose of today's meeting has been achieved. I hope everyone can think carefully about the lessons learned from this incident to avoid it from happening again.

Ladies and gentlemen, the stability of the country requires the support of all of you. I hope that all nobles can contribute their efforts to the stability and peace of Spain and to realize the dream of making Spain great again. Let's work together.

If there are any additional clues about the rebellious nobles, they can also be submitted to Director Kadir. After this incident, Spain will enter a new charter, and I don't want any more accidents to happen.

OK, everyone, the meeting is over, let's all go."

After saying all his words, Carlo was the first to walk out of the venue, followed by Archduke Serrano and Canovas.

At the end was a line of guards, respectfully following their king back to the palace. Only the nobles with different expressions in the meeting room were still discussing in low voices.

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