Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 195 Primo Awakens

After the meeting, Carlo immediately went to the Royal Hospital of Madrid near the Royal Palace, where the seriously injured Prime Minister Primo was being rescued.

As a hospital directly controlled and invested by the royal family, the Royal Hospital of Madrid is the most luxurious and advanced hospital in Spain, employing famous medical scientists and pharmacists from Europe.

Carlo attaches great importance to the health of himself and his family. Millions of pesetas are allocated to the Royal Hospital of Madrid every year. In addition to developing various advanced drugs, another major purpose is to explore the development of medical devices.

Although the current Royal Hospital of Madrid is not the largest hospital in Spain, it is definitely the hospital with the strongest medical capabilities in Spain.

In addition to receiving members of the royal family, the Royal Hospital basically receives high-ranking government officials and nobles, and is not open to civilians.

It’s not that Carlo is unwilling to let civilians enjoy advanced medical services, but for most civilians, a year’s income is not enough to stay in the Royal Hospital for a day.

In a luxurious ward of the Royal Hospital of Madrid, Prime Minister Primo was lying on the bed with a pale face. Fortunately, the fragments of the shell explosion only passed through his abdomen and did not cause fatal injuries.

With the desperate protection of the guards, Prime Minister Primo did not die from his serious injuries and saved his life during the assassination.

Unfortunately, the medical technology of this era was not that advanced. Although Prime Minister Primo was saved from excessive blood loss and death due to timely rescue, the infection of the wound could threaten Prime Minister Primo's life at any time, and it might even be more serious than the wound itself.

Although Europe symbolized civilization and advancement in this era, before the 20th century, Europe's medical technology could only be described as poor and backward.

How do European doctors treat ulcers and swelling caused by wound infections?
The most famous one is of course the bloodletting therapy, which was inherited from ancestors. The history of bloodletting therapy can be traced back to the humor theory proposed by the famous Greek doctor Galen in the second century AD.

Galen said that there are four humors in the human body: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. When the humors are out of balance, the human body will also suffer from various diseases due to the imbalance.

Of the four body fluids, blood is the most likely to lose balance because blood is produced by the liver and is produced continuously.

The theory of humors made bloodletting popular in Europe for more than 2000 years, and a large number of European civilians and high-ranking officials died from this treatment.

Among the more famous ones are King Charles II of England, Queen Anne and George Washington, the first president of the United States.

Although in the mid-19th century, more than 20 years ago, due to the advancement of technology, more people questioned bloodletting therapy, which eventually led to bloodletting therapy being gradually abandoned by European doctors.

But in relatively backward Spain, bloodletting therapy is still popular in some areas, and it is not a minority practice.

Even in some areas of the great powers, not to mention Spain, bloodletting therapy has not completely disappeared.

It's just that bloodletting has been popular for too long. In the era when all of Europe was superstitious about bloodletting, bloodletting was said to be able to cure all diseases.

From minor colds to various plagues and diseases, European doctors generally adopted bloodletting as a treatment, and ultimately achieved quite touching results.

During the 2000 years that bloodletting was popular, it killed at least tens of millions of Europeans, including countless famous figures.

In addition to bloodletting, there are currently only two medical methods for treating wound infections in Europe.

One is to use a soldering iron to burn the infected area, but this will cause the burned area to become more seriously infected. The other is to directly amputate, yes, amputate.

These are the only three treatments for wound infection in Europe. If praying to God can be counted, this is the fourth.

The first three treatments for Prime Minister Primo cannot be used, as doing so will only make Prime Minister Primo die faster.

The first thing Carlo did when he returned to Spain was to ask the Royal Hospital of Madrid to change the sheets and bedding in Prime Minister Primo's room every day, and to disinfect Prime Minister Primo's wounds.

How to kill viruses? Of course, use strong liquor.

Regardless of whether this would be effective or not, this was the best way Carlo could think of at the moment. The medical technology of this era was so bad that if you were seriously injured, you could not rely on medical technology, but on the illusory God and a slight desire to live in your heart.

Whether he can escape this disaster depends on Prime Minister Primo's luck and whether the God that Carlo has never seen will favor Prime Minister Primo.

The assassination of Prime Minister Primo also reminded Carlo once again that before the emergence of various antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, and before medical technology developed to the point where he could ensure that he would be safe even if injured, the most important thing he should do was to protect himself and avoid accidental injuries.

Before the development of medical technology, the world was relatively fair in some aspects. Whether it was a high-ranking official or a top noble like Carlo, when faced with a serious injury, all they could do was pray to God, hoping that the doctor who treated them was not a mediocre one.

This method is not much better than for civilians. Basically everyone is just waiting to die, and only those who are lucky can survive.

Once medical technology is fully developed, this kind of fairness will be broken. The rich and powerful will have more money to treat their diseases, while ordinary people can only wait to die when facing more serious diseases.

The good news is that in this era when medical technology is not well developed, Prime Minister Primo is clearly the luckier one.

The reason why Carlo rushed to the Royal Hospital of Madrid was because he heard the news that Prime Minister Primo had woken up from the hospital.

After rushing to the hospital, Carlo saw Prime Minister Primo who had already woken up. His face was still as pale as before, but his eyes were open and his head could move.

In order to take care of his physical injuries, Prime Minister Primo was not allowed to get out of bed, or even sit up.

During the entire recovery period, his eating, drinking, defecating and urinating will all be taken care of by special nurses arranged by the Royal Hospital. These nurses are all professionals and can provide Prime Minister Primo with very attentive care.

Of course, after Prime Minister Primo is out of danger, his family can also come to take care of him.

"Prime Minister Primo, how do you feel?" Carlo sat on the sofa next to the bed and expressed his concern for Prime Minister Primo's health.

"You're not dead yet, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Primo said with some self-mockery, "I'm sorry to have worried you, Your Majesty. I was careless this time. I didn't expect the enemy to be able to plan another assassination in Madrid, which is heavily guarded.

How is the government doing? Are the workers' demonstrations resolved? Is this rebellion over?"

Prime Minister Primo is concerned about the government and the current situation in Spain.

"The workers' march has been disbanded, and the nobles who started the rebellion have been arrested. They will face a harsh trial." Carlo said with a smile: "We have achieved a complete victory in this incident. There will be no factors that will interfere with Spain's development in the future."

"That's good, that's good." Prime Minister Primo nodded repeatedly, then looked at Carlo and said seriously: "Your Majesty, you have grown a lot in the past six years.

I was originally thinking of handing over power to you after the end of this term as prime minister, but I didn't expect such an accident to happen.

Please forgive me for my previous monopolization of power. I had to do this for Spain. Now, Spain should be steered by a more suitable person. Your Majesty is the most suitable helmsman for this Spanish warship. "Primo's eyes were filled with tears, and there was a trace of relief and relief on his face. He seemed to have pulled his injury while speaking, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, but soon calmed down: "

Ruiz is a radical reformist who poses a certain threat to your Majesty's power. Your Majesty, if it really comes to the last resort, I support you to take action in advance to resolve the potential threats facing the kingdom.

Archduke Serrano is a reliable guy. With him in control of the defense department, no one else dares to have any ideas.

The Canovas you chose is a qualified prime minister, but he is good at maintaining the status quo but not at pioneering. For the future development of Spain, I suggest you choose a future prime minister from the existing Progressive Party and Liberal Party, and control and train him.

If the Liberal Party and the Progressive Party are used well, they will become reliable helpers for Your Majesty. The Conservative Party can be used to clamp down on these two parties, but if it is used as the ruling party, it will make Spain lose its hard-earned pioneering spirit. In the future, when Spain is able to rival Austria, the Conservative Party may be reused. But before that, I still recommend that you pay attention to the members of the Liberal Party and the Progressive Party.

Your Majesty, I believe you can achieve your goal of making Spain great again, but unfortunately I may not be able to see it.

I really want to see what Spain will be like then, maybe we can stand on top of the world again?"

Carlo took the hand that Prime Minister Primo extended and patted it vigorously, and he admired the prime minister even more in his heart.

As soon as Prime Minister Primo woke up, he became concerned about the situation in Spain, but he had no concern for his position as prime minister.

After learning that Spanish politics was stable and that all the rebellious nobles had been imprisoned, Prime Minister Primo was thinking about how to help Carlo stabilize the throne and resolve potential dangers.

This kind of selflessness is indeed rare, especially in a position like the Prime Minister, which is second only to the Prime Minister. Holding power but not being arbitrary, this may be the personal charm of Prime Minister Primo.

Italy was blessed to have Garibaldi, but Carlo was not envious. Spain also had a great figure like Prime Minister Primo, which was also a blessing for Spain.

"God will bless you, Prime Minister Primo." Carlo was silent for a long time, and then he spoke hoarsely: "When you recover, you will still be the Prime Minister of Spain.

Our cooperation is not over yet. We want to see together the future of Spain's great rejuvenation and witness Spain standing at the top of the world again."

Prime Minister Primo shook his head, tears falling from his eyes again, but a smile appeared on his face: "Perhaps, Your Majesty. But whether God blesses me or not, it is indeed time for me to take a rest.

I have no fear of Spain's greatness under your leadership, and I have never thought of becoming prime minister again.

Your Majesty, I will inform the Progressive Party of my resignation, and the Progressive Party's affairs will have nothing to do with me in the future. The Progressive Party is not a party that pursues republicanism. Except for a very small number of radical reformers like Ruiz, most of the rest hope to carry out appropriate reforms under the monarchy.

I suggest you don’t attack the Progressive Party, so as not to upset the party balance in Spain. But if the Progressive Party goes against you, please don’t care about my feelings, and focus on the future development of Spain. ”

"Minister Ruiz?" Carlo looked puzzled and replied, "Minister Ruiz forced a parliamentary meeting when you were injured and was elected as the acting prime minister.

However, under his control, workers' demonstrations became more intense, and even armed conflicts broke out. The rebels besieged government buildings and parliament buildings, almost leading to the collapse of the Spanish government.

Because of this poor performance, and because the election of an acting prime minister by the parliament violated the Spanish Constitution, I have dissolved the parliament, and Archduke Serrano is currently the prime minister of the Spanish interim government."

After hearing about what Ruiz did after he fell into a coma, Prime Minister Primo nodded without surprise, sighed and said, "This guy has really come to this.

If he is willing to submit to your rule, he would definitely be the best prime minister for you. But unfortunately, he is a radical reformer and his dream is to promote the Spanish Republic.

This is good. After Ruiz's troubles are solved, the Progressive Party will not pose any threat to Your Majesty. The balance between the Progressive Party, the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party may be the best situation for Spain."

Carlo nodded. The two-party system in the UK is quite representative. The party that holds the majority of seats in Parliament becomes the ruling party, while the party that holds the minority of seats becomes the opposition party.

The ruling party organizes the British government, and the opposition party has the power to supervise the British government, which seems to be relatively balanced.

But the struggle between the two ideologies and parties will inevitably be very fierce, which may also lead to incidents of opposing for the sake of opposing and agreeing for the sake of opposing.

When the two parties are fighting, the members of parliament are not thinking about the impact of the issue itself on national development, but the impact on their own elections and the impact on their parties.

Of course, the two-party system also has certain advantages, because the regime only rotates between the two parties, and the regime change will be more stable.

The British king can also gain certain powers through the struggle between the two parties and ensure that he will not be completely excluded from the British government.

The struggle between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party in Spain is like the party struggle in the two-party system in the UK. The Liberal Party advocates democracy and workers' rights, while the Conservative Party advocates free trade and maintaining the status quo.

The Progressive Party, which holds the majority of seats in parliament, is more like a balance between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. Like the Liberal Party, the Progressive Party advocates reform to change the social status quo, demands the protection of workers' rights, and grants the people certain democratic rights.

But like the Conservative Party, it also tries to control reforms within a certain range and does not want to completely change the country and cause social unrest.

Prime Minister Primo was a representative progressive party member who promoted various reforms and promulgated laws and constitutions that were completely different from those during the Spanish autocratic period.

But at the same time, Prime Minister Primo supports the Spanish monarchy and, in some respects, the status quo.

It is indeed as Prime Minister Primo said, Spain is not suitable for a single party to dominate at present, but is more suitable for healthy competition among the three parties.

The Progressive Party is a relatively special party among the three parties. It can form a government with the Conservative Party or with the Liberal Party. It is relatively flexible.

This can avoid the emergence of an extreme left or extreme right government and allow Spain to maintain relatively stable development.

The three parties have reached a certain balance, and as the king of Spain, Carlo naturally has a lot to do with maintaining the party balance.

The Progressive Party is a political party that can be classified as a royalist party. They support the Spanish monarchy, which means that the Progressive Party is loyal to Carlo to a certain extent.

In addition, the Conservative Party is a royalist party, which means that Carlo can control two of the three major parties in Spain. Doesn’t this mean that Carlo can manipulate the Spanish Parliament in disguise?
Controlling the Spanish Parliament can decide who will be the future Prime Minister of Spain. Compared with the two-party system in the UK, the three-party system in Spain may be more suitable.

Carlo can adjust the composition of the Spanish government at any time by balancing the three parties to ensure that the development of the Spanish government will not go beyond his control.

Seeing that Carlo listened carefully to everything he said, Prime Minister Primo nodded with satisfaction and relaxed.

"Your Majesty, that's all I have to say. You are definitely the king I have ever seen who has the greatest hope of leading Spain to a great revival, and that's why I chose you.

Now it seems that my idea was completely correct. Spain is on the right track, and perhaps Spain's great rejuvenation is not just a goal, but a milestone that will be achieved soon.

Whether I can see that moment or not, for me, I have no regrets. Your Majesty, it is an honor to work with you for such a long time, which is the golden development time of Spain that I have experienced.

It is an honor for all Spaniards to have a king like you." Prime Minister Primo looked at Carlo sincerely and told the reason why he chose Carlo as the King of Spain.

"It is an honor for Spain and all Spaniards to have you." Carlo also looked at Prime Minister Primo, his eyes full of admiration and respect:

Prime Minister Primo, you are one of the greatest prime ministers since the founding of Spain.

It is also my honor to be able to work with you for such a long time. I am still waiting for you to fully recover so that we can discuss Spain's national affairs together again.

Get well soon, Prime Minister Primo. Spain's development still cannot do without you in the short term. You are the biggest contributor to Spain's development, aren't you? "

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