Chapter 33 The Carlist Rebellion

The rebellion instigated by the capitalists ended in such a whimper.

Although the whole process was somewhat unexpected, it seemed natural when you think about it carefully.

Even such incidents often occur in later generations. It seems that the march composed entirely of workers may not be initiated voluntarily by the workers. It may be initiated by the factory owners behind the scenes to oppress, brainwash and threaten the workers.

Because groups like capitalists are a minority in any country, they can only rely on the majority groups such as workers and farmers to achieve their goals.

But in today's Spain, it is not so easy for capitalists to incite a large number of workers and farmers.

Farmers are the most supportive of autocracy and monarchy, and this is true for farmers in any country. Because farmers' needs are very low, as long as farmers are full and not hungry, they will be satisfied with their current lives.

The agricultural tax reduction policy promulgated by Spain is the best way to win over farmers. For farmers who already support the monarchy, they are of course willing to obey the orders of Carlo and the Spanish government.

Compared with farmers, the composition of factory workers will be more complicated. Workers' marches are an important means for capitalists to achieve their goals, and capitalists will naturally not let go of oppression and brainwashing of workers.

This is also the reason why a considerable part of the capitalists' rebel team are workers, because not everyone can see the domestic situation clearly, and not everyone can ignore the capitalists' sugar-coated bullets and intimidation.

However, marches and rebellions of this scale can no longer threaten Carlo and the Spanish government. For Carlo, the biggest threat in Spain is not the capital that is not a climate in Spain, but the independence forces in Catalonia and the Basque Country, and the Carlos faction that has won the support of Catalan independence elements.

Although the march and rebellion were easily resolved, the army under the control of the Spanish government is still entrenched around Madrid, waiting for news from Catalonia and the Basque region at any time.

For Carlo, he hopes that the Carlos faction and those regional independence factions can take this opportunity to jump out and do something.

Only if they take the initiative to jump out, Carlo will have the opportunity to solve them once and for all.

Otherwise, if these opposition factions continue to develop quietly in Catalonia and the Basque region, it will only continue to intensify the sense of division between the two regions and Spain.

This is why Catalonia and the Basque region have been clamoring for independence in later generations.

Even the Catalan Parliament held an independence referendum and declared independence from Spain based on the voting results. If the Spanish government had not determined that the regional referendum in Catalonia violated the Spanish Constitution and strongly suppressed it, I am afraid that there would be another country on the world map.

The Basque region is not much better. Although it did not reach the point of directly declaring independence in a referendum, the independence sentiment in the Basque region is more radical than that in Catalonia.

After the death of Spanish dictator Franco, a terrorist organization called ETA was born in the Basque region, and even assassinated the King of Spain many times.

If the problem of independence in these two regions cannot be solved once and for all, the future of Spain is doomed to be unstable, and there will be more opposition parties opposing the Spanish government by supporting the independence of Catalonia and the Basque region.

The good news is that the population of Catalonia and the Basque Country at this time has not yet reached the point where it can threaten Spain.

Spain's population is about 16.6 million, of which the majority are Spanish. Catalonia's population is only about 1.3 million, and the population of the Basque Country is only a little over 300,000.

The combined population of the two regions is only 1.6 million, less than one-tenth of the total population of Spain, which is why Carlos is confident that he can solve the independence of these two regions once and for all.

The Carlos faction did not disappoint Carlo in the end.

On January 25, 1870, "Carlos VII", who thought he was a man of great talent and strategy, decided to take the initiative while the Madrid government was still in chaos.

The Carlos faction published a large number of news about Carlos VII being the orthodox king of Spain through Barcelona newspapers, and stated that the policies promulgated by the current Spanish government would seriously damage Barcelona's economy and set Barcelona's economy back by at least 20 years.

The Carlos faction also greatly exaggerated the harm of the labor law to factories and enterprises in Catalonia in the news, and even said that this would cause Spain to lose all its industries and factories, and all workers in Catalonia would lose their jobs.

Under the influence of large-scale news, many Catalans believed it and expressed their willingness to join the orthodox government of Carlos VII to resist the rule of the Spanish government.

After organizing tens of thousands of troops in just a few days, Carlos VII made a public speech in Barcelona, ​​saying that he would expel King Carlo and resume the rule of the Bourbon dynasty.

In the chaos, the new Carlos War officially broke out.

Although the participant has changed from Queen Isabel to Carlo, the purpose of the Carlos faction is the same, that is, to let the ruler of the Carlos faction, Carlos VII, ascend the throne of Spain.

Hearing the news of the outbreak of the war, Carlo was relieved in Madrid.

When he heard that tens of thousands of troops were organized in Catalonia, Carlo was not only not panicked, but also looked down on the so-called Carlos VII even more.

Why?

Although the independence of Catalonia has always been one of the most troublesome issues for Spain, at least for now, most Catalans still recognize Spain.

And more importantly, the current Prime Minister Primo is a Catalan, and even the last revolution was launched by Prime Minister Primo in Catalonia.

There are many Catalan soldiers in the current Spanish army. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Carlos VII to form an army of tens of thousands of people.

Considering that Catalonia is one of the most economically and industrially developed regions in Spain, it has a large number of workers.

Perhaps the Carlos party and the Catalan independence advocates have formed such a so-called army of tens of thousands of people by engulfing these brainwashed and threatened workers.

This is why Carlo wants to laugh. The Carlos party keeps saying that Primo's reforms made the workers in Catalonia lose their jobs, but aren't their current actions making these workers lose their jobs?

Excluding these workers, the army in the hands of the Carlos party is at most just over 10,000 people. To rely on this 10,000-man army to attack Madrid, is this treating Carlo like Queen Isabel two years ago?

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