Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Lafite's statement is still very interesting. At the same time, some people who are reluctant to spend money have obtained more accurate information.

“The second news is that we have contacted the Spanish government, and now we have obtained approval from the Spanish government to release some Spanish information that is not very confidential.

And this time, what we are going to publish is an internal report from Spain. This internal report involves several major countries in the world, including the United Kingdom, the German Empire, France, the United States, Russia, Spain itself, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. , this report mainly involves the military, gross national product, and population of these countries. This is what we need to announce this time, I”

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At the Royal Palace of Spain, under the auspices of Spanish Prime Minister Chávez, Alfonso XIII is holding his first cabinet meeting since his return. This time, he is also officially discussing the report that Laifei is about to publish. content. The serious atmosphere here shows the strong atmosphere of the meeting. [

Spanish Prime Minister Chavez (45 years old), Cabinet Minister Jose (51 years old), Foreign Minister Trini (48 years old), Finance Minister Omer (40 years old), Industry Minister Behan, Regional Policy and Social Public Administration Minister Elena (I was wrong in the previous article, she was 35 years old in 1907, she is 40 years old now), the Minister of Education will continue to be served by Rice, who is 45 years old this year; Energy Minister Bain (44 years old); Food Minister Huo Siman (43 years old)); Transport Minister Hoss (President of Audi Cars, 44 years old); Reichsbank President and former Prime Minister Antonio (55 years old); National Development Bank President and former Prime Minister Palacides.

In addition to these six people, there are other high-ranking people in the political world who are also present in this conference room. They are the 55-year-old former Prime Minister of Spain and are now the special ambassadors of Spain’s five major regions to Europe. Eugene (50 years old). The station is in Vienna; the Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Asia, Yan Shun (30 years old in 1897, 45 years old in 1912), is stationed in Pas, Western Australia; the Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Africa is Javier, the former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the former Spanish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. (39 years old), and the plenipotentiary ambassador to the Americas is Jeb (34 years old), the former ambassador to Venezuela.

These five people are responsible for Spain's international interests in the region in their respective regions and complement the Ministry of Interior. Even in cases of exceptional emergency, they would have the same binding power over the military forces in the area, with the consent of the King or, in the absence of the King, by the consent of two-thirds of the House of Lords. It can be said that the rights of the five of them are definitely not weaker than any member of the cabinet. Sometimes even more so, they are all under the direct jurisdiction of the king, followed by the prime minister.

Naturally, the military also attended the meeting this time. The representatives of the military this time are 60-year-old Defense Secretary Creston, 55-year-old Chief of General Staff Jack Sean, 43-year-old Navy Secretary Cervera, 45-year-old Army Secretary Compos, and the Marine Corps Minister Crewe, Chief of Naval Staff Don Patricio. Combs, Chief of Staff of the Army, and Raul, Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps. Yan Shun continues to serve as commander of the Air Force.

"It seems that everyone is in good spirits. Is it because during my absence, everyone has had more opportunities to recharge their batteries?" Alfonso said in a joking tone, but he led the way out of the conference room. of laughter. "Trini, tell me, is this the case? I just shot you and found that you are the most energetic. You are the biggest suspect." As soon as these words came out, everyone including Trini was amused.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged. This is not the reason why I cared about you some time ago, so I didn't think about food and rice. I had insomnia every night, so I was very weak. It wasn't until the news of your appearance that I paid attention to you. I wanted to sleep more peacefully. But I didn’t want to. After a peaceful sleep, my energy improved a little, and I was ready to do some work worthy of the salary, but I was wronged by you. You really hold on to your injustice, Your Majesty."

"Okay, okay. Stop, I believe you." The calls of His Majesty and His Majesty were really harsh. Alfonso shouted stop decisively. He really couldn't stand Trini's behavior. scream.

"Okay, let's get straight to the point. Omar, please come to the information you prepared today."

Omer is relatively tall, about 1.9 meters tall, with a beard on his face. He is forty years old and looks like no one would believe him even if he is fifty years old, but he is a man of action. And his eloquence is also good. Alfonso admires him quite a lot. It has been decided that he will continue to be a member of the cabinet in the next government. If nothing else happens, he is already very good at the position of Minister of the Interior. Close. Of course, we still have to wait and see what happens at that time. After all, the world's top five ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary are actually quite popular, especially in Asia and Europe. .

Omar: "In the five years from June 1907 to June 1912, the speed of our country's development can be said to be absolutely astonishing. Not to mention other things, just the statistics within the jurisdiction of my Ministry of Finance It has definitely broken many records in the world. Next, I will publish a report. This is an order issued by His Majesty, which requires our empire and the major countries in the world to report the annual economic aggregate and average growth in the past five years. Speedometer.

Let’s talk about Spain first. According to our statistics, in the past five years, on average, the annual GDP growth rate is about 20%. In 1907, it was 5 billion pesetas. In the first year of the five years, in 1908, it was 6 billion. pesetas, then 7.2 billion pesetas in 1909, 100 million pesetas in 1910, 100 million pesetas in 1911, and 100 million pesetas in 1912. America at the same time"

"Wait a minute, Omer." Omer looked over with confusion, and Alfonso asked: "Can you tell us why Spain's development speed in the past few years is obviously not inferior to the last five years? Does it even add a reason for speed?”

Omar nodded. In fact, he didn't believe it even if he didn't nod. After all, this was His Majesty's question. "In the past five years, our average growth rate was about 16%. At that time, it could be said that it was the fastest at that time." It can be said that the global growth rate is the beginning of our real foothold in the world, and it has officially made us the fifth largest economic power in the world alongside France. Even if calculated on a per capita basis, we are only ranked After Britain, Germany and the United States, it surpassed Russia and France to become the fourth economic power. However, our economic development model at that time had huge flaws."

"What's the flaw?" When Alfonso heard this, he immediately became very interested.

“First, in 1897 we just exchanged large areas of territory such as Western Australia and New Zealand from the British, but our pocket colonies such as the Philippines and Cuba were exchanged by us. Investments in the Philippines and Cuba have been withdrawn, and investment has been diverted to Western Australia, New Zealand and the mainland. This has greatly promoted the development of these places. Don't forget that the Philippines and Cuba have a large population. Our investments there are mainly local people, so it is not very helpful to the local employment situation.

However, Western Australia and New Zealand are dominated by local immigrants, so these investments have given the country's citizens a greater role in promoting per capita income. This is why after the immigration was completed, in the five years from 1902 to 1907 The reason why the national economy can reach 16% by that time is, of course, undeniable because of the advanced industries promoted by His Majesty, such as the pharmaceutical company Felix Life and the automobile industry, shipbuilding companies and military industry led by Audi. These are the reasons why the last five-year plan was so successful.

As for why the period from 1907 to 1912 accelerated so much, what ultimately matters is His Majesty’s ability to strategize, especially the new power injected into the country. Its emergence completely established the difference between Spain and Spain. The reason for the unusual speed of development”

"Omer, I have always admired you very much. Now it seems that my appreciation is still a bit low. Tell me, let me see how much you can let me give you this cabinet speech."

Others also looked at Omar with some expectancy and wanted to hear what he had to say, especially his predecessor, the current Spanish Prime Minister Chávez. After all, the five-year plan from 1907 to 1912, Spain The economy was developed under the hands of Chavez. In other words, when His Majesty is actually rating Omer, he is also rating him, the former leader of Spain's economic development, in a disguised way. Think of it this way. He will naturally pay close attention to it. Obviously other people also noticed this, and their enthusiasm became even more intense. [

Omer is famous for being serious about his work, but don’t think that he is a figure who doesn’t understand politics well. If you think that way, you would be completely wrong. After all, to be able to reach such a position, he is doing Everyone is the result of various tests.

“This five-year plan is different from the previous five-year plan because in the previous five-year plan, we were more similar to the same development model as Germany and the United States, which was to vigorously develop our country’s industrial products. Especially electric cars, but in this five-year plan, we are"

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