Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

The relationship between Norway and Denmark is even closer. With this combination, no matter how you look at it, it seems that Sweden is alone, especially now that the Russian Empire is going crazy. If you accidentally offend each other, God knows whether Britain will Come forward, after all, rather than containing the German Empire, which Britain regards as the first challenge, will it swallow the bitter fruit of its own country being invaded by Tsarist Russia in exchange for Tsarist Russia's continued participation in suppressing the German Empire?

Nothing can be said to be impossible. Just like Spain, whose rise has caught up with the German Empire in just a dozen years, Gustavus V will not put the fate of the country on other countries again like before. Then To him, this situation seemed as uncomfortable as a lover who was about to be abandoned at any time. Therefore, he was really excited about the diplomatic note brought by Spanish Foreign Minister Trini.

How could Prince Frederick not see the burning in his father's eyes? He was also an ambitious man. Both father and son were very dissatisfied with Sweden's situation in recent years, especially since they broke away from Denmark. After taking control, Sweden has always been Norway's big brother. However, with the rise of Denmark again in recent years, Sweden has begun to become weaker in Norway.

Just because everyone doesn’t say it doesn’t mean that everyone doesn’t know the reason. Everyone knows what is going on behind the scenes. As the big brother of the three Nordic countries, the UK has turned a blind eye to the struggle between Denmark and Sweden over Norway. However, the UK will not let go of Norway's strategic position no matter what. Due to geographical reasons, Norway has always been a transit country for Sweden to penetrate into the Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, it has won in the past in order to establish a joint front against Tsarist Russia in the north. Therefore, by bringing the two countries closer together, we can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

However, in recent years, Tsarist Russia has gradually changed from a potential enemy of interest to a strategic ally. This naturally made the Northern Alliance less popular with Buckingham Palace, and Denmark took advantage of this opportunity to gain the British victory. Under the hint of Ruowu. Denmark successfully staged a comeback in Norway. Now the two countries have Sweden's civil and geographical advantages, and Denmark has reached a rivalry in terms of rulers and other elites. Even because the two countries are closer to the United Kingdom, they are the in-laws of Edward VII and George V. So at this point. Sweden has fallen behind.

in this case. The tragedy of being a small country, what they are facing now definitely vividly demonstrates the plight of a small country, a small country. Now it's time to face his own choice. He doesn't want his country to become someone else's stepchild.

"Tlini came to Stockholm secretly this time. Do you think it will be sudden?" Gustav V was still a little surprised and confused. He was very confused. This incident was just like the general strike in the United States. Likewise, it came so suddenly that he must have been unprepared. It really caught him off guard. However, he obviously felt that it was somewhat natural. This feeling was really itchy. "Also, has he made clear the purpose of coming to Sweden this time?"

"No." Frederick was a little amused when he saw his father looking southwest with a guilty conscience. His father was indeed like many people in the world. In the face of Britain's gunboat diplomacy, there are really few people in the world who don't care about Britain's reaction. Perhaps the only one is William II, and the other one is Alfonso XIII. In 1907, he faced Edward The seventh generation's tough style of fighting whenever he wanted still impressed everyone, including Frederick.

Frederick: "However, his arrival seems to have revealed a lot of things to me."

Publicly and privately, Frederick really felt that with Britain clearly supporting Norway and Denmark, especially in the face of the common enemy Tsarist Russia, the British had put down their gunboat roulette and no longer pointed at Tsarist Russia. They have always been terrified of Tsarist Russia and cannot be easily forgiven, although they don't express much on their faces.

Compared to the German Empire, even Frederick had to admit that Sweden was more willing to associate with the German Empire than Tsarist Russia. After all, the quality of life in the former was already much worse than in Sweden today, while the latter was his own country. The existence of yearning, especially now that many of Sweden's trade started with the German Empire, has now surpassed Britain in a single country. Sweden has become Sweden's second trading country after Spain. This position cannot be compared with Tsarist Russia, which is only Sweden's fifth largest trading country. Therefore, whether it is national prosperity or diplomacy and politics, Sweden naturally hopes that its country will not drag itself into a confrontation with the German Empire, knowing that it cannot withstand the powerful German Empire and can resist one or two Tsarist Russia.

However, these ideas all need a buffer, that is, Britain's revenge and anger, Tsarist Russia taking advantage of the opportunity, and the German Empire's profit, these are all they need to consider, and if these problems can be calmed down, then Sweden should be reborn, and Frederic is absolutely certain that such a Sweden will be an impressive Sweden. However, where is the lubricant that can solve these problems?

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"The United States has a general strike. This strike should keep the United States busy for a while. I believe Wilson and Bryan will be dizzy now. The four major parties, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the Progressive Party, and the Liberal Party, have now begun to receive the support of public opinion. The test is that among these four parties, the Democratic Party has always used civilians as its main targets. These talents are the targets of the Democratic Party, while the Republican Party mainly follows the elite line. This line is actually a bit like the Han Chinese. The Confucian dynasty began to adopt Confucian strategies for governing the country in Confucian culture.

However, the elites in the United States refer to most of the elites in the business world. They govern the country by eloquence, appeal, doing business with other countries, and mediating conflicts among the country’s major capitalists. In Confucianism, scholar-bureaucrats govern the country. Ruling the country mainly based on morality and legality can be said to be two different concepts, but they are also the same. The president (king) sometimes gives up his position to the cabinet group. The most obvious example of this is the cabinet of the prime ministers in the Han, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties. Even though the government was under control, in many cases the emperor still had nothing to do with these civil servants.

The president of the United States treats the country's capitalists the same way, but in China the emperor values ​​reputation, while in the United States the president is mostly pushed by the capitalists. East versus west, the two major forces of the east and west are fighting each other. They only manage the machinery of the country to gain greater benefits for their own interest groups.

Alfonso sometimes wonders whether the position of President of the United States is just a game between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

The two parties are betting. They use the country's votes as gambling cards, and their respective interest groups participate in the bets. Some people take it all and bet on both sides. The group that wins in the end can get a lot of money during this term of the U.S. president. More presidential promises are being fulfilled, while the other side is starting to keep a low profile, waiting for the next election to make another bet, win back what was lost last time, and create a big reversal of the world.

Hiram Johnson is an ambitious man, but this guy is definitely a smart man. He knows what to do and what not to do. Just like the previous time, the U.S. election last year, although it was his own preference at the beginning. The man was Taft, but after he clearly discovered something, he soon gave himself a surprise. He figured out what he meant and supported Wilson. On this point, Bill Richardson, the leader of the Liberal Party and now the governor of Texas, does not have such a good view, but it is difficult for Alfonso to make a conclusion now. Perhaps it is like what Trini said at the time: People may be I deliberately pretend not to understand, just to make American society even more confused.

In this regard, Alfonso could only smile at their thoughts, because he really didn't know what to say to them. Could it be that this guy really asked him to do this by himself? Or To be more direct, is this guy used to check the more ambitious Progressive Party leader and California Governor Hiram Johnson in the United States?

The United States has now arranged many roles in it, such as George David, the North American general manager of Standard Oil, the main oil company of the Rockefeller consortium. There are also these political party figures, and of course, several major conglomerates in the United States. Alfonso naturally has internal spies in them.

However, it is not the time for these people to unveil their names yet, or in other words, deep down in Alfonso's heart, he actually prefers that these people should not let anyone know about their positions for the rest of their lives, because, in his mind, a family's A spy is more useful than a spy who lives for just a few months, a few years, or even a decade or more. After all, sometimes, inadvertently, these hidden secret chess pieces can be used to influence the country and a family. The fate of large corporations and large families.

They will one day bring huge benefits to Spain, but for now, let them continue to lurk and take root.

He turned his attention back to Europe, and finally placed it on the northernmost point of the European continent on the map, where he had now begun to enter the line of sight at the beginning of this paragraph. His hand seemed to have begun to pick up the chess pieces again, and had slowly moved towards Put down this corner of the chessboard. As for the final result after playing it, he was not sure. (To be continued...)

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