Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

As the king of a large country, when Alfonso arrived, the British naturally sent out reception officials politely. He was Lloyd George, who was invited by former Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1906.

"Your Majesty has finally arrived. Now people across the UK are looking forward to your arrival to admire your grace."

"Where is it? It's true that I'm here to admire the beautiful life of the British people." Everyone can say polite words, and each additional sentence will arouse more goodwill from the other person. This is a common and unique characteristic of human beings. "I don't know, who are the people from various countries coming to London now?"

Lloyd responded: "Now President Armand Fallier of France, Nicholas II of the Russian Empire, Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, etc."

"It seems I'm the last one to arrive?"

"That's not true. William II is still on his way from the North Sea."

"It's not the latest, let's go, let me continue my unfinished trip to the UK a few years ago."

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"Your Majesty, will it be inappropriate for us to do this this time?" Asquith asked worriedly. Although he had never cared about His Majesty's strong character, he was still a little worried. In his opinion, Alfonso XIII is a very good potential partner, rather than causing turmoil in the relationship between the two countries from time to time like now. In this way, no matter how strong the friendship was before, it will be exhausted under such circumstances. He even thought that if Her Majesty the Queen was still here, perhaps the current Edward VII would have been scolded severely, instead of being as messy as it is now.

Edward VII frowned when he heard this, but he quickly dispersed. Asquith is the current leader of the liberals. His political power in the UK can be said to be very strong. Originally, he and Bannerman were both liberals. However, because they opposed Bannerman's shrinking non-expansionary policy, the liberals established the Liberal Alliance themselves and supported the British expansionary policy. Now they have only established an alliance to confront the conservatives, and there are more Election victory. This was the policy in Edward VII's mind, so the two naturally came together that year, and Herbert became his most trusted follower and has always played the role of a think tank around him.

"No, he knows what we mean. I have to say that Alfonso is a very good man. When it comes to Portugal, we did lose to Spain."

"This is not considered a loss. Even if it is a loss, it is not a big deal. After all, the territory of the empire is unmatched by any country in the world. On the contrary, I think this is still a very good opportunity for Spain to stand up. Becoming the focus of the world's attention will further divert people's attention so that we can continue to implement our original strategy," Herbert said with confidence.

"But don't forget, Spain will continue to be strong. Don't just defeat Germany and have a new strong opponent. That will be in vain," Edward VII reminded.

"But there's no comparison." Seeing Edward VII's puzzled expression, he came to the map outlined with strokes on the wall and drew two circles in southern and central Europe. Herbert explained:

"Your Majesty, please see that there is a vast territory surrounding Germany. There is the Austro-Hungarian ally in the southeast and the Kingdom of Italy with an unknown attitude. There is France in the southwest. On the opposite side, there are many weak second-rate or even third-rate countries in Northern Europe to the north of our empire. country. In addition, there are many small countries in Eastern Europe and the only big country, the Tsarist Russian Empire. The military numbers of France and the Tsarist Russian Empire are existences that Germany cannot defeat. However, Germany has a large number of military talents. Let’s not talk about other things, let’s talk about the current navy. Marshal Tirpitz knew how strong Germany's military talent training was. Of course, it is easier to use tactics and strategies for the military of one country than the cooperation of two countries...

With Germany being recognized as the number one army in the world, if there is a strategy of defeating them one by one, I believe it will be difficult for France to resist. As for Tsarist Russia, it’s not that I underestimate them. The reason why the empire values ​​them so much is that they can use their strategic depth to contain Germany’s large number of troops. If they fight face to face, even if Tsarist Russia has a population that is almost twice that of Germany, It's hard to win. After all, an industrialized country and an agricultural country have unequal strengths, just like the empire and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although they have a large population, they can still be defeated by thousands of us with big swords and our guns. Tens of thousands of them and hundreds of thousands of them were defeated. Although Tsarist Russia was not the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was only stronger than the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It has to be said that the German empire on land could not really withstand the war power.

So in fact, in comparison, the Empire and the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Germany and Tsarist Russia are almost directly proportional. The reason why I say so much is because I want your Majesty to understand that when France and Tsarist Russia face Germany and Austria-Hungary, without the participation of the empire, these two countries will be in danger of being defeated, and defeated If they allow Germany to slowly absorb the demographic dividend, land resources, mineral resources, etc. of the defeated countries, then after the digestion is smooth, the real crisis of the empire will come. "

"You mean to say that Spain can win over?" Edward VII said calmly.

Herbert did not hesitate, but said directly: "Yes, I think we should win them over. I think His Majesty Alfonso is not a very stubborn person. Just look at the various policies he has implemented in Spain over the years. , it is not difficult to see that he is very serious about running Spain. He absolutely does not want Spain to fall into war, so he must have doubts and dare not act rashly when facing the Imperial Navy, and France is even more difficult when they are connected to the European continent. Let it and Germany not be able to help each other, and the relationship between France and Spain has been peaceful in recent years. The ultimate reason why such an incident is happening now is because of the relationship between Portugal. If we officially recognize the relationship between Spain and Portugal, then I think Spain will definitely withdraw from the current messy situation in Europe. After all, the benefits they get from going against us may not be worth the cost they have to pay.”

"In your opinion, which position will Alfonso choose in the end?"

"It's neutral" and "neutral" they both said at the same time.

The king and his ministers looked at each other and smiled.

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It is a residence dedicated to hosting royal families from various countries in London. Now William II is also discussing matters related to Alfonso with his right-hand man Tirpitz.

"Don't have too much hope in him. After several conversations with him in those days, I learned that he should be a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. From exchanging colonies to unnecessary spending for colonies, Judging from the rapidly developing development potential, the subsequent role of Spain in the Portuguese incident, and even the confrontation with the United Kingdom in order to protect Portugal, many people think that it is not worthwhile to confront the United Kingdom, but I don’t think so. Such recognition, on the contrary, I think this is a very commendable move."

"Oh." William II listened attentively, and he agreed with the previous words. However, he was a little confused and interested in hearing what Tirpitz said later. He wanted to hear his so-called different views. .

Tirpitz didn't mean to show off, but he also didn't think that he should hide his clumsiness and not show his talents. He wanted to be recognized by others, especially strong men such as William II. He had no useable value. He was talented but liked to act like a hermit and an expert. It can only be said that people have a different kind of talent that is not appreciated. As for him, he will not have that kind of mentality. ….

"Imagine the national and military strength of Spain and the United Kingdom. There is no comparison between the two countries now, especially Spain, which faces the sea on three sides. Knowing that in front of the world's top super naval power, the United Kingdom, the extremely smart His Majesty Alfonso would still do this openly. Dare to stand up? Is he stupid? No, after all, he has been famous since he was a few years old. In the more than ten years since he grew up, he has done great things that have impressed everyone. How could such a being be? A stupid person.

A sudden decision? This is not possible. If that were the case, someone in the Spanish government would have stood up to oppose it, but no one would have stood up? And all of them complained angrily about the British bullying of the weak. "

"Yes, what I want to say is that His Majesty Alfonso must have seen the consequences of Britain bullying the weak and losing people's support. Spain resisted the British in order to protect the weak. After all this, Spain won the title of a hero. , they gained the respect of the Europeans, and they won the hearts of the Portuguese. I heard that there were still some people in Portugal who were dissatisfied with Spain enjoying the same status as them in the Portuguese colonies, but since this incident, no one has They mentioned it because they were afraid of causing public outrage. Because in the hearts of ordinary Portuguese people, it was Spain that protected them from British aggression and bullying, not the country’s government and the rich nobles. It can be said that now the Spanish government and royal family have even obtained Portugal’s The government and the royal family have equal trust.”

"Then when other small countries see that Spain is so willing to protect their allies, they will be tempted to join Spain and accept the leadership of Spain, which is not very strong?" William II is also a smart man, otherwise he would not It will develop Germany into the second strongest country in the world in terms of comprehensive strength.

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