The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Although I did not get all of the 5.5 million pounds, the 1.5 million pounds I got was also satisfied with the Spanish government.

At least it can be used to alleviate urgent needs.

You know, because of too much money, Alfonso's coronation has been postponed until two years later. (There are also reasons for being young)

Most of the 1.5 million pounds must be used to repay the war bonds immediately. The poorer and the more vain, the more the government's credibility must be shown to the people, so this matter cannot be owed.

After cashing out the bonds, the liquidity in the government account was only £700,000.

This is an incredible number for a large European country, and basically no plan can be carried out with this little money.

In addition, the old creditors from the time of Queen Isabella also came to the door. Spain can not recognize the foreign debt of the free government, but it has to recognize the foreign debt of the Isabella government. After all, the legitimacy is inherited from them. Here.

These people were persuaded by good words. The government said that it was unable to repay any funds for the time being, but it would pay the interest on time.

At present, Spain has a lot of creditors, owing money to Britain, France and the Netherlands, money to the Bourbon royal family, and money to domestic nobles.

Fortunately, the amount is not too big. It only adds up to more than 23 million pounds. It only costs less than 2 million pounds in interest every year. As long as normal operations are restored, it is not too difficult to pay back this money.

There are two data comparisons. The Suez Canal was opened a few days ago, and the French spent 18.6 million pounds.

After the Russians fought the Crimean War, they now owed about 500-600 million pounds in debt.

It can be seen that Spain’s debt is not big money. The main problem is the lack of funds at this stage, and the prospects are still very good.

Catalonia has been prospering this year. Last year's government revenue was 9 million pounds. This year's data has not yet been calculated, but it can reach at least 16 million pounds, which has almost doubled.

It is a pity that there was a surplus last year, but there was a deficit this year. The war is too expensive.

After all, no matter how good the future is, we must first find a way to survive the current difficult period.

In normal production and trade, money is too slow, and there are only two ways to make quick money, one is to borrow and the other is to grab.

Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, Spain reduced the sentence of most people and increased the fines instead.

One of the main targets is the lawyers who have helped the free government in illegal litigation, the tax officials who squeezed the people, and the officials who have evidence of corruption and bribery.

More than 20,000 people belong to the middle class in the general sense and have been fined to varying degrees. The total fines amounted to more than 3 million pounds.

The sentence is three months with a three-month postponement. There is no need to go to jail, and Spain does not have so many prisons for them.

These people support the fines policy because they usually come from a small family, and the family concept is not strong. If they rely on craftsmanship to eat, they will naturally live a comfortable life.

The other group of people is different, and that is the nobles and merchants who support free government.

Each of them not only represents themselves, but is more responsible for the family behind them. Obviously, they are more willing to go to jail than the family property is damaged.

Alfonso and the others are very troublesome about how to deal with these people.

Most nobles and capitalists are wise men, whoever is in power will cooperate with them.

Naturally, it is inevitable that there will be behaviors such as borrowing money from a free government, sending family children to join the army, and helping to squeeze the people.

Speaking of which, according to the current standards of the Campos authorities, they are all guilty, but they are different in size, and there is every reason to punish them.

But in the face of these upper-class figures, one must act cautiously.

Alfonso was not afraid of them rebelling. The Spanish nobles had no army, and a brigade could destroy them.

The main reason is that they occupy many high-level local governments, and if they are not handled properly, they will cause great shocks.

Moreover, dealing with them is not the purpose, but making money, Alfonso is also a nobleman, it is impossible to turn himself against himself.

Once the intention of looting is shown, the capital will quickly move abroad, and there will be no money at all. Instead, it will directly destroy the Spanish economy.

If you let it go, Alfonso and the others are not reconciled. The wealth of Spain is basically in their hands except for the priests.

The priest waited until the Pope had reached an agreement, and they, in such a difficult time, had to give some money.

After thinking and thinking, the Progressive Party held several meetings in a row and finally decided on a plan.

The little nobles are only punished with personal fines, and the standard is the same as the normal (middle class).

For those engaged in rebellious activities as a family unit, 10-30% of family property will be confiscated depending on the degree, and the Progressive Guard will conduct verification.

Only a few major rebellious supporters (big aristocrats and big capitalists) were punished by exiling some members of the family and confiscating most of their property.

Among them, the capitalists are the supporters of the free government, and the great nobles are the supporters of the Carlos faction.

The liberal government is really more advanced than the Isabella government, and the great aristocrats naturally favor the extremely reactionary Carlos faction more than they do.

Although Carlos is still fighting guerrillas in the north until now, he is no longer able to take care of his supporters, so he can only watch them get knocked out one by one.

In the face of punishment, the complaints of the upper-level figures were of course not small, but the Progressive Guards did their best and acted extremely decisively, and quickly controlled the situation.

The fine was handed in quickly, and the fine was over, so I can’t run now.

Moreover, the current penalties are still barely within their acceptance range. It is inevitable to hurt the muscles and bones, but it will not hurt the root cause.

The small aristocracy and the small merchants who bid up prices are very small, and only less than 1.5 million pounds have been raided from them.

The big head was the nobles above the viscount and the capitalists with many factories. The government fined and confiscated more than 2 million pounds in cash from them, as well as a large number of factories and estates.

Everyone in the Progressive Party can’t wait to wait for the government to auction these properties, but Alfonso does not intend to dispose of them to private individuals as usual.

In addition to auctioning a small part of the poorly profitable industries to satisfy everyone's appetite, he plans to introduce the concept of a state-owned enterprise to Spain.