"My father's troubles in Portugal were mainly caused by the Republicans and Manuel II."
Helen was very helpless about her father's troubles. The reason was that the Republicans were too shameless and the King of Portugal was too incompetent.
Francisco, because he cared about the people of the country and governed the Greater Algarve very well, and had a very good reputation among the people, the Republicans were trying to find ways to target him.
"In order to please his father, Manuel II gave him the title of 'King of Galicia'. My father accepted it calmly, but he did not expect that this would also bring him a lot of trouble.
The Kingdom of Portugal has a lot of legal titles. Manuel II granted the title of King of Galicia to his father, who had long merged with Portugal. It was originally no problem.
But the Republicans came out to stir up trouble. They believed that since my father was the king of Galicia, he should take back the remaining Galician territory in Spain.
I can’t think of any reason for this. There are a lot of empty claims in Europe, but no one is serious about it, but the Republicans are serious here.”
"It's just talk, no one will take it seriously.
This group of people are just looking for trouble to discredit their father, and they do this deliberately. Their intention is nothing more than to stop my father from helping Manuel II."
After listening to her sister's story, Tang Ning understood of course that the intentions of those republicans were to cause trouble for her father and to prevent him from participating in the king's politics.
Manuel II, this weak monarch, what can you do to help?
In Tang Ning's opinion, just let Manuel II and the Republicans mess around, and when they finally break up and stage a coup, they can deal with it together.
"It's just that I didn't expect Portugal to have a claim to Galicia!
I knew there was a region in Spain called Galicia, but I didn’t expect it to be part of the Kingdom of Galicia.
In today's Europe, various countries have lofty ambitions and are proposing large-scale national plans, and Portugal certainly has this kind of limelight.
The Republicans in power now, of course, know the huge gap between Portugal and Spain in terms of national strength, so they can only shout slogans and throw the blame to their father."
In Europe today, every country, no matter how strong or weak, has a bunch of big national plans.
There are countless Third Rome, Great Austria-Hungary, Great Germany, Great France, Great Greece, Great Bulgaria, Great Romania, Great Italy, etc. Even the Ottoman Turks, who were beaten to the ground by European countries, also have their own
Great Power Plan.
Monaco, the smallest in Europe, has its own Greater Monaco, and some ultra-nationalists want to take back the land occupied by France.
Luxembourg, the second smallest country in Europe, also has its own Greater Luxembourg plan. This Greater Luxembourg territory includes the West Luxembourg Province occupied when Belgium was founded, as well as part of Germany.
The so-called great power plans are partly promoted by the state, and some are launched by some extreme nationalists themselves.
Even small countries like Luxembourg and Monaco actually have extreme nationalism and have followed suit and launched their own large territorial plans.
"Yes, brother.
The Republicans are actually trying to pass the blame, and more than one of them is passing the blame.
When these people saw that Algarve was developing well, they criticized their father and spread the word in newspapers that since his father owned the greater Algarve, he had the obligation to take back Olevanza, which was occupied by Spain."
Spain owns part of the Galicia region, which is a problem existing in the operation to recover the lost territory. It has been settled long ago, and it is not actually a legal territorial dispute.
Currently, the only legally disputed place in Spain and Portugal is Olivenca, which is located on the border between Portugal and Spain and covers an area of 430 square kilometers.
Legally, the area administratively belongs to Évora in the Greater Algarve, but in reality, it was occupied by Spain.
According to the "Treaty of Ocanese" signed between Portugal and Spain in 1297, this city belongs to Portugal.
The reason why Spain was allowed to occupy it involves the war between France, Spain and Portugal a century ago.
In 1801, the Orange War broke out between Portugal and France. Spain also took the opportunity to invade Portugal and occupy Olivenza. Portugal would definitely be unable to bear the two-on-one situation. In June of that year, Portugal was forced to sign the "Peace of Badajoz" with France and Spain.
Cede Olivenza to Spain.
Later, Portugal denied the treaty and, in accordance with the Convention of Vienna, which established the post-war European order, required Spain to return Olivenza, which it had occupied with the help of Napoleon.
It's just that Portugal is too weak and has no control over legal and moral principles, so it can only talk and talk, and is helpless against Spain.
The republicans disgusted Francisco's operations one after another. All they did was to warn him to be careful and not to act rashly.
"My father is too weak and kind. Don't we in Portugal also have a Great Portugal Plan?
In the mouth of Portuguese nationalism, Spain not only illegally occupies Olevanza, but also many places.
For example, Galicia, a region that speaks the same language and has the same ethnic group as us, other occupied regions, as well as Leon, Asturias and other places."
Tang Ning knows how to fight magic, so she can only use magic to deal with it.
Since the Republicans have slapped many labels on his father, Francisco, they must be able to hammer him and give them a chance to confront him so that they will not continue to make trouble.
"It's not like we don't have media that can make a sound, so we can vigorously publicize the Greater Portugal Plan to the people.
As long as it belongs to the places once occupied by Portugal, Galicia, and the ancestral Suebi Kingdom, and is now occupied by Spain, let the government take it back."
Spain and Portugal, a pair of Iberian twin brothers, have been at odds for a long time in history.
Since the collapse of Rome, as two kingdoms belonging to the Germanic Latinization of the Iberian Peninsula, they have been fighting endlessly since the period of the Visigothic Kingdom and the Suevi Kingdom.
The Kingdom of Suebi and the Kingdom of Portugal were both destroyed by Spain and their ancestors, the Visigoths, which was quite a bitter experience.
"I will send a message to my father and ask him to educate the Republicans.
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We, the media under Braganza, want to vigorously publicize the territorial conflicts between Portugal and Spain in Europe and give the Republicans a color to see if they will push further?
Also, secretly support the Catalans and Basques, sympathize with their independence in Portuguese newspapers, and leave all the blame to the current government.
They are shirking responsibility and passing the blame all day long, so I will give them some and let people take a look at them."
Spain and Portugal fell in love and fought each other. In modern times, their fates were similar. Nowadays, the strength of the republicans in the country is rising.
Tangning is now the king of Brazil, and he has no favorable impression of the Portuguese government of Manuel II. He is not as soft-hearted as his father, and he will never be merciless when he causes trouble for the Portuguese government.
Your Portuguese government is bullying us in Braganza now, so I can’t cause trouble for you.
After Tangning finished chatting with her sister Helen about Europe and family matters, she began to discuss the Brazilian issue.
"Brother, although Brazil is a large territorial country, its influence in the world is limited. What are you going to do?"
Helen, mentioned a very serious problem in Brazil.
Brazil can still be ranked number one in South America, but in the world, it is really not ranked high.
The center of the world today is obviously Europe.
The United States, a new great power, currently faces the outside world as an upstart. Although its image is not very good, it is well-known for being easy to treat and shows its strength by showing off.
But what about Brazil, which can’t keep up with the United States?
As a whole, Brazil has only two agricultural titles: the Kingdom of Sugar and the Kingdom of Coffee, and their reputation is very small and weak.
Brazil's presence in the world is too low and its international political status is worrying. This situation must change.
After all, today's world is a world of global competition, and Brazil must have international influence and competitiveness.
"Brazil has too many shortcomings now. To improve its influence, we can only think of ways in sports."
Tangning is aware of this situation, but the only way to quickly increase Brazil's influence in a short period of time is through sports.
"Football is the world's largest sport and quite influential.
I am preparing to organize a Football World Cup to increase Brazil's influence in the world, but now we are short of participating countries and personnel."
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