In fact, this means that the Spanish maritime forces lost control of the English Channel at this time, so the very unwilling Spanish commander Sidonia led the remnants and decided to control the English Channel again, but at this time the wind direction never turned.

The direction was favorable to them, and there was no supply of ships, personnel, or ammunition, so he finally had to give up and detour to the North Sea, returning to Spain. However, the Spanish fleet was attacked by a sea storm on the way.

, in October 1588, when they returned to Spain, there were only forty-three dilapidated ships left.

We see here that this naval battle has actually ended, and this is also the first naval battle in the history of human naval battles that was won entirely by naval guns. The mobility of ships and the advantages of artillery have replaced the traditional naval battles in the past.

France. At the same time, it also allowed the British navy to win, which made Spain unable to recover from the fall, and Britain became the maritime hegemon.

From here it is not difficult to see that the powerful wealth created by capitalism can really make a country rise instantly, because everything costs money, whether it is building a new fleet, recruiting soldiers, or even manufacturing artillery.

Etc., so from this aspect, the importance that the British high-level officials attach to capitalism at this time is not unreasonable. It also indirectly reveals that the British high-level officials no longer pay attention to the interests created by their domestic civilians.

Well, this is exactly the land enclosure movement we talked about before, which can make farmers so miserable, and can even last for more than a hundred years.

Next, we will mainly talk about the fact that after the bourgeoisie became completely rampant, some people did take corresponding measures, or carried out corresponding resistance. This mainly means that our human thoughts and even the spiritual world have been fully liberated.

So let's discuss it together.

But we still have to start from the beginning. At this time, with the Renaissance of European culture, the violent development of science and technology also began, and the bourgeoisie naturally entered the stage of our human history. In fact, our entire world is currently

They were all enslaved by the bourgeoisie. But this time was 1556, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in northeastern France. Because of dynastic marriages and the inheritance of the throne, all

All belong to Spain.

Spain implemented a feudal autocratic system in the Netherlands, which meant that they existed as slaves of the Spanish. Therefore, it carried out very cruel enslavement and exploitation of the people of the Netherlands, resulting in

A large number of handicraft factories closed down and workers lost their jobs, which greatly inhibited the development of the capitalist economy. Spanish autocracy was actually reflected in the persecution of the church. For example, Charles I established the Inquisition in the Netherlands and promulgated

The bloody edict, the great and cruel persecution of Protestants, why? This is because the Protestants are humanistic, which is not conducive to enslaving them, so all these humanistic people must be killed to maintain the continued enslavement.

Purpose.

When Philip II arrived, he strengthened the power of the church and ordered the governor of the Netherlands to obey the opinion of the leader of the church, Grenville, on all major matters. He also refused to withdraw from various areas of the Netherlands.

The Spanish army, like shepherds raising sheep, is managing the sheep, or we can say that they are killing all the disobedient sheep, or even the sheep that like to be naughty, so that the order of the sheep is maintained.

It was in line with the expectations of the Spanish. But after all, people are still different from sheep. Therefore, Spain's autocratic behavior caused extreme dissatisfaction and protests from the people of the Netherlands.

But we people today must be very clear that it is meaningless to be dissatisfied or protest about anything. After all, there is no such thing as gods in this world. Gods are just a form of cooperation that our ancestors used in the early days.

It was just a lie fabricated, and later it became a tool of domination. Now people's thoughts and spiritual world have been liberated to a certain extent, so we can all understand this truth. If we are dissatisfied or extremely disgusted with something,

As long as the opponent is wiped off the earth directly, force and even death are the kingly way to end everything. In fact, our entire world is currently running on the basis of this kingly way. But if the force is not as good as others, then

We can only be an obedient sheep, and then lose all the meaning and value of our life as a human being, and compromise to achieve the fate of a sheep's life.

Therefore, people in this period faced Spanish autocratic rule and religious persecution. First, the Dutch people's struggle against feudalism, led by religious struggles, gradually increased. The number of radical Calvinists also increased rapidly. After all,

This is a humanist church, but only to a greater extent. Because although Calvin was a humanist on the surface, there was still no room for negotiation about the book "The Bible", and all the standards in the "Bible" remained the same.

It is the truth and does not allow anyone to challenge it. Those who challenge it will die. Although it is said so, Calvinism has a large component of humanism after all, and it is not as outrageous as Catholicism or Christianity. Therefore, during this period of Calvinism

It has attracted a large number of believers in the Netherlands, and is constantly having very fierce conflicts with local high-level officials and even the church.

These conflicts are generally quite bloody, but we cannot say that this is unreasonable, or intentional killing, because on the surface it has a certain religious color, but we must analyze its essence, this is the Netherlands

These enslaved people wanted to drive away the Spaniards who enslaved them, or simply wanted to kill the Spaniards, in order to obtain their human rights and even personal freedom.

Moreover, in the process of this constant conflict, Philip II had no choice but to agree to the demands of the masses on the surface, because if he did not agree on the surface, he was also afraid that things would get worse and it would not be good if there was an uprising.

It was settled. So Philip II agreed on the surface in this way, but secretly he was secretly formulating a plan to brutally suppress the revolutionary forces in the Netherlands. By 1566, the nobles of the Netherlands also asked

Their Spanish king petitioned to abolish the Inquisition in the Netherlands and ease the policy of suppressing heretics. In fact, the nobles of the Netherlands were also exploited by religion to the point where they were like sheep without human rights. If they talked nonsense, or did not

If you give money to the church, they will also be regarded as heretics by the church and executed.

But isn't this kind of petition from the Dutch nobles weakening the Spanish king's control over the Netherlands? It's like removing some shepherds who are keeping the sheep. Isn't this a joke, right?

Therefore, the King of Spain will definitely not agree, so the nobles of the Netherlands finally petitioned to no avail. Under such circumstances, the nobles also understood that the most important thing at present is not how to exploit the common people. After all, the wealth of the common people is

They were exploited by the church and the king of Spain. They couldn't exploit them even if they wanted to. What's more, their own wealth had to be handed over to Spain. So these Dutch nobles finally figured out that the most important thing at the moment was to first transfer Spain to Spain.

After driving away all the Spanish people, they can realize their inner dream, which is to exploit the civilians and then live a life of luxury and debauchery. This will eventually lead to the Netherlands'

Many nobles also joined Calvinism. From here we can easily see that this situation indicates that a huge revolution is coming.

In August 1566, a hatter named Matt launched a movement to destroy the destroyed icons. This was a movement for the relics and altars of saints, and it also received support from the broad masses of the people.

, At this point, an uprising broke out in Antwerp and Valencia. In 1567, in order to protect his slaves and wealth, Philip II, the Spanish king, ordered Alpha as governor and led his army into the Netherlands, which began

Carrying out bloody suppression of heretical sects and rebel armies that they consider to be a management measure for sheep. Those who are disobedient, like to be naughty and mischievous, and even want to escape from the sheepfold and get freedom, will all be slaughtered!

Therefore, some nobles and bourgeoisie were also killed. Of course, a large number of the dead were civilians. There were corpses everywhere. It was simply a hell on earth and a tragedy. In this way, Spain clearly told them that they did not want to be slaves.

I don’t want to end up being a tool that can’t speak.

But now, the rebel army and radical Calvinists, composed of workers, peasants and revolutionary bourgeois elements, have all moved to the forest and the sea, forming forest beggars and sea beggars, and are fighting against the Spanish army.

Guerrilla warfare, the mysterious army that attacked Spain, also began the first step of the Dutch Revolution.

In 1568, Prince William of Orange organized a mercenary army from abroad, but it was ultimately defeated by Alpha due to its weak strength. Even the mercenaries were killed by Alpha's army. By April 1572,

In August, under the influence of the forest beggars and the sea beggars, uprisings broke out in various provinces in the northern Netherlands. This suddenly caused Alpha to suppress various places, so Alpha's army suddenly began to disperse. And the sea beggars

Also taking advantage of this opportunity, they led light boats equipped with guns to storm Brill in Zeeland Province. The Spanish army guarding here suffered heavy losses, with heavy casualties! At this point, the rebels once again swept the Spanish army from most areas in the north.

They were expelled, occupied the provinces of Holland and Zeeland, and established their own base. William was elected to govern at this time.

Faced with such a situation, Alpha was extremely annoyed, so he began to concentrate his forces to suppress the rebels in the north. In December 1572, Alpha's army advanced to Haarlem, and several strong attacks were carried out.
Chapter completed!