"...Teacher, everything you see is the change that has developed in the overseas autonomous territories in the past few years. Compared with the Kingdom itself, this is a land full of vitality. We only need guidance and fair distribution of labor.
The hard-working people will naturally work hard to make their lives happier..."
Claude personally went to the Port of Corbicius to welcome the arrival of Countess Maria. Because Countess Maria was unwell during the half-month sea journey and needed to rest for a few more days in the Port of Corbicius, Claude went to the port of Corbicius.
I rushed to the hotel where he was staying to express the friendship between teacher and student.
After resting for another three days, Mrs. Maria, accompanied by Claude, took a carriage to the town of Ancano, entered the train station, and boarded the special carriage arranged for her by Claude. The scenery along the way amazed Mrs. Maria.
She was surprised. She felt that the prosperity here was comparable to the towns around the royal capital. Especially the train, which she had never heard of, so she was curious to ask Claude. Of course, Claude had to be more modest.
This time, Lady Maria came to the Overseas Dominion as the special envoy of Frederick I. She was accompanied by her eldest son Hettinger, wearing the uniform of a captain of the Guards Corps and wearing a
But before entering the carriage, his revolver was confiscated by the big man Germi. The young man didn't even have the courage to protest, so he obediently took off the holster and handed it to the big man Germi.
This scene was seen by Lady Maria. She didn't say anything, she just sighed deeply. Compared with Claude, who was almost the same age, she only felt that her eldest son was really disappointing.
If he had put more thought into disciplining his children, his son might have been able to achieve something better. Among other things, if he and Claude's sister Anna had succeeded in marrying each other, then there would be no need to strain his family now.
Running around...
During the two days and three nights traveling to Orchid Lake City, Claude and Lady Maria had a frank exchange of views on the relationship between the Kingdom and the Overseas Dominions. They also discussed the reasons why the Kingdom was in the state it is in today.
Claude pointed out to Madam Maria very bluntly that the overseas territories' move toward autonomy was an inevitable path. Even without the colonial war started by the Kingdom of Hicks, the overseas territories would eventually become autonomous territories.
Claude believes that autonomy is not independence, and there is no need for His Majesty the King to worry about it. After the war in the eastern region ended that year, the kingdom was in urgent need of blood transfusions to restore the economy. The newly occupied territories were in ruins, and the kingdom could only turn its target of exploitation to overseas territories.
At that time, the people of the overseas territories had long been unable to endure the kingdom's economic restrictions and scissor-like ocean trade policy on the overseas territories, and a strong sense of resistance was brewing. The businessmen of the Mining and Commercial Association and many powerful local families were the ones who most hoped to gain access to the war zones and the territory of the territories.
The kingdom is in turmoil.
If there had not been this colonial war started by the Kingdom of Hicks, the overseas territories themselves might have started riots before long, and the losses to the kingdom might have been even greater. And this colonial war allowed the Rangers to directly govern themselves overseas.
The territory gained a firm foothold, and because the kingdom was unable to provide war support to the overseas territories, the Ranger Division was transformed into a local legion of the overseas territories, and was more closely integrated with the local forces of the territories. And the war zone
The establishment of the PRC is more like untying the reins tied to the neck of overseas direct-administered territories.
In order to win this colonial war, the war zone could only vigorously develop the economy of the overseas territories without the support of the kingdom. The war was fought on logistics. In order to tap the war potential and expand the supply of troops, the war zone of the territories directly under the jurisdiction could only vigorously develop the economy.
The idea was directed to the kingdom. At that time, the political situation in the kingdom was unstable due to the two kings competing for the throne, which gave the directly-administered war zone the opportunity to vigorously immigrate from the kingdom itself. More than 2 million family members and relatives of the soldiers of the two legions moved to overseas directly-administered areas.
Territory, so that the directly-administered territory war zone can make up for the shortcoming of the lack of additional troops.
Everything in the overseas autonomous territories was developed with painstaking efforts by the immigrants of the kingdom. It was they who helped the autonomous territories defeat the Kingdom of Hicks and win the colonial war. At that time, Sterling XI was in the process of transforming the mainland of the kingdom.
After the situation became messy and chaotic, he couldn't wait to treat the overseas territories as a piece of fat meat. He sent a special envoy to come directly with a knife to cut the meat, which ultimately aroused the resentment and anger of the people of the entire overseas territories. Among those merchants and places with
With the promotion of famous people, the direct-administered territory naturally became an autonomous territory.
Claude did not deny the decisive role played by the territorial war zone in the process of autonomy, but this was also forced by the kingdom. Stirling XI was angered by the injustice and harshness of the five generals and the soldiers of the two legions who fought bloody battles.
All the officers and soldiers who have made great contributions to the country's expansion of territory. This is why no one objected to the renaming of the directly-administered territory war zone to the autonomous territory military region. All the army officers and soldiers regard themselves as members of the autonomous territory, and this place has become their new
hometown.
It can be said that the autonomy of the overseas territories is the unanimous wish of all the immigrants from the Kingdom living here. No one wants the autonomous territories to return to the situation before the colonial war. At that time, this place was a wilderness, and the governors and admirals sent by the kingdom were all
This was a place of exile, where people only cared about making money, and all industries were in ruins, and people's livelihood was difficult. But now, this is a land full of hope, and it is a happy new home that all the people of the overseas autonomous territories have worked hard to develop.
Claude pointed out to Mrs. Maria that the biggest difference between the Kingdom itself, or between Frederic I and the overseas Dominions was the difference in perception. He regarded the Overseas Dominions as rebellion. And autonomy is not independence, and the people of the Overseas Dominions are also different.
It is not the rebellion of the kingdom. They also remember that they are immigrants from the Kingdom of Ovelas, and they also have feelings for their family and country, and are willing to help the kingdom's natives as much as they can. Unless the demands of the kingdom's natives are too outrageous, just like the last time they were expelled
The request made by the special envoy of the kingdom who left the country was simply out of the blue. It was cutting off the foundation of the economic development of the overseas autonomous territories...
Of course, Mrs. Maria would not agree with Claude's view. She believed that in the face of a national crisis, if the overseas autonomous territories truly believed that they were still citizens of the Kingdom of Ovelas, they should put aside their past grudges and do their best to help the kingdom resist foreign enemies.
Instead of taking the opportunity to coerce the kingdom and propose conditions for autonomy that are tantamount to rebellion.
Claude could only smile bitterly. This was the difference in opinions caused by the different positions of the buttocks. He could only tell Mrs. Maria that the overseas dominions had fulfilled their obligations and duties to the kingdom. If nothing else, it was worth a hundred dollars.
10,000 gold crowns of food and agricultural products, 200,000 Obash type III standard matchlock guns, 1,000 old muzzle-loading light infantry field artillery, 20,000 medium and heavy projectiles and 1,000 each
Throwing devices. The total value is nearly three million gold crowns, all provided free of charge. This has exceeded all the support provided by the Kingdom to the territorial war zone during the colonial war.
There were some things that Claude felt he could explain to Madam Maria in private, and he gave Madam Maria a detailed analysis. For example, before the overseas territories developed, the kingdom could only obtain 300,000 yuan from the entire overseas territories.
The taxes of gold crowns and the tribute of one hundred thousand gold crowns are the total revenue included in the national treasury and the inner treasury of the Sterling royal family. In addition, the ocean-going commercial trade between the two continents can also bring various benefits to the kingdom.
Indirect taxes.
But the truth is very cruel. The kingdom regards the entire overseas territories as a source of resources to plunder wealth. Most of the profits are obtained by the kingdom's old noble families, and the remaining profits from ocean-going commercial trade are also obtained by the kingdom.
Monopolized by the emerging commercial aristocratic forces, the benefits that the kingdom can obtain are only a small part, but the big part has long been divided up, and the infamy has been borne by the kingdom.
To give a very simple example, 70% of the mineral resources produced by the overseas territories were purchased by the kingdom at extremely low prices and shipped back to the kingdom, where they were distributed to five military industries. Don’t forget these five military industries.
It is in the hands of the old noble families. They get these mineral resources almost free of charge, but the weapons and armaments produced are paid for by the kingdom. Most of the profits go to the hands of these old noble families. One in one
It turns out that the annual income of these established aristocratic families is more than one million gold crowns...
The emerging business aristocrats are also very smart. They cannot get a share of the mineral resources of the overseas jurisdictions, but they can monopolize the commercial and trade exchanges between the two continents. They sell the goods produced in the kingdom to overseas jurisdictions at high prices.
Territory, and purchased special products from the directly-administered territory at low prices, and obtained benefits that were no less than mineral resources.
The old aristocratic families were jealous of these commercial interests, so they used the commercial exclusivity and pricing power of each local county to restrict the monopoly of ocean commerce and trade of the emerging commercial aristocrats, thus triggering a power struggle between the two.
Claude has always believed that the so-called free commercial trade advocated by the emerging commercial aristocracy is actually just to break the commercial monopoly and pricing power of the old aristocratic families over the various local counties in the kingdom. What they actually pursue is the monopoly of ocean-going commercial trade.
Income, this can be concluded from their use of the pricing power of goods in ocean-going commercial trade. They are not all good things. The kingdom's current situation has a lot to do with the power struggle caused by these two aristocratic factions.
big relationship.
If Prince Hansback successfully succeeds to the throne, even if the interests of the old aristocratic families are damaged, the Kingdom of Overas will still be the dominant power in the east of the Farea Continent. It is just the emerging commercial aristocracy that promotes Weide for their own interests.
Prince Lech went to fight for the throne. While the established aristocratic family stood by and watched, Prince Hansback ran away in anger, kicking off the civil war in the kingdom. This civil war brought the most severe trauma to the kingdom...
.
The problem with Prince Hansback was that he was overly conceited. He still didn't know who the main enemy was until he raised his troops to attack the kingdom. He believed that he could use the power at his disposal to clean up the situation in the entire kingdom, but he still did not change his original intention of weakening the power of the established noble families.
.So after the surprise attack on the Ibiniste Plain and the occupation of the royal capital, the forces of the old noble families and the emerging commercial nobles were wiped out. In the end, the forces of the old noble families were forced to side with Prince Wedelek, laying the foundation for his failure in the kingdom.
foundation.
The result of the participation of the old aristocratic family forces in the war was that both sides suffered losses. The kingdom was reduced to ruins. After the defeat, the eldest prince Hansback withdrew his troops back to the new occupied territory with hatred. As a result, he was assassinated and ended on the stage of the kingdom's history. But the victorious old aristocratic family forces also
It’s uncomfortable, because the civil war in the kingdom is hurting their interests. After the profit-making Prince Wedelek became Sterling XI, he relied on the people of the emerging business aristocracy, and the old ones who pushed him to the throne were
The power of the aristocratic family was cast aside.
Soon these old aristocratic families regretted that Sterling XI was not a wise king, but was evolving into a tyrant. The emerging business nobles he relied on were more like mad dogs. In order to make up for the economic losses they suffered in the kingdom's civil war,
They used the title of liquidation and accountability ambassador given to them by Sterling XI to arrest the so-called accomplices and supporters of the great prince in various local counties in the kingdom, making the people in the kingdom miserable, with refugees everywhere and bandits everywhere.
So these old aristocratic families decided to bring order to the chaos, and staged a mutiny to elect Frederic I to power as the new king of the Kingdom of Overas. Although the overseas dominion military region came to the kingdom to rob machinery and equipment to transport refugees, it was delayed for a year.
Time, but during this period, the old aristocratic family forces still used the father-in-law of Sterling XI to drag them into the water. The Red Dragon Legion of the Kingdom Marshal Duke Siegfried tested the combat power of the Thunder Legion of the Dominion Military District and obtained
An incomparable conclusion was reached.
Why did the overseas dominions still receive a cold reception in the royal capital after Frederic I ascended the throne and sent envoys to congratulate him and prepare to improve relations with the kingdom? The reason is very simple. The old aristocratic families who now control the kingdom still regard the overseas dominions as
In order to rebel, they hope that the overseas autonomous territories can return to the days when they were free to take whatever they wanted. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. For the established aristocratic families, they cannot give up such a huge sum of money that does not originally belong to them.
wealth......
Claude asked Madam Maria, were the demands made by the Overseas Dominions excessive? The Kingdom's mainland and the Overseas Dominions were separated by an ocean of silence, and the smooth sailing by boat took half a month. Under such circumstances, administrative measures were maintained.
The certain independent status in personnel promotion, finance and taxation, economy and finance, and military strength is to effectively enable the entire overseas autonomous territory to develop better and faster. It is not to obtain the approval and permission of the kingdom to enable some to help
Moves to overseas dominions were postponed indefinitely.
Therefore, the Kingdom’s envoy who was expelled last time proposed that the Kingdom have the right to approve and verify the policies of the overseas autonomous territories. This is just making things difficult. This is nothing more than a word game played by the old aristocratic families who control the power of the Kingdom. If the overseas autonomous territories
If you agree, then there will be no difference between autonomy and direct jurisdiction.
There is also the right to allow goods produced in overseas autonomous territories to enter the kingdom for trading. There is no difference between having or not. As long as the commercial exclusivity and pricing power of the local counties in the kingdom are in the hands of the old aristocratic families and commercial aristocrats
, then it is up to them to decide whether the goods produced by the overseas autonomous territories will be sold more or less after being delivered to the kingdom. The kingdom’s envoy also proposed to cooperate with the kingdom’s trading houses and local powerful families. This is nothing more than letting the overseas autonomous territories obediently process them for them.
Just a workshop.
Perhaps they think that our overseas dominions should be grateful for these two conditions of the gift, so the lion opened his mouth and asked our overseas dominions to provide free grain and other agricultural products worth three million gold crowns to the Kingdom this year and next year, five million
The Kingdom of Jinkron has urgently needed mineral resources in its own territory, as well as paying taxes and tributes of 1.5 million gold kroner to the kingdom every year.
Claude said that sometimes he really couldn't understand. What did they think of the nearly seven million immigrants from the kingdom in the overseas autonomous territories? Are they slaves whose life and death were in their hands?
Precisely because the nearly seven million immigrants from the Kingdom in the overseas autonomous territories still regard themselves as subjects of the Kingdom of Ovelas, the overseas autonomous territories are willing to pay taxes and tributes of 400,000 gold crowns to the kingdom every year and recognize the Kingdom of Ovelas as an overseas autonomous territory.
The suzerain country maintains a consistent attitude with the kingdom in diplomacy and military affairs. The enemies of the kingdom are the enemies of the overseas autonomous territories. This does not harm the interests of the kingdom and the Sterling royal family at all.
It’s just that the overseas dominions are unwilling to continue to provide free mineral resources to those established aristocratic families and require them to offer reasonable prices. Is this too much? The miners in the overseas dominions are not slaves. They also have to support their families in Hukou. Their labor and dedication
They should receive reasonable remuneration. So why should these old aristocratic families of the Kingdom occupy the mineral resources of the overseas autonomous territories in vain? Not to mention that they are serving the Kingdom and producing armaments for the Kingdom. The weapons and equipment they produce do not require the Kingdom.
Pay the bill?
By the way, they also want the Dominion Military Region to provide them with 200,000 new rifles for free, equipped with bullets, and production drawings, saying that they want to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. So if the Dominion Military Region does not provide it to them, will they?
Will the Dominion Military District be held responsible for the kingdom's consecutive defeats?
It's really fair to say, do they understand what two hundred thousand new rifles mean? That's a huge sum of nearly five million gold crowns. The Dominion Military Region sold iron and steel and sold all the materials seized from the battlefields of the colonial war to collect two
The legion's new rifle equipment was used to improve the combat effectiveness of the two legions under the Dominion. It is still in arrears with the bank's loan of two million gold crowns...
They just want to take it all with their mouths. Why? Maybe in their eyes, the two legions of the Overseas Dominion Military Region are not the armies of the Kingdom of Ovelas at all, so they squeeze out the Dominion Military Region and fail to include the Dominion Military Region.
The military region takes it seriously, haha...
Which new rifle is really so expensive? Lady Maria was a little shocked. Claude's analysis as a bystander of the reasons for the kingdom's decline to its current state was a huge impact on her original position. She suddenly felt
What Claude said makes sense. The kingdom does owe a lot to the overseas dominions.
"Actually, I came here this time to ask you to send troops to save the kingdom from danger..." Mrs. Maria said.