Sardinia is an island located in western Italy, also known as Sardinia, located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, which is a large and isolated island. In the 14th century, the island became part of Aragon. Spanish rule lasted for about 400 years.

The economy is dominated by agriculture and mining. Natural pastures cover more than half of the island's area and are widely used to raise sheep and goats. Wheat, barley, grapes, olives, cork and tobacco are produced. The main fishing industry is tuna, lobster and sardines. The island is rich in mineral resources, including zinc and lead (4/5 of Italian production), lignite, fluorite, bauxite, copper and iron.

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Based on a novel he had read, Ferdinand believed that Sardinia could serve as a new fulcrum for his industrial and agricultural reforms and military strategy. Now the "Golden Basin" Sicily is also in the hands of the Kingdom of Aragon, and Sardinia has long been isolated and can be said to be a "forgotten land" in southern Europe.

Although Sardinia has the same name as the Kingdom of Sardinia, which united Italy, it was actually taken away by Austria and given to it by Sicily as a token of comfort. And now, due to heavy debt, the Italian government is even considering selling the island to Switzerland.

"It is certainly impossible to sell the island, in the political situation of Italy, if you sell the island today, you will be beaten into a thief by the opposition party tomorrow, but the financial pressure really cannot be a reason to sell the territory, and you are still unwilling to recognize the independence of the Netherlands if you don't see that the Spanish Empire is financially bankrupt? Although mainly for the wealth of the North Netherlands......"

However, the Italian government did sell off the island's palaces, hotels, and various state assets.

When the Allies planned to land in Sicily, they spread false information that they were going to attack Sardinia in order to plot southern France, and the famous "Operation Meat Stuffing" successfully deceived Hitler. Although Hitler misjudged the strategic intentions of the Allies, if there was a real attempt to land in southern France, then Sardinia was indeed an excellent base for advance.

"Many people think that the period of Spanish rule was the time of the decline of Cagliari and Sardinia. …… Then Sardinia was clearly undeveloped under Aragon, and now it can be developed even more. The local lead mine is abundant, and bullets can be made in large quantities. Cagliari, however, did not intend to build on a large scale, and the establishment of a new base would help to keep it secret. Oristano is an eleventh-century ancient city near the mouth of the Tiersso River, connecting the main grain producing region of the Capitano Plain – that's it. ”

Are there any difficult aristocrats on the island? It's only 1493! In front of himself, the king of Aragon, those guys have no human rights.

In fact, of course, Sardinia has aristocrats, and he is quite stubborn and does not obey much. But why are they not the climate?

The Sardinians, the largest island in the Mediterranean, are second only to Sicily among the Italian islands. Prehistory is not mentioned. In the Middle Ages, it belonged to Pisa, and in 1324 AD, it was taken by Aragon. Why? Pope Yunya. Why? Compensate for the loss of Sicily. Pedro III seized Sicily, and the Pope hated him and removed him from his membership. The second son took the throne and abandoned it. The Pope was pleased and allowed to seize the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in Pisa. Wang Shenzhi only took Sardinia.

Wang Bang, the son of the throne, called Alfonso IV. He was weak, known as good, and the situation was turbulent. At that time, the Sardinian nobles were not convinced, and Genoa intervened. Fighting, winning, and Sardinian drawn.

and to heaven, succeeded by Pedro IV. His people are also well-dressed beasts and polite villains. Started an unreasonable dispute and swallowed the land of relatives. If you want to make a woman as your heir, her country is in turmoil, and the king wins the war, and since then the momentum of the parliament has gradually declined, and now it is to make the protagonist benefit.

The country was initially decided, and the people were uneasy. The people of Sardinia, thinking that they could take advantage of the gap, rebelled. The king sent his army to ask for it, destroying the withering and decaying, the momentum was like a broken bamboo, the meat ate cloth clothes, and everyone lost their fear. From then on, Sardinia wagged his tail and begged for mercy, worshiped reverently, and was obedient, and could not kneel for a long time. After more than 400 years, the wind and clouds have changed, the vicissitudes of the sea, the soldiers have been fighting each other, and the number of power battles has changed.

After the French Revolution, French troops landed on the island. When that time came, the Kingdom of Sardinia garrisoned its land, and the islanders came to their aid, so it was victorious. The islanders were arrogant, and the nobles invited them to the kingdom's council, but the king refused. The islanders rebelled, won a brief victory, and were suppressed.

Since then, its people have changed their nature, their hearts, hard work, and promises. Italy's finances are tight, selling its palaces, disposing of its real estate, and selling its resources, but the islanders are silent and go with the flow. The government once wanted to give its land to Switzerland, and the islanders heard about it, and they were willing to set up an autonomous government, but they did not dare to make any objections.

Look at its history, observe its people, listen to its words, and watch its deeds. It can really be described as self-righteous, I don't know whether I live or die, I can't understand the height and thickness of the earth, I can't understand the fiery red of flowers, and I can throw my hips to the ground, and the sun is shining when I give it a little time. Such a person is good enough to be the dead.

When the protagonist's world, the country is in full swing, Wang Wei Zhongtian, Sardinia, full of shemales, Hugh said that he acted for profit, even if he was whipped and beaten, he only bent his hips and pouted, why worry?

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But who to send to manage?

First of all, there must be integrity! Since it is an experimental field and an important base, it must not let outsiders know too much, and if the interests of the nobles on the island are violated, they will not dare to rebel. Hehe...... But I am afraid that bribes will be imposed, not only to the chief executive, but also to officials at all levels. At present, when the new system was not perfected in the early days, it was also the time when the changes were greatest, and internal bribery was enough, and it would be bad if foreign forces infiltrated it, and although the European intelligence gathering in 1492 could be called miserable, it was important to be just in case.

Second, be obedient! It cannot be managed by a great noble. This island is a place where he directs the country, and he would rather send a pig there than be constrained.

In the end, of course, the ability is still needed, and you can't really send an idiot over.

At this time, Ferdinand was going to be messy, no wonder Castile was stronger than Aragon, not only was the king obedient to the other queen, but the minister was also crushed. A few of them were also converted Jews with deep backgrounds from big nobles and merchants.

Isabella had a rough childhood, ascending to the throne step by step, with a lot of close friends, advisors, admirers (Gonzalo), respecters, and friends who couldn't be counted, and her personality charm was simply explosive, but Ferdinand was not so lucky. After the death of Isabella, one of his close advisors, he consulted with his king behind closed doors for a week, and then the original owner began to behave in a bad way......

If you want all three, you really can't find anyone.

Now it is unrealistic to pull people from abroad, of course, and it is not much, and Ferdinand did not have the idea of shoehorning the historical figures of the Renaissance into Sardinia.

So you can only care about your wife and ask for someone?

Ferdinand then thought of Isabella's important financial advisor and rather loyal Isaac-Abravanel, who had resigned due to the Edict of 1492, and who had become Isabella's personal financial advisor in 1491. Now Isabella still often asks for his opinion. Abravanel's family has lived in the Iberian Peninsula for more than a thousand years and has a long-standing relationship with Isabella's family.

Isaac-Abravanel did not convert to Catholicism like Isabella's other Jewish allies, and historically fled with his family to Naples, and then to Venice after the Spanish conquest of Naples.

Abravanel admonished and encouraged Jews to hold fast to their Jewish faith, even at the loss of their lives and property. For him, faith is more important than anything else.

Historically, after unsuccessful persuasion, Abravanel immediately began to organize the departure of Jewish civilians from Spain, interceded with the two monarchs, extended the deadline by a few days, and showed extraordinary organizational skills. On 2 August, three days later than scheduled, the last Jewish civilians were safely evacuated.

You can say that a person who is not absolutely loyal to the monarch, absolutely obedient, cannot be fully trusted. But a person who is quite loyal, but not absolutely loyal to the leader, and at the same time absolutely loyal to the faith, is less likely to betray. Simple analogy, the young revolutionary generals (if they are really absolutely loyal) or Taizong, which do you pick?

Judging from the results of history, this Jewish adviser was not able to succumb to the temptation of money and the threat of his life. At the same time, because he fell for Ferdinand's "tricks", he is now very loyal and favorable to the Queen of Castile and the King of Aragon, second only to Yahweh and the Messiah.

So that's it.

But Ferdinand issued a decree restricting non-converting Jews that unconverted Jews were not allowed to hold any administrative positions.

In this regard, Ferdinand was not prepared to issue a charter, let alone amend the decree.

Holding an administrative position is a small matter, but if a precedent is set, and a Jew wants to be exempt from paying taxes, or even enter the New World, it will be a lot of fun.

There were as many as two or three million descendants of Jews who left Spain. They were talented people and equally loyal to the king, but the formation of separate groups was a potential source of destabilization until they converted.

Jews and Judaism are not a threat, their unity is the danger.

The main purpose of Ferdinand's decrees was not to restrict, but to disintegrate.

He did covet Jewish wealth, but if it could be realized, he would rather receive less than a penny himself, or tens of thousands of Malawedi would be enough.

He hopes that one day, the number of people still subject to the decree will not exceed 10,000.

Spain doesn't need small groups, just big solidarity.

On 3 January 1493, Ferdinand sent the treasurer of the Inner Court, Louis de Sandon Her, a converted Jew, to inform Isaac Abravanel of his appointment. The latter expressed his enthusiasm for the new mission and expressed his gratitude to the king for his magnanimity.

On January 17, 1493, Ferdinand appointed Isaac-Abravanel as the "chief vizier" of the Sardinian puppet kingdom, which is now the prime minister.

The Sardinian puppet kingdom was a puppet kingdom established after Jaime II captured Sardinia, with Cagliari as its administrative capital. It is so called because it has no state structure at all, has never had any ministers, and is essentially a province or colony with a status inferior to that of Catalonia, completely different from the nature of the Kingdom of Sicily. Naturally, all the kings of Aragon, including Jaime II, never had any coronations, nor had they ever had any crown scepters. No one took it seriously, not even the Sardinians who gave it a little sunshine, and the king probably just made a joke and forgot about it himself. Since Jaime II made such a false name, if not never mentioned, it is only a few words.

Now it was time to give Ferdinand the decree he issued in the name of the kings of Aragon and Sicily, not that he had planned it a long time ago, but that he himself had forgotten it.

The chief prime minister, as good as it sounds, but the chief prime minister of Sardinia, that is, the governor of the province or the governor of the colony, was appointed in this way, firstly, to take care of the Jewish identity of Abravanel, and not to violate the decree. The second is to strengthen the particularity of Sardinia and make it an exclusive base under its own tight control.

The annual salary of the chief prime minister was 1 million malawi, but because Abravanel was Jewish—he could be the chief prime minister of the "Kingdom of Sardinia", but as a national of Aragon, he was still subject to the tax provisions of the decree - so after the progressive deduction of taxes, there were only 345,500 malawi, or 921.3 ducats, which was also a relief from his personal property situation, which was somewhat tight due to the heavy taxation.

The maintenance of the tax clause made some wealthy Jewish businessmen who had learned of the appointment and tried to avoid taxes in Sardinia painfully give up their dream of "tax havens".

The terms of the exit restrictions were also observed, and Isaac-Abravanel left Aragonese mainland with only 5 Malawedis to Cagliari to receive his salary for the 1493 year, and then moved to the city of Oristano. The capital of the puppet kingdom is still in Cagliari, and the core area of the base should not be too ostentatious, this so-called puppet kingdom will be canceled sooner or later anyway.

Most people believe that Ferdinand's move was just a way for the king to save the country and compensate his loyal financial advisers and allies, and that the rigorous procedure was only to preserve the king's dignity. Others, perceiving the king's long-term foreshadowing and arrangement, and his firm determination to maintain the restrictive decree at all costs, strengthened the authority of the law and the king's prestige, but at the same time showed cautious goodwill to the Jewish community, promising not to impose further restrictions, suppression, or even expulsion against them, to stabilize the Jews' fear of further persecution, but also to warn them that the king would not relax the existing restrictions. This king may not be as brave and resourceful as he seems. Others believe that this aspect also shows the lack of talent in Aragon, and perhaps it is a good opportunity to squeeze in front of the king. It was also thought that since the conquest of Granada, the relationship between the king and the queen had improved considerably, and that the king was not as jealous of his wife's power as he had been.

"Of course I'm not a brave person, you think a lot, I didn't take into account these additional benefits, but what I really want to do, none of you guessed, hehe, divert your attention, but there are benefits......"

Listening to the servants from the streets and parties, Ferdinand took a glass of wine and commented with a smile.

Or the tea leaves of the Celestial Empire are better. However, the new route has not yet been opened.

However, coffee can be introduced first. Black gold. You don't have to wait until 1570, when you don't know if you'll be able to enjoy it.