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It is said that at the time when the Supervision Department of Sisneros began to exert its power in the Kingdom of Sicily, there were also some things brewing in the Kingdom of Aragon itself.

Barcelona, this is a city with a very peculiar status.

On the one hand, the city is an unstable region of Aragon.

Of course, now during Ferdinand's reign, despite being the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona is relatively stable – probably with the contribution of Ferdinand's father.

But in the 17th century, Catalonia began to stir up again, and Portugal launched a war of independence in 1640. Portugal gained independence, and Barcelona broke away from Spain for a time, but in the end the Spanish army captured Barcelona – at the cost of all of Roussillon and Perpignan, Haut-Navarre, and a small part of the Basque Country, which were lost in the Peace of the Pyrenees.

At the end of 1493, the assassination of Barcelona that had taken place in history, and which Ferdinand had not suffered (and certainly not in the New World), although it turned out to be a performance artist, during the weeks when Ferdinand had a high fever, the relationship between Castile and Aragon, especially the latter, and the Catalan nobility was extremely strained.

To be precise, it was Aragon who was angry and the Catalan nobility nervous, and it was only twenty years after the murderous civil war ended, and the separatists were devoid of nobility and traditional treatment and protection, and the Catalan aristocracy, fearing a royal outburst, characterized them as "separatists without human rights".

And the city of Catalonia does assume the status of the center of Catalan nationalism, and the city has been fighting for autonomy.

This could illustrate Catalonia's instability, but ...... It is all the more strange that Ferdinand and Isabella were still stationed in the city of Barcelona, and that the entire administrative body of the court and the top of the government was also stationed here along with the king and queen. Now, for example, at the end of 1495, this is exactly what happened: a city that wanted independence from Aragon assumed the functions of the common capital of Castile and Aragon.

This is precisely Spain, here with Spain, the phenomenon of the unique "mobile court" during the period of confederation. It was not clear what was going on at the time, but there was supposed to be an official (political) intention to show affection and strengthen the political ties between the two kingdoms; There are also personal hobbies of kings and queens, such as traveling around scenic spots...... effects such as these; It was also influenced by the war in Granada, when members of the royal family went to the front, running around, gathering less and leaving more, and for a long time they did not spend much time in their original capital.

At the time, the court was described as a mobile circus, moving from Seville to Toledo, from Zaragoza to Coldon, from Santa Fe to Barcelona, completely ignoring the borders of Castile and Aragon. For example, the current Queen of Castile was dealing with Castile affairs in northeastern Aragon and close to France, and those who were not familiar with the situation must have thought that the queen was really a master of art and boldness.

So creating an embarrassing situation, Toledo, the legal capital of Castile, and Zaragoza, the legal capital of Aragon, almost never lived in the royal family. So both the Castilians and the Aragonese slowly did not mention where the capital was, only where the court was. In the end, it was not known where the court was, nor where the capital should be.

In the following decades, the court was also in this way, so it finally settled in Madrid, which naturally became the unified capital.

From the point of view of political unity, such a mobile court feature is still very good, and it helps to strengthen ties.

The current situation in Castile and Aragon troubled Ferdinand's development plans, which had been intended to start with Madrid and Barcelona as initial bases on the European continent (the Iberian Peninsula), but this plan fell through.

Madrid, and always has been, is and has always been in Castilian territory, and Ferdinand will almost certainly succeed in subduing the Castilian nobility, but it would be inappropriate to set up his base there now.

Barcelona, well, as the restless heart of Catalonia, is it impossible to turn over in a few beats, but it is simply not too simple to leak secrets.

In this way, Ferdinand's plans for a continental base were frustrated. Ferdinand then began to look for a suitable new future base on the map of Aragon.

The location of this base must be strongly controlled by the state, the transportation must be good, the waterways are passable, not close to the nasty France in the north, and not too close to Castile...... All in all, it's the kind of place where you can play with your doors behind closed doors and still make 59.

Aragonese native ...... It's a tragedy.

Smaller, smaller than Castile, similar to Portugal, no, larger; However, after the conquest of Granada, since Granada was completely surrounded by Colora, it was naturally annexed to Castile, so Aragorn was relatively smaller.

There are currently ten departments in Castile: Galicia, Asturias, Basque, León, Extremadura, Old Castile, New Castile, Andalusia and Granada.

And the provinces of Aragon (and not bigger) are only three! One is Valencia, one is Aragon (the capital is Zaragoza, that is, the legal capital) and one is Catalonia!

So the "rebellion" in Catalonia will be called a "civil war" during the Aragon period, it can't be considered a rebellion, the territory accounts for one-third, the total economy accounts for half, this region is in turmoil, where is the rebellion so simple?

So, before Ferdinand said to himself that he would pick two provinces in the south to reform in 1497 at the latest, and then he reacted, oh my God, where there are two provinces for him to choose, there is one Valencia in the south. And one more is Aragon. In addition to Catalonia and Roussillon, the fourth small border province that has just started, there are only two provinces, and these two provinces have been reformed, and if Catalonia is photographed, the national reform will be almost completed......

Of course, Ferdinand said that even without considering his own technology tree, Aragorn could be a strong force to save his respect, because although Aragon was fighting soy sauce in the first Italian war and did not produce any very good generals, its army strength was not weaker than Castile! Even a little stronger! That's true, and Castile is fat, Granada will certainly be a burden and a powder keg in twenty years, and the remnants of the Pacifist Church, in fact, the ordinary Moors, will obviously not be loyal subjects of Castile, they will rebel.

"A doomed rebellion that will happen!"

This is the conclusion of more than three years of surveillance missions in Granada and Andalusia by the Niedhogg intelligence organization.

Of course, there was little practical point in saving respect in front of other countries, and Ferdinand could only do things in Aragon.

What are some places to consider as bases in Aragon?

The capital of the province of Aragon and the capital of the whole country is Zaragoza, which is inaccessible and too conspicuous to pass.

Catalonia has two coastal cities, Barcelona and Tarragona, but the province itself means that it is destined for PSS.

So, in the end, only the province of Valencia remained, its capital was Valencia, a coastal city, with a developed textile and shipbuilding industry, and Ferdinand's "Pelican" Galen sailed through the Americas......

It was an area of Aragon that was completely protected from foreign influence, even the Valencian province was a considerable distance from the border with Castile.

"That's it, Valencia, my first continental base."