Chapter 115: Waiting for the People (Part II)

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The title of the second Indian drama is a bit meaningful, and it is called "The People".

When Ferdinand heard this name, his mind immediately diverged. But in the end, it turned out that no one's brain hole is as big as the Indian's brain hole.

The script tells the story of the Emperor of the Ring of the Sun Empire, the king of Shalou in the south, who fought against the king of the Ring of the Sun, after repelling the attack of the king of the Ring of the Sun, boasted to the envoys of the Bharava that he had 30,000 war horses and 50,000 war elephants under his command, so as to defeat the enemy army from the north.

The envoy of the Bharavah said, "Your Majesty's mighty army is probably the first in all of India, and I ask to see such a magnificent and magnificent scene." ”

Bula Jisha II was speechless and told the messenger to wait for three days. Horachisha II scooped up horses and war elephants, and found only three thousand horses and five thousand war elephants, and any more of them had to be requisitioned on the banks of the Namarda River and scattered throughout South India, and even then the number was less than half what the king had said.

Emperor Bula Jisha II came up with a way and said to the envoys: "Our country is a country with many elephants, so 50,000 war elephants can be produced in one war, and the people of our country are good at fighting, and everyone is like an elephant!" I take the lead, and the people are galloping, and the so-called Vientiane galloping is also. ”

The Bharavar envoy still said, "I ask to see such a spectacle." ”

So he called up 11,600 people, and asked them to assemble on the high ground and gallop down with him. As for how to do it, the king doesn't care.

The people had to put together 200 four-horse carts, each with 58 grooms.

Seven days later, the king summoned his envoys and galloped down from the heights of a precious horse bought from Central Asia. The people crowded on the carriage like a seventh-level floating slaughterhouse, and drove with the king's might, shouting: "Your Majesty, please stop your BMW and wait for your people!" ”

(The envoy of the Bharavah returned home and said to the king: "After the victory of the king of Zaroqi, he became more and more arrogant, the government was chaotic, and the people were tired, and it was not a long-lasting government. "Seven years later, Bharava sent troops to defeat Shalouqi, the kingdom was shattered and died, and the whole drama ended)

There is no doubt that this play is a criticism of the cruel tyranny of the feudal monarch and expresses deep sympathy for the vast number of toiling people in India, and His Majesty King Ferdinand fully understands and tolerates this, and repeatedly stops Nidhogg, who wants to stop the performance: "Very good, don't worry, this is the people, in fact, the people are very lovely, and I have heard the story of the village of Sheep Spring in Castile." ”

The story of the village of Yangquan is a historical fact, and the reason why this situation occurred is because of the unique political landscape of the Iberian Peninsula. It seems somewhat similar to the situation at the beginning of the Estates-General in France, where the peasants, the feudal nobles, and the kings stood on one side against their common enemyβ€”

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Not a clergyman, but, a feudal nobleman!

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Historical records indicate that an important mission in the life of the Spanish feudal nobility was to respond to the king's call and help the king fight against the feudal nobility...... And the king of Spain himself is also "relying on the feudal small nobility against the feudal nobility as the basis of his own rule", and the cornerstone of the Spanish royal family is the feudal small nobility! Moreover, both sides are actually aware and normalized.

This can only show that the previous kings of Castile and Aragon were really used to fighting with the big nobles, and if they didn't break their hands, the sun came out of the west, and the gap between the level of the small nobles and the king was too big, and the gap was not as small as that in England. Knights and barons, when the king needed them, were called to suppress rebellions and deal with the great nobles. As for the local prowess of the great nobles...... Beat you flat, do you still have prestige?

Ferdinand was thrilled with this political outlook! This is a bit like the situation in the early days of the Western Han Dynasty! The big nobles have no appeal to the small nobles, that is to say, even if they tear up with the big nobles, they don't have to worry about the big nobles ascending to the heights, and a group of people in a certain place responding, and the king summons to rebel, and the local small nobles will rise up and beat the big nobles.

Of course, the relationship develops gradually. After all, the petty aristocracy can side with the king, or the big nobles – isn't that the case in England? One is the middle and the bottom, and the other is the middle and lower joint master.

At this time, the comparison is how the opening operation is! Again and again, the early civil wars were fought, and every time the victory or defeat was decided, the scales tipped a little. The King of England was unfortunate and failed at the beginning, so the end was Magna Carta. The king of Aragon was also defeated, but then moved back in time, and then kept turning the scales in his favor.

Castile did a better job, and the leadership of the so-called peasant revolt was in the hands of His Majesty the King, which is similar to that of the Western Han Dynasty. The peasants are righteous together, like the situation in Yangquan Village on the Portuguese border, the king waved his pen, this nobleman has no way, and he still wants to take refuge in Portugal and commit treason! Yangquan Village is under the rule of the king! So the peasants who killed the nobles shouted long live!

And the great nobles of the Iberian Peninsula are too dead, and they like to overthrow the king when they have nothing to do, the key is that they don't talk about the basic law at all, and Britain still respects the king on the surface? What cannot be said clearly must be known to everyone, and the king is overhead, and the peasants, knights, barons, and viscounts are vying for territory below, so that the whole country knows how these fellows are ...... It's you who scare!

Therefore, this peasant is righteous together, and the happiest is the king! When Charles V first ascended the throne, some people in the Castilian nobility were not convinced, mainly the big nobles, and then at this time a peasant revolt broke out, which was a bit large, and the Castilian nobility was injured.

Charles V was very excited, and he did not work hard to suppress it, His Majesty the King will reduce his prestige if he suppresses the people, so compensate him! The territory is still a tax, you can choose the same by yourself, and my decision-making power is also very important, you can't help but listen, so the royal power is further strengthened.

And Ferdinand, on the eve of the formation of a unified Spain, opened the history books of Aragon and looked at it, well, yes, the previous kings did a good job, and this chain was almost formed.

The Spanish monarchy is stable, that is, to a certain extent, the king of Spain is more clever than Britain and France, and he has the same thing as the Western Han Dynasty. It is not wise for the king to grab profits with the small nobles, it is best to scare the big nobles together, this is endless, and it is very happy!

Just as Jia Yi directly said in the edict to Emperor Wen, which can almost be said to be in the vernacular-

[I secretly observed (but you said so bluntly that you would die for Your Majesty...... Probably the strong will be the first to rebel. Huaiyin Wang Chu, the strongest, is the first to rebel; Han Xin leans on Hu, and it is the opposite; Guan Gao is because of Zhao Zi, and it is the opposite; Chen Xuan's soldiers are fine, and they are opposed; Peng Yue used beams, and it was the opposite...... If you want the peace of the world, if you build princes and have less strength [find an opportunity to eat them, eat a big head yourself, and share the side dishes with everyone]. If the force is less, it is easy to make righteousness, and if the country is small, it is easy to kill evil hearts [small princes and small nobles are easy to use morality to order them, and they will not want to make big news all day long]. The momentum of the sea, such as the arm of the body, the finger of the arm, is not to be controlled. The princes did not dare to have different intentions, so they gathered together and then returned to the Son of Heaven. Although he is in the small people, and knows his safety, the world knows His Majesty's wisdom [Farmers and small nobles will say: His Majesty the King will take us to play, press E to row!] 】…… Customized ...... The end of the earth...... The land of the princes, which is quite into the Han Dynasty...... Therefore, the world knows His Majesty's incorruptibility. The land system is certain, the descendants of the clan do not worry about the king, there is no heart to double the side, and there is no will to punish him, so the world knows the benevolence of His Majesty. The law is established without violating it, and the order is carried out without disobeying it...... The people are good, and the ministers are obedient, so the world knows the righteousness of His Majesty [the people are good, the ministers are obedient, and the world says that you are a good person]...... (The meaning in the ellipsis can be understood as: so so, so even if the pig is the emperor) and the world is not chaotic, the great rule at that time, and the recitation of the holy ......

However, when the plot reached its climax, Ferdinand shook his head again, "It's not right! Inappropriate! The people need to be, the people need to! Without strong leadership from the people, how can the country develop and progress......"