Chapter 25: The French Crisis
Hearing that a revolution would break out in France made the faces of those Spanish nobles change one after another. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoBecause if that's really the case, once the Orleans dynasty in France is overthrown, their so-called French support will also become nonsense. How could Francisco, an ordinary aristocrat, or even a homosexual, be the fiancΓ© of the Queen, not because France was behind it, and the rulers of the Orleans dynasty and the Bourbon family were just two sides of the same coin.
But now if France wants to revolutionize, or even implement a republic, it will be tragic. If so, then what's the point, not only will this not be able to achieve the political purpose it should be, but it will waste the opportunity, so that the Spanish queen Isabella sacrificed her personal happiness in vain, and in the end everything is not obtained.
"On what basis do you think that there will be a revolution in France, even in the last few years?" The Spanish nobleman asked hurriedly.
Xu Qing replied: "It's very simple, because I am engaged in financial investment in the UK, and I am engaged in banking. I think many people in the UK know about this, and I have developed a new banking model, which I think the European continent has heard a lot about. I don't think you're going to deny my financial talents, are you? β
Those aristocrats glanced at each other, and then nodded, about Xu Qing's practice of absorbing deposits and then lending to eat the interest difference, this is actually known to many people, and this business model has spread to Europe. Many banks on the European continent are also gradually changing their business models, but no one will deny Xu Qing's financial talent, and there is no need to deny it.
"Since you all agree, I will also analyze France from a financial point of view. The current situation in France is actually a country supported by loan sharks. They are supported by the financial aristocracy, but I want to say that there is such a thing as finance, which does not actually produce real wealth, but is just a zero-sum game of wealth. Finance is actually a virtual economy, it will not generate any new wealth in essence, it is built on the real economy. β
"But the present situation, now in England and France, there is already a lot of famine. In fact, the state structure of France is still dominated by peasants, with peasants as the mainstream. Once the agricultural harvest fails, the income of the vast majority of the people will be seriously reduced. As people's incomes decrease, they naturally have no money to buy industrial products, and industrial factories will also close down. β
"As for the banks, the French usury aristocracy was rampant and benefited from eating usury. But once the peasants and merchants, even the industrial merchants, could not afford to repay the usury, the usury wealth was lost. This will cause a lot of bad debts, agricultural crises, industrial and commercial crises, financial crises, coupled with the government's serious and huge fiscal deficits, and the government debt crisis will also follow. When the time comes, the peasant workers will lose their jobs, the middle class will be in trouble, and even the wealthy will be panicked. The French government's short-term national debt is already facing repayment, and once the French government is unable to repay these short-term national debt, the government's prestige will inevitably be discredited. β
"All strata of society are against this government, and with the history of revolution in the past, what do you think they will do?"
Those Spanish aristocrats suddenly turned green, if it was really as Xu Qing said, this France was really on the verge of revolution. The agricultural crop crisis, to the industrial and commercial crisis, to the financial crisis, the political crisis, and so on, were enough to bring down the French government.
Even France has a very deep revolutionary tradition, and it is easy to change the dynasty. Under such circumstances, the Orleans dynasty in France is probably really going to lose its prestige. Even after the revolution, it was not their turn to be the king of France.
But once the Orleans dynasty in France lost the power to rule France, wasn't the Francisco they supported a joke? When the time comes, the queen will marry this Francisco, not only will she not be able to get any French support, but she will even face the result of French collapse. When the time comes, France will collapse, and they will pay so much for no reason, and in the end they will not get anything, what a loss.
"If so, then didn't our queen die in vain? Instead of asking Her Majesty to marry this gay man, Francisco, it would be better to choose another husband. You can't make the queen pay such a big sacrifice, and in the end there is nothing good, right? Eugenie took the initiative.
Those Spanish nobles are also talking about it, if it is really as Xu Qing said, such a marriage of Queen Isabella, this is really unnecessary. When the time came, Francisco would have no French support, and that would be of no value at all. The value of his existence is also the support of France, and if the Orleans dynasty in France loses its right to rule, then what is the point of this.
Although the Orleans dynasty had a very close relationship with the Bourbon dynasty, at this time, it was still a matter of personal care, and Spain had no spare strength to support the French resistance to the revolutionaries.
Soon the nobles came to a conclusion, saying, "Your Majesty, it is better to do this, and we will simply delay the marriage." Let's not be in such a hurry to get married, in short, let's delay first. If Minister Xu Qing's prediction is accurate, France will inevitably be in chaos in the next few years. If there is really chaos in France, we will cancel the marriage immediately. But if the queen is twenty years old, there is no chaos in France, then we will fulfill the previous marriage contract, what do you think? β
When Isabella heard this, she was a little disappointed, because she only "postponed" the marriage and did not cancel the engagement immediately. It seems that these Spanish nobles also hope that they will not offend both ends, on the one hand, they don't want to offend France, but they are also worried that Xu Qing's prediction is right, so that the queen will pay for nothing, but they will not get any benefits.
So this method is not a solution, anyway, to postpone the marriage, so that both parties can be taken care of. At that time, if the Orleans dynasty falls, then the marriage will be canceled, so that they will not be afraid that the Orleans dynasty will find them to settle accounts with Spain. But if there is no chaos in France, and the marriage is completed in this way, then no one can say anything, anyway, it is just postponed.
These nobles, all of whom are cunning and cunning guys, naturally easily thought of this practice of stepping on two boats.