Chapter 136: Public Opinion
Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoWith the deepening of the war in Europe, the local domination system of European countries has been temporarily destroyed, and the intelligence penetration work of the Special Operations Office of the Han Empire in Europe is getting better and better!
Also developed a large number of white downlines!
The white people of this era are not like the later generations, the standard of living of the common people is really not good, and it is not much better than the civilian life of the dark and decadent feudal dynasty in the East!
At the same time, the white commoners of this era were still in feudal society, and there was still a tradition in Europe that was left over from the Middle Ages - I was loyal only to my master, not to my master's master......
This is the form of European feudal society, otherwise, the Holy Roman Empire would not have been ceded and sued for peace by its own vassal state Prussia......
Frederick's Prussia was okay, there were very few big nobles in Prussia, and Frederick's centralized rule was implemented quite well, but this was not the case in other countries!
When Austria was defeated by a small Prussia, Queen Maria Theresia had to cry to her vassal Hungarians, and then give up her political rights to get army soldiers, which shows how strange the European system was at this time......
The British are undoubtedly ahead at this moment, Britain uses a virtual monarchy constitutional system to expand the power of parliament and weaken the power of the king, so that the nobles of the whole country can sit together and discuss, so to speak, it can be regarded as a disguised weakening of the disadvantages of the dispersion of national strength!
This is also the reason why there are also a large number of nobles in the British, but the power of the whole country can be easily concentrated, after all, people have a parliament to discuss!
Moreover, the British practice was also learned by the kings of various countries after the shortcomings of the European feudal system appeared, but those kings were reluctant to give up their rights, and basically established a real constitutional monarchy, and also called the nobles together to discuss, but the king's rights were still quite large, and he could even dissolve the parliament at any time!
In this way, it is naturally impossible to really concentrate all the national forces like the British, and those nobles are not stupid, of course, they know the difference between their own parliament and the British parliament!
This phenomenon was not born until Napoleon came out of nowhere, swept across Europe, and purged all feudal forces that that true nationalism was born!
The traditional power of the aristocracy has been greatly depleted, and the allegiance of the commoners has been abolished by Napoleon, and has become a class similar to that of the commoners.
This belief is naturally the country and its own original nation!
Before the Napoleonic era, the commoners had no concept of nationality, they called themselves the number one of the nobles to whom they were allegiated, and after Napoleon, nationalism rose to the head, even if it was not the people of a country, they were called their own nation!
The original Saxons, Brandenburgers, Prussians, etc., called themselves Germans!
This change of concept, after the collapse of Napoleon's empire, undoubtedly brought a very good popular base for the unification of the German Empire!
It is even no exaggeration to say that without Napoleon's purge of Europe, Prussia would have had to fight a war of corpses and blood if it wanted to unify Germany!
This is also the traditional annexation method in the feudal era of Europe, you know, you can't get the approval of the locals, if you want to completely digest and occupy the land, it will take dozens of hundreds of years!
And after nationalism, how long did it take Prussia to unify Germany?
Quite simply, if there is no nationalism, for example, Prussia defeated Saxony, and the Saxons did not consider themselves Prussians, they would keep making trouble, and then Prussia would go to Brandenburg, and then Prussia would have to think carefully about whether their Saxon territories would be turned upside down......
At that time, there were more than a dozen such German states!
No matter how awesome Prussia is, it can't do it if you eat it one by one! Besides, is it true that the other European powers are blind?
This was the usefulness of nationalism, and with the approval of the people, Prussia could gain the public opinion under the banner of a unified Germany, which was the key factor in turning the occupied territories into direct territories!
It was precisely because Zhao Dutian shouted the slogan that the Americas are Americans, and took advantage of the natural opposition between Indians and whites, won the recognition of the Indians at the bottom and resolved the feud between the tribes!
If it weren't for the aggressiveness of the whites, Zhao Dutian would probably have to use genocide to annex one tribe after another......
In that way, not only would the loss be greater, but also a large number of people would not be gained, and naturally there would be no rapid rise of the Han Empire!
This is public opinion!
Therefore, in Europe before the Napoleonic era, although the army was strong, it did not sprout real nationalism, and the source of morale of the soldiers in the army relied most on the sense of honor of the country and loyalty to their masters!
From the soldiers of the army to the civilian class, there is no national concept, which provides a good soil for the survival of the external development of the secret service!
The poor European people also make the development funds of the secret service not too high, which is why Zhao Dutian can always receive information on the war situation on the European continent!
The British took the initiative to show favor to Zhao Dutian, in fact, there are two purposes, if Zhao Dutian is greedy and imprudent enough, it is best to fool him to fight with the French in Canada!
This point, even the British themselves are not sure, because all indications show that although Zhao Dutian is brutal, he is also very cunning......
Well, Zhao Dutian felt that he was calm and witty, and outsiders thought he was cunning......
The meanings of positive and derogatory words are sometimes very, very similar!
What if Zhao Dutian is not fooled?
The British will naturally come up with a win-win proposal that is good for Zhao Dutian and for himself!
The British cabinet government knew that after the end of this war, as long as the Kingdom of Spain did not win a complete victory against the sky, its national strength would definitely decline further, and the enclave of Oregon, which was isolated by the Han Empire, was likely to be sold by Spain to the French Empire, a traditional ally!
The French colony is connected to Oregon, and they can eat Oregon without any pressure, in this case, it is better to let the Han Empire, an Indian Empire that has a grudge against France, take Oregon!
In this way, the expansion of the French colonies could be curbed, and the hatred between the Han Empire and the Kingdom of Spain would be greater, and the friendship of the British would be more dependent!
Yes, the British don't want to abandon such a good American thug once they use it, the French and the Spaniards are about to put on a pair of pants, and the United Kingdom, which has huge interests in the American colonies, naturally hopes to find a small partner who is qualified to form an alliance to fight against the Spaniards and the French together!