Chapter 53: The Viceroy of Spain

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The sound of leather boots on the stone floor was heard clearly in the corridors of the Doge's Palace, Mexico City, the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

A tall Spaniard dressed in a Spanish officer's uniform and wearing a white hooded wig walked quickly towards the door at the end of the corridor, and the two Spanish guards standing at the door with flintlock pistols on their shoulders saw the comer, snapped and raised their guns and saluted, the Spanish officer didn't even look at the two guards, and pushed open the door and walked in.

The door was filled with extravagant ornaments, large expensive oil paintings, red blankets made of unknown pieces, and carved 'desks', a middle-aged Spaniard also wearing an expensive wig, was putting his hands on the table, flipping through a book, hearing the sound of the door opening, the middle-aged man frowned slightly, and slowly raised his eyes from the book.

The Spanish officer who came in hurriedly gave a military salute, handed the document in his hand to the middle-aged man sitting on the table, and stood up and reported: "Flores. Your Excellency Governor Fruella, I'm sorry to disturb your rest, this is the urgent military information of the Commander Garcia, two infantry regiments we sent into central California, and one infantry regiment from San Francisco, were routed by an Indian tribe called the Great Han, who had the same advanced muskets and even artillery as we did, and who were proficient in the line tactics popular in Europe!

Captain Garcia would like to receive your specific instructions! ā€

It's named Flores. After listening to this, the governor of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in Fruela opened the document in his hand, which recorded the detailed battle report dictated by the Spanish soldiers who had escaped!

The middle-aged man, who was slightly blessed, raised his eyebrows after reading it, put the document back on the table, pinched the corners of his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and said to the Spanish officer in front of him: "I know, you sent someone to inform Captain Garcia and ask him to come to Mexico City as soon as possible, don't let him act rashly, understand?" ā€

The Spanish officer bowed and said, "I see, Your Excellency the Governor, I will go down and prepare." ā€

"Hmm." Flores. Governor Fruela let out a low, nasal sound, and the Spanish officer turned away from the lavishly decorated Doge's palace and closed the door casually.

Flores. The reason why the governor of Fruela did not immediately send a large army was mainly because the war in Europe and the Spanish kingdom itself had already reversed.

Flores. Fruela had just received accurate information that the Spanish fleet had been annihilated by the combined Anglo-Dutch fleet at the Battle of Vigo Bay.

The War for the Spanish Throne had entered its most intense moment, and most of the elite troops in the colonies who had been loyal to the crown were transferred back to their homeland to participate in the increasingly fierce war for the throne.

The French Empire, England, the Netherlands, Austria, and even the Russian Empire all intervened, and the alliance organized by the Habsburgs fought a fierce battle with the allies led by the French Empire. Fruela really didn't have the energy to expand into a new colony......

Of course, if the California region were controlled by a group of savage and backward Indians, Flores. Governor Fruela naturally did not mind expanding the area of the Viceroyalty under his control, and recovering a few gold mines in the hands of the Indians by the way. Fruella's wishful thinking has completely collapsed, and the current Viceroyalty of New Spain cannot afford a full-scale colonial war!

The Kingdom of Spain's colonies on the American continent were divided into four viceroyalties: the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the Viceroyalty of Peru, the Viceroyalty of New Granada, and the Viceroyalty of La Plata.

The Viceroy of New Spain encompassed present-day Mexico, Central America, the United States states of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and the Philippines in Asia, and was the most important part of the Spanish Empire. The capital is located in Mexico City.

The Viceroyalty of New Granada governed the regions of present-day Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

The Viceroyalty of La Plata governed present-day Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia.

The Viceroyalty of Peru governed the remaining Spanish South American colonies.

The governors of the governorates, who were generally the king's trusted nobles, were the king's plenipotentiary representatives in the colonies, and were in charge of the administrative, military, financial, and religious affairs of the colonies in accordance with the king's decrees and the instructions of the Indian and other courts, and had the power to appoint officials and church leaders in the districts to participate in major judicial cases.

Of course, the governor's power was great, but under the governor there were also the commanders of the major legions and some sub-governors, who were nominally responsible to the king of Spain, and could directly ask the king for instructions if necessary, which was used to supervise and limit the powers of the governor and prevent the colonies from breaking away from the control of the native kingdom!

However, this parallel world is a little different from the Spain in Zhao Dutian's previous life, the Viceroyalty of New Spain is not as big as the earth in the previous life, at least when Zhao Dutian descended, the California region has not been completely controlled by the Viceroyalty of New Spain, well, maybe it is because the Han tribe defeated the Spanish army......

Posing in Flores. The biggest difficulty facing Governor Fruela is not that the main army is being drawn to the mainland to participate in the war, the military power of the colony is weakened, and the low-level indigenous civilians and white immigrants in the colony are ready to move!

Not only the Viceroyalty of New Spain, but also the three Viceroyalties of the South are facing the same problem, and the civil violence continues to be stimulated, and there have even been several undesirable incidents of clashes between locals and Spanish soldiers!

Although they were all bloodily suppressed by the Spanish army, Flores, who had been in politics for many years. Governor Fruella could sense that as the Kingdom of Spain weakened, the foundations of the colonies were being challenged!

The most odious of all is that Flores. Governor Fruella has been informed that most of the real masterminds behind the scenes are Caucasian immigrants or mixed-race whites and locals!

This group of people is not closed to Europe's information!

They more or less know something about Spain!

That's the scariest thing!

When the outer strong and middle dry epidermis is completely torn apart, it is Flores. The end of Governor Fruella!

At this time, there must be no more extraneous branches!

Flores. Governor Fruela thought silently.

He picked up the document on the table again, looked at the annotation on it, and muttered Zhao Dutian's name in his mouth.