Chapter Forty-Eight: Catalan Finished
The trial was only the beginning, and many of the nobles who had been sentenced to exile, confiscation, imprisonment, etc., wanted to escape.
But Alfonso anticipated all this in advance and arranged for the "Progressive Guard" to oversee the jurisdiction.
After a few days of execution, only a few nobles escaped, and little property was taken with them.
These nobles all escaped by bribing the members of the guard, and these undetermined members were eventually punished reasonably.
In short, this punishment is barely within the acceptable range of the nobles at home and abroad, although the sentence is relatively harsh, but those criminals did indeed conspire to kill the king, which is understandable.
For a few days, Enrique walked in the wind, and he was always more serious, and his laughter hardly stopped.
The family of the former governor, the Agramont family, alone copied more than 2 million pounds.
This was based on the fact that Alfonso did not exterminate them all, leaving them some of their possessions and exiled them.
The total has not yet been calculated, but it will not be less than £10 million.
"So we don't need to issue bonds now, and the original issuance plan has been put on hold indefinitely." At a small meeting, Enrique reported with a smile that he had fulfilled his dream.
Alfonso shook his head, with this money, there is really no need to borrow again, but the 500,000 of the Bourbon royal family will still be paid on time.
The property of the aristocracy was mainly factories, manors, gold, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings.
The gold was sent to the Catalan treasury, and in the future, when enough gold was saved, a currency reform would be introduced.
At present, the gold and silver standard system adopted by Spain is trapped by the war and import and export trade, and the exchange ratio of gold and silver fluctuates greatly, and there is already a very serious phenomenon of bad money driving out good money.
The reform of the gold standard must be put on the agenda, and the lame standard must be implemented at the last stage.
In addition to the fact that the gold cannot be moved casually, the factories and estates have to keep running, and they cannot exchange a large amount of money in a short time.
As for those luxury goods, it can take years to convert them into money, so Catala is still relatively short of cash, and the Ministry of Finance is already planning to issue some additional currency.
"Okay, after you have the money, you will call the army first, this time the Aragonese prisoners have exposed that our problem is very serious." Alfonso said with some solemnity.
Campos and even Enrique and the others around them all showed serious expressions.
They all saw the outcome of this local conflict.
Since Catalonia was not previously in combat readiness, the soldiers, especially those on the border whom Garcia could not see, were quite untrained.
Coupled with the lack of advanced weapons and artillery, there was no complete battle plan.
In just two and a half days of clashing, a 600 to 200 exchange ratio was played, and Catalonia was the one with 6.
Everyone is aware of the crisis.
If it weren't for the fact that this time it was just a feint, the Carlos faction had no plan to break through Catalonia in the first place, and the other side might have now hit outside the city.
Campos addressed the crowd: "It is extremely unsafe to rely on the checks and balances of the Prim government alone, and our military power must be raised.
The Armstrong guns will arrive in a few days, and the military department can also hurry up and sign an order for rifles with France. ”
This time it was Garcia's deputy who came here for a small meeting, and the other party saluted:
"Guaranteed to get the job done."
Seeing that the atmosphere was rather dreary because of military issues, he said
"Please rest assured that as long as the equipment problem is solved, our military will soon become stronger.
Through this trial, not only the rebellious nobles who pointed fingers were solved, but also the problem of the source of soldiers.
Originally, the soldiers were mainly workers and ordinary citizens, but now tenants can also be recruited at will. ”
Alfonso nodded approvingly, with Catal's industry, terrain, and location, as long as there is no interference from internal forces, the military potential will not be weak.
The population is also a little short, but the industrial countries are semi-industrial, and the impact of the population is not particularly large.
At the beginning of the year, the U.S. Army has been equipping Gatling, and you can go back and purchase a batch back.
"I wonder what the manor is going to do? Is it distributed to the nobles of the Progressive Party? Or will it be handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture? ”
At this point, Agriculture Minister Fidel interrupted his thoughts.
Alfonso chuckled: "What do you think?" ”
"From a personal point of view, I naturally want to divide it..."Fidel hesitated, "but it would be better to manage it in one place."
A large part of the confiscated estates were located in the Ebro River Valley, a large plain connected to each other. ”
Many of the people in the audience squirmed their lips twice, as if they wanted to say something.
No one wouldn't want their wealth to increase, and Alfonso didn't blame them.
After all, generally speaking, in Europe, the property of the nobles who betrayed the monarch was divided among the nobles who supported the monarch.
Without giving them a chance to speak, Alfonso waved his hand: "Just do what you say, count it, and hand it over to the Ministry of Agriculture for unified management."
In accordance with the model we had planned, we would employ peasant laborers and abolish the tenants.
In this way, farming when the farm is busy and working when the farm is not working, can make better use of manpower. ”
He had planned to abolish the tenants gradually, which was much more convenient.
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By this time, the events in Catalonia had spread throughout Europe, and not only the Bonaparte family had sent several letters asking him about his condition.
Even Rudolf, who was far away in Vienna, sent a message of condolences and invited him to Vienna again.
After thinking about it, the financing negotiations for the supermarket have been delayed for a long time, and it is not good to continue to delay.
It's time to go back to France.