Chapter 313: The Causes of Spain's Weakness

Ying Yin Yan immediately reminded: "Xianggong, did you say something wrong." ”

"That's right, Xianggong, you must have said it wrong." Li Yanran also said, "How can a woman be an emperor." ”

Zou Feng frowned slightly and said, "It's interesting that a woman can be an emperor." This European country is really interesting. ”

Qin An found: "It's really interesting, women as emperors have appeared in many countries in Europe. Even now, there are countries where the leaders are women, and there are a lot of them.

Don't think that it is unusual for a woman to be the emperor, there are others, for example, although the emperor is nominally the leader of the country, he has no real power.

Real power is in the hands of the prime minister, or a member of parliament.

What is even more outrageous is that the power of a king is not as great as that of a religious leader.

The head of the church has the power to appoint and dismiss the king. Even now, this system still exists. ”

"Incredible, incredible." "No wonder European countries are so small. ”

Qin An was very speechless, and said in his heart: What does this have to do with the size of the other party's country.

"Oh, yes." Qin An said, "We also had a female emperor in Huaxia. Although almost every dynasty has a woman who controls the government and governs the country.

However, there is only one person who really dares to ascend the throne and claim the throne. ”

"Who? dared to defy the world's condemnation. Ying Zheng asked in a deep voice.

Qin An said: "Her surname is Wu Meimei, and she is known as Wu Meiniang. Her achievements are the most famous generation of queens in history, Wu Zetian. ”

"Isn't there anyone against her?" Lees asked.

"Absolutely." Qin An said, "Those who are loyal to the Li family dynasty are against her, but there are still people who support her, so she can become the only female emperor in history."

Everyone wants to know the reason, I'll tell you next time, this TV series has also been filmed several times.

Now let's move on to Spain's voyage. ”

"It's fine." Ying Zheng said, "There must be many very interesting things in the 2,000-year history of China.

We will have time to understand these things in the future, and now, we must understand the meaning of the Age of Discovery. ”

"No." Li Si and others said at the same time.

They understood what Ying Zheng meant, since small countries like Portugal and Spain could go to sea to establish colonies, why couldn't they go to Qin.

Qin An continued: "When Columbus led a fleet to sea, the destination was my Huaxia, and they wanted to do business with Huaxia.

But the Columbus guy didn't know if it was because he went to sea for the first time and took the compass upside down.

Originally, the destination was to go to the East to look for China, but he went the opposite way and ran to the American continent.

This is not the most critical, the most important thing is that the Queen of Spain paid the money, and if she didn't find Huaxia, she would be sentenced to death.

So after Columbus returned to China, he insisted that he had found this new continent, which was one of the countries of the East, but he was too poor to be compared with my Huaxia, but he barely completed the task.

This is how Columbus discovered the New World.

Thanks to Columbus's discovery of the New World, high-yield grains such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were discovered.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the population of China had never exceeded 100 million, but during the Ming Dynasty, Portugal and other countries introduced these three ingredients to China, and since then, the population of China has exceeded 100 million.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, there were 400 million people in China, and now there are 1.6 billion, and I believe that it will increase in the future.

Although Columbus went to the wrong place, he was very fortunate to find a lot of gold in the Americas, which made Spain a fortune.

And in 1498, Portugal also discovered a sea route to India. Since then, Portugal and Spain have become the first countries to become rich in the Age of Discovery.

The Age of Discovery also officially appeared, and European countries began to go to sea to plunder their colonies.

Overseas, everyone is very tacit, and the colonies you occupy will not be attacked.

But this scene only lasted for less than a hundred years, because the European countries wanted to earn profits at sea, so they began to go to war.

However, it was all naval battles and did not spread inland.

And for more than a hundred years, Spain's navy was the first in the world, and it was recognized as the first in the world.

There are many ships, advanced weapons and equipment, and there is an invincible armada, which is rampant on the seas.

It was not until a naval battle with Britain that the Spanish Armada was completely defeated, and Britain became the supremacy of the seas.

Britain is also the main culprit who opened the door to China. More than a hundred years of humiliation were inflicted by the British. ”

"Hateful." Ying Zheng said, "I hate that I was born at the wrong time, let me give birth to the Qing Dynasty, and I will let the powers of all countries submit to my China." ”

"That's a good point." Qin An said, "It's a pity that I didn't wait for the right time, if I have the opportunity, I will make the great powers pay a painful price." ”

The others also spoke indignantly.

Feng Quji suddenly asked: "Sir, you said that Spain has an invincible fleet that sweeps across the sea, so how did Britain defeat this invincible fleet?" ”

Ying Zheng also reacted, and also asked: "I was almost brought by your words again, tell me quickly, why can Britain defeat the Spanish Armada?" ”

"You're really asking the right question." Qin An said with a smile: "This is mainly due to three reasons, the first is Spain's false prosperity.

Although Spain earned a great deal of wealth at sea, it was concentrated in the hands of royalty, nobility and merchants, and the common people were very small.

Plus the emperor at the time, Philip II, who was not just a second, but also a second ancestor. ”

"Wait." Ying Zheng asked, "What is the second ancestor?" ”

This second ancestor means that the previous generation is powerful and rich, and the next generation is just eating, drinking, and having fun.

And this allusion is actually about Qin II, who lost the great fortune of Great Qin. Qin An said.

Ying Zheng's face was gloomy again, this Hu Hai was already notorious for allusions.

The second ancestor, the ancestor who died in the second generation, how can it be reasonable, he must be beaten hard after he goes back to vent his hatred.

Ying Yinyan saw that Ying Zheng's face was wrong, and immediately said: "Xianggong, you continue to talk about why Spain lost." ”

Qin An nodded and continued: "Philip II misgoverned the country and provoked domestic contradictions.

When he was in power, he collected gold externally, and ate people's wealth at home, and the people's hearts were unstable at home, and the resistance in the army also deepened, after all, soldiers also came out of the people.

No one wants to be a soldier or even fight for such an emperor, and the army is full of war-weariness. ”

Some people died, but not completely......