[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-empire-spain":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-empire-spain-rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-33":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Empire: Spain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2364961,4632,"Chapter 33: The Carlist Rebellion","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-33",33,"\u003Cp>The rebellion incited by the capitalists ended with a whimper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the entire process was somewhat unexpected, upon closer reflection, it felt like a matter of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such events even occur frequently in later generations. It appears that a parade composed entirely of workers is not necessarily initiated by the workers themselves; it may be instigated by factory owners behind the scenes who unite to oppress, brainwash, and threaten the workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the group of capitalists is a minority in any country, they must rely on the majority—workers and farmers—to achieve their goals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in present-day Spain, it is not so easy for capitalists to incite a large number of workers and farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farmers are the greatest supporters of autocracy and monarchy; this is true of farmers in any country. Because farmers have low needs, as long as they are fed and not hungry, they are satisfied with their existing lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agricultural tax reduction policy promulgated by Spain is the best means to win over the farmers. For farmers who already support the monarchy, they are naturally willing to obey the orders of Yu Kaluo and the Spanish government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to farmers, the composition of factory workers is more complex. Worker parades are an important means for capitalists to achieve their ends, and capitalists naturally will not pass up the opportunity to oppress and brainwash workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the reason why a considerable portion of the capitalist rebel forces consists of workers, as not everyone can see through the domestic situation, nor can everyone ignore the capitalists' combination of sugar-coated bullets and intimidation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a parade and rebellion of this scale can no longer threaten Yu Kaluo and the Spanish government. For Yu Kaluo, the greatest threat within Spain is not the fledgling Spanish capital, but the independence forces in Catalonia and the Basque region, as well as the Carlist faction that has gained the support of Catalan separatists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this parade and rebellion were easily resolved, the army under the control of the Spanish government remains entrenched around Madrid, waiting at any moment for news from the Catalonia and Basque regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Yu Kaluo, he actually hopes that the Carlist faction and those regional separatist factions will take this opportunity to jump out and stir up trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by having them jump out voluntarily will Yu Kaluo have the opportunity to resolve them once and for all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, continuing to let these opposition factions develop silently in the Catalonia and Basque regions will only continuously aggravate the sense of division between the two regions and Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the reason why, in later generations, the Catalonia and Basque regions have always been clamoring for independence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Catalan parliament even held an independence referendum and declared independence from Spain based on the voting results. If the Spanish government had not determined that the regional referendum violated the Spanish Constitution and suppressed it with force, I fear the world map would have one more country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Basque region is no less intense. Although it has not reached the point of a direct referendum declaring independence, the independence sentiment in the Basque region is more radical than in Catalonia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the death of the Spanish dictator Franco, the Basque region even gave birth to a terrorist organization named ETA, which even assassinated the King of Spain multiple times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the problem of these two regions clamoring for independence cannot be resolved once and for all, the future of Spain is destined to be unstable, and more opposition parties will oppose the Spanish government by supporting the independence of the Catalonia and Basque regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The good news is that at this time, the population of Catalonia and the Basque region has not yet reached the point of threatening Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spain's population is approximately 16.6 million, with the main ethnic group, the Spanish, accounting for the majority. The population of Catalonia is only about 1.3 million, and the population of the Basque region is just over 300,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combined population of the two regions is only 1.6 million, less than one-tenth of Spain's total population; this is also the reason why Yu Kaluo is confident in resolving the independence clamor in these two regions once and for all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Carlist faction did not disappoint Yu Kaluo in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On January 25, 1870, the self-proclaimed brilliant \"Carlos VII\" decided to take the initiative while the Madrid government was still in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Carlist faction used newspapers in Barcelona to publish a large number of reports claiming that Carlos VII was the only legitimate King of Spain, and stated that the policies currently promulgated by the Spanish government would severely damage Barcelona's economy, setting it back by at least 20 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Carlist faction also greatly exaggerated the harm of the Labor Law to various factories and enterprises in the Catalonia region in the news, even claiming that this would cause Spain to lose all its industry and factories, leaving all workers in the Catalonia region unemployed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the influence of widespread news, many Catalans believed it to be true and expressed their willingness to join Carlos VII's legitimate government to resist the rule of the Spanish government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After organizing an army of tens of thousands in just a few days, Carlos VII gave a public speech in Barcelona, declaring that he would expel King Yu Kaluo and restart the rule of the Bourbon dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the chaos, the new Carlist War officially broke out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the participant had changed from Queen Isabella to Yu Kaluo, the goal of the Carlist faction remained the same: to have their ruler, Carlos VII, ascend to the Spanish throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the news of the war's outbreak, Yu Kaluo actually breathed a sigh of relief in Madrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing that the Catalonia region had organized an army of tens of thousands, Yu Kaluo was not only not the least bit panicked, but instead looked down even more on the so-called Carlos VII.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Catalan independence issue has always been one of Spain's biggest headaches, at least for now, most Catalans still recognize Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And more importantly, the current Prime Minister, Primo, is a Catalan; in fact, the last revolution was launched by Prime Minister Primo in the Catalonia region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many Catalan soldiers in the current Spanish army; under these circumstances, it is impossible to imagine how Carlos VII could assemble an army of tens of thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that Catalonia is one of Spain's most economically and industrially developed regions, it possesses a large number of workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the Carlist faction and the Catalan separatists assembled this so-called army of tens of thousands by coercing these brainwashed and threatened workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is precisely why Yu Kaluo wanted to laugh. The Carlist faction kept saying that Primo's reforms caused Catalan workers to lose their jobs, but isn't what they are doing now causing these workers to lose their jobs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding these workers, the army in the hands of the Carlist faction is at most just over ten thousand. To think they can invade Madrid with this force of ten thousand—do they take Yu Kaluo for Queen Isabella from two years ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second update, please support!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1206,"2026-06-25T09:27:12.995Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","34d058129db4055b5f5e6c4d5a5f599415a3811b3b10c918d73e8e275e4808c1","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-34","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-32",493,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-empire-spain-cover.jpg"]