Chapter 313: Reasons for Spain’s weakness
Ying Yinman immediately reminded: "Ms. sir, did you say something wrong?"
"Yes, sir, you must have said it wrong." Li Yanran also said, "How can a woman be the emperor?"
Zou Feng frowned slightly and said, "It's interesting that a woman can be the emperor. This European country is really interesting."
Qin An found out: "It is indeed very interesting. Women have become emperors in many European countries. Even now, there are still many leaders of countries who are women, and there are many.
Don't think it's unusual for a woman to be the emperor. There are other things. For example, although the emperor is the leader of the country in name, he has no real power.
Real power lies in the hands of the Prime Minister, or members of Parliament.
What's even more outrageous is that the power of a king is not as powerful as that of a religious leader.
The leader has the power to appoint and remove the king. Even now, this system still exists. "
"It's incredible, it's incredible." Ying Zheng said, "No wonder the countries in Europe are so small."
Qin An was very speechless and thought to himself: What does this have to do with the size of the other country's country.
"Oh, by the way." Qin An said, "We have also had a female emperor in China. Although almost every dynasty has women in charge of government affairs and running the country.
However, there is only one person who truly dares to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. "
"Who? How dare you risk the disapproval of the world." Ying Zheng asked in a deep voice.
Qin An said: "Her surname is Wu, her name is Mei, and she is known as Wu Meiniang. She has become the most famous queen in history, Wu Zetian."
"Isn't there anyone who opposes her?" Li Si asked.
"Of course." 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.
If you want to know the reason, I will tell you next time that TV series have filmed this matter several times.
Now let's continue talking about Spain's voyages to the sea. "
"That's fine." Ying Zheng said, "There must be many very interesting things in China's two thousand years of history.
We will have time to understand these slowly in the future. Now, we need to 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, the Qin Dynasty.
Qin An continued: "When Columbus led a fleet to sea, the destination was China, and they wanted to do business with China.
But that guy Columbus didn't know if it was because he went to sea for the first time, but he actually held the compass upside down.
The original destination was to go to the East and look for China, but he went the opposite way and ended up on the American continent.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Queen of Spain paid for it. If you go back without finding China, you will 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 in the East. It was just that it was too poor and could not be compared with China, but at least he managed to complete the task.
This is Columbus's discovery of the New World.
Thanks to Columbus's discovery of the New World, high-yield foods such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn were discovered.
Before the Ming Dynasty, the population of China had never exceeded 100 million. However, during the Ming Dynasty, Portugal and other countries introduced these three ingredients to China. Since then, the population of China has exceeded 100 million.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China had a population of 400 million. Now it is 1.6 billion, and I believe it will increase in the future.
Although Columbus went to the wrong place, he was very lucky and discovered many gold mines in America, which made Spain a fortune.
In 1498, Portugal also discovered a sea route to India. From then on, Portugal and Spain became the first countries to become rich during the European Age of Discovery.
The Age of Discovery also officially appeared, and European countries began to go to sea to plunder colonies.
Everyone overseas has a tacit understanding that no one will attack the colonies you occupy.
But this situation only lasted less than a hundred years, because European countries wanted to make profits at sea, so they began to go to war.
However, they were all naval battles and did not affect the interior.
In the past hundred years, Spain's navy has been the number one in the world and is recognized as the number one in the world.
There are many ships, advanced weapons and equipment, and an invincible fleet that roams the seas.
Until a naval battle with Britain, the Spanish Armada was completely defeated. From then on, Britain became the overlord of the sea.
Britain is also the culprit who opened the door to China. More than a hundred years of humiliation were caused by Britain. "
"It's hateful." Ying Zheng said, "It's hateful that I was born at the wrong time. If I was born in the Qing Dynasty, I will make all the great powers surrender to me, China."
"Well said." Qin An said, "It's a pity that I am not born at the right time. If I have the chance, I will make the great powers pay a heavy price."
Others also spoke indignantly.
Feng Quji suddenly asked: "Sir, you said Spain has an invincible fleet that sweeps the sea, so how did Britain defeat this invincible fleet?"
Ying Zheng also reacted and asked: "I almost got carried away by your words again. Tell me quickly, why can Britain defeat the Spanish Armada?"
"You really asked the right person." Qin An said with a smile: "This is mainly due to three reasons. The first one is Spain's false prosperity.
Although Spain earned a lot of wealth on the sea, this wealth was only concentrated in the hands of the royal family, nobles and merchants, and there were very few people.
Coupled with the then emperor Philip II, he was not only a second generation, but also a second generation ancestor. "
"Wait a minute." Ying Zheng asked, "What is the second generation ancestor?"
“This second generation ancestor means the rich children of the previous generation who were powerful and wealthy, while the next generation only cares about eating, drinking and having fun.
And this allusion actually talks about Qin II, who ruined the great Qin Dynasty. "Qin An said.
Ying Zheng's face turned gloomy again. This Hu Hai actually had a notorious allusion.
The second generation ancestor, the ancestor who died in the second generation, is unreasonable. After returning, he must beat him severely to vent his hatred.
When Ying Yinman saw something wrong with Ying Zheng's face, he immediately said, "My lord, please continue to talk about why Spain lost."
Qin An nodded and continued: "Philip II mismanaged the country and provoked domestic conflicts.
When he was in power, he exploited gold externally and plundered people's wealth internally. The people's hearts at home were unstable, and the mood of resistance in the army also deepened. After all, soldiers also came from the people.
No one is willing to serve as a soldier or even fight for such an emperor. The army is full of war weariness. Do you think that such an army can win a war? "
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