"Upgrading New Spain to a Kingdom?"
King Philip really didn’t understand. What was the relationship between upgrading New Spain to a kingdom and resisting the invasion of the Ming Empire?
"José," asked Philip, "if New Spain were a kingdom, could we conjure up populations and pesos?"
"Of course!" Don Juan Jose nodded heavily, "Father, this is obvious! If New Spain is a colony of the Kingdom of Spain, then the two Viceroyalties (the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru) plus several The Governor's Mansion is sufficient for governance, and there are not many nobles to serve. Moreover, there is no precedent for enfeoffing knights and lords and nobles in the colonies.
But once New Spain becomes a kingdom, it must install the country's standard government, organize an army, enfeoff knights and lords, and form a parliament.
In this way, we can recruit warriors from Spain, the Netherlands, Naples, Milan, or even from Germany or other places in Europe who are willing to become the nobles of New Spain and immigrate there. These people were originally warriors. Once they arrived in New Spain, they could immediately form an army to fight against the United States of New Continent supported by the Ming Empire.
I think there are always many people here in Europe who want to become nobles, right? "
It seems to make sense...
"But," King Philip frowned, "but those people we recruit may not be devout Catholics! And they are not necessarily Spanish. If they are allowed to enter New Spain, will it turn it into a third country? Two Netherlands?"
"No, no, it won't," said Don Juan Jose. "The Kingdom of New Spain will never become a second Netherlands...because we can require the Europeans who immigrate there to believe in Catholicism. , learn to speak Spanish! And the reason why the Netherlands is out of control is not because of immigrants, but because the people who originally lived there are not Spanish. They don’t speak Spanish, they don’t identify with the Spanish country, and they don’t believe in Catholicism.”
"Yes!" King Philip nodded, "They are heretics, damn heretics!"
Don Juan Jose said: "The Kingdom of New Spain will be a country of immigrants. As the king of this country, you naturally have the right to require the immigrants to become Spanish!"
In the 17th century, this requirement was a matter of course!
When you enter a country, you should do as the Romans do, unless you are a conqueror!
Therefore, in the United Kingdom, until the 21st century, the English, Scots, and Irish were still distinct, and even most parts of Ireland said goodbye to the United Kingdom.
But across the ocean in the United States, the English, Scots, Irish, Germans, French, Rakshasa, Italians, etc. all became Americans after arriving there. They were all required to speak English, identify with the United States, and most of them converted to Protestant Christianity.
In the former colonies of Spain and Portugal, the situation was similar. Immigrants from all over the European continent embraced Catholicism and spoke Spanish and Portuguese.
The only exception is probably the French-speaking Quebec region in British Canada that has never been able to assimilate.
But generally speaking, the countries established by these immigrants in the New World were easier to unite than the ancient countries on the European continent.
Don Juan Jose was a little tempted when he saw his stupid father, and then persuaded: "Father, there are only two choices before us now, either wait for the Chinese to take away the entire New Spain! Or let New Spain become a A kingdom attached to Spain, and then using this kingdom to attract Europeans willing to fight for her!
Father, you have to make a choice! "
Philip IV was silent again for a while, and then nodded slowly, "José, we can't wait for the fall of New Spain...Okay, I can promote New Spain to a kingdom, but before the edict is officially issued, , I still need to discuss it with the queen, the cardinal and the pope."
"Of course, this is necessary!" Don Juan Jose knew that this matter was mostly successful... As long as the Ming Dynasty established the United States in the New World, something must be done here in Spain!
If the Kingdom of Spain itself cannot provide more help to New Spain, then upgrading it to a kingdom and allowing this kingdom to attract immigrants from all over Europe is the only way.
As long as Don Juan Jose becomes the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of New Spain, it will only be a matter of time before he becomes the King!
...
Here in Europe, the great cause of establishing the New Kingdom of Spain was launched step by step under the promotion of Don Juan Jose and a group of far-sighted people from the Kingdom of Spain. On the other side of the earth, the second batch of immigrant transport ships heading to the United States of New Zealand have successfully crossed the vast ocean and arrived at their destination, the Gulf of America.
One of the first batch of immigrant transport ships was the Henan.
The second batch of immigrant transport ships totaled ten, including two flying-class ships, two bombardment gun ships called Dongning-class ships, and six ordinary Wanshi Big Bird ships.
A total of 1,000 soldiers and 1,000 immigrants were loaded on the ten ships. The soldiers were the "Iron Man Army" of the Dongning Army, and there were more than 400 families of immigrants. There were also some women purchased from Japan, which was plunged into civil war. More than 400 of the immigrants were brought by Zheng Xi, Li Shaohua, Zhu Ruqin, Kong Yiwen, Zu Yongzhong, Gao Yuanjue, and Liu Guozhong through their family connections. They are all eight descendants of the second generation or N generation who have no inheritance rights. They are all one boy and one girl. The small family consists of young people in their twenties.
In this immigration race, although the Ming Dynasty was a latecomer, more than a hundred years later, and the distance across the Pacific was longer than across the Atlantic. But compared to Europe, Ming Dynasty also had considerable advantages.
First, there are too many people!
Second, the production scale is too large!
A large number of people means that there are many people who are willing or willing to immigrate. With a huge base, the United States of New Zealand can be selective and make overall plans. It does not have to be like the Kingdom of New Spain, where the basket is full of vegetables.
Therefore, immigrants currently going to the United States of New Zealand must meet certain conditions.
They need to be young and strong, paired with men and women, and have sufficient survival skills - men are good at plowing and women are good at weaving.
As for what religion to believe in and what language to speak, it is not a problem at all.
The advantages of huge production scale are even more obvious.
The 100 million taels of silver raised by Emperor Zhu were, firstly, paper figures; secondly, these paper figures would not be turned into real money and flowed out; thirdly, these paper figures would pass through the Ming Dynasty's financial system and the huge handicraft industry in the southeast. Converted into industrial and commercial output value!
In other words, what Ming Dynasty spent was not 100 million taels of silver, but created a GDP of at least 100 million...
Therefore, Don Juan Jose's policy of turning New Spain into the Kingdom of New Spain was completely correct, because Spain simply could not compete with the Ming Dynasty on the issue of immigration to the New World. The whole of Europe was about the same - Europe still had an advantage. of!
After all, the east coast of North America, close to Europe, is the real place of choice!
Of course, the advantages and disadvantages in this area cannot be reflected in a short time. In the short term, the immigrants that Ming Dynasty and Europe could send to the New World would not have to worry about living space.
Because the New World is so big and so rich!
"Too, too big!"
"It doesn't seem to be very cold! Both sides of the bank are green..."
"It's really not cold! It's so strange. Is this the north?"
"Yes, it's already December, and it's still green. We can definitely grow two crops of wheat!"
"It seems that no one lives there. There are no traces of reclamation..."
"It's such a crime that such a good site should be empty!"
The immigrants from the Ming Dynasty were stunned by the green and vast and magnificent scenery along the Gulf of America before they even landed.
Originally they thought they would be thrown into a field of ice and snow, but they did not expect that they would see a patch of green in winter.
This is not a northern country at all, but a rich land like the south of the Yangtze River!
