"Tell us about the latest situation in the Kingdom of New Spain, our neighbor in America!"
The Sun King Louis XIV was most concerned about his American colonies - although there were only more than 10,000 French people there, and there was not much oil and water there, it was such a big area on the world map, and it was fun to look at it, but it couldn't be allowed to The local tyrant king of the United States of New Zealand took away...
Colbert replied: "Your Majesty, the current number of whites and native whites in New Spain has exceeded 800,000, and the population of Mestizo and Mulato people has reached more than 2.6 million. In addition, there are also Indians who have converted to God. There are nearly 2.5 million people, and the black slave population is hundreds of thousands...The available population is about 6.5 million, which is 10 times that of the United States of New Zealand!"
"What are mestizos and mulatos?" Louis XIV heard the two new terms, so he asked, "Why are there more than 2 million?"
"The Mestizos refer to the mixed race of whites and Indians, and the mulattos refer to the mixed race of whites and blacks." Colbert explained, "In the Kingdom of New Spain, the first-class people came from For white people in Europe in the past, the second class people were native white people, the third class people were the mixed blood of white people and Indians, the fourth class people were the mixed blood of white people and black people, the fifth class people were Indians who converted to God, and the sixth class people were black slaves. The seventh class are unconverted Indians and the eighth class are Japanese!”
"The Japanese are eighth-class people?" Louis XIV was stunned. "Why are their classes so low? I clearly remember that lacquerware (the name of Japan also means lacquerware) is very expensive!"
"That's because the Japanese betrayed their trust and defected to the Ming Empire during the Battle of Flood River Valley!" Prince Kong Dai laughed, "Actually, this incident was completely a joke caused by Don Juan Jose's lack of understanding of Eastern civilization... ....In the East, China is a celestial kingdom, just like the Roman Empire back then. Japan, on the other hand, is a colonial country established by some ancient Chinese who traveled eastward. Basically, the Japanese are also Chinese. "
"What kind of people are the Chinese in the Kingdom of New Spain?" Louis XIV asked again.
"We are considered enemies!" Colbert said, "It's just that there is no war for the time being!
Before the emergence of the United States of New Zealand, the Kingdom of New Spain had never seriously counted the number of mestizos and mulatos, nor had they given them the rights and respect they deserved. But now, in preparation for the next war, the mestizos and mulattos have become part of the Kingdom of New Spain, and are subject to military service just like white people, and can also hold lower public offices, as well as Owned land and slaves.
In addition, the land owned by Indian tribes who converted to Catholicism can now be protected by the government of the Kingdom of New Spain...as long as they can afford the corresponding military service and pay the corresponding land tax. "
Under the leadership of Don Juan José, the regent, and at the same time under the threat of the United States of New Zealand, the "enemy of God," the Kingdom of New Spain finally has some sense of being reborn - if it doesn't work hard, New Spain may be Became part of the United States of New Zealand.
"Did Don Juan Jose get the money?" the Sun King asked again, "The Kingdom of Spain is a poor man and it didn't even give me Maria Theresa's dowry!"
Are you embarrassed to ask for a dowry?
Prince Condé and Colbert were both surprised - the queen's dowry was compensation for giving up her inheritance, and the inheritance war launched by Louis XIV had already robbed France - Conté and the Spanish Netherlands were as wealthy as You still have the nerve to ask for a dowry now? Isn't that too shameless?
But the contempt for the character of the Sun King cannot be shown on his face.
Colbert smiled and said to the king: "The lack of money in Spain does not mean that there is no money in New Spain... Don Juan Jose, the regent, has great power, almost equal to the king. Therefore, he can ask New Spain to War taxes were levied on all gold and silver mines on the land. About 20% of the gold and silver now belongs to the government of the Kingdom of New Spain.
Also, the Kingdom of New Spain was now open to trade...so there was a huge amount of tariffs flowing into the coffers of Mexico City. "
Historically, New Spain has long pursued a "closed-door" policy, only doing business with Spain's mother country and not allowing foreign businessmen to enter or exit.
The industry and commerce in Spain were not developed, and the nobility and bureaucrats were very corrupt, so smuggling became the main trade mode in New Spain.
Basically, about 90% of the foreign trade of the Kingdom of New Spain is carried out through smuggling - comparable to that of the previous Ming Dynasty!
Of course, anyone who can smuggle into New Spain must have a backing... Although the Spanish Kingdom is very poor, the nobles and magicians in this country are very rich.
"How did the regent of New Spain do it?" Louis XIV was very surprised. "Isn't he afraid that the nobles and bishops in the country will oppose him?"
Prince Condé smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Don Juan Jose is supported by 20,000 German mercenaries... and he is also supported by the Pope of Rome.
Those German mercenaries were hired by him from Europe, and the Pope had to support him because he held high the banner of faith to defend God. "
Although Don Juan Jose was not a great politician or military strategist, he was much better than those stupid kings who were born from incest marriages. Moreover, he was specially trained by Philip IV when he was a teenager, and now he is a 40-year-old uncle. As long as his IQ is online, he can develop any ability.
"I didn't expect Don Juan Jose to be quite powerful!" Louis, the Sun King, muttered, "Fortunately, there is no exam for the throne of Spain, otherwise the current Sun King might be Don Juan Jose... .It can be seen that the Chinese method of selecting talents through examinations is still very good."
The Sun King is of course very confident - if a French king is to be selected through an exam, he will definitely be the one who gets the exam!
Not only was he extremely smart, but he was also extremely handsome...much more handsome than Prince Condé, and even more handsome than the fat man Colbert.
"Your Majesty... the king should still talk about blood. The Ming Dynasty selected the crown prince through an exam at most." Prince Kong Dai didn't think so - if there was an exam, he would definitely be the king himself! However, he could not let Louis XIV know his ambition, so he quickly expressed his opposition to the examination to select the king.
"That's true!" Louis XIV nodded and said, "But the method of selecting the queen through examination still has merit!"
If there is an exam, Maria Theresa of Spain will definitely fail...Louis XIV thought: If Maria Theresa unfortunately dies early, the next queen must pass the exam!
Having made up his mind, Louis XIV's mind returned to national affairs.
He said: "It seems that on the American side, we should curb Ming's ambitions by supporting Don Juan Jose... We can provide weapons and equipment and military advisors to Don Juan Jose and help him train a group of people. An army capable of counterattacking California.
In addition, we should also work with the Dutch to help Don Juan Jose build a naval fleet that can fight against the Ming Navy in the Pacific! "
The Sun King only said "help" but not "fight with New Spain." Obviously, he didn't plan to go directly to the war with Daming.
"Let's talk about the situation of the Rakshasa Kingdom." Louis XIV mentioned the Rakshasa Kingdom again, "How should we help them?"
"Military advisors can be sent to Moscow to provide new guns and artillery to mediate the conflicts between the Rakshasa Kingdom and Sweden, Poland, and the Ottoman Empire, so that the Rakshasa Kingdom can concentrate on dealing with threats from the east."
"Will the Ottoman Empire listen to us?" The Sun King was a little unsure.
"We can think of something," Colbert said. "The Ming Dynasty's vassals Junggar Kingdom and Khoshot Kingdom seriously violated the interests of the Ottoman Empire's vassal Khiva Khanate in Central Asia... and The Khiva Khanate and the Rakshasa Kingdom have already formed an alliance. From this perspective, the Rakshasa and the Ottoman Empire are already in a quasi-alliance."
