Eduardo wants Castile to enter the Imbilia League, so Portugal will definitely not let Castile enter easily.
If it is so easy to get in, will the Castilians cherish it? Only after many tests and time can the Castilians understand that the Imbilia Alliance is their best destination and the best choice for their small country in the world.
The countries of the true Umbrian Alliance must sign nine treaties, "Yumbrian Military Alliance", "Yumbrian Border Integration Regulations", "Yumbrian Free Movement Agreement of Citizens", "Yumbrian Customs Integration Union", "Yumbrian Unification" "Market Agreement", "Imbian Unified Legal Organization", "Imbian Monetary Union"... The Imbian Union under the control of Portugal is a combination of the European Union plus NATO and Schengen. Joining the Imbian Union means that your interests are completely bound. It's one.
The Castilians have a glorious past. Although they are now beaten into dust by Portugal, many of them are still unconvinced. On the contrary, because of their failure, many people firmly hate Portugal and the Imbilia Alliance countries led by him.
Now the Castilians need to be tamed, first with a big stick and then with carrots, and the big stick must be painful and the carrots must be given less in order to tame them.
The Castilians were destitute after losing the war, but there are still many people who are still very trustworthy. Portugal will naturally let them fall into hell first, and then give them some sweetness and upload them again. .
Eduardo, the advocate of reflectionism, has long been Portugal's staunchest follower. He and the reflection group led by him were infiltrated a long time ago, so the Portuguese have been secretly building momentum for him after the war.
Castile's post-war cabinet was almost all radical nationalists and had been seeking foreign aid and foreign investment support to fight against Portugal.
However, when Castile was still Spain, its value was not as good as Portugal. Now there is only a little bit of mainland left. Murcia and Cantabria along the coast have become autonomous regions and have the right to become independent from Castile. That's worth less.
Even a staunchly anti-Portuguese country like the United States will not invest even half a cent in Castile. In return, Portugal can launch another war. Even if it does not launch a war, it can make all its seaport areas independent and let them Became a landlocked country under siege.
From the end of the war at the end of 1911 to the eight cabinets before Eduardo became prime minister on June 1, 1912, no matter how well nationalism played, in reality the Castilian people were plunged into dire poverty and the people's will was slow. Their pride has been eradicated, and they just want society to settle down first, no longer hungry, no longer poor, no longer without jobs.
Eduardo's coming to power was something the Castilians had no choice but to try. After all, the previous cabinets of various nationalities and ideologies failed to bring the people out of the fire, so he could only try.
In the early days of his administration, Eduardo practiced his reflectionism and apologized to the Imbilia Alliance to seek diplomatic normalization.
Although this has been fiercely criticized and spurned by many people and politicians, before Eduardo took office, he said that it would take four months to change the current situation in Castile.
If there is any censure during these four months, or even the overthrow of his cabinet, he will use the emergency law to deprive him of it all. Even if the impeachment and removal process is legal, he will use the emergency law to declare it illegal.
Before Eduardo came to power, he made it clear that it would take four months. He had already said the ugly things before. If you don't believe it, don't choose him. If you choose him, you have to give him time, so he is confident.
Therefore, when Eduardo began to reflect on diplomacy, many people did not fiercely oppose him and overthrow him. Even in Congress, the impeachment and removal process was not passed because of a few votes.
Most people in Castile can no longer stand the torment, so many people want to see what Eduardo can bring to everyone in four months.
After all, the cabinet has been replaced many times without changing the medicine. Everyone is so sensitive that they don’t want to drink the chicken soup of nationalism. They don’t want to have no jobs or bread anymore.
Countries around the world have given up on them, and Castile is already an international orphan without any assistance, so if they can get support from Portugal and the Imbilia Alliance, they can accept it even if it is embarrassing.
Eduardo's policy of reflection was implemented quite smoothly during his diplomatic visits. Although Eduardo's apology was embarrassing, many Castilians also saw that the Kingdom of Aragon, the Kingdom of Andalusia, the Kingdom of Navarre, and the Portuguese Empire all accepted his apology and re-established diplomacy with Castile. relations, and initially got rid of the international orphan situation.
When Eduardo applied to join the Imbilia League on behalf of Castile, although he was rejected, it was not without results.
On July 2, 1912, after Eduardo's efforts and negotiations, Castile signed the "Imbilia Unified Market Agreement" with the Imbilia Alliance in Lisbon.
After signing the "Imbilia Unified Market Agreement", Eduardo returned to the national capital. Amidst numerous condemnations and insults in the Parliament, he confidently shouted that he had brought hope to Castile.
The signing of the "Imbilia Unified Market Agreement" means that Castile's goods can enter the Imbilia market, and the goods of the Imbilia Alliance can also enter the Castilian market.
The signing of the "Imbilia Unified Market Agreement" put Eduardo on the fire. The opposition called him a traitor who betrayed the country's interests. Many fierce patriots initiated suicide against him.
The signing of this agreement undoubtedly has advantages and disadvantages. The key depends on whether Castile is capable. If Eduardo is incompetent, it means that the country has become an economic colony and people's lives will only become more difficult.
In that case, Eduardo will definitely be cut into pieces by the angry people, and the reflective policy will be trampled into the quagmire and will never be believed again.
However, Eduardo had Portugal giving him a series of assists to tide him over. In the name of the Imbilia Alliance, Portugal gave Castile one million tons of low-priced wheat assistance of 1 billion joint dollars, a low-interest loan of 2.6 billion joint dollars, and finally gave Castile a half-year market protection period. , but it is normal for Castilian goods to enter the Imbilia League.
In later generations, 1 million tons of grain can feed 30 million people three meals a day for about 36 days, and can feed 5 million people three meals a day for half a year. However, Castile, with a population of less than 9 million, received 1 million tons of food aid. , can undoubtedly last for a long time.
After Eduardo received the food aid, he immediately began to provide free meals to about 5 million people in hunger crisis, providing each person with two meals a day, including six loaves of bread in the morning and evening.
Eaters are short-tongued and take advantage of others softly. There is bread to eat, and more and more people are beginning to believe in Eduardo's reflective thoughts. Seeing this situation, the opposition can only say that if Eduardo cannot lead the people to repay the 3.6 billion loan, then Castile will become The slaves of Portugal were oppressed to pay their debts.
While solving the food crisis, Eduardo immediately opened large-scale mines, built water conservancy projects, built transportation, and built urban low-rent housing... Eduardo's work-for-relief model for large-scale infrastructure construction eliminated the unemployed population and promoted agriculture. , industrial development.
After Castile lost important areas such as Andalusia, agriculture suffered a huge blow. Fortunately, although the old and new basins of Castile are not as good as the lost areas, if large-scale water conservancy is built, then Large-scale agricultural production can still be carried out.
However, the construction of water conservancy facilities was cheaper for landowners, because during the turbulent period before Eduardo came to power, many farmers lost their fields. Some of these farmers became tenant farmers, and many more moved into the city to make a living.
It is also because of the large influx of farmers into the city that the already difficult life in the city has become even more uncomfortable. Slums have been built in the city, and the order has become turbulent and dark.
However, after the arrival of 1 million tons of food aid, coupled with work-for-work relief, and Eduardo's comprehensive crackdown imitating Portugal, Castile's chaotic and turbulent social order quickly settled down.
The social order is stable, coupled with the fact that Eduardo sold national assets on a large scale to the Imbilia Alliance and obtained more than 3 billion joint dollars. This money, plus Portugal's 2.6 billion aid, was used by Eduardo as an anchor to stabilize the currency and linked to Viletta, allowing Eduardo to The Castilian market quickly stabilized.
From the signing of the "Imbilia Unified Market Agreement" on July 2, 1912, to the end of the protected market period on January 2, 1913, Eduardo worked hard in various ways to successfully bring Castile into stability and decline. The currency exchange rate has also dropped from the original ratio of 1:1 to the United Dollar exchange rate to between 110:1 and 185:1.
After the protective market period ended, Castile did not fall into the real abyss after being crushed by the Imbilia Alliance commodity market as the opposition thought.
Castile also has advantageous products, namely ores, livestock, woolen textiles, and wine, plus supporting Portuguese industries. Therefore, after entering the truly unified market, the Castilian market has not been overwhelmed. The Castilian market was completely stabilized due to its integration into the larger market.
This has changed from the exchange rate of 110:1 to 185:1 to 130:1 to 170:1. It can be clearly seen that Castile has been integrated into the Imbilia Unified Market.
The successful integration of Castile into the Unified Market of Imbilia made Eduardo, who was still harassed by some public opinions, completely straighten his back and his voice became louder.
The success of Eduardo's governance and the stable development of Castile made his reflective thoughts thoroughly popular throughout the country.
The idea of reflection has become popular among all classes of students and intellectuals in the country. Similarly, after tasting the benefits of entering the unified market of Imbilia, Eduardo's concept of letting Castile fully and truly join the Imbilia Alliance is gaining more and more public support.
However, the more the Castilians hope to join the Imbilia League, the more difficult Portugal makes it.
