What are relatively forceful asures?
In essence, it involves the strong legal unification of the languages, scripts, customs, and religious beliefs of Spain’s various regions, expelling all heretics that reject Spanish culture, and being prepared to battle with radical nationalists from the Catalonia Region and the Basque Region at any ti.
If it were a later era, such thods would obviously be unfeasible. The nationalist sentints would have already beco deeply rooted, and support for regional autonomy and independence among Catalans and Basques would be widely embraced.
But in this era, even the concepts of Catalans and Basques are not that clear. Catalan farrs often can’t even distinguish their own ethnicity; they only know they live in Catalonia. This is their only proof of being Catalan.
These people, who can’t even discern their own ethnicity, naturally don’t support Catalonia’s independence. In fact, most Catalan farrs are very supportive of Spain. Those truly against Spain, seeking Catalan autonomy and independence, are extre nationalist factions and the Republican Faction, previously including the Carlos Faction.
These individuals remain minorities, so being slightly more aggressive towards them will not harm the good relations between Catalan farrs and the Spanish Governnt.
Above the second solution, there is a harsher, third option. While the second solution still involves invoking laws for forceful execution, the third option is straightforward and ruthless: the military extermination of heretics and foreign groups.
However, it is evident that now is not the ti to employ the third solution, nor is it applicable on Spanish soil.
After deciding on the second approach, Pri Minister Prim’s first action was to contact Carlo, seeking support from the Royal Family.
Why seek support from the Royal Family? Because they control nurous dia outlets, naly newspapers, which can significantly and effectively shift the dia’s narrative in Spain.
Although Carlo has disguised the newspapers under his control in various ways, outwardly, the Royal Family only controls the Spanish Sun Newspaper.
But in reality, the number of newspapers controlled by the Royal Family is not less than a hundred, creating an impressively vast presence in Spain.
To so degree, this is beneficial to Spain; the previously uncontrolled dia environnt can now be effectively controlled, with the news released being conducive to managing the situation.
Yet it’s also bad news. Such control over dia ans the Royal Family wields a Damocles’ sword over the governnt.
Though Pri Minister Prim sees the threat posed by the Royal Family’s control of the dia, he chooses not to interfere.
The reason is simple: the Royal Family’s dia empire has already grown significant, not easily restricted.
The governnt can only support more non-Royal newspapers to counter them, but with the Royal Family already dominating more than half of Spain’s newspaper industry, resistance seems impossible.
News, more often than not, relies on credibility. The Royal Family’s newspapers, led by the Spanish Sun Newspaper, have been rooted in Spain’s news industry for years, without major errors in their reports.
Unless the Spanish Governnt establishes an official newspaper, it cannot compete with the Sun Newspaper in terms of credibility.
But what difference is there between an official newspaper and official statents from the Spanish Governnt? Especially when Pri Minister Prim has more to consider personally.
Pri Minister Prim clearly understands the current power structure of the Spanish Governnt and knows the pri minister’s power surpasses royal authority.
Currently, he, Carlo, and Duke Serrano have a significant understanding, and Spain’s general situation is developing positively.
But if a future Spanish Pri Minister were power-hungry and made a ss of national developnt, so preemptive asures might be needed to balance power.
It’s naturally impossible to openly strengthen the Monarch’s power, which could disrupt Spain’s constitutional system, reshaping a monarchy.
Allowing the Royal Family to control the dia is a better option. Generally, this dia control doesn’t heavily influence the governnt unless there are major issues within the governnt, where the dia can incite turmoil.
If there are no underlying sparks, the dia can fan as much as it wants; it actually has little impact on the governnt.
In February 1873, the Spanish Sun Newspaper published a news article that caught the attention of many Spaniards, titled "Un país, un pueblo, un idioma!" (One Country, One People, One Language!)
Of course, the report in the Sun Newspaper was not so blunt, instead using a more tactful approach to convey the positive changes this policy brought to Spain.
For instance, if everyone uses Spanish, communication among factory workers will be simpler and more straightforward, and factory productivity will increase.
Also, if everyone is Spanish, the governnt’s tax and welfare policies will be fairer. Everyone being Spanish naturally ans everyone enjoys the sa tax policy and welfare benefits.
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