The rebellion incited by the capitalists ended rather anticlimactically.
Although the entire process seed unexpected, upon reflection it feels quite inevitable.
Such events even occur frequently in later tis. A protest seemingly composed entirely of workers might not necessarily have been initiated voluntarily by them; it could have been the factory owners banding together to oppress, brainwash, and threaten the workers.
Capitalists are a minority group in any country and can only rely on the majority groups like workers and farrs to achieve their goals.
But in present-day Spain, it’s not so easy for capitalists to incite large numbers of workers and farrs.
Farrs are the staunchest supporters of autocracy and monarchy, anywhere, because farrs have low needs; as long as they are fed and not hungry, they’ll be satisfied with their current life.
Spain’s reduction in agricultural taxes is the best strategy for winning over farrs. Farrs naturally inclined towards supporting monarchy are certainly willing to follow Carlo and the Spanish Governnt’s commands.
Compared to farrs, the makeup of factory workers is much more complex. Worker protests are a key thod for capitalists to achieve their objectives, and naturally, capitalists won’t miss the chance to oppress and brainwash workers.
This is why a considerable portion of the rebel forces were workers; not everyone can see clearly the dostic situation, nor can everyone ignore the capitalist’s sugar-coated bullets and intimidation tactics.
However, this scale of protest and rebellion poses no threat to Carlo or the Spanish Governnt. For Carlo, the biggest threat within Spain isn’t the uninfluential capitalists, but rather the independence forces of Catalonia and the Basque, and the Carlos Faction that received support from Catalonia independence activists.
Though the protest and rebellion were easily quelled, the military under the Spanish Governnt’s control remains stationed around Madrid, awaiting news from Catalonia and the Basque Region.
For Carlo, he actually hopes the Carlos Faction and those regional independence groups will seize this chance to cause so ruckus.
Only if they step forward actively does Carlo have the opportunity to resolve them once and for all.
Otherwise, if these opposition factions continue to develop silently in Catalonia and the Basque Region, it will only intensify the sense of division between the two regions and Spain.
This is why, in later tis, both Catalonia and the Basque Region have constantly sought independence.
The Catalonia parliant even held an independence referendum and, based on the voting results, declared independence from Spain. If not for the Spanish Governnt asserting that Catalonia’s regional referendum violated the constitution and suppressing it strongly, perhaps the world map would have gained another country.
The Basque Region isn’t far behind. Although it didn’t escalate to the point of directly announcing independence through a referendum, its independence fervor is even more aggressive than Catalonia’s.
After the death of Spain’s dictator Franco, a terrorist organization nad ETA erged in the Basque Region, even attempting multiple assassinations against the King of Spain.
If this issue of the two regions seeking independence can’t be resolved once and for all, Spain is destined never to be stable, and more opposition parties will erge to challenge the Spanish Governnt by supporting Catalonia and Basque independence.
Fortunately, at this ti, the populations of Catalonia and the Basque are not yet large enough to threaten Spain.
Spain’s population is approximately 16.6 million, with the primary ethnic group, Spaniards, making up the majority. The population of Catalonia is only around 1.3 million, and the Basque Region’s population is barely over 300,000.
Together, the two regions total only 1.6 million people, less than a tenth of Spain’s total population, which is why Carlo is confident in resolving the independence issue once and for all.
The Carlos Faction ultimately did not disappoint Carlo.
On January 25, 1870, the self-proclaid brilliant "Carlos VII" decided to take action while the Madrid governnt was still in chaos.
The Carlos Faction published nurous articles in Barcelona’s newspapers, claiming that Carlos VII is the legitimate King of Spain and that the current governnt’s policies would severely undermine Barcelona’s economy, setting it back at least 20 years.
The Carlos Faction exaggerated the impacts of labor laws on factories and enterprises in the Catalonia Region, even suggesting that it would cause Spain to lose all its industries and factories, leaving all workers in the Catalonia Region unemployed.
Under the influence of widespread news, many Catalans took it as true and expressed their willingness to join Carlos VII’s legitimate governnt, resisting the rule of the Spanish Governnt.
After organizing an army of tens of thousands in just a few days, Carlos VII publicly gave a speech in Barcelona, declaring his intention to oust King Carlo and resu the Bourbon Dynasty’s rule.
Amidst the chaos, a new Carlist War officially erupted.
Although the participants have shifted from Queen Isabel to Carlo, the Carlos Faction’s aim remains the sa—to place their ruler Carlos VII on Spain’s throne.
Hearing the news of war breaking out, Carlo in Madrid actually exhaled a sigh of relief.
Upon hearing that the Catalonia Region had organized an army of tens of thousands, Carlo didn’t panic in the slightest; instead, he held even greater disdain for the so-called Carlos VII.
Why was that?
Though the Catalonia independence issue has consistently been one of Spain’s most vexing problems, at least for now, the majority of Catalans still hold Spain in high regard.
Moreover, importantly, the current Pri Minister Prim is Catalan; the last revolution was ignited by Pri Minister Prim in the Catalonia Region.
There are many Catalan soldiers in the current Spanish Army; given this, the ability of Carlos VII to organize an army of tens of thousands seems highly improbable.
Considering Catalonia as one of Spain’s economically and industrially most developed regions, housing a large number of workers.
Perhaps the Carlos Faction and Catalonia independents recruited those brainwashed and threatened workers to establish this so-called army of tens of thousands.
Carlo’s amusent stems precisely from this. The Carlos Faction repeatedly claid that Prim’s reforms had cost Catalonia’s workers their jobs, but isn’t their current action also costing these workers their jobs?
Excluding these workers, the Carlos Faction’s army numbers at most slightly over 10,000. Expecting an army of just 10,000 to storm Madrid—are they mistaking Carlo for Queen Isabel from two years ago?
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