Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

An ally whose weight has been reduced. It is also the closest ally of the German Empire, and it has returned after the rebellion. Its status is still a major European country, and its geographical location is very obvious. It is far less important than Austria. You said, Italy's weight is , will the decline of Austria allow us to quickly replace the original position of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and become the most important ally of the German Empire? If this is the case, it is not impossible that the Kingdom of Italy will finally be able to proceed with the help of the German Empire until the real Roman Empire returns to the imperial title. "

These words made several people next to him feel that their bodies were boiling with the flow of blood. At this time, everyone had only one idea, that is, the dream of the Romans was that the Roman Empire would reappear in the world and there would be a chance to reappear among their opponents and others.

While the ministers in Rome were discussing how Italy should be pro-German and condemn Spain, they were in London, England, St. Petersburg, Tsarist Russia, Berlin, the German Empire, Vienna, Austria, and Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire. Paris, France, Madrid, Spain, the White House, etc., all the world's elite politicians, as Dizon Giuliano and Luigi Russati said, are assessing Italy's role.

In addition, we are also evaluating the extent to which the dispute between Spain and Austria will expand.

"I don't know. I hope Spain can really gain a foothold in Europe this time."

"Stand firm?" Liang Qichao looked at Lu Xun with some confusion. Liang Qichao was a scholar-type politician. Liang Qichao now manages the internal affairs of the Nanjing government. It can be said that one person is less powerful than ten thousand people. However, this is only in managing issues such as economy and education. On issues such as military diplomacy, he is more studying , touching, etc., so he asked with some confusion. Of course, what I don’t understand here is not just some superficial things, but some deep things in international politics.

There are only two people here in Lu Xun's office now. So he said somewhat casually:

"The knowledge here is huge," he said with yearning on his face:

"The one who is envied is the one who is capable! Spain's development in recent years has broken the stereotypes of Europe and the power structure that Europe has maintained since Prussia defeated France. Spain's strong rise has made European countries start to panic. I’m at a loss. Don’t doubt my statement. Europe is in such a storm right now.”

Lu Xun said bluntly: "Britain is first, and the German Empire is second. France aspires to be on an equal footing with Britain, and Tsarist Russia's ambition to integrate into Europe is equal to those of the three countries. These are the ambitions of the old countries, These are the super powers after the Franco-Prussian War, while the Spanish Empire, Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire are the first-rate weak powers in Europe. The ambition of these countries is to return to the period when they were powerful, because these countries have They have a strong and glorious history, so they all dream of once again entering the status of a European superpower.

However, dreams are ideal, but reality is still cruel.

Originally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was most likely to realize this dream by relying on the principle of combining Austria and Hungary to make one plus one greater than one. In the end, as they thought, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was indeed a major power in Europe, with the fourth largest economy and around fifth military. Militarily, even Tsarist Russia had to be restrained by other regions and could only temporarily defend itself step by step.

But it was such a country that was split by Spain, which surprised everyone. Spain actually had such energy to overthrow the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was ranked fifth in overall strength in Europe? So how powerful is Spain?

The rise of Spain made other countries have no time to react, and it became what it is now. It can be said to be the fastest rising country in history.

Its rise has made the not-so-wide land of Beira in Europe become narrower. There are only so many territories, so there is destined to be competition. And Spain's competition is to try not to touch the super powers in Europe, so There was the initial development of friendly relations with various countries. Later, after reaching a certain level, it chose the weakest among the super powers, Tsarist Russia, which was the least threatening to Spain, and used other countries' conflicts with them to contain part of its economy. This energy enabled Spain to win the disputes with Tsarist Russia time and time again. In this way, almost the entire country of Tsarist Russia fell into a sentiment of fear of Spain. "

Lu Xun said with a smile, "But things must be reversed when they go to extremes. Therefore, Spain chose to go into seclusion to digest the gains of those years. So people thought that Spain's foreign policy had changed. In fact, this was just a change in Spain's foreign policy." It’s just a delaying tactic, because if my body absorbs it again, it will explode, so after digesting and slimming down, now I have the direct action to decompose it on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a quasi-super-powerful country.”

Lu Xun already had his own foreign policy for these. He had been in this political circle for many years and learned things that he had never thought of before. For Spain, let alone the promoter, even as a foreigner, he had to look at him with admiration and worship the other party's political and diplomatic strategies.

Liang Qichao was also quite shocked. At the same time, he had a thought in his mind. If Emperor Guangxu, whom he served at the time, had such diplomatic wisdom, would the Qing Dynasty still be like this? China would not be divided into pieces like it is now. Maybe, in the end, after more than ten or twenty years of development, the Qing Dynasty would become a superpower that could surpass Japan and become the only super power in Asia.

But, is it possible? Even he himself has no confidence at all. After all, after working as an internal affairs manager in the Nanjing government, he has thoroughly understood that his original political understanding was just wishful thinking, which has festered to the depths. It was a real miracle that the dynasty could still survive, and it was said that it was a powerful country. Thinking of Cixi's disgusting face, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.

"Spain has reached a critical moment now." Lu Xun didn't know that Liang Qichao had thought of so many things in an instant. When he saw the other party standing there stunned, he thought that the other party was deeply fascinated by his words, so He continued:

"If Spain can safely resolve this trouble this time, then Spain will truly occupy a stable position among the superpowers for a long time. If it does not stand firm in the end, then Spain will be at best another Ottoman Empire. Just Italy." Lu Xun looked at Liang Qichao and said with a wry smile: "And we, in the end, can only face the fate of choosing a protected country again." (To be continued...)

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