Chapter 194 Severe Punishment

The formation of the interim cabinet government was the responsibility of Archduke Serrano and Canovas, while Carlo was more concerned about the handling of the rebellious nobles at this time.

There was nothing much to say about these rebellious nobles. Naturally, the perfect process was to abolish the title, confiscate all property, execute the leader, and imprison the accomplices.

But after all, it was to deal with nearly a hundred nobles, including high-ranking nobles such as dukes and marquises, so it was still necessary to stabilize the emotions of other nobles.

At least it should not cause panic among the entire aristocracy, after all, the subsequent rule of Spain still requires the efforts of the aristocracy.

It is worth mentioning that the reason used by the rebellious nobles to guide the workers' march was the exploitation of workers by capital, which also led to the further deepening of the contradiction between the aristocracy and the capitalist class.

For Carlo, this was actually good news. The Spanish land aristocracy will eventually become history, and the next aristocracy will be more involved in finance and industry, that is, to form a new capital force.

After this rebellion, it is difficult for aristocratic capital and private capital to work together. Letting aristocratic capital and private capital confront each other can not only effectively limit the power of the capitalist class, but also make the royal family the referee between the two forces.

As long as the balance is done well, the nobles and capitalists in the future will become the helpers of the royal family. As the referee between the two types of capital, the royal family can further strengthen the relationship between the royal family and the workers.

How can a monarchy supported by the working class and the peasant class lose such a battle?

At noon on November 7, the Spanish government first closed down the factory that was reported to have exploited and deducted workers' wages, and allocated funds to pay the full wages of all workers in the factory.

When paying salaries, government officials specifically mentioned that it was Carlo's order to pay the full amount of wages. This move immediately made the originally nervous workers happy, and they were full of gratitude to their king, Carlo.

For those workers who were injured in the march, Carlo also said that he would provide them with free medical assistance. Although the money was nominally paid by the royal family and the government, in fact, the fraction of the property confiscated from the nobles and officials was enough.

The reason for bearing the medical expenses of the injured workers is also to make up for the rift between the government and the workers caused by the armed conflict during the march.

No matter what the workers' purpose of the march was at the beginning, when they exchanged fire with the police, it was inevitable that there would be rifts and even hatred between them.

Carlo could only try his best to repair such rifts and transfer the workers' hatred of the government to the capitalists and the Bourbon family who started the rebellion.

While Carlo was calming the people in various ways, the Sun and the National Daily announced the cause of the civil unrest through the news, and identified the culprits as the Bourbon family who caused the rebellion and the capitalists who withheld the workers' wages.

The workers also needed a reason to get rid of their responsibilities. No matter what their purpose was, the large-scale marches and armed conflicts were indeed caused by them.

In this way, the workers' hatred was smoothly transferred to the Bourbon family and the capitalists, and there was no blame on the government.

Even if there was a big conflict between the police and the workers, it was because of the Bourbon family's instigation and the capitalists' withholding of wages.

If the capitalists had not withheld the workers' wages, if the Bourbon family had not instigated this march, then all this would not have happened.

Under the guidance of this force of public opinion, the Bourbon family soon became the target of public outcry in Spain, and the hope of the Bourbon family's restoration was completely shattered.

At least in the next 50 years, Spanish workers and farmers will remember the damage caused to the Spanish government and people by the Bourbon family's incitement of civil unrest.

Nearly a thousand casualties among the police and workers were transferred to the Bourbon family.

Of course, some capitalists eventually became scapegoats. Although they did not participate in this incident, many factories were destroyed by workers due to the extreme anger of the workers, and suffered a lot of losses.

For all this, Carlo could only say sorry to them in his heart. However, although they were relatively innocent in this incident, if they had never deducted workers' wages and exploited workers, how could the workers' anger be transferred to them?

After resolving the impact of this workers' march, Carlo immediately began to deal with these rebellious nobles and officials involved in the incident.

In order to avoid panic among the nobles, it is necessary to set a scope before purging these nobles and officials.

Carlo notified Duke Jacobo as early as when he returned to Spain, asking him to notify all the nobles of the Royal Council to attend a meeting to discuss how to deal with the rebellious nobles and appease other nobles.

Duke Jacobo naturally did as he was told, notified almost all the nobles of the Royal Council who could be notified, and asked them to come to Spain as soon as possible to attend the meeting.

The meeting was scheduled for the morning of November 9th. As long as the nobles in Spain, there was enough time to attend the meeting.

There was no need to notify the nobles who were farther away overseas, but the results of the meeting would still be made public to all the nobles, so that those nobles who did not participate in the rebellion could be completely relieved.

On the morning of November 9th, the meeting of the Royal Council officially began.

This meeting gathered the vast majority of Spanish nobles, including dozens of distinguished grand dukes, hundreds of nobles with a long history and distinguished status, and a large number of marquis and counts.

The barons were completely ignored in such a meeting place. They could only sit in the most corner of the meeting and could only listen, without the right to speak.

The number of nobles in Spain is extremely large. Even if nearly a hundred nobles rebelled this time, there were still nearly a thousand other Spanish nobles who were not affected.

The total number of nobles participating in this meeting was 600, and these 600 people held more land than Spanish peasants.

It is no exaggeration to say that these people in the venue own more property than the rest of the people in Spain outside the venue.

This is also the best example of a country's wealth always concentrated in a few people. As a class with only thousands of people at its peak, the Spanish aristocracy controlled wealth that was difficult for ordinary people to estimate.

Even the inconspicuous barons in the meeting, the wealth in their hands is inconspicuous compared to other nobles, but to common people, it is wealth that a family cannot earn in a lifetime.

At about half past eight, as a group of guards lined up outside the meeting place, Carlo also officially arrived at the meeting place.

Accompanied by Archduke Serrano, Count Canovas, Duke Jacobo and others, Carlo went straight to the center of the conference venue.

There is a large podium here that is nearly one meter above the ground. The things Carlo will mention in the meeting have already been placed on the podium.

After walking onto the podium, Carlo did not speak in a hurry. Instead, he glanced around all the nobles with a calm gaze. After most of them lowered their heads nervously, Carlo slowly spoke: "

Everyone, something big has happened in Spain recently that shocked everyone. Some of the nobles I trusted betrayed me and wanted to unite with the Bourbons to overthrow my rule.

In order to fight against me, they did not hesitate to provoke workers’ demonstrations involving tens of thousands of people, and triggered conflicts between workers and the government.

This incident caused immeasurable losses to Spain and intensified the people's suspicion and hostility towards the government.

It is simply unimaginable that there are such worms and scum among the noble class that I trust. If this incident had not happened, how long would they have been lurking among you?

Please tell me, my trusted nobles, are you still loyal to me? "

"I am willing to shed the last drop of my blood for His Majesty." Grand Duke Serrano stood up in time and shouted his oath loudly.

The other nobles were not stupid and shouted loudly after Duke Serrano.

Carlo nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Of course I believe you, everyone, this incident was just an accident, but it made us discover some worms and scum among the nobles.

As long as they are cleared out, the aristocracy is still trustworthy by me, and of course it is an indispensable existence in this country.

Now, let us discuss how to deal with these moths and scum. And how to prevent such moths and scum from reappearing, allowing them to destroy the prestige and status of the entire aristocratic class. "

Most of the plans for dealing with these rebellious nobles have already been determined. For example, their titles will be taken away, their property will be confiscated, etc.

What these nobles were discussing was how to deal with these rebellious nobles. Whether it is to be executed or imprisoned, who should be executed and who should be imprisoned all need to be decided by the votes of these nobles.

The reason for allowing these nobles to vote was to let them see the consequences of resisting Carlo's rule. Of course Carlo believed in the aristocracy and was willing to reuse it.

But the premise of all this is that the Spanish nobles are willing to submit to Carlo's rule, and they must remain loyal to Carlo.

Many nobles also understood this, so in the subsequent voting, they all chose to deal with these rebellious nobles seriously.

Anyway, Carlo had already set a tone before the meeting began, that is, these rebel nobles were just worms and scourges among the nobles, and they did not represent the noble class itself.

This also means that the liquidation of the rebel nobles will not affect other nobles. As long as the nobles did not participate in this rebellion, they were safe and would not be affected in the slightest.

The final voting results satisfied Kalu.

More than 600 nobles attended the meeting, and the vast majority agreed with harsher punishments. Most of the remaining people also gave up their right to vote. After all, the relationship between nobles was complicated, and it was quite normal for them to be relatives.

After getting the final voting results, Carlo's expression did not change at all, and he said as if he didn't care: "Okay, according to everyone's voting results, the punishment for these rebel nobles will be severe.

That being the case, I, as King of Spain, declare that all the nobles and their families who participated in the rebellion will be deprived of their titles, all properties of the nobles and their families who participated in the rebellion will be confiscated, and all the nobles and their families who participated in the rebellion will be imprisoned.

Nobles who personally participated in this rebellion were all punished by death, and would be executed in different ways. His family members are permanently imprisoned and cannot be restored to their titles or released unless they have made significant contributions to the country and the royal family.

I hope you will remember this lesson, which has wreaked havoc on the hopes and status of the aristocratic class.

Spain needs the power of the aristocracy, but not the pests and scourges among them. I hope that the Royal Parliament can strengthen the supervision of all nobles to prevent such cases from continuing to occur in the aristocracy.

In addition, I plan to reorganize the Royal Parliament and merge it with the Spanish Senate into the Royal Senate, and the House of Representatives as the upper and lower senators of Spain. What do you think? "

If the severe punishment of the rebellious nobles is a big stick to the aristocracy, then the choice of reorganizing the Royal Parliament and merging it into the Senate is a candy for the aristocracy.

The previous Royal Parliament did not belong to the Spanish Parliament, but was an organization established by Carlo to supervise the aristocracy.

In addition to supervising the aristocracy, the Royal Parliament has no power. The nobles who join the Royal Parliament will be supervised, and there is no other benefit.

After being merged into the Senate, these nobles who join the Royal Parliament will become members of the Royal Senate.

Although it is impossible for all these more than 600 nobles to become members of the Senate, it also means that a considerable number of nobles will join the Senate.

Although in the upper and lower houses The power of the Senate is not that great, but that depends on who you compare it with.

After merging with the Royal Parliament, the power of the Spanish Senate will definitely be greater than the previous Senate. There is a reason why Carlo merged the Senate and the Royal Parliament. The purpose is to check and balance the House of Representatives through the Royal Senate.

The Prime Minister of Spain is elected by the House of Representatives, and most members of the cabinet are appointed by the Prime Minister. The cabinet government is responsible to the House of Representatives, which makes the power of the House of Representatives grow infinitely. The party that controls the House of Representatives can even influence the cabinet government to an unlimited extent.

This is something Carlo does not want to see. Not everyone who holds power is like Prime Minister Primo who is not greedy for power. Many people will be blinded by interests and eventually go the way of undermining the king or even dictatorship.

For In order to avoid this situation, using the Senate to check and balance the House of Representatives is a good way.

The House of Representatives has the power to legislate, but the Senate can overrule the House of Representatives' legislative power. And the Senate has the power to supervise officials, including the prime minister, who are all under the supervision of the House of Representatives.

Even the power to impeach officials and the prime minister belongs to the Senate, which can largely ensure that the Senate can check and balance the House of Representatives.

After the Senate and the Royal Parliament merge, the nobles will become the majority of the Senate. And the nobles obey Carlo, which also means that Carlo will directly control the Spanish Senate.

Relying on Spain's regulations on the election of the prime minister, once no one can get a majority of votes, the Senate will join the election of the prime minister.

This also means that Carlo will have a greater influence on the Spanish prime minister in the future. The election of the prime minister also has a say. Combined with a certain amount of military power, it can ensure that the royal power of Spain will be passed down for many generations on the basis of having certain power.

As Carlo expected, many nobles showed joyful expressions after hearing that Carlo wanted to merge the Senate and the Royal Parliament.

If some nobles can become senators, it also means that the power of the aristocracy will be strengthened. Although such power is far less than the period of aristocratic privilege, it is still a significant improvement compared to before.

More importantly, after the nobles enter the Senate, they can reject some proposals that harm the interests of the nobles through a joint approach, instead of having to surrender after the government proposes some policies as before.

This is also the real intention of Carlo to give this candy. The Senate does not have legislative power, and the nobles cannot propose some proposals that are beneficial to them.

But because they have the power to reject bills, they can reject some proposals that are harmful to them. Doing so can not only ensure that the entire aristocracy has a certain influence that can be driven by the royal family, but also ensure that the nobles will not gain too much influence, thereby threatening the royal power.

It can even form a natural confrontation between the nobles and the House of Representatives, allowing the nobles to actively confront and check the House of Representatives, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

After seeing that some nobles were somewhat tempted, Carlo said: "The merger of the Senate and the Royal Parliament is just an idea of ​​mine.

The parliament has been dissolved, and there is enough time to think about this issue. If any of you have relevant ideas and suggestions on the merger of the Senate and the Royal Parliament, you can also submit them to me.

Well, the main purpose of today's meeting has been completed. I hope everyone can think carefully about the lessons learned from this incident to avoid it happening again.

Everyone, the stability of the country needs the support of all of you. I hope that all nobles can contribute their efforts for the stability and peace of Spain and to realize the dream of Spain being great again.

If there are any additional clues about the rebellious nobles, they can also be submitted to Director Kadir. After this incident, Spain will enter a new charter, and I don't want any more accidents to happen.

Okay, everyone, the meeting is over, let's all go."

After saying all the words, Carlo was the first to walk out of the venue, and Archduke Serrano and Canovas behind him hurriedly followed.

At the end, a line of guards followed their king back to the palace respectfully, leaving only the nobles in the meeting room with different expressions still discussing in low voices.

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