Rise of Australia

Chapter 280 Questioning in front of the mausoleum
On June 1910, 6, under the joint witness of members of the European royal family, the "European Royal Family Joint Declaration" was officially signed in London, the capital of the British Empire, and it began to be implemented immediately.

The joint declaration stated that the European royal family should protect the safety of all European royal family members, prohibit all acts of regicide, and condemn all assassinations of royal family members.

If regicide occurs in the country of any European royal family who signed the declaration, the other European royal families should unite to protect the royal family members in the country and restore the monarchy and social stability in the country.

Although it is different from Arthur's idea of ​​stabilizing the monarchy and monarchy around the world, it is also a kind of protection for the royal families and monarchs of various countries.

Regicide is almost a taboo topic in European royal families.The European royal family can watch the monarchs of other countries lose their status or even lose their thrones, but they cannot sit back and watch the European monarchs be murdered by the civilians and forces below.

This is equivalent to a direct provocation to the European monarchy and the European royal family, and it is also threatening the safety of all royal families and European monarchs.

For example, after the French Revolution broke out before, the French pushed the then French king to the guillotine, which resulted in the anti-French alliance formed by the major European monarchies.

The revolution that broke out in France and the ideas that spread seriously threatened the stability of other monarchy countries. In addition, the French directly pushed their king to the guillotine, which made the European royal family extremely fearful of the revolution and ideas that the French broke out , Even at the expense of organizing the army to extinguish the French revolution.

What if the French hadn't been regicide?Will the formation of the Anti-French Alliance go so smoothly?
All of this is unknown, but no one can deny that regicide is definitely a taboo for the European royal family. Now that the monarchy is still strong, the regicide will definitely be attacked by the European royal family.

It is worth mentioning that although Carlos I was very dissatisfied with Arthur, Carlos I was very active when signing this joint declaration of European royal families.

After all, in this nest in Europe, the behavior of Carlos I and other members of the royal family are also well aware.

Because of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, Arthur also has some understanding of the current situation in Portugal.

The current situation in Portugal can be described as a mess, and Portugal should also be one of the countries where the monarch and the monarchy are most likely to be wiped out among all the monarchies in Europe.

How serious is it?Carlos I directly mobilized his confidant generals to escort him on this trip, and even asked for the protection of the British Empire, in order to fear that the domestic reactionary forces would wipe him out on the ocean.

It's a pity that Carlos I only has so many cards.Although there is still a loyal army loyal to him in the country, Carlos I dare not mobilize at all.

If this army is mobilized, the situation in Portugal will really be unstoppable, and no one can guarantee what will happen.

Fortunately, Carlos I did not die in the last assassination.After all, he has been king for many years, and his political skills are much stronger than that of his second son, Manuel.

In history, after Carlos I was assassinated, because the king and the crown prince died at the same time, the throne fell to the second heir, Prince Manuel.

It is a pity that Manuel was not trained as a crown prince in the first place, and coupled with his short time in power, he did not have any prestige in Portugal. In the end, Portugal became a republic in just a few years.

Carlos I is still in power in Portugal now. Although the domestic situation is also very bad, it is better than Manuel II in power in history.

At least Portugal's monarchy can barely be maintained, although Carlos I took great pains to maintain the monarchy.

Carlos I also had an attempt to find protection and allies when he came to attend the funeral of Edward VII this time.

It's a pity that among the few monarchy powers in Europe that can help Portugal, Tsar Nicholas II did not come due to personal reasons, and George V has not yet ascended the throne. He is busy enough with domestic affairs and has no mood to take care of other things. national affairs.

And the only capable and emotional King William II had a much better relationship with Arthur than with Carlos I, which made Carlos I very envious and jealous of Arthur.

It's a pity that Arthur didn't know Carlos I's envy and jealousy, and he didn't care at all if he knew it.

Facing a crisis that could subvert the state power, Carlos I's methods seemed a little pale.

If it was Arthur, he would spare no effort to kill any forces that might threaten his royal power.

Even if it will set off a bloody storm in the country for a period of time, it is better than letting the royal family and the whole family go extinct.

You must know that although European countries generally supported Australasia during the war between Portugal and Australasia, the assassination of Carlos I and his crown prince also made many European royal families express their support for Carlos I.

At that time, Carlos I could have peace talks with Australasia, and then rely on the support of other countries to wipe out the restless forces in the country, and directly eliminate these people with the charge of assassinating the king and crown prince.

Although it will cause a huge loss to personal prestige, it can completely change the current situation of the Portuguese crisis and even make the royal power and the royal family's position more stable.

It's a pity that Carlos I at the time was very angry with Australasia, and even regarded Australasia as his biggest enemy, not the domestic reactionary forces.

As it turned out, Australasia was most interested in the small territory of Portuguese Timor.However, the reactionary forces in Portugal wanted to overthrow Carlos I and the entire Portuguese royal family at any time.

Missed the best opportunity to eliminate the opposition forces of the Republican Party at that time, even if Carlos I has won the support from the European powers, it can at most continue to be maintained like this.

Unless Carlos I can control all the military power in Portugal, or persuade the European powers to send troops to protect him, any more radical actions may lead to the outbreak of the Portuguese Civil War at any time.

In fact, logically speaking, although the Kingdom of Portugal has declined, it still has quite a few colonies.

Judging from the current domestic crisis in the Kingdom of Portugal, there should be many European countries coveting Portugal's colonies.

But in fact, in the Anglo-Boer war more than ten years ago, in order to obtain the support of Portugal, the British had already reached an agreement to guarantee the security of Portugal's colonies.

This is also the real reason why those small and medium-sized European countries still dare not covet Portuguese colonies even though Portugal is in crisis.

As for whether William II would agree to help Carlos I stabilize the situation in Portugal, Arthur actually didn't care.

After all, even if the situation in Portugal is stable, Portugal is destined to no longer be an opponent of Australasia, unless both Britain and Germany can vigorously assist Portugal and help Portugal develop to the current level of Australasia.

But is it realistic?Britain and Germany could not have done so without sufficient interests.

And the benefits that Portugal can offer are not many, at most it is only a colony in Africa.

But if Carlos I dared to give the African colonies, I am afraid that even with the help of Britain and Germany, the throne would basically come to an end.

Like the current Kingdom of the Netherlands, Portugal's few colonies are also a fig leaf for national dignity.

If the few remaining colonies are also deprived, Portugal will truly become a third-rate or even a fourth-rate country in Europe, and there is even a risk of being annexed by Spain.

The gathering of the European royal family was only held for two days, and then most of the royal family members bid farewell.

After all, there are a lot of affairs in European countries at present, and it is true that they cannot be delayed for too long.

There are not many monarchs with real power like William II and Arthur in Europe, so there are very few monarchs who can live so leisurely in other countries like Arthur and William II.

After the party, Arthur received an invitation from George V to visit England as the King of Australasia and conduct further negotiations on various trades between Britain and Australasia.

This is George V expressing goodwill to Arthur. After all, the British Empire and Australasia can be regarded as having the same root, and the rulers of both sides are from the British royal family. There is no reason not to take the relationship further.

Arthur readily accepted this, after all, there was no reason to refuse.

Beginning on June 6, Arthur officially visited the British Empire and also went to Queen Victoria's Mausoleum to commemorate.

When Arthur commemorated Queen Victoria, a large number of British people and media outlets gathered outside the Royal Mausoleum.

After experiencing various events at the funeral of Edward VII, Arthur is also considered a hot star in the British Empire, and has attracted the attention of a large number of British people.

Under the escort of many guards, Arthur walked out of the royal tomb.And among the newspapers and media that were blocked tens of meters away, someone boldly asked loudly: "Your Majesty Arthur, what do you think of the British Empire?"

Arthur paused at the pace of the convoy, then took a few steps closer to the crowd, looked in the direction where the voice came from just now, and replied loudly and sincerely: "The British Empire is my beloved hometown no matter what time it is." .There are my childhood, the city I love, and my dear father and grandmother. Of course, there are more uncles now. I am honored to be a member of the British royal family, and I will never forget all of them. British moment, that will be my fondest memory."

When mentioning his father and grandmother, Arthur's voice visibly trembled, which made the hearts of those media and newspaper reporters also tremble.

"What a sincere feeling!" Someone couldn't help but send out heartfelt praise.

"Your Majesty Arthur, stay in England!" The crowd was silent for a long time, and then someone spoke boldly.

Arthur shook his head and said with a smile: "I love the British Empire, and I love all the people living in the British Empire. But sorry, I am the king of Australasia now, and I have to think about all my people. Compared with the prosperous and rich British Empire, Australasia, which is currently backward and poor, is obviously more needed. And, I promised my grandmother that Australasia will develop into a prosperous and powerful country. I think you will also Don't want me to break my contract with grandma, do you?"

Arthur emphasized the words of the prosperous and rich British Empire and the poor Australasia, which made people's impression of these words even more profound.

After a slight pause, Arthur continued: "Of course, I still look forward to every trip to the British Empire. I hope that the British Empire and Australasia will always be friends. Every trip to the British Empire is different. will be hindered."

"Okay, gentlemen. I can only talk to you so far. Tomorrow, I will have many trade and aid negotiations with the British government. I believe you will hear the news in a few days." Seeing that the atmosphere is almost the same, want to The information conveyed to the outside world was basically finished, Arthur ended the topic, got in the car and left.

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