Rebirth of the Spanish Empire.

Chapter 13 Rebellion in the Catholic Church

in the middle of the night,
  In the Royal Palace of Madrid, an urgent voice was quickly approaching the room where Alfonso lived.

"Something is going wrong, Your Majesty. Someone has launched another rebellion!" The palace servant quickly informed Alfonso who was sleeping with the news he had just received from the government.

Alfonso was also awakened by the servants of the palace at this time.

It's a mess, it's a complete mess! Revolts began again in various parts of the Kingdom of Spain, and this unexpected rebellion shocked Alfonso.

After seeing the news brought by his servants, he immediately sent someone to summon Canovas, Arsenio and others to the Royal Palace in Madrid to discuss the matter.

To Alfonso's shock, this national rebellion was actually started by the Catholic Church.

"It doesn't make sense. In the original Spanish history, wasn't the Catholic Church always honest? How could it start a rebellion?" Alfonso thought to himself.

In fact, the rebellion started by the Catholic Church had a lot to do with Alfonso's order to fully implement compulsory education in the Kingdom of Spain!

When the Spanish government implemented compulsory education reforms, Alfonso actually ignored the current religious issues in the Spanish Kingdom-the arrangements for Catholic church staff.

This was a huge strategic oversight for Alfonso, because the Catholic Church at this time was not as powerless as it was in the 21st century.

At this time, the Catholic Church was an important force that could not be ignored in the Kingdom of Spain during the social transformation period in the 19th century.

Before the Spanish government implemented comprehensive compulsory education, Catholic schools had always controlled education in the entire Kingdom of Spain, and even helped the previous Spanish government control and stabilize social order.

Logically speaking, the current Catholic Church should not cause rebellion, and such a problem has never occurred in its original history!
  The problem is that this happened in the original history and has no connection at all with the current historical development.

Because the current Alfonso is not the original Spanish King Alfonso XII, when facing the Catholic Church, Alfonso will not respect the Catholic Church as much as the original historical Alfonso XII did.

Coupled with the implementation of comprehensive compulsory education, the remaining rights of the Catholic Church were lost.

While the Catholic Church feels that it is not respected, the comprehensive compulsory education implemented by the Spanish Royal Government is like a match, facing the pile of hay of the Catholic Church, it will ignite!
  Therefore, when faced with this situation, the Catholic Church did not choose not to resist as it did in 1833 when the Spanish government confiscated church land.

Instead, he directly called on farmers and workers in rural areas and small towns who blindly believed in the church to start a fight against the current Spanish government.

The slogan of their rebellion was also very simple: "Alfonso XII disrespects God. Our king should be a loyal Catholic."

Although most of what the Catholic Church said was true, how could His Majesty Alfonso admit it?

Faced with this situation, Alfonso sent someone to tell Misty to use the Globe to fight back!

"The merciful Majesty Alfonso is a loyal Catholic believer. The reason why the Catholic Church launched a rebellion and distorted the facts is simply that their rights were violated, because His Majesty Alfonso confiscated their money-making tools!
  When His Majesty Alfonso implemented compulsory education, the Catholic Church no longer had any excuse or reason to make money in the name of education.

People in the Catholic Church have no reason to make money, and they have no ability to maintain their luxurious life, so they began to slander our merciful Majesty Alfonso.

Because after all, our Majesty Alfonso really has the Spanish people in his heart, and only our Majesty Alfonso will implement policies that are beneficial to the people.

God is merciful, and He will never let us live in suffering. If God witnessed everything we do, He will definitely praise us greatly.

And the vast majority of people in the Spanish Catholic Church today are just liars who use the name of God to deceive the world.

These crooks of the Catholic Church will try their best to swindle every pesetas out of the pockets of our poor people.

Therefore, we at Globo call on all those who truly feel that the government led by His Majesty Alfonso has brought benefits to the people, not to continue to be deceived by a group of greedy Catholic liars.

If you don't want to pay high amounts of money to the church like before, then please put down your guns against the king's army.

Only the Spanish government led by His Majesty Alfonso can bring a better life to every Spaniard! "

Under Alfonso's order, the speed of Global Daily is astonishing!

On the day the Catholic Church launched its rebellion, the Globe publicly appealed to the people at the bottom and began to pour dirty water on the Catholic Church.

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At this time, Arsenio, Canovas and others also quickly came to the conference room of the Royal Palace of Madrid.

"General Arsenio, as the Minister of War, you must quickly mobilize the army to put down the rebellion. You must be fast.

If the army that has undergone military reforms and equipment changes cannot defeat a group of civilians, then I will consider a major overhaul of the army. Alfonso said to Arsenio seriously.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Your loyal army will never let you down. They will definitely put down the rebellion in the shortest possible time!" Arsenio said solemnly.

"Inform Misty to increase the propaganda offensive against the church and not stop for a moment.

He is not required to make the rebels immediately lay down their weapons and surrender, but they must consume the enemy's fighting will as much as possible. "

Alfonso, who controls the voice of public opinion, has gained a strategic advantage in this rebellion started by the Catholic Church.

Now Alfonso is a little confused as to why the Catholic Church people launched a rebellion so hastily. The idea of ​​the Catholic Church in launching the rebellion was actually very simple, which was to threaten the Spanish people and force Alfonso to return power to them.

This is obviously a fantasy. How could Alfonso release the rights he had obtained? Unless Alfonso is a moron!

After all, as the ruler of the Kingdom of Spain, how could he give away his rights?

Moreover, taking the opportunity to eradicate the Catholic Church, a cancer that has existed in the Kingdom of Spain for many years, is conducive to the development of the modern Kingdom of Spain.

This is obviously a multi-purpose thing, so why not do it.

"Canovas, as Prime Minister, ordered the Royal Government to issue a proclamation against the Catholic Church rebels:

The Government of the Kingdom of Spain will never make any compromise with the rebels, and the most valiant enemies among the rebels will be punished the most severely.

Those who care about the country are only coerced into participating in the rebellion. If they do not do anything that substantially harms the interests of the country, the royal government will pardon their crimes and send them back to their hometowns. "

Alfonso quickly issued orders to Canovas. Although Canovas was not a reliable leader, he was an excellent executor.

Since then, the three major political, propaganda, and military offensives of the Spanish Royal Government against the Catholic Church have been officially launched.

The Catholic Church rebels mainly gather in the Leon and Andalusia regions, which are relatively backward and remote areas of the Kingdom of Spain.

Most of the Spanish people living in Leon and Andalusia have low literacy levels and are easily bewitched by the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church formed a fully armed army in such a short period of time. It said behind the scenes that there was no support from other countries. Alfonso did not believe it.

At this time, the role of the Globe came to the fore. In just a few days, the massive Catholic rebellion was quickly extinguished. The rebellions caused by the Catholic Church in various places were also quickly extinguished.

In many areas where the number of rebels was relatively small, rebels actually escorted church members to surrender at the local police station.

In fact, most of the people who felt the king's dividend blindly followed the Catholic religion and rebelled.

But after the Globe weighed the pros and cons for them, most people wisely put down their weapons.

Although there are still large-scale rebels gathering in Leon and Andalusia, under the offensive of public opinion, the Catholic Church rebels are obviously shaken in military morale and panicked.

Although the Catholic Church personnel tried their best to explain to the Spanish people, the Catholic Church failed to grasp the disadvantage of public opinion, making their false excuses even weaker.

The power of public opinion is so terrifying.

Under Arsenio's order, the Spanish Army, which had undergone military reforms and equipment replacements, had gradually assembled to launch a preliminary attack on the rebels. Civilian church personnel were obviously no match for regular professional soldiers.

Most of the Catholic Church's army was composed of peasant workers, so it collapsed even more when faced with the new Spanish Kingdom Army reformed by Arsenio.

And Arsenio showed no sign of complacency with the army's performance.

After all, the rebels they faced were just a group of ordinary people armed with guns.

The soldiers in the army now are not new recruits, they are all veterans who have seen blood during the Carlos Rebellion.

After modern training and the epoch-making enhancement of weapons and armor, the combat effectiveness of this group of blood-stained veterans can be said to be as good as that of any country's elite army.

The Government of the Kingdom of Spain also protested against the Holy See on this matter, and the Pope was also confused about the matter and stated that it had nothing to do with the Holy See.

Obviously, the Globe will definitely use the Holy See's answer to publicize the rebellion launched by the Catholic Church.

“Obviously, this is all the work of the rebels in the Catholic Church, and the Holy See and the Pope in Italy have declared that this matter has nothing to do with them.

The Spanish Royal Government and the military will not let the Church’s liars and those who support them succeed in trying to stabilize the situation in Spain.

The military of the Kingdom of Spain will definitely protect their hard-won peace and stability. "

The latest issue of the Globe thoroughly exposed the Catholic Church as a paper tiger, and this farce that started before the end but ended at the end will finally come to an end.

Now Alfonso has never dreamed that he has been having a headache for many days with the thorny issue of the Catholic Church!

Unexpectedly, it was the Catholic Church who took the initiative to break out the rebellion, giving the Spanish Royal Government an opportunity to take action.

Compared with the negligible loss of population, it is even more important to remove the stubborn development problems of the Kingdom of Spain for many years.

The Spanish troops in the Kingdom of Andalusia and Leon have also been assembled.

They were waiting for the order from Arsenio to launch a full-scale attack, ready to deliver the final blow to the Catholic Church rebels.

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(End of this chapter)