Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 494 Kingdom of Italy

"My God, do you want to destroy the Papal State? This may be a kind of blasphemy against the Catholic world." The representative of Naples, Musacino, said in shock.

Bai Mingxiu looked at Musacchino and asked, "Is the Catholic world big?"

Musacchino really wanted to tell and ridicule the other party's ignorance, but he remembered that Liang Haisheng showed him a map of Daming two days ago, and remembered that the entire Catholic world may not be as large as the two provinces of Daming, nor as populous as the other two provinces...

The world they knew was simply a corner for the Ming Empire, and it was a secular country, so naturally they lacked respect for their religion.

Bai Mingxiu said simply: "Since the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy, the goal has been to realize the unification of Italy. No matter who stands in the way, they will be eliminated. Only when Italy is unified can real reforms be realized and this country The country has become prosperous and powerful quickly, and has become a pivotal force in Europe, allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and allowing the people to be respected as they should be.”

Azelmo, the representative of Sardinia, asked: "General, will Daming help the Italian Royal Army to fight?"

Bai Mingxiu said with a smile: "It's a matter of course if necessary. The Kingdom of Italy and the Ming Empire are a common confederacy, and the Ming Dynasty will provide Italy with the help it deserves. Italy will get Ming's weapons and equipment at least 20.00 cheaper than other European countries. %, the officers of Ming Dynasty will help you train an army from Milan, Naples, Sicily, Genoa, Sardinia, and even other Italian regions, a unified Italian army! In a short period of time, you can grow into the most powerful army in Europe. One of the strongest armies in Italy, and the other states in Italy are as vulnerable as chickens and dogs in front of this army!"

His words also made some representatives feel a little excited. Since Liang Haisheng held the constitutional meeting for the founding of the country with them, he has made a lot of promises. Not only can the Kingdom of Italy purchase a large amount of Oriental commodities, and there will be investment from Ming Dynasty to help them open factories, help them cultivate talents, and enter their government and their professional fields. Such advantages can be said to be unavailable in other European countries.

Even when it comes to these aristocrats, Liang Haisheng promises that they can participate in different businesses, establish their own business companies, and make profits.As a result, the land of those nobles who resisted the unification of Italy in other places will be plundered and become their new territories.At that time, they were no longer small nobles who did not enter the small city-states, but the admirable great nobles on the European continent.

Although Bai Mingxiu will not cultivate a European country with the same heart as he did with Da Ming, but at least he will send Da Ming's consultants to let Italy grow up and become a leader of Da Ming's European strategy.Although the industrial technology and the like will not be given to the best, a little bit will be given to allow the country to complete the modernization.After all, Ming Dynasty is ready to directly enter the second industrial revolution, and there is no need to start from the first industrial revolution.

However, the representatives of these Italian states are still a little scared.

Musacchino considered his own words and said, "General, the Kingdom of Italy has been given the right to self-government. We can also choose our national strategies and policies, right?"

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said: "Within a certain range, you are allowed to self-govern and choose your own domestic policies, but if you can't even achieve unification, then there is no point in setting up such an unqualified Commonwealth Federation, and you can If you don’t want to directly establish the Consolation Department in Italy, then our emperor will send someone to do it.”

On the contrary, the Genoese were more bold. Adelno said: "Mr. Musacchino is still a little too conservative. We have the powerful Ming Empire as our backing, providing us with all kinds of help. Don't we even have the confidence to unify Italy?" Well?"

Liang Haisheng and Bai Mingxiu looked at each other. He actually knew that one of the main reasons why the eyes of the representatives here were twinkling was that they felt that the Daming Global Fleet was gone, and they would have nothing to threaten them.

"I can tell you another piece of good news. Da Ming has dispatched a new fleet, carrying a specially formed Da Ming Army Independent European Brigade, with a total of more than 3000 people, who will be stationed in Gibraltar and Morocco in the future. The earth protects several of our countries. This fleet is expected to arrive in Europe in four months, and try not to create a vacuum of power for my Ming Dynasty in European affairs."

What Liang Haisheng talked about was protecting the Kingdom of Italy, but in fact, what he meant was to monitor the Italians.If they guys didn't do what Da Ming wanted, then Da Ming might have to take measures.At that time, it will not be as simple as a protected country, and the territories of these nobles may also be deprived.

Aderno is very bachelor, directly expressing his support for Daming and the newly established Kingdom of Italy.

In the next few days, according to the model of the Great Ming Republic, the merged Kingdom of Italy elected an Italian parliament composed of more than 100 people. This parliament not only included some important noble members, but also included business people. , People with more prestige and intellectuals among the people.The Italian parliament also elected the first prime minister afterwards. Although Bai Mingxiu's manipulation was behind the formation of the parliament, the subsequent prime minister election was played by themselves.

Representatives of different places and forces began to collude with each other, and formed a more obvious north-south faction. The forces of Genoa and Milan combined to form the northern faction, Naples and Sicily formed the southern faction, and Sardinia was relatively free. .Adelno eventually won the prime minister's election and became the first prime minister of the Kingdom of Italy.And the first thing Adelno did after taking office was to accept almost all the reform proposals of the Kingdom of Italy proposed by Ming’s advisers, to establish various functional ministries, form a cabinet, and establish a unified administrative organization and education system following the example of Ming Dynasty. , the financial system and the tax system.

The most critical part, the Kingdom of Italy formed a standing army of 3 men and a navy of 7000 men.This army will be fully trained by the instructor group sent by the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, and will be fully equipped with old-fashioned Ming equipment such as M1 rifles.A newly born European power country seems to be gradually taking shape.

(End of this chapter)