Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 430: Brazilian Empire (Part )

The sea breeze is cool and refreshing. At the turn of autumn and winter, the city of El Salvador, located in the tropical humid climate zone, is fortunate to have a cool and pleasant season.

Salvador is located in the Atlantic Ocean's Todos Os Santos Bay and is an important coastal city in northeastern Brazil. It is 1649 kilometers away from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and 1692 kilometers away from Sao Paulo, Brazil's major commercial city.

In early September 1879, the Brazilian government, with the assistance of the British fleet, marched northward and recovered part of the land controlled by the royalists.

In late September 1879, led by the British Minister to Brazil, the Republicans and the Royalists, who were in a stalemate on the battlefield, reached a temporary ceasefire agreement.

The two sides used the line of Tignare Island, Valenza and Serra Grande in Bahia State as the ceasefire line. The area south of the ceasefire line was controlled by the Republicans, and the northern part of Bahia, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and other eight and a half states to the north of the ceasefire line were controlled by the royalist army.

After the signing of the armistice agreement, because the North and the South faced different crises respectively, the Republican government devoted its main energy to fighting against Paraguay and recovering the lost territory due to Paraguayan invasion. After overcoming the chaos in the early days of the restoration, the Brazilian Imperial government began to address internal black rebellions and regime building issues.

In the ten years from 1879 to 1889, the Brazilian Imperial Army, under the command of generals such as Garcia and Eber, fought more than one hundred battles of varying sizes and gradually resolved the black rebellion problem that had plagued the country for a long time at the cost of more than 1.7 casualties.

The young and strong black people who participated in the rebellion were detained in concentrated areas, the black communities who provided material and intelligence support to the rebel forces were isolated and relocated in batches, and the black communities that were previously scattered in various towns in southern Brazil were decreasing and disappearing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

It was a unanimous consensus among officials and generals of the Brazilian Imperial government to relocate the blacks who participated in the rebellion and their families and relatives from towns and urban areas.

The ratio of blacks to whites in northern Brazil is much higher than that in the northern region controlled by the Brazilian Republican Government. The territory, natural resources, and manpower under the rule of the Brazilian Imperial Government are also inferior to those of the Brazilian Republican Government. If the Republican Government follows its practice and gives blacks and whites equal rights to participate in politics, then the last pillar maintaining the restoration of the Brazilian Imperial Government will collapse. Therefore, in order to consolidate the rule of the Brazilian Imperial Government and safeguard the interests of farmers and nobles headed by Garcia, Duke of Fo Robert, and Eber, the Brazilian Imperial Government has to continue to exercise high-pressure rule over blacks in the controlled areas. This has become the only choice.

The blacks who participated in the rebellion and their families were punished and relocated, and then their remaining property, land, and houses were used to resettle and reward the royalists who followed them all the way. In this way, the Brazilian Imperial Government united the young officers, who were mainly small and medium-sized farmers, and quickly stabilized the domestic situation.

Ten years later, although the areas controlled by the Brazilian Empire were in a state of war and excessive fiscal spending for a long time due to the resolute suppression of the black rebellion, it gained the support of the white army and civilians who formed the basic ruling base.

Conservative whites and young people used force to defend the dictatorship of the Brazilian Imperial Government, while the Brazilian Imperial Government rewarded the soldiers and civilians who participated in the war with war dividends such as land and houses.

A careful observation reveals that the policy agenda of the Brazilian Empire bears the shadow of the Han Dynasty's system of national mobilization. It also encourages civilians to participate in wars with rewards such as land and houses, and it also obtains capital for its own development and growth through wars against different ethnic groups. The only difference is that the Han Dynasty's war targets are South American countries such as Argentina and Brazil, while the Brazilian Empire's war targets are black armed forces that participate in rebellion and disobey management.

The southern countries of South America were in constant war. During the intermittent wars for decades, the Han Empire constantly summarized and improved its own defects and shortcomings through war. The Brazilian Empire and other countries, which had experienced several painful defeats, also tried to use the Han Empire as a template for reform. The core of the Brazilian Empire was the Royalist Party, and the foundation of the Royalist government was the young military officers represented by Count Ebert.

The young generation is often synonymous with radicalism and impulsiveness, but when faced with the impact of foreign ideas, they sometimes become representatives of progress and openness. Twenty years ago, when the crisis of the failure of the Paraguayan War continued to spread and brew in Brazil, Count Heber, who was only a grassroots lieutenant at the time (in 1889, he was canonized as a count after Queen Isabella ascended the throne), drew on the military and political thought system of the Han Dynasty in South America and established the "Knights of Brasilia". Then, in the name of the "Knights of Brasilia", he actively spread the ideas of saving the country that he had borrowed and modified among the grassroots officers. Thus, with the help of his influence among the middle and lower-level officers, he became a member of the core ruling team of the Brazilian Empire.

They have accepted the influence of new foreign ideas, and gradually learned from and built their own value system. Even after being polished by time, the essence of their ideas is unlikely to undergo subversive changes.

Twenty years have passed since Eberl formed the "Knights of Brasilia". During these twenty years, he has grown from an insignificant grassroots lieutenant to an imperial earl and a general who holds core authority over the imperial army.

Because of his seniority and prestige in the army, although Eberl was ranked below Field Marshal Garcia with the rank of lieutenant general, Marshal Garcia was nearly eighty years old and in deteriorating health. Eberl was in charge of the daily affairs of the army. Marshal Garcia was only the nominal commander of the imperial army, while Eberl was the actual commander of tens of thousands of troops of the Brazilian Empire.

Realizing the reason, Lieutenant General Eberle was not dissatisfied with his current position in the army. However, as a military leader with clear political aspirations, Eberle's ambitions were not limited to the military. Drawing on the history of the founding of the Han Kingdom in South America, he wanted to move from the military to the core of government leadership and become the actual military and political leader of the Brazilian Empire. This was the only driving force that attracted Eberle to continue climbing to the peak of power!

In order to become a military and political leader and lead the Brazilian Empire towards unification and revival, Eberl needs to make the greatest effort and energy. However, the current development and situation in the Brazilian Empire cannot satisfy Eberl!

The total population of the Brazilian Republic's politically controlled area is over 660 million, of which 240 million are white people. The total population of the Brazilian Empire is over 230 million, of which 48 are white people. In comparison, the Brazilian Republic has a leading advantage in both total population and white population.

In terms of the military, the Brazilian Empire adopted the Han Dynasty's system of universal military service and implemented compulsory military service. The total number of regular troops and reserve militia reached 8, including 4.5 white regular troops and militia, and about 3.5 second-line militia composed of blacks, mixed-race people, and Indians, with a total of 5 troops that could be mobilized.

As for the Brazilian Republican government, the total number of frontline regular troops and militia is 14, and 12 reserve troops can be mobilized.

In terms of diplomacy, because of betraying national interests, the Republican government has the support of Britain, while the Brazilian Imperial government only maintains a paper alliance with Peru and Bolivia in South America. If a war breaks out, the two countries can provide very limited substantive help.

As for the Han Kingdom in South America, although the two sides have common interests in dealing with the Brazilian Republican government, due to the influence of the early Paraguayan War, the relationship between the two sides has not made effective progress.

Looking at the external political and diplomatic situation, the Brazilian Empire is completely at a disadvantage. As the key to solving the external difficulties, Eberle and the main officials and generals of the Brazilian Imperial government have begun to consider the possibility of improving diplomatic relations with the Han State. Internally, facing the good situation of the initial calming of the black rebellion, Eberle is planning a major plan in his mind, a huge plan that can completely solve the black problem in the controlled area, reopen the immigration door, and bring much-needed European white immigrants to the Brazilian Empire.

(End of this chapter)