Chapter 853 Iberia-Apennines Summit 1
Earl of Florida Blanca was shocked, and his voice was trembling:
"You...you mean, To the Holy See…”
He didn’t even dare to say the last word.
In the eyes of a person like him who grew up under the influence of the church since childhood, it is the best situation to reduce the control of the Holy See's church over Spain. Unexpectedly, the French prince was so brave!
This is simply blasphemy and a traitor…
Joseph patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Don't be nervous, I'm not trying to do anything to the Holy See, I just restore it to its original appearance."
"How is it?"
"That's right." Joseph nodded, "The Holy See should be the spokesperson of God in the world, serving the Lord with all his heart, rather than energizing like a secular king. Wasted to manage taxes, bureaucracy and territory. "You know, the Holy See did not have a territory, and even the city of Rome should not be owned by the Holy See.
"As clergy, they only need a church, and their pious souls, to suffice.
" However, worldly desires control those priests who are not pure enough. They greedily occupied large tracts of land such as Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo, etc., and extended their hand of power to European countries. "
He took a deep breath: "So, what the Holy See should have been, is to stay in the Vatican and serve God sincerely. ”
The Earl of Florida Blanca dared not respond at all, but he quickly imagined the situation described by the French prince in his heart - without the support of the Pope, he retracted the Vatican's Vatican , It is indeed impossible to point fingers at the Spanish church. At that time, His Majesty the King only needs one edict to complete the church reform.
In fact, Joseph had one last sentence, that is - let the Church Returning to Avignon, you don't even have to leave it to the Vatican.
Then, France could randomly beat the pope like the time of Philip IV, and even "handled the Holy See to command the princes."
Joseph glanced at the Spanish Chief Minister who was sweating coldly and smiled:
"Look, I said, this is a gift I want to give to Spain, so you don't have to do anything ."
He compared his nose to the people of the Italian state outside the hall:
"They hoped that the Holy See would serve God wholeheartedly. Spain only needed to be at a certain time Just keep silent."
He seemed to say it very simply, but it is already commendable that Spain can control its domestic church forces and not assist the Roman Catholic Church.
Joseph's words today are to make Carlos IV prepare in advance.
Two days later, still in this hall, the Iberian-Apennines Summit officially opened.
The name of this summit does not seem to mention France, but its inner meaning is: the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) to the west and the Apennine Peninsula (Italian states) to the east are connected by France , operates simultaneously with France as the central axis.
After a tedious diplomatic ceremony, representatives from various countries sat around the oval conference table, and Joseph, who was at the top of the conference table, began the main topic of the conference:
"Today, all the countries here are connected by deep friendships with each other. "How to make this friendship play its greatest role and bring us more The profit? "I believe that everyone must have had the answer. "That is - a great, broad common market! "
He opened his arms and said excitedly: "There are eight countries here with a population of nearly 50 million! It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the West African Sea to the south, surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
"And, there is no poor country here, and everyone has sufficient purchasing power. "We will establish an internal tariff mechanism to keep foreign goods out of the common market. "In such a large market, any product produced by everyone can easily find sales, and no matter how much goods can be 'eated' by the buyer.
" And every one here A country will have this huge market! ”
Representatives of Spain, Sardinia, Genoa and other countries immediately shone in their eyes. Why are European countries desperately trying to grab overseas colonies? Mainly for the colonial market!
If a huge market across the Mediterranean could be built, what other colonies would be needed?
What overseas colonies are richer and more purchasing power than European countries?
This is a good thing that you dare not even dream of in your dreams!
However, Prince Ludovico of Palma stood up carefully and looked at Joseph nervously and said, "Dear Prince, as you said, the huge market will be for We bring great benefits, but you know that without tariff protection, many workshops in our country would go bankrupt, and even… cheap wheat in North Africa would make farmers bankrupt.”
Joseph nodded and said, "You are probably misunderstood. I am not asking all members of the common market to cancel tariffs. Everyone can propose industries that need protection at any time and set tariff amounts under the coordination of the Market Arbitration Committee.
< br>"As long as we ensure uniform high tariffs for countries outside the common market, it is enough. "
The "Iberian-Apennine Common Market" and the "Sena-Rhine Trade Agreement" are completely different.
The latter is mainly composed of countries in the German region, and the right to speak is in Austria. Therefore, France's goal is to make more money if it can make more money.
The former is dominated by France and belongs to its own backyard, so sustainable development and whether the member states have complaints.
So, Joseph copied the model of later generations of WTO.
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You can discuss the tariffs, and if necessary, you can appeal to adjust the tax rate.
Trade disputes arise and the arbitration institution will be resolved to ensure that the income and expenditure of each country will not be severely imbalanced.
Ludovico then breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat back on the chair.
Joseph signaled the document that had been placed next to everyone's hands: "These are some rules and clauses of the common market, you can take a look. "Let me talk about the more important ones - the principle of equality among member states. For example, preferential conditions given to a member state will automatically extend to all members.
"The principle of consistency of regulations. Imported goods will be consistent with their own goods in terms of taxation and regulations...
"The principle of fair competition. Malicious dumping of goods is prohibited, unfair competition means such as slander and deception are prohibited...
"Unified patent principles...
"Specific protection principle...
" and at the core, dispute arbitration institutions.
"All member states will elect members of the arbitration committee to accept disputes such as trade disputes. No country may engage in trade retaliation by means other than arbitration..."
Representatives of various countries in the hall Everyone was so surprised that they opened their mouths wide.
When have they seen such a scientific, so detailed and standardized trading system? The lines of this clause are fair and just, which makes them feel a strong sense of security.
(This chapter ends)