Updated: 2012-08-21

In 1821, when Joao VI returned to Portugal, the first Constitutional Assembly immediately demanded the abolition of all Brazil's privileges and transformed them back into its native colonies. So a mysterious scene in history appeared. Because Brazil was used to having its own government to make decisions and rule, the demands of the first Constitutional Assembly were tantamount to turning a backward in history for them, and the sentiment of resistance broke out among the Brazilian people.

At this critical moment, a man stood up and stood up to oppose the colonial rule of the Portuguese.

In a sense, this is more like a fairy tale, because a prince is standing up!

His name is Pedro, the biological son of the current King Joao VI of Portugal!

When the old king brought his ministers back to Portugal, His Highness remained in Brazil as the Regent. When the parliament asked to turn Brazil back into a colony again, he stood up and opposed the resolution. The interests of the Portuguese royal family and the parliament were not consistent, and the king secretly supported his son's approach. The parliament wanted to turn Brazil into a colony again for the national interests of Portugal, but on the contrary, a Portuguese prince stood on the opposite side of the Portuguese people for the interests of the Brazilian people. What a strange contradiction, but it is easy to understand, and the problem is very simple - the so-called parliament in Portugal has no right to decide the choice of the Brazilian people. Although they belong to the same kingdom, the Brazilian people are represented. But then again, elections are the minority obeying the majority, and the minority being represented, and there is no way.

Prince Pedro was a good man. After the end of the Napoleonic War, his father returned to the country, and Brazil had the final say. So he began to streamline state organs, abolish the salt tax issued by the royal family, and relax the freedom of the Brazilian people. In general, it was very popular with the people. It was precisely because he tasted the sweetness from the reform that when the Portuguese parliament passed the resolution to abolish the reform, the anger of the Brazilian people could be imagined.

However, as a local area, the Portuguese parliament would not be left alone. It soon took measures to pass a resolution to abolish the title of the Kingdom of Brazil, and at the same time cancelled all royal agencies in Rio de Janeiro, and claimed that Brazilian provinces were under the jurisdiction of Lisbon. The most important thing was to send native Portuguese troops to Brazil and put all Brazilian armed forces under the control of the Portuguese government forces.

The radical policies adopted by the Portuguese government parliament, like adding fuel to the fire, not only did not ease the conflict between the local government and Brazil, but instead intensified the conflict between the two sides. Armed struggles between the Portuguese army and Brazilian elements occurred in Pernambuco, Bahia and other places one after another.

Seeing that the situation was a little out of control, the Portuguese parliament also knew that the mastermind behind the opposition to them was His Highness, their prince, so he asked His Highness to return to the country immediately, and the name used was to complete political education.

No one is stupider than anyone else. With the promotion of Brazilians, Pedro refused the other party's request. Soon after, a new government led by José Bonifacio de Andrada was established, and even demanded that the Portuguese garrison withdraw from Brazil. Later, he regarded himself as a protector of Brazil, and in revenge, the Portuguese parliament abolished his title of Brazil's Regent and formally sent troops to Brazil to attack.

When Pedro knew that he had completely fallen out with the Portuguese parliament, he heard the arrival of the army, so he took off his military uniform and put on his Portuguese badge on the river Epiranga in Sao Paulo, and drew his sword and shouted: "If you don't **, you'd rather die!"

Regardless of whether this action was sincere or performed by politicians, it won the support of the Brazilian people. Soon afterwards, Brazil declared that the **, and Pedro also turned his name into Brazilian Emperor Pedro I, and José Bonifacio De Andra became the Prime Minister.

The process of Brazil from Portugal is simply to put it, his son made me rebellious, but I acquiesced. Both sides performed a play, and the Portuguese parliament was played. If Portugal was just gradually declining and the empire was still there, then losing Brazil would no longer be a serious injury. To put it bluntly, Portugal has completely withdrew from the stage of world hegemony and completely lost the qualification to become a world power.

Of course, Pedro was just a politician. Although he promoted Brazil's **, he was also a dictator. Before he ascended the throne, he relaxed the rights of the people, but when the power was in hand, he was not essentially different from the vast majority of emperors. The imperial power was granted heavenly, and he refused to restrict his rights, which also left a foreshadowing for the demise of the monarchy in the future.

Although after the death of King Joao VI of Portugal, Pedro, as the eldest son, still obtained the right to inherit the Portuguese throne, no one in Portugal regards him as his king, so he had to give up his throne to his eldest daughter Maria, and his younger brother Miguel regent, but the regent turned against him faster than turning over books. Not only did he usurp the throne, but he also restored the throne. Of course, the elder brother was very angry, and even gave up the throne to his son, and then in the Azores group, he was in a state of anger.

The island was struggling with a group of people venting their anger for their daughter. Miguel finally could not change the trend of history. The retro traditional monarchy was unpopular in the era of the July Revolution in France. So Pedro won, and his daughter Maria became the king again. Speaking of which, this queen was still good, but unfortunately she died at the age of 34. During this period, she implemented many good policies, so she was also called an educator. However, in this turbulent era, Portugal was still in turmoil.

After several changes in the throne, in the late period of the Braganza dynasty, Portugal began a modern industrialization process, established a major railway network in China, connected with Spain and other countries on the European continent, and foreign trade gradually increased. At the same time, after losing Brazil, they did not give up on themselves and began to find new colonies. So they glanced at other European powers and began to target Africa.

Portugal proposed an expansion plan known as the "rose map", attempting to cross Africa from Angola to Mozambique for colonial expansion, but it violated Britain's interests. The UK issued an ultimatum, demanding that the Portuguese withdraw from the Sire River Basin. The Portuguese government surrendered, which aroused domestic dissatisfaction, and the republican movement continued to rise. Later, Portugal still gained something, and they obtained two colonies on the east and west coasts of Africa, Angola and Mozambique.

When Wang Yi sent people to come to the door to exchange the colony in the Congo River Basin for Mozambique, the Portuguese mistakenly thought it was a fat pig arch. They originally wanted the estuary of the Congo River, but France and Belgium opposed it. Although there was British support, it was unfortunately not completed. This was the main reason for the Berlin Conference. The Rose Map Plan was just a replacement plan for the Congo River, which had conflicts with the British because of this follow-up plan, otherwise they would still be in the same camp.

At this time, the Portuguese did not take the Northeast Autonomous Region seriously at all. Although they agreed to the plan, they had bad intentions. At the same time, they were also staring at the new colony in the Qing Dynasty, and Macau was just the beginning.


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