The Sun Never Sets In Spain - Chapter 212

As the arrest order was issued, a considerable degree of chaos occurred throughout Madrid.

As the royal family’s stronghold, such a large-scale targeted manhunt has never happened.

But no matter what, it happened, and this time it spread to almost all walks of life.

Most of these small businesses, hawkers, homeless people, temporary workers, etc., were hired to participate in resistance marches and spread news that was unfavorable to the royal family.

The opponents didn’t put much effort into Madrid, so they were mostly caught.

But there are few big fish, which does not mean there are none.

Remember Father Clarett? One of the masterminds who bewitched Queen Isabella.

On the eve of Bourbon’s exile, the guy came to see him off.

Alfonso secretly made up his mind to give him a good look at the time, but he had just ascended the throne two years ago, and it was inconvenient to attack the priest before he was ready, which allowed him to live until now.

Father Clarett once ran the Church of San Jerónimo with the help of Isabella, but his long career as a minister made him more of a statesman than a priest.

This is true even after Bourbon was driven away. In the past two years, he tried to contact Alfonso many times. After failing, he chose to renew his relationship with Isabella. Now he is regarded as the Queen’s cronie.

It’s just that Isabella is basically not involved in politics now, so Clarett can only get limited economic benefits, and he has been very unwilling to do so.

Alfonso hated this man deeply.

So this time, he directly instructed the Progressive Guards to carry out a fixed-point attack and pulled people out of the church.

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“What are you doing? I’m the priest of San Jerónimo Church, and I’m the religious advisor to Queen Isabella!” Clarett shouted angrily.

He had completely lost the demeanor of a priest at this time, and the priest’s uniform was turned up messily, exposing the common clothes inside.

And his hands were also tightly bound by the reverse locking handcuffs, which made his center of gravity extremely unstable, and coupled with his constant twisting, the guard members beside him had to try their best to help him not to let him fall. on the ground.

But Clarett was no longer in the mood to deal with this, and his heart was filled with panic.

He originally held the sacrament of anointing in the church with peace of mind, but just when he said “May God forgive all sins committed by your vision”, he was forcibly dragged away by a group of members of the Progressive Guard dressed in blue.

The sacrament was interrupted! I’m afraid there are very few in Spanish history.

Jody Sanchez, who was walking in front of him, said with a blank face: “We have tangible evidence that you conspired to join a political group that is not good for the king, and to publish and spread treasonous remarks, and you will be arrested in accordance with the law.”

“That’s impossible!” cried Clarett, struggling even more as he was now only a few steps away from the carriage.

He knew in his heart that once he was dragged into the carriage by the Progressive Guard, his life and death would no longer be his own.

And he is also very wronged in his heart. He is attached to Queen Isabella. What good is it for him that Bourbon is weakened?

God is pitiful, during this period of time, he really kept himself in the two-point line between the church and Isabella’s villa, and really did not participate in opposition groups!

“Do you understand what you’re doing? I’m a priest! I want to see the queen!”

“Of course I understand what I’m doing. If you have any objections, you can say it when you confess.” Sanchez said calmly.

To be honest, he knew that Clarett had nothing to do with this matter, and at most complained about the king in private gatherings.

But the king wanted to arrest him by name, so what could be done.

Because of this, even if there are several people heavier than Clarett to arrest this time, he still chooses to come here in person.

Just as several people were about to board the carriage, a group of people suddenly shouted from behind:

“Stop!” “Don’t go!”

The speakers were the deacon of the church of San Jerónimo and the family of the person who had just been anointed.

Needless to say, the deacons, and the people participating in the sacrament have even more reasons to be angry.

No matter how big the matter is, the sick here are dying and they are going to see God soon. If you drag the priest away, wouldn’t that make it difficult for the sick to be forgiven and to ascend to heaven?

Compared with the revenge of killing the father, it is almost, but not the same.

Hearing this, the members of the guard who were carrying Clarett turned a deaf ear, and still walked towards the carriage with firm steps.

Sanchez stopped, turned his head to face the people with distorted expressions, and explained helplessly: “This operation has been approved by Bishop Andrew of Madrid, Claret has been temporarily suspended from the priesthood, and there is no anointing sacrament. of power.

Someone will take over this later, you can wait. ”

After speaking, regardless of whether the other party could accept it or not, he quickly boarded another carriage.

To be honest, he himself did not want to interrupt the sacrament of anointing, after all, he was also a believer.

It’s just that there are rules in the Progressive Guard, and the arrestees are allowed to wear shorts at most, and any other behavior can’t be used as an excuse for delay.

Otherwise, those high-ranking officials and nobles have too many important things to deal with, how can people catch them?

At least 500 people were arrested in Madrid on this day.

It’s just that some were caught by the police and some by the Progressive Guard.

But this is where it is. Such arrests are being carried out simultaneously throughout Spain.

The Progressive Guard basically knows who are the opposition and who are the messengers behind the scenes.

It’s not how strong their work ability is, but everyone has no sense of precaution these days. For example, if you want to find someone to go to the parade, you just send the slaves directly, and you don’t even bother to turn your hands.

On the one hand, this kind of trivial matter of public opinion cracking down and organizing troubles is hardly regarded as a criminal activity by everyone.

On the other hand, the mentality of not blaming the public is at work. After all, there are too many people making trouble.

With so many people arrested in the whole of Spain, it is naturally impossible for someone to connect them all behind the scenes. Except for the royal family and the government, no one has this ability.

But when rumours of the king spread and demonstrations against the government were organized, disaffected people spontaneously joined.

So on the surface, it seems quite powerful.

In fact, it lacks organization and is just a clay doll that can be pushed down.

It can be said that at least 1/4 of the people who participated in the more vile parades were arrested, which was a pretty good result in the 19th century.

In just three days, 13,000 people were arrested nationwide.

Indirectly involving as many as hundreds of thousands of people.

It is conceivable how much of a sensation this big manhunt caused.

Throughout European history, it is not uncommon for people to be convicted for their words, but they are mostly limited to upper-level officials, nobles, and middle-level journalists and writers. Even ordinary people who participated in the parade were arrested. Who has seen it? No one has ever seen it.