The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1298: A Gathering of Storms (Part )

Ferrante Duval's actions did not encounter too many obstacles. It took less than two months for Carlos VI to go from being an unfavored chess piece to becoming a king and then to becoming a wild dog on the roadside.

Unable to determine Cabrera's loyalty and concerned about the safety of the border area, Carlos VI chose to flee to the safer north, after all, that was where he started his career.

However, when leaving the mountains, Carlos VI took almost everyone with him, and the Carlists who stayed in the north were causing trouble all day long and doing nothing.

The imagined scene of a hundred people responding to his call did not appear. Instead, he went from being a usurper to an impostor. In addition, Carlos VI usually lived in seclusion and not many people had seen him.

People had a preconceived notion that Carlos VI was dead, so no matter what evidence he produced, he could not dispel people's doubts.

Some people are dead while they are alive, and some people are dead but still alive.

Isabella II, who had a bad reputation during her reign, never dreamed that someone would raise the banner of revenge for her and fight against the new Spanish Republic.

The forces that originally belonged to Isabella II were afraid of Carlos VI and also afraid of Ferrante Doyet.

Republicanism was still a new phenomenon in Spain, but the Spaniards knew Ferrante Doyle.

The interim president did not have a very good reputation, and was considered a strange existence even in the monster-ridden court of Isabel II.

God knows how this president who dares to kill even the king will deal with these traitors. No one doesn't want to take their destiny into their own hands.

Previously, in order to avoid the charge of murdering the royal family, Carlos VI deliberately announced that Isabelle II was missing, which gave them an excuse and hope.

On the other hand, Queen Regent Christina was also aware of her situation. Whether the Spanish Republic or the Austrian Empire won, she would be liquidated.

Rather than waiting to die, she might as well try her best. After all, in theory, she could inherit the Spanish throne. This was also thanks to Ferdinand VII's abolition of the Salic Law. If her daughter could be king, she could do it too.

At least it was not difficult for the Queen Regent to forge a will of Ferdinand VII. As for the other people in the Spanish Bourbons, most of them were useless people.

I can only say that Carlos VI died too timely.
The British did not want a return to the Austrian Empire, but they also did not want France and Spain to unite, and more importantly, they did not want to accept the fact that their investment had failed.

Spain is not important to Britain, but it is important to Britain that Spain is not controlled by other countries.

As a result, the British and Queen Regent Christina hit it off. The former was willing to support the latter to become the King of Spain, and the latter would expel the Republicans and Austrians.

The French actions made the British government uneasy. This was not just an ordinary subversion of the regime, but could be classified as a color revolution.

Although Britain was a constitutional monarchy at the time, it was still a monarchy. They didn't want to be robbed by the French one day, especially when there were still Chartists in the country making trouble all the time.

Even Queen Victoria, who was later called the "mascot", issued a strict order to Earl Derby to immediately solve the Chartist problem.

Queen Victoria's request was also very simple, that is, either the Tories had to deal with the Chartists, or they had to get out and let the Whigs take over.

Queen Victoria's attitude was surprisingly tough, which made Earl Derby very embarrassed.

The Charterist issue has been going on for a long time and should have been over long ago, but due to someone's intervention, everything has become confusing again.

Although the Charterists were powerful in history, their organizational structure was too loose and they lacked clear goals and means of struggle.

However, there was no shortage of Chartists at this time. Such a party that was completely ahead of its time gave the British government a headache. But it was only a headache. After all, this was the 19th century. As long as the people in power gave up their bottom line, nothing was impossible.

The British government used the carrot and stick strategy that it is best at. On the one hand, it sent more spies and conducted strict surveillance as it had done in history. On the other hand, it extended an olive branch to the leaders of the Charter Party in an attempt to bribe them.

The tactic of buying off with interests is almost invincible in the capitalist environment. After all, the mainstream thinking in Britain at that time is that money is supreme and everything is about money.

The top British government officials also understood what Queen Victoria was afraid of, but they didn't care. After all, as long as it did not affect their interests, what did the monarchy or the republic have to do with them?

Buckingham Palace.

"Victoria, you've gone too far! Earl Derby has served the British royal family for so many years. How could you..."

Prince Albert had been busy with airship research and World Expo-related matters and rarely went home. When he returned this time, he heard that Victoria had severely scolded the Earl of Derby.

"Why not?"

Victoria asked coldly, changing her usual attitude in front of Prince Albert. The children ran away tactfully, as they didn't know why their mother was always in a bad mood recently.

"I know what happened in Spain irritates you, but this is Britain, a civilized country, not Spain."

Prince Albert spoke comfortingly.

After Ferrante Duval took office as the provisional president of the Spanish Republic, he was determined to wipe out the Spanish royal family in order to prevent future troubles. All members of the Spanish royal family were executed regardless of age, gender, or right or wrong.

Queen Victoria took a deep breath and said.

“I am also a mother of six children and those demons were so crazy that they even spared a five-month-old baby.

What did that child do wrong?
I don’t want to see my child die in front of me, even if he is a troublemaker, I don’t want him to die.”

Prince Albert hugged Victoria and kissed his wife's forehead to comfort her.

"I will protect you"

Even Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom felt the crisis, not to mention other monarchs of small countries. The recent increase in mercenary orders and the surge in palace renovation projects are proof of this.

The monarchs of small countries in the German region are sending their own republicans and dangerous elements to overseas colonies for various reasons and excuses. After all, the benefits of the colonies are also divided according to the population size.

Several colonial lines of the Austrian Empire are starting to line up.
In addition, some monarchs of small countries also proposed the establishment of a supervisory body within the entire confederation to prevent the resurgence of extreme Jews and the National Assembly.

Some countries even proposed a confederation integration bill. After all, small countries seemed too powerless in front of the Republicans. And compared to the insignificant power in their hands, the lives of their entire families were obviously more important.

This panic on the Apennine Peninsula reached its peak, and the Apennine Commercial Alliance directly became the Apennine Economic and Security Alliance.

King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies even sent people to Vienna overnight to sign a secret agreement, and even allowed the Austrian Empire to station troops in Naples.

Naples, the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, is a port city.

After two rebellions in 1837 and 1848, Ferdinand II had completely lost trust in the people of the Two Sicilies.