Empire Rising: Spain

Mainly, it is thanks to the contrast provided by Ferdinand VII and Queen Isabella, father and daughter, that King Carlo appears so great.

Of course, personal worship is actually a good thing for monarchies. As long as the monarch has sufficient capability, there is no need to worry about the drawbacks of personal worship.

Benefiting from the people’s fervent admiration for Carlo, the Spanish Government, led by Carlo, also appears quite relaxed when issuing government decrees.

The vast majority of decrees do not have to worry about the public’s reaction; the people will spontaneously support the government’s decrees, with hardly any opposition sentiments.

Carlo has also emphasized the importance of having more children multiple times, and currently, the Spanish populace takes pride in having large families, with many families having more than three children.

It is precisely because these Spaniards who adore Carlo comply with every decree issued by the Spanish Government that Spain’s construction work proceeds so smoothly.

It is no exaggeration to say that, given Carlo’s current public support in Spain, there is no need to worry about any country invading Spain.

Even if superpowers like the UK, France, and Germany dare to invade Spain, Spain can at least inflict damage in exchange for lives, exhausting superpowers like the UK, France, and Germany.

If it’s a country like the United Kingdom, whose army is not particularly strong, if they dare to confront Spain on land, the failure will certainly be on the British side.

Although personal worship has its pros and cons, for the military, sufficient admiration can extremely boost morale and spirits, achieving the effect of the Spanish Army moving out at Carlo’s command, fearlessly.

It is just that Spain’s population is far inferior to superpowers like the UK, France, and Germany; otherwise, Spain would not be so low-key at the moment.

Even if Spain can achieve a military advantage through personal worship and certain weapon technology, other countries can still weaken Spain through manpower exhaustion.

Therefore, before Spain’s population reaches a certain level, Carlo does not plan to let Spain make too much of a splash on the international stage.

After all, the most powerful country at the moment is the British, and as long as any country’s international influence threatens the United Kingdom, it will be targeted and antagonized by the British.

It was this way with France before, it’s the same with Russia now, and it’ll be even more so with Germany in the future.

Even beyond just the British, every superpower that sits at the top of the world does this. The throne of world number one represents immense benefits, and no country will readily relinquish such a position.

This also means that every time the throne of world dominance changes hands, it will face a considerably brutal and bloody struggle.

The Dutch ambassador to Spain is named William, a name that is very common throughout Europe, with many rulers in different countries also called William.

Of course, Europeans generally have very long names, so the likelihood of completely identical names is still quite small.

"Dear His Majesty the King of Spain, I, on behalf of His Majesty William III and the Dutch Government and the Dutch people, express deep respect to you." Upon meeting Carlo, Ambassador William immediately performed a standard European noble salute to Carlo.

In this era, those serving as ambassadors to various European countries are generally nobles, after all, the majority of European countries are monarchies, and ambassadors must often meet with kings and other nobles.

If they weren’t nobles, they would be socially inferior, making it quite difficult to conduct themselves during meetings and greetings.

Like Everton, the Spanish Foreign Secretary, who holds the title of Marquis, higher than Earl but lower than Duke, thus considered a major noble.

If the Baron is the base line for determining nobility, then Marquis above Earl is the standard for identifying major nobility.

Of course, in some countries, the standard line becomes a Duke, but overall there isn’t much difference.

In Europe, nobody considers an Earl a major noble, even if that Earl owns vast tracts of land and wealth.

Similarly, nobody considers a Duke a minor noble, even if the Duke’s properties aren’t extensive.

Though there are many declining nobility, achieving Duke level and then completely falling is rare, unless the family becomes extinct or loses the title due to an incident.

Facing Ambassador William’s respectful salute, Carlo nodded plainly and asked with a faint smile, "Ambassador William’s sudden request for an audience, is there an important matter?"

"It’s not of significant importance." Ambassador William quickly said, "Regarding the issues caused by the native unrest on Borneo, I represent His Majesty the King and our government in expressing apologies to your Majesty and your esteemed government, and I am willing to compensate for your country’s losses.

Not long ago, another native unrest erupted on the island of Java. This rebellion led to the death of several of our immigrants, and His Majesty the King was furious, ordering the East Indies government to deploy troops to suppress the revolt.

Precisely because of the troop deployment, Borneo’s military forces became thin, eventually letting those damned natives exploit the situation.

We wish to suppress the native revolt, but due to the unstable situation in Java, we are currently somewhat powerless.

We are willing to invite your government into the Kutai Sultanate for anti-insurgency operations, and the military expenses incurred will also be borne by us, as compensation for your losses in the revolt.