"Congratulations on the third anniversary of the starting point"-

If you want to select the most authoritarian feudal monarchy in Europe in the 18th century, Tsarist Russia will definitely be the first, and Spain will be able to win the Tanhua position.

In 1789, when the French Revolution broke out, the revolutionary wave began to spread to other European countries, but the autocratic rule of Queen Caterina II was still firm. Since she replaced her husband, Peter III, who liked to play with homosexuality, and seized the supreme leadership of Russia, Russia has thus entered the "golden age" of aristocratic families.

Queen Ekaterina II's pomegranate group has countless vassals, and they are all powerful and brave generals, especially Marshal Suvorov and Marshal Kutuzov. In the south, the Russians and the Austrians defeated Turkey for the second time, and once again pushed Russian territory to the south for thousands of Russians; in the west, the former German Princess Sophia was joining the Prussian king and the Austrian crown prince to divide Poland in a vigorous manner; in the north, a sudden accident made the Russian old enemy, Gustav III, taste the bitter fruit of the defeat.

The repeated victory of foreign wars completely concealed the social contradictions caused by the Pugachev uprising. For a time, the prestige of the empress was almost comparable to that of the era of Peter I the Great, and "the great Catherine" became the affectionate name of all Russians for their empress. However, in a dark corner of the magnificent palace, her other son, the Russian crown prince, and the future Paul I, cursing his biological mother.

Russia seems indestructible, but the situation in Spain is completely opposite. The soil of feudal autocracy has begun to loosen. Spain and France have had frequent exchanges, with long natural boundaries, and the Pyrenees. Both countries in the 18th century were ruled by the Bourbon dynasty. The Spanish royal family and the old-style conservative aristocracy had no reason not to hate the "evil devils" who killed their relatives. In the anti-French alliance, Spain was once the most determined one.

However, Spain has long lost the glory of Carlos I. The kingdom has many generals "provided" with cows, and they are all in a group of wine. The soldiers lack training, their weapons and equipment are extremely backward, and their strategies and tactics are extremely conservative. They have been defeated again and again in the war against France. If the insurmountable Pyrenees Mountains blocked the progress of the Blue Legion, the soldiers of the French Republic would have long overwhelmed the feudal kingdom ruled by another Bourbon dynasty.

Although the French mobs who like to cut off the heads of nobles with guillotines failed to enter the Iberian Peninsula smoothly, the Spanish people in power still had many troubles, perhaps increasing.

First of all, the financial situation is very tight, and the treasury deficit has been continuously for many years. Centuries of affluent life have made the royal family and the church accustomed to luxury and extravagance. The palace is filled with singing and dancing banquets and beautiful women's clothes every day, and even the pets are tired of it. The Catholic priests are still holding the money in the treasury to build churches for God, from city to city, from block after block, and there are magnificent Catholic cathedrals everywhere.

Then there were the aristocrats who imposed heavy taxes. Because the treasury was empty, the money the king sent to the nobles in various places was often not guaranteed. In order to maintain their huge expenses, the nobles had to increase the oppression and exploitation of the people in their jurisdiction, especially the Jews, Moors and Irish descendants. They had a variety of taxes and were covered with notice boards. The tax officials assigned by the nobles worked every day to guard the city gates, on the streets and at the ferry crossings to check the tax payment status of passing people.

The third is the political proposition of liberal aristocracy. Influenced by the British Glorious Revolution and French Enlightenment thought, many emerging aristocracy from the colonies joined the ranks of liberals. They demanded to imitate the British constitution, establish a constitutional monarchy, and restrict the various privileges of the royal family, the church and the old-style aristocracy. Some radicals who experienced the French Revolution even surpassed the liberal propositions and publicly put forward new propositions to create the Spanish Republic.

Fourth, the colonies began to turmoil. The Spanish governor in Southeast Asia took some unpopular measures, which once again aroused a great uproar among the local residents, focusing on Luzon where Chinese and their descendants gathered. Almost all Chinese and indigenous people united to rebel. In the Americas, because the victory of the American War of Independence inspired the resistance of the people of the Latin American colonial people, the people there refused to pay taxes, and some even secretly prepared armed riots; for their own interests, many liberal nobles also waved flags and shouted and aroused; because of serious differences on taxation, the relationship between colonial officials and the kingdom government also showed disharmonious notes.

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Everything is trouble, the trouble of those in power, but not the trouble of the ruler.

As the ruler of the Spanish Kingdom, Carlos IV, a guy with almost impotence. He was fat, low-minded, stupid, and did not care about national affairs at all. He did not meet all kinds of officials in the parliamentary hall. If he wanted to discuss state affairs, officials could only meet the king at a grand dance party in the palace. In addition to the dance party, Carlos IV also liked to find mistresses to keep them around him all day long. Because the function of his lower body was not very sound, he took out a fake* and fiddled with it. This was the perverted Spanish king who liked the moans made by women in bed.

The queen of Carlos IV was Maria Luisa. She didn't mind her husband's cheating behavior at all, but she was even more debauchery and infamous. The ugly and flesh-faced Obasan, although she lacked her mind, liked to be authoritarian. She liked to go to the parliament to deliver nonsense speeches, but only gained vanity. She often wandered around the streets to select some tough guys for herself. Queen Maria had a total of 14 children, 6 of whom lived to adulthood, and three of them were said to be not the king's children.

The king and the queen were both busy and enjoyed and neglected the government. All the big and small things in the Spanish Kingdom were handed over to one person, and he was Godoy, Prime Minister Godoy. Godoy was less than 30 years old, but he had become the power in Spain and served as the chief minister of state and prime minister. It is quite simple to pursue his fortune. He was the king's favorite minister and the queen's lover.

The young and handsome, tall Prime Minister Godoy is indeed very popular with women in appearance. It is said that he has good kung fu in bed and is always Queen Maria's first lover. He is good at speaking and has a prominent background. His family ascended the throne for Carlos IV in 1789 and made great contributions. The Spanish king naturally trusts Godoy very much and does not care about the personal relationship between the queen and his prime minister. Perhaps he intends to make arrangements, just to prevent the queen from harasseing his private life.
Chapter completed!