18th century total war

Chapter 177 The Queen is in Charge (Fourth update, subscribe for additional updates)
In the main hall of the Royal Palace of Madrid, Carlos IV, who was sitting in the top position, glanced at his queen wife and the real power minister of the Kingdom of Spain, Manuel de Godoy, the Prime Minister of Spain.

This is a typical handsome Spanish guy with a beard, and his position fully explains the necessity of eating soft food!
Yes, Prime Minister Godoy relied on cuckolding Carlos IV, and he did it properly and securely enough, so he became the Prime Minister of the Spanish Cabinet with the favor of Queen Maria Luisa, and worked together with Queen Maria Luisa. Manipulated the military and political power of the Kingdom of Spain.

Carlos IV obeyed his wife for most of the state affairs, and because of his wife, he had great trust in Prime Minister Godoy.

For example, joining the anti-French alliance and declaring war on the French revolutionary government was a political move advocated by Godoy.

However, this time, it was not Godoy's claim to take the fruits of Li Wei's victory, but Queen Maria Luisa's insistence.

As for Carlos IV?
The current king of Spain is no different from a rubber stamp, except that he himself feels that his life is happier.

Unsurprisingly, Carlos IV subconsciously began to seek the advice of Prime Minister Godoy on the issue of the border conflict with Li Wei.

However, without waiting for Prime Minister Godoy to speak, Queen Luisa of Spain took the lead in voicing: "Since our army failed to defeat Li Wei's Black Dragon Army, let's talk about peace. This time the opportunity is lost, and it will be next time.

Li Wei is still fighting against the French Revolutionary Government, he should not object to our peace negotiations. "

Queen Louisa felt that there was nothing wrong with her logic, as if Li Wei had already stood in front of her and agreed.

Godoy frowned tightly. He had studied Li Wei and knew that this was not a good man to deal with, so he could completely associate it with the word 'tyrant'.

"Your Majesty, Queen.

Please forgive me, we initiated this battle first, and it is morally untenable. Even in the anti-French alliance, there are not many countries that support us. Therefore, if we want to talk about peace now, we must give Li Wei a reason.

We might as well lower our stance, which can be regarded as contributing to the cause of the anti-French alliance. "

"Humph!

Li Wei is just a country nobleman, even his father is only a second-rate count of the Kingdom of France, the great Kingdom of Spain, why should he bow his head to such a person?
Is it possible that the Kingdom of Spain is afraid of Li Wei? "

Queen Louisa retorted dissatisfiedly.

After Godoy heard this, he immediately shut up. His power came from Queen Louisa's favor. He didn't want to offend the biggest 'funder' behind him, just like when Queen Louisa slapped her heavy chest and decided to... Li Wei's policy of taking food from his mouth is the same.

Even if Godoy thinks it is wrong, he will not refute it.

Carlos IV thought about it carefully, and seemed to think that his wife was right. How could the great Spain bow to an upstart?

Could it be that Li Wei really dared to leave the French revolutionary government alone and start a full-scale war with himself?
Jacobin will not let Li Wei go!
Soon, under the leadership of Queen Luisa, the Kingdom of Spain sent secret envoys.

Until now, the Kingdom of Spain has not been willing to send an official envoy to negotiate with Li Wei, as if doing so would embarrass the Spanish royal family...

Oh, that's right, that would really make them look embarrassed among other monarchies in Europe.

On the other side, when Levi received the news from Karl, he thought that the Kingdom of Spain had given up, and planned to use diplomacy to get some benefits from the Kingdom of Spain.

For example, provide a large amount of military expenditure, military expenditure and even military expenditure!
The impoverished Li Wei is really short of money!

It’s okay if you don’t have money, potatoes, corn and other types of food, as long as it is something that people can eat, Li Wei wants it!

Anyway, all the labor services are humanoid animals that will consume this cheap food.

However, after Li Wei's Foreign Minister Manid handed over to the secret envoy sent by the Kingdom of Spain, Li Wei immediately became angry.

Apart from giving a secret armistice treaty, the other side made no promises, and looked down like a big country facing foreign aristocrats. This is really unbearable!

Where does the Spanish royal family get its confidence?

At this time, Li Wei still didn't know that women had the final say in the Kingdom of Spain. This kind of thing was not a secret among the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Spain, but it was still a secret from the outside world.

Family scandals should not be made public. If you dare to slander the royal family, do you not want to make a living?
The scandal of Carlos IV will not spread until he dies or steps down at least.

This is actually very understandable. Even in the 21st century, there will be no scandals about those in power in society.

The criminal evidence circulating among the people is all scandals of people who have lost power.

This is the unspoken rule of human politics.

Li Wei was too lazy to reply to the secret envoys of the Kingdom of Spain. After dismissing them casually, he immediately ordered Karl to attack the Kingdom of Spain with all his might, replenish all supplies on the spot, and grab wherever he went, without preparing for the long-term occupation later!
Li Wei's order was purely for revenge and to remind the Anti-French Alliance of how strong he is!

Levi believed that many countries in the anti-French alliance had a wrong understanding of the French revolutionary government and their own armed forces.

Only by defeating a big country in the anti-French alliance with an iron fist can the anti-French alliance clearly realize what its own military strength is like!
Although the glorious era of the Kingdom of Spain has passed, and after experiencing the war of succession to the throne, it was beaten without a backbone, but in today's European continent, the Kingdom of Spain is still recognized as the top country among the second-rate powers.

Ranked only behind Britain, Prussia, Austria, France, and Tsarist Russia.

Because the Kingdom of Spain still has a large colony in the Americas, the strength evaluation is still very high, especially the Armada of the Kingdom of Spain. At this time, Europe still has a good deterrent force. Don't dare to confront the Armada of the Kingdom of Spain alone.

The Kingdom of Spain, with a big family and a big business, has not yet reached the period of ruining the family. Who said that in the age of great navigation, the Kingdom of Spain was too full...

To deal with such a big European country, Li Wei knew that even if he really flattened the entire Kingdom of Spain, he would not be able to occupy it, at least he did not have enough troops to occupy it now.

In addition, it is impossible for other European countries to allow themselves a Frenchman to occupy the entire Kingdom of Spain and even annex it!

To put it bluntly, it is still not strong enough!

Therefore, Li Wei is not planning to occupy Spain for a long time, and plans to make enough food and clothing on Spanish soil to subsidize his poor finances.

(End of this chapter)