On September 29, 1833, King Fernando VII of Spain died, and Carlos Maria Isidro, who was in Portugal at the time, learned of the news and declared himself King of Spain on October 1, 1833, changing his name to Charles V.

But as early as the day of Ferdinand VII's death. Queen Maria Cristina proclaimed Isabel II to the throne precisely as King of Spain, and herself as Queen Regent of Isabel II.

On October 4, 1833, the Carlos faction launched an uprising, and on October 17, Queen Regent Cristina announced that Carlos would be stripped of his title of prince and all powers, and that his property would be confiscated.

The First Carlos War broke out.

In fact, in 1830, Fernando VII enacted a bill similar to the Dale de State, abolishing the Salic succession law and allowing women to inherit the Spanish throne.

The Edict of State met with widespread opposition, with most of the great nobility and the Catholic elite siding with Carlos.

But Carlos himself lacks political wisdom and political skill.

The Queen Regent is essentially the same kind of person as Carlos, and they both hate liberalism and do not treat people other than the nobility as human beings. She herself loved court intrigue and subjugation, and liked the supreme authority of the monarch under an autocratic system.

But the first thing she did when she came to power was to gain the support of liberals and make the illusion of being close to the people.

Although she was so misogynistic about liberals and civilians, she appointed a liberal leader of civilian origin as Prime Minister of Spain.

Then the Queen Regent gave the nobles and Catholic clergy unrealistic promises, claiming that they would not only protect their rights, but even set up an annuity to reward those who were loyal to Spanish orthodoxy.

After the operation of Queen Regent Christina, the balance of power between the two sides was directly reversed.

Carlos, on the other hand, publicly denounced the treachery of the great nobility and the Catholic hierarchy, and said that he would purge liberals from the country when he ascended the throne.

In fact, this kind of two-sided betting is not uncommon in continental history, but Carlos does not understand the rules of the game, and naively thinks that he is the side of justice, but pushes many potential supporters to the side of Queen Regent Christina.

His threats had no effect, and instead left him alone.

Carlos now had to rely on the peasants of Navarre, Vasconia, and Aragon, as well as the Saints party (ultra-conservative) that had always supported him, as well as the spleralists in Basquenia and Catalunia (similar to the local self-government groups in Hungary).

But Carlos's supporters, apart from the honest peasants, neither the aristocracy nor the schismatics regarded Carlos as king.

What the aristocracy and the Church valued Carlos was his conservatism, his weakness.

Carlos, who believed in religion, seemed to be a plaything in the hands of those priests by nature, and the nobles did not think that the weak-willed Carlos would dare to confront the aristocracy.

Catholics and aristocrats want Carlos to be the best puppet in their hands.

And the separatists also felt that Carlos was in power and could better preserve their "freedom".

Because of the huge disparity in strength, General Surama, the leader of the Carlos faction, adopted a guerrilla warfare strategy.

From 1833 to 1835, the Carlos guerrillas were not defeated by the government army, but fought more and more, numbering at a maximum of 70,000 people, and under the command of General Sulama, they completed several beautiful battles, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Spanish government army.

At this time, Carlos also swelled, forgetting the days when he had to be carried around the mountains, and ordered a large army to attack Bilbajaw.

In this battle, under the personal command of Carlos, 20,000 soldiers were lost, General Surama was killed, and Carlos had to go into exile.

Carlos received aid from the Orthodox faction in France, but not as much as he had imagined.

In fact, King Louis Philippe of France was very sympathetic to Carlos emotionally.

With the acquiescence of Louis Philippe, the French ultra-royalists were able to enter and leave the country at will, providing money, provisions, and weapons to the Carlos, and even directly recruiting foreign soldiers to fight in the war.

French territory could also be used as a hideout for the Carlos, and Spanish government forces who wanted to cross the border would be ruthlessly rejected by the French army.

Louis Philippe and the extreme royalists have done a lot, but it is not enough.

This has a lot to do with Carlos's reluctance to be a young man, because he is extremely religious, so he has never made a promise to the French.

That is, everything that the French did before was completely unrewarded, and they were simply the "good people" of the nineteenth century.

Carlos, on the other hand, is a complete iron rooster, and now Franz is ready to pluck this iron rooster.

Carlos would never sell his Spanish land, so he thinks he has no leverage, but he actually has a lot of leverage, such as his three sons.

If Carlos uses his youngest son to marry France, then he will definitely get twice as much support as he does now, and France will even publicly support Carlos.

If Carlos used his heir to marry the French, then the French would definitely fully support Carlos, and if possible, even send troops directly.

Of course, our Mr. Carlos will not write.

Carlos would never use his sons as leverage, but Franz would help him.

A letter, a letter to Louis Philippe, which will be obtained by Guizot or Thiers.

France, Tuileries Palace.

Thiers clutched a letter, inexplicably excited, thinking that the time had come for Lancey to regain its former glory.

Carlos would marry his eldest son to the House of Orleans, a event that would change the landscape of Europe.

It is not difficult to imagine how powerful a united kingdom of France and Spain will be one day in the future.

Now a weak Spain has a glorious resume, and France will regain what it has lost for Spain and blend it into its glory.

At that time, France will become a powerful power against Britain, and over time it will eventually surpass and replace Britain as the hegemon of the world.

It's just that Thiers' enthusiasm was poured cold water on Louis Philippe of the kingdom.

"Marriage with Carlos? The Queen of Spain has abolished Carlos' title of prince and he is no longer the heir to the throne of Spain. ”

"Your Majesty, we can prop Carlos to the throne, so that the future king of Spain will have the blood of the Orleans dynasty."

"Thiers, I don't think it's in France's own interest to get involved in the Spanish Civil War. Forget it. ”

Since the king was against it, Thiers had no choice but to leave in a huff, but Louis Philippe's cowardice still made him very angry.

Before Thiers left, he saw Guizot coming from the opposite side with great excitement.

"Mr. Kizo, why are you walking so briskly?"

Guizot and Thiers do not agree on the same philosophy, but at this time Guizo greets Thiers with a smile.

"Oh, Monsieur Thiers, I'm sure you'll be happy for France to know the news."

"What's the good news?" Thiers asked.

"Spain is going to marry us France." Kezo replied.

Thiers' face sank, and he said to himself, "This idiot is even more concerned than our Majesty the King." ”

But Thiers, on the surface, remained silent, and made a gesture to let Guizot go ahead of him, and he wanted to see Guizot's disappointment when he learned that the king was opposed to a marriage to Spain.