In Europe, the monarch cannot do whatever he wants. If a war is launched, it would be fine if he wins. If he is defeated, the monarch will inevitably be strongly questioned by the nobles, especially the great nobles.

At this time, someone must be responsible for this. Generally speaking, the ministers are responsible for the crime. But sometimes, the king will become the unlucky person in charge.

For example, after the Russian Tsar Nicholas I was defeated in the Crimean War, in order to preserve the reputation of the Romanov dynasty, he chose to commit suicide and bear all the responsibilities. Before committing suicide, Nicholas I sent a newspaper to Moscow, Kiev and Warsaw at the same time: "The emperor is dying and saying goodbye to all humanity."

Nicholas I's suicide was actually helpless, because before the failure of the Crimean War, Tsarist Russia was a "European road roller" and claimed to be invincible on land. As a result, the war was over, and the myth of Tsarist Russia's "invincible on land" was broken. Such a big thing would definitely arouse anger from the whole country. Most people could not bear such a responsibility at all. Even if they wanted to seek a minister to blame, the reputation of the Romanov royal family would plummet. Therefore, in order to preserve the royal reputation, Nicholas I chose to commit suicide.

Similarly, Napoleon III, the culprit who led to Nicholas I's defeat in the Franco-Prussia War, was forced to abdicate because he lost to Prussia, which the French despised, in the Franco-Prussia War. He did not even have the chance to take responsibility for suicide and pass the throne to his son.

Of course, the above two people were under too much pressure. For example, Nicholas I was under the mythical pressure of "Tsarist Russian land invincible". Once the myth is shattered, ordinary people cannot bear the responsibility.

Similarly, Napoleon III bears the invincible glory left by the European god of war Napoleon. Once defeated, this glory will become a death talisman.

However, these two were unlucky, because they would not be so stressed under normal circumstances. But because the 19th century was an era when nationalism was prevalent, the consequences of defeat were much more serious than other times. Therefore, these two monarchs could only admit that they were unlucky.

Ferdinand II was much better than the two above because Spain did not feel "invincible and lonely" in this era. Moreover, it did not have the huge pressure of nationalism in the 19th century. He did not need to be responsible to the people of the country, but to be responsible to the Spanish aristocratic class. After all, this era was still the era of aristocratic people. Ordinary people had no say.

Therefore, it was fine for him to find a duke to take on all the responsibilities. Moreover, Duke Cabrella did jump up and down at the beginning and took the lead in bewitching Ferdinand II from dismissing Gonzalo. Although it was a bit unfair to throw this into him, it was not completely unreasonable.

When news of the death of Duke Cabrera came, the Spanish nobles were first shocked and then angry. But after calming down, they suddenly realized that it seemed that this was the best way to deal with it.

No matter what, the king cannot take responsibility. Otherwise, the hearts of the people of the country will be dispersed. Everyone knows that Duke Cabrella will never take responsibility for it. Therefore, letting him "death" and then take all the responsibilities is indeed the best way to deal with it.

However, because the king killed the great nobles at will without trial, there was still a great gap between the Spanish royal family and the nobles. After all, these nobles were sad and were afraid that one day they would be killed by the royal family like Cabrera.

Ferdinand II obviously knew this, so these days, he has been treating the great Spanish nobles, and has not stopped comforting and apologizing. At the same time, he promised to deal with similar matters in the future and discuss with everyone, so that the resentment of the nobles did not erupt.

Subsequently, Ferdinand II also asked Juan III to issue an order to mobilize Gonzalo de Cordoba, who was in Morocco, to Sicily to take over the army.

The order to transfer Gonzalo de Cordoba was issued by Ferdinand II. Therefore, this time, Ferdinand II was embarrassed to order and simply asked his son to issue a transfer order, asking Gonzalo de Cordoba to return to Italy.

In this order, Juan III spoke earnestly and admitted that his previous arrangements had "deviated" and then invited him to return to Italy, take charge of the army, and fight against the French.

In order to appease Gonzalo de Cordoba, Juan III also ordered the titles and territory of his two barons, and Gonzalo de Cordoba was assigned to the children of the Cordoba family on their own.

Gonzalo de Cordoba is the second son of Count Aguilar, and now he is also an earl. However, he is not married and has no descendants. But he has brothers and can give the titles of two barons to the descendants of his brothers and brothers.

Moreover, there is an interesting story here. It is said that Gonzalo de Cordoba entered the court of the Kingdom of Castile at the age of 13, and later followed Queen Isabella I. Queen Isabella I also trusted Gonzalo de Cordoba very much, and her trust in him even exceeded that of her husband Ferdinand II. Even at that time, there were rumors that Gonzalo de Cordoba was the lover of Queen Isabella I.

Because of this, Ferdinand II had actually long hated him. Therefore, the conflict between the two was not for a day or two, but for many years. Moreover, Gonzalo de Cordoba was kind, wise and gentle, and no matter how he looked like a perfect person.

Such a perfect, with heavy troops in hand, and with the ambiguous relationship with his wife back then, Ferdinand II would have wanted to mess with him long ago.

Of course, it is also Gonzalo de Cordova who does not know how to be a human being. If a smart person like Wang Jian and Xiao He knew that he was suspicious of the emperor, he would have been trying to defame himself. But Gonzalo de Cordova is too honest and still maintains a perfect personality, which would be strange if he did not attract the suspicion of Ferdinand II. Fortunately, he has no children. If he had one, the suspicious Ferdinand II would have been eliminated long ago. Because, with heavy troops in his hands, it is actually easy to rebel...

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In the city of Fez, Morocco, Gonzalo de Cordoba, who was training a new army, frowned after receiving the transfer order from the country. After he knew about Italy's defeat, he was also prepared for his re-transfer to Italy. However, the timing was a bit unfortunate. Because he was planning to fight back against the remnants of the Vatas dynasty and the enemies of the Saad tribe. At this time, he would have to leave, and all his previous preparations would be wasted.

Moreover, through the issuer of this transfer order, Gonzalo de Cordoba realized that Ferdinand II had not let go of what happened back then...

At the beginning, Gonzalo was just a small guard in the Castile court, but he was very trusted by Queen Isabella I. At the beginning, after Isabella I and Ferdinand II got married, they had to manage their own countries, so they were separated. After all, one was Zaragoza in Aragon and the other was Toledo in Castile.

Therefore, at that time, Gonzalo de Cordova spent more time with the queen than Ferdinand II. Because Gonzalo de Cordova was trusted by the queen and was handsome, rumors spread in Toledo's court that Isabella I and Gonzalo had a relationship.

As a man and a king, how could Ferdinand II tolerate such things? Therefore, Ferdinand II hated Gonzalo de Cordoba at that time.

But the reality is that Gonzalo de Cordoba and Isabella I did not have a relationship beyond friendship. Strictly speaking, Gonzalo is just a subordinate trusted by Queen Isabella I.

But Ferdinand II didn't think so, he took the rumors seriously. So, it was very unhappy to see Gonzalo. But when Isabella I was alive, he was very protective of Gonzalo de Cordoba, which made Ferdinand II unable to do anything. After Isabella I's death, Gonzalo de Cordoba had grown into an indispensable mainstay in the Spanish army, and no one could replace it.
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