This gap undoubtedly deepened the people's nostalgia for the House of Habsburg.
In addition, large numbers of Spaniards worked in the Austrian Empire's colonies, and these people also served as role models to a certain extent.
Ferdinand VIII's decision to side with Britain and France this time was, in truth, more of a test, but clearly, he had not grasped the situation.
Ferdinand VIII had intended to send those newspaper editors out to pave the way first. If anything went wrong, he could wash his hands of it completely.
But such petty tricks were not even worth a laugh in front of Franz. At a glance, Franz knew exactly what Ferdinand VIII was thinking.
On the other hand, Ferdinand VIII had also underestimated this matter's influence within Spain.
Spaniards actually hated being represented by others. Though they were not as brutal, ignorant, and superstitious as the British portrayed them to be—
they truly did enjoy using violence to deal with those who created problems. For example, those anti-intellectual editors were dragged outside by an enraged crowd and beaten to death in the street.
They could not understand how criminals massacring innocents could still be called heroes. Nor did they care about Italy's independence movement, much less wish to become enemies of the Austrian Empire.
Thus, the Spaniards acted according to the justice in their hearts and did what they believed was right.
In fact, the stereotype of Spaniards as brutal, bloodthirsty, stupid, and superstitious was first invented by the Dutch, then carried forward and glorified by the British.
This stereotype was comparable to Americans' stereotypes of Mexicans: open their mouths, and it was drug dealers, illegal immigrants, and "Mexicans."
Back to the point, this matter should have ended there. But those editors did not want to die, so they directly