In fact, since getting married, Carlo has faced a new issue, which is the matter of bloodline succession.
In other words, the primary task for Carlo after marriage is actually to have children.
This is not only true in the Royal Family; for the vast majority of noble families, the primary task of title succession is having children, followed by finding ways to expand their estates.
If there is no qualified heir to inherit one’s estate, what good is an empty kingdom or empire?
The country won’t perish, but if a family doesn’t have offspring to inherit, it will face extinction.
In European history, there are countless examples of extinction leading to the throne being passed to a branch or even another family, which has made European nobles very focused on bloodline succession.
It’s fine if one is unmarried, but if there’s no offspring three years after marriage, they will be arranged to find out the cause.
The thod is quite simple: arrange for the noble to have many lovers. If a lover can get pregnant, it proves the problem lies with the noble’s wife.
If the lover also can’t get pregnant, then it’s likely the noble himself has the issue.
If it’s the noble himself, then it’s necessary to select a qualified heir among one’s relatives to inherit the title, such as the children of their brothers or sisters.
Carlo currently doesn’t have such worries. After all, it’s been less than a year since the marriage, and given the young age of Carlo and Queen Sophie, there’s no imdiate plan to have a descendant.
Ultimately, it’s because the dical technology of this era is too poor. To ensure Queen Sophie’s future health, Carlo plans to wait until she is fully mature and ready before discussing the matter of having children.
It’s actually not far off. Queen Sophie was born in March 1855, and it’s only three months until she reaches adulthood.
However, considering the preparations before childbirth, and the duration of pregnancy, Carlo’s first child will be born at least two years later.
In consideration of the expansion of the Royal Family, Carlo’s children should certainly be as many as possible. After all, the Royal Family doesn’t worry about the expenses of having children, so the more, the better.
It can also set an example for the people of Spain. If His Majesty the King is working hard to have children, what reason do the people have not to contribute to the population growth of Spain?
Of course, to make Spaniards more enthusiastic about having children, their worries after the child is born, such as various expenses, must be addressed.
Besides making primary education obligatory, Carlo also plans to establish subsidies and rewards for having more children in Spain.
However, such subsidy and reward policies must be negotiated with the governnt. After all, it’s the governnt that spends the money, and if they don’t agree, there will certainly be so conflicts regarding such policies in the future.
Since the population is currently a major deficiency in Spain, the earlier the proposal to encourage childbirth is implented, the better.
Just after Christmas, Carlo had Jovellar Soler propose a bill encouraging childbirth in the House of Representatives, to test Pri Minister Prim’s attitude.
The current parliant is controlled by Pri Minister Prim, so whether the bill passes entirely depends on Pri Minister Prim’s attitude toward it.
That’s also why Carlo had Jovellar Soler submit the proposal directly to the House of Representatives. If Pri Minister Prim supports it, the proposal will naturally be easily passed.
But if Pri Minister Prim doesn’t support the proposal, it won’t be possible to secure a majority in parliant even by joining forces with other parties.
This proposal submitted to parliant was quickly learned by Pri Minister Prim. Since Pri Minister Prim already knew that Jovellar Soler was loyal to Carlo, he naturally saw this proposal as coming from Carlo.
Initially, Pri Minister Prim didn’t have many reasons to reject the proposal in terms of content. The only point of discussion was the rewards and subsidies for families with more children, but this could be discussed within the Cabinet Governnt.
After all, the submission and andnt of laws are done by parliant, but the execution of such laws is up to the Cabinet Governnt.
Even if the proposal is passed by parliant, how the law is executed is still determined by the Cabinet Governnt.
Jovellar Soler was able to submit the proposal to the House of Representatives, presumably with Carlo’s support.
Since this is so, Pri Minister Prim naturally would not refuse. He respects Carlo quite a lot, just as Carlo respects his power in the Cabinet Governnt.
Carlo knows that Spain’s reform cannot proceed without Pri Minister Prim’s strong promotion, and Pri Minister Prim also knows that the success of reform cannot happen without Carlo’s strong support.
Royal power still has a significant influence in Spain, and as a Pri Minister who supports the monarchy, Prim certainly hopes to gain Carlo’s support, rather than stand against the King he helped ascend.
With Pri Minister Prim’s tacit consent, the proposal quickly passed in parliant. Although the Progressive Party holds most of the seats in parliant, the Conservative Party remains the second-largest in Spain.
Currently, in Spain’s parliant, the Progressive Party is the absolute major party and is currently the ruling party of Spain. The leader of the Progressive Party is Pri Minister Prim, and the majority of its mbers are from the Reform Faction.
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