The deeper issue was that no-one had the ability to push back on the king's demands. When the king rules by divine right, pushing back on the stakeholder is pushing back on God. Back in the day that was a great way to expedite the process of your head being separated from your torso.
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That's a bit unfair, since one of the achievements of Gustavus Adolphus was establishing governing institutions and professional bureucracy.
The bigger issue with that plan was be that the king was off fighting a war in Poland.