The Rise of the European Emperor

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Edward excitedly sent people to walk around the streets to put up notices, announcing that "the third chapter of the contract" was gone, and ordered the army to strictly prohibit looting. However, in order to appease the army, Edward took out a lot of money from Henry VII's treasury to reward the soldiers.

Edward is not a greedy and mindless person, at least, he knows that as long as he sits firmly on the throne, he will have more money in the future. In particular, he decided to kill the great nobles who followed Henry VII and confiscate their wealth. Therefore, he will not be short of money. You know, the sum of the money in the families of the great nobles is not necessarily less than that in the treasury. What's more, those fiefdoms are the real big ones.

The soldiers won the reward, and naturally they no longer complained. What's more, this army is mainly Marin's army, there is no tradition of robbery, and there is no resistance to robbery. The three thousand German mercenaries hired from Münster before, regretted that they could not loot in London. However, Marin did not let his subordinates grab it, nor did Edward let him grab it. So, after receiving the reward, I don't say anything.

However, a few days have passed, and what embarrassed both Edward and Marin is that the people of London seem to be not very interested in the "Three Chapters of the Law"...

In fact, that's why Marin doesn't know much about British history. As early as 1215, the famous "Magna Carta" appeared in England, which proposed the concept of "law". Therefore, Edward's "Three Chapters of the Covenant" is not really news.

In addition, in England, general statutes are promulgated through Parliament. Therefore, everyone is not very interested in Edward's private promulgation of laws. So, Marin and Edward were embarrassed...

"This... Your Majesty... It seems that this 'Three Chapters of the Law' is somewhat similar to the Magna Carta..." Marin said embarrassedly.

"No, Archduke Marin, you are wrong!" Edward said seriously:

"Strictly speaking, the Magna Carta is the product of the nobles' persecution of the king, and the monarch's authority has been severely demolished. Therefore, I must adhere to the 'Three Chapters of the Law' and make people forget the "Magna Carta" and agree with the 'Three Chapters of the Law'. In this way, I The rule is stable..."

Marin was relieved, it seemed that Edward was still very awake. He knew that Magna Carta was a challenge to kingship. In fact, both Henry VII and Henry VIII were monarchs who held the crown tight. In the 15th and 16th centuries, no one mentioned the Magna Carta. However, the king issued decrees through parliament, and this tradition was preserved.

Edward had spent time in France, however, and knew that France acted on the will of the monarch, without restrictions, which made him envious. Therefore, Edward wanted to take the opportunity of the "Three Chapters of the Covenant" to bypass Parliament and issue decrees on his own to become an autocratic monarch, just like the king of France.

After thinking about it, Marin said:

"If this is the case, then, Your Majesty, you order to arrest all the members!"

"Arrest all the members? Are you trying to kill all the members? What excuse?" Edward said in surprise.

"Excuse? It's easy to find! Your Majesty, have you forgotten? When the false king Henry ascended the throne, the nobles regarded Henry Tudor as the second Joshua (the Jewish king after Moses) who saved the people from the tyrant. ) came to welcome, and soon passed a decree declaring that the throne of England would be handed down to Henry Tudor and his descendants…”

"what do you mean……"

"There are two points. First, Henry Tudor is a monarch, but the members of the House of Lords support him as a king, which is equivalent to agreeing with the monarch. This is enough to sentence those who participated in the original to death!"

"Second point, Henry Tudor is a descendant of John Beaufort, Duke of Lancaster. But according to the order of His Majesty Henry IV, John Beaufort's descendants have no right to the throne at all. And the House of Lords declared that the throne of England was established by Henry Tudor and his descendants have been passed down from generation to generation, which is a collective law! Therefore, His Majesty can collectively arrest all members of the House of Lords! Moreover, you must issue a decree to declare that the Parliament will be publicly bloodbathed in accordance with the law!" Marin said the last word. said.

It is rare to have such an opportunity to find a legal basis to bloodbath the parliament, and it must not be missed. Moreover, according to Edward's remarks just now, he also hopes to get rid of the control of the parliament. Therefore, it is better to use their support for Henry VII, the kingslayer, as an excuse to wash away the parliament with blood.

Edward was very moved, but asked hesitantly:

"So, who will I rely on to run the country in the future?"

Marin thought for a while, and suddenly remembered a method in the official novels of later generations - I will reuse whatever my ex doesn't like and don't reuse, as long as there is no big problem; and what my ex likes is relegated... In this way, you can Take control of the situation as quickly as possible and erase the traces of your ex...

Honestly, this approach is quite unscientific. Because this is a very irresponsible approach, it is easy to cause "changes in the day and night", and it is harmful to the stability of the policy. However, it depends on where it is used.

Edward is now killing Henry VII to seize the throne, using the brutal method of "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", but it is the fastest and easiest to control the situation.

So Marin and Edward explained it. Edward naturally did not have any worries about "will the situation change?", he only worried about whether he would be able to sit on the throne. Therefore, he did not hesitate to adopt Marin's suggestion.

In this way, on the one hand, Edward ordered the army to arrest all the "illegal" nobles, and on the other hand, he also sent people to inquire about those nobles who did not deal with Henry VII or were not valued...

The Tower of London is a really good place, where the kings of all ages built a lot of prisons. Therefore, it is quite enough to imprison the members of the House of Lords.

Of course, this is also related to Henry VII's bloodbath of a large number of Yorkite aristocrats. Therefore, the number of deputies arrested this time is only a few dozen.

Moreover, among them, there were ten members of the House of Lords who immediately courted Edward. Edward saw that none of them were the heirs of Henry VII, and had nothing to do with the incident of supporting Henry VII, so he let them go, and chose to accept them in accordance with the principle of "what the predecessor doesn't like or use, I will reuse". 10 Aristocrats who were marginalized in the House of Lords.

In addition, Edward retained Henry VII's "privy council" system, which was used to replace the parliament that limited the king. Of course, Edward hasn't decided who the Privy Council will appoint.

However, these are not helpful for the promotion of the "Three Chapters of the Treaty" and the establishment of the new king's prestige... So Edward asked Marin if there was a solution, so that the people would accept the new law at once...

Marin thought for a long time, and suddenly remembered the brother Shang Yang who was cracked by the car...

"There is a way, and it works very quickly..."

"Let's talk about it!" Edward was very interested.

In fact, neither Marin nor Edward paid much attention to the specific content of the "Three Chapters of the Covenant". What they care about is how to use the law to legally kill Henry VII and his lackeys, and cut the weeds. After all, after the implementation of the "Three Chapters of the Covenant Law", there will definitely be a new bill to announce the sanctions against monarchs and their accomplices. Therefore, this "Three Chapters of the Covenant", as the first shot, must be fired first. After that, a new law on how to deal with kingslayers will be enacted...

Marin cleared his throat and said:

"This method is called 'standing wood as a letter'... Speaking of China more than 1850 years ago..."

"Stop...why is it all such a long-term story? At that time, ancient Rome hadn't occupied England..." Edward said with some collapse.

"Ancient China is such a good match..." Malin said innocently.

"Okay, you go on..."

"A kingdom called Qin wants to change the law (reform)..." Malin gushed.

"Yes, this is the theme, very similar to my current situation!" Edward said happily.

"Shang Yang, who presided over the formulation of the new law, was afraid that the people would not believe in his new law, so he came up with an idea - he had someone erect a three-zhang... um, 32-foot-high log outside the south gate of the Guodu Market. Announced in public that whoever can carry this piece of wood to the north gate of the market will be rewarded with 10 taels of gold... Well, it looks like 13 ounces of gold..."

"The south gate of the market is the north gate? Is it very far? Besides, why are you at the market?" Edward asked curiously.

"It's not far, maybe a few hundred steps. The reason why we're at the market is because there are so many people in the market, and word of mouth makes it easier to publicize laws..."

"It makes sense... In just a few hundred steps, you can reward 13 ounces of gold, and there are more than 100 gold coins. There must be many people rushing to move it?" Edward asked with interest.

"No, Your Majesty, you are wrong. In the beginning, no common people would try it. Instead, they thought—is this crazy? Carrying a piece of wood and walking a few hundred steps will reward you with more than 100 gold coins. It's unbelievable..."

"Haha, I thought it was incredible when I heard it. Then what?"

"Shang Yang raised the bounty from 100 gold coins to 500 gold coins, but no one came to try it... Later, a commoner carried the wood with the mentality of trying it out, and then he really got a reward of 500 gold coins..."

"This commoner got 500 gold coins at once, he is really rich..." Edward said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, these are secondary. The important thing is that Shang Yang passed this incident to make people think that he is a man of his word. After that, everyone believed what he said and what decree he issued. …”

"Huh?" Edward thought for a moment, then suddenly realized. Then he exclaimed happily:

"I also want to 'build wood as a letter', and quickly go to tear down a pillar from the palace and go to the market..."

"..." Malin was stunned for a moment. If you want to "build wood as a letter", you can do it. Why demolish the pillars of the palace? \u003c/content\u003e

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