"Charlie. Long live Cromwell! ”

"Let Charlie. Cromwell is the Lord Protector! ”

"We're going to have Charlie. Cromwell......"

"God bless Charlie. Cromwell! ”

By the time Li Shaoyou, Huang Jiang and Colbert, the representative of the King of France, arrived in London, England, the slogan of the British people gathered outside Hampton Court Palace had changed to "To Charlie. Cromwell".

The minds of the British people have become really fast! Not long ago, they insisted that Cromwell Sr. be the king, and in the blink of an eye, they wanted Cromwell Sr. to retire and let Cromwell Jr. take over as the second generation of protectors in advance.

Huang Jiang, who was sitting in a simple puritan-style four-wheeled carriage, did not understand English, so he asked Li Shaoyou and Colbert for advice: "What are these Englishmen doing?" Doesn't it mean that the Puritan Englishmen were busy and had endless work to do every day? How can you still have the kung fu to fool around on the streets? ”

"No, no, it's not nonsense," Li Shaoyou quickly explained, "They are doing important things, they are supporting Cromwell as king!" ”

Li Shaoyou can speak French, but he doesn't understand English, so he didn't know that the marchers had changed their lines.

"No, it's not Cromwell who is king this time," Colbert could understand what the British people outside the carriage were shouting. Cromwell's ...... Charles was the son of the Lord Protector, and the English seemed to want to support him as Lord Protector. ”

"What? Could it be that old Cromwell has died? Li Shaoyou was stunned.

"No......," Colbert shook his head, "I haven't heard of it!" There shouldn't have been a death, but if it did, there wouldn't be so many people supporting Charlie. ”

Speaking of which, he was also a little confused, Lao Tzu is not dead yet, why did someone persuade his son? What does this mean?

"Oh," Huang Jiang nodded repeatedly, "understood, understood...... It turns out that England also has a filial son! ”

"Filial son?" Colbert was only a rough understanding of Chinese and didn't understand what Huang Jiang meant, so he glanced at Li Shaoyou.

Li Shaoyou said in French: "A filial son is a good son who takes over his father's work in advance and allows his father to retire with peace of mind!" His Majesty the Emperor is such a good son! ”

Is it? Colbert thought to himself: Prince Condé doesn't seem to say that, the prince said that the Ming Emperor staged a coup d'état when he was the crown prince, overthrew his father, and seized power...... Could it be that filial piety means the prince (prince) who came to power in a coup d'état? This is Charlie. Cromwell couldn't do it.

"No, no," said Colbert, "Charlie is not a filial son, I know his character, he can't be a filial son, he doesn't have that much courage." ”

Do you have to be bold when you are a filial son? Huang Jiang was a little confused when he heard it, is this a filial son or a robber?

At the same time, in Hampton Court Palace, the British filial son Charlie. Cromwell was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot, circling in front of his father.

"Daddy, I, I, I'm not going to be the Lord of the Protector! I'm still young and I still need to learn ......"

Old Cromwell looked at his precious son, his brows furrowed, do you still need to learn to be the protector? You don't need a diploma for this job! I went to Cambridge for a year, and I didn't learn anything, didn't I also become a protector?

"Charlie!" Old Cromwell roared, "It's easy to be a protector!" That is, two key issues cannot be shaken.

One is to be dictatorial! Our country is so chaotic, what English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and what Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Puritans...... There are so many factions with only a few million people, and they are still hostile to each other, unaccustomed to each other, and dragging each other back. The Long Council was elected by these factions who had no idea how to work together.

If you let them decide the fate of England by a majority vote, then you deserve to be the second Charles I! Because they won't solve anything and will only use you as a scapegoat after things mess up!

The second is to adhere to the Puritan line. It's not that this line is good, it's that no one other than the Puritans will support us at all. And the Puritans were especially capable of fighting, although there were not many of them, but everyone else combined could not defeat the Puritans!

Also, don't expect to please everyone, don't expect any lenient policy to make Catholics, Presbyterian Covenantists, and Catholics who have infiltrated the Anglican Church love you, which is why Charles II's head fell to the ground. In order to preserve your power and your life, you have to hold the Puritans firmly in your hands.

But don't give Puritan politicians a chance to control the council either...... No matter what others say, you have to keep in mind that the Puritans supported you as the protector of the country, and they wanted you to be dictatorship! If they want a parliament, then it's time to elect a king. ”

"But, but I don't have the prestige of you!" Cromwell Jr. said.

"I know," Cromwell said, "that there is now an opportunity to build prestige!" You will lead the expeditionary force to attack Dunkirk with the French...... According to the agreement, Dunkirk will be owned by us. This will be the first time in decades that the UK has a territory on the European continent.

When you return in triumph, I will give you the position of Lord Protector, and I will guide you to dictatorship! ”

At this point, one of Cromwell's secretaries knocked on the office door.

"His Royal Highness the Lord of the Protectors, the French envoy, the ambassador of Daming, and the chairman of the Shenou Union Bank have arrived."

"Let them wait in the audience hall!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Cromwell glanced at his son and said, "Now, you still need a lot of money!"

The Puritans were reluctant to spend money, but they liked to save money...... Therefore, a low-interest and long-term loan is also a necessary condition for you to ascend to the throne of the protector! ”

......

Just when Cromwell and the Prince of Condé were contemplating the Spanish army at Dunkirk, the British royal army, and the remnants of the French slingers.

Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Don. Huang. José, however, did not believe that the enemy would go to war in the winter, so he went to Spain with Admiral Garcia.

Of course you can't take a boat, Don. Huang. Jose wasn't willing to take any chances. So he and Garcia traveled overland, across the land of the Holy Roman Empire, to Spain. And when they passed through Vienna, the capital of Austria, they happened to encounter the first national imperial examination of the Holy Roman Empire!

"Imperial examinations? Your Highness, what does this mean? "Don. Huang. José asked Leopold, the Archduke of Austria (Crown Prince of the HRE), who had hosted him, about the imperial examinations in the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna.

The Archduke of Austria was a young man under twenty years of age, with the same face as Don. Huang. Jose is as long, but his looks and intelligence are normal. Hearing this, the young Leopold smiled bitterly, "This is a good way to learn from Chinese...... In fact, it has been in place since six years ago. You've probably heard of the Habsburg Royal Academy, right? ”

"I've heard that Your Royal Highness, Your Highness, you are also a student of the Royal Habsburg Academy, right?" Tang Dynasty. Huang. Jose asked.

"Yes," the Austrian Archduke nodded, "I was crammed into this inhuman bureaucratic and military academy six years ago!" I was joined by more than a thousand sons of lords and nobles from all over the Holy Roman Empire, most of whom were not heirs to realms and titles, so they were sent by their father to the Royal Academy, where they underwent six years of military and bureaucratic education. In order to obtain official and military positions in the empire and Habsburg territories after graduation...... The upcoming first national imperial examination was used to select the elite from among the sons of lords and nobles who had completed six years of study.

For this purpose, His Majesty the Emperor has prepared 200 positions for the examination! ”

"What?" Tang Dynasty. Huang. Jose was taken aback, "Can you really get a position?" Do you want to take the test for your position? ”

You'll have to ask that...... If the crown prince can also be examined, then this advanced experience must be introduced to Spain!

"Me?" The Austrian Archduke glared at Don. Huang. Jose glanced at him, "Of course I don't have to take the test...... I'm the Archduke of Austria, do I still need an exam? What are the exams? The emperor is elected, not examined. ”