Chapter 650 - "Seeking Heng (Li) Text"

In Chester County and Lancashire in the northwest of England, Edward's 10,000-strong army raided and sacked these two pro-Lancastrian counties. All the support and assistance of Henry VII to the two "basic plates" that had been sacked by Scotland was intercepted by Edward.

Of course, Edward was not a fool, he did not exploit the serfs, but specifically dealt with the local nobles. Because, almost all of these nobles are Lancastrians, they must be right. Moreover, the wealth of this era was mainly concentrated in the hands of the aristocracy, and the rectification of the aristocracy was equivalent to getting wealth.

While Edward was reorganizing the two Lancastrian counties, Marin leisurely led a group of men to hunt in the mountains and forests of Northumberland. Anyway, in a short period of time, his army can't be shown in front of the world, so he can only retreat into the mountains and forests, so it is better to come out and relax.

However, what made Marin depressed was that he led a large group of men and horses around the mountains and forests, and he didn't catch a few prey, especially the larger prey such as the fawn. In the end, Marin and his hunting team only caught a dozen rabbits and a few wild boars.

I asked a local guide, and I learned that the mountains and forests here have basically been emptied by the locals. Because England advocates archery for all, there are many folk hunting masters. After all, as long as you have good archery, you can hunt easily. Therefore, the deer in the mountains and forests, and even the wild wolves, were killed cleanly.

There are only wild boars, because the skin is too thick, it is difficult for bows and arrows to shoot through, so ordinary people dare not provoke, but there are many of them. There are also hares, which are difficult to shoot because of the small target. In addition, rabbits breed quickly, but there are still some that can be hunted.

Marin's hunting team was full of clockwork muskets, and the people they brought to the hunt were all very good marksmanship. Therefore, for wild boars, hunting teams are not at all afraid. Of the wild boars that were hunted, two of them were majestic males who had launched a decisive charge. But halfway through the rush, it was beaten into a sieve by the dense gunfire...... But the consequence is that the boar skin is broken......

However, Marin is not a real hunter, so naturally he doesn't care about wild boar skins, he just enjoys this kind of hunting. Therefore, if the wild boar skin is broken, it will be broken, and he doesn't care, as long as he can eat the wild boar.

As for the hares he hunted, Marlin was actually speechless. Because, there was a hare, but it was not killed by them, but it was killed on the tree by itself. Afraid of the dense gunfire, the unlucky rabbit panicked, but lost his balance, and after a jump, his head hit a big tree, and he was knocked out by the big tree...... Moreover, Marin saw it with his own eyes. So, quite speechless......

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While Marin was leisurely hunting in the mountains and forests, Henry VII's intelligence officers also reported the size and whereabouts of Edward's army to Henry VII.

"Ten thousand...... Not in a hurry to go south, but to the north of Lancashire to ransack......" Henry VII pondered.

Lancashire was of great importance to Henry VII. Because, it is the "land of dragons". After all, Henry VII called himself a representative of the Lancastrian dynasty.

But in reality, Henry VII was nothing more than a relative of the Lancastrian family, and was born in Wales and raised in the Duchy of Brittany, France.

However, many of Henry VII's supporters came from Lancashire. After all, the main support group for him to ascend the throne was the Lancastrian aristocracy. And, of course, the yorkist aristocracy who defected.

However, most of the Lancastrian nobles, after Henry VII became king, "ascended to heaven" and moved to the bustling city of London. Most of those who remained in Lancashire were unappreciated Lancastrian aristocrats, or offshoots of those who stayed in their homeland.

Now, Edward is leading a large army to sack Lancashire, which must have harmed the interests of the Lancastrian nobility. After all, their poor relatives such as "seven aunts and eight aunts" are still in Lancashire. Even, many people's fiefdoms are still there.

Therefore, now that Edward has sacked Lancashire, those Lancastrian nobles from Lancashire will definitely put pressure on Henry VII to send troops to recover Lancashire.

However, Henry VII did not intend to do that......

Because, Henry VII felt that Edward's behavior was very abnormal. As a contender for the throne, shouldn't he be actively attacking London in the south? But Edward went to Lancashire to make trouble, obviously forcing him to send troops...... After all, Lancashire was under attack, and the Lancastrian nobles must have been anxious and then urged him to send troops to suppress it......

Thinking about this, coupled with the information he had received earlier, Henry VII was even more certain that Edward was trying to attract his attention so that he could relax his guard against France. If the army marched north against Edward, and the French suddenly landed and laid siege to London, it would be doomed......

Eventually, Henry VII decided to ignore Edward for the time being, and wait until France was done to clean up Edward......

But Edward did not seem pleased with Henry VII's actions, and just as Henry VII was concentrating on dealing with France, Edward publicly published a crusade against Henry VII......

"Henry, the puppet king, was born in the Lancastrian family branch. However, His Majesty Henry IV had already declared that his half-brother, John Henry, Duke of Lancaster. Beaufort and his descendants have no right to inherit the throne. What's more, the puppet king Henry is a collateral branch of the Lancastrians. Even the main vein does not have the right to inherit the throne, let alone the branch vein? Therefore, the puppet king Henry did not have any right to inherit the throne. His ascension to the throne was an encroachment and illegal. ”

"To make matters worse, the puppet king Henry, in the Battle of Bosworth, teamed up with his stepfather Thomas. Stanley and other traitors, murdering kings and rebelling, are heinous capital crimes. A person who commits the crime of murder has no right to the throne, even if he marries Princess Elizabeth. For, after the descendants of Henry belong to sinners, they are born into sinful ......"

"The puppet king Henry has always insisted that His Majesty Richard III ascended the throne by killing the king, but he has been on the throne for 20 years, but there is still no evidence of His Majesty Richard III's murder. Therefore, his claims are untenable and unlawful. ”

"The great kingdom of England is governed by the rule of law, and without evidence there can be no verdict of guilt. Without having evidence of His Majesty Richard III's murder, rashly sending troops to rebel is already heinous. Therefore, Henry, the puppet king, is the real monarch killer......"

"As the rightful heir to the throne of Richard III, I declare my succession to the throne of England as Edward VI. Now, in the name of the rightful king, I declare the puppet king Henry and his wicked followers to be the murderers of kings, and deserve to be punished by law......"

"But out of devotion to God and fear of the law, I will not kill this false king at will. For only killing through judgment is lawful and in accordance with God's will. Therefore, after I take London, I will put the puppet king and his accomplices on trial in front of the royal palace. Then, in the name of God, divide this hypocrite king and his accomplices by hanging, and uphold the justice of the kingdom by the law......"

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This article is written in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, and it is really impossible to find any fault. Moreover, his arguments for upholding the law are very approving of people.

For example, Henry IV declared that John . It is well known that Beaufort and its descendants have no right of inheritance. So, legally, as John. Henry VII, a descendant of Beaufort, and a descendant of a side branch, was indeed ineligible to inherit the throne. It's just that Henry VII and his supporters deliberately avoided the issue.

Now, this article has turned this matter out, and it can definitely raise public questions about the succession to the throne of Henry VII.

The fact that Henry VII has been on the throne for 20 years and has not found any evidence of Richard III's murder of the monarch is a legal determination that the rebellion of Henry VII and his followers is illegal. And if it cannot be proved that Richard III killed the king, then Henry VII and his followers were the real murderers, and belonged to those who deserved to be put to death......

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Such a reasoned and well-founded essay is naturally not something that a mediocre person like Edward, who has been imprisoned for more than ten years, can write, but from our time-traveler, Uncle Marin......

Because there was really no prey to be hunted in the forests of Northumberland, out of boredom, Ma Lin suddenly remembered that in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the princes of the Eighteenth Route crusaded against Dong Zhuo, and it seemed that Chen Lin, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, first wrote a very literary article against Dong Zhuo and released it to the world to prove the legal status of his side and the demand for justice, and also made Dong Zhuo angry......

Therefore, Marin also tried to help Edward write a "Essay on Seeking Heng (Li)" and sent it to Edward for his release, in order to seek support from the people and European countries. At the same time, further blow to the fame of Henry VII......

After Edward received Marin's "Essay on Seeking Success", he couldn't put it down, and knew that this essay was indeed very powerful, so he immediately organized a transcription, and then sent people to post it everywhere......