Chapter 573: Louis XII's Decision
While the group was in Rome discussing how to deal with Henry VII, Henry VII did not know about it. In fact, Henry VII's current approval rating in England is still very high. In particular, those great nobles basically supported Henry VII.
Of course, those who did not support Henry VII were also eliminated by Henry VII by finding a way to get rid of them. Henry VII was not a good man, or he would not have killed Edward. Those who opposed him were basically either imprisoned in the Tower of London or killed. Therefore, the existing great nobles basically supported Henry VII on the one hand.
The reason for this is also related to the unpopularity of Richard III at the beginning. Of course, this is not to say that Richard III was not a good king. In fact, Richard III was a very accomplished king and a good politician.
However, Richard III was disgusted by the aristocracy for his immorality in killing Edward V and his brother, Richard, Duke of York. In addition, Richard III was a monarch who advocated the rule of law, and promulgated some laws to protect the human rights of ordinary people, which caused displeasure among the aristocracy. After all, the aristocracy was originally a privileged class, and Richard III was acting against the nobility by doing so. Therefore, Richard III was disgusted by the aristocracy. When Henry VII called, the noble members of the London Parliament even thought that Henry VII was the "Joshua" who saved them from tyrant rule...... In fact, the aristocracy was simply dissatisfied with Richard III's law restricting the privileges of the nobility. Of course, the death of Edward V is also one of the reasons......
In addition, the great English playwright William Shakespeare, in the play "Richard III", portrayed Richard III as a lame hunchbacked obscene and evil image. But the fact is that Shakespeare's knowledge of Richard III is that of Henry VIII's Lord Justice, Thomas III. obtained in the chronicle written by Moore. But the problem is, Thomas. By the time Moore wrote, Richard III had been dead for decades. And the virtue of Henry VIII, in order to show his legitimacy, Black Richard III was not negotiable.
Moreover, Marin has read news reports from later generations that later British archaeologists dug up the bones of Richard III and found that Richard III did not have Thomas at all. The condition of limb atrophy described by Mohr. There is no hunchback, only some curvature of the spine. But in fact, this slight curvature of the spine was a common phenomenon among the English longbowmen, and was the result of a long period of drawing the bow.
In short, the bad rumors of Richard III were basically directed by Henry VIII Thomas. Moore Black came out. is like a shameless emperor who called himself a "perfect old man", who burned up more than 100,000 documents left by the Ming Dynasty. Then, he also sent Ji Xiaolan and others to compile the so-called "Twenty-four History". Actually, what kind of codification is this? It is clearly a falsification of historical materials, and all the information that does not conform to the shameless emperor has been deleted. Then, the history books that everyone sees are all harmonious versions......
What is the situation of the harmonious version of the "Twenty-Four History"? Of course, it was a shameless emperor who blew it and fabricated a "prosperous era of Qianlong" out of thin air...... In fact, during the Qianlong period, the Qing Dynasty was indeed prosperous in the early period. Because that was the foundation laid by Yongzheng, the most talented emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty......
In fact, Yongzheng was the most diligent and loving emperor of the Manchu Dynasty. Moreover, the population explosion of the Qing Dynasty was also due to the abolition of the poll tax by Yongzheng, "apportioning the land into the mu, and the officials and gentry paid the grain in one". This is the most bright spot and the greatest policy of the Qing Dynasty, comparable to the reform and opening up of later generations. Otherwise, how could the Manchus have so many taxes? With a huge group of officials and scholars who do not pay taxes, how can the Qing Dynasty have much money? It is not much different from the Ming Dynasty. At most, the Manchu Qing Dynasty exploited the people a little more ruthlessly, so the tax was more than that of the Ming Dynasty.
However, Yongzheng's policy of "apportioning the land into the mu, and the officials and gentry paying the grain as one" made the Manchu fiscal revenue explode. In the last years of Kangxi, the national inventory of silver was only 8 million taels, and in the last years of Yongzheng, it reached 60 million taels, an increase of more than seven times.
But so much money was consumed by the shameless emperor who called himself a "perfect old man". By the time his son Jiaqing ascended the throne, the country was in shambles. This kind of person is also embarrassed to call himself a "perfect old man". His reputation was completely promoted to him by literati.
Why? Yongzheng moved the interests of the literati and made the literati pay taxes, so the literati blackened Yongzheng and turned the greatest emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty into a tyrant (of course, they have no face to say that Yongzheng is a faint monarch, because Yongzheng is really capable and diligent and loves the people). Qianlong was good at allowing officials to corrupt and exploit the people. Therefore, although the officials of the Qianlong Dynasty began to pay taxes, they lived very well. Therefore, those shameless literati made up a "prosperous era of Qianlong". Or, the literati who want to be a little more faceless call it the "prosperous era of Kangqian", but the Yongzheng period of the Yongzheng Emperor who treated the people well has been omitted......
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Belch...... I digress, anyway, Henry VIII and a certain "perfect old man" are shameless emperors who are good at tampering with history......
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Henry VII of London was unaware of all this, but Louis XII, King of France in Paris, was aware of it. In particular, Louis XII learned of a piece of information that disturbed him - Edward and the powerful warlord Marin in Germany. Hoffman hooked up with ......
Why was Louis XII upset? Because, all France wanted was civil strife in England, but it didn't want to fully support Edward. Unless, Louis XII gave birth to a son and could marry Edward's daughter Marguerite...... Only then will France support Edward at all costs.
If Louis XII could not have a son of his own, then it would not be worth his full support for Edward. Even if Edward could not have a son, he would not be able to get the Kingdom of England through marriage. Is it possible to let his daughter marry Edward's daughter, and marry a daughter? It's not in order, and there won't be offspring......
So, Louis XII was a little nervous. Because, this is out of his control. Although Louis XII supported Edward's appeal to Rome, it was only to add to Henry VII's troubles.
However, when Edward and Marin hook up, it's different. According to intelligence, Marin had a strong army of 40,000 in his hands. Not to mention pulling all of them to England, even if they pull half of it, they can defeat the unlucky Henry VII. The combat effectiveness of the British Army, Louis XII, was well aware and was completely second-rate. And Marin. Hoffman's army is a powerful presence that can compete head-on with Swiss mercenaries. If Marin. Hoffman was willing to fully support Edward, and it was really possible for Edward to defeat Henry VII and become King of England.
However, who will help Edward become the king of England is particular. If France had helped Edward become King of England, then the French would have had a great influence on England.
And if Edward had used Marin. Hoffmann's army completed the act of seizing the throne, then, France was not so important. Later, Britain under Edward's rule also became an independent existence......
However, after much thought, Louis XII decided to support Edward as King of England. Why? Because, Henry VII was a very talented king. Under his leadership, Britain was gradually becoming stronger and became a threat to France. And Edward, after all, was imprisoned by Henry VII for more than ten years, and his education was faulty, and his ability was still insufficient.
Moreover, Henry VII was already a mortal enemy of France, but Edward married a French noble woman, at least much more friendly to France than Henry VII.
Therefore, Louis XII naturally supported Edward more. It's just that he still has a concern:
"I heard that Marin has a very powerful Oriental doctor by his side?"
When Louis XII spoke of the great Oriental doctors, he was actually referring to the two Mongolian doctors, Mozhigen and Battle. The two of them, in Europe in this era, can definitely be regarded as miracle doctors.
"What does Your Majesty mean?" Count Durt, who was in charge of intelligence, was somewhat confused.
"I'm afraid, Marlin's great doctors, will find out that we gave Anna birth control pills......" Louis XII said worriedly.
If Edward had found out about this, he would have prevented his wife, Anna, the daughter of Count Durt, from continuing to consume the pill. Perhaps, Edward will give birth to a boy. In that case, Louis XII's plan to give birth to a son and annex England by marriage would have failed.
"This ......," Count Durt also didn't know what to do. After all, he is a favored minister, and he is in power by sycophancy, and he does not have much talent.
Louis XII struggled with his face for a long time and finally made a decision......
"That's it, Aiqing, I want to send a killer ......"
"Huh? Your Majesty, are you going to kill Edward? Without Edward, there is only little Margaret and a little girl, and there is not so much appeal to confront Henry VII! Count Durt said in astonishment.
"No, I plan to send a killer to attack Edward, but I don't plan to kill him......"
"What does Your Majesty mean?" Count Durt didn't quite understand.
"I want the killer to take advantage of the assassination to kick Edward's egg, so that I don't have to worry about Edward's son!"
Count Durt's face twitched, Edward was the husband of his own daughter Anna after all, his own son-in-law. Louis XII plotted in front of him to kick his son-in-law's eggs, didn't he want his daughter Anna to be widowed......
However, the unnaturalness on Durt's face quickly subsided. Because, in this era, women's rights are not talked about, in the eyes of Count Durt, if he can sacrifice his daughter's sexual happiness in exchange for the credit of the Durt family, it is very worthwhile. It's a big deal, arrange a few secret lovers for my daughter afterwards......
In this way, Louis XII and the Count of Durte completed a conspiracy against Edward's "egg".
The reason why Louis XII asked the Count of Durte to tell him how to kick his son-in-law's eggs was because Louis XII arranged for the French intelligence work to be controlled by the Count of Durt. This kind of thing naturally requires finding Count Durt. In addition, Count Durt's daughter was Edward's wife, and Count Durt had a lot of hands in Edward's residence.
In order for the killer to infiltrate Edward's residence and successfully kick his ass, it is really up to Count Durt......
Moreover, for the sake of safety, Louis XII specially found a master of kicking "eggs" from the people. Because, this person likes to kick people's lower bodies, and he is very ruthless. But strangely, he has very good control of his feet. Those who have been kicked by him, whose eggs do not get crushed, appear to be cured afterwards, but are actually infertile. Even, some people who have been kicked by this "egg kicking master" can still use that thing when they are there, but they can't produce offspring, and the effect is comparable to the "ligation" of later generations. Of course, this is only ideal. Most of the people who have been kicked have that thing gone......
In this way, under the "wise" decision of Louis XII, a certain French folk "egg kicker" was quietly arranged by Edward's father-in-law, Count Durt, to go to Ireland and be responsible for kicking Edward's eggs......
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