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"It seems that the Scottish royal family thinks very highly of us in England!" Edward said with some anger in his heart, "Would you rather use a lot of money to stabilize the highlanders than fight with us, do you have such a deep hatred?" ”

"This—" Sir John scratched his somewhat sparse head, not knowing what to do, and told him to ignore the reality and say it, and it would be bad for his reputation to spread it.

The grudge between Scotland and England began with the conqueror, William, for hundreds of years.

James IV died at the hands of Henry VIII, and after the defeat of Queen Mary's father James V in the battle with the English army, I don't know whether he was injured or angry, returned to Edinburgh for a while, and also died, indirectly at the hands of the English.

Sir John was a little speechless, and stood there dryly, listening to Edward's complaints.

"Alright, Mr. Sir, you will sell me all those useless castles and small estates and pastures!"

Edward scolded for a while, feeling that he couldn't conjure up money out of thin air with a few words of scolding, and it was a waste of saliva, it was not worth it, so he could only command Sir John.

"Also, you're going to be in Scotland for a while this time, and I'm afraid there's still a lot of income waiting for you to collect!"

Although he only received a hundred thousand pounds in cash from only one trip to Scotland, it still greatly alleviated the current embarrassing situation of the royal family and the government, and besides, there was still a feast waiting for Edward, who could not wait to take a knife and fork to the table.

"Your Majesty, please tell me that I am fully ready, even if it is for a year in Scotland!"

When Sir John heard of the large income, his eyes lit up with gold, and he nodded again and again, and clapped his chest with his big hands.

His lips opened slightly, he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and stared at Edward with a look of urgency.

Edward looked at his shiny face and smiled: "When I first came, I negotiated with those nobles and promised to carry out the Reformation in Scotland, and to reform the Church of Scotland in my name, and I can divide the improper religious property in the process of reforming into three layers!" ”

The Reformation in Scotland was indeed a clever move.

First of all, in the name of Edward, until the interests of the Church of Scotland were divided, the nobles and commoners of Scotland were temporarily on the same side as Edward, so that the situation in Scotland would be much more stable for a few years.

Again, the Church Reformation was never easy, and even when Duke Edward was more radical, riots broke out throughout England.

Although the Scottish aristocracy is strong, the Scots' loyalty to Catholicism is much stronger than that of the English. In the 21st century, although the state religion of Scotland is Presbyterian, there are still nearly four layers of people in the country who believe in Catholicism.

And with the aristocracy, let them dominate the Reformation, the Catholic Church's resistance may be more violent, and the two may lose both, and in the end Edward can fish in the muddy waters and completely take Scotland into his own hands, instead of getting an empty name as now.

As soon as Edward talked about his tricks, he couldn't stop feeling proud, and a happy smile spread across his face.

But in the eyes of Sir John, His Majesty the King smiled a little obscenely, phew! It's great. Sir John thought silently.

"Mr. Sir, keep your eyes open, don't let those nobles be deceived!" Edward's eyes widened slightly, and he reminded.

"The Church of Scotland has accumulated for hundreds of years, even if Scotland is relatively poor, but this is also a large number!"

"Yes, yes, I will keep your property for you!" As if hearing Edward's words, a cold sweat instantly broke out on Sir John's broad forehead, and he hurriedly responded.

"Yes!" Edward nodded lightly in approval, "I'm relieved to have you there!" ”

This made Edward nervous, if you didn't come to the Middle Ages, you didn't know the power of the church, and you wouldn't know how much money those fat-headed monks had in their pockets.

In England, for example, before the Reformation, the annual output of the Church's estates and estates reached 400,000 pounds, while the total annual income of the Tudor royal family was only 100,000 pounds. The two million pounds that Henry VII left to Henry VIII after decades of frugality was only the total income of the church for five years, not including the income from tithes, indulgences, etc.

After Henry VIII's Reformation, he made an annual profit of 400,000 pounds, which supported Henry VIII's continuous use of troops and expeditions to France.

Sir John's heart was a little hairy, and he slowly retreated, and Edward watched his somewhat fat body gradually depart, and his eyes became deeper and deeper.

In fact, as the Minister of Royal Affairs, there are countless nobles who speak ill of him in Edward's ear every month, and Edward does not believe that he is so clean, and few nobles in the world are clean.

After a while, Edward came back to his senses, and Sir John was still very good at the moment.

"Brother Edward, are we going back to London?" Just when Edward was a little distracted, a pleasant voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

A doting smile appeared on Edward's face for a moment, and he turned away.

A big dark blue eye, with a handful of his long crimson hair in his mouth, wearing a long white dress with pink lace edges, and a cute little Lori looked at Edward with wide eyes, leaned up on her neck, and asked cutely.

"Of course! Didn't Mary want to go back? Edward touched Lori's long fluffy hair and bent down to ask. Recently, the servants of the castle have been packing up their things, and little Lori has already guessed it.

"I want to go back too! Without me to feed her, Lilith's little belly would have been grunting with hunger! Little Lori seemed to think of the little red horse she raised, puffing out her pink cheeks, like two small buns, and said with some annoyance.

"If only you were to feed it! The little red horse has long been starving to death! Edward thought unscrupulously.

"But what if I go back to London, what will my mother do! I don't want to leave Mom! Little Lori fell into a dead loop for a while, her eyes were a little red, it seems that this is a difficult choice for her!

Seeing that little Lori was crying a little, Edward hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, Mary, mom can go back to London together!" ”

"You can persuade your mother to go to London with you, I think Mary is so cute, my mother must accompany Mary to London!"

"Yes! I'm going to persuade my mother to go to London with me!! Little Lori showed a small face, clenched the small fist in her hand, and said firmly.

Looking at the little Lori who was running away again, the corners of Edward's mouth curled slightly.