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The splendid Delphi Palace makes every guest who comes here can't help but be amazed, sincerely envious of the wealth of the Matthew family, and can't help but feel some sour water in their hearts.

But if they were asked to build one, they could only shake their heads with a wry smile.

You know, in order to build this exquisite Delphi Palace, the Matthew family spent two generations, forty-four years, and also spent a huge figure of 50,000 pounds as an expense, and the average family does not have such an astonishing wealth.

So, although there were rumors circulating in the society that the Matthew family were all fools, Sir Matthew didn't care, he himself understood that this palace not only brought great honor to the Matthew family in Oxfordshire, but also brought huge indirect benefits.

We know that the advent of the Age of Discovery and the Reformation quietly changed the traditional moral standards of England.

People's thirst for wealth has reached the point of perversion, and even the evaluation of a family and individual is no longer his knowledge and cultivation, but his wealth.

So, since owning the famous Delphi Palace in Oxfordshire, the prestige of the Matthew family has skyrocketed, and in England, with prestige, everything is there.

With the help of prestige, the Matthew family had a seat on the Oxford Peace Council, and then, with the help of power, he joined other families to make a big move, and the Matthew family became one of the largest families in Oxfordshire, and its influence became more and more huge.

At this time, in the Delphi Palace, a group of high-ranking old men in the eyes of the common people were frowning at this time.

Contemporary Sir Matthew Parker. Matthew is only in his early thirties, with long wavy black hair, a high nose bridge, and deep eyes, revealing a refined temperament.

At the same time, sitting together was the patriarch of the other three major families, Began. Thomas, Chabos. Owen, as well as Brill. John.

Everyone sat together with serious expressions, but the atmosphere in the room was low and solemn.

"Tell me, what to do with this young man from London?"

Charles is no more than 20 years old. As a young man, Owen's dreary atmosphere made him a little aggrieved, and he couldn't help but ask.

Seeing this, the others also turned their eyes to Brill, who was in a pensive state. John, a balding old man in his fifties, had a well-groomed beard on his chin and a deep, calm look in his eyes, as if it were a small matter.

The John family was the most powerful of the four families present. John had always been known for his wisdom, which was why the eyes were turned to him instead of Sir Matthew, the owner of Delphi Palace.

Sir Matthew has no complaints about this, as a new family, it is still small compared to a big family like the John family that has been around for hundreds of years.

"Don't worry, at the moment, he is only moving under our noses, and they can't get any strong news under our monitoring all the time!"

Brill. John paused, glanced at the eager crowd, paused, and continued, "Besides, he has come mainly to pay for Falton. What does John, the chief judge, have to do with us? ”

Speaking of Felton. John, Brill said with a disdainful smile.

"My sir, that greedy fellow knows our situation very well, and I'm afraid he's—"

Bégan with curly blond hair on the side. Thomas looked at Brill with a nonchalant look and said directly, with a hint of blame in his tone.

"Huh!" As if he had heard some joke, Brill smiled lightly, shook his head, and asked directly, "Mr. Thomas, won't we go down first?" Do you want that greedy fool to be arrested? ”

"You mean?" Sir Matthew asked with a tone of surprise.

The faces of the others were about the same, full of surprise and bewilderment.

You know, if you kill a circuit judge, the consequences are much more serious, this is a direct challenge to the majesty of the king, so that everyone can not avoid it.

Seeing that there was still a hint of horror on their faces, Brill could only sigh in his heart, and continued to explain: "In this world, there are countless ways to die, for example, our Judge may accidentally fall down the stairs, which is really a regrettable thing! ”

As he spoke, Brill did not show a trace of regret on his face, but instead showed a smile, looking so happy and happy.

Hearing this explanation, the others smiled in return, and the atmosphere in the air suddenly became much happier.

For Felton. John, an insatiable guy, is really unbearable for everyone, he is cutting the fat of everyone's mouth again and again, this kind of thing involving interests, so that everyone's patience is exhausted.

This matter has to start with the enclosure.

The so-called enclosure refers to the aristocrats and gentlemen who turned the land that originally belonged to the public land, riding horses, and driving wooden stakes, into their private land.

Ancient England was in a primitive pattern, in the countryside, except for private land, all other land was publicly owned and belonged to all the villagers.

The enclosure movement was in which the nobles and gentlemen rode horses, drove down wooden stakes, and drove away the peasants who cultivated the public land, thus making the public land their own private.

Just like the land in our rural China, all the land belongs to the collective, and at this time, if some bullies make all this land their own private, this kind of behavior is not tolerated by the government, and it is also the same in the Tudor dynasty.

In the 150 years after 1488, the Tudor government issued at least eleven acts of Parliament and eight reports of inquiry to ease the enclosure movement.

However, the effect is not obvious,

In Oxfordshire, for example, at least 10,000 acres of land were occupied between 1547 and 1550.

In this regard, the Tudor royal family has set up an anti-enclosure committee, stipulating that some enclosure acts are illegal, and half of the income from the enclosure needs to be paid to the royal family.

As for the anti-enclosure committee, along with Thomas. Wolsey's loss of power was on the edge, and the circuit judge took on the task.

In this regard, the four major families joined forces to submit a letter to Felton. John exercised bribes, but Felton. John was insatiable, and demanded again and again, accumulating two thousand pounds, which was almost a tenth of the proceeds of the enclosure.

And a few days ago, he also asked the four major families for a hundred acres of fertile land, and it seemed that he also knew that he had gone too far, and threatened them.

How could the four great families be satisfied with him?