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"Alright, it's a lot quieter in the room now, it's just the right time for us to talk!"

Edward took a deep breath and said as he looked at the many nobles with a relaxed expression, as if the air in the room was much fresher.

Casually pressed down, and the guards also put down the long sword in their hands with understanding, creating a relaxed environment.

Edward's movements were still effective, and the expressions of many nobles relaxed a lot, and the atmosphere began to calm down.

Someone said, why negotiate with these nobles, capture them, Scotland will not be in hand?

In fact, this view is wrong, Scotland equals the nobility, and these nobles are not equal to Scotland.

In other words, Scotland is ruled by these nobles, but it's useless for you to capture them, and if they don't willingly do things for you, you won't get Scotland.

Unlike England, the social structure of Scotland is about the same as those of continental Europe.

They prevailed in the joint rule of the nobility and the king, and even more exaggerated in Scotland, because the kings of several generations were young and the power of the country was usurped by the nobles, and the king's power was minimal.

Moreover, although Edward captured these nobles in Edinburgh, their roots were in the local castles and manors, and if you killed them, their sons or brothers would directly inherit the title, and then the Scotland riots broke out.

So be sure to negotiate to get them to do things for you and achieve their goals, after all, they don't want to die either.

After waiting for a while, the nobles were talking, and then four people in the distance negotiated with Edward, and the others were spectators from the audience.

As expected, they are all the contemporary leaders of the four major families. Bishop Beaton, Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyll V, and Adolf, Earl of Lannox. Lennox, plus Earl of Allen, James. Hamilton.

All four of them were Earl families who had been in power in Scotland for generations, and one of the more special things is that the current patriarch of the Beaton family was a monk, and he was also the largest Catholic bishop in Scotland.

Edward couldn't help but look at the bishop and nodded kindly at him, and Bishop Biton smiled kindly.

According to Edward's intelligence, the Beaton family's fiefdom was on the border between England and Scotland, and they had always been nobles on the side of England.

And, more importantly, Bishop Beaton, the contemporary head of the family, is a monk who yearns for Protestantism.

And now, why has England's international status changed from the former wild island country to an international power, only a little worse than France.

Isn't it because England is now a Protestant lighthouse nation! At the beginning of Protestantism, England was the first to respond, and Henry VIII set off the Reformation, which made England famous and its status skyrocketed.

Although Henry VIII sold dog meat on the head of a sheep, it did not prevent England from being the country of Protestantism and the beacon of Protestantism.

In view of this, Edward set the first clause of the negotiations as the Reformation.

"Sir, I can say that I now control most of Scotland's territory, so for the sake of your freedom, for the sake of Scotland's future, we still need to negotiate!"

Although Edward's words were a little unpleasant, the four nobles nodded in agreement.

"It is well known that the tyrants located in Rome, united with a group of greedy people, exploited the Lamb of the Lord in the name of God!"

"And in order to oppose this behavior, we in England followed God's instructions to rebel against the tyrant in Rome and his followers, and England re-established faith in God, and all English people became truly lambs of the Lord!"

"And as soon as I came to Scotland, I couldn't bear to let the Scots continue to be exploited, so I proposed that Scotland rebuild faith in God after the English model!"

Edward said, with a look of righteous indignation on his face, as if everything was for the people of Scotland.

"This is not good! The Scots are accustomed to the existence of the Church, and I am afraid that they are not very comfortable with rash action! ”

As soon as Edward's words fell, everyone else had thoughtful expressions, while the aged Earl of Arlen weakly objected.

"Your Excellency, in order to no longer endure the exploitation of the Church, in order to make the Scots the Lambs of the Lord again, I think the Scots will agree!"

Edward was not surprised by the opposition, and the centuries-old church was not in vain.

However, Edward was not in the least worried about the opposition of the nobles, and the proposal would have been agreed to in the end.

First, the Reformation in England profoundly affected Scotland, and it was too close to do so.

Second, the Roman Church was indeed a bastard, and the nobility and commoners were indeed dissatisfied with it.

Third, in history to 1560, a John. Knox overthrew Catholicism directly, established the Scottish Presbyterian Church, and established it as the state religion.

It can be seen that ten years later, a commoner can overthrow Catholicism, and now Edward does not believe that he cannot overthrow Catholicism.

Edward thought to himself, and the nobles on the other side chattered, and finally it was Bishop Beaton who announced the result.

"Your Majesty, we agree with your proposed decision to reform the Church!"

Bishop Biton looked around and spoke aloud.

"Since you have agreed, then I will explain that I want half of the church's teaching property!"

Edward was satisfied, and immediately put forward his own conditions.

As soon as he finished saying this, everyone was in a mess and there was a lot of discussion.

"Your Majesty, you are so greedy!" "Your Majesty, you are asking too much!" ……

The nobles expressed their displeasure with Lion Edward's opening of his mouth, accusing him of being too greedy.

Edward immediately argued with reason, and reached a consensus on the idea that the nobles had seven tiers of property, and they got three tiers of property, and the distribution of benefits was reached.

Next, Edward also reached a consensus with the nobles about the right to appoint bishops of the region, and out of compensation, the nobles allowed Edward to appoint and dismiss half of the bishops of the region.

Next, thanks to the nourishment of the fat of the church, the following negotiations have been friendly and harmonious.

As a result, the nobles recognized the Greenwich Treaty, approved the marriage of Queen Mary to Edward, and agreed to the United Kingdom of Scotland and England, and honored Edward as King of Scotland and Mary as Queen. It also recognizes the uniqueness of the succession to the throne of Edward and Mary's descendants. (This nobleman promised to be very easy, nominal things, and Queen Mary was also in Edward's hands, it was difficult to change)

The trade-off was that Edward recognized the territorial ownership of the nobles in the Low Countries, which could not be changed.

After much quarrel and threats with the nobles, Edward finally reached an agreement to abolish the Scottish Parliament and merge it into the English Parliament, where the members would have seats.

However, Edward's rhetoric was also abolished, and in the end forty-six seats in the upper house and fifty-seven in the lower house, which were exactly a quarter of the number of seats in the new parliament.

The nobles demanded that Edward and Mary not personally manage the affairs of Scotland, but in return, the appointment of the Privy Council Ministers was appointed by Edward and Mary, but only by Scots.

Edward also stipulated that Scotland was not allowed to have a standing army, and in order to protect the security of Scotland, Edward gave 2,000 troops to Edinburgh in a large package, and the military expenses did not have to be paid by the Scots, so that the nobles agreed.

Edward also demanded that on May 15 of each year, Scotland must send one year's tax into London, the royal treasury of Edward and Mary. The rest are bits and pieces, such as the Scottish royal domain, the trade between England and Scotland, and the debts of the original Scottish royal family and other nobles......

And as the price of everything, it was also to appease the Scottish nobility, and it can also be said to be a bribe for the Scottish nobility to betray the country, Edward decided to waive half of the ransom for the nobles, and stipulated that the remaining half of the ransom could be paid with land, which made the nobles happy.

Scotland is vast and sparsely populated, and there is nothing else, but there is a lot of land.

So Edward finally concluded that he not only won a crown by coming to Scotland, but also partially controlled Scotland, freeing him from future troubles. Of course, I also got a lot of money.

As for why Edward didn't directly control Scotland and give up so much power, he had his own plans.

Because he was waiting for the next opportunity, Edward did not believe that the Reformation was so smooth that there was no rebellion.