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Listening to Count Lennox's words, the nobles nodded their heads one after another, expressing their approval from the bottom of their hearts.

The ambitions of the monarchs of England for Scotland were simply the sun in the sky, hanging brightly and never concealing it.

For this reason, the Scots allied themselves with the French precisely to counter the ambitions of the English.

However, this could not stop the ambitions of England, and in previous years, Scotland had finally nominally honored Edward VI as co-monarch with Queen Mary, and Scotland and England became the United Kingdom.

And all this, still not to Edward's satisfaction.

After all, he was only a nominal monarch, and the executive and judicial powers of Scotland, as well as the military powers, and half of the legislative powers, were not in his hands.

Every year, he can only enjoy some taxes, and in the case of Scottish poverty, at most tens of thousands of pounds, this king is not interesting.

So, with an army of 10,000 this time, he is ready to take Scotland into his arms once and for all.

"Then we can only unite with the Church, otherwise it will be difficult to resist the English!"

Earl Aaron, who was sitting on the throne, frowned lightly when he heard this, and said in a loud voice.

"No, absolutely not!" David, who has been silently a listener. Beaton, also known as the Archbishop of Scotland, David. His Excellency Beaton, when he heard that he was going to negotiate peace, immediately shouted excitedly like a fox that had been stepped on by its tail.

"The hypocrites must not be forgiven, even if Scotland is annexed by the English, and peace cannot be made with the hypocrites!"

As a staunch Protestant among the aristocracy, David. Beaton would never pass up this good opportunity to suppress Catholics, even at the expense of Scotland.

There are reasons for this, in addition to the dissatisfaction with the Church of Rome and the devouring of the property of the Church of Scotland. Beaton was dissatisfied that he had not been able to marry a wife and had no children.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he has no children, he already has several illegitimate daughters, but if he doesn't have the descendants of his wife, he is not considered to have an heir.

Finally, the eldest brother died and became the patriarch himself, but he had no heirs.

In this way, the title of earl will pass into the hands of the collateral lineage, which is difficult to accept.

So, sweep away Catholicism and embrace Protestantism, this is David. The most important thing about Beaton.

"Yes, absolutely not, I agree with Archbishop Beaton's proposal!"

Count Lennox on the side also echoed loudly, very resolutely.

Then, most of the nobles spoke out against the proposal.

When Earl Argyle heard this, he gave him a strange look, and then he reacted in his heart.

"After the peace is negotiated, we can't continue to embezzle the church's property, and the deficit has not been made up, so how can it be stopped!"

At this thought, Count Argyll immediately abandoned the idea of peace, and his deficit had not yet been fully compensated.

At this moment, a guard walked in, got down on one knee, and said in a loud voice:

"My lord, the English have sent messengers to ask for an audience!"

At this time, the voices of the argument immediately stopped, and they all looked out the door.

"Let him in! Listen to what the young Majesty has to say? ”

Count Argyle glanced at Bishop Beaton and Count Lennox, and when he got his approval, he immediately commanded:

"Let him in!"

After a while, I saw a middle-aged man who was well-dressed walked in.

"Good day, ladies and gentlemen!"

"Your Excellency, I don't know what His Majesty the King has commanded!"

Count Argyle stood up and bowed slightly to him, returning the salute in a very aristocratic manner.

"Huh! My Majesty, my Majesty is a hundred miles away, and he has entrusted me with a message for you! ”

The envoy looked around, glanced at the dense aristocrats in the tent, and said with a smile.

"Oh? It's my pleasure, please sit down and speak! ”

Count Argyle hurriedly welcomed him in and said with a kind face.

The messenger also smiled when he heard this, sat down obediently, and then continued:

"Ladies and gentlemen, His Majesty the King has asked me to tell you that it is time to choose again!"

His Excellency's voice fell, and the whole tent was silent for a moment, and only the sound of the wind could be heard.

It's another choice.

The nobles still remember that the last choice was in Edinburgh, when the nobles collectively sold the Stuart royal family for their lives and property, and even established it in the form of legislation.

And this time, another choice came.

It is a question of whether to unite with the Church, or with one's own titular monarch.

But is this really the problem? The aristocrats said it was simple.

In this way, in front of the envoys, the nobles discussed it sentence by sentence.

Half an hour later, the nobles finally made their choice.

"Your Excellency, we are willing to follow the advice of His Majesty the King and work together to exterminate those hypocrites!"

Representing the opinion of the nobles, Count Argyle stood up and said with a smile.

"Very well, Your Excellency, and your Excellency, this is the wisest choice!"

The messenger laughed heartily and shook his hand.

The specific conditions were not discussed by the two of them, and they knew that they would need to wait until His Majesty the King met with them, and then they would talk slowly.

As for why Edward chose to unite the nobles against the ecclesiastical forces, this is almost obvious.

First of all, he only has 10,000 troops, and if he wants to annihilate the nobility and the church in one fell swoop, it is wishful thinking and impossible!

Moreover, if you do the council, you will get more benefits, which is much better than if you are doing the nobles who are currently shriveled up.

Therefore, Edward chose to unite with the nobles at the first time, and the nobles did not hesitate to agree.

It's a smart choice.

Two days later, the nobles' army of more than 10,000 and Edward's army of 10,000 began to make peace, and the Marquess of Wellington, stationed in Edinburgh, also came with 2,000 troops.

Viscount Dio and Viscount Smith each led hundreds of private armies to make peace.

All of a sudden, Edward was not much different from the army of the Scottish nobility.

Moreover, most of Edward's army was mercenaries and guards, so to speak, it could basically completely crush the aristocratic army.

As a nobleman, especially a king, and to some extent a civil war, it is natural to fight a war with a high-sounding reason.

Our Majesty the King, having united with the nobility, immediately raised the banner of exterminating hypocrites and traitors, and led the combined army towards the Church Army.

Hearing that the English and the Scottish nobles were united, the bishops of the church started scolding mode, and all kinds of curses poured out.

However, nature could not prevent the arrival of the decisive battle.