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Talking about Kate's uprising, I have to talk about one of them. Sir Flordu and Robert. Kate, these two men are the most important characters in this uprising, nay, rebellion.

How to say it! One is the fuse of this matter, and the other is the leader of this matter.

Their relationship was similar to that of Charles I and Lord Protector Cromwell.

The cause of the incident is also related to Henry VIII, and even involves some royal history.

King Henry II of England appointed Thomas. Beckett was the Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he was appointed by the Pope at the time, but he did not refuse Henry II's appointment to him.

However, after becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury, the largest bishop in England, he often opposed Henry II, and the original use of him to achieve the purpose of expanding the royal power failed.

However, Pope Alexander III recognized his performance, considered him a true believer, and canonized him as a saint, who was also called: St. Thomas. Becket, there are special holidays in the calendar to celebrate.

We, Henry VIII, after the Reformation, saw a saint who was very unpleasant, and he was disgusted by this saint who restrained the royal power.

And our Majesty Henry VIII cannot dispense him with the title of saint, only from the calendar.

This year, however, the residents of the town of Wydham still commemorate it every year.

And at this time, John. Flordu came to his scene, and the celebratory residents rushed to his house, tearing down his hedges and fences, and humiliating him.

And this has something to do with Henry VIII, John. Flordu acted as a government watchdog and demolished Wyndham Abbey.

And more importantly, as a lawyer, on the way to become a squire, he wantonly enclosed land in his hometown, and his reputation in the township was very bad.

And we all know that in this period of England, reputation is very important, even if you have a lot of wealth, if you are not famous, then you are very unlikely to be in the government.

And so many enclosures, but the goal is unanimously turned to the discredited John. Sir Flordu, he deserves it!

And John. After the fence was destroyed by the villagers, Sir Flordu was verbally insulted and humiliated by the people, and his reputation was ruined in the countryside.

Why do so many enclosures only scold me, and don't the others also enclose me? I've only gone too far, Sir John thought indignantly.

And at this time, the inferior nature of our human beings came, and he didn't dare to blame those villagers, after all, there were so many people.

Instead, prepare to make your own nemesis, Robert. Kate gets a taste of humiliation.

And Robert. Kate is also a very influential farmer in the neighborhood, after all, she has little influence and cannot lead this uprising and command tens of thousands of people.

As a well-known large farmer, Robert. Of course, Kate's family has a lot of land, otherwise it would not be famous for its wealth.

In response to this, Sir John bribed the rioters who had humiliated themselves forty pence each, and let them go to Robert. Kate went to the house, and he stayed at home, waiting for the good news that excited him.

However, the news he was waiting for made his jaw drop.

Robert. Kate, like him, is also a knight, so to speak, the status is the same as that of a knight, and belongs to the same gentleman class, but at the bottom.

But this is also much higher than the status of book-holding farmers (yeoman farmers) and rent-bearing farmers (tenants).

Kate, who is fifty-seven, is kind to those who demolish her fence, discussing them sentence by sentence and listening carefully to their complaints.

When he learned that they had demolished the fence of his house because of the enclosure, he resolutely agreed with the villagers' move, and strongly supported it, calling for more people to participate.

And, under his leadership, the peasant masses tore down all the landlords' fences in Wyndham.

Subsequently, the huge contingent attracted more and more landless peasants and tenants, and then a large number of unemployed workers and bankrupt craftsmen in Norwich quickly expanded to more than 20,000 people.

The rebels drew up a 29-point program at the bush camp on Mount Maushod near Norwich and sent it to the king, Edward, in the possession of the "Love Letter".

As an uprising team, of course, it must have its own program, such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's 'equal land rights', etc., to have appeal and encourage more people to join.

"Tear down the fences, fill in the ditches, and give everyone the opportunity to use the pastures of the commune, hoping for freedom, equality and equal use of all goods." ”

The rules demanded: "No one shall enclose land in the future", and "no lord of the manor shall be free to purchase land"; Peasants "have a share in the proceeds of the estate's commons and have the right to use them"; "All peasants should be free"; "Henceforth, no tithes shall be levied on the inhabitants", and restrictions on the amount of money rent, etc.

According to the words of the Chinese textbooks of later generations, this is an incomplete and relatively moderate program, which does not put forward the demand for abolishing the feudal land ownership system and abolishing the peasants' dependence on the land, but only reflects the interests of the petty aristocracy and the rich peasants, and obviously cannot meet the demands of the vast number of poor peasants and the urban poor.

It reflected the weakness and compromise of the peasant class, so its defeat was doomed.

Of course, having said that, but Edward still needs to face it seriously, history is history, who knows what will become of him, maybe this time it is an uprising, after a while there will be ambitions, it will become a rebellion?

Moreover, France has always been eyeing England, and it will not give up such a good opportunity, and he will not give it up if it were him.

Fifty-seven-year-old Robert Brown. Kate, in this era, is already considered to be in his old age, and he does not hesitate to carry out the uprising, there is no doubt that he is an idealist.

An old man who is dying of life, abandons his wealthy family and leads his family into an abyss.

Edward admired this kind of idealist, but often, this kind of idealist died the fastest.

And Robert sat in the conference room, with no worry on his face, but because he achieved his goal and occupied Norwich, even with silver sideburns, he was still radiant and full of life.

Seeing the leader like this, the panicked hearts of other high-level officials who were worried about the government's crackdown slowly calmed down.

"Don't worry, my sir, I think that His Majesty the King will agree to the program, he is so merciful, and as God's agent on earth, mercy is innate!"

As she spoke, Robert said confidently, confident that the king would grant their request.

"Besides, we have so many people who have occupied Norwich, His Majesty will definitely negotiate with us!"