As the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the United Kingdom, Kurthorn obviously could not find an excuse to stay on the European continent and watch the wind in Britain like his two deputies.

But even if he arrived in London, King Charles I of England would not have time to communicate with him at this time. The Crown's dispute with his subjects in Scotland in 1637 was becoming a growing civil war, not between England and Scotland, but between the English Crown and the Scottish people.

Although the cause of this civil war began with religious disputes, the real cause was British federalism. It's like the King of Spain who brought the Portuguese crown and still failed to make Portugal part of Spain. King Charles I, who wore two crowns, was also unable to rule Scotland in London, which had an independent administration.

Following a series of reforms that had been carried down during the reign of Henry VIII in favour of capital and the secular aristocracy, the Scottish aristocracy was trying to gain the power of self-government in Scotland and completely secularize the estates of the Church of Scotland. The actions of the Scottish aristocracy were clearly not tolerated by Charles I, who believed in the divine authority of kings.

But without the help of the British Parliament, the British monarchy was helpless against the growing ranks of the rebels. Charles I had to reopen Parliament after 11 years of shutting down, but the parliamentarians, who had been unable to communicate with the king for a long time, regarded the reopening of Parliament as a place to vent their anger, completely ignoring Charles I's attempt to persuade Parliament to agree to a tax to support the war against the rebels, and instead put forward many conditions to Charles I in an attempt to restrain the monarch's power.

The two sides were completely at odds with each other, and Charles I had to close Parliament a few weeks later in an unusual way of raising money: extending the collection of the "shipbuilding tax" that had been used in Tudor times from the coast to the inland cities to maintain the needs of the navy; Illegal collection of customs duties (tonnage and pound taxes) imposing various unpopular medieval taxes, such as fines on squires who refused to accept knighthoods.

Charles I's abandonment of the English aristocracy's way of deciding on their own national policy naturally led him to the opposite of the English aristocracy. Especially in England, where capitalist industry and commerce were gradually becoming stronger, the king's bypassing parliamentary taxation was naturally resisted by the new gentry, merchants, and lawyers. These people had great influence among the people, and under their vilification, Charles I was becoming a low-character, female-lewd embryo.

Of course, in the eyes of Kurt, who has personally come into contact with the British king, the character of the British king is actually not so inferior. In his opinion, Charles I remained silent most of the time, and he really did not have the demeanor of a playboy in the mouth of those nobles. And Charles I's handling of domestic government affairs is also decent, and there are no obvious loopholes.

However, Kurtze also realized that the English king's personality was too arrogant, and because of his excessive belief in his own talents, he was not very willing to communicate with his courtiers, so that the policies he made did not carry out as he envisioned, but could be countered by his stupid courtiers.

Charles I's lack of military experience also made him often unrealistic in formulating battle plans to quell the Scottish rebellion. Compared with the well-trained navy of Britain at this time, the newly recruited army in Britain not only lacked training and corruption, but also lacked military literacy among the officers appointed by the aristocracy, and most of the British nobles with military literacy were now fighting the Spaniards in the Netherlands.

More worryingly, however, Charles I knew nothing about this, and was still planning on the map with great interest where his army should enter Scotland. In fact, some of the armies he planned never set out, and some of them were not even drafted until the outbreak of war.

Therefore, although Curr did not know much about the war, he also had a pessimistic view of the war against Scotland organized by the English crown in 1639. However, the war-torn King of England gave Kurtang more time to learn about England, or the city of London, the representative city of England.

Kurthorn was not the first Ming envoy to visit England, and with the business needs of the Four Seas Trading Company and the Central Bank in London, he no longer needed to find a place to live when he arrived in London, but directly owned his own ambassador's residence.

Coursen's official residence is located in the Farrington district, not far from the Westminster Palace district, which is also the living area of most British aristocrats in London. The tree-lined banks of the River Fleet, the clear water of the stream, and the aristocratic manors dotted with forests and lawns, are in stark contrast to the dirty, chaotic and poor nature of the city of London.

After seeing the docks and markets of the City of London, Kurthorn thought that he might not live to see the sights of his hometown. He had never seen such a chaotic and dirty city since he was born, nor had he ever seen such a city dweller with such a lack of public morality.

Rather than calling London a city, Kurtan thinks it's better to call it a big garbage dump. The British do not eat animal entrails, and Kurtan feels that this is a foreigner's way of life, and there is nothing to blame, but it is somewhat unbearable for the butchers to openly dump the entrails of animals in the streets, and the inhabitants to pour their feces into the streets, while the citizens of London can walk on them as if nothing happened.

Looking at the dark streets and mud mires of London's streets, you never know how much animal entrail and human feces are buried under your feet. Almost instantly, Cour understood why the English aristocracy put another pair of high-heeled clogs on their leather shoes, and why they liked to wear stockings on their lower bodies.

However, when he saw his official residence in Farringdon, he finally found the faith to live, and the English king's construction of the palace outside the city walls no longer aroused his curiosity. Compared to being killed by the foul air of the city of London, being hacked to death by the enemy's sword is obviously a good death. And according to the probability, the probability of death of the latter is obviously much lower, Kurtang thought so with no malice in his heart.

Of course, as one of the few political elites among the Manchus, Kurtan did not focus entirely on the hygiene practices of the city of London, thereby belittling the great city. Yes, even if the city of London looks like a foul-smelling garbage heap, it can't hide the greatness of the city.

The reason why Kurtan uses the word "greatness" to describe the city is because he sees extraordinary vitality in the city's inhabitants. The exuberance of the citizens of London is hardly seen in the citizens of Beijing and Tianjin, and the inhabitants of Shenyang and other cities of Daming are even worse.

With nearly 100,000 people engaged in manufacturing, dozens or hundreds of merchant ships passing through London docks every day, and London's developed industrial and commercial economy has led to a large number of hotels, hotels, taverns and new teahouses. Here, people can freely exchange business information and talk about politics and local anecdotes without fear of government interference.

The citizens of London were chasing wealth, but they also made no secret of their concern for the politics of the kingdom. They did not care how dirty the streets were beyond their doors, but they evaluated every policy implemented by the king with careful wording, made no secret of their opinions and opinions, and were willing to exchange their views and opinions with strangers.

This sense of trust in strangers, and the expression of free will in politics, is increasingly transforming Britain from the England of the British Crown to the Britain of the British. And this is rare in the East, although Kurtang can feel that Chongzhen may be trying to push the Ming in this direction, but the officials and people of the Ming Dynasty do not seem to be able to understand the emperor's intentions.

It wasn't until he saw the citizens of London that he realized that if the people of the Ming Dynasty were like these citizens of London, and they would defend the country as their homeland, then no foreign nation in this world would be able to conquer a country with such a people.

This is what makes London great, a city that belongs to the townspeople, not the king. At the same time, he realized that if King Charles I wanted to defeat the rebellion of the English nobility and the Scots, he should first win the support of the citizens of London.

With a population of nearly 400,000, the city of London controls more than 40% of the UK's social wealth. Whoever masters London masters England; Whoever masters England also masters England.

But apparently the King of England was not aware of this, and he was dismissive of the proximity of the populace, and haggled with a group of noble English squires who tried to cut their flesh and heal their sores.

Although Kurthorn was conscious, he also knew that his relationship with the British king was not enough for him to make such a suggestion to the British king. And he couldn't come up with a way to mobilize the great power of the people, and perhaps only His Majesty the Emperor, who was far away in the East, would be able to manipulate the people's hearts and minds for his own use.

However, when he became conscious, he didn't want to get too involved in the civil war of the British, but he really wanted to take this opportunity to see how this country, which was different from the East in terms of civilization, treated the war.

In fact, it was not only Curr who was obsessed with the war between the English king and the Scots, but also the English nobles. However, unlike the Kurt's neutral attitude, most of the English nobility expected the war to end in the defeat of the king.

It was only with the defeat of the king that Charles I would need their help to reconvene Parliament and restore calm to the now chaotic political situation in England. At this time, the English aristocracy, although disgusted with the way Charles I governed, most still believed that although the king's way of governing was terrible, the overthrow of the king would only bring more chaos to England. Therefore, they hoped that the king would back down after the setback and return to the old track of governing the country together with the royal power and the parliament.

And while Chur was entangled in England and observed everything in the country, Song Xiance finally had an intimate and in-depth meeting with the French Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu in Paris.