Chapter 311: No One Likes Restrained Thrones

The loyal minister Bernell gave the report to Edward I the long-legged who had his assistant translated into English, and explained it to him.

Long-legged Edward I pointed his finger on his forehead and thought for a long time...... Suddenly, he said something else.

"My Bernell...... Do you know? The farmer, who was a slave, went so far as to promulgate the Magna Carta of Scotland...... I just got the news......"

The loyal minister Burnell was stunned and speechless...... What he was going to say next, the pseudo-Scottish kingdom actually did it in advance!

Oh my God......

Edward I the long-legged said in a low voice, "...... It is said that he learned from the Great Shang Federation Empire, and the basic content is almost the same...... I've had people buy a copy and should be able to get it soon......"

The loyal minister Burnell smiled bitterly and said, "...... He wants to use this method to appease the nobles in the country? ”

Edward I the long-legged nodded silently, and then said:

"He is said to have convened a general assembly of about five hundred people, including the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, and representatives of the counties and boroughs, as well as some eminent knights, merchants, and peasants...... Scottish Magna Carta was proclaimed on the spot......"

The loyal minister Burnell's mouth was full of bitterness, and he said, "...... What is the main content of Magna Carta? ”

"Is it strange? He even said that the king is under the law! ”

Bernell, the loyal retainer, shouted:

"He was nothing more than a peasant who stole the throne by an unexpected victory in World War I!

In order to appease the nobles...... To say such a thing!! ”

Long-legged Edward I shrugged his shoulders and agreed with him.

In fact, the Kingdom of England also had Magna Carta.

It was signed at the hands of King John of England, the grandfather of Edward I the long-legged, but it was only a symbolic compromise at the time.

John was the fifth son of Henry II, and because his father had given all of England's possessions in France to John's brothers, John had no land to be sealed, so he was called the "Landless King".

He once tried to seize the throne while Richard I was imprisoned in the Holy Roman Empire, but was defeated...... Richard later forgave him and appointed him as his heir, thus stripping John's eldest brother, Arthur, the son of Geoffrey, of his rights.

Arthur's claim to succession was supported by King Philip II of France, which led to a series of wars.

In the years of foreign wars that followed, he lost all the territories of the Kingdom of England on the European continent except for the Duchy of Aquitaine.

In order to sustain the war, King John also stepped up his exploitation of the burghers and nobles, increasing the inheritance tax of the nobles by a factor of 100, the exemption tax on military service by a factor of 16, and at the same time the prices of cattle, sheep, and wheat also increased exponentially.

But King John thinks that the kingship is heavenly, and he is a holy king who can only produce one in a thousand years, so he is becoming more and more unscrupulous!

Those who dared to criticize him, even the nobles or intellectuals who talked about him, he was thrown into prison in the name of "arguing about the king".

He has been running on the road to death...... Some aristocrats or intellectuals who pat him on the back are still singing and praising him......

So much so that he constantly introduced new taxes and increased taxes, thus breaking the unwritten but long-standing custom between the nobility and the king, that the king, instead of fulfilling his obligations, demanded more power than was customary!

By the spring of 1215, the angry nobles had rallied against King John...... He continued to play his style of repeated defeats, and eventually had to sign an alliance with the nobles.

Faced with a dead end, King John had to agree to negotiate with 25 representatives of the nobility on a meadow by the London River.

It was a difficult negotiation, in which the representatives of the nobility engaged in four days of confrontation and compromise with the king, and finally they signed the Magna Carta of Freedom, a declaration of a peaceful armistice.

However, this was only a means for King John to maintain a huge military expenditure and to collude with the Council of Nobles.

This was proved by the fact...... Later his refusal to enforce the Magna Carta hastened the arrival of the First War of the Princes, culminating in his death in Newark in 1217.

Perhaps King John of England would have thought before he died, that I would not be able to do it anymore, and that perhaps this abominable document of my grandchildren would be abolished...... No one likes a restrained kingship!

However, the puppet kingdom of Scotland also issued the Magna Carta, and it is said that the entire content was engraved on a broken stone...... He also said that there would be a chance to cast it on the iron pillar again in the future.

It was enough to make the king uncomfortable in the form of a document or a proclamation, and they even openly released it to the people of the whole of Scotland!

…… It is said that people in Scotland rejoiced regardless of whether they were rich or poor.

When the news reached the Kingdom of England, it naturally aroused the thoughts of some English nobles.

There's a reason why Bernell, a loyal minister, is upset...... It's not that he didn't want Edward I the long-legged to determine that charter...... It's just not the right time!

The kingdom's economic and military strength is so poor, if they don't immediately concentrate the power of the whole country and develop the economy quickly, what will they do to defeat the Scottish thugs!

There will be a war between England and Scotland, and it will be a battle to the death...... So, confirming that Magna Carta is anachronistic.

But......

Edward I the long-legged sighed and said:

"Ireland is in chaos...... We can barely hold it in the major cities now, and some of the villages are completely out of control......"

With that, he handed his loyal retainer Burnell a stack of urgent letters.

After the loyal minister Burnell looked at them one by one, his face turned a little pale, and the Irish region actually needed another legion to support!

Long ago, the Celts invaded Ireland from the middle of Europe, gradually forming a unified script and language, and establishing at least five small kingdoms, but they were never able to form a unified state.

This gave the Kingdom of England the opportunity to take control of Ireland more than a hundred years ago when King Henry II led his army into Ireland and paid a heavy price.

In the past 100 years, there have been sporadic rebellions...... This time the Anglo-Soviet defeat made them more active.

It's a good thing they haven't gotten that terrible Oriental-style weapon yet!

Edward I the long-legged said hatefully, "I have sent to warn those Oriental merchants if there are any more Oriental weapons in the Irand region...... I will confiscate the property of all Eastern merchants! ”

Bernell's eyes widened, what?!

However, Edward I the long-legged immediately pouted slyly and said, "Of course I will not issue this warning in my capacity as king...... There was no shortage of patriotic nobles and knights in the Kingdom of England, which made the voice of the people more effective. ”

Bernell, a loyal servant, shook his head, "That's not right, my king!"

He said: "We now have internal troubles and external troubles...... There should be no further provocation...... Judging from the map of the world, they could have the strength to come here from that far away...... And we can't even get to that Nankai area...... Their strength can be imagined. ”

The long-legged Edward I spread his hands, it's already like this, what else can I do?!

"They don't have to help the Irish directly, if they sell the Scots more Oriental weapons," said Bernell, "and we're in terrible condition!" ”

The long-legged Edward I had the curtain open on the wall, and an enlarged map of the world appeared.

"I asked the artist to zoom in on their map of the world," he says...... If everything is true, it is exactly the same as theirs. ”

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