Chapter 433: Beacon Fire
On Christmas Day, December 25, 1045, the Norman king 'illegitimate son' William was officially crowned King of England, called William I, and inaugurated the Norman dynasty of England.
However, the fact that a non-member of the Wessex royal family became king caused discontent among his subjects, especially since the new king was a foreigner, a 'child born out of wedlock' and a 'mongrel' whom they despised, and they felt insulted.
Especially at the time of William's coronation, a long comet appeared in the sky, which was widely regarded by disgruntled subjects as a sign of the impending bad luck of the blasphemous nouveau riche.
The subjects of the Kingdom of England, nobles and commoners, were unanimous in their opinion: "A French bastard who landed with a band of armed bandits and set himself up king of England against the will of the local people, we can say unceremoniously that this man is of despicable origin." ”
"He was nothing more than the leader of a gang of unscrupulous men, whose cruelty or notoriously insidious methods earned him the title of the leader of the bandits.
As his power increased and the scope of his plunder, he intimidated the unarmed and good people, forcing them to often contribute their possessions in exchange for their safety. ”
Perhaps in their eyes, Harold, who was tragically killed at the Battle of Hastings, the heir to the evil Earl Godwin, was also more worthy of respect than their new king's 'illegitimate son' William.
In the final melee of the Battle of Hastings, Harold was killed by an arrow, Godwin's flag was trampled on, and the British army finally collapsed. Cunning, bravery and luck allowed William to win the roulette wheel that would decide his and England's fate this time, while the loser Harold . Godwinson and his Praetorian Guards were celebrated for their bravery, and his name became a symbol of Britain's indomitable spirit.
Everyone had this in mind, they thought that William and the Normans had stolen England only for a moment, that they would eventually return to France, that they would eventually be defeated, and that they would still be the masters of England.
At first, the English were frightened by William's strength and the strength of the Normans, but even more frightened was William himself, who was the king of England.
As the conqueror himself, there are still large areas of land that have not been conquered at this time, and the previous two wars have only eliminated the great noble dukes and counts on the surface, but the rebels still exist, and lurking in the shadows, which is even more difficult to detect.
Discontent, malice and resentment were building up in England, and it is said that on the occasion of William's coronation, the cheers made the Norman guards outside the church mistakenly believe that there had been a riot, and they set fire to the surrounding houses in a panic, which undoubtedly added fuel to the fire and intensified the anger of the English people against William and the Normans.
The invaders, who lived among the many rebels, were in a state of panic, after all, William's Norman conquerors were too few compared to the more than two million natives, and this did not include William.
William, of course, understood the feelings of the Normans in the Kingdom of England, who were in a situation where they were in a hostile state, and the fortified castles they built did not give them enough security, because the vast countryside outside the castles was full of English who were hostile to the Normans.
Rao is the Kingdom of England is in such a dangerous situation that William has to lead his army back to Normandy, because Normandy is the foundation of William and all Normans, their common home, and there is no room for mistakes.
It's New Year, and after the victory of the Normans, who have been fighting for many years, they also miss the scenery of their homeland, and they are eager to reunite with their families who remain in Normandy, hoping to share the glory, wealth and spoils of their harvest with the people of their homeland.
William promised to immediately lead his army back to Normandy.
William also missed Normandy a little in his heart, and at the same time, the upheaval in France also attracted his attention, and his return to Normandy made it easier for him to intervene in this upheaval in France.
After the coronation, William returned to Normandy and handed England over to his uncle, Adolf, Prime Minister of the Norman kingdom. Morality. Normandy administration.
Prime Minister Adolf was not only a member of the Norman family, one of William's most trusted people, but also one of the only nine dukes in the Norman kingdom, and was known as a prestige among the Normans, and was the best person to help William rule the Normans who remained in the Kingdom of England.
However, Prime Minister Adolph did not have William's great deterrent power to England, and his presence could not deter those who had bad intentions in England.
And with the return of the main Norman forces and most of the nobility to Normandy, the Normans' deterrence against the English was greatly reduced, and the rebels, who had previously been lurking underwater, began to operate in name only.
The nobles of the Seins all over England were unwilling to accept the rule of this foreign monarch, and riots broke out one after another, and began to grow stronger.
What began as a rebellion against the Norman rulers by English fishermen in Somerset turned into a widespread anti-tax campaign throughout Somerset, where they began to use force against the Normans.
"Drive out the invaders and take home to the garden." They shouted slogans and raised flags, using this justification to package their rebellion as a just war, attracting the vast majority of disgruntled Normans in England to join them.
Somerset Army, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, ......
Even Wissexshire, William's stronghold, has broken out in a massive rebellion, and the situation has become unstoppable.
As a last resort, Ladolph. Morality. Normandy had to hurriedly report the situation of the Kingdom of England to William, asking William to return to England and, at worst, send reinforcements to help him quell the rebellion.
By the time Prime Minister Rudolph's emissaries arrived at the Rouen court, William was studying how to intervene in the civil war in the Kingdom of France to reap the benefits.
By this time, the Kingdom of France had become a pot of porridge, and Henry I, after the most difficult time, drew the Duke of Flanders into his camp, barely reaching an even balance with the camp of Robert of Burgundy and Thibaud, Duke of Champagne.
The war between Henry I and the Duke of Burgundy had reached its most critical moment, and even William's return to Normandy with his army did not stop it, and they were all courting each other, the Duke of Aquitaine and the Duke of Toulouse, to add the most important weight to themselves.
Now was the perfect time to intervene in the French Civil War and encroach on French territory, but Ladolph's plea for help and a massive rebellion in the Kingdom of England forced William to put his mind back on attacking France and refocus his attention on England.
William had only just put on the crown of England, and he could not let those rebels remove him from the throne, otherwise he and the Normandy family would become the object of ridicule of the European aristocracy, which William would never tolerate.
On 3 February 1046, William returned to England with Duke Hubert's First Army, while Rodrigo's Second Army and Andrew's Third Army were left in Normandy by William to repair and take on the responsibility of guarding the Normandy territory.