It must be said that the Church of Rome had little affection for the King of France and the King of England, the former had attacked and plundered Rome during the time of Philip IV, kidnapped the Holy Father and imprisoned him for a long time, and then went to Avignon, controlled the Church for nearly a hundred years, and then caused the comical scene of the Three Popes, and the latter, in the time of Henry VIII, carried out church reform, to put it bluntly, behind a series of acts of parliament led by the king, it was the king's disrespect and arrogance towards the church, although it is said that Henry VIII had to do it in order to ensure that he could have a legitimate and orthodox heir, but anyone with a little brain, knows that Henry VIII's move at that time was more of a rehash of the same old tune, that is, the war between the royal power and the clergy.

  In the Act of Supremacy of England, England no longer sends a large annuity to the Pope of the Church of Rome every year, and the King of England, that is, the Pope of the State Church, has the right to appoint ecclesiastical laws and regulations, appoint bishops, and obtain the highest judicial power, of course, the bishops and priests of the church and the dedication to the church are naturally transferred to the king, not only that, but the large assets and land owned by the churches and monasteries at that time were also naturally included in Henry VIII's own pockets, so when later generations of people talked about the king's affairs, behind these rose-colored smoke was a vulgar struggle for money and power。

  So this time the French king Louis heard that London also broke out after the Black Death, he was not surprised, since the church dared to do this to France, of course it could be done to England, which was almost completely free from their control, but he didn't know what Charles II would do, this young king was in a worse situation than Louis at the beginning, even if Louis was controlled by Bishop Mazaran when he was a child, but even if Bishop Mazaran did not give up his power in the end, the king had only one enemy, and Charles II had to face enemies all over the entire House of Lords, although the royalists in the House of Lords accounted for half of the number, such as George MunchThe Duke of Amalbier wanted the monarch to put an end to the chaos in England, and hoped that the monarch would be able to stay quietly in the palace as a puppet, not to mention, there were still those who believed that the monarchy should not continue to survive in England - Charles II was like a man trapped in the mire, and every step required great effort.

  Not to mention, he still had a lot of elbows around him, and Louis often wondered how he would regain power if he were Charles II - he might have turned his attention to the House of Commons - Charles II may have done the same, because his reputation among the people was better than his among the nobility, but traditionally, the King of England could not even appear in the House of Commons - but it was too difficult to win the support of the nobles, and Louis knew very well that it was difficult for you to use empty promises or pompous names to gain real benefits from people like this.

  However, the stupidity of the church may be an opportunity for Charles II, the Anglican of England has been established for hundreds of years, and there are a large number of Protestants in the House and the army, they do not recognize the Pope and the Church of Rome, and will never allow them to make a comeback, so in this catastrophe, they will stand on the same side as Charles II, but there are still many devout Catholics in England, and it is said that some pamphlets have begun to circulate around London, and rumors spread faster than the plague, and people are panic- Was this God's punishment for England?

  What is particularly worrying is that the Black Death epidemic in France is at least not in Paris and the surrounding areas, but in Lorraine and Alsace, although Lorraine is not far from Paris, but under the frenzied suppression of the Duke of Orleans, there is indeed a strong and unshakable iron wall between Paris and death, but the epidemic in England appeared in London, the capital of the country, "The Duke of York will not do what Philip did." Louis half-jokingly told the Count of d'Artagnan that the Duke of York was the younger brother of Charles II, and that in his early years at the Battle of Dunkirk, he had fought with the Spaniards against the Anglo-French army, but he was a shrewd man, and as soon as he sensed that the momentum was wrong, he immediately jumped on board and fled, so his name was not among the prisoners.

  "How could it be. The Earl of d'Artagnan shook his head and said that there were now about 600,000 people living in London, with 200,000 to 300,000 floating population, and even if the plague broke out, starting with the King of England, the powerful and wealthy people moved from London to Oxford or the nearby countryside, but there were still hundreds of thousands of people who did not leave, even if there were more and more houses with chalk crosses, there were always some stupid people who regarded their houses, meager possessions or work as more important than their own lives and those of their families.

  And fire has never been a place that can be controlled by humans, London is different from Alsace and Lorraine, the latter two are vast and less populated, the distance between towns and villages is considerable, London is a huge city, just like Paris, people are proud to live in the capital, few will be willing to move out, in some remote places, the houses are as dense and dilapidated as the living area next to the Red Child Market in Paris, and the building materials are mainly broken wood, well, even if these people are not worthy of the attention of nobles, but the royal palace of LondonThe cathedral and the royal mausoleum are like the glittering medals that hang on the chest of every Englishman - the judge will not hesitate to sentence anyone who dares to set fire to London to death, and before he is beaten to death by the survivors.

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  The words of the Count d'Artagnan were slapped back in his face a few days later, and just as Charles II and the Protestants seemed to have nothing to do, and the crowds incited by the Church began to take to the streets, to make public mass processions, to hold holy relics and icons, and to repent of the king, the Duke of York, and a group of prominent men, a fire descended on London like a real thunderbolt.

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  The fire broke out in the middle of the night, and according to later recollections, it first flickered in Pudding Alley, where a stupid baker Falino forgot to turn off the stove for baking bread, because Pudding Alley was in the most crowded part of Old London, and it was also a waste dump in the nearby market, where the shacks of the poor were lined up, so the fire was out of control. The Mayor of London was notified of the fire in the early hours of the morning, but it was unfortunately Sunday, the day when people could rest, so he dragged it out until the afternoon of the same day, when the fire reached the banks of the River Thames, and even people from as far away as Oxford could see the black smoke that coherent the heavens and the earth.

  But in the midst of such obvious symptoms, King Charles II of Oxford, as if suddenly blindfolded by the paws of the devil, together with the ministers of the court, the members of the parliament, and the king's lover, the queen and the queen mother, in short, all watched as London burned until Wednesday, and burned for seventy-two hours, so that thirteen thousand houses were burned, and eighty-seven parish churches were burned, including St. Paul's Cathedral, and even the cemetery was not spared, and the corpses inside were like charcoal.

  But on Louis's desk, the fire was full of strange things, first, in 65 years, that is, a few months ago, Charles II warned the Mayor of London, telling him to be careful of the gas lamps hanging in the streets and houses, and to ask the night watchmen to constantly and loudly remind people to be careful about extinguishing candles, fireplaces and lamps while patrolling - Although Charles II's edict may not leave London, it would be crazy to say that the mayor of London dared to disobey the king, since the members of the House of Parliament and the generals in the army were willing to show loyalty to the king, and the deceit hidden under the glorious surface was not to mention for the time being, they also demanded that people maintain respect for the king, and a small mayor did not yet flout the king's power.

  It is possible to say that he was negligent, but when the people reported to him about the fire in London, he could still tell them that it was his day off, and that it would be quite amusing for him to take a walk in the park near where he lived, and not worry that the minister or the king would hold him accountable?

  If that wasn't enough evidence, the statistics that followed were even more telling, with the fire sweeping across London but only five dead. In the midst of such a fire, hundreds of thousands of people were still able to calmly and calmly, under the guidance of nothing, with their children, the elderly, pushing small carts full of family property, gradually withdrawing from London and scattering in all directions.

  To put it mildly, even if Charles II had forcibly demanded the removal of all the citizens of London, the number of people who had died in the conflict and entanglement would have been more than the whole number.

  Of course, on the other hand, the King and the House also suffered a lot of losses this time, London can be said to cease to exist, tens of thousands of people were homeless, preliminary estimates, the fire caused a loss of 10 million pounds, and the annual income of London at that time was 12,000 pounds, that is, these losses will take 800 years to recover - people are lamenting that God is too cruel, but at this time Charles II stepped forward, he donated a large amount of money in the name of the king, and allowed people to temporarily enter the royal forest, Hunting and fishing in rivers and lakes, and building huts in the king's domain, he collected at least 30,000 men at once, and his nobles followed suit, starting with the Duke of York and ending with the humblest of barons, who were able to open their lands to the homeless even if they could not afford it.

  So the hearts of the people of London were stabilized at once, even more than when the Black Death was still rampant—yes, the Black Death was almost gone, and when people fled London, they would not take with them the rats in the cellars and gutters, and even if they hid deep underground, they would inevitably be suffocated by the heat and smoke, and when they died, the germs attached to them naturally had nowhere to go— Even those who died from the Black Death were wiped out in the fires and no longer posed a threat to the healthy.

  Charles II wrote to Louis again to buy him concrete houses to rebuild London, and he also saw the houses made of cement masonry, knowing that they were not afraid of rain or fire, and promised to do his best to persuade the council to exchange the latest drawings of warships for the technology and raw materials.

  "Is it only Charles II who is so shameless, or is it every king?" said Philip, Duke of Orleans, teasingly.

  Louie glared at him. Although Philippe returned to the king intact, the mark left on him by Lorraine and Alsace was so deep that no one could erase it, and he left Paris as a carefree and ambitious young man, and when he returned, although he was always smiling, the shadow between his brows was deeper than that of an old conspirator when people could not see it, after all, it was one thing to sign a death sentence, and quite another to send thousands of people to death with his own eyes and hands.

  "Charles II is not only shameless," Louis stretched out his hand to Philippe and motioned for him to sit beside him, this disaster, in addition to allowing the King of France to completely own Lorraine and Alsace as if it were a blessing in disguise, was that his relationship with Philippe became closer, and he could now safely hand over the army to Philippe, Prince of Orleans, but Philippe may still have a few months to recuperate, and the king was also busy moving some of the people of Burgundy and Orleans to Lorraine and Alsace, since those people did not know how to be grateful, the king thought, then he would take back his favor, "Charles II is still quite ruthless," said the king, "and the fire of London certainly caused only five deaths, but it was only the most immediate, because they were burned and suffocated," he said soothingly, "and there are still some who do not make it to the list." ”

  "Who?"

  "Black Death Patient. "The plague broke out in London for a year, and a tenth of the people died in three months, London is not as clean and tidy as Paris is now, and the inferior people will inevitably have to draw water from the Thames River where there are floating feces and corpses, and there will only be more people infected with the Black Death, not necessarily, these people will mysteriously disappear when they catch fire, it can only be said that these people who could not run away were burned to death in their rooms and sheds, but no one would think of or care about them, even their relatives and friends, after running out of London, they were afraid and did not dare to admit that they had been in contact with the Black Death。

  Thinking of the letter that Charles II wrote to himself before, those displaced people must have undergone detailed screening before being admitted, but fortunately, the Black Death was fast and the mortality rate was high, and it only took a week of quarantine to find out.

  "You mean ......" the Duke of Orleans squeezed the king's hand.

  "That's right, he's imitating you. ”

  "But that's not the same!" Lorraine and Alsace could not really be said to belong to the king of France before this, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were enemies, so Philip did not have much mercy when he burned down the villages and towns, but London ...... It was the capital of England, where successive kings grew up, were crowned and lived.

  "Don't forget," said Louis, rather nonchalantly, "it was those who eagerly watched Charles I's beheading, and although Charles II was asked by the parliamentarians not to pursue the matter anymore, his heart must have been filled with resentment." "Just like he used to be.