Historically, the title of the British Royal Navy was given by Charles II.

So why is there no Royal Army?

Because Charles II compromised with Parliament, the royal family relinquished military power in the rest of the army, except for the King's Guard.

In this time and space, Britain has a Royal Army!

After a little rectification of the financial problems, Charles II began to reorganize the army.

The Army was renamed the Royal Army and was organized into the Legion of Arakan, the Legion of England, the Legion of Scotland and the Legion of Ireland. Cromwell's new Model Army, most of which was disbanded, was retained to defend London with only the Cold Creek Guards. The size of the army is 25,000 people.

The navy was renamed the Royal Navy, and the fleet commanders returned home one after another, kneeling before the king and swearing allegiance. James, the king's younger brother, was recalled to England and canonized as a duke as the supreme commander of the Royal Navy.

In this regard, Charles II mastered the army.

The legislative power is still vested in Parliament, but in the hands of the House of Lords, which in turn is traditionally aristocratic. The gentry and the bourgeoisie in the House of Commons can only discuss changes to local regulations, and their greatest power is to control the tax system (except for customs duties).

Charles II seems to have centralized power, but not completely, and taxes have always been stuck by the neck of the House of Commons.

Duke James, who had been a soldier in France, had now returned to England as Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and immediately set about clearing up the Navy.

James found that 300,000 pounds of last year's 900,000 pounds of naval budget was missing, and no one knew where it was spent. The navy was highly corrupt, the ships were dilapidated and in disrepair, the soldiers were in arrears for half a year, and the morale was extremely low.

What to do?

Let's find a Dutch businessman to issue a bond loan!

The Dutch stock market collapsed a few years ago, and although it has barely recovered, investors have long lost confidence in the stock market. The Dutch East India Company, due to the impact of China, can now only barely save its capital (the dividends of the major shareholders are still being paid). The Dutch West India Company, on the other hand, has been losing money for more than 20 years.

Dutch businessmen don't have good investment goals, and Charles II is now issuing bonds and loans, which belongs to high-quality customers!

Charles II sent people to the Netherlands to issue bonds, and in just two months, Dutch merchants subscribed for 500,000 pounds. Then, Britain's major royal shipyards were at full capacity, some repairing old ships and some building brand new ones.

The navy is in the process of rectifying, the royal school has not yet opened, but Charles II can't wait.

Although the king took back the right to customs duties, the tax collectors were all members of the House of Commons, and corruption was rampant. He then issued an order for each of the nation's charity secondary schools to send one of their best graduates to London.

The universities in England at this time were all church schools.

The rest are charity schools, which do not teach Latin, and work for the school directors after graduation. Latin was to be taught in the charity schools, the nobility was cultivating ruling power for themselves, and the school directors were mainly traditional aristocrats with little to do with the emerging class of the House of Commons.

Two months later, more than 20 graduates of the Charity High School gathered at Hampton Court Palace on the banks of the River Thames.

These graduates are very excited, they are all commoners, and the best ones are the nobles. Now that he has been summoned by the king himself, he will definitely have a bright future in the future.

Charles II and the schoolchildren sat around a large long table.

Dishes were constantly being served, which they had never seen before, and the cutlery was not only spoons and knives and forks, but also unknown small wooden sticks.

I saw Charles II pick up chopsticks and say to the graduates: "The cutlery in England is too rudimentary, France uses knives and forks, but England only has spoons." I went to distant China, where the Chinese emperor ate with chopsticks and spoons. Now, I'm going to teach you dining etiquette. Use a spoon to drink soup, small pieces of food, and use a fork if you can use a fork. If you can't use a fork, you can use chopsticks to clip it. And the large pieces of meat, hold them down with a fork and cut them with a knife. ”

These graduates learn very seriously, and the knives and forks learn very quickly, but the chopsticks are a little troublesome.

Also, there is only a three-pointed fork at this time.

After learning table manners, Charles II said: "Let's all introduce ourselves and get to know each other, starting with my left hand." ”

A teenager stood up: "My name is John Joseph, I'm from Meaders Middle School, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

"Very well," Charles II led the applause, "welcome, John! ”

Hearing the applause of the crowd, the boy was excited, he had never been treated with such courtesy, and he considered Charles II to be the wisest of kings.

One after another of the graduates gave their names, and finally one of them stood up and said, "My name is Isaac Newton, and I'm from Grantham School." ”

The aristocracy runs a charity school, and likes to play the royal signboard, and the full name of Newton's school is "King Grantham School", which is often translated as "King's Royal High School of Gingers", which has nothing to do with the king and the royal family.

Newton lost his father at an early age, and his mother remarried to a country minister, and he lived with his grandmother as a child, and threatened to burn his mother and stepfather along with the house.

Before he graduated from middle school, his mother was widowed again, so she called him home to farm.

The principal liked Newton and personally persuaded Newton to complete his studies and gave Newton's mother some financial support. When Newton was a student, he stayed at a pharmacist's house and fell in love with the pharmacist's daughter.

After graduating from high school, he planned to study at Cambridge University, and the principal wrote him a letter of introduction. As soon as the king ordered him, the rector felt that he had a great future, so he sent Newton to London, so that he would not have to go to Cambridge University in Narausch.

Charles II said to the boys: "You are the best graduates of secondary schools everywhere, and I hope that you will be loyal to the royal family and that you will contribute to the country." Of course, I will also reuse you and canonize you as nobles in the future. Will you be loyal to me? ”

The teenagers, including Newton, left their seats and knelt before Charles II to swear allegiance.

"Very well," said Charles II, very pleased with this, "in order to avoid the displeasure of the House of Commons, I cannot directly give you high official positions, nor can I make you all officials. Half of you, going to the major ports, working as ordinary tax collectors, can be promoted in two or three years at most. The remaining half will be my court attendants, and I will appoint different officials as I see fit, according to your performance. ”

"Swear allegiance to Your Majesty!" The teenagers shouted.

When Charles II was in China, he repeatedly studied the original "Datong Collection", and was also proficient in "historical masterpieces" such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin".

At this time, it is equivalent to Zhu Houzhao accepting the "righteous son", or the emperor personally presiding over the palace examination, bypassing the old and new nobles, and cultivating his own core strength.

Newton was assigned to work as a tax collector at a port, and was the lowest errand runner. As for whether to continue to do research in the future, it is up to him, this is not a nerd.

Historically, he was transferred to the Royal Mint, not only to take over a mess, but also to hold a thankless position. As a result, like Sherlock Holmes, he smashed Britain's largest counterfeit money making gang and was promoted to director of the Royal Mint for his merits.

After eating lunch and resting for a while, Charles II smiled and said, "Go, I'll teach you how to ride a horse." ”

The king of happiness is the king of happiness after all, and he still has to be entertained when it is time to be entertained. By the way, get closer to the personal relationship with these teenagers.

Newton was riding a horse for the first time, and under the instruction of the royal guards, he was able to ride a horse in half an hour. He pulled the reins and galloped freely, looking at Charles II in the distance, and secretly vowed to share the worries of this majesty.

As far away as Paris, Prime Minister Mazarin fell seriously ill, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Fouquet came to power.

Louis XIV, who seemed to be out of tune, quietly encircled the palace guards during Mazarin's serious illness, and asked his advisor Colbert to secretly investigate Fouquet.

Mazarin felt something bad, and he was afraid that he would be liquidated when he died. During a meeting, Mazarin took Louis XIV's hand and made the appearance of a loyal servant: "Your Majesty, after my death, you must be in charge of the government, do not appoint a prime minister again, and hold the power firmly in your hands." ”

Louis XIV said: "I will appoint a prime minister, and I ask you to recommend a candidate." ”

Mazarin shook his head: "There is no candidate, and the power of France will be concentrated in His Majesty." ”

In March, Mazarin died of illness.

Louis XIV immediately reorganized the musket corps and took control of the rest of the court guard. After a court meeting, the powerful Chancellor of the Exchequer, Fouquet, was arrested by the musketeers and imprisoned on charges of embezzling huge sums of public money.

Colbert, who led the mission to China, served as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Then, Louis XIV left the Minister of War in the palace for a secret conversation overnight, and completely controlled the national army.

A few days later, Louis XIV approached Queen Anne: "Mother, you are a devout believer, please go to the convent and serve God." ”

Empress Anne was shocked: "What did you say? ”

Louis XIV repeated: "Mother to serve God." ”

"You're doing this to me!" Queen Anne was furious.

Louis XIV said: "The ministers you have appointed, the musketeers are being arrested, and I think there must be someone who is going to prison." ”

This is to pull out the henchmen of the Empress Dowager Anne.

When the Empress Anne still did not want to go to the abbey, Louis XIV was impatient and called the court guards and said: "My mother is very pious, and she has sworn to serve God for the rest of her life, and you will escort her to the abbey." ”

"Queen Mother, please." The guards gathered around.

The Empress Dowager Anne was almost dragged away, accompanied only by two maids, who were responsible for taking care of her future life.

The post of prime minister of France is gone, and the prime minister will no longer be appointed in the future, and the king will directly give orders to the ministers, and France has entered the peak moment of monarchical centralization.

At the same time, King Charles II of England also began a semi-centralized rule, and his efforts were also directed towards monarchical centralization.

Britain and France, the political situation changed abruptly, and the marriage was announced.

In addition to the rejoicing of the Portuguese, the surrounding countries were all facing great enemies. The king of Spain even mobilized a large number of troops on the border, and at the same time let the fleet cruise around the clock, for fear that Britain and France would suddenly act together.

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