Chapter 173 The Final Arrangement (Part 2)
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"It seems that the Scottish royal family attaches great importance to our England!" Edward said angrily, "I would rather spend a lot of money to stabilize the highlanders than fight with us. Is there such deep hatred?"
"This—" Sir John scratched his sparse head, not knowing how to deal with it. If he had to say it regardless of the reality, it would be bad for his reputation to spread the word.
The entanglement between Scotland and England began with William the Conqueror, and it has been going on for hundreds of years.
James IV died at the hands of Henry VIII. After Queen Mary's father, James V, was defeated in the battle with the English army, he didn't know whether he was injured or angry. He returned to Edinburgh for a while and died, indirectly. in the hands of the English.
Sir John was a little speechless, so he stood there dryly, listening to Edward complain.
"Okay, sir, sell me all those useless castles, small manors and ranches!"
Edward scolded for a while, feeling that a few words of scolding could not make money out of thin air, and it was a waste of saliva, it was not worth it, so he could only order to Sir John.
"Also, you will be staying in Scotland for a while this time, and I'm afraid there will be a large amount of income waiting for you to collect!"
Although only a few hundred thousand pounds in cash came to Scotland on the whole, it still greatly alleviated the current embarrassment of the royal family and the government. Moreover, there will still be a feast of division waiting for Edward. It's too late to take the knife and fork to the table.
"Your Majesty, please tell me, I am fully prepared, even if I stay in Scotland for a year!"
When Sir John heard the large income, his eyes glowed with gold, he nodded repeatedly, and clapped his chest with his big hands.
Lips slightly parted, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and stared anxiously at Edward.
Edward looked at his big shiny face, smiled and said: "When I first came here, I negotiated with those nobles and promised to carry out religious reform in Scotland, and to reform the Church of Scotland in my name, and during the reform process I can be divided into three layers for the improper religious property!"
It is indeed a coup to carry out the religious reform in Scotland.
First of all, in the name of Edward, before the interests of the Scottish church are divided, the nobles and commoners of Scotland temporarily take the same position as Edward. In this way, the situation in Scotland will be much more stable within a few years.
Again, church reform has never been smooth sailing. Even Duke Edward became more radical, and riots broke out all over England.
Although the Scottish nobles are powerful, the Scots are much more loyal to Catholicism than the English. In the 21st century, although the state religion of Scotland is the Presbyterian Church, there are still nearly four layers of people in the country who believe in Catholicism.
And with the **** of the nobles, let them lead the religious reform, the resistance of the Catholic Church may become more intense, and the two may lose both sides. In the end, Edward can fish in troubled waters and completely bring Scotland into his own hands, unlike now Same, get an empty header.
As soon as Edward talked about his coup, he couldn't help but feel complacent, and a happy smile appeared on his face.
"Sir, you have to keep your eyes open, don't let those nobles fool you!" Edward reminded with his eyes slightly open.
"The accumulation of the Church of Scotland for hundreds of years, even if Scotland is relatively poor, but this is not a small number!"
"Yes, yes, I will definitely keep your property intact for you!" As if hearing Edward's subtext, Sir John's broad forehead broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly responded.
"En!" Edward nodded lightly, expressing approval, "With you here, I feel relieved!"
This can’t help Edward getting nervous. You didn’t come to the Middle Ages. You don’t know the power of the church, and you don’t know how much money those fat monks have in their pockets.
Take England as an example. Before the Reformation, the annual output value of the church’s estates and manors reached 400,000 pounds, while the total annual income of the Tudor royal family was only 100,000 pounds. Henry VII lived frugally for decades, and left Henry VIII with a property of two million pounds, which is only the total income of the church for five years. This does not include income from tithes, sin rolls, etc. .
After Henry VIII's religious reform, he earned 400,000 pounds a year from it, which supported Henry VIII's military expeditions to France year after year.
Sir John felt a little fuzzy in his heart, and slowly receded, while Edward watched his somewhat plump body gradually leave, with deeper and deeper eyes.
In fact, as the Minister of Royal Affairs, there are countless nobles who speak ill of Edward in his ears every month, and Edward does not believe that he is so clean, and few nobles in the world are clean.
After diverting his thinking for a while, Edward came back to his senses, Sir John is still very easy to use.
"Brother Edward, are we going back to London?" Just when Edward was a little lost, a pleasant voice suddenly rang in his ears.
A doting smile appeared on Edward's face for a moment, and he turned around.
A pair of big dark blue eyes fluttering, with a lock of long dark red hair in her mouth, wearing a white dress with pink lace trim, the cute little loli stared at Edward with wide eyes and looked up. Rubbing his neck, he asked cutely.
"Of course! Doesn't Mary want to go back?" Edward stroked Little Lolita's long, fluffy hair and bent down to ask. The servants of the castle have been packing up things recently, and little Lolita has already guessed it.
"I want to go back too! Without me to feed, Lilith's little stomach would be so hungry!" Little Loli seemed to think of the little red horse she raised, with her pink cheeks bulging like two Little Baozi said with some annoyance.
"If I depended on you to feed it! The little red horse would have starved to death!" Edward thought unscrupulously.
"But, if I go back to London, what will my mother do! I don't want to leave my mother!" Little Lolita was caught in an endless loop for a moment, her eyes were a little red, it seemed that this was a difficult choice for her!
Seeing little Lolita crying anxiously, Edward quickly explained: "Mary, don't worry, mom can go back to London together!"
"You can persuade mom to go to London together. I think Mary is so cute. Mom will definitely accompany Mary to London!"
"En! I'm going to persuade my mother to go to London together!!" Little Lolita showed her face, clenched her fists, and said firmly.
Looking at the little loli who ran away again, the corners of Edward's mouth curled up slightly.
(end of this chapter)