Chapter 38

The king's voice was soft, and he could not distinguish between joy and anger. The nobles thought that the king's inquiry was intended to treat count const as the first bird to be dealt with.

"Yes, your majesty."

For a moment, the count of const felt like an ancient loyal minister who had the courage to dissuade tyrannical monarchs. In order to show the determination of the nobles not to give in, this admonition was drawn up and written by the count of const rather than his scribe. [1]

count const replied forcefully, and was ready to speak eloquently on the spot if the king refused.

The nobles cheered him low, calling him "extremely brave".

"There are three spelling mistakes and four grammatical mistakes." The king picked up the quill and signed his name on it. Then he looked up at count const with a smile. "I will send a literacy teacher to your castle later. I hope I can see a qualified document next time. Isn't it difficult for you?"

Count const's face was blank.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, followed by a burst of laughter.

It's disrespectful, but I have to say that the air is much happier.

I don't know which one called out in the crowd with his voice: "brave Mr. Comte, oh, may the Lord save your writing!"

Count const's face was red.

He looked for fame, trying to find out which bastard fell into the well, only to see faces that couldn't help laughing. Even the nobles who just cheered for him couldn't help laughing.

"Sit down, sir."

The king handed the signed document to the magistrate.

"There will be a new survey of the royal forest. I hope I understand what you mean. That's what you want."

In the king's joking words, the atmosphere calmed down.

The bloody massacre had just been so downplayed by the king that he seemed to show some sincerity - he didn't intend to drive all the nobles to the guillotine.

The nobles also felt that they had won some victories.

So now on the whole, it can be said that everyone is happy.

Only the Duke of Buckingham on one side sighed in his heart.

After almost dying in the Kono forest, the king made up his mind to renovate the royal forest law. He was waiting for the nobles to make trouble about it, so that they could exchange what they had planned to do for some benefits.

Sometimes it's not necessarily a bad thing not to know the truth.

God bless the proud nobles.

"Well, let's talk about one last thing." After waiting for a while, the king smiles, reaches for his hand and presses them down to make them quiet. "Come and talk about..."

Half a hall apart, the king's eyes fell on the representatives of the port citizens sent by the five port alliance.

"About the port restrictions Ordinance."

The king said briskly, in a very friendly tone, as if he were just talking about an ordinary, just a little thing. Of course, smart people know that's the end of the day.

The port restrictions Ordinance, which William III tried to implement, failed to implement.

After the death of William III, the Duke of Buckingham had exhausted all his energy to keep the throne for his nephew, so the port restrictions Ordinance had been delayed. Today, for the first time, the king mentioned it in Parliament.

The citizens' representatives sent by the five port alliance are sitting in their chairs, but they are not very worried.

As early as before joining the parliament, the five Port Alliance won the union of the great nobles along the southeast coast. The relationship between the five port alliance and the nobles in the coastal area was certainly closer than that between the king and them.

They are partners in interests.

The restrictions will not be passed.

"Of course, after all, the regulations have been shelved for a long time, and some things still need to be modified."

The king clapped his hands as if he didn't see the calm look of the five port alliance. The king's judges stood up, took out a legal document and distributed it.

"May I trouble you to take a little time to see these changes?"

When the representatives of the five Port Alliance looked at the documents distributed, they suddenly had a bad feeling. They nervously took over the new restrictions from the judge.

For a moment, the whole hall was rustling.

The king watched all the people's faces, not surprisingly, looking at the aristocrats with a happy look on their faces, while the representatives of the five Port Alliance gradually lost their composure.

The new "port restriction regulations" made some changes on the basis of the original. The 1 / 3P tax originally levied by the five port alliance was re judged and divided to the local nobles in the southeast according to the provisions of the Lord's law [2]. In addition, there are several other new regulations, all of which rearrange the interests originally belonging to the five port alliance.The alliance between the ancient Hong Kong Alliance and the southeast aristocracy is by no means unbreakable.

As long as there is interest competition, even the iron bucket will be full of holes.

"Tell me what you think?"

The king inquired in a friendly manner.

The representatives of the five Port Alliance cast their eyes on the nobles who had made a private agreement with them.

They are doomed to disappointment.

The nobles were full of praise for this, as if they had lost their memory for a moment and turned a blind eye to their eyes. Many even stood up and praised the new regulations, saying that they inherited the legal spirit of Legrand.

The representative of the five Port Alliance stood up. As soon as he was about to refute, the king clapped his hands.

"All right, gentlemen." He ended the discussion. "It's not early. Let's vote. Everybody, please

He took a deep look at the representatives of the five port alliance.

Like falling into an ice cave, they watched one ally after another turn away from themselves.

The southeast nobles, who thought they would be their comrades in arms, became their competitors.

The bells of St. Louis are ringing.

In the ringing of the bell over the Rose Palace, the voting ended, and the new port restrictions Ordinance was passed by a very high vote of approval.

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When the delegates left, they saw that the entrance to the palace was still bright red. The guillotine stood high, and the Sheriffs' blood turned the snow red.

Someone stood in front of the guillotine for a long time.

He was the only one of the five main families of the five Port Alliance who came to melz castle, the head of the Dawson clan.

The patriarch with brown hair and brown eyes looked at the frozen blood ice for a long time and finally made a decision.

He raised his head and said, "I hope you will bless the rogrand and the Dawson family."

It's bound to be a busy and opposite winter.

The newly appointed sheriffs rushed back, and the liberal representatives happily returned to the counties. The blood of the sheriffs who were executed was frozen into ice at the gate of the Royal Palace, while the civilians with dilapidated houses felt a trace of heat in the middle of winter. Even if the king's intention is not so, things are moving in a good direction.

Everything has become hopeful.

Representatives of the five port alliance also returned with the new port restrictions Ordinance. This winter is just the beginning for many people, and some people already understand that the freezing winter of the five port alliance is coming.

They either bow to the king or rise up against him.

The five Port Alliance chose the latter.

At the end of October 1432.

In the first week after the end of the parliament, the five port alliance, led by the five families including gulos, protested to the Royal Court: they believed that the port restrictions Ordinance violated the various powers promised to them by the royal family since the 11th century and the spirit of freedom of the port city.

Represented by the five port alliance, the chambers of Commerce along the Southeast Coast United to refuse to provide military services at sea for the royal family before the royal family made amendments to the port restriction Regulations [3], and also refuse to transport the materials needed to build castles for the royal family.

The two important military castles that the king was building had to be stopped.

The resistance movement of the five port alliance began.

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"You don't seem very worried?"

The Duke of Buckingham and the king walked slowly on the porch of the palace, talking as they walked.

The Duke of Buckingham refers to the resistance movement of the chambers of Commerce in the southeast. Under the organization of the five port alliance, this time, the merchants of all sizes united to refuse to accept the king's restrictions.

The momentum is quite huge.

The southeast is the richest place in Legrand, where the Empire's commercial capital is located.

But the king didn't seem to take the union of merchants for granted.

"It's OK to transfer the materials for building military castles to land transportation." The king replied, "the Grus will be happy to take on this responsibility. Nor will angar state refuse a royal offer - they are so poor that even the chancellor of the exchequer can't bear to negotiate. As for the businessmen... "

The king laughed.

"They are merchants, not nobles, not civilians. My uncle

"You have an idea?"

"What do businessmen want to be free for?" The king asked, and then answered himself, "the meaning of freedom itself is for profit. One simple thing Put the interests in front of them, they will make a choice faster than anyone else. "

The king walked on the cold rock.

"Look, an antitrust law, and you'll see how fragile the coalition of businessmen is."

Said the king softly.

"I'll see."

Said the Duke of Buckingham gently.

The king looked at the long corridor, the carved stone pillars standing in the forest, exquisite and slender, straight up. There was no warmth in the king's eyes.He never jokes.

Once on the table of power, all are hunters. If you want to treat other people as prey, you should be prepared to become prey one day.

Never forget one thing -

all of you are jackals and all of you are lambs.

The author has something to say: the update time is at nine o'clock every night, and the next time the total amount of nutrient solution is 35000. The following remarks contain a discussion of the royal forest.

[1] As early as the 13th century, it was very common for nobles to read and read, and other classes began to read. However, writing was a troublesome thing for many aristocrats at that time, which did not match their identity, so they would hire special writers.

[2] Historically, in 1040, the Savior's Monastery and St. Augustine's Monastery had often had disputes over the right to levy a one-third Penny tax at sanwich.

[3] The naval significance here is not equal to the modern navy, but refers to the navy in the middle ages. Taking the English Navy as the prototype, there was no formal naval management organization and professional navy soldiers in England at that time. The port city alliance provided important maritime military services for the royal family.

Some introduction about the Royal Forest in the middle ages.

It may be difficult to understand why there were all kinds of conflicts around the royal forest at that time. However, in the middle ages, royal forest was one of the king's financial privileges.

According to the forest law at that time, people were not allowed to hunt, graze and reclaim wasteland in the royal forest area. Those who break the law will be severely punished.

“…… The direct purpose of the royal forest area is to protect the king's hunting grounds and prey, so it can provide a variety of game food for the royal family. Through the sale of timber, hunting rights, grazing rights, reclamation rights and so on, the royal forest area could also bring stable income, which accounted for a certain proportion of the income of the kings in the early Middle Ages. Henry II and King John receive 2000 pounds and more than 3000 pounds each year from the royal forest ——As mentioned in Shi Cheng's the financial privileges of the king of England in the middle ages, earls seldom earn more than 5000 a year. This is not a small sum. But in addition, by punishing those who violate the forest law, the king can get a lot of judicial profits.

In Mr. Guo Feng's "from protection to management: A Study on the forest income of the royal family of England in the Middle Ages", the various income of the royal forest at that time was introduced in detail In the middle ages, the royal forest occupied one third of the land of England in its heyday. As the private property of the royal family, it has been strictly protected by the forest law. In the 12th century, the strict enforcement of forest law brought many benefits to the royal family, and royal forest played an important role in the Royal income. From the end of the 13th century to the beginning of the 14th century, with forests becoming more and more the center of agricultural and industrial activities, the implementation of forest law changed from protecting Royal privileges to increasing the king's income, and royal forests changed from protection to management. "

“…… According to the forest law of the middle ages, the royal family enjoyed various privileges to the royal forest, such as hunting right, land leasing right, tree cutting right and necessary tax. And the exemption of these privileges, that is, concession, can bring a lot of economic benefits to the royal family. "

From the standpoint of the latecomer, some things may seem inexplicable, but as long as you go into it and listen to it, you will find that things must have their reasons. History follows its own course.

Here are some references for reference:

[1] Liu Xixi. An analysis of the freedom of England's forest charter in 1217 [J]. Theorists, 2018 (04): 62-70.

[2] Guo Feng. Royal forests in Medieval England [n]. Guangming Daily, Guo Feng, 2012-12-05 (011).

[3] from private law to public law: changes of forest law in Medieval England [J]. Journal of Capital Normal University (SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION), 2012 (04): 29-35.

[4] Guo Feng. Overview of forest court in Medieval England [J]. Journal of Shanxi Normal University (SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION), 2010, 37 (02): 82-84 + 89.

[5] Guo Feng. From protection to management: A Study on the income of the Royal Forest in Medieval England [J]. A study on productivity, 2010 (03): 134-135 + 142.

[6] Chen Rihua. "Game and vegetation" - the problem of the Royal Forest in Medieval England [J]. Journal of Capital Normal University (SOCIAL SCIENCE EDITION), 2008 (05): 48-53.

[7] Shi Cheng. The financial privilege of the king of England in the middle ages [J]. History teaching, 2006 (02): 4-11.

in this paper, we discuss the financial privilege of the king of England in the middle ages