Chapter 706： Bloodbath Council, standing for faith

Edward rushed to send people to the streets and alleys to post notices, announcing the "three chapters of the law", and ordered the army to prohibit robbery. However, in order to appease the army, Edward took a lot of money from the treasury of Henry VII to reward the soldiers.

Edward is not a greedy and brainless person. At least, he knows that as long as he is firmly on the throne, he will have more money in the future. In particular, he decided to kill the great nobles who followed Henry VII and confiscate their wealth. Therefore, he will not lack money. You know, the sum of the money of those big nobles' families may not be less than that of the treasury. What's more, those manor houses are the real big names.

The soldiers were rewarded, and naturally no more complaints. What's more, this army is mainly Marin's army, there is no tradition of robbery, and there is no resistance to robbery. The three thousand German mercenaries previously hired from Münster are very sorry for not being able to rob in London. However, Marin did not allow his men to snatch, and Edward did not let him snatch. Therefore, after receiving the rewards, he said nothing.

However, a few days later, what made both Edward and Marin embarrassed is that the citizens of London seem to be not very cold about the "Three Chapters of the Law" ...

In fact, this is also why Marin doesn't know much about British history. As early as 1215, the famous "Great Charter" appeared in the United Kingdom, which proposed the concept of "legal system". Therefore, Edward's "three chapters of the law" is not really news.

In addition, in the United Kingdom, the promulgation of general decrees is through Parliament. Therefore, for Edward to enact laws privately, everyone is actually not very cold. As a result, Marin and Edward were embarrassed ...

"This ... Your Majesty ... It seems that this" Three Chapters of the Law "is a bit similar to the" Great Charter "..." Marin said awkwardly.

"No, Grand Duke Marin, you are wrong!" Edward said seriously:

"The" Big Charter "is strictly a product of the persecution of the king by the nobles, and the authority of the monarch is severely swept. Therefore, I must adhere to the" Three Chapters of the Covenant "and let people forget the" Great Charter "and turn to the" Three Chapters of the Covenant ". Only reigned firmly ... "

Marin was relieved, and it seemed that Edward was still sober. He knew that the "Great Charter" was a challenge to the monarchy. In fact, both Henry VII and Henry VIII were monarchs who held the crown tight. In the 15th and 16th centuries, few people mentioned the "Great Charter." However, this tradition was preserved when the king issued a decree through Parliament.

However, Edward stayed in France and knew that France was acting on the will of the monarch without restriction, which made him envious. Therefore, Edward wanted to take the opportunity of "three chapters of the covenant" to bypass the parliament and issue a decree on his own to become a dictatorship, just like the king of France.

After thinking about it, Marin said:

"If this is the case, then, Your Majesty, you ordered that all the members of Parliament be captured!"

"Capture all the MPs? Are you going to kill all MPs? What excuse?" Edward said in surprise.

"Excuse me? It's easy to find! Your Majesty, you forgot? When the hypocrite Henry ascended the throne, the noble parliamentarians regarded Henry Tudor as the second Joshua (the Jewish king after Moses) to save the people from the tyrants. ) To welcome and soon pass a decree proclaiming that the throne of England is passed down from generation to generation by Henry Tudor and his descendants ... "

"what do you mean……"

"There are two points. First, Henry Tudor is a monarch, and the members of the House of Lords support him as a king, which is equivalent to identifying as a monarch. This point is enough to sentence the people who participated in it to death!"

"The second point is that Henry Tudor is a descendant of John Beaufort, Duke of Lancaster. But according to the order of His Majesty Henry IV, the descendants of John Beaufort had no right of succession to the throne. The upper house of parliament declared the throne of England by Henry Tudor and his descendants passed on from generation to generation, which is a collective violation of law! Therefore, His Majesty can collectively arrest all members of the aristocracy! And, at this point, you must issue a decree to declare and publicly cleanse the parliament in accordance with the law! " Said.

It is rare to have such an opportunity to find the legal basis for bloodbath parliament, which should not be missed. Moreover, according to Edward's remarks just now, he also hopes to get rid of parliamentary control. Therefore, it is better to use blood as an excuse to support Henry VII, the monarch killer.

Edward was very emotional, but hesitantly asked:

"So, who will I rely on to govern the country?"

Marin thought for a while, and suddenly remembered a way in the official novels of later generations-everything that the predecessor did not like and did not reuse, as long as there was not much problem, I would reuse it; and the former likes to be relegated ... so, you can Take control of the situation as quickly as possible and erase the traces of your predecessors ...

To be honest, this approach is quite unscientific. This is because it is a very irresponsible practice, and it is easy to cause "modern changes", which is harmful to the stability of the policy. However, it depends on where it is used.

Edward is now killing Henry VII to take the throne. The brutal method of "the enemy of the enemy is a friend" is the fastest and the easiest to control the situation.

So Marin and Edward explained. Edward naturally has no worries about whether he will change the situation. He is only worried about whether he can take the throne. So he did not hesitate to adopt Marin's suggestion.

In this way, Edward on the one hand ordered the army to arrest all the "unlawful" noble members, on the other hand, he also sent people to inquire about those nobles who did not deal with Henry VII or did not pay attention ...

The Tower of London is really a good place, where the kings have built a lot of prisons. Therefore, the deputies used to imprison the aristocracy are quite sufficient.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Henry VII also blood-washed a large number of York nobles. Therefore, there were only dozens of MPs arrested this time.

Moreover, among them, there are ten members of the House of Lords who immediately pleased Edward. Edward saw that they were not Henry VII's cronies, and that they had nothing to do with the events that held Henry VII back then. They let them go, and chose to accept this in accordance with the principle of "the former did not like it and did not use it. 10 noble councillors who are marginalized in the aristocracy.

In addition, Edward retained Henry VII's "Privy Council" system to replace the parliament that restricted the king. Of course, Edward has n’t figured out who the Privy Council will hire.

However, these did not help the promotion of the "three chapters of the law" and the establishment of the new king's prestige ... So, Edward asked Marin if there was any way to solve it, so that the people would accept the new decree at once ...

Marin thought for a long time, and suddenly remembered Brother Shang Yang who was cracked by the car ...

"There is one way, and it will work quickly ..."

"Hurry up and talk!" Edward was very interested.

In fact, neither Marin nor Edwards care much about the specific content of the "Three Chapters of the Law". What they care about is how to use the law to legally kill Henry VII and his running dogs, and to eradicate the roots. After all, after the implementation of the "three chapters of the covenant law", a new bill must be announced to follow up on the sanctions against monarchs and their accomplices. Therefore, as the first shot, this "three chapters of the law" must be fired first. Afterwards, it was just a matter of promulgating a new bill on how to deal with monarchs ...

Marin cleared his throat and said:

"This method is called‘ Limu for the letter ’... In the words of Huaxia more than 1850 years ago ...”

"Stop ... why is it such a long story? At that time, ancient Rome hadn't occupied England ..." Edward said with some collapse.

"This is how the ancient Chinese people compare ..." Marin said innocently.

"Well, you continue ..."

"A kingdom called Qin wants to change the law (change) ..." Malin kept talking.

"Yes, this is the theme, which is very similar to my current situation!" Edward said happily.

"Shang Yang, who presided over the formulation of the new law, was afraid that the people would not believe his new law, so he came up with an idea-he made a three-footed man stand outside the south gate of the national capital market. It was announced in public that anyone who could carry this wood to the north gate of the bazaar would be rewarded with twelve golds ... well, it looks like 13 ounces of gold ... "

"The north gate of the south gate of the market? Is it far? In addition, why are you in the market?" Edward asked curiously.

"Not far, maybe a few hundred steps. The reason for the market is because there are so many people in the market, and it is more convenient to propagate the law by word of mouth ..."

"It makes sense ... Only a few hundred steps, you can reward 13 ounces of gold, there are more than 100 gold coins, surely many people are rushing to move?" Edward asked with great interest.

"No, Your Majesty, you are wrong. At first, no people were willing to try. They thought they were-is this crazy? Carrying a piece of wood and taking hundreds of steps to reward more than 100 gold coins is simply not credible ..."

"Haha ~ www.novelhall.com ~ I heard it and found it incredible. Then what?"

"Shang Yang raised the bounty from 100 gold coins to 500 gold coins, but no one tried it ... Later, a common man carried the wood with a try mentality, and then, indeed, got a reward of 500 gold coins ..."

"This civilian got 500 gold coins at once, and he really made a fortune ..." Edward said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, these are all secondary. What is important is that Shang Yang passed this incident to make people think that he is a man of words and faith. After that, what he said, what decree was enacted, everyone believed it. ... "

"Huh?" Edward thought for a moment, then suddenly realized. Then he cried happily:

"I also want to 'stand up to the letter' and go to the market to remove a pillar from the palace ..."

"..." Marlin was dumbfounded. Why do you want to dismantle the roof of the palace?

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