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Chapter 992 Parliament and the King (Part [-])

"Please rest assured that I, Cromwell, was born in the swamp, and I will definitely stand by your side! It is impossible for the Earl of Belderford's adventure company to empty the 360000 acres of public swamp in the Erie area!"

A middle-aged man calms angry farmers in the Erie Marshes in Britain.

These angry swamp farmers held scythes and grass twigs, and on one side the fence that the Adventure Company had enclosed the land.

"Mr. Cromwell, our marshes in Erie have been public land since the day I was born, and every inch of it is equally available to all. The Earl of Belderford's Adventure Company, once drained, will have 36 acres of land Among them, 95000 acres of dry land were rewarded by the king to the Earl of Belderford, and the rest of the marshes belonged to the royal family. The public land has become private land, how will we farmers live in the future!" A farmer with a scythe Said.

"Originally, the nobles kept enclosing land and driving us away from the original farmland. Now even the swamp is not spared. From now on, we farmers will have a hard time." A group of swamp farmers asked Cromway You complain.

After Cromwell was the local squire, the local peasants had to come to him for help when they clashed with the nobles.

"I have already understood the whole story, please believe me. I will negotiate with the adventure company to protect everyone's interests and prevent the swamp from being drained. This place will still be a public land." Cromwell said to this said the group of farmers.

After hearing that Cromwell came forward to help them negotiate with the adventure company, the angry farmers settled down, and then left one after another after voicing bitterness with Cromwell.

Cromwell looked at the fence that surrounded the swamp with mixed emotions.

"Honey, are the surrounding residents making trouble again?" Elizabeth came over and asked.

"The issue of the possession of the public land has been making troubles recently, and I have to stand on the side of the farmers in the swamp area. Our family represents their interests. I was elected as a member of the parliament before and got their support to maintain the swamp. The current situation will reassure the farmers that they don't have to be evicted or pay high rents. But I don't think it's a bad thing to drain the swamps. When the swamps become dry land, they can have more production. Out. The use of commons is too inefficient, and it is not a good thing to use land without restraint and planning," Cromwell said.

"But the well-being of ordinary farmers is also very important. Land enclosures are getting more and more severe, and more and more farmers are being driven away. Now there are many poor people without income in the country, and the bread given by the church to ordinary people is no longer enough." Elizabeth Said.

"All of this is that the profit of exporting wool is far higher than that of farming. All the gentry and nobles can't wait to turn all the land into pastures. The previous farmland was not enough, so they wanted to develop the swamp area and turn the swamp area into a pasture. Sheep will be kept in captivity after the land is dry," Cromwell said with emotion.

Not only is Chu Yun going through the pain of reform, Britain is also going through the pain of social transformation, but the process is slower.The land enclosure movement and the price revolution made a large number of farmers in Britain become poor or salaried workers.

"The MPs from the city of London have heard that King Charles intends to bypass the Parliament and unilaterally conclude a holy alliance with the East. There have been some rumors that King Charles intends to sell some privileges to China in the Holy Alliance Treaty. In exchange for their support." Elizabeth handed Cromwell a letter from London.

"The king is going to conclude a diplomatic alliance independently of our parliament? What is he thinking? He doesn't understand how terrible the ancient dynasties in the East are. Their population is more than ten times that of ours, and they cooperate with such a behemoth? Not at all. A country of size!" Cromwell read the letter and couldn't help but feel disappointed in Charles I.

"The king sent an envoy to the east before, presumably for the purpose of forming an alliance. These years, the parliament and the king have been refusing to compromise. Could it be that the parliament pushed the king too hard and made him go off the rails?" Elizabeth said.

"King Charles believed in the army. He wanted to build a standing army, but he also had to use force to subdue the Scottish Presbyterian Church. The military expenditure required was huge, and it would be shared among the people in the end. If we take the initiative to compromise, The power of the monarch is growing, and our parliament will become a vassal of the king just like the Privy Council. On the contrary, if the king takes the initiative to reconvene the parliament, then our parliament can limit the power of the king and reduce taxes that are not good for us."

"After all, the king is a person. He is not rational, and sometimes acts according to his own preferences, so that the parliament can act on behalf of the will of all the people." Cromwell said.

"But now that King Charles has unilaterally concluded a treaty with China, the ancient Eastern dynasty will soon send a fleet. We don't know anything about them. With their support, the king might not be able to reconvene the parliament. "Elizabeth was a little worried.

"Your worries are not unreasonable. King Charles is playing with fire! I have to go back and write a letter to inform other members of parliament to intervene in this matter, otherwise if the king is allowed to act recklessly, it will destroy the country's future!" Karen After Will knew that King Charlie and Chu Yun had cooperated, he was full of worries.

In Cromwell's impression, the East is a powerful and mysterious existence, and any diplomatic behavior with China must be done with caution.In the eyes of Cromwell, Charles I was undoubtedly crazy to conclude an alliance shortly after he came into contact with the East.

The people in the parliament may not have thought that they would force Charles I into the debt. Charles I was already red-eyed, and under the temptation of Chu Yun's constant hints to send him money, he quickly made up his mind to form an alliance with Chu Yun .

The East India Company paid him 2 pounds in taxes every year, but Charles I planned to sell the East India Company to Chu Yun because Chu Yun paid much more money than the East India Company.Charles I did not think that the still weak East India Company would have future glory.

"The matter of obstructing the alliance? Our parliament has been disbanded for several years, how can we obstruct it?" Elizabeth asked.

"Submit a letter of protest to His Majesty the King first. If His Majesty the King does not suspend the conclusion of the covenant, we will organize the counties to resist the tax. No one would want the Orientals to interfere in our British affairs." Cromwell said.

Maybe Chu Yun and Charles I didn't know about it, because they wanted an alliance, not only the history of the East was changed beyond recognition, but also the history of the West began to move towards a completely different track from the original.

(End of this chapter)