My British Empire

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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 somewhat sparse head, not knowing how to respond. If he had to say it regardless of 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 and small manors and ranches!"

Edward scolded for a while, feeling that a few words 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 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 that I am fully prepared, even if I stay in Scotland for a year!"

Sir John's eyes gleamed with gold when he heard the large income, and he nodded and clapped his big hands on his chest.

His lips parted slightly, he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and stared at Edward anxiously.

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 Scottish nobles and commoners temporarily take the same position as Edward. In this way, the situation in Scotland will be much more stable within a few years.

Furthermore, church reform has never been smooth sailing. Even when Duke Edward became more radical, there were frequent riots all over England.

Although the Scottish nobles are powerful, the loyalty of the Scots to Catholicism is much stronger than that of 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 piss 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, with a happy smile on his face.

But in Sir John's view, His Majesty the King laughed a bit lewdly, bah! is great. Sir John thought silently.

"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!" Seemingly hearing the implication of Edward's words, Sir John's broad forehead burst into cold sweat, and he hurriedly responded.

"En!" Edward nodded lightly, expressing his approval, "With you here, I feel relieved!"

Edward couldn't help getting nervous. You didn't come to the Middle Ages, you didn't know the power of the church, and you didn't know how much money those fat monks had 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's heart was a little fuzzy, and he retreated slowly, while Edward watched his somewhat plump body gradually leave, his eyes became deeper and deeper.

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 thoughts for a while, Edward came back to his senses, Sir John is still very useful at present.

"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 fluffy long 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 bulging pink cheeks, 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 while, her eyes were a little red, it seemed that this was a difficult choice for her!

Seeing that little Lolita was 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.

Seeing the little loli running away again, the corners of Edward's mouth curled up slightly.