My British Empire

In the autumn of 1562, London began to rain a little bit, which did not bring any cold, but the autumn wind was sweeping, rampaging on the wide London streets, bringing endless difficulties to pedestrians and hawkers.

Even the patrolling urban management and policemen wrapped their clothes tightly, let go of the daggers they usually show off, and patrolled the streets tremblingly.

Urban management are generally scattered in groups, walking in twos and threes, looking around from time to time to see if there are businesses setting up stalls in violation of regulations, or residents dumping rubbish indiscriminately.

But the police usually form a team of three. Although there is no queue, their pace is very steady, and their eyes are like torches, giving people a sense of strictness and deterrence.

But both have a characteristic, no matter who they are, the pedestrians on the road will quickly give way to let these old men walk fast, as if they are avoiding some devil.

On the contrary, the city management officers and the police were complacent and regarded it as their exclusive privilege.

Because in London, even the ministers of the cabinet and the nobles of the House of Lords can punish without scruple if they violate the law.

Nobles and ministers are not their immediate superiors, and cannot deal with them, if they must be made to look good.

Then, the only thing left is to go to the London Court of Appeals.

However, which nobles and ministers would sue a few policemen or city management regardless of face?

"Hey, buddy, how many little thieves have you caught today?" Two city management officers who were wandering around boredly couldn't help asking when they saw the police patrolling with blank faces.

"Hey! What can there be? It took a whole morning to catch a thief, and the rest of the time was patrolling. It was cold and boring!"

One of the shorter police officers said, pursing his lips helplessly, shaking his head.

"Damn the weather, it's really annoying!" the urban management staff straightened their hats and cursed in disgust.

In the center of the wide road, only they were chatting unscrupulously, while the crowd looked at their backs timidly and pointed.

They turned their eyes around and whispered to each other, but no one dared to stand up and say a word.

What's more, the carriages in the rear, intimidated by their power, could only drive slowly and cautiously from both sides of the road.

Violent law enforcement agencies are just that scary.

At this time, suddenly the clinking of horseshoes and the sound of wheels grinding the ground came from the ears of the urban management and police officers, and it seemed that the speed was not slowing down, full of momentum.

Hearing the sound, they turned around quickly and took a look. An extremely large and beautiful carriage was driving at a constant speed, as if they hadn't seen them.

Around the carriage, several people dressed as knights guarded the surroundings, with helmets covering their heads, leaving only their eyes outside, and only the deep eyes and the indomitable momentum could be seen.

But when they saw the patterns and badges on the carriage, they immediately opened their mouths wide, with surprised expressions on their faces.

Then, before the passers-by could react, they had already quickly walked to the side of the road, lowered their heads, bent down, with respectful expressions on their faces, which did not have the fearless expression just now.

The passers-by looked carefully at the coat of arms on the carriage, and they were sure that it was not the carriage of a nobleman or a minister. Who was in the carriage?

Some of the more knowledgeable ones made the same movement clearly and quickly, bowing their heads respectfully, as if they were devout believers.

The uneven bricks on the ground made a "cuckoo" sound, and other people followed suit and made respectful movements, and they didn't dare to look up at all.

"Bless you, St. Augustine! Bless you, Holy See..."

When the carriage passed by, there were prayers on both sides of the road, which was the sound of people's piety.

But the carriage didn't intend to stop, it didn't even look at these respectful crowd, it just passed by and continued towards the destination.

"Your Holy See, it seems that the citizens of London are still devout to our Lord, and they don't care about the content of the Trento Conference in Rome!"

Inside the carriage, a middle-aged priest in a black cassock was sitting in the carriage, and said happily to a middle-aged man in a purple cassock with half-closed eyes.

The reconvened Council of the Catholic Church in Trento, Northern Italy.

This meeting is the most important ecumenical meeting of the Catholic Church. The reason for this meeting was Martin Luther's religious reformation. Some people described this meeting as a counter-reformation plan, because it represented the attitude of the Catholic Church towards religious reformation. .

Not long ago, Pope Pius IV reconvened the long-interrupted Council of Trent, and declared that all Protestantism is heresy.

In other words, the Catholic Church has excommunicated these Protestants in name, and they are already heretics.

It's no wonder that the middle-aged priests around him valued the attitude of London citizens so much, believers were the foundation of their Anglican sect.

Just like a few years ago, the Calvin sect secretly developed believers to preach in England, which greatly shocked the senior management of the Anglican sect.

Catholicism is not terrible, because it does not like the king, but other Protestants will compete with them for more believers and rights.

Fortunately, His Majesty the King made a lightning strike and dispatched these Calvinists to Ireland in one fell swoop, and once again promulgated a law emphasizing the orthodoxy and uniqueness of Anglicanism, which made them breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, the Anglican sect took action immediately. In the places where the Calvin sect was active, they conducted extensive Bible readings and interpretations, and held a huge mass mass, which saved many believers.

"Why don't you know, it's because the news didn't reach London? After all, common people are different from us!"

The current Archbishop of Canterbury, Matthew Burke, said blankly, choking the priest until he was speechless.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, also known as the Holy See of Canterbury, succeeded St Augustus in the apostolic system.

With the Reformation of Henry VIII, the King of England became the religious head of Anglicanism, and the Archbishop of Canterbury was the actual leader.

After the establishment of the United Kingdom, Anglicanism became the state religion of the United Kingdom and the only legal religion, and the Archbishop of Canterbury also became the second in command and the actual leader of the religious circles of the United Kingdom.

Under the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York in England, the Archbishop of Edinburgh in Scotland, the Archbishop of Wales (Wales is the Principality), and the Archbishop of Dublin in Ireland are all deputies and cooperate with the Archbishop of Canterbury to manage the Anglican sect throughout the United Kingdom.

"I don't know what His Majesty's plan is!" Your Excellency the archbishop got the news that not only him, but several other archbishops also came to London, ready to be received by the king.

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