"Long live Charles Cromwell!"
"Let Charles Cromwell be Lord Protector!"
"We want Charlie Cromwell..."
"God bless Charles Cromwell!"
When Li Shaoyou, Huang Jiang and Colbert, the representative of the French King, arrived in London, England, the slogan of the British people gathered outside Hampton Court Palace had become "Want Charlie Cromwell".
The minds of the British people change so quickly! Not long ago, they insisted on demanding that the old Cromwell be the king. In the blink of an eye, they wanted to retire the old Cromwell and let the young Cromwell take over as the second generation Lord Protector in advance.
Huang Jiang, who was sitting in a simple Puritan-style four-wheeled carriage, did not understand English, so he asked Li Shaoyou and Colbert: "What are these British people doing? It's not that the British people who believed in Puritanism are very busy. , is there endless work to do every day? How come you still have time to go out and fool around in the streets? "
"No, no, this is not nonsense," Li Shaoyou quickly explained, "They are doing something important. They are supporting Cromwell as king!"
Li Shaoyou can speak French, but does not understand English, so he does not know that the marchers have changed their lines.
"No, this time they are not supporting Cromwell as king," Colbert could understand what the British people outside the carriage were shouting, "They are supporting Charles Cromwell...Charlie He is the son of the Lord Protector, and the British seem to want to support him as Lord Protector."
"What? Has old Cromwell died?" Li Shaoyou was stunned.
"No..." Colbert shook his head, "I haven't heard of it! He probably didn't die. If he really died, there wouldn't be so many people supporting Charlie."
At this point, he was a little confused. I'm not dead yet, so why did someone persuade my son to marry me? what does this mean?
"Oh," Huang Jiang nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I understand...it turns out that England also produces filial sons!"
"A filial son?" Colbert only spoke roughly Chinese and didn't understand what Huang Jiang meant, so he glanced at Li Shaoyou.
Li Shaoyou said in French: "A filial son is a good son who takes over his father's work in advance and allows his father to retire and retire in peace! My Majesty the Emperor is such a good son!"
Yeah? Colbert thought: That's not what Prince Kong Dai said. The prince said that the Ming Emperor launched a coup when he was the prince, overthrew his father and seized power...Does the filial son mean the prince who came to power in a coup? (prince)? Charlie Cromwell can't do this.
"No, no," Colbert said, "Charlie is not a filial son. I understand his character. He cannot be a filial son. He does not have that much courage."
Do you have to be bold to be a filial son? Huang Jiang was a little confused. Was he being a dutiful son or a robber?
At the same moment, in Hampton Court Palace, the dutiful son of Great Britain, Charlie Cromwell, was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot, circling around in front of his father.
"Daddy, I, I, I won't be the protector of the country! I'm still young, I still need to learn..."
Old Cromwell looked at his precious son and frowned. Do you need to learn to be the Lord Protector? This job does not require a degree! I only went to Cambridge for one year and didn't learn much. Didn't I become the Protector of the Country?
"Charlie!" Old Cromwell roared, "It's easy to become Lord Protector! Just two key issues cannot be shaken.
One is to be dictatorial! Our country is too chaotic. There are English, Scots, Irish, Welsh, Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Puritans... so many people in just a few million people. The factions are also hostile to each other, dislike each other, and hold each other back. The Permanent Parliament was elected by these factions who had no idea of working together.
If you let them decide the fate of England by majority vote, you deserve to be a second Charles I! Because they won't solve any problems and will only use you as a scapegoat after things go wrong!
The second is to adhere to the Puritan line. It’s not that this line is any good, it’s that no one except the Puritans will support us at all. Moreover, the Puritans are particularly good at fighting. Although their numbers are small, everyone else combined cannot defeat the Puritans!
In addition, you should not expect to please everyone, and do not expect to use tolerant policies to make Catholics, Presbyterians, and Catholics who sneak into the Anglican Church love you. This is why Charles II was killed. To keep your power and your life, you have to keep the Puritans in your grasp.
But you should not give the Puritan politicians a chance to control the Parliament... No matter what others say, you must keep in mind that the Puritans support you as the protector of the country because they want you to be a dictator! If they wanted a parliament, it was time to elect a king. "
"Yes, but I don't have the same prestige as you!" said little Cromwell.
"I know," Cromwell said, "Now is an opportunity to establish your prestige! You will lead the expedition to attack Dunkirk with the French... According to the agreement, Dunkirk will Owned by us. This will be the first time in decades that Britain has territory on the European continent.
After you return in triumph, I will give you the position of Lord Protector, and then I will guide you to become a dictator! "
Just as he said this, one of Cromwell's secretaries knocked on the office door.
"His Royal Highness the Protector of the Country, the French envoy, the Ambassador of the Ming Dynasty and the chairman of the Shenou United Bank have arrived."
"Let them wait in the audience hall!"
"As you command, Your Highness!"
Cromwell glanced at his son and said: "Now, you still need a lot of money!
Although the Puritans are reluctant to spend money, they like to save money... so a low-interest and long-term loan is also a necessary condition for you to ascend the throne of the Protector of the Country! "
...
Just when Cromwell and Prince Condé were thinking about using the Spanish army, the British royalist army and the remnants of the French Fronde at Dunkirk to establish their power.
Don Juan Jose, the governor of the Spanish Netherlands, believed that the enemy would not start a war in the winter, so he went to Spain with General Garcia.
Of course, you can't take a boat. Don Juan Jose is not willing to take risks. So he and Garcia took the land route, crossing the lands of the Holy Roman Empire to Spain. And when passing through Vienna, the capital of Austria, they happened to meet the first national imperial examination of the Holy Roman Empire!
"Imperial examination? Your Majesty the Grand Duke, what does this mean?" Don Juan Jose asked Leopold, Archduke of Austria (Crown Prince of the Holy Roman Empire) who entertained him in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, about the imperial examination.
The Archduke of Austria was a young man under twenty years old. His face was as long as that of Don Juan Jose, but his appearance and intelligence were normal. Hearing this question, young Leopold smiled bitterly, "This is a good way to learn from the Chinese... It has actually been practiced since six years ago. You should have heard of Habu Fort Royal Academy, right?”
"I've heard that your Highness the Grand Duke is also a student of the Habsburg Royal Academy, right?" Don Juan Jose asked.
"Yes," the Archduke of Austria nodded, "I was packed into this inhumane bureaucratic and military academy 6 years ago! There were more than a thousand people from all over the Holy Roman Empire who enrolled with me. Most of the sons of lords and noble families were not heirs to their territories and titles, so they were sent to the Royal Academy by their fathers to receive six years of military and bureaucratic education. In order to pass the imperial and Habsburg dynasty exams after graduation Official positions and military positions in the territory... The first national imperial examination that will be held soon is used to select elites from the sons of lords and noble families who have completed six years of schooling.
For this purpose, His Majesty the Emperor has prepared 200 positions for candidates to apply for! "
"What?" Don Juan Jose was shocked, "Can you really take the exam to get a position? Do you need to take the exam for your position?"
This needs to be asked clearly... If the crown prince can also take the exam, then this advanced experience must be introduced to Spain!
"Me?" The Archduke of Austria glared at Don Juan Jose, "Of course I don't need to take the exam... I am the Archduke of Austria, do I still need to take the exam? What is the exam? The emperor is elected, isn't he? Passed the test."
