Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Lambert said rather conflictedly: "According to the information we have, not only the Holy Roman Empire is buying arms from the Ming Dynasty, but the Holy See is also buying arms from the Ming Empire.

In other words, the current relationship between the Holy See and the Ming Empire is in the honeymoon period. If we declare war on Ming now, what will happen to the Holy Roman Empire?

If the Holy See is firmly on the side of the Ming Empire, what will happen then?What's even more frightening is that once the Holy See issues an excommunication order again? "

Lambert's words made everyone present feel a little shuddering.

For other countries, the excommunication order may not be so horrifying, but it is completely different for England.

Because the Roman emperor who was excommunicated by the Holy See was Henry IV, and England also had a king named Henry IV.

Just like the Ming Empire, there were always some people called Goudan or Stone, so there were too many guys named Henry in Europe, but there were only three people called Henry IV.

One is the excommunicated Heinrich IV (Henry IV), the other is the Bourbon king Henry IV, and the other is the first monarch of England's Lancaster dynasty.

After shaking his head, Cromwell said: "Give God what belongs to God, and what belongs to Caesar belongs to Caesar. In the case of being dragged into the water."

Deliberately making a relaxed gesture and shrugging his shoulders, Cromwell continued: "Who knows if the Holy See owes money to those vampires in France? You know, there is no one that France dare not lend money to. be able to recoup the loan.”

Fairfax shook his head and said, "Even if the Holy See owed money to France before, it is impossible for the Holy See to owe money to France now—how can the Holy See be short of money when the printing presses for indulgences are running?"

At the level of Cromwell, Fairfax, and Lambert, they have already seen everything clearly, and they can see things like indulgences clearly.

According to the Roman Catholic Church, the blood of Jesus and the later martyred saints is more than enough to atone for the sins of mankind, and it has been accumulated to form the "Holy Father's Treasury", which can be represented by the successor of St. Peter, that is, the Pope of Rome. The Catholic Church is in charge, representing God to atone for the sins of specific people, and open the door from purgatory to heaven.

The problem is, how many years have passed, and the blood of the saints in the "Shenggong Shanku" must have been used up long ago, right?Especially since they had sold so many indulgences before, the remaining ones might not even be enough for a plate of blood tofu...

After being silent for a long while, Cromwell said: "Just do what Macaulay said, delay it, talk to them about military spending first, and then ask what other conditions they mean .

As for the two businessmen from Ming Dynasty and little Ellis, it is better to imprison them for the time being until these conditions are negotiated. "

Regarding Cromwell's decision, the other people present nodded in agreement, expressing their approval.

To be able to live in this position, in addition to the family background, more depends on their own ability, otherwise they would have been played to death by others.

Everyone, who are all human beings, knows very well that once the two businessmen of the Ming Empire and little Ellis are released now, they will have no other bargaining chips on their side, so it is better to Let's talk about releasing people after everything is settled.

Lambert breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Actually, this is good news, isn't it? At least, there is still something to talk about right now. The fleet of the Ming Empire didn't come to help Charles I. That's good news." Is there any news?"

Cromwell nodded and said: "Yes, from this point of view, this is indeed good news. Maybe we can talk to the fleet of the Ming Empire?"

Fairfax asked a little confused: "Talk to the fleet of the Ming Empire? What are you talking about?"

Without waiting for Cromwell to explain, Lambert said directly: "Of course they are hired. We can talk to them now and hire them to bombard the ports under Charles I.

Even, can we talk to them about hiring them to fight for us? "

Fairfax exclaimed: "Absolutely impossible!"

Seeing that other people's eyes were on him, Fairfax explained: "Let's not talk about whether we can successfully negotiate with them, and no matter what the final result is, but what is certain is that we must not hire them!

Gentlemen, think about it, they can travel thousands of miles to England to bombard our port for just two businessmen, and we hire them to fight for us, what will the people of England think?What would the nobles think?What do other countries think?

Even if we don't consider these issues, we must also consider the cost issue-how much do we have to pay to hire them?

And there is an even more vexing question, that is, when the war is over, will they leave?Who can guarantee this?

Don't say that we can sign a contract with them. In fact, everyone knows that contracts are meant to be torn up, in the past, now, and in the future. "

Fairfax's words caused several people to fall into silence together, and the somewhat breezy atmosphere just now became extremely dignified again.

Some things are like window paper, which can be broken as soon as you poke it, but before it is broken, many people will look at things with a fluke mentality.

Just like many people in later generations play the lottery, knowing that their chances of winning the lottery are low, they still can't help comforting themselves, what if they win?

Now Cromwell, Lambert and others also have this kind of mentality-what if the negotiation is completed?What if Charles I was killed with the help of the naval fleet of the Ming Empire?

You must know that Charles I was almost unable to hold on, and in at most another year, it is estimated that he could be sent to the guillotine.

However, after Charles I obtained a batch of arms from the Ming Empire through the East India Company, the situation of the war immediately reversed, and he began to push the parliamentary army southward.

If it wasn't for the fact that the parliamentary army also obtained a batch of munitions through the East India Company later, I'm afraid things would get worse, and it might even be counterattacked by the royalist army.

It was also under such circumstances that Cromwell and Lambert came up with the idea of ​​hiring the Ming army to fight at the same time.

Judging from the current situation, it is certain to offend Daming. According to the normal operation, he would release him, pay for military expenses, and agree to some other conditions in order to expose this matter.

However, to be offended is to be offended. Even if this incident is exposed, will the grudge still exist?When the Ming Empire thinks about it later, is it still a big trouble?

But hiring the naval fleet of the Ming Empire to help the parliamentary army kill the royalists, things will immediately become different.

First of all, Daming's military expenses will be borne by the royalist party. Even if it is borne by the parliamentary army, it can be compensated by the royalist party.

The second is to restore the relationship - as long as the army of the Ming Empire is hired, it is a life-and-death friendship that has fought together, and the relationship will always be much better than it is now, right?

It was with such thoughts that Cromwell and Lambert planned to take a gamble, but their sweet dreams were shattered by Fairfax's light words.

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Chapter 775 Unequal treaties are called treaties!

After all, he was the ruthless man who sent the king to the guillotine in the original time and space. After the dream was punctured, Cromwell had nothing unacceptable, and he did not turn himself into the Roaring Emperor, but simply gave up the plan. Instead, I started to study how to delay time and how to drag France into the water together.

For Cromwell, procrastinating is the best option at the moment, and it can be said to be the only option, but for Liu Wenbing, it is a completely different matter.

The longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for Liu Wenbing—how can His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty be easy to get along with?Even if there is nothing wrong, you still want to make a fuss, but now that something happened here, who doesn't want to make a fuss?

Now the problem that only needs the South China Sea Fleet can be solved, when it comes to that master’s desk, it is estimated that it will become a joint operation between the East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet. It gets more and more troublesome!

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen almost lost sight of his smiling eyes!

Europe is good, England is good. The Suez Canal was excavated before, and it seemed that England was a small European country. Now England took the initiative to jump out, and finally reminded myself of the mess in Europe!

Between the big and small wives and the European battlefield, Emperor Chongzhen decisively chose the European battlefield—the big and small wives are in the harem, can they still grow wings and fly?

Besides, these little girls are now thinking about letting themselves accept a few more concubines into the palace, how can I do what they want?

Is it because the battlefield is no longer fun, or are the barbarians no longer interesting to kill?Thinking about those naughty things in the harem every day?What about those scumbags who pretended to be Mite Qing?

However, Emperor Chongzhen's plan to personally conquest was unanimously opposed by almost everyone, including the British public Zhang Zhiji who involved his own fiefdom.

For Zhang Zhiji, who is in command of the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies, he couldn't be more clear about what kind of birds these killers in Daming's first-level combat readiness center and three fleets look like.

As far as England's size and strength are concerned, basically any fleet and a few guards are enough to sweep England.

The problem is that it is no problem to be able to sweep England, but it is very problematic to bring Emperor Chongzhen!

Even if Emperor Chongzhen slapped his head now and said that he planned to kill the barbarians of the Mughals, the opposition of Zhang Zhiji, Lu Xiangsheng and others would not be so fierce - because fighting at sea and fighting on land are basically two different things Son, whoever comes here has to admit it.