[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

The Marquis of Dorset never thought that the painting she rented at a large price would be transferred to His Majesty the King lightly by the owner.Regarding this, even if she was full of anger, she couldn't vent it out in front of King William III, and even had to put on a reserved smile that didn't care.

"Your Majesty, taking advantage of this rare moment of reunion, I would like to ask for your grace." The Marquis of Dorset is not a patient person, so after the banquet officially started, she deliberately said: "My husband Henry is a A man of absolute integrity. God sees there is no nobleman in the world who loves England more than he, so I hope you will find him a place in the Privy Council."

The proposal of the Marchioness of Dorset surprised her shadow husband, because before that, his wife had never mentioned his future, and he had always followed his father's deathbed instructions and was not in the court of England. Li is too eye-catching.

"The Privy Council is not a place to look at blood, personal achievements and political influence are the most important." William III's carelessness gave the Marchioness of Dorset a glimmer of hope.

After all, as long as she doesn't ask for a specific occupation, it is still feasible for her husband to be named in the Privy Council.

However, William III did not think so.

Because with the advancement of the absolute monarchy, the Privy Council is no longer a pure advisory body, but has gradually changed back to the centralized center of the Norman Dynasty.

Although on the bright side, the court still has judicial power, and the parliament still retains the legislative power, but because of Henry VIII's centralized power in faith and military, he can avoid the court and parliament through the refined structure of the Privy Council - the Royal Council The influence of the country does not even need to go through noble trials to weaken or execute the great nobles in the country.

It can be said that the existence of the Privy Council has always been prior to the courts and parliament, and it is also the predecessor of the cabinet of later generations.

Even in the Tudor era, only some of the members who could sit in the imperial council were the ones who really played the role of the Privy Council.

The Marquis of Dorset was also willing to stuff her husband into the Privy Council for the slightest possibility of entering the Royal Council.

"When it comes to personal achievements and political influence, my husband is not an unknown person in the country." The Marquis of Dorset said a little unwillingly: "You also know that my husband was in the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Netherlands War , played a big role.”

"Besides, I'm also thinking about the future of my three daughters." The Marquis of Dorset knew that William III was easy to be soft-hearted towards her children, so she said aggrievedly: "With a father who serves in the Privy Council, their future is always better. .”

Queen Juana felt that the Marquis of Dorset hadn't thought of the important point at all, because several important ministers in the imperial meeting were younger than the Marquis of Dorset, and it was not certain who would die!

Besides, their family holds a good card of royal blood, as long as they stay in peace, they can be approached by a large number of stability-seeking nobles, so why bother?

And the number one in the Privy Council is not a panacea.

Otherwise, why would Sir Cecil, an important minister in the court, do everything possible to get Anthony Cheney?It wasn't because of the other party's influence in Protestantism and his close relationship with the Archbishop of Canterbury that he could come into William III's sight.

William III once again affirmed that he could not let his cousins ​​and nieces get married, and suddenly became easy-going: "After the parade is over, let the Marquess of Dorset report to Sir Cecil."

In this way, the Dorset family had to move back to London, and William III could easily install the Dorset Sheriff.

Believe that this family is under my nose, nothing big will happen!

Besides, how could the Privy Council withdraw so easily?

William III had a way to keep the Marquess of Dorset in that seat until his death, and he couldn't go any further.

That night, Queen Juana and King William III temporarily stayed in Corfe Castle, and then talked about what they had seen and heard on the road: "What is the enclosure movement you mentioned?"

"In order to expand the export of wool that is in short supply, the merchants in England used the original fields to herd sheep." William III read Boccaccio's "Ten Days Talk", and said casually: "If the tenants are rented to those who have no If the money of local farmers can be doubled, then no one will refuse such a benefit. Besides, those nobles are all about money, and they will even help wool merchants drive away those powerless squires or small Landlords, come to secure yourself more land for sheep.”

"But in this way, those peasants will become jobless refugees, which is also a great harm to the stability of the dynasty." Queen Juana worried: "Don't the county guards care about these things?"

"If those aristocrats can get the sheriff to deliver a good result in the local taxation, then who cares about the life and death of the farmers?" William III asked back: "Besides, the merchants know the 'law' very well. It is useless to sue them.”

"Since it's useless to sue, then you just let them turn England into a ranch?" Queen Juana never believed that William III would ignore this matter: "If there is another black death or large-scale war in Europe, don't you pray? Import food from the Ottoman Empire? Or will France and Spain give you a hand in mercy?"

"If I really think so, then I was blinded by the devil and wanted to destroy England in my hands." William III closed the book and said very seriously: "No matter when, I will never give up England. agriculture."

Not to mention that in the sixteenth century, even in later generations, no big country that can be called by name would give up local agricultural production and rely entirely on imports.

"In the short period after the fall of Rome, England's wool could not be sold, and the foreign trade was barely maintained by the export of food." William III had already thought about the corresponding policy for the enclosure movement, but he still had to discuss the details with the Imperial Council. of negotiations.

"Sleep! We have to hurry tomorrow." William III asked the maids to come in and blow out the candles.

Johanna, who had been listening to the corner for a long time, couldn't believe that William III just fell asleep like this, and didn't take the opportunity to do anything with Queen Juana.

After all, the Duke of Richmond is two years old. For the sake of the stability of the throne, William III and Queen Juana should have another prince.

Especially Queen Juana.

She had to add layers of insurance for the future of Belgium and Flanders.

"Your golden age is not long, you have to hurry up." Johanna secretly instructed Queen Juana when she was tucking the quilt.

William III on the side heard this sentence with sharp ears, and always felt a little speechless.

In fact, he hopes that his second child can maintain a certain age difference with the first child, so as to avoid the two being like Charles V and his brother, who supported each other in the first half of their lives and were suspicious of each other in the second half of their lives.

"Middle child neglect" has always been the worst enemy of family unity.

William III could not guarantee that the second child would be a daughter, so he could only reduce the intercourse with Queen Juana, thereby reducing the second child's threat to the eldest son's succession.

This sounds like a cruel decision, but both the West and the East chose the most conservative eldest son inheritance system in order to make steady progress.

Taking the Duchy of Lorraine as an example, even though the second son of René II was the brave Duke of Guise, he never thought of handing over his country to the second son. Dongwan's rule was stable.

Leaving Dorset, the king's guard of honor passed through Devon and finally came to Cornwall, the southernmost county of England.

Speaking of Cornwall, in fact, the most famous is not the tin collection technology and bronze forging technology, nor is it the Norman conquest, and the militant blood of the locals.But there is a legend about King Arthur, which originated in Cornwall, and the Cornish people have always regarded themselves as Celtic descendants.

Although today, everything about King Arthur is beyond consideration, and even some religious scholars have marked it as a symbol of cult legends, but the legendary Cornwall Castle actually exists, and because it was divided into two With its unique shape, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only needs three soldiers to block the title of the English army.

William III was briefly duke of Cornwall before being named Prince of Wales.At that time, Henry VIII, in order to appease the Catholic forces headed by Catherine of Aragon, asked the Cornwall Sheriff to govern this place in the name of the Prince of Wales.

Even today, William III has only truly stepped into the territory of Cornwall, but Cornwall has hung the private badge of William III more than ten years ago, and even because William III was promoted to king , and the royal seal was added to it, as well as the traditional Tudor rose.

Queen Juana was very interested in the forging process in Cornwall, because the Normans were all militants, so they had a special affection for Cornwall, where the weapons were produced: "I heard that the Lionheart and William the Conqueror His armor was forged in Cornwall."

"You mean the ugly chain mail?" William III saw the Norman dress on the Bayeux Tapestry, and was deeply ugly by the unique shaved hairstyle under the ear: "The king is armed Before, would wear a tin crown, do you know why?"

"In order for people to spot him in the crowd." Queen Juana knew that most contenders for the throne wanted the king dead on the battlefield, but for those who wanted to rise to the top, a living king sold more. high value.

"At the same time, because the tin crown is lighter, it will not break their necks before the war begins." After William III took Queen Juana to visit the famous Cornwall Castle, he went to a traditional inn with her Here, we tasted the most famous frittata and saffron cake together.

Although before the pie was served, William III doubted that they would serve a pot to look up at the stars. After all, Cornwall had many fishermen and sailors.

However, after actually eating this dish, William III was completely relieved.

There is no doubt that the behavior of the king and queen to be close to the people has aroused the favor of many Cornish people, and at the same time, it has also made the barrier between the descendants of the Celtics and the Saxons or Vikings less serious than before.