[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

William Tudor and Princess Mary moved into the freshly cleaned St James's Palace after attending the Queen's coronation.Because Anne Boleyn's childbirth period was only two or three months, the Prince of Wales had to stay to attend the christening of the Duke of York, and there was no sign that Anne Boleyn wanted to use this to declare sovereignty.

"She is really like a peacock showing her lack of heart and even more lack of faith all the time." Princess Mary, who didn't need to be in the same room with Anne Boleyn, was obviously relieved, but quickly frowned and said: "Those pagans are completely representatives of Satan in the world. Their beliefs are not at all serving God, but desperately plundering people's property."

"According to what you said, there are not many good things in the Holy See." William Tudor wrote lightly: "It is true that there are some respectable martyrs and ascetics among them, but the gold coins in the world cannot be used by God. Instead, it falls straight into the Pope's cup."

"If the standard for evaluating whether a person can enter heaven after death is the atonement rolls piled up with gold coins, then God will be astonished that the virtues left by him will be replaced by the things that Satan uses to seduce mankind." William W. Tudor looked at Princess Mary incredulously, and continued: "Besides, according to the Holy See, no matter whether it is the Virgin Mary, the crucified Jesus, or the martyred St. John, they cannot go to heaven."

"But that's money for teaching and cultivating believers." Princess Mary said for the atonement scroll: "God should give sinners a chance to atone for their sins."

"If that's the case, why don't you forgive Judas?" William Tudor argued sophistry: "Everyone will do the generosity of others. The problem is that the Holy See, at least the current Holy See, does not have the spirit of sacrifice for the faith. .”

"You can say that the Atonement Roll is a fund for promoting Catholicism, and I don't deny this. The premise is that the voluptuous pope in Rome can shrink his claws a little bit, and use less of the money that believers use to save themselves for private desires Come on." William Tudor shook his head, and even Mary couldn't say anything for the Pope.

After all, Clement X VII is a loser comparable to "John the Landless King", and even in some respects, he is even more of a failure than "John the Landless King".And thanks to him alone, most of the good reputation left by his cousin Leo X and his uncle and adoptive father Lorenzo de Medici "The Splendid" was ruined, and even several Protestant Leaders, such as Martin Luther in Germany and John Calvin in France, both attacked the Pope for his incompetence and private life, and used it to stir up dissatisfaction with the Atonement Scrolls.

"But he is still the leader of God in the world." Although Princess Mary was devout at this time, because Queen Catherine was not abandoned by Henry VIII, and her grandmother, Queen Isabella, was a devout Catholic Christianity, but it does not allow Spanish Catholicism to be under the control of the Pope rather than the monarch. Therefore, Queen Catherine deliberately guided Princess Mary not to be too stubborn and extreme in religion, let alone want her to be like Queen Isabella. The notorious thing of the tribunal—even though it did suppress the Spanish king's political enemies to some extent, but according to the different national conditions, Queen Catherine never thought that Spain's iron hand could be used on the land of England or even France.

First of all, England still has the blood of the gorse inside, and a restoration movement may be set off at any time.On the other side of France, there are not a few grand duchies with autonomy and armed forces, whether it is the former lowland countries, Brittany when he was finally caught extinct by the French king, or the current Duke of Lorraine. The Bourbon family of Navarre, which holds the title of kingdom, is not the kind of obedient existence willing to obey the king's orders.

This also led to the religious reform in France not only starting later than England, but also lasting longer and bloodier than England.

After all, the latter is an island country, which effectively limits the intervention of foreign forces in terms of geographical location, while France does not have such an advantage, coupled with the continuous intervention of the Roman Church and Spain, and the gods of Catherine de Medici Come for a sum.

The whole of France was almost torn apart. In the end, Henry IV of Navarre (the husband of Queen Margot) came forward to ease the dispute between the two sides, but he himself did not end well, but was assassinated by fanatic Catholics. Down.

For William, the Reformation was a certainty.

Looking at every rise of European countries, it seems that it is inseparable from the religious reform.

But before that, he must be wary of the radicals and opportunists in the reform.

After all, the biggest reason why Thomas Cromwell caused controversy in the Reformation was that the people found out that after the reformation, they had a harder life.

And where did the knocked down churches, the proceeds from the amputated sin rolls, and the priests' taxes go?

The upper authority represented by Henry VIII laughed and said nothing.

So in some respects, part of Thomas Cromwell's yelling and beating in the later period of his administration was his own doing, and part of it was taking the blame for the king.

After all, the thinking of the people under the feudal system is that the people dare not criticize the king, so they have to find a demon concubine and treacherous officials as a trash can for their anger.

In order to get Henry VIII to agree to his series of policies, Thomas Cromwell paid the king and the great nobles a lot of benefits, so it is reasonable to make the people miserable.

But at this moment, a messenger rushed to report: "Her Majesty the Queen has begun to give birth, and Her Majesty the King asked you two to rush to Whitehall Palace immediately, and wait for the good news from Her Majesty the Queen."

"So soon?" Princess Mary remembered that Anne Boleyn was less than eight months old from her marriage to her delivery, and judging by her bosom portrait, she did not appear to have been born prematurely.

"Do you really think that father and Anne Boleyn were only married once?" William Tudor threw some tips to the messenger, and then counted Anne Boleyn's pregnancy period: "Maybe before the mother died, Anne Boleyn Bolling just broke his own rules."

After all, Henry VIII was only lecherous, not cerebral palsy.

Especially when England's early militarism caused inflation and domestic prices soared, marrying Anne Boleyn who had little money was indeed not a good deal.

It is estimated that after Henry VIII could not get the new queen's dowry idea, Thomas Cromwell also used the domestic financial situation to persuade Henry VIII to carry out religious reforms, thereby completing the two major tasks of centralizing power and enriching the treasury.

"Which piece of land did you say your father would give to the soon-to-be-born Duke of York?" Princess Mary couldn't be happier at the thought that Anne Boleyn's position would be secured by her upcoming child.

"It should be to reduce Henry Fitzroy's treatment again, and then give the northern land to the Duke of York." William Tudor joked: "After all, England is so big, father can't give us France!"

"He thinks, but it's a pity that King Francois doesn't agree to take France as the princess's dowry." Just as Princess Mary was talking with William Tudor, an afterimage passed by their window and was let all the way to the White House. hall palace.

"Who is that?" Princess Mary frowned.

"There will never be a military situation at this point in time. In all likelihood, Queen Anne gave birth." William Tudor was not sure whether Queen Anne would give birth to a prince because of his butterfly effect.

Henry VIII, who was just waiting anxiously in the Whitehall Palace, gritted his teeth after hearing the messenger's report: "The tourney and a series of celebrations celebrating the birth of the prince will be cancelled, and she will be held in the private chapel in the Whitehall Palace. to be baptized."

"Yes." The messenger wiped the sweat from his forehead and said cautiously, "Her Majesty wants to name the little princess Elizabeth after you and her mother."

"Whatever." Henry VIII was not interested in an unexpected daughter, which made the atmosphere in Whitehall extremely tense.