[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

Because of the epidemic, the famine in England was worse than Henry VIII thought.Thomas Cromwell, who was the chancellor of the exchequer, sent people to check the harvest status of various places as soon as the epidemic ended, and learned that this autumn's wheat production will decrease by more than [-]%, and the condition of secondary crops is not much better. Where to go, after all, most of them are more delicate than wheat.

"What about the fishery and animal husbandry?" Henry VIII, whose misfortunes never come singly, gave up his wedding and honeymoon trip with a gloomy face, and held endless meetings with a group of sad-faced men in the Whitehall Palace. He couldn't help being angry. Cursed: "I can't believe that you can't even do this little thing well. London is not an asylum center for all parts of England. They have to solve the famine problem by themselves, otherwise why should I raise a group of officials? Let them waste the treasury money?"

Facing the anger of Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell, who was the chancellor of the exchequer, bit the bullet and said: "The impact on the fishery industry is not big, but the situation of animal husbandry is not better than that of agriculture. Because of the epidemic some time ago, livestock in many places There was a large gap due to no one feeding them, coupled with the food shortage in recent days, so officials from various places slaughtered a batch of immature animals as emergency food, and arranged for the middle-aged population to go up the mountain for hunting and picking. "

"What else?" Henry VIII's face softened, but he did not lower his questioning tone: "Are you all at this level? What do you kill after killing the animals? Huh?"

Thomas Cromwell couldn't answer Henry VIII's words, and finally the Duke of Suffolk said: "We plan to transport a batch of grain from all over France, but considering that there is also a strong demand for French grain in Spain, So King François' asking price will not be too low."

"Hmph! If he asks for a lower price, he won't be able to redeem his son." If one were to talk about who was the most unlucky among the three giants in Europe, King Francois, who fell in love with Henry VIII, must be the number one.After all, the whole family was captured during the war, except for King François.

"Perhaps you can have a separate talk with the ambassadors of the two countries." Thomas Cromwell hoped that England would gain the greatest benefit from the conflict between Spain and France: "Actually, regarding the matter mentioned by the Duke of Suffolk, I I have an idea to reduce the pressure on the treasury, and I wonder if His Majesty is interested in hearing it."

"Say." Henry VIII did not want the treasury to be dragged down by the famine, nor did he want to experience the poverty of Henry VII's reign again.

"Considering that Spain has always been on the front line against the invasion of the Ottoman Empire, other European countries have provided various supplies to Spain at the request of the Spanish emperor." Thomas Cromwell glanced at the ministers present and found that Their faces are as ugly as holding shit.

"Mr. Cromwell, do you know what you are talking about?" Henry VIII's face was not much better than those of the ministers: "No matter what contradictions exist among European countries, it is our responsibility to resist the invasion of the Ottoman Empire." unshirkable responsibility."

"Yes, Your Majesty. I totally agree with what you said." Thomas Cromwell saw that Henry VIII did not explicitly object to his proposal, so he knew a lot in his heart: "It's just that there are a lot of supplies on the Spanish material route." Pirates, in order to ensure the supply to the front line of the Ottoman Empire, I think it is necessary for England to fight against those pirates who violated the law and ignored the interests of the Christian world."

In short, the pirate ship first robbed a batch of Spanish supplies, and then the English warship went to rob the pirate ship's spoils.

Thomas Cromwell would never describe his proposal as black and black, and Henry VIII would not equate the spoils of pirate ships with Spanish supplies.

"Charles, you and Edward Seymour are responsible for the fight against pirates." Henry VIII chose the former between money and morality without hesitation, and ordered to the Duke of Suffolk on his right.

Thomas Cromwell, whose proposal was adopted, thought of what William Tudor had entrusted to him, so he changed his voice and said: "Except for the food problem, some extreme Catholics in England think that the plague and the great famine are all harmful to the pagans in the country. punishment, and even intends to use this to collude with foreign forces and organize a rebel army to oppose your rule."

"I guess the lackeys of the church must be fanning the flames here." Because Spain was busy fighting with France, the idle pope once again set his sights on Henry VIII, and then encouraged the Catholics in England to rebel against Henry VIII. The "tyranny" of the world and "purification" of those Protestants who "disregard right from wrong".

In this regard, neither Henry VIII nor the ministers before the imperial court paid much attention to it.

After all, far water cannot save near fire, and the Pope whose authority has declined can only yell a few times in Rome. It is impossible to really send an army across the ocean to solve England's political and religious issues.

"Tsk! It seems that only the death penalty can teach those stubborn people how to obey the king's will." Henry VIII looked at Thomas Cromwell, waiting for the Lord Seal who presided over the Reformation to publish his speech Opinion.

"Your Majesty, since the Duke of Suffolk and Viscount Beauchamp (Edward Seymour) are going to deal with the problem of rampant pirates, I have a recommendation for domestic rebellion that you are familiar with."

"Who?" Henry VIII became slightly interested.

"Sir John Dudley, he attended your meeting with King François in Calais, and he has a lot of experience in suppressing rebellions." Thomas Cromwell didn't know why the Prince of Wales promoted John Sir Dudley, but for the latter, this is a good opportunity to rise to the top.

"Oh! He is really a person I am familiar with." Henry VIII said playfully, "His father was my father's chancellor of the exchequer, and not long after I took the throne, I chopped off his father's head."

In fact, if you really want to study it carefully, John Dudley can also be regarded as the cousin of Henry VIII.Because John Dudley's stepfather is the illegitimate son of Edward IV, and his mother Elizabeth Gray is the granddaughter of Queen White, John Dudley can barely be regarded as a member of the royal family.It was only due to the Tudor family's high-handed policy on York male heirs and the shadow of his biological father Edmund Dudley, so John Dudley was only an unknown member of the royal palace until his thirties.

But it was such a small nobleman who was not inferior, not only beheaded the Seymour brothers in the late period of Edward VI's reign, but also put his daughter-in-law Jane Gray on the throne after Edward VI's death, and almost let him England begins the Dudley dynasty.

Henry VIII actually didn't want to use strange nobles, but considering that the second son of Margaret Bohr (the niece of Edward IV and the daughter of George Plantagenet) had been instigating the Catholics in the country, even Rome They also intend to promote him as the new king of England, so from this aspect, John Dudley is indeed a suitable candidate.

At least compared to Margaret Pole, John Dudley's stepfather is the son of the serious Edward IV. Although he has an illegitimate title in front, his appeal to the remnants of York is comparable to that of Margot Ritter Ball's son was much stronger.

"Bring him to see me after the parliament is over." Henry VIII felt that Thomas Cromwell was getting more and more comfortable with it, much better than his previous Lord Keepers of the Seals.

After the king announced the end of the meeting, Sir Peggy, who was waiting at the door, whispered in Henry VIII's ear: "Her Majesty the Queen wants to intercede for the rebels everywhere, and I hope you can accept her dinner invitation."

Henry VIII's face, which had just recovered, immediately collapsed again, and even Sir Peggy could hear the king grinding his teeth.