[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

"You're too polite." Facing William Tudor's invitation, Princess Juana behaved very appropriately, neither showing excessive enthusiasm nor making people feel conceited. She really liked her mother, and The style of Catherine of Aragon.

Thomas Cromwell, who was observing from the sidelines, nodded secretly in his heart, thinking that Princess Juana and William Tudor were really a good match. It is like Giuliano de' Medici, with the elegance and beauty that was highly respected in the Renaissance.It’s just that compared with the Medici known as “Little David”, William Tudor does not have sculptural muscles, and his body shape can only be called well-proportioned.

"Crossing Europe at this time is not an easy task, especially in the maritime field where Navarra is not good at." William Tudor felt that Princess Juana was more terrifying than him, because he was a man of two lives anyway, so he followed 16 Compared with the teenagers of the century, William Tudor had an advantage in mind and way of thinking.But Juana is an out-and-out indigenous girl, so for her, being able to break through the ideological and physical constraints placed on women by the times and make a move across Europe is truly remarkable.

Of course, while praising, William Tudor still wanted to lament Princess Juana's big heart and Enrique II's boldness: "You are one of the most sought-after princesses in Europe. I heard that the Spanish emperor always wanted You can marry his son, who is my cousin. But now, it seems that your family doesn't like the Spanish emperor very much."

"If it were you, you would like a warship named after a religious sage, making yourself like the only second incarnation of God in the world, so it is necessary to implement what he thinks is justice everywhere, and punish innocent people without explanation The narcissistic emperor?" Princess Juana was much more direct than William Tudor, and didn't care about William Tudor's relationship with Charles V at all.Anyway, he is a descendant of Juan II, King of Aragon, and Henry VIII and James V have fought each other far more than Enrique II and Charles V-that is still a nephew !As a result, Henry VIII let his wife cut off his brother-in-law indifferently. After James V lost his father at the age of one, he even beat his nephew on the ground.

So in a way, the wars in European countries can also be regarded as family disputes.

When William Tudor thought of the degree of religious fanaticism of Charles V, he could only rejoice that Princess Mary in this era did not inherit the pathological dedication of the Catholic kings to the maintenance of faith like Charles V did: "In the Habsburg family territory There is no place where the Inquisition is not built, and even the number of heretics they executed in the Inquisition is far greater than the population they lost in the war."

"At this point, the Protestant countries that have just started are not much better, but they are not as extreme as the Spanish emperor." Princess Juana sighed: "It is also the Spanish emperor's cleaning methods that are too extreme and too fast. Many Protestants, Jews, and Muslims use Navarre as a place of escape. Although my father tried his best to shelter these poor people in distress, my uncle didn't want them to go to the Ottoman Empire or Germany. It is a Protestant area, so the situation in Navarra is not very good, otherwise my father would not have made the decision to exchange Navarre for the southern part of the Netherlands."

"Since you have undertaken so much population consumption, who will pay for your food and funds?" William Tudor thought about the geographical environment of Navarra, and did not feel that such a small amount of land could be distributed in Spain and France. Under the siege of the world, it can still supply so many people: "Is it a Dutch merchant? Or Suleiman the Great?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Thomas Cromwell, but even Princess Juana was a little surprised.After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, Christianity and Muslims have long been fixed as incompatible extreme opposites.Let alone helping each other on weekdays, you can't even get them to sit down and talk.

Thomas Cromwell felt that it was necessary to re-examine the energy of Princess Juana. After all, the power of the queen is still relatively large, especially for a queen with a background and a brain like Princess Juana.

One mishandled, that is Eleanor of Aquitaine or Isabella II of Castile.

"King Francois was able to make peace with Suleiman the Great, and Navarre is not an extreme religious country. In addition, you all have common objects of dislike, so it is not impossible to join forces. "William Tudor wrote lightly: "Although King Francois of France is your uncle, he, like Charles V, has never given up on letting you marry his male family members, so as to annex Navarra. purpose. So you have no hope of reaching Calais or the Netherlands by land, and the only thing left is by sea."

As William Tudor said, he took a sip of his drink to moisten his throat: "Navarra is an inland country, and it is more difficult to travel by sea than by land, so besides Suleiman the Great, who else can guarantee that you will not get lost halfway?" Snatched by pirates or the Spanish fleet? I'm curious how you got on the line with Suleiman the Magnificent? How could you get the ruler of the Ottoman Empire to open the back door for you."

"A few years ago, when I was invited to Valencia to attend the party welcoming the Hungarian queen, I accidentally rescued a Muslim woman who was about to be burned on the stake." Juana thought about it: "Her name is Fatima. A female relative of a great man, captured by the Knights of Malta in Spanish territory on the Mediterranean coast."

"Ordinary big shots can't contact Suleiman the Great, let alone have such a strong appeal in the sea territory of the Ottoman Empire." William Tudor pierced Juana's concealment at a glance, and tentatively said: "Fati Mar's male relative is Barbarossa Hayreddin, isn't it?"

Princess Juana was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Fatima is Barbarossa Hayreddin's younger sister. After her first three older brothers passed away, Barbarossa Hayreddin asked her to take care of her brothers." As a result, when Barbarossa Hayreddin attacked Favignana in Sicily, the port of Algiers was attacked by the Spanish fleet, and Fatima did not escape the entire order of the Knights of Malta in order to cover the escape of her nephews and nieces. City raids."

"The Knights of Malta did not kill women and children, but escorted them back to Spain to accept the verdict of the Inquisition." Juana said here, and she still did not forget to sarcastically say: "It is death anyway, and beheading is worse than burning." happy."

"It's no wonder that Barbarossa Hayreddin is willing to sell your face." Ottoman's naval governor is notoriously protective of the calf, not to mention his own family, but also the residents of Algiers: "But the words Then again, why did you arrive in England on a pirate ship?"

"Sir, it's time for war. But if Charlie the Poor has some brains, he won't sell his land (this is ironic that Charles V sold a piece of land near Portugal at a low price of 35 gold coins in order to pay off his debts) The exchanged cannons were wasted on pirate ships.” Although Princess Juana was stubborn, she was not a brainless person: “I have prepared three flags, one is the pirate flag of Barbarossa Hayreddin, and the other is the flag of French pirates. The skull flag, and the other is the flag of the Kingdom of Navarre."

"My mother asked me to start from the sea of ​​France, first go to the territory of the Ottoman Empire to get the food and money funded by Suleiman the Great, and then leave the sea of ​​the Ottoman Empire with the flag of Barbarossa Hayreddin , after entering the Channel territory of France, hoist the flag of the French pirates."

"Because the French pirates were more or less assisted by Lady Beverly, a Brittany noblewoman, Renee of France (daughter of Anna of Brittany, another Calvinist) The female leader) helped me get the pirate flag of France, and then the flag of Navarre after entering England."

When Princess Juana said this, she deliberately humorously said: "After staying at sea for half a year, I almost didn't smell like a rat in the bottom ditch."

Thomas Cromwell, who was on the side, was stunned and lamented what kind of daughter Enrique II had raised.

William Tudor also felt great admiration for Juana's experience, and he believed that she was the best candidate for the queen of England: "Emperor Suleiman offered to help you, did he want to add trouble to the Spanish emperor, or did he want to sell Barbarossa Hai Reading is a favor."

"What do you think?" Princess Juana felt that William Tudor asked knowingly: "Algiers is more precious than the Netherlands. You said that the Spanish emperor owed nearly 500 million foreign debts. Where can I extract oil and water?"

"To the Netherlands? He sent so many people that he couldn't suppress the complaining merchants, not to mention the kings of France and Denmark were on the sidelines to sow discord."

"Go to the Holy Roman Empire? Clement VII's policy of atonement and religious suppression have long made the German region form an alliance to resist the emperor. If Charles V still wants the Habsburg family to take the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, he must understand Enough is enough."

"Algiers is a good place full of gold, and it is the only transit point for exchanges between Europe and the East. As long as Charles V controls that land, it is equivalent to controlling precious materials such as spices, tea, and silk from the East. .”

"Do you think Charles V can't be tempted?" Princess Juana said with a burst of blood: "Besides, he also needs an unprecedented victory to prove that Spain is still the sole overlord of the sea."

"Otherwise those Spaniards who are worth only the price of an onion in the slave market of the Ottoman Empire will definitely curse the name of Charles V to God."