[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

The arrival of Princess Juana made everyone in England breathe a sigh of relief.

At least for Thomas Cromwell, who was in charge of the finances, he didn't have to face the difficult choice of letting the local people suffer from famine in order to please the king.

However, this also made Bishop Gardner, who wanted to see a joke, deeply regretful. After all, he was still counting on public grievances and riots, so that he could take the opportunity to push down the heretics who abetted the king, or directly cut down Thomas Cromway Er's head.

Especially after the arrival of the unconventional Princess Juana, Bishop Gardner's sense of crisis intensified, which also gave the Duke of Norfolk, who was waiting for an opportunity to recover, an opportunity to join forces.

"A Protestant Queen, plus a Protestant Princess of Wales. Your Excellency, if you don't do anything, the Catholics in England will have nowhere to go." The Duke of Norfolk took the opportunity to say: "The present few days Of the two heirs to the throne, the Prince of Wales and Miss Elizabeth are both Protestants, and the poor Duke of York and Countess of Nottingham are also raised by Protestants. I'm afraid I won't convert to Catholicism sincerely."

"But even so, isn't there still Princess Mary?" Bishop Gardiner knew exactly what the Duke of Norfolk wanted, so he naturally didn't want to be used as a weapon: "Behind Princess Mary stood the Duke of Lorraine and Spain, It is more valuable to support than a noble lady whose future is unknown."

"Princess Mary is of course a good object of support. It's just that, my lord, are you really sure that His Majesty the King is willing to let a woman take over the throne? Or can you guarantee that Princess Mary will take tough measures against Protestants?" The Duke of Norfolk is obviously Preparedly said: "The Duke of Lorraine's attitude towards Protestants has also been tough, but with the rapid spread of Lutheranism in Germany and the Netherlands, he also has the same attitude towards Protestants as our Majesty. It gradually became ambiguous."

"With such a father-in-law teaching by example, do you think Princess Mary will suppress the Protestants mainly because she is the supreme leader of England?"

[Of course not. 】

Bishop Gardner is well aware that those rulers are political creatures who play one way in front of the other but behind the scenes.No matter how dissatisfied you are, it is impossible to stick to a matter that will cause a large-scale commotion.

Even Catholic supporters as hard as Charles V will gradually abandon the bloody suppression of Protestants under the strong opposition of the German region and turn to find a way of reconciliation.

This was at odds with Bishop Gardiner's desire to drive out all Protestants.

If the niece of the Duke of Norfolk is allowed to take the throne, then give Henry VIII a male heir.So at the age of Henry VIII, as long as the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York die, then he and the Duke of Norfolk will have the opportunity to be regents for the young master, and then implement a high-pressure religious trial system in the country.

Only in this way, Princess Mary must investigate the cause of the death of the Prince of Wales, but the Spanish emperor will definitely support them to return to the right path, and even suppress Princess Mary's resistance to a certain extent.

Thinking of this, Bishop Gardner was a little moved, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

When the Duke of Norfolk saw this, he knew that Bishop Gardiner had been persuaded by him, so he took a step back just right: "I don't want to force you to express your position immediately, but I just hope that you can take the next position when my niece has the opportunity When you do, you can help us a little bit.”

"After all, you don't want the Protestant queen to control the way to deliver blessings to the people, do you?"

Bishop Gardner was silent for a while, but finally agreed to the Duke of Norfolk's request.

………………… I am the dividing line……………

At the behest of a letter from Henry VIII, Princess Juana moved into St. James's Palace.

This undoubtedly tells England that Princess Juana is the future Princess of Wales.Therefore, after learning the news, Princess Mary couldn't help being curious about everything about Princess Juana.

Different from the accusations made by traditional moralists about Princess Juana daring to cross Europe in a pirate ship, Princess Mary admires Princess Juana's bravery and disobedience to tradition.After all, Princess Mary is the grandson of Isabella I, and Catherine of Aragon is not like Claude of France, who only wants to be a religiously devout conservative queen.

Even in some ways, Princess Mary is really envious of Princess Juana.Because the other party's father is willing to raise his daughter as the heir to the throne, but Henry VIII, let alone.

During her stay in England, Princess Juana had the opportunity to observe the political system of a Protestant country, but she was soon disappointed.

Because Henry VIII did not carry out the religious reform to the end, the Protestant regime in England only used the guise of religious reform to selectively delete the parts that were not conducive to the concentration of kingship and absolute monarchy, and at the same time confiscated the property of the monastery to achieve Reduces the degree of papal influence.

Besides, there was no substantial change in England in terms of humanistic thought.Neither did a group of advanced scholars or artists with cross-age awareness appear like Spain or Italy, and even England’s royal family and aristocrats seldom actively funded scholars or artists to conduct academic research and research as the French royal family did. creation.

When Juana chatted with William Tudor, the latter was dealing with excessive rainfall in parts of the country.

After listening to Juana's analysis of the current situation in England, William Tudor was not in a hurry to refute Juana's point of view, but for a sentence: "You know that when my father was in power, England was only 14 years after he took the throne. How much did it cost?"

Juana was slightly taken aback by the question, and William Tudor couldn't help sighing: "The total is 790 million pounds, of which 720 million pounds is the total amount of the treasury left by my grandfather Henry VII."

"790 million pounds is equivalent to 940 million ducats... How did your father spend so much money?" Princess Juana quickly calculated the total expenses of Henry VIII's 14 years on the throne, and was stunned.

You must know that Portugal only spent 42 pounds to buy the Spice Islands from Spain, and Henry VIII spent 14 years on the throne enough to buy a small kingdom.

"In the 14 years since my father came to the throne, not counting the rebellions within England, the two wars between England and France and the one war against Scotland were enough to evaporate millions of assets. Diplomacy, naval spending, and bribing King François to run for Holy Roman Emperor. If my father doesn't reform, he will end up like the Emperor of Spain, leaving me at least £200 million debt."

When William Tudor talked about this, he still did not forget to add: "This is also one of the main reasons why my father hates Charles V. Because his original plan was to follow up with Charles V's army from the east. We can take advantage of the dispersion of the French army's combat power, take the opportunity to take Normandy, Anjou, and Brittany and other rich areas, and then use taxes and war reparations to relieve the pressure on the treasury."

"But the Spanish emperor did not follow up the British army's attack." Princess Juana took a deep look at William Tudor, and boldly said: "The British army exhausted the main force of the French army in the east. After you retreated, you started to attack from the east, and then took down Francois and his son in one go, causing you to return without success while looting France from top to bottom.”

"It's no wonder that the Spanish emperor wants to ensure that your mother is not abandoned by the King of England. If King Francois can reconcile your father with Scotland, then England and France will attack the Netherlands together. By then, Charles V. Even an octospider has no time to take care of itself."

"Isn't this the same as the current situation?" William Tudor leaned back on the velvet chair back, making Princess Juana feel a terrible pressure.

"You wouldn't think that my father spent so much effort to attack the Netherlands just to give Navarra a chance to negotiate with Spain!"

"With the strength of England, it is absolutely impossible to swallow the entire Netherlands." Princess Juana's reason told her that the Netherlands is by no means a good place to rule, and the bloody suppression of Charles V has proved time and time again The difficulty of this bone is no less than that of Louis XI who wanted to win the Low Countries.

"Because it's hard to crack, we have to cooperate with France." William Tudor had already prepared: "My father reached an agreement with King Francois before the expedition, and the Duchy of Luxembourg, Limburg, and Lie Both the diocese of Japan and the county of Namur were unconditionally left to King Francois, so that he could move the main combat power to the confrontation between Navarre and Aragon."

"Wait a minute, part of the place you just mentioned is used to exchange for Navarra, so why should it be given to France?" Princess Juana said anxiously: "If it was given to France, there would be no Belgian area left. How much."

"As compensation, you can obtain the lands of the Counties of Zeeland, the Counties of Artois and the Counties of Hainault. This is the best arrangement for England, Navarra, or France."

Princess Juana finally realized that things were not going as she wished, and at the same time understood that her father must let her see for herself the good intentions of the Crown Prince of England.

If William Tudor is a soft ear with no idea, then Princess Juana has the opportunity to directly evade her husband's power like Margaret of Anjou.

And if William Tudor has the same virtue as Henry VIII, then Princess Juana will have to reconsider whether the other party is her beloved.

All in all, marriages in the 16th century must be cautious, because once in, it is difficult to get out.

"If you tell me this now, you are affirming that we will accept the arrangement of the King of England, right?" Princess Juana narrowed her eyes and threatened: "You are not afraid that I will fall to my uncle."

"I thought your relationship with your uncle was the same as that of my Scottish cousin and my father." William Tudor didn't take this level of threat seriously at all: "Besides, England won the Netherlands. , you can sit comfortably on the throne, can't you?"

"Of course I feel at ease." Princess Juana was almost pissed off, "Surrounded by you, can you feel at ease?"