The Rise of the European Emperor

Chapter 573 The decision of Louis XII

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When a group of people in Rome were discussing what to do with Henry VII, Henry VII had no idea. In fact, Henry VII's current support rate in England is still very high. In particular, those big nobles basically supported Henry VII.

Of course, those who did not support Henry VII were also eliminated by Henry VII. Henry VII was no good, or he would not have killed Edward. Those who oppose him are basically not locked up in the Tower of London, but killed. Therefore, the existing great nobles basically support Henry VII one-sidedly.

The reason for this is also related to the unpopularity of Richard III at the beginning. Of course, this is not to say that Richard III was not a good king. In fact, Richard III was also a very successful king and a good statesman.

However, Richard III was loathed by the aristocracy for his immoral killing of Edward V and his younger brother, Richard the Younger, Duke of York. In addition, Richard III was a monarch who advocated the legal system, and promulgated some laws to protect the human rights of ordinary people, which caused the aristocratic class to be unhappy. After all, the nobles were originally a privileged class, and Richard III did this, which was equivalent to opposing the nobles. Therefore, Richard III was hated by the nobles. When Henry VII called, the aristocratic members of the London Parliament even thought that Henry VII was the "Joshua" who rescued them and saved them from the tyrant's rule... And in fact, the nobles were just dissatisfied with Richard III The privileges of the nobility are limited by law. Of course, the death of Edward V was also one of the reasons...

In addition, the great British dramatist Shakespeare, in the play "Richard III", portrayed Richard III as a wretched and evil image of a lame hunchback. But the reality is that the information on Richard III known to Shakespeare was obtained from the chronicle written by Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of Henry VIII. But the problem is that when Thomas More wrote it, Richard III had been dead for decades. And Henry VIII's virtue, in order to show his orthodoxy, was not negotiable with Black Richard III.

Moreover, Marin has read news reports of later generations, saying that later British archaeologists dug up the remains of Richard III and found that Richard III did not have the limb atrophy described by Thomas More. There is no hunchback, only a slight curvature of the spine. But in fact, this slight curvature of the spine is a common phenomenon in the English longbowmen, the result of long-term bowing.

In short, the bad rumors of Richard III were basically hacked by Thomas More, the commander of Henry VIII. Like a shameless emperor who called himself "Old Man Shiquan", he burned up the hundreds of thousands of documents left in the Ming Dynasty. Then, Ji Xiaolan and others were sent to compile the so-called "Twenty-Four Histories". Actually, what kind of compilation is this? It was clearly tampering with historical materials, and all the materials that did not fit the shameless emperor were deleted. Then, the history books that everyone sees are all harmonious versions...

What is the situation of the harmonious version of "Twenty-Four History"? Of course it was blowing up some shameless emperor,

A "prosperous age of Qianlong" was fabricated out of thin air... In fact, during the Qianlong period, the early Qing Dynasty did prosper. Because that was the foundation laid by Yongzheng, the most talented emperor of the Qing Dynasty...

In fact, Yongzheng was the most diligent and loving emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the population explosion in the Qing Dynasty was also due to Yongzheng’s abolition of the poll tax. This is the brightest and greatest policy of the Qing Dynasty, worthy of the reform and opening up of later generations. Otherwise, how could the Manchu Qing have so much taxation? When the huge group of officials and scholars did not pay taxes, how much money did the Qing Dynasty have? Not much different from the Ming Dynasty. At most, the Manchu Qing Dynasty exploited the people more ruthlessly, so taxes were more in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Yongzheng's policy of "spreading small shares into mu, and officials and gentry paying grain together" caused the fiscal revenue of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to explode. At the end of Kangxi's reign, the national inventory of silver taels was only 8 million taels, but in the last year of Yongzheng, it reached 60 million taels, an increase of more than seven times.

But so much money was consumed by the shameless emperor who called himself "Old Man Shiquan". By the time his son Jiaqing ascended the throne, the country was in a mess. This kind of person is also embarrassed to call himself "the old man Shiquan". His reputation was completely promoted by people.

Why? Yongzheng moved people's interests and made people pay taxes. Therefore, people tried hard to blacken Yongzheng and turned the greatest emperor of the Qing Dynasty into a tyrant (of course, they shamelessly said that Yongzheng was a stupor, because Yongzheng was really strong and diligent. Politics love the people). Qianlong did well, allowing officials to corrupt and exploit the people. Therefore, although the officials of the Qianlong Dynasty began to pay taxes, they lived very well. Therefore, those shameless people coined a "prosperous era of Qianlong". Or, someone who has a little face, calls it "the prosperous age of Kang and Qian", but the Yongzheng period of Emperor Yongzheng, who was kind to the people, was omitted...

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Uh... digressing, anyway, Henry VIII and a certain "Old Man Shiquan" are shameless emperors who are good at tampering with history...

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Henry VII of London was unaware of all this, but King Louis XII of France in Paris knew nothing about it. In particular, Louis XII learned a piece of information that made him very uneasy—Edward had hooked up with Marin Hoffmann, a powerful warlord in the German region...

Why was Louis XII disturbed? Because, what France wants is the civil strife in England, but it does not mean to fully support Edward. Unless Louis XII gave birth to a son and can marry Edward's daughter Margaret... Only then will France support Edward at all costs.

If Louis XII himself could not bear a son, it would not be worth his full support for Edward. Even if Edward could not have a son, he could not get the kingdom of England by marriage. Could it be that he let his daughter marry Edward's daughter and marry a girl? This is out of order, and there will be no descendants...

So, Louis XII was a little nervous. Because this is out of his control. Although Louis XII supported Edward to go to Rome to appeal, but that was only to block Henry VII.

However, Edward and Marin hooked up, that's different. According to intelligence, Marin had a strong army of 40,000 people. Not to mention pulling all of them to England, even if they pull half of them, they can defeat the unfortunate Henry VII. The combat effectiveness of the British Army, Louis XII, was very clear, and it was completely second-rate. And the army under Marin Hoffman is a powerful presence that can compete head-on with the Swiss mercenaries. If Marin Hoffman was willing to fully support Edward, Edward could really defeat Henry VII and become the King of England.

However, who will help Edward become the king of England, is particular. If France helped Edward become king of England, then the French would have a great influence on England.

And if Edward used Marin Hoffman's army to complete the act of seizing the throne, then France would be less important. Later, England under Edward's rule also became an independent existence...

However, after thinking about it, Louis XII decided to support Edward as King of England. Why? Because Henry VII was a very talented king. The United Kingdom under its leadership is gradually becoming stronger and becoming a threat to France. And Edward, after all, was imprisoned by Henry VII for more than ten years, his education was faulty, and his ability was still insufficient.

Moreover, Henry VII was already a mortal enemy with France, while Edward married a French noblewoman, at least Henry VII was much more friendly to France.

Therefore, in comparison, Louis XII naturally supported Eduard more. However, he still has one concern:

"I heard that there is a very powerful Oriental doctor around Marin?"

The powerful oriental doctors mentioned by Louis XII actually refer to the two Mongolian doctors, Mozhigen and Battelle. The two of them, in Europe in this era, can definitely be regarded as miracle doctors.

"What does your majesty mean?" Earl Duarte, who was in charge of intelligence, was a little confused.

"I'm afraid that Marin's excellent doctor will find out that we gave Anna the contraceptive pill..." Louis XII said worriedly.

If Edward found out about this situation, he would definitely prevent his wife, the daughter of Earl Duarte, from continuing to take birth control pills. Perhaps, Edward will give birth to a boy. As a result, Louis XII's plan to give birth to a son and annex England by marriage will fail.

"This..." Earl Duarte also didn't know what to do. After all, he is a favorite, and he doesn't have much talent for flattering.

Louis XII struggled for a long time, and finally made a decision...

"Well, Aiqing, I want to send a killer..."

"Ah? Your Majesty, you want to kill Edward? Without Edward, there is only little Margaret, a little girl, and there is no such great appeal to fight against Henry VII!" Earl Duarte said in surprise.

"No, I plan to send a killer to attack Edward, but I don't plan to kill him..."

"What does your majesty mean?" Earl Duarte didn't quite understand.

"I want the killer to take advantage of the assassination opportunity to kick Edward's egg, so I don't worry about Edward having another son!"

Earl Duarte twitched. After all, Edward was the husband of his daughter Anna and his son-in-law. Louis XII planned to kick his son-in-law's egg in front of him, didn't he want his daughter Anna to be a widow...

However, the unnatural look on Duarte's face quickly subsided. Because women's rights are not talked about in this era, in Earl Duarte's view, it is very worthwhile to sacrifice his daughter's sexual well-being in exchange for the credit of the Duarte family. The big deal, I will arrange a few secret lovers for my daughter afterwards...

In this way, Louis XII and Count Duarte completed a conspiracy against Edward's "egg".

The reason why Louis XII asked Count Duarte to kick his son-in-law's eggs was because Louis XII arranged the intelligence work in France to be controlled by Count Duarte. For this kind of thing, it is natural to find Earl Duarte. In addition, Earl Duarte's daughter was Edward's wife, and Earl Duarte placed many people in Edward's residence.

In order for the killer to successfully infiltrate Edward's residence and successfully kick his balls, he really had to rely on Earl Duarte...

Moreover, for the sake of safety, Louis XII specially found a master of "egg" kicking from the people. Because this person likes to kick people's lower body and is very ruthless. But strangely, he controlled his feet very well. Those who have been kicked by him, the eggs will not be kicked, and they will appear to be cured after the fact, but they are no longer fertile. Even, some people who have been kicked by this "egg-kick master" can still use that thing at that time, but they can't produce offspring, and the effect is "ligation" for future generations. Of course, this is only the ideal situation. Most of the ones who have been kicked, that thing is useless...

In this way, under the "wise" decision of Louis XII, a certain French folk "master of kicking eggs" was quietly arranged by Edward's husband-in-law, Earl Duarte, to go to Ireland to be responsible for kicking Edward's balls...\u003c/t\u003e

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