"Long live Charles Cromwell!"

"Let Charles Cromwell be Lord Protector!"

"We want Charles Cromwell"

"God bless Charles Cromwell!"

When Li Shaoyou, Huang Jiang and Colbert, the representative of the French King, arrived in London, England, the slogan of the British people gathered outside Hampton Court Palace had already become "Want Charles Cromwell".

The thinking of the British people has changed so fast! Not long ago, they insisted on asking Cromwell to be the king. In the blink of an eye, they wanted to retire Cromwell and let Cromwell take over as the second generation in advance.

Protector of the country.

Huang Jiang, who was sitting in a simple Puritan-style four-wheeled carriage, did not understand English, so he asked Li Shaoyou and Colbert: "What are these British people doing? It's not that the British people who believed in Puritanism are very busy.

, is there endless work to do every day? How come you still have time to go out and mess around on the streets? "

"No, no, this is not nonsense," Li Shaoyou quickly explained, "They are doing something important. They are supporting Cromwell as king!"

Li Shaoyou can speak French, but he doesn't understand English, so he doesn't know that the marchers have changed their lines.

"No, this time they are not supporting Cromwell as king," Colbert could understand what the British people outside the carriage were shouting. "They are supporting Charles. Cromwell's Charles is the son of the Lord Protector."

, the British seem to want to support him as the protector of the country."

"What? Has old Cromwell died?" Li Shaoyou was stunned.

"No," Colbert shook his head, "I haven't heard of it! He probably didn't die. If he really died, there wouldn't be so many people supporting Charlie."

At this point, he was a little confused. I'm not dead yet, so why did someone persuade my son to marry me? What does this mean?

"Oh," Huang Jiang nodded repeatedly, "I understand, I understand, so England also produces filial sons!"

"A filial son?" Colbert only spoke roughly Chinese and didn't understand what Huang Jiang meant, so he glanced at Li Shaoyou.

Li Shaoyou said in French: "A filial son is a good son who takes over his father's work in advance and allows his father to retire and retire with peace of mind! My Majesty the Emperor is such a good son!"

Really? Colbert thought to himself: Prince Kong Dai didn’t seem to say that. The prince said that the Ming Emperor launched a coup when he was the prince, overthrew his father and seized power. Does the filial son mean the prince who came to power in a coup?

?Charlie Cromwell can't do this.

"No, no," Colbert said, "Charlie is not a filial son. I understand his character. He cannot be a filial son. He does not have that much courage."

Do you have to be brave to be a filial son? Huang Jiang was a little confused. Do you want to be a filial son or a robber?

At the same moment, in Hampton Court Palace, Britain's filial son, Charles Cromwell, was already anxious like an ant on a hot pot, circling around in front of his father.

"Daddy, I, I, I won't be the protector of the country! I'm still young and I still need to learn."

Old Cromwell looked at his precious son and frowned. Do you need to study to be the Lord Protector? This job does not require a diploma! He only went to Cambridge for a year and didn't learn anything.

What, didn’t you also become the protector of the country?

"Charlie!" Old Cromwell roared, "It's easy to become Lord Protector! You just can't shake two key issues.

One is to be dictatorial! Our country is too chaotic. The English, Scots, Irish, Welsh, Catholics, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Puritans are divided into so many factions with only a few million people.

, they are also hostile to each other, dislike each other, and hold each other back. The long-term parliament was elected by these factions who have no idea of ​​working together.

If you let them decide the fate of Britain by majority vote, you deserve to be the second Charles I! Because they won't solve any problems and will only use you as a scapegoat when things go wrong!

The second is to stick to the Puritan line. It’s not that this line is good, but that except for the Puritans, no one else will support us at all. And the Puritans are particularly good at fighting. Although they are not large in number, everyone else can fight together.

But the Puritans!

In addition, don’t expect to please everyone, don’t expect to use tolerant policies to make Catholics, Presbyterians, and Catholics who sneak into the Anglican Church love you. This is why Charles II was killed. In order to keep you

If you want power and lives, you must keep the Puritans firmly in your hands.

However, you should not give the Puritan politicians a chance to control Parliament. No matter what others say, you must keep in mind that the Puritans support you as Lord Protector because they want you to be a dictator! If they want Parliament, they should hold elections.

A king now."

"Yes, but I don't have the same prestige as you!" said little Cromwell.

"I know," Cromwell said, "Now is an opportunity to establish your prestige! You will lead the expedition to attack Dunkirk with the French. According to the agreement, Dunkirk will be ours. This will

It was the first time in decades that Britain had territory on the European continent.

After you return in triumph, I will give you the position of Protector of the Country, and then I will guide you to become a dictator!"

Just as he said this, one of Cromwell's secretaries knocked on the office door.

"His Royal Highness the Protector of the Country, the French envoy, the Ambassador of the Ming Dynasty and the chairman of the Shenou United Bank have arrived."

"Let them wait in the audience hall!"

"As you command, Your Highness!"

Cromwell glanced at his son and said: "Now, you still need a lot of money!

Although the Puritans are reluctant to spend money, they like to save money, so a low-interest and long-term loan is also a necessary condition for you to ascend the throne of the Protector of the Country!"

Just when Cromwell and Prince Condé were thinking about taking advantage of the Spanish army, the British royalist army and the remnants of the French Fronde who were defending Dunkirk, they wanted to establish their power.

Don Juan Jose, the governor of the Spanish Netherlands, believed that the enemy would not start a war in the winter, so he went to Spain with General Garcia.

Of course, we couldn't take a boat. Don Juan Jose was not willing to take risks. So he and Garcia took the land route and crossed the land of the Holy Roman Empire to Spain. And when passing through the Austrian capital Vienna, they happened to meet the Holy Roman Empire.

The first national imperial examination in the Roman Empire!

"Imperial examination? Your Highness, what does this mean?" Don Juan Jose asked Leopold, Archduke of Austria (Crown Prince of the Holy Roman Empire) who was hosting him in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, about the imperial examination.

The Archduke of Austria was a young man under twenty years old. His face was as long as that of Don Juan Jose, but his appearance and intelligence were normal. Hearing this question, the young Leopold smiled bitterly and said, "This is to ask China

The good methods learned by people have actually been implemented six years ago. You must have heard of the Habsburg Royal Academy, right?"

"I have heard that your Highness the Grand Duke is also a student of the Habsburg Royal Academy, right?" Don Juan Jose asked.

"Yes," the Archduke of Austria nodded, "I was packed into this inhumane bureaucratic and military academy 6 years ago! There were more than a thousand people from all over the Holy Roman Empire who enrolled with me.

Most of the sons of lords and aristocratic families were not heirs to their territories and titles, so their fathers sent them to the Royal Academy to receive six years of military and bureaucratic education in order to pass the imperial and Habsburg dynasty exams after graduation.

The upcoming first national imperial examination for official and military positions in the territory is used to select elites from the sons of lords and noble families who have completed six years of schooling.

For this purpose, His Majesty the Emperor has prepared 200 positions for candidates to apply for!"

"What?" Don Juan Jose was shocked, "Can you really take the exam to get a position? Do you need to take the exam for your position?"

This needs to be asked clearly. If the crown prince can also take the exam, then this advanced experience must be introduced to Spain!
Chapter completed!