Chapter 752: Executed MPs, forcibly centralizing power
The Western Expedition Army did not quickly corrupt in Europe because of Zhu Cizhuo's actions, and it also forced the nobles of various Western countries to temporarily give up the opportunity to corrupt the internal forces of the imperial army and maintain their own autonomy.
King James II of England was quite disappointed with this, and therefore said to his confidant minister Coleman: "This fifth prince of Ming Dynasty is a difficult person. He has to find a way to keep him in this world!"
"What does your majesty mean?"
"That's right, in terms of military terms, we cannot defeat this powerful empire! We can only use the evil of human nature to corrupt them. The Seventh Prince is obviously a person who is willing to be corrupted by us, but the Fifth Prince is not! And if we can use some means to get him out of this world, it will naturally be beneficial to us. We just need to do something hidden. Even if the incident occurs, we cannot know that we are doing this."
James II said.
Then, James II ordered: "I will allocate you a generous amount of money, and you will send reliable people to France as merchants, and then find ways to instigate the French to do so. They must be reluctant to see this Eastern Empire continue to conquer cities and land on this continent!"
"Abide by the order!"
After James II explained Coleman, he sighed and said, "I hope you can do this. There is no way to do it!"
"What your Majesty said is that the European Union collapsed so quickly was something we did not expect. Fortunately, our joint operations with France in the Americas finally withstood the attack of the Japanese shogunate army and signed a truce agreement in private. In the future, we may have a chance to deal with the Ming Empire together."
Coleman said.
James II sighed: "I just hope that Mingguo would not know about this, otherwise he would definitely intervene. Now the important thing is to strengthen ourselves. First, we must liberate the serfs so that our British Empire will have more free people, and then increase the treasury income and distribute our colonies in the Americas to them. In addition, we must continue to expand our army, select these liberated serfs to be young and strong, and incorporate them into the royal army."
"If you liberate the serfs and want to divide the American colonies to them, you will have to nationalize the American colonies first. But in this case, the members of Congress will probably disagree. Moreover, now our British nobles can only make profits by slaughtering and planting. The commodity market is occupied by merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and local handicraft products can no longer be profitable."
Coleman said.
"Do you think I want to liberate the serfs?"
James II said angrily, and said, "The textile industry under my royal family has also been seriously damaged, and I can only rely on the income from rent in various manors to survive. But if we don't distribute it to the serfs and let them return to the dynasty from now on, how can we make them willing to resist the invasion of the Ming Kingdom for us?!"
After hearing James II say this, Coleman had to continue to persuade: "I naturally understand you, but not all members of the parliament will understand your difficulties."
James II said: "How can I control so much? If I fail, I will be able to achieve success. Anyway, it is just the difference between the deceased in their hands and the deceased in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. If it really doesn't work, I will forcibly ban the parliamentary system. In the future, my British Empire will no longer have a member of parliament!"
"Capitalize the Congress?"
Coleman was even more shocked after hearing this.
But Coleman did not persuade James II anymore. He knew that James II was helpless to do so.
If it weren't for the terrible foreign troubles brought by Ming Dynasty, he believed that James II would not have offended the nobles of the British Empire so much.
Therefore, Coleman cooperated to propose a bill to liberate serfs and expand the army in Congress, suggesting that Wang Ting nationalize the British colonies in America, liberate local serfs as free people, and pay more taxes to the court.
"Oppose! Private property cannot be violated! The royal family cannot take it away, and it will be distributed to the serfs. In addition, the serfs are our private property!"
The Duke of Monmouth opposed this.
"Yes, we have been increased in taxes, so why do we still have to take away our fields? Besides, according to the contract with the royal family, our fields in the colonies were recognized by the royal family, but we only need to pay the prescribed taxes to the royal family regularly. Now the royal family is rashly collecting them, which is not in line with the agreement! I'm sorry God to do this!"
"Yes, and now the people of Daewang have been living a difficult life. A large number of textile factories have gone bankrupt. Even the shipbuilding industry cannot compete with the Ming Dynasty. Now it depends entirely on the income from land cultivation. The royal family is now trying to take away our fields. Isn't this going to force people to a dead end? Even the Ming Dynasty knows that the people are not competing for profit, the people are the most important, and the country is the second. The king is the least. Why do we still have to compete for profit with the people so vigorously!"
Other lawmakers also expressed opposition.
James II laughed at this moment and asked, "Do you think I want to discuss with you?"
After saying that, James II ordered: "Coleman's proposal must be passed today, otherwise the end will be death!"
"You dare!"
Monmouth suddenly shouted.
"What's there to dare?"
James II replied, then clapped his hands, and then a team of guards in the Royal British Army with live ammunition came in with Ming-made flintlock guns and surrounded all the members of parliament participating in parliament.
Seeing this, Monmouth immediately shut up.
"His Majesty the King, what are you doing?! Have you forgotten the fate of Charles I?!"
Councilman Ston asked at this time.
James II replied: "But I dare not forget Charles II's fate. I don't want to betray you, and then go to the capital of Ming Kingdom in sheepskin and kneel down to their citizens!"
"Anyway, it's wrong for you to do this! The Ming Dynasty cannot continue to expand. Besides, we can obviously use other methods to prevent the expansion of the Ming army. Why do we have to take away the people's interests and distribute it to the slaves? In this case, who is my British Empire?!"
Bang!
As soon as Ston finished speaking, James II suddenly took out his pistol and shot Ston to death on the spot.
Suddenly, blood spread throughout the hall.
Many MPs were so scared that their legs were weak on the spot, and some even got under the table.
Of course, there are also brave ones, such as MP Klee looked at James II at this time and shouted loudly: "His Majesty the King, you are breaking with the British people!"
James II pointed at Kerler.
Then, a Royal Army guard understood the meaning of James II, broke into the hall, walked towards Kerer, and directly pushed his gun on Kerer's forehead.
Bang!
Suddenly, another loud bang appeared.
Kerer fell to the ground immediately.
Chapter completed!