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Chapter 268 Parliament

Palace of Westminster, North Bank, England.

Drake, who had returned to England, had not had time to rest. He planned to enter the palace to meet the queen, but was told that as an envoy who had been to the New World and had a certain understanding of Changsheng, he was summoned by Congress and went to attend the meeting.

In 1258 after the birth of Jesus, Simon de Mondford, the sixth Earl of Leicester, led the nobles to launch the Earl War. Armed into the palace, forced Henry to sign the Oxford Agreement, the parliament, which restricted the royal power, was born in England, and power fell into the pockets of the nobles.

Without the consent of the parliament, the king shall not confiscate the land without authorization and shall not go to war with other countries without authorization.

The Oxford Ordinance lasted for a period of time and was then abolished. While the royal family regained power, it also compromised with the nobles and jointly handled state affairs, divided the House of Lords, merchants, and the House of Commons, but at this time the House of Commons was basically no different from the non-existence.

They can petition, but whether or not they are allowed is another matter.

Just like Drake, a civilian, can only enter the parliament when the House of Lords thinks he is needed to enter the parliament.

"You can't continue like this!"

The door of the parliamentary hall was opened by a guard wearing chain mail and cross-plate armor. The noisy roars hit the ears like the sound of the guns that Changsheng had been incessantly. Drake frowned by the aristocrats in the House of Lords.

He saw Count Robert Dudley roaring in parliament, accusing the two fleets he sponsored of being plundered by Han pirates and encircled by Spanish fleets while sailing on the west coast of Africa and the coast of Portugal.

The complex external environment has caused the investment of the Queen of England's favorite ministers to be wasted, and therefore they call for war in anger.

Drake's first voyage in the past was funded by this count. He was approachable and friends, liked to collect and paid attention to food, but he lacked understanding of military affairs, but he served as the queen's guard commander, and it was rumored that he had a great chance to become a king's husband.

On the other side is Bacon's uncle, Earl William Cecil, Queen's knowledgeable and talented Chancellor of the Entrance Exchequer, except for his dislike of his nephew, he has almost no shortcomings.

England encouraged the people to produce and almost all the political measures to fight for national interests internationally.

In other words, without his more than ten years of hard work, England had already collapsed at this moment, let alone the glory of the future.

"Who do you want to go to war with? Spain? Or the so-called Han country?" William Cecil was very calm, and his tone was calm even in the restless parliament, saying, "You want to lead your army to Madrid?"

It is a reality that England cannot start a war, and they do not even have a fleet that belongs directly to the country.

The earls have some fleets and troops in their hands, but if they really gather this force, it would be fine if they win, but if they lose the war, they will have nothing.

Irish barbarians can make it into London.

"No, if we want to punish Spain, we may not have to declare war on Spain." Robert was just so angry that he shouted for the war. He said: "We can help the Netherlands to suppress the rebellion, we must strongly support William... Drake is back! Why don't you let him tell me whether the Chinese monarch can be our help!"

The so-called William is called the Silent, Prince Orange, who led the Dutch rebels to fight repeatedly.

As for the strange title of Chinese monarch... To be honest, he didn't call him Da Khan a talented person with extensive friendship and knowledge in England. After all, they don't know much about the New World, let alone the Ming Dynasty.

The eyes of the Counts, Knights, Monks and fifteen members of the committee looked at the door, causing Drake, who had just wanted to find a place to sit down and watch the counts quarrel, stopped awkwardly. He looked down at his mud-covered shoes, clapped his hands and took off his hat, and saluted everyone.

Earl William also followed everyone's eyes. He looked at Drake calmly, and then asked, "My nephew, he didn't come back?"

Your nephew is addicted to being a lumberjack in Changsheng!

But Drake certainly wouldn't say that. Bacon was very nice to him. He put his dirty hat on the seat next to him and smiled: "Mr. Francis believes that staying in Changsheng can better understand the whole picture of the Ming Empire. In order to better serve His Highness the Queen, he did not come back."

"The life in the New World is not easy. They don't need a knife to eat, but they eat well and sleep soundly. Please rest assured to the count."

"Every victorious?"

Earl William frowned and chewed on this place name that did not look like a place name, and asked, "What does this name mean? And what do you call them...the Ming Empire?"

Because Drake is talking about the free translation, always winning, it does not sound like a place name.

"Their country is called the Kingdom of Light, and it claims to be the best country given by God. Others can call them the Celestial Empire or the Ming Empire, but we have not seen their monarch, but only the supreme commander sent by the emperor to the New World. His name is Chen Mu, and he has an official position called the Beiyang important minister, the East Asian Minister, who holds an institution called the Great East Asian Military Government, and rulees everything in the New World."

Drake's words in parliament were light and his words followed him forward and made the nobles laugh. Such words as "Land of Light", "Greater Eastern Military Government", "Everything that ruled the New World" were full of laughter for the nobles.

"They have only landed for a year and talked about everything that ruled the New World, hahaha!"

But Drake did not laugh, and the two Earls William and Robert, who were standing in the middle, did not laugh either.

William signaled Drake to continue.

Drake looked at the members of the House of Lords with several round seats with expressionless expressions, and waited for them to calm down before continuing: "They don't seem to have a good impression of us. Although I brought back the trade contract, they seem to have all our goods, and they don't plan to sell the raw materials we need. I can't guarantee how much goods will be next year, and... they ask merchants to buy and sell goods in England."

"In addition, Chen Mu, the Eastern Minister of the Ming Empire, said that our queen has not been enthroned by the emperor, and cannot say that she is in charge of the heavenly way, which is what we wrote about God's grace and gifts."

Earl William gritted his teeth and faced this humiliation from a foreign country. The letter was written after he and the Queen discussed word by word.

"As for why they dare to say this, it comes from the name Changsheng. Chen Mu's subordinates went to war with Spain within a year after landing in the New World, and defeated the Spanish army three times with weak forces; and before I went to Changsheng, they had already negotiated peace with Spain and formed an alliance."

"Their emperor used 1,500 warships and merchant ships to the New World last year, and sent more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 70,000 citizens to explore the land. Spain ceded the northern part of the New World, the western part of Mexico City and Chile to the Ming Empire."

Bang!

Drake slapped his hands together, slowly spread them out, looking at the nobles of the House of Lords who were silent because of what he said, and said, "Don't quarrel over the Han Dynasty and Spain, because as far as I know, Han Dynasty seems to be a country established on the sea by the pirates expelled by the Ming Empire."

"And Spain seemed to be protected by the Ming Empire after the war, and everyone still wanted to...what? Are they Protestant or Catholic?"

Drake covered his mouth and laughed, saying, "This is the most difficult thing to understand. They do not believe in, do not believe in Protestantism or Catholicism. They believe in ancestors and emperors. The Minister of the Eastern Asians mentioned this specifically. If monks try to make them change their faith during the trade process, they will definitely change our faith."
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