My British Empire

  Chapter 324 Harvest

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  In general, these regulations of Edward are still somewhat binding on Scotland.

  For example, the limit on private soldiers, although the number is stipulated, but the standard is similar to the number of ordinary nobles, and even more than some low-ranking nobles, which has expanded a lot.

  However, there are more private soldiers on the surface, but half of the private soldiers must be contributed to join the newly established Scottish Army, which indirectly weakens the strength of the nobles, and it is not so uncomfortable for the nobles to accept.

In fact, this bill is to follow the example of his grandfather, His Majesty Henry VII, the monarch who founded the Tudor dynasty. It can be said that he established the strong position of the later monarchs, just like China's Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty. Same situation.

  The following judicial aspect is also to learn from Henry VII.

   Starting with ten shillings, all cases above will be heard by the royal court, and the nobles must not refuse or obstruct it.

  This means that slightly larger civil or criminal cases are basically stripped from the hands of the nobles, and the royal family has seized the most important judicial part from the nobles, laying the foundation for the subsequent comprehensive seizure of justice.

  It is stipulated that nobility must be certified by the Bureau of Heraldry, but it is just repeating the same old tune, continuing to emphasize the power of the king and the king's nominal dominance over the nobility.

  However, what Edward values ​​most is Article 8, so the nobles must stay in London for the first half of the year and must attend four House of Lords meetings.

  This means that the nobles of Scotland will spend half of their time in London every year, and the economic city of London, if political factors are added, will soon become the largest city in Europe.

  And the Scottish nobles often stay in London, then Edinburgh's role as the political center of Scotland will gradually weaken, and the entire British Isle will have only one, and only one political center-London.

  The prosperous and comfortable London is much better than the cold and boring north of Scotland. It won't be long before the nobles are tired from traveling back and forth and live in London comfortably.

  With no aristocratic Scotland, coupled with the spiritual brainwashing of the Anglican sect, the chances of Scotland rebelling are very slim.

   Of course, Edward also learned from His Majesty Qin Shihuang, unified Scotland's official language and style into English, and also abandoned the original weights and measures.

  The coinage rights of Scotland have been in the hands of the royal family since King David I of Scotland, so Edward was not clearly listed in the treaty.

  He only needs to change the mint directly to the British pound model in the name of the King of Scotland.

   That is to say, in this operation, although our Majesty the King still delegated administrative power to the Scottish nobles, he still obtained a lot of rights.

  Control the Church of Scotland, obtain half of the judicial power, limit the rights of the nobles, obtain the command of the Scottish Army (not to mention the navy, it has been incorporated into the English Navy), and restrain the nobles in London, establishing London as the political center of Britain.

  If you add last year's foreign affairs, taxation, and some legislative powers.

   It can be said that the current Scotland is only equivalent to a relatively large autonomous region. In a few decades, it is basically impossible to break away from the rule of England.

   And Edward cut off so many benefits from the nobles, he must be compensated.

   Therefore, Scottish caravans are allowed to come to England for trade, and they are exempted from customs duties, and only half of the final tax needs to be paid (Scotland only).

  In this way, Edward can declare that he is the most powerful king in the history of Scotland.

  Happy times are always unforgettable. After staying in Scotland for nearly a month, Edward is finally ready to go home.

  He was not in vain this month. First, he confirmed the appointment of the bishops of the Scottish diocese, and then urged these nobles in Scotland to prepare to go to London, and then divided the gold coins of the Scottish church and the church property of great value.

  Of course, as the King of Scotland, Edward also used his and Mary's names to reappoint and screen the heads of the royal territories.

   After harvesting the church property, the entire royal family has already owned a layer of land in Scotland, crowding out the church and becoming the largest landowner in Scotland.

  And as the leader of the newly established Scottish army left behind, he also urged the nobles to recruit private soldiers to form the Scottish army.

  In one month, the Scottish Army with approximately 2,600 people was established, and Edward selected Viscount Smith and Major Dio, Baron Huntington from France, as the commanders of the army.

  So, when I came here, it was the cold spring in March, and when I went back, it was already early summer with a hint of heat.

   But the only constant is the intermittent rain on the way.

  Edward was sitting in the carriage, the blankets were a little damp, not to mention the hardworking soldiers.

  Colds, rotten feet, and unacceptable vomiting and diarrhea, these are unimaginable for German mercenaries.

  Of course, these were also forgotten by Edward for a while.

  However, fortunately, **** is very convenient to transport from the east. He has already planted it on a large scale, and he will basically carry it with him whenever he is on a long-distance march.

  So, in order to take care of this group of wounded, Edward stopped and went, let the sick drink **** and brown sugar water, and often heated hot water to wash their feet.

   In this way, the disease was brought under control, but only a few hundred people died.

  However, this made Edward win a lot of hearts. Brown sugar and **** are very valuable, plus they deliberately stopped on the road and found a place for them to recuperate.

Most of the mercenaries were very moved. When Edward offered 20 acres of land per person as the cost of ten years of employment, more than 4,300 mercenaries of more than 5,000 people remained, basically reaching the level of Edward. Expectations in mind.

   It took half a month to return to London, the largest city in England, together with those noble families.

  This time, Edward did not return directly to London, and invited the nobles to his Hampton Court Palace to settle down.

  Our Majesty the King was lying in his own bedroom with his eyes closed, listening to the beautiful girl Luna.

   "Your Majesty, the Church of Scotland is indeed very rich, and you have done a good business this time around!"

  Luna sat down next to Edward, her tender hands gently massaging Edward's shoulders, and her delicate voice gently touched Edward's heart.

   "There are 500,000 acres of good land alone, more than 20,000 serfs, more than 10,000 oil paintings and sculptures, about one million pounds of gold coins from different eras, and countless silver coins..."