Chapter 497 Changing England

"My achievement has added another honor to the family. No one has ever reached such a far place. I am the first one.

Stefan walked in the Lancaster Cathedral, followed by the newly appointed Patriarch.

"This is all thanks to your Majesty. Now the Plantagenet people have fled to Scotland and will not come out for a long time."

"Yes, but with Scotland, we still can't take it lightly. "

Stefan also knew the current situation in Europe. His three brothers were in trouble, so he naturally had to do his part. But France must be busy now.

In fact, it was true. The news that Stefan had seized London shocked the Duke of Orleans who was heading to the Holy Roman Empire. It had only been a few years, and a Duke of Normandy who had nothing had become the King of England. What surprised him even more was that Stefan actually returned the Gascony region to France. The Duke of Orleans's territory was the closest to here, so why not...

In fact, the only function of the Magna Carta in this era was to prevent stupid kings from committing suicide, rather than promoting the development of Britain.

Stefan was sure that in order to abolish the Magna Carta, England would be littered with corpses again. Stefan seized the throne, and most of the targets were the great nobles. And this Next, the king will target those small nobles and citizens.

Fortunately, England was still an agricultural country in this era, and citizens only accounted for a small number of the population. Therefore, there was no need to kill too many people.

Moreover, most of the citizens were craftsmen and merchants with certain assets. Those civilians would only follow them and shout slogans. As long as the rebellion in London could be quelled, other places would be quelled.

England's army and navy in Ireland and England's territory in France also surrendered to Stefan. After pacifying most areas, in order to obtain more resources, Stefan once again set his sights on Ireland.

Recently, Friesland felt something different. The wool they imported from England was expensive. When they inquired, they knew that the king had changed and was a member of the Bartland family.

But when Henry III succeeded to the throne, because Henry III was 9 years old, The young king who succeeded to the throne was bullied by the nobles, and then the Magna Carta was restored.

In short, the Magna Carta was the product of the king's submission to the nobles, and no king was willing to accept it. In particular, the Magna Carta separated the judicial power and deprived the king of the right to pronounce sentences. Although this seems very progressive to later generations, in this era of seeking monarchy, England is unique and a shame for the king. Because, in this way, even if the king hates someone to death, if there is no judgment from the court controlled by the nobles, the king can't do anything to his enemy and can't put him in jail. Such a king is indeed a coward.

But the dissolution of parliament will one day be pushed out by the citizens to be re-established, which is also a temporary solution. For this reason, Stefan also prepared a very radical action : Abolish the Magna Carta.

For a king, the Magna Carta is really not a good thing. At the beginning, John I accepted the Magna Carta because Britain had just paid a ransom of 150,000 marks of silver to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI because of the capture of Richard I. This money was collected by the whole of Britain, which drained the British treasury and also aroused the anger of the British. Richard I even went to France to rob in person to collect the ransom and died in the process of robbery. After John I succeeded to the throne, the royal family owed a lot of debts and had no ability to confront the aristocracy, so they had to sign a humiliating treaty. But after John I gained a foothold, he tore up the Magna Carta.

Because the Magna Carta of this era did not protect the interests of the bourgeoisie, let alone the interests of the common people, but only the interests of the aristocracy.

The Duke of Orleans suddenly returned with his army, saying that there was some unrest in Gascony, and he was worried and hoped that the alliance could understand.

But the problem is that the nobles of this era are as stupid as the king, and they suppress and exploit the bourgeoisie and civilians in the same way. Therefore, it is absolutely nonsense to say that the Magna Carta of this era is something progressive. The Magna Carta will only become a boost to social development after the bourgeoisie enters the political arena and is modified. In this era when the king and the nobles are as stupid as pigs, the Magna Carta, which represents the interests of the aristocracy, is simply an obstacle to social development.

The cities of this era are basically pocket-sized, especially those in Europe. For example, a capital city like Vienna has only 20,000 people. Milan, with a population of more than 100,000, can already be considered a large European city. As for Constantinople, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, it is the only one, and no country can reach this level.

Some people may think that the Magna Carta is the source of British progressive ideas, which can promote the development of the British economy, bring more tax revenue, and enhance national strength... This statement is not wrong after hundreds of years, and it is indeed the case. However, in this era, the Magna Carta is not the driving force for British progress, but a huge obstacle to Britain's strength.

In order to make Ireland more integrated into England, Stefan adopted a different ruling policy, allowing the Irish to come to England for trade, and promoted a group of Irish nobles, winning the hearts of the local people.

However, although he was the king, his power was still constrained by the parliament. In addition, he had been here for a short time and had not yet formed a group to support him. If he wanted to shut them up, he had to disband them.

England began to rule Ireland from the Plantagenet dynasty. But the scope was limited to the vicinity of Dublin. The first Irish parliament was established in 1297. In the following hundred years, Ireland broke out many riots against English rule. In the war with France, England focused its energy on France and ignored its rule over Ireland.

Many nobles felt that marrying the Bartland family could guarantee their wealth for ten lifetimes, so they kept looking for marriage partners and trying to sell their sons or daughters. Even if they could not get married officially, they could let them be lovers, especially the Roman emperor. A little leakage from his fingers would be enough for them to spend for a lifetime.

Soon they found out that Alexander, the heir to the Roman Empire, was not engaged yet, but he sold his daughter or sister to him. This was the heir to the Roman Empire. When he ascended the throne in the future, his daughter would be the queen. What a great title. It is said that he first had his eyes on the Scottish princess, but was rejected by the other party. Such a stupid move made the Stuart royal family a joke. They gave up the overwhelming wealth and they had to thank the other party.