Chapter 246: The Queen abdicates, Parliament is supreme, the King becomes a puppet, and the Bill of Rights comes to an end! Of course, Queen Elizabeth I, who was sitting on the throne, also had an unhappy look on her face at this moment. Obviously, she did not expect that this Ming envoy would show her a show of power in front of all the British high-level officials without giving her any face at all. That’s right, in her opinion this was just a show of power! Of course, more of it stems from the other side's contempt and arrogance towards the entire United Kingdom. This shows that they do not take the English Empire seriously at all. She was very angry and wanted to have the madman dragged away and executed on the spot, but reason told her that she couldn't do that! If the various news that had been constantly coming back from the Ming Dynasty in the past few decades had made her realize that facing a country with magical powers, even if Britain was given a few hundred years, it might not be able to fight against it, it had made her feel unprecedented fear. After witnessing the horrific natural disaster that occurred at the London Port dock, her fear turned into horror. Therefore, facing the show of power from the envoy from the Ming Dynasty, no matter how dissatisfied she was, she had to endure it. There were many people in the House of Lords who shared the same idea as her. Some people with a keen sense of smell discovered it at the first time. After today, perhaps the whole of London will change.
Many members of merchant families like the Sutherland family were looking at Richard and the other two vaguely. Richard, Edward and William all looked as if they had expected this and sat in their chairs calmly. They knew that after today, their Sutherland family would reach the peak of power in history. From now on, the whole of Great Britain will become Sutherland's Great Britain, and Sutherland will use this land and people to strive to become the Sutherland family of the Ming Dynasty. The flag officer naturally did not need to pay attention to the thoughts of the people present, and continued to speak, "The Sutherland family is a distinguished guest of our Ming Dynasty, and is also the representative family of our Ming Dynasty in the UK." "Moreover, from what I understand," the flag officer paused, looked around at everyone, and said, "your country and people are in dire straits." "Originally, the Ming Dynasty would not care about these, but now the Sutherland family is the business ally of the Ming Dynasty." "Your actions have seriously damaged the interests of the Ming Dynasty, so I have no choice but to take action." Every time the flag officer spoke, William accurately translated it from the side. "And all this is because of your inaction!" said the flag officer, raising his hand and pointing at the queen on the throne. "Wow!" Seeing that the flag officer was pointing directly at Queen Elizabeth I, the entire House of Lords was in an uproar. Some people who were still loyal to the Queen flew into a rage when they saw the flag officer being so disrespectful to the Queen. They stood up and were about to take action, but they were quickly held down by the quick-witted people sitting next to them. However, they have not forgotten the horrific natural disaster in the Port of London. If they anger the other party and release another natural disaster in the House of Lords Hall, few people present would be able to survive. "Heh," Facing the angry gazes of many people in the House of Lords, the flag officer sneered without caring, looking at the queen who was trembling with anger above, and said lightly: "My purpose for coming here is very simple. I hope that from now on, your country will be fully led by the Sutherland family." "Of course, if someone disagrees, then I think even your God will not forgive him." "When the time comes, it will be like this..." As he spoke, the flag officer swung his hand and a flying knife suddenly shot out, instantly hitting the right side, in the center of the eyebrows of someone on the bench who was about to rush out, killing him instantly! "what!"
Some women who were sitting nearby saw this scene and screamed in fear. However, as soon as they screamed, the men next to them covered their mouths with their hands. "Well," the flag officer stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I hope you can make a wise choice." After that, he looked at Richard Sutherland, the patriarch of the Sutherland family, and said, "Don't let me down." "Yes, I will definitely not let you down!" Richard quickly stood up, bowed to the flag officer and made a gesture of invitation, while also giving a look to his son William. In fact, Richard didn't need to say anything. William, who had lived in Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, naturally had this insight. Nodding, the flag officer turned and left. And William followed immediately. The purpose of his coming to the House of Lords today was just as he said, which was to intimidate all British senior officials to support the Sutherland family. Everything after that would depend on Richard. After all, before the Ming Dynasty annexed the country, these British senior officials present had value and significance in their existence. If a country wants to function, it still depends on people. What Ming wants is countless spiritual energy factories based on the country, so the top leaders of this country cannot disappear. "Sir, let me take you around London..." After leaving the Palace of Westminster, William saw that the flag officer did not release any spiritual energy, so he immediately opened a large black umbrella. "Okay." Since he had come to a foreign country, the young flag officer felt quite fresh and agreed. Even as William acted as a tour guide, introducing the history of London, some ancient neighborhoods, and the Thames to the flag officers, the atmosphere in Westminster Palace was frighteningly depressing. At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Richard Sutherland and his companion, who were sitting in front of the Speaker's seat, on the soft red seat that only senior judicial personnel could sit on. "Ha!" At this time, Richard, the patriarch of the Sutherland family, suddenly chuckled, stood up and walked to the gap behind the bench, just enough to allow the eyes of everyone in the House of Lords to be perfectly focused on him, and then he spoke. "First of all, I want to apologize to everyone," he said, bowing gracefully to all around to apologize, then straightened up and said: "I know that what happened just now may be difficult for everyone to accept for a while, but I have to say that everything is true. Yes, Great Britain is about to change!" Finally, as Richard spoke, the atmosphere in the entire House of Lords completely exploded after a brief period of suppression. "Patriarch Richard, your Sutherland family must give an explanation to everyone!" A white-haired noble in the House of Lords pointed at Richard with his cane, his face full of anger. "You have brought a powerful enemy into London, spoken rudely to the Queen, and killed someone in the sacred chamber of the House of Lords. You are a sinner!" "God will never forgive you!" "..." At this moment, as the first noble in the House of Lords spoke, the others seemed to have received some kind of signal and began to condemn Richard and Edward. For a moment, all kinds of ugly curses were heard one after another, and the entire House of Lords was in an uproar. However, for some reason, Richard suddenly felt very bored with all the ugly curses around him. Perhaps it was because the Ming Dynasty was standing behind him that caused a huge change in his mentality. In his opinion, the cursing of these people at this moment was proving to him the fear and helplessness in their hearts. Even the soldiers of the Queen's guards were the same. They had guns and swords in their hands, but they dared not speak out because they knew that if they took action, they would all die.
Rather than being curses, these are more like emotional releases. At this moment, not only was he not angry, but he was enjoying it. He enjoyed the feeling of others being terrified and angry and being helpless against him. Finally, after an unknown amount of time, a dull sound was heard from the throne just south of the House of Lords. Suddenly, all those who cursed Richard and the entire Sutherland family subconsciously shut up and looked towards the throne. Richard also turned his eyes to the Queen on the throne. The era of this woman who became more and more foolish as she aged has come to an end. Perhaps from now on, the era of the king should also come to an end. He already had a plan on how to better serve the Ming Dynasty and have that adult bring back a satisfactory answer to the Ming Dynasty. To be exact, he had this plan a long time ago. "Richard, just tell me what you want to do." Elizabeth I said with a slightly hoarse voice. Her intuition told her that maybe after today, she should really abdicate. Of course, after witnessing the existence of "God", she also had some thoughts of her own in her mind. Perhaps, the throne beneath her and the supreme power in her hands as the queen can bring her the final wealth. As a queen who has controlled Britain for decades, although she has been somewhat foolish politically over the years, her vision has always been sharp. A powerful capital city conquered the entire British high-level with its domineering and unquestionable attitude, and they didn't even have the slightest desire to resist. This shows that this country is finished. "Your Majesty, you are old. For the sake of this country, I think you should hand over the power to younger people." Richard didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose. Of course, he did not forget and still called him "Your Highness". After all, there can only be one His Majesty in this world. That is His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty! After that, he looked at several seats in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and saw several other merchant families in the UK that could be compared with the Sutherland family, and said: "On this point, I think, Earl Edward Leicester, Duke Henry Norfolk..." "Also, Richard, the Marquis of Suffolk, and John Blackwell, the Patriarch of the Blackwell family." "Of course, William Fairfax, the patriarch of the Fairfax family, and Ms. Catherine Grant of the Grant family," Richard said, looking around. "They, and the vast majority of people here, think so." For a moment, the expressions of the several nobles who were named by Richard and stared at by the Queen, as well as the patriarchs of the merchant families, could not help but change slightly. However, thinking that today might very well bring about a huge change in history, and perhaps the entire upper-level power would be reshuffled, the faces of the patriarchs of several families calmed down again. In fact, they had long been dissatisfied with the aging queen. A strong Britain needed a stronger, newer king who could fully stand by their side. However, Elizabeth I's attitude was always ambiguous, and she always wanted to maintain a balance among all parties. Recently they even heard that the Queen was redrafting the anti-enclosure bill, hoping to curb the enclosure behavior of various families. This is undoubtedly an infringement of their interests! "This is not a reason for you to invite a wolf into your house, Richard..." After noticing the attitude of most people present towards her, Elizabeth I said in a deep voice: "I am the king. In addition to the nobles and merchant families, I also have to consider the people at the bottom!" "I can't ignore the lives of others for your desires!" "Your Majesty," Richard shook his head slightly and said, "Your consideration is correct, so our Sutherland family brought the Ming Dynasty, a great 'God's Kingdom'." Richard paused for a moment, looked at Edward, and said, "Edward, let you introduce to everyone the cooperation you have reached with Daming."
"Everyone, I think after listening to Edward's introduction, all of you will feel fortunate for what happened today!" "Because, from now on, we, and all the subjects of this country, will be great because of this!" After hearing Richard's words, some family heads immediately grasped the key point and reached cooperation with the Ming Dynasty! What to collaborate on? Of course it’s “divine magic”! The senior executives present all knew about it, and every family was more or less involved in it, that is, cooperating with the Ming Dynasty on "magic", but unfortunately, there has been no success for decades. Could it be that the Sutherland family succeeded? Yes! It must have been successful! Otherwise, why would the Ming envoy support the Sutherland family? For a moment, the representatives of many families began to breathe faster and their eyes became hot when they looked at Edward. If before, they still had some cautious suspicion about the Ming Dynasty's "magic", this is completely gone now. After all, can ordinary people easily summon a hurricane tornado like a natural disaster? No one can do it except the legendary "divine magic"! "As you all thought," Edward said without further ado, "The Sutherland family has indeed reached a cooperation with the Ming Dynasty!" "Not only that, in addition to obtaining the 'divine arts', our family also has the resources to practice the 'divine arts'!" "Boom!" With Edward's confirmation, the discussion in the entire House of Lords was completely ignited. Their most profound impression of "divine magic" is the legendary omnipotent God, as well as immortality and eternal youth. Now that the Sutherland family has mastered something that only "Gods" can master, how can they not be excited? Moreover, Richard made it clear that everyone would benefit from this and the entire country would become great. What does this mean? They can also access "divine arts"! Of course, the people who are even more excited at this moment are the church members. They pray to the Son of God on the cross every day. They have decided to dedicate their lives to this cause, and have not received any grace from the Lord. The only reason they have been able to persist for so long is because of their passion. At this moment, the real "divine magic" is right before your eyes, and the path to becoming a god is right under your feet. Is there any need to say which one to believe in? "Quiet, please be quiet, everyone!" Edward raised his hands and looked around at everyone. After everyone had quieted down, he spoke again, saying: "The cooperation we have reached with the Ming Dynasty..." Then, Edward told everyone everything about the Ming Dynasty's entire grain export from now on, as well as the establishment of a spiritual energy factory in the future. "Everyone here understands that nowadays, due to the development of the textile industry and the high profits of the woolen industry, we have to squeeze the living space of agriculture, thus leading to a food crisis." "Now, we have an extremely powerful dynasty with gods behind us. They have so much food that they can't even finish it all. This is a perfect opportunity for us." "We can completely abandon domestic agriculture and buy grain from the Ming Dynasty," Edward said, his face full of yearning for a better future. "In this way, we can make money with peace of mind, and the people will not be dissatisfied because of this." "Then, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, we can develop a spiritual energy factory and produce more spiritual energy industrial products, in exchange for more cultivation resources from the Ming Dynasty." "With the resources to cultivate, each of us can be a god, with the ability to transform decay into magic like a god..." Edward's voice seemed to have some kind of magic, which made everyone immersed in foreign fantasies. Of course, no one is stupid. Many smart people can see that if they completely abandon their own agriculture, it means that the survival of the entire Britain will be controlled by the Ming Dynasty from then on. However, everyone present knew in their hearts that if they did not completely submit to the Ming Dynasty and work for it, how could they obtain the "divine arts" and more resources for cultivation? After all, the temptation of becoming a "God" is too great! No mortal can resist the temptation of immortality and eternal youth. Now, they not only have the possibility of becoming "Gods", but can also do business related to "Gods". Some merchant families have even seen the future, building one spiritual energy factory after another, producing a large amount of spiritual energy industrial products, and then selling them to the Ming Dynasty, earning huge resources for themselves, and then helping themselves, or even the entire family, to become gods. Compared with these, what is treason?
Perhaps, submitting to such a "kingdom of God" is not a bad thing for them. At least they can make money more peacefully without worrying about the affairs of the country. Who would be willing to work hard to worry about other things if they could just lie down and let a large number of workers help them make money, not only money, but also cultivation resources, and then they could sit back and enjoy the benefits. They could become gods by accumulating resources while lying down. Profits were supreme! Edward stood in the middle of the bustling House of Lords hall, looking around at all the nobles, merchant families and church members, all of whom were blushing with excitement as they imagined a bright future. He exchanged a glance with his brother Richard, and they understood each other's eyes. They knew that this matter had basically been accomplished. From today on, the Sutherland family would completely control Britain. Compared with their original plan of forming an alliance with other merchant families and dignitaries, gaining access to the rare truths and sharing the profits, this is undoubtedly the best option now! After all, "spiritual stones" are poisonous. If you want to have normal resources for cultivation, you still have to obtain them from the Ming Dynasty. If more families knew about this and got involved, it would mean that they would have to allocate some of their normal resources in the future. But they know that it is very difficult to practice and become a god. If a person wants to "become a god", it will consume a huge amount of resources, not to mention that they want to develop an entire family. More resources will be required in this process. Therefore, in their view, all the spiritual energy products produced by all the spiritual energy factories in the whole of the UK in the future and the normal resources exchanged from the Ming Dynasty should belong to their Sutherland family. Of course, even if they know that this is somewhat unrealistic, after all, some things are easy to hide from the lower levels, but difficult to hide from the upper levels. But it doesn't matter. It's nothing more than sharing a small part of the profits. With that small flag officer in charge, other families are destined to follow the Sutherland family in the future. They are just a bunch of little brothers, just give them some meat. After a long time, when everyone was quiet, Richard looked at the Queen, Elizabeth I, who was sitting on the throne, and said, "Your Highness, what do you think now?" "Shhhhh!" In an instant, countless eyes in the entire House of Lords hall were looking at the queen sitting on the throne, which symbolized the supreme power. "Huh," Elizabeth I took a deep breath and exhaled, then raised her wrinkled eyelids, looked forward, and said: "Maybe I should really leave." "If my abdication can enable all English people to embark on a path to becoming gods, then my departure will also be meaningful! At least, my country will become better..." "Bravo!" When everyone heard Elizabeth I say this, they knew that the Sutherland family's goal had been achieved. Although there are still many people loyal to the queen, they know that it is too late to change the situation, because no one can resist the temptation of "becoming a god", not even themselves. Time flies and three months have passed. During these three months, the whole of London was in turmoil, with major events happening one after another. First, Queen Elizabeth I announced her abdication and was succeeded by James Stuart. Then, King James I took the lead, and after more than a month of discussion, the House of Parliament, the church, and more than 90% of the officials participated in the decision to promulgate the Bill of Rights. (Note: The promulgation of the Bill of Rights in 1689 also marked the beginning of the era when the king completely became a puppet. In order to serve the plot, the bill was promulgated in 1597 in this book, and its content has nothing to do with reality. There will be discrepancies based on subsequent needs.) The key point of the bill is simply this: from then on, Parliament was supreme in the Kingdom of England, and the King became a mere figurehead. With the implementation of the Bill of Rights, six major families were elected as parliamentary families in the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Among them, the parliamentary family is headed by the Sutherland family, and the patriarch of the Sutherland family is called the "Prime Minister". In other words, from now on, the king can be regarded as a vase, and the prime minister is the real king! For a time, everyone in Britain was overwhelmed by this huge change. Of course, there are also many rumors. For example, there were rumors that the parliament had received guidance from "God" and that everyone could practice cultivation from now on. Before everyone could react, news soon spread that Britain was trading grain with the Ming Dynasty and that no one would have to worry about a food crisis from then on, and the whole of London was "ignited" again. The news of this great change in Britain spread rapidly throughout the British Isles. However, these are no longer important to the small flag officer, William, and Edward. Because the three of them had already embarked on the return journey to Ming Dynasty with a large amount of gold, silver, and goods. At this point, after three months, except for the lack of overt surrender, Britain could be completely regarded as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. During these three months, news was sent back to Ming Dynasty not only from Britain, but also from France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries, and the harvest was also fruitful. Of course, the way Britain handled the situation was the most perfect and brought the greatest benefit to the Ming Dynasty. For the small flag officers, this trip back would mean promotion, wealth, rewards, and maybe even a transfer back to the capital. However, for the officials and families of the Ming Dynasty, the path for the spiritual stone trade has now been opened. The next step is to wait for the court to distribute the spiritual stones, and the pressure is also on Lu Fang. This means that he needs to start the business of smuggling spirit stones in the world of immortal cultivation, but Jiajing is considering that it will not work just relying on Lu Fang and his newly developed "Tomorrow's Tower". Since he has decided to do the spirit stone business, well, after all, he owns the global market in his own world. In this regard, Jiajing was also considering whether to develop another person to enter the world of immortal cultivation and specialize in the spirit stone business. And since we are going to do it, let’s make it bigger and stronger and go directly to the Western Continent. After all, in the world of cultivating immortals, the Western Continent is the paradise of spiritual stones. The academy that rules the Western Continent does not ban spirit stones. Spirit stones are freely available there, and countless evil cultivators, demon cultivators, and cultivators who like spirit stones gather there. Anyway, he was transporting the spiritual stones across the border, and there was no need to worry about them being smuggled to the Southern Continent and being seized by the White Horse Academy. It can be said that there is no risk at all, and he also has dozens of spiritual veins in Daming, so he has no shortage of money to buy spirit stones. Once you reach the Western Continent, you will definitely become a spirit stone tycoon. However, Jiajing has not yet decided on this candidate. "..." (End of this chapter)