Edward agreed with Marin's suggestion, but asked with a frown:
"What reason should we use to attack Calais? You can't just send troops without saying anything, right?"
Europe was not an ancient Chinese where conspiracies were rampant, and the name was particularly important here. If there was no good excuse, the nobles under their command could even refuse to fight.
Marin thought for a while and said:
"This is simple. You send a nobleman whom you don't deal with to work at the Calais Fortress. Then, you send someone to assassinate him. Then you accuse the French of killing the nobleman. Using this as an excuse, wouldn't it be enough to send troops to capture Calais?"
"Can this still happen?" Edward was a little dumbfounded. He was a little numb to Marin's shameless and insidiousness.
"Of course, so how good is that you can solve a noble who opposes you and get an excuse to attack Calais?"
Edward frowned and said:
"So, what reason should I use to send this hostile noble to Calais? I can't say to him--you can go to Calais for a trip?"
Marin was stunned and thought to himself that this was true. Then, he thought for a while and said:
"It's still the old way. England has occupied Calais for many years. There should be many British expatriates there? You sent someone to assassinate two English expatriates and deliberately create conflicts. Isn't it an excuse to send that noble to resolve the matter?"
"Assassination of the English expatriates? Isn't that right... Why kill innocent expatriates for no reason?" Edward was a little unhappy. He had no objection to killing a hostile nobleman. After all, it was the enemy, but the innocent people... Will God blame God for doing this... Obviously, Edward is still quite superstitious...
Marin doesn't care:
"Your Majesty, there are many English expatriates in Calais, but the problem is that after the French occupied Calais, many English expatriates defected to the French. Many of the truly loyal expatriates returned to England. Therefore, it is no big deal to kill two expatriates who defected to France."
Marin was right. After the Calais Fortress was occupied by France, many English expatriates returned to their homeland. For the sake of business and livelihood, many of the English expatriates who stayed in the Calais Fortress chose to surrender to the French. These people did this, which was actually considered betrayal of England. After all, England and France have always been enemy countries. Killing two people who surrender to the enemy country is nothing. Just like killing two guys like Zhang Shizhi and later generations, no one would speak for such people, and they would only applaud.
Edward thought it was right. Why do you care about a person who betrayed the country? Even if you kill them, God will not blame him...
Edward quickly arranged the matter, and Marin also came to the palace where Queen Anna and Princess Margaret were located. She saw her son Caesar trying hard to please Princess Margaret, which made the little princess giggle. Queen Anna sat quietly aside.
Marin looked at Queen Anna and sighed slightly. To be honest, Queen Anna did nothing wrong. She did not let her father Earl Dult, nor did she target Marin and Caesar. She did things in a normal manner. However, Marin was worried that she would take over the power after Edward's death.
There were many such women in history. They were very honest and responsible when the emperor was alive. But as soon as the emperor died, they changed and began to take over power, and tried to become the queen mother who was the only one to say.
For example, when Emperor Wu of Han was alive, Wang Shi was so honest that he did not dare to make any abnormal movements. Of course, there was an extremely powerful Empress Dowager Dou who was suppressing her at that time, and she did not dare to do anything.
When Emperor Jing of Han and Empress Dowager Dou both fell out of their minds, they suddenly became arrogant when they looked at the harmless Queen Mother Wang Shi. The reason why her half-brother Tian Fu became the prime minister of Emperor Wu of Han was inseparable from the support behind Wang Shi.
It was precisely because he had enough anger with his grandmother, Empress Dowager Dou and his mother, Wang Shi, that when Emperor Wu of Han made Emperor Zhao of Han the crown prince in his later years, he was worried that Liu Fuling's mother, Mrs. Gouyi, would directly order Mrs. Gouyi to kill her...
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Regarding Queen Anna, Marin was also worried that after Edward's death, she would gain power with the support of the English nobles and compete with her. But what she was most worried about was actually that Queen Anna would collude with France to fight against herself.
If only the English nobles supported her, Marin would not be worried and would kill her. Anyway, after Edward's massacre, the English nobles are not very powerful now.
But if we collude with France, the problem will be big. Needless to mention the strength of France, coupled with the cooperation of the aristocrats in England, Marin will be unable to resist by then.
So, even though Marin felt guilty, she had to choose to move Queen Anna away before Edward died...
As for Edward's life, Marin felt no guilt. Why? Because if it weren't for him, Edward would have been killed by Henry VII as early as 1497. He helped him live for so many years and gave him a daughter, which is worthy of him...
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In the following days, when Marin met Edward's family of three privately in the Tower of London Palace, the two sides got along very well. However, in public, Marin and Edward deliberately showed unfriendly appearances.
Edward was also willing to cooperate with Marin's performance. Anyway, for him, the most important thing is to regain Calais Fortress.
At the same time, England's troops began to act secretly. Edward mobilized 15,000 people from the 20,000 troops of his confidants. Marin also quietly asked Saccarat to draw 4,000 elite troops to join in. At the same time, the local side would mobilize 1,000 musketeers and send 5,000 ignition carbines to fight against French plate-armored infantry on rainy days.
At the same time, the killer sent by Edward also crossed the sea to Calais to select the right target... Of course, he was also choosing the hostile nobles who were about to be sent to Calais to die...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! In this era, expats died abroad, which is not enough to trigger a war. After all, ordinary people are not on the table these days, and their life and death have nothing to do with the king. If the king can send people to care about it, it is already considered "love the people as much as his son".
But the nobles are different. The nobles are the king's "partners" and rule the country with the king. Death of a noble is definitely an extraordinary event and is enough to break out a war.
Therefore, Marin helped Edward design a plan to "first kill one or two betrayed expatriates, then send a noble to investigate, and then kill." When the expatriates die, they can submit their jobs after pretending to investigate. But the death of a noble official abroad is the top priority. Because, the noble official sent to investigate represents the king and is equivalent to the identity of an envoy.
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Of course, these have nothing to do with Marin. In addition to contacting Edward's family of three in private, Marin repeatedly emphasized in public that Princess Margaret should marry her son Caesar. It seemed that he came to London this time to steal his wife for his son.
The English nobles in London each held their own opinions. Some believed that the future husband of England's only princess should not be a foreigner. But some believed that according to the treaty signed by the king, England should fulfill the contract...
But not long after, Marin suddenly hurriedly left London and returned to China. Before leaving, Marin took another 3,000 guards and spent a few laps in the city of London, showing off his force...
Chapter completed!