Chapter 1281 Sophia's letter
There were several black and white photos on Charles I's desk. The person in the photo was Princess Sophia in the Eastern Capital at this time. She seemed to be wearing student uniforms from the Capital University and taking a photo with a group of female students from the Capital University University.
"In their college, women were allowed to study in the same school as men."
Charles I was extremely surprised when he took out the photo from Princess Sophia's cowhide envelope. He could not understand that the characters in the black and white photos were more realistic than the paintings of the most brilliant painters, as if they were a scene seen by the human eye.
Sophia's mother, Princess Anne of Denmark, Charles I's wife, Princess Maria of France, and his young son, Charles II, and James II were all present, which was more like a party for the royal family.
"Sofia's child is still in the East. If you can't find a suitable husband, will you never marry like Queen Elizabeth?" Princess Anne couldn't help but sigh when she saw Sofia in the photo.
Sophia had left Britain for quite some time.
"Mother, Queen Elizabeth is for the sake of our entire nation in Britain, and she dedicated herself to the entire nation." Charles I emphasized.
"Queen Elizabeth has made extremely brilliant achievements and defeated the Spanish invincible fleet, but she and your father left the royal family with pitifully little wealth and huge debts, which is a debt of hundreds of thousands of pounds." Princess Anne said.
"Aren't I trying to find a way to repay the debt? With my efforts, the royal family's annual income can now reach more than 400,000 pounds, which is enough to meet the needs of peacetime. However, in order to make Britain strong, it is necessary to build a large number of warships and establish a standing army. These are still insufficient to make ends meet with the income of our royal family, and more special funds are needed." Charles I was preached by his mother, and as the king, he retorted with a rough face.
"I heard that you have a very stalemate with some of the members of the House of Commons because of the ship tax. There is also the Scottish Presbyterian Church. If the Scottish Presbyterian Church is dissatisfied with the merger of it into the parliament, then compromise with them temporarily and slowly find ways to completely merge the two countries. There is no need to conflict immediately. The taxation can also be increased year by year, and there is no need to rush to reverse income and expenditure. Britain cannot be without a royal family..." Princess Anne said.
"Okay, Queen Mother! I am now grown up and the king of Britain. My command is the instructions of the gods. They must obey me!" Charles I shouted impatiently.
"Although your father is mediocre, he is actually a person who knows how to tolerate. He knows how to balance the relationship between Scotland, Ireland and England, so that Britain will not be divided. It can also avoid being involved in the continental war. Our country suffered less losses because of the continental war than any kingdom."
Princess Anne said this and looked at Charles I with her eyes and found that Charles I had a red neck, so she no longer stimulated her son.
No one knew Charles I's character better than her mother. He wanted to establish his absolute authority with force like the famous emperors of all generations. However, the king's tradition in parliament made the king's authority far less than the king of the continental empire.
The two little princes, Charles II and James II, were slightly frightened by the dispute between King Charles and Princess Anne, and followed Princess Maria.
Charles I calmed down a little and calmed down: "In my letters at home, I mentioned to Sophia many times that she would return to London after she had enough fun in the East, but now she would insist on completing her studies in the East, saying that she was conducting biological research in a college of the School of Life Sciences..."
Princess Anne received Sophia's letter from Charles I. As Charles I said, Sophia asked to study at the Beijing University after greetings to complete her "career".
"Is Sophia finally interested in something?" Princess Anne had no choice but to be helpless about this headache-inducing little daughter. She often caused chaos in the royal family when she was in London. Now, after leaving, the royal family feels less angry.
"Who knows if she will be able to fight for three days and fish for two days. I once asked the Earl of Compton to marry the rulers of their Eastern Empire and use an island in the West Indies as a dowry, but the rulers of the Eastern Empire refused. The West Indies are the focus of the competition among the countries, but they seem to have no interest in the West Indies in the East. They have tea, spices, sugar, and raw silk in the East, and it is not surprising that they have no interest in the East." Charles I sat down and said calmly.
Princess Anne saw that Charles I had secretly made a marriage request with the rulers of the Eastern Empire, and was not angry that Charles I did not inform her.
The ironclad ship broke into the River Thames and appeared in the port of London. Almost the entire city of London believed that the strength of the Eastern Empire was even higher than that of the Ottoman Empire.
It would be a good thing for Britain and Sophia himself to marry a ruler who had no special beliefs in the East.
"Isn't my lovely daughter Sophia enough to impress the other rulers? Otherwise, you will send another group of envoys to come over," said Princess Anne.
"I'll try again... Sophia asked us to take photos like this at the end of the letter, and entrusted the Chinese businessman to bring it back to the capital to her to slow her longing for us." Charles I said again.
"You mean this portrait called a 'photo'? How was this portrait painted?" Princess Anne puzzled.
"There are one type of people who are called videographers, just like painters, who can draw photos with a magical machine called a camera. Sophia said in the letter that she specifically asked the rulers of the East to ask such a group of people to bring cameras to our city of London with the fleet. It would be better to recruit their videographers in two days to take a few photos for our royal family, and some photos are framed as records of our royal family, and the other part is asked by Chinese merchants to send them to the capital of the East to Sophia." Charles I was more disgusted with this sister's words, but in fact he preferred it.
"If the rulers of the East are willing to obey Sophia, it seems that he is not bad to Sophia," said Princess Anne.
"I guess it's just treating it as a guest," said Charles I.
"Carl and Rupert brothers cast us from the Netherlands to Britain. Will the royal family call them to take pictures?" asked Princess Anne.
Chapter completed!