As the days of the Scottish Commission arrived in London were getting closer, some opposition MPs who had advocated the restoration of parliament became impatient.

The king seems to have become rich!

Charles I, who should have been short of money, suddenly resumed his usual squandering. He held a banquet to select noble officers and soldiers who were willing to be loyal to him, and announced the establishment of the Royal Guards regiment to protect the city of London at the palace.

At the same time, the king swept away the haze of his previous defeat, walked with the wind, and personally inspected the newly established Royal Guards regiment.

Charlie also learned something from the Battle of Newcastle. He knew that the Royal Army to be established must be loyal to him and required rigorous training to make them go from casual militias to professional soldiers.

Before the national protection tax could not be collected, Charles I found that setting up a standing unit of more than 10,000 people was not enough to pay their salary, so he settled on the second round and set up a Royal Guards regiment to explore the possibility of establishing the Royal Army.

The Royal Guards were established less than a month after the truce with the Scots, which was simply unimaginable. The head of the Royal Guards was Astley, the chief military officer of Charles I, who served in the army of the Netherlands and Sweden. When the Battle of Newcastle broke out, Astley was still organizing logistics in the rear, but he had never experienced the frustration of other officers being unable to restrain the troops.

In any case, Charlie's sudden wealth disappointed all the members who were looking forward to the reconvening of the parliament, and they gathered in a house in London.

"The king was about to resume parliament, why did he seem to suddenly become rich and not afraid that the Scots would make huge claims?" Opposition leader Pim looked in pain.

As painful as him were the other opposition members, whose parliament had been disbanded for ten years, and the king's power was getting bigger and bigger. If the parliament was not held for twenty or thirty years in a row, then the tradition of parliament would be forgotten and the king would completely grasp the power that the parliament should have.

"Can the gold and silver treasures obtained by the king from the attack on the Barbary pirates and the expedition to Egypt have not been spent yet? No one among us knows how much gold and silver treasures the king has obtained from that operation. It is said that the cabin is filled with treasures offered by pirates."

"Impossible. I have asked the minister in charge of the royal finance before that the amount of spoils obtained by the Royal Fleet in the Mediterranean was amazing, but the big head was given to the Chinese, and the king actually got only a small part. And this part he used to launch a war against Scotland, buy muskets and artillery from cast iron factories, and this time he wanted to blackmail the Scots. Even if these expenses can be met, the royal finance will be on the verge of bankruptcy. His Majesty the King will never be as easy as he is now, and he still has the spare effort to establish the Royal Guards. I heard that in order to establish the Royal Guards, His Majesty the King also placed an order for 600 new mesh rope guns and 7 new field guns. This doesn't look like he was going to make war reparations and bankruptcy!"

These dissatisfied with the king's congressional discussions about what King Charlie has become increasingly arrogant recently, and they don't understand what makes King Charlie, who had originally defeated the war, be arrogant again.

"Did you borrow money to the King again?" Pim looked at several London City merchant representatives inside the house.

These guys have huge wealth because of monopolizing trade. Among the merchants in London, there are huge merchants with property of over 100,000 pounds. These merchants can definitely take out loans that satisfy Charles I.

The business representative of London City shook his head quickly: "The king borrowed a large amount of money from us because of the preparations for the Navy, but has not yet been repaid, and the royal finances are in danger of bankruptcy. How can we continue to help the evildoer at this time?"

Seeing that the London City Merchant Group said that it did not borrow money from the king, the many members of the assembly felt even more surprised and puzzled.

Where did the king's money come from?!

At this moment, a member of parliament came in and asked the other members to look at the man.

"I heard an interesting news from the guards of the palace, which might explain why the king's attitude suddenly became tough." The middle-aged MP, who was nearly 40, placed his hat on the wooden table and looked around everyone.

"who is he?"

"It seems to be a noble family from Huntingden County, called Cromwell, who once asked for the people of the swamp, so they have some reputation."

"I remember him, just ten years ago, he had just joined the Council as a member of the Huntingden, and the King dissolved the Council."

Many members of Congress are still very unfamiliar with Cromwell, who has little reputation, and their colleagues have a short time.

Although Cromwell had no achievements before, he did serve as a member of the House of Commons when the King dissolved the parliament and was qualified to appear here.

"Cromwell, what news did you receive?" Pim asked the originally low-key nobleman.

"The guards of the palace said that Chinese people from the East frequently entered and left the palace during this period, and even once His Majesty the King personally sent them out of the palace. What is interesting is that after that, the king recovered and never mentioned the reconvening of the parliament. Do you think this matter has something to do with Chinese people in the East? For example, Chinese people lend the huge amount of wealth they obtained from the Mediterranean to the king?" Cromwell said.

Cromwell's speech was a little over, which triggered the whispers of the congressmen and merchants present.

They also knew that their King Charles was very close to the Eastern Empire. The trade treaty was signed by the king privately with the Eastern Empire, completely ignoring the disbanded parliament.

"If this is true, then things will be bad. The king will only spend money with big hands and not know how to save money. He is like a bottomless pit, and the money lent to him by the Chinese will soon be spent. If he cannot repay the Chinese loans, it will anger the empire in the East, or will sell Britain's sovereignty in desperation."

"The king must never let the king borrow money from abroad. When this matter spreads to the European continent, our Britain will be completely disgraced. It is simply something that the king borrows from abroad in order to attack his own people!"

"The most serious problem is that the king does not rely on his parliament, but on people from overseas, is really confused. I really can't figure out why such people are our king!" a group of opposition members said angrily.

Pim frowned and patted the table: "Silent everyone, the king obviously wants to practice monarchy like the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of France. Our born free Englishmen should not let the king continue to make trouble. Since the king can force the parliament to dissolve the parliament, we also have the right to organize a new parliament to fight for the rights of the people."
Chapter completed!