The house where MPs gathered in London has become the headquarters for MPs to protest against Charles I. Pim and Hampton are privately drafting proposals against King Charles.

"The king has committed 204 crimes over the past decade, such as selling certain goods to some nobles to obtain royal income, and other merchants and nobles who have not obtained privileges cannot trade these goods. And the king is biased towards the Holy See, which seriously undermines our relationship with Scotland, and we have evidence that the king even used some naval ships to help the Spanish transport soldiers to the Netherlands. This violates one of our principles against the Holy See, and our enemy should be the Spanish Empire."

"In addition, the king and the Orientals signed a treaty to sell mining rights, set up colleges and newspapers, and borrowed 400,000 pounds from them. This practice would undoubtedly harm our interests in Britain. If the king allowed to continue like this, the king might continue to sign a treaty with foreigners from the East. Especially if the king sells the monopoly of some goods to foreigners, then the merchants of the East will monopolize our market. This is an unimaginable and extremely disturbing fact, and such facts are happening."

"So in this Great Protest, we not only list the king's crimes, but also advocate reconvening parliament, abolishing the privilege of monopoly on commodity sales, establishing a system of responsibility for the royal ministers to parliament, limiting the bishop's power, and re-signing treaties with the merchants of the East."

Pim looked around everyone, and he and several other opposition members drafted proposals against King Charlie. Next, it depends on how the other members considered: "The person who agreed to submit the proposal to the king raised his hand."

Hampton and several staunch opposition lawmakers raised their hands, while more lawmakers gathered here hesitated.

They were in their hearts resistant to what King Charles did now, but also resistant to such acts of declaring war on the king without authorization.

"The king has not ordered the convening of a parliament yet. It is not tradition for us to publish the Great Protest in private as a parliament." Some members of the parliament said.

"The king obviously does not want to convene a parliament again. To put it badly, if we do not act, then the parliament will never be restored unless the king leaves the world. Please realize this. This is the great crisis in our Britain!" Pim encouraged.

There are about a few dozen members of parliament in the house, most of whom are opposition members. Even so, a few people still have not expressed their opinions.

However, most of the opposition can pass.

"Is it okay to hand over the Great Protest? The king will definitely not sign such a proposal. Even the Petition for Rights signed by him in person before could be denied and forcibly dissolved the parliament. It is hard to imagine that the king would be willing to sign such a treaty and would also abide by it."

Even the tone of the MPs who supported the letter of protest was filled with concern and uneasiness.

The king had no credit at all. He convened a parliament and agreed to the treaty in order to raise funds. After he had money, he turned against others.

"We need to arrest the Earl of Stratford who betrayed us. He is the king's confidant. We have mastered his atrocities in Ireland. Local people call him a tyrant when he was the governor. As long as we arrest him, a group of people will charge him. He now has no choice but to help the king collect taxes and must be the first to eradicate him. If the Earl of Stratford is taken down, the king may compromise with us!"

Pim gave everyone a bold idea - to arrest Charles I's favorite Earl Strafford to give King Charles a warning!

"Who will do this when arresting Count Strafford in London City?"

"The King has a Royal Guards stationed outside London, and we have no soldiers to call."

A group of congressmen looked at each other. They wanted to arrest the king's ministers without authorization, which would be a blatant challenge to the king!

Who can or who dares to do such a thing?

"If you just want to capture Count Strafford, you can only have a few people. You can even use the militias in the city of London to lock him in the city of London. As long as the citizens support us, we can put pressure on the king and ask the king to execute his confidant, and no one will dare to help the evildoer. What if you leave this matter to you, Cromwell?" The leader Pim looked at Cromwell, a member of the recent active MP, and put his hope on him.

"If the MPs of London City stand on our side, I can lead people to arrest Count Stratford." Cromwell said confidently.

"Then you will leave this matter to you to plan, and the members and merchants of London City will stand on your side." Pim had high hopes for Cromwell.

"Please leave it to me with confidence. When arresting Pim, I hope you all will firmly advocate the contents of the letter of protest. We cannot let Parliament continue to be dissolved, otherwise we, Britain, will face a dangerous situation." Cromwell stood on Pim's side at this critical moment, and was also inspiring other members of parliament.

“There are still many members of parliament that have not arrived yet, they are distributed in various counties, and I don’t know what their attitude is?”

"The arrest of Count Straffor led to His Majesty the King's dispatch of the Royal Guards to demand his release? Could it be that we really want to go to war with the King?"

Despite this, most of the members of the parliament were uneasy, that was the king!

"It is enough for the residents of London to stand on our side. If the king wants to completely solve this matter, he needs to reconvene the parliament. Even if we are sentenced to guilt, Hampton and five others will bear the possible consequences. The most urgent task is to reconvene the parliament and limit the king's abuse of power. I have set an example. What reason do you have to take the initiative to fight against the king?" Pim glanced at everyone with a sharp look.

When the parliament was disbanded ten years ago, their opposition and the royalists fought in the parliament, and several important figures such as Pim were sent to prison. This conflict has lasted for more than ten years and is on the verge of eruption!

"What should we do if His Majesty the King is unwilling to sign a letter of protest or execute Count Stratford?" asked the London City Councillor.

"Then we will mobilize the citizens of London to occupy the building of the parliament, re-select members of the parliament in various counties to form a parliament, and force the king to sign a letter of protest and execute the Earl of Stratford!"
Chapter completed!