Four Chinese ships encountered rough waves at the Cape of Good Hope and sailed into False Bay to seek refuge.
After the wind and waves subsided, we rounded the Cape of Storms and arrived at the Dutch colonial port of Cape Town.
There are hundreds of residents in Cape Town, but there are only more than a hundred Dutch, and the rest are all indigenous Southeast Asians. There is no need to worry about food here, but the ships cannot be repaired. With the help of letters from the Dutch Governor, everyone has replenished some fresh water and water.
food.
At the Portuguese colonial port in the north, the ship was delayed for a full month, mainly to repair the damaged ships.
At this moment, Cromwell had been dead for three months, and his son, Charles Cromwell, succeeded him as Lord Protector. The conflicts in Britain that had accumulated for more than ten years completely broke out.
The main battle was between the civil servants and the army. Charles Cromwell tried to rely on the power of the civil servants, but the officers strongly opposed this. Those civil servants were also extremely hostile to the army and believed that the army should not interfere with the operation of parliament.
Parliament still exists, but only the House of Commons and the House of Lords have not yet been restored.
The civil servants are basically from the gentry class in the House of Commons. They came to power through Cromwell's rebellion. Similarly, the army also rose with Cromwell, and most of them came from the citizen class and the gentry class. The two sides were once revolutionary partners, but in the execution
After the king, he fell into a state of overwhelming hatred.
The core contradiction is whether Britain should be governed by civilians or military officers. This has led to a long-term struggle for power, which Cromwell could still control while he was alive.
Charles Cromwell grew up in a honey pot. He made no contribution during the revolution. How could the army ignore him?
When Charles arrived in Portugal by ship, the civil servants of the British Parliament passed a resolution restricting the army from interfering with politics. Those senior officers began to force Charles Cromwell to dissolve Parliament.
Charles Cromwell had no choice but to dissolve Parliament and give more power to senior military officers.
The senior officers just calmed down, and the junior officers took action again!
After Cromwell's death, the army's treatment became worse and worse. Parliamentary officials and senior officers did not care about the life and death of the lower-level soldiers. So the lower-level officers connected with each other, led the soldiers into London, and surrounded the Protectorate.
"What do they want to do? I have already dissolved Parliament!" Charlie Cromwell was frightened and angry, hiding in his home and shivering.
The adviser replied: "They are asking for a reorganization of Parliament."
Charlie Cromwell didn't understand: "Didn't the army ask me to dissolve Parliament? Why did it have to be reconstituted after it had just been dissolved?"
The consultant said: "It is senior generals who are calling for the dissolution of parliament, and it is low-level military officers who are calling for the reorganization of parliament. Without parliament, it is impossible to improve the treatment of soldiers. These low-level officers actually want to increase their wages."
It is obvious that in the army created by Cromwell, the upper echelons and lower echelons of the army have been separated.
"Go out and tell them I will call Parliament again," said Charles Cromwell.
The parliament, which had just been dissolved for a month, was reorganized in such a ridiculous way.
However, after the parliament was reorganized, the civilian officials once again suppressed the army and refused to give soldiers a salary increase. This move forced senior and low-level military officers to join forces, once again forcibly dispersed the parliament, and formed a temporary military government called the "Security Committee."
The two brothers, Charles Cromwell and Henry Cromwell, were forced to swear that they would never be Lord Protectors of England again in their lives. The military government would arrange houses and provide them with annuities.
The Cromwell family lost power and the Lord Protector's seal was split in half.
The chaos has just begun. The entire country is dissatisfied with the military government. Within the military government, military officers have also begun to fight for power.
George Monk, who led the army stationed in Scotland, heard that the situation in London was in chaos, so he marched towards London with his army under the pretext of defending Parliament. This man was originally a royalist, but after being captured, he defected to Cromwell, and he wanted to take the opportunity to capture London.
, and then welcome back the descendants of the British royal family, and use their support to obtain higher titles.
This guy led his army to move to the banks of the Tweed River. He did not go directly to London. He stopped and issued a message, waiting for the royalists, capitalists and civil servants to come and defect.
At this moment, Charles was already in Portugal, reuniting with his mother, who was accompanied by exiled royalists.
Four Chinese warships and more than ten Portuguese warships headed towards London in a mighty manner.
Before they even got close to the port, more than thirty British warships surrounded them and prepared for war.
"Raise the flag!"
Charles ordered.
The British royal flag was rising on the mast, and the British warships immediately stopped moving forward.
A naval officer came over in a small boat and asked at the top of his voice: "Which royal highness is on board?"
Charles lay on the side of the ship and replied: "I am the son of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the crowned King Charles II of Scotland! I am about to return to London now and take back my position as King of England and Ireland. I'm back
Yes, I will give naval officers and soldiers the treatment they deserve!"
The officer was very excited after hearing this and immediately rowed the boat back.
Soon, all the British naval ships turned off their guns, retreated their guns, and lined up to greet the king.
The main reason is that the military government has too little prestige, and the civil servants have never cooperated. The military government cannot even collect taxes, and the navy and army are naturally in arrears. Historically, no one has tried to fight against the military government. Those guys have dissolved the military government themselves.
Because there is really no money to pay the salaries of officials and soldiers.
"What, the prince is back with a fight?" Fleetwood was shocked.
This man was just a mid-level military officer. He relied on repeatedly tossing the parliament and connecting with the middle and lower levels of the army, and took control of the military government through a bloodless coup.
What prestige can a mid-level officer have?
Civil servants did not support him, senior generals did not support him, and the citizens did not support him. Because he could not pay his salary, even middle- and low-level military officers began to oppose him.
Fleetwood didn't even dare to clean up. He didn't kill anyone after he came to power, and he couldn't do anything about the civil servants who couldn't collect taxes. When he heard that Charles was coming back with troops, his first reaction was to run away, but he felt there was nowhere to run.
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This guy immediately summoned the top brass of the military government and threatened: "Everyone, we killed the king. Now that the king's son is back, can we still survive? He will execute us all! The only way now is to summon soldiers.
, Defeat Charles who is about to land!"
An officer named Edel said: "But the soldiers have not had military pay for two months. How can we make them obedient and go to war?"
Fleetwood said: "Tell the officers and soldiers that as long as they defeat Charles, not only can they get their military pay back, but they can also get double this month!"
Where does the money come from?
Of course, they are going to rob, rob those civil servants who are unwilling to cooperate!
The military government's troop gathering order was sent out, but it obviously didn't work. Everyone on Charles's side landed, and they only gathered more than 2,000 soldiers. Even the artillery of the port fort had surrendered to Charles.
The Guards, organized by two thousand Arakan pirates, under the leadership of Charles, marched step by step towards the city of London.
Charles said to these soldiers in Portuguese: "As long as I become king, I will keep my promise. Each of you will get a wife and own a small piece of land. For those who have done meritorious service, I will give you a knighthood!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Two thousand Arakan pirates were so powerful that they traveled across the oceans to Europe. It was definitely impossible for them to go back. They could only survive by being loyal to Charles.
As for women, there are so many in Ireland that you can easily get two thousand girls to marry.
During Cromwell's twelve years of rule in England, Ireland's population plummeted from 1.46 million to only 610,000. About 550,000 people were killed, and 300,000 Irish were sold as slaves, mainly to the West Indies.
English manor owner.
While other countries engaged in the black slave trade, Britain engaged in the Irish slave trade, treating Ireland at its doorstep as a colony.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
The Chinese, British, and Portuguese fleets bombarded the shore.
The more than 2,000 soldiers summoned by the military government could not withstand the artillery bombardment. Not long after they left the city, they were led back to the city by officers, seemingly to engage in a street fight with Charles.
However, as they ran, the soldiers dispersed, and no one wanted to fight at all.
The Arakan pirates took the opportunity to rush into the city, and Charles led them straight to the Parliament Building, which is now the office of the military government.
After seizing the documents, Charles asked soldiers to search for important members of the military government.
Then London suffered. These Arakan pirates ignored Charles's military orders and began to burn, kill and loot everywhere. London citizens and British soldiers spontaneously organized to fight, so Charles had to personally intervene to appease them.
After a full day and night, the situation was finally completely stable.
Charles first recruited British soldiers and citizens to temporarily form a royal army. Then he counted the Arakan pirates. Two died of illness at sea, but now there are only 1,746 left, and the remaining more than 200 people died in street fighting during robbery.
"How many times have I told you? You are not allowed to loot the city. This is my capital!" Charles yelled in anger.
He identified ten officers who led a team to rob, let the newly formed British Royal Army raid the formation, and executed them all in front of the London citizens. Then he announced an amnesty, and the London citizens and soldiers were all innocent, and then led the troops to oust the military government.
All high-level officials ransacked their homes.
Historically, Charles was invited back by Parliament, but now he is brought back with troops.
He didn't have to be careful to forgive everyone. After killing all the important members of the military government, he arrested the civilian officials of the House of Commons. In another time and space, he only executed nine people, all of whom were officials who personally signed his father's death warrant. But now, Charles
Killed 65 civil servants in one go.
Cromwell's body was exhumed and whipped, and Cromwell's two sons were all beheaded and killed.
The exiled royalists he brought back, as well as the royalists hiding in England, were all promoted to noble offices. Then he reorganized the Parliament and the House of Lords, then asked the obedient squires to form the House of Commons, and issued orders to appease the garrisons everywhere.
In just half a month, he took control of the whole country.
Immediately, he issued an announcement to Ireland and Scotland, saying that Cromwell was a bad guy and that he would be kind to the Irish and Scots as king.
When the news spread, Ireland and Scotland were instantly stabilized and regarded Charles as a benevolent monarch.
This benevolent monarch stopped the ship that was about to leave for America and rewarded all the thousands of Irish slave girls on board to his subordinates.