Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 1018 Charles II
William feels that the British Empire is over, so they will not negotiate with the Ming army. The British Empire belongs to your royal family. If I don’t go to my son, I can’t die if you are all dead.

So the future king Charles II was pushed out. The King of England was at a loss at this time. Hearing what William said was reasonable, he decided to send his son Charlie to negotiate with the Ming army.

Charles II is terrible, at least he is much better than his father. If he didn't die early, England might have started the industrial revolution in his late era.

The third Scottish king of the Stuart dynasty, the first England and Ireland after the restoration, the eldest son of Charles I, the same mother and brother of James II, and his biological mother is Queen Henrietta Maria.

In the early years, his father Charles I was executed by Cromwell, and Charles II was forced into exile.

Cromwell died in 1658 and was succeeded by his son Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector.However, Richard was unable to suppress the rebellious people and officers, and the British political arena fell into chaos. Parliament declared the restoration of the monarchy, and Charles II was able to return to England.

Charles II landed at Dover in 1660, returned to London, and was officially crowned king in April of the following year.

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he compromised with the powerful parliament and exercised his limited royal power cautiously.He launched two Anglo-Dutch wars in 1665 and 1672. The results were mixed due to the unfavorable situation of the war. Instead, the domestic political situation was involved in the struggle of foreign forces, and was deeply manipulated and interfered by France and the Netherlands.

In 1678, the anti-Catholic radical parliament took advantage of the political storm caused by the "Catholic Conspiracy" to launch a strong persecution of Catholics and tried to completely evade the royal power.

In 1679, Charles II signed the "Human Rights Protection Act" enacted by Congress. Afterwards, even if politicians are in a storm, they still have certain human rights protection. After 1681, Charles took the initiative, defeated his political opponents and greatly increased his royal power.

Charles II died in 1685.In order to conform to the will of the people, he maintained the belief of the British Catholic Church for a long time; but he always sympathized with Catholicism during his lifetime, and converted to Catholicism before his death.After his death, he was succeeded by his brother James II.

Charles II was energetic and hedonistic. He was loved by most British people during his lifetime and was known as the "King of Joy" and "King of Joy".

In 1685, there was only one step away from the industrial revolution, but as the saying goes, the darkness before dawn is the scariest.This year, Charles II, nicknamed the "Happy King", suffered a stroke.

Under the careful treatment of the imperial doctor, he became extremely unhappy. After a series of treatment methods in line with the procedure, such as bloodletting, feeding, and enema, Charles II died.

This piece of historical data makes the Chinese look very surprised, because the doctor's technique is exactly the same as that of the butcher who made the enema.In fact, it was not because of the vicious methods of the imperial physician that killed Charles II who suffered a stroke, but because of the unimaginable medical technology at that time.

Charles II is not a good king, but he is not a stupid king either. Perhaps it is because of the tragic death of his father, Charles I (Charles I is the only king who was publicly executed in England), which made Charles II become dissolute.

He likes a luxurious life, enjoys delicious food and beautiful women, and never considers how much difficulty his indulgence will bring to the treasury.Although Charles II was extravagant, the common people did not criticize him.

Perhaps it was because when Charles I was executed by Cromwell, the British subjects stood by and watched. Later, they felt that the old Charles was not guilty of death, so everyone who was silent felt guilty, and the guilt made the people choose to indulge Charles. Second, maybe the crazier Charles II played, the more he could wash away the sins of no one upholding justice.

Charles II is a playboy, but he also understands the importance of proper control. He has an extraordinary bearing, is well-educated, and treats his subjects with tolerance and kindness. His personality charm has won him a lot of iron fans.

Although his life experience is tragic, it does not prevent Charlie from becoming a humorous person. He loves to tell jokes, and he likes to resolve embarrassment in a clever way, so the people call him the "Happy King".

After 25 years of joy, Charles II suffered a sudden stroke on the morning of February 1685, 2, and had to interrupt his joyful adventure.

The people in the palace suspected that he had been poisoned, and one of the suspects might be the court physician, but even if the imperial physician was suspected of poisoning the king, they had to go and heal the "Happy King" first.

Later, someone looked through the archives in the palace and found that after Charles II fell ill, the most terrifying thing was not the disease, but the treatment methods of the imperial physician.

Facing the apoplexy king, twelve imperial physicians conducted the first round of consultations. They had no quarrels or objections, and their opinions were highly unified: bloodletting first.Charles II was stabbed in the arm and lost 560 milliliters of blood.

Traditional treatment failed to improve the king's condition, and the imperial physicians tried to make Charles II vomit and fed him emetics.

This is exactly the same as the idea of ​​"dispelling evil and strengthening the body" in traditional Chinese medicine. From the perspective of ancient medical techniques in the East and the West, as long as the toxins in the body are spit out, the condition will probably improve.

But Charles II stubbornly did not get better, and the imperial doctors felt some pressure. Adhering to the idea of ​​using strong medicine for emergencies, they took out a mysterious potion made of salt, cinnamon, cardamom, and beetroot. Feed the king once.

At this time, Charles II was not only unhappy, but also faintly felt a little fear: This is to play me to death!But the king is not a professional after all, and can only be at the mercy of the imperial doctors.

Now that conventional remedies aren't working, it's time for something metaphysical.

The imperial doctors shaved the king's head, and then pressed it on the scalp with a branding iron. The smell of burnt skin wafted through the Whitehall Palace. Several blisters appeared on Charles II's head. The bubbles were popped with his hands for unknown reasons.

Seeing that Charles II was getting weaker and weaker, the imperial doctors began to panic. They smeared pigeon dung on the soles of the king's feet, and at the same time applied herbal ointment to his body. After a series of scalp-numbing operations by the imperial doctors, Charles II, who survived for 5 days, finally passed away.

Before he died, Charles II still maintained his usual magnanimity. Instead of blaming the imperial doctor, he said to his courtiers:

"I am sorry to have passed away at such a time, gentlemen."

Then Charles II, who had been a romantic all his life, did not forget his companions. He asked his brother James to take care of his mistress:
"Be nice to the Duchess of Portsmouth and don't let poor Lady Nelly starve."

In this way, after undergoing technical means such as bloodletting, drinking spices, and enemas, Charles II was buried in Westminster Abbey.

The British who don't like sausages don't know that due to the inadvertent mistakes of the imperial doctors, their king experienced the practice of sausages, which has to be said to be a tragedy of the times.

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