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Chapter 1444 Great Protest
The house where MPs gather in London has become the headquarters where MPs protest against King Charles I. Pym and Hampton are privately drafting proposals against King Charles.

"The king committed 204 crimes in the past ten years, such as selling the privileges of certain commodities to some nobles to obtain royal income, and other merchants and nobles who did not get the privileges were not able to trade these commodities. And the king favored The Holy See has seriously damaged our relations with Scotland, and we have evidence that the King even used part of the navy's ships to help the Spaniards transport soldiers to the Netherlands. This is contrary to one of our principles against the Holy See, ours The enemy should be the Spanish Empire."

"In addition, the king signed a treaty with the Orientals to sell mining rights, set up colleges, and newspapers, and borrow 40 pounds from them. Such a practice will undoubtedly damage our British interests. If the king is allowed to continue like this, the king may have a relationship with the people from the East. Foreigners in the east continue to sign treaties I don't know what. Especially if the king sells the monopoly of some goods to foreigners too, then our market will be monopolized by the merchants in the east. It is unimaginable and frustrating Extremely disturbing fact, and it's happening."

"Therefore, in this "Great Protest", we not only enumerate the king's crimes, but also advocate reconvening the parliament, abolishing the monopoly privilege of commodities, establishing a system of accountability of royal ministers to the parliament, limiting the power of bishops, and reconnecting with Eastern merchants. Sign the treaty."

Pym looked around the crowd. He and several other members of the opposition drafted a proposal against King Charles, and then it was up to the other members to think about it: "Those who agree to submit the proposal to the king raise their hands."

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

They resisted what King Charles was doing now, but they also resisted such an act of declaring war on the king without authorization.

"Now the king has not ordered the convening of the parliament. It is not in line with tradition for us to publish the "Great Protest" in the capacity of the parliament in private." Some members said.

"The King clearly does not want to call Parliament again. It is hard to say that if we do not act then Parliament will never be restored unless the King is dead. Please realize this, it is our Great Britain Crisis!" Pym urged.

There were only a few dozen MPs in the room, and most of them were members of the opposition. Even so, a small number of people did not express their views.

However, a majority of the opposition will suffice.

"Is it enough to hand in the "Great Protest"? The king will certainly not sign such a proposal. Even the "Petition of Rights" he signed himself before can be denied and forcibly dissolved. It is hard to imagine that the king will Willing to sign such a treaty and will abide by it."

Even the congressmen who supported the big protest were full of worry and anxiety in their tone.

The king has no credibility at all. He convenes parliament and agrees to treaties in order to raise funds. After he has money, he turns his face and refuses to recognize anyone.

"We need to arrest the Earl of Stratford who has betrayed us. He is the king's confidant. We have mastered his atrocities in Ireland. The local people called him a tyrant when he was governor. As long as we arrest him, we will A group of people are accusing him. He is now helping the king to collect taxes, and he must be the first to eradicate him. If the Earl of Stratford is taken down, maybe the king will compromise with us!"

Pym put forward a bold idea to everyone - to arrest the Earl of Stratford, the favorite of Charles I, so as to give King Charles a blow!

"Arbitrarily arresting the Earl of Stratford in the City of London...who will do this?"

"The king still has the Royal Guards stationed outside London, but we don't have any soldiers to call."

A group of councilors looked at each other in blank dismay. They wanted to arrest the king's ministers without authorization. This would be a blatant challenge to the king!
Who can or who dares to do such a thing?

"If you just want to capture the Earl of Stratford, you only need a few people, and you can even use the militia in the city of London to lock him in a prison in the city of London. As long as the citizens support us, we can ask the king Putting pressure on the king to execute his confidantes, then no one will dare to help the tyrant. How about leaving this matter to you, Cromwell?" The leader Pym looked at the recently active MP Cromwell, Put hope on him.

"If the MPs from the City of London are on our side, I can lead someone to arrest the Earl of Stratford." Cromwell said confidently.

"Then I will leave this matter to you to plan, and the councilors and businessmen of the City of London will stand by your side." Pym placed high hopes on Cromwell.

"Please rest assured and leave it to me. When arresting Pym, I hope that everyone will firmly advocate the contents of the Great Protest. We can no longer allow the Parliament to remain in a state of dissolution, otherwise we will face a dangerous situation in Britain." Cromwell Standing on Pym's side at this critical time is also motivating other MPs.

"There are still many congressmen who have not yet arrived. They are distributed in various counties. I don't know what their attitude is?"

"The arrest of the Earl of Stratford caused His Majesty the King to dispatch the Royal Guards to demand his release? Could it be that we really want to go to war with the King?"

Even so, most of the councilors are worried, that's the king!

"It is enough for the residents of the City 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 convicted by then, the five people including Hampton and I will bear the possible consequences. Consequences. The top priority is to reconvene the parliament to limit the king's abuse of power. I have set an example, why don't you take the initiative to fight against the king?" Pym glanced at everyone with sharp eyes.

When the parliament was disbanded ten years ago, both the opposition and the royalists fought in the parliament, and several important figures including Pym were imprisoned. This conflict has lasted for more than ten years and is on the verge of breaking out!

"What should we do if His Majesty the King is still unwilling to sign the Great Protest and execute the Earl of Stratford?" asked a member of the City of London once.

"Then we will mobilize the citizens of London to occupy the parliament building, re-select members from each county to form a parliament, force the king to sign a big protest and execute the Earl of Stratford!"

(End of this chapter)