There was a noise outside the teahouse, and a group of well-dressed British squire and nobles walked in, still shouting about their demands.

"The king's move is simply a nonsense. He set up a standing army without authorization and set up a 'national protection tax' to maintain this standing army, rather than paying it with the income from the royal land! If the royal land income is used to establish a royal army, there is no problem. Now the national protection tax is levied on the whole country, using the taxes of all the people to maintain a private army for the king!"

"If the king participates in the war against the Spaniards, it is understandable that there is no need to support a huge army without war, which will destroy our economy."

"No, the king wanted to learn from the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia system. He wanted to become the monarch of the Eastern system. On weekdays, he always advocated the divine authority of the monarchy, completely ignoring the parliamentary tradition of our England! The parliament has not been held for ten years! A hundred years ago, when King Henry said that the king was like the head of the parliament, and the two houses of the parliament were connected together to form a country. It seems that King Charles has forgotten that the king is also a part of the parliament and is completely opposed to the parliament."

After the arrival of this group of British nobles, they almost booked the second floor, making the originally quiet teahouse a little noisy, which shows how heavy their resentment is.

"The two people who took the lead are Pim and Hampton, the members of the parliament who opposed the king. They were arrested and imprisoned for opposing the king ten years ago, and the parliament has been disbanded to this day. Hampton was sued by Charles I for ship tax. Although he lost the case, his reputation among the opposition members has been higher and he has won the sympathy of many civilians. Their opposition people will occasionally meet at our teahouse, and I look very familiar with a few of them." The teahouse shopkeeper said to Sun Chuanting.

"Earing their tone, I seem to be very dissatisfied with the king. No, I am very dissatisfied with the king's behavior of crossing the parliament." Sun Chuanting noticed the attitude of the opposition MPs in the teahouse.

At this moment, a group of people came in outside the teahouse, attracting the British nobles who were originally drinking tea in the teahouse whispered privately.

The leading nobleman was a middle-aged man in his forties. He had a strong aura on his face, and behind him was a group of other nobles who followed him.

"Who is that person? He has the temperament of a soldier, and he should be a nobleman who leads troops to fight." Sun Chuanting could sense the unique aura of the other party.

"I don't know, I look like a strange face." The teahouse shopkeeper has a confident ability to recognize people, but he has no impression of this person.

But soon the whispers of the British nobles around them made them know that the man was the earl of Essex.

"The third Earl of Essex turned out to be this person." The shopkeeper of the teahouse obviously found a lot of information in the teahouse and had some understanding of the aristocratic circle in Britain.

"This count is very famous?"

"This person can be said to be one of the few nobles with great reputations except the king. His father was the favorite of Elizabeth I. You should know that Queen Elizabeth's era was called the Golden Age by them. The third Earl of Essex has been in the army for almost 20 years, and it is probably not long after returning to London from the battlefield in the Netherlands. Such military achievements are often responded to each other, and their attitude is very important to both Charlie and the Council." said the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

"Is the third Earl of Essex..." Sun Chuanting probably knew why these British noble soldiers on the Netherlands battlefield had retreated one after another, and it was probably inseparable from Charles I's preparation for the Royal Army.

The Earl of Essex came in with a group of influential nobles, and many people believed that the Earl of Essex should be on the side of Charles I.

However, the MP Pim, Hampton and others on the second floor waved to him after seeing the Earl of Essex. The Earl of Essex walked up to the second floor with the nobles who followed him.

The Earl of Essex's statement shocked many nobles, and they looked at each other. Did Earl of Essex stand on the side of the parliamentary opposition?

"Things have become interesting. The influential county of Essex is very close to the city of London. If he stands on the side of the parliamentary opposition, it is equivalent to threatening the city of London." The tea shopkeeper was also a little surprised.

Because of the great event of King Charles I of Britain's formation of a standing army, almost all the nobles, gentry, merchants, citizens, and peasants took sides privately, forming two camps of royalists and opposition parties - their fundamental dispute is that the king should command the army through parliament, rather than owning an army with his own authority.

The Earl of Essex, who has considerable influence, seems to have had some contact with the opposition leaders Pim, Hampton and others, so the situation becomes complicated and seems to be unfavorable to Charles I.

Of course, no matter whether Charles I could not sleep because of this, Sun Chuanting and the Chinese merchants still witnessed the internal struggles in Britain with the mentality of watching the wall.

Later, small groups of nobles came to the teahouse, which made the teahouse crowded and made it difficult for waiters to entertain. No one knew that a Chinese businessman opened a teahouse to make money had become an important place for the gathering of London's storms. There were a large number of nobles, gentry and soldiers here.

"Cromwell, what's wrong with asking for the swamp?" a lieutenant colonel in the infantry regiment asked an older squire sitting opposite him.

"The royal institution has compromised, the swamps are still public land, and the adventurer company will not drain the swamps' water," Cromwell said.

"The people of the swamp should be grateful for your actions, right? If His Majesty the King reconvenes the parliament, then you will definitely be elected as a member of parliament again." The lieutenant colonel of the infantry regiment was Li Jinde's former rival, Monk, but he has now come out of Li Jinde's haze and actively participate in the upcoming civil strife in Britain.

"It is still unknown whether the king will reconvene the parliament. No matter what, His Majesty's behavior is really a mess. He actually formed a standing army without authorization. I don't know what Scotland, France, Spain, the Netherlands and other places will view this matter. Maybe they will list England as an important enemy. Monk, what do you think about this matter?" Cromwell said.

"I know nothing about politics, but the Earl of Leicester and I will stand on the side of the king. The Scottish Presbyterian Church has established a pledge army. I believe that His Majesty the King has his plan to form the Royal Army to deal with the Scottish uprising." Monk added a slice of lemon to the teacup and said to Cromwell.
Chapter completed!