Chapter 223： A lot of John, William and Charlie

Marin still had a lot of places to ask for Lübeck and Hamburg, so naturally he took the two Speakers of Tagfacht and Heisenberg to the emperor ’s court and visited the emperor Maximilian Lean I.

Speaking of hard work, as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I was not as authoritative as the Eastern Emperor. At the time of the Empire Conference, Maximilian I was only the leader of the Austrian side. It was the Elector of Mainz who chaired the meeting. Of course, the emperor is also on the rostrum, as a mascot.

However, even if it is not an emperor with real power, Maximilian I's strength is still very strong. Not to mention that Austria itself and the ally Swabian League together have dozens of votes. In addition, Prince Philip, son of Maximilian I, had a lot of votes alone.

Because, Prince Philip is not only the Duke of Burgundy, but also the Earl of the Netherlands, Earl of Flanders, Duke of Brabant, Duke of Luxembourg, Earl of Roussillon, etc., one person has several votes, which can be called a ticket machine.

Anyway, when voting at the Empire Conference, everyone held a vote to vote, and Prince Philip grabbed a vote to vote ...

Fortunately, although Prince Philip is not filial and unkind, he is still a wise man and knows that he is politically consistent with his father, Maximilian I. It is for this reason that the Habsburg family led by Maximilian I became the family with the strongest ability to vote. Of course, in front of the coalition formed by the Seven Electors, that vote is not much.

You know, Maximilian I counted a group of nobles in Austria, his own son, and the Swabian League, but it was only about 65 votes. The seven major electors, but the three major religious princes, led 120 religious votes. This is not counting the secular electors and their brothers.

Therefore, in the Imperial Parliament, Maximilian I can't spell the votes, but it can't compete with the voting group composed of the seven electors.

Of course, the reason why Maximilian I was always blocked by the princes was also because when he was young, he expressed the desire to learn France, cancel the autonomy of the princes, and want to engage in centralization.

This idea is undoubtedly very harmful to the interests of the princes. Therefore, the seven electors who were not united at first, in order to curb the idea of ​​centralization of Maximilian I, began to fight against it everywhere.

Even Marin, the former thug of Maximilian I, was initially excluded and hostile by most princes because of his boss's ambition to centralize power. In exchange for other emperors, such as Maximilian I and his father Frederick III, they were not collectively excluded like Maximilian I. Because Frederick III did not consider himself as an emperor at all, but buried himself to expand the territory of the Habsburg family and regarded himself as a big prince. Therefore, the princes did not exclude him.

However, when Maximilian I was young, he was very envious of the French centralization system, and once expressed that he wanted to suppress the princes and establish a centralized prince in Germany.

After the news spread, Maximilian I suddenly became the enemy of all German princes. Even though he was older and no longer young, the princes never gave up their vigilance against him. At the time of the first Italian war, Maximilian I asked the Imperial Parliament to impose a war tax to prevent the French from becoming bigger in Italy. The princes knew that Maximilian I was right. However, in their minds, preventing Maximilian I from becoming bigger is the most important thing. Therefore, the princes would rather watch the French grow bigger in Italy than to see the victory of the anti-French alliance army that Maximilian I served as the leader.

Because if the Allied forces led by Maximilian I defeated the French, the reputation of Maximilian I will increase greatly, which will help it expand its influence in the German region, and may cause Maximilian I to engage in his The great cause of "centralization". And this is what the princes would never want to see.

Therefore, although Maximilian I ran to the Worms Empire Conference for help, the princes ignored him, causing the Shenluo army to move slowly, did not act with the Italian army, and lost the defeat of Charlie Opportunity.

Of course, after Marin crossed, this result changed. Marin took advantage of the weaknesses of the French army in the middle of the night to organize a night raid, defeated the French army and scared away Charles VIII.

And because Marin was the general of Maximilian I, the victory of Marin also brought fame to Maximilian I, and because of the ransom of the captives, he also brought a lot of money to Maximilian I. money. This is helpful to Maximilian I's "centralization" cause.

Therefore, as the emperor's "running dog", Marin was naturally hostile by the princes.

However, with the passage of time, everyone found that although Marin was still on the side of the emperor, he did not personally lead the soldiers to fight the emperor, but sent Frensberg to take two squares to taste the emperor.

Therefore, everyone's attitude towards Marlin has eased. After all, Marin is more and more like a prince, not an emperor's eagle dog.

After bringing the two great speakers to the emperor's court, Maximilian I warmly received the two great speakers of Tagfacht and Heisenberg.

In fact, not only did Lubeck and Hamburg need political allies, the emperor needed allies more than them. The ability of the Hanseatic League, Maximilian I was very clear. Not to mention anything else, the Hanseatic League led by Lübeck and Hamburg has absolutely enough influence on the 75 business-oriented imperial cities, at least half of them. Bringing Lübeck and Hamburg together means that most of the 75 Empire City votes were obtained.

The 65 votes of the Habsburg family and allies, plus 75 Empire City votes (ideally), have reached 140 votes. Although it's almost 165 from half of the 330 total votes, it is only 25 short. As long as there are more than 165 votes, the emperor can realize some of his wishes. At that time, as long as you are willing to pay the price, 25 votes can also be obtained.

Therefore, Maximilian I treated the two great speakers of Tagfacht and Heisenberg, that was absolutely a VIP. Looking at the posture, it hits right.

After busy with allies, Marin naturally needs to be busy with his own affairs. This time, I want to succeed in becoming the Duke of Schleswig and let the Duchy of Schleswig join the Holy Roman Empire.

This kind of thing is bigger than ordinary things. Therefore, it needs to reach three quarters of the votes to be sure.

This is because, once the Holy Roman Empire has accepted the Principality of Schleswig, it means that the Principality of Schleswig will be protected by the Holy Roman Empire. If Denmark wants to recapture the Principality of Schleswig, it will not face the Marin family, but the entire empire.

This kind of thing needs to bear a lot of risk. Therefore, voting will also be more cautious, requiring three-quarters of the votes to pass.

Therefore, Marin needs to ensure that the total number of votes reaches 248 in order to pass. At present, Marin can conspire mainly with 120 votes in the religious world and 75 votes in the Imperial City helped by Lübeck. And 65 votes from the Habsburg family.

It seems that Marin's passage is stable. However, not all the 120 votes in the religious world will be voted for Marin. Even the three major religious electors cannot do it. Because everyone has likes and dislikes. Even the three major electors cannot guarantee that members of the religious parliament will support Marin.

According to the three electors, they can only guarantee 100 votes to Marin. In addition, the 75 imperial cities will not actually vote for Marin, even if Lübeck helps. Because, out of these 75 imperial cities, 20 are cities controlled by the Saxony business district and the Brandenburg Electorate.

These 20 imperial cities, in other respects, may give face to the leader and deputy leader. But on the question of Marin, it may be under the pressure of the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg and will not vote for Marin.

The reason is simple. These cities are all in the territory of the electorate of Saxony or the electorate of Brandenburg, or a subsidiary of the two countries. If you do not listen to the two electors, the two electors only need to order the establishment of cards to block the commercial activities of these 20 cities.

Therefore, Marin can now guarantee that in fact there are only 100 votes in the religious world, 55 votes in the imperial city, and 65 votes in the emperor's side. The total adds up to only 220. From the required 248, the total difference is as much as 28.

Therefore, Marin needs to give gifts. It mainly attracts the self-contained principalities and princes, as well as some self-governing leaders. These ballots add up to more than 28 votes.

Therefore, after helping to match the line, Marin took the entourage and paid attention to the self-contained princes ...

"Master Albert, please help me a lot in this election." Marin said with a smile on Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. Of course, empty-speaking vernacular is useless. Marin beckoned, and a small box full of gold coins was sent up with 3000 gold coins in it. When Albert saw Marin doing so, he nodded and agreed, and was willing to help convince his younger brother to vote together.

Then, Marin went to visit other neutral princes. It's just that this process makes Marin a bit dumb ...

"Duke John, I have to worry about my business. The little gift is not respectable!" After that, a box of gold coins was presented.

"Count John, my affairs, please help. Small gift, no respect!" Earl's is a little less, a bag of gold coins.

"Duke William, please help. Little gift is not respectable!" A small box of gold coins was presented.

"Count William, my business ..."

"Lord William, my business ..."

"Count William, my business ..."

"Duke Charlie, please also help ..."

"Count Charles, my business ..."

"Lord Charlie, mine ..."

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In a few days ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin visited dozens of princes, all fainted.

What makes him even more dizzy is that most of the princes he visited were called John, William, and Charlie, which made him very broken ...

The European aristocracy was too creative to name it, and it was so fierce that it used so many names. Just like France, from Louis I to Louis XVIII. If it is not a kingdom, it is estimated that there are dozens of Louis ...

More than three hundred princes in the German region, called John, William and Charlie, seem to have a higher frequency than other names. Some countries have more than John X. As for what William VIII and Charles IX are not surprising.

To the best of Marin's knowledge, these 330 princes, called John, William and Charlie, had at least a dozen or so, which made Marin a little dizzy.

Therefore, in order to distinguish these people, Malint took a small book and recorded it-this is John II of a certain country, that is John XI of XX, that is William IV of XX, and that is XX Charles VIII of the country ...

If you don't need to write it down in a small book, Marin estimated that calling someone else would make me halo ...