Chapter 227： All happy

Next, there is another important issue-the legal status of the divided Principality of Holstein.

Is this problem more complicated than the previous one? Marinna directly occupied a Principality, but only changed the Duke from King Hans to Marin.

But the Principality of Holstein, which was originally a country, is now split into two countries. In this case, the identity of East Holstein occupied by Lübeck and West Holstein occupied by Hamburg has become a big question.

Obviously, the split Principality of Holstein can no longer be called the Principality of Holstein. After all, there is only one duke title, is it better for Lübeck or Hamburg?

The opinion proposed by Lübeck and Hamburg is-imitating the system of Venice, dividing the Principality of Holstein into two republics-the Republic of Lübeck and the Republic of Hamburg.

However, many German nobles are very uncomfortable with the title of the Republic. Because, the Republic means no monarch. This made many conservative German nobles very dissatisfied, thinking that the Republic is a malformed country with no order and no monarch.

Although hindered by the face of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck and Hamburg also bribed many princes. However, many princes who had received money suggested that Lübeck and Hamburg must not use the republic's government. Otherwise, even if they receive money, they will vote against it.

After a long day of controversy, Marin finally made a proposal-that is, to elect a nominal duke for the Principality of Holstein. Then, the nominal duke signed the document, officially authorizing Lübeck and Hamburg to rule the eastern and western parts of the Principality of Holstein respectively. The duke had no right to levy a Finney tax from the Principality of Holstein, nor to intervene in the internal affairs of the ruled areas of Lübeck and Hamburg.

In other words, choose a Duke of Holstein as the decoration. But in fact, what happened to the control areas of Lübeck and Hamburg in the future will not be affected in any way.

In this way, those old-school nobles would not be able to oppose the rule of Lübeck and Hamburg over their respective controlled areas in the name of the Republic. Basically, this is a compromise.

After deliberation, the Speaker of the Lübeck Congress, Tagfacht, and the Speaker of the Hamburg Congress, Heisenberg, decided to let the ally Marin serve as the nominal duke. Then, Marin signed the document, permanently authorizing the legal rule of the two Hanseatic cities in the control areas.

In fact, this model is much like the later constitutional monarchy. Even if he became the Duke of Holstein, it was just a famous puppet.

Marin was in need of help from the Hanseatic League at this time, and he naturally agreed.

So, in the afternoon, Lübeck and Hamburg proposed that Marin serve as the nominal Duke of Holstein, hereditary. However, Marin will sign the instrument, vowing that he will never interfere with anything in the Holstein region and feel at ease to be a mascot ...

The result was ridiculous, but the old-school nobles who took bribes from Lübeck and Hamburg took the steps and agreed to the situation. As for others, most of them have also been bought, and naturally there is no problem. One vote, the result was a thrilling pass with 250 votes.

Then, the first constitutional monarchy in the world appeared ...

After that, Marin signed an instrument on the spot, permanently authorizing East Holstein and West Holstein self-government, and vowed not to interfere in the Holstein government.

Only when the two Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Hamburg change their elections each time they elect a new Speaker of the General Assembly, they need to go to Marin, make a look, and swear allegiance. However, this is basically just a walk-through. Then, Marin fakely authorized the new speaker to handle all matters in East Holstein or West Holstein.

After that, the two big speakers made any decision in this area of ​​control, and there was no need to consult Marin. Unlike later generations of the Queen of England, there is at least a chance to sign face. And the nominal monarch of Marin, except for the opportunity to show his face when appointing a new speaker, at other times, he was basically treated as air, and there was no sense of presence ...

However, Marin had never thought of interfering with Holstein's affairs in the Principality, but merely helping the allies. In addition, there is one more duke title on the head, and it is quite bluff to say ...

Finally, it is the question of Hamburg joining the Imperial Parliament. Hamburg ’s entry into the Imperial Parliament does not harm the interests of others, it is just a few chairs. Therefore, this resolution has the least resistance, coupled with the support of the Habsburg family, and the burger itself spent a lot of money to bribe. Then, the issue was passed without any risk.

In this way, this time, the two allies of Marin, Lübeck, and Hamburg all achieved the desired results at this imperial meeting, and they were all very happy.

Of course, in addition to their political efforts, they are willing to spend money is also a very important reason for their success.

In this Worms Empire meeting, Marin and two allies added up to a total of 800,000 gold coins. In total, Charles V campaigned for the Holy Roman Emperor but spent a total of 850,000 gold coins. Therefore, it is strange that if so much money goes on, it will be unsuccessful.

It happens to be ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin is rich, and Lubeck and Hamburg are the main and deputy leaders of the Hanseatic Business League, both local tyrants. Where do they care about spending money? For this trio, the issue of being able to settle with money is not a problem ...

Even if it is placed in later generations, no matter whether it is the election of Lao Mei or the election of other civil cooking countries, is it not solved with money?

Later generations of the United States and the United States chose a president and spent hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore, ordinary ordinary individuals and small parties simply cannot afford such expenses and can only go out. Trump and others became presidents. Without others ’donations, they directly paid for themselves. Who made him a super local ...

It is still a later generation, because of the perfect anti-corruption mechanism, bribery is risky. In the early 16th century, bribery was basically public, and there was no risk at all. If someone bribes the legislator, if you do not bribe, you will definitely fail ...

Marin likes this mechanism very much because he has enough money to bribe princes with votes. If it were not for the status of Elector, Marin wanted to spend money on an emperor to play after the death of Maximilian I. After all, Charles V was after the death of Maximilian I, and the Fugenger family borrowed 850,000 gold coins and smashed it to an emperor. For Marin, what is 850,000 gold coins? If you put it together, you can get more than one million gold coins. Isn't it like playing with an emperor? And you do n’t need to borrow ...