Chapter 241： Archbishop of Cologne

After the Holy See made the decision, it did not immediately announce the world, but pressed the news first, and prepared to announce it a month later.

And this month is the time that Julius II left for Marin. After all, if the Archbishop of Cologne is not settled, there may be a chaos.

If the Archbishop of Cologne can't think of it for a while, coupled with the election of Frederick III of the Saxony and Jorge I of Brandenburg, Marin may face a group fight with a group of young brothers outside the three electors.

Of course, this is just the case that the Archbishop of Cologne couldn't think of. The vast land area of ​​more than 10,000 square kilometers was cut away by anyone, and it would be crazy for anyone to replace it. However, after all, the arm can't twist the thigh. If the Archbishop of Cologne collided too much with the Holy See, the Archbishop of Cologne would be finished once he was severely punished by the Pope. Even Emperor Shinra like Henry IV would kneel down and ask for mercy from the Pope, not to mention an archbishop under the Pope? Therefore, the sensible Archbishop of Cologne will certainly not choose to confront the Holy See.

In addition, in order to ensure that Marin can successfully persuade Archbishop Cologne Hermann IV, Julius II also gave a gift package-as long as Herman IV will recognize Marin ’s secular Rule and support, then Julius II can use the Pope ’s office to directly appoint a descendant of the Hessen family as assistant bishop.

Not only that, once this future generation of the Hessen family wants to compete for a bishop of a bishopric country, it will receive support from the Holy See ...

This condition can be said to be very generous. You know, the bishop of the bishopric is not hereditary. Generally speaking, the bishops and archbishops of the bishopric are elected under the witness of the representatives of the papacy.

Because the bishops have no legal heirs and no hereditary power. Therefore, if you want to be a bishop of a country, not only do you have to have a certain level to be eligible for election, but you also need a lot of money to bribe voters.

Julius II gave a rank of assistant bishop second only to the status of the bishop of the bishopric state, which was convenient for the son and nephew of Herman IV to participate in the bishop of the bishopric. By that time, with the support of the Holy See, some more money would be spent to buy the voters and take the position of the bishop of a bishopric, almost fixed.

Of course, this must be useful when Julius II is alive. Because this promise was given by Julius II, the next Pope would not admit it. Therefore, as long as there is a vacancy in the position of the bishop of the bishopric country, the nephew of Herman IV must quickly go up. Otherwise, if Julius II died, it would not be so easy to obtain the position of bishop of the bishopric. After all, the bishop in charge of the taxation of a country is a fat piece in everyone's eyes ...

Furthermore, Marin will offer bribes to Archbishop Hermann IV of Cologne. With the level and support given by Julius II, and the large amount of money bribed by Marin-this is equivalent to giving the Hessen family a seat of bishopric.

Although it was heartbroken to lose the Bishop of Munster, it was for the Archbishop of Cologne. For Herman IV, it was more important for his nephew to gain the seat of a bishopric than the Archbishop of Cologne lost a bishopric. After all, the Archbishop of Cologne is not his home. Moreover, the next decision was the superior papal of the archdiocese of Cologne. With such a good compensation, a fool would oppose ...

What's more, Marin only got the secular rule of the Bishop of Münster. The religious right of the Bishop of Münster still belongs to the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Cologne. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the tithe of the Bishop of Münster will not be levied, and will continue to go to the Archbishop of Cologne ...

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After getting clear news, in order to let Marin know quickly, he directly arranged a few men, one person and three horses, regardless of horsepower, and went north overnight. If you ran two horses to death, just buy two more on the way ...

Although there are a few thousand kilometers from Rome to Aurich, Marlin received the news within 5 days without losing power. Then, I personally took someone to go south urgently, with a lot of gold coins, went to Cologne to find the Archbishop of Cologne "talk" ...

"What? What are you kidding about? Earl Marin, you actually want to divide my biggest bishopric, the Bishop of Munster Point)? And Osnabrück? Are you crazy? "Herman IV was really angry when he heard Marin's intention in the living room of the Archbishop of Cologne in Bonn.

"Master Herman, this is not my decision, it is the decision of the Holy See. I sent troops to help the Holy See expel Caesar Pogia ’s army and capture the prosperous and prosperous Florence Republic. So, the Pope and the Cardinal Cardinals, unanimously decided to give me the secular and religious powers of the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabrück ... "

"How could the Holy See make such a decision? Also, why don't I know the situation yet? How could you know it first?" Herman IV asked, suspiciously. He wondered whether Malin was a liar.

"This is it, Master Herman. After making this decision, His Majesty the Pope is afraid that you will not think about it for a while, and openly oppose the order of the Holy See. So, send someone quickly to whip and notify me. Then, I will come with you first. Negotiate. About 20 days later, the specific order will be announced. The Pope hopes that you can cooperate with his first important secular decree ... "

"However, the content of this decree, too?" Herman IV bet, he had never heard of such absurd orders.

"That ’s it, our great new Pope, His Majesty Julius II, is interested in unifying Italy. But with the army of the Papal State, it is difficult to do this. So, before taking over the Pope, he thought of it Use the help of troops from other countries to fulfill his wish to unify Italy. "

"My 7,000 main forces not only helped the Holy See stabilize the security of the Papal State, but also helped to lay down the Republic of Florence. Now, my 7,000 troops have been left in Rome or will they come back."

"However, in return, the adults of the Holy See unanimously decided to reward me with the secular rule of the Bishopric of Münster. In fact, this is to set an example for other countries to tell everyone that-to sell their lives for the Holy See Good ... "Marin explained to the Archbishop of Cologne Hermann IV in detail the original intention of the Holy See.

After considering it, Herman IV had to admit that this method was indeed easy to use. For the territory of Germany, in exchange for the territory of Italy, for the Holy See, there is no loss of money.

It is just that the move of the Holy See is the generosity of the German bishops in exchange for their own interests. In particular, this first generosity was generous to him ... that was Bishop Munster, the largest bishopric under the jurisdiction of Archbishop Cologne ... So he said angrily:

"Why is Münster? Also bring Osnabrück? Can't it be elsewhere?"

"Because the Bishop of Münster is the closest to East Friesland ... And the adults of the Holy See make corresponding rewards according to the area of ​​the Republic of Florence. After all, the total area of ​​the Republic of Florence, Bimins The sum of the bishopric and the bishop of Osnabrück is much larger ... "

"Bullshit! To say close to East Friesland, I remember that the Bishop of Utrecht also borders East Friesland, why not justify Utrecht?"

Marin Xin said that although Utrecht is not small, it is not as big as the Bishop of Munster. Of course, the most important thing is that the Bishop of Münster is in the Ruhr area to the south!

In the future, if we want to develop a steam engine, how can we stay away from coal? If you want to engage in industry, you must first win the Ruhr area ...

If the Utrecht is a bishopric, although agriculture is developed, what's the use? Industry is the future development trend ...

"Oh, Master Herman. Master Pope asked me to tell you, if you agree with this matter and support it, he is willing to directly give your family junior a title of assistant bishop. Then, if it is a bishopric in Germany The position is free, and the Holy See will support your nephew and directly run for the bishop of the bishopric ... "

"Uh ... really?" Herman IV froze for a while, but soon realized that this was the Holy See's compensation. After all, cutting off the largest Bishop of Münster from the Archbishop of Cologne and adding a bishopric of Osnabrück abroad is indeed not kind.

Heman IV quickly calculated the gains and losses in his mind, and finally found that-for the Archbishop of Cologne, this time it was a big loss. But for Herman IV himself and the Hessian family, it made a lot of money ...

As Herman IV hesitated, Marin spoke again:

"Adult, you want to come to your bishop's election for the bishop of the bishopric country, it needs a lot of money. Here, I have 200,000 gold coins, please accept ..."

"200,000 ..." Herman IV's eyelids jumped. In that year, he ran for the Archbishop of Cologne. The poor Hessen family smashed the pot and sold iron, but only collected 120,000 gold coins, and finally helped Hermann IV win the election of the Archbishop of Cologne. The 200,000 gold coins are almost quadrupling ~ www.novelhall.com ~ But for the election of the Archbishop of the Elector Hou, only a few hundred thousand gold coins are needed. For the election of the bishop of the general bishopric, seven or eighty thousand is absolutely enough. Marin sent 200,000, there is definitely a lot of surplus ...

Under the great temptation of gold coins and the presidency of a presiding bishopric, Herman IV finally calmed down his anger and decided to support Marin's victory in the secular rule of the bishopric of Münster and the bishopric of Osnabruck right. Anyway, this is the decision of the Holy See, but not his decision. The sky is falling down and there is a high top ...

Next, Marin continued to go out and visited the 6 metropolitan adults who had great power in the Archbishop of Cologne. These people did not have the same appetite as Archbishop Cologne. When one person smashed 50,000 gold coins, they all knelt and expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Holy See ...

In this way, Marin relied on the gold coins to make his way to the 7 most powerful men in the Archbishop of Cologne. Once the decree of the Holy See is issued, the Archdiocese of Cologne will not oppose Marin's acquisition of the secular rule of the Bishop of Munster and the Bishop of Osnabruck.

Of course, Hermann IV has repeatedly emphasized that the bishops of Münster and Osnabrück belonged to the Archbishop of Cologne. For such details, Marin will naturally not care. Anyway, this is not a big deal. Big deal, then bribe the Archbishop of Cologne to let him choose a new bishop who agrees with him ...