Chapter 415： Emergency military situation

Marin's letter of request was quickly sent to Rome. I believe that Julius II, his father-in-law, will not refute his face. The name of a "religious university directly under the Holy See 211" cannot be run away. Moreover, there is no problem in bringing Bishop Taylor as the president of the university.

In fact, this application is just a walk through. Moreover, Julius II will deliberately give Marin control of the university. However, the university will be titled "Key Support of the Holy See" to increase the authority of the university.

After that, Marin found Taylor and explained to him the founding of the university. Bishop Taylor was a little hesitant-he was reluctant to accept the power of the bishop. In addition, he did not believe that Marin's application would be approved.

Marin is not nonsense. He told him directly and domineeringly-my expression, Your Majesty the Pope will definitely agree, you do n’t have any concerns!

In addition, when he realized that Taylor was worried that he would lose the power of the bishop after he became the president of the university, Marin also helped him to think about it-Marin allowed Bishop Taylor to make a bishop assistant and preside over East Friesland while teaching at the university. The church's standing work is only responsible to Taylor alone.

In this way, even if Bishop Taylor was absent from the East Frisian Church for a long time, he could firmly control the power of the East Frisian Church.

In this way, Bishop Taylor is at ease as his president. Moreover, Marin gave a very high annual salary of 5000 gold coins to the face. As a result, Taylor's daily salary reached a horrible 13.69 gold coins. It is higher than the average person's annual income (12.16 gold coins). Of course, in order not to irritate others, this salary was paid to Taylor by Marin in private and will not be disclosed.

In addition, in order to stimulate Taylor to work hard, Marin directly promised that if Taylor did well, he would like to register Taylor's illegitimate son Matthew as hereditary noble ...

Taylor is not a devout priest, but more like a religious speculator. So don't expect how good his conduct is. It is normal to have mistresses and illegitimate children. Marin also knew this. So, he gave this promise to stimulate Taylor's desperation.

Taylor was really stimulated, patting his chest with excitement and expressing his willingness to go through the flames for Marin, he must teach those little flickers ...

In ancient times, regardless of whether it was China or the West, heirs were extremely valued. Unlike some people in modern times, what kind of Dink family is actually going to be done. In the ancient times, they were definitely killed by their parents ... There are three ways of filial piety, and no future is great ...

In order to have a son, Henry VIII divorced several times and married six wives. The current Bohemian king Vladislas II, also married three times, eventually gave birth to Layos II. It's just that the sons of these two goods are not going well. The son of Henry VIII died young, while Vladislas II and the only son Lajos II hung up in the war with Turkey ...

Taylor was originally born into a family of declining nobles, and could not afford too many children, so he was sent to the monastery as a priest. In fact, Taylor really cares about his family, the Gray family. It's just that there is no one in this family. Taylor's eldest brother Yor has passed away, and no descendants have been left, which makes Taylor very sad. Moreover, Taylor has no other brothers.

Taylor himself had an illegitimate son Matthew, but in Europe, illegitimate sons could not be recognized. Marlin's promise is equivalent to giving his illegitimate son a well-deserved background. How can Taylor not be excited?

Originally, Taylor only intended to make Matthew a rich man. After all, he can earn a lot of money as a bishop. However, the wealthy without identity has a big problem-that is, they cannot be coveted by the nobility. Otherwise, family property is not guaranteed. As a result, civilian rich people, except those with backstage, are mostly low-key, or simply moved to Hanseatic cities such as Lübeck and Hamburg to live. Because, the laws there protect civilians and wealthy businessmen.

But now, Marin gave Taylor a chance to make his son a noble, and hereditary noble. In this way, the Gray family not only does not need a heir (Matthew is an illegitimate child and cannot openly use the surnames of various families unless he is specifically approved by the monarch), but also has the hereditary aristocratic identity as protection, which makes Taylor very happy.

Marin gently asked Taylor:

"Your son Matthew is three years old?"

"Yes, Lord Duke." Bishop Taylor was a little puzzled, and didn't know why Marin asked this.

"Matthew's age is not much different from Caesar, so, when Matthew is older, come to the palace to accompany Caesar to study, and later, be a servant to Caesar. In this way, Matthew can get it right. Fame and status ... "

"Duke ... Master Duke ... too ... thank you so much!" Taylor was a little incoherent. Prince Wang's childhood companionship, and the name of a servant-it will be difficult to think of underdevelopment in the future!

However, what Taylor did not know was that Marin's close men chose to send their son to Caesar as a younger brother. Counting, Caesar already has a bunch of younger brothers. Matthew, the son of Bishop Taylor, can only be considered one of them. If there is only one servant, Feng Hou Bai Xiang and Fei Huang Tengda will not be bothered. However, if there are more younger brothers, it will be less expensive. Of course, it will not be bad in the future. After all, that is the same as the boss of the future, absolutely not bad ... Europe is not like China, the prince generally does not worry about being deposed, so, with the prince, the future is guaranteed ...

...

After sending away the excited Taylor, Schwartz suddenly hurriedly came to Marin's office, and as soon as he entered, he said hurriedly:

"Master, urgent military situation!"

Marin was stunned and asked:

"What is an urgent military situation?" Spring cultivation just ended, where did the military situation come from?

You know, East Friesland now promotes cattle farming, plus 10,000 cows are imported from Crimea every year, not too many cattle farming, so at the end of March, spring farming ended. In other countries, spring cultivation is not over yet. At this time, who will act rashly?

"The spies we sent out found a large army barracks in the northwestern part of the electoral district of Brandenburg. It is estimated that there are no less than 20,000 troops in them! These people seem to be the missing 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. Now! "

"Sure enough!" Malinho stood up, and his deduction turned out to be a fact.

"It seems that their attack target is Lübeck!" Marin looked at the map and made a judgment.

"However, shouldn't they send troops so quickly? The spring cultivation of the electorate of Brandenburg is not over yet."

"Yes, sir, but according to information, spring cultivation in Brandenburg started earlier this year. Spring cultivation in some areas has ended. In those areas where spring cultivation has ended, soldiers and civilians have concentrated in the direction of the Swiss military camp. Just in Switzerland On the edge of the camp, a new large camp of more than 10,000 people was built. "

"And, in the Swiss camp, the food supplies are ready to be in place. It seems that the other party is well prepared. Once the spring cultivation is over and the personnel are in place, you can launch an attack!" This is the most important reason for Schwartz's anxiety.

This is because it is a very time-consuming task to organize a large army of more than 10,000 people to raise grain and grass. Generally, it takes at least two or three months to collect and transport the grain and grass of tens of thousands of troops.

Because, in the feudal era, hesitating for low productivity, the grain in the treasury is generally not enough to support the splurge of the army. Therefore, before the beginning of the war, the feudal dynasty generally needed to levy taxes and food on the people to meet the needs of the army.

However, this process is relatively long. After all, fighting for food is generally no longer within the normal tax range. It ’s a bit difficult to recruit in place, and it takes time.

The intelligence that Schwarz brought showed that in the camp on the electoral kingdom of Brandenburg, the grain and grass had already been prepared. Therefore, this may have been prepared early last year.

Now, as long as the spring cultivation of the Brandenburg elector Hou Guo is over and the personnel are in place, they can immediately advance to Lübeck ...

And the information from ~ www.novelhall.com ~ from the electorate of Saxony also shows that the country seems to have signs of gathering troops ...

This shows that as soon as the spring cultivation is over, the two countries will inevitably go straight to Lübeck. And once they captured Lübeck, the next thing was to attack Hamburg ...

Next ... Marin was a bit unsure. They may attack the Principality of Schleswig, or they may fight themselves ...

After all, the opponent knows that he is the main force of the Alliance ’s army. If you do n’t beat yourself, you wo n’t win ...

Therefore, you must be fully prepared to avoid being caught by surprise by the other party ...

In addition, Lubeck and Hamburg must also send someone to notify. Otherwise, if these two cities fail, they will inevitably be looted. By that time, the Brandenburg and Germany-Saxony electoral states that had looted Lübeck and Hamburg would inevitably succumb. And this is what Marin does not want to see.

So Marin ordered:

"Schwartz, you go to arrange people, quicken your whip, quickly go to Lübeck and Hamburg, and inform each other to be prepared to avoid being successfully attacked by the enemy."

"In addition, inform the military camps to prepare for the expedition. At the same time, start to mobilize all the militia in East Friesland. Remember, it is urgent mobilization! The time left for us is running out!"

"Yes!" Schwartz immediately turned around and arranged after receiving the order.

It is conceivable that when Lübeck and Hamburg were not well prepared, they would not be able to defend for too long if they encountered tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, Marin must quickly gather troops to reinforce. Although Marin also wanted to see the strength of Lübeck and Hamburg impaired, he was even more reluctant to see the electoral states of Brandenburg and Saxony electoral states increase their power by looting the two cities. Therefore, Lubeck and Hamburg still have to be saved ...