Chapter 815： Exodus

Now that the charges have been determined, the next step is how to sentence. The goal of Maximilian I was naturally clear-for such a treasonous aristocracy, it was natural to deprive the title and the land, and even imprison him. Moreover, Maximilian I proposed-since the Principality of Cliff is willing to send troops, then the Lower Geddes region can be given to the Principality of Cliff as a reward. But at the same time, the Upper Geddes region was also awarded as compensation to the Habsburg family.

However, most princes disagreed. Why? One is because they do not want to see the Habsburg family annex the Upper Geddes region; the other is that the princes gave birth to a sense of sadness and death. After all, they did not do much to collude with France to suppress the Habsburgs. This time it was the letter of the Principality of Geddes colluding with France that was exposed. If their letters from France were also exposed, would they have to be deprived of titles and titles?

Therefore, everyone strongly opposes the deprivation of the duke of the Duke of Geddes and all the feudal land, and only agrees to deprive the Duke of Geddes from the lower Geddes region to be transferred to the Principality of Cliff, who exposed the rebellion of Duke Charles II of Gedes. In short, they just do not want to cheap the Habsburg family ...

However, Maximilian I was not vegetarian. Seeing that the meeting was deadlocked, he chose to quietly visit Archbishop of Mainz, Jacob of Trier Baden, and Archbishop Hermann IV of Cologne in the middle of the night.

Of course, he did not visit empty-handed, but brought a lot of gold coins ...

And these gold coins are actually the "appearance fee" given by the Beihai State to cooperate with the performance. In order to seize the Ruhr area, Marin also made a heavy investment, not only sold the more than 17,000 Swiss mercenaries to the Habsburg family, but also gave a 100,000 gold coin "appearance fee" in order to obtain Habs The Fort family cooperated in a big show.

And Emperor Maximilian I was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although he did not want to offend Marin to **** the lower Geddes region, he aimed his eyes on the upper Geddes region. After all, the Upper Geddes region also has an area of ​​more than 1,000 square kilometers. Moreover, it is fertile land on both sides of the Maas River, a tributary of the Rhine.

According to the idea of ​​Maximilian I, this time it was easy to find evidence of foreign collusion by the Principality of Geddes. It is naturally best to take this opportunity to completely clean up the Egmond family of the Principality of Geddes. In this way, it can also play a role in killing chickens and monkeys.

However, at the Imperial Conference, it seemed that most of the princes disagreed with his practice of annihilation. Moreover, they did not want the Habsburgs to annex the Geddes region.

In desperation, Maximilian I decided to take out the 100,000 gold coins that Marin gave him to use to bribe Archbishops Mainz, Archbishop Trier and Archbishop Cologne.

Why did you bribe three religious electors instead of the seven electors? Because, the religious election is not hereditary. When they became religious monarchs, these monarchs often tried hard to make money. Anyway, the country of religious constituency is not theirs. It is justified to take advantage of the opportunity of becoming archbishop to make a fortune for his family ... and for these greedy religious monarchs, money is the best choice ...

The other four secular electors, because they are the status of family inheritance. Therefore, they must not only consider economic interests, but also long-term political interests. Therefore, they are more difficult to buy than religious emperors.

Maximilian I only gave 10,000 gold coins to each of the three religious electors, and the attitude of the three electors changed dramatically.

Of course, the three electors did not exactly follow Maximilian I. After private consultations, the three archbishops decided to allow the Habsburg family of Maximilian I to obtain the West Bank of the Maas River in the Upper Geddes region. On the west bank of the Maas River in the Upper Geddes region, the territory is only about 500 square kilometers, less than half of the Upper Geddes region. However, it's not bad. After all, they are all fertile regions with developed agriculture.

As for the east bank of the Maas River, the three archbishops decided to keep. However, the evidence of treason against the Principality of Gedsi is conclusive. Therefore, the specifications of the Principality of Geddes will have to be downgraded to Bo, only retaining a site area of ​​6,700 square kilometers on the east bank of the Maas River. Compared with the former Principality of Geddes, it has shrunk by half.

When the Empire Conference was convened again, the German princes were surprised to find that the three religious electors suddenly changed their positions and supported the Habsburg family to obtain territorial "compensation". Of course, only the 500 square kilometers of land on the west bank of the Maas near the Principality of Brabant.

Not only that, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg, also suddenly changed their attitude and supported this decision-obviously, these two were also bought ...

It is also bitter to say. Since the defeat in Lübeck, both the electorate of Saxony and the electorate of Brandenburg owe a large amount of debt, and the domestic economic conditions are poor. Maximilian I came to the door sternly, and each gave 10,000 gold coins. In the end, the two emperors who were very short of money also knelt in front of the gold coins ... after all, a penny fell to the heroes, not to mention 10,000 gold coins?

Moreover, the nobles of the Saxony family and the Principality of Geddes are hostile. At the beginning, George, Duke of Saxony, the cousin of the Elector of Saxony, was completely disgraced by the Duchy of Geddes. At this meeting, George also stood on the side of Maximilian I, and urged to deprive Charles II of the duke and all the fiefs. After George's lobbying, plus Maximilian I also paid for it, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, agreed to stand on the side of the emperor. As for the electorate of Brandenburg, Joachim I had no original opinion, plus the goodness of Ken, it also attached to Frederick III ...

Therefore, when the Imperial Parliament was convened again, five of the seven electors supported Maximilian I to obtain territorial compensation from the Principality of Geddes. Of course, there are some differences from the expectations of Maximilian I, only 500 square kilometers in Hexi, instead of the more than 1,000 square kilometers expected by Maximilian I ...

Although it didn't meet expectations ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and smashed 50,000 gold coins, Maximilian I felt it was worth it. Why? Because the principality of the Principality of Geddes, who wanted to mix with France and wanted to annex the two or five children of the Habsburg family in the Netherlands, after losing the largest area of ​​Lower Geddes, they had to lose the upper Gedes again. Half of the land ... Since then, the original powerful Principality of Geddes, from a powerful country with four or five thousand square kilometers, has directly reduced to a small state that is only six or seven hundred square kilometers ...

From then on, Geddes, a small state, will be greatly damaged, and will no longer have the strength to threaten the Habsburg family. After all, a small country that is only a few hundred square kilometers can't be turned over ...

Of course, for a prince convicted of treason, such punishment is still a bit light. As a result, under the impetus of several electors, Charles II, the unlucky Duke of Geddes, was downgraded to Earl. Moreover, the name of the Principality of Geddes was also changed, and the name of the capital of the Principality of Geddes was directly used-Gelden, for the Kingdom of Gelden ...

In this way, the Principality of Geddes, who once slammed the mighty Principality of Saxony, died after this imperial meeting. Although Charles II was under the protection of his princes, he was still a big noble. However, the Duke was reduced to an Earl, and the territorial area was also reduced from five to six thousand square kilometers. It was severely reduced to six or seven hundred square kilometers ... There is a weak princely kingdom renamed Geldenberg ...