Chapter 828： Recklinghausen

In these two days, the notice of the Imperial Parliament also came down-on July 30, the Imperial Parliament will be held again in Worms. Although it was a regular meeting, this time it became a battlefield where the princes forced Marin and Maximilian I to draw the line.

Although Marin was happy with flowers, on the surface, he still had to sell aggrieved. For example, Marin wrote a letter to Maximilian I in private, showing his grievance-the boss, not the brother did not want to help, this is the brother threatened by someone ...

Maximilian I received Marin's letter, and it was also a fire. You know, he really has the idea of ​​unifying Germany with the help of Marin's Beihai team. Even recently, because of the unfavorable situation in the Swiss battle, he planned to borrow from Marin. However, the princes of the Imperial Parliament had done well and directly blocked this loophole, could they not make him angry?

Fortunately, this time, Marin killed the principality of the Principality of Geddes, who threatened the Dutch territory of the Habsburg family by borrowing a knife, and allowed the Habsburg family to concentrate their forces in Switzerland and the French. Mutated each other. Otherwise, if you were stabbed in the Netherlands by the Gedesi while fighting with the French, it would be fun.

In addition, after Marin returned, he also took the opportunity of Albert's wedding to release Schwartz from the prison. However, in order to block the mouths of the princes, Marin finally announced the punishment of Schwartz-the removal of all military duties, the closure of the land was halved, but the viscount was retained. In addition, Schwarz himself will follow Marlin as a regular bodyguard ...

In fact, everyone with a clear eye knows that Schwartz took the blame for Marin. After all, only Marin has the right to transfer troops in the North Sea. But Marin insisted that it was Schwartz's unauthorized action, and no one else could do it. The most important thing is that Schwartz's operation did not send troops in the name of the North Sea, but in the name of the "Black Water Mercenary Company" established by Marin. People are originally mercenaries. Is it wrong to accept others to hire? No problem at all ... So, Marin's treatment of Schwartz, outsiders are really hard to say ...

Within Beihai, this is even more obvious. Therefore, although Schwartz was downgraded to a guard, everyone still respected him as "Shi Shuai". Because, everyone knows that when the limelight passes, Shi Dashuai will still return to a high position.

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Because it was still some time before the regular meeting of the Imperial Parliament, Marin decided to do something. Spreading the map, Marin suddenly discovered that-although he got the Marke, he only got part of the Ruhr area, which was far from his previous purpose ...

The Ruhr industrial zone in later generations is not just the area between the Ruhr and Liper rivers. It also includes parts of the west bank of the Rhine, Duisburg on the south bank of the Ruhr, and Duisburg on the east bank of the Rhine, as well as parts of the north bank of the Poer. Together, the Ruhr Industrial Zone has an area of ​​4593 square kilometers.

However, when it comes to coal mining areas, it is mainly in the area between the Ruhr and Liper rivers. As for the west bank of the Rhine and near Duisburg, there are indeed some coal mines. However, that is only a small part. The north bank of the Lipper River is currently divided into two parts-one part belongs to the South Münster area of ​​Marin; the other part belongs to the Recklinghausen area.

In the area on the west bank of the Rhine, Marin is no need to think, there is the native part of the Archdiocese of Cologne and the territory of the Principality of Cliff. In both countries, Marin is immobile. Moreover, the coal resources on the west bank of the Rhine only account for a small part of the Ruhr area. Therefore, there is no need to turn around for so little resources and the two countries.

However, the land between the Ruhr and Liper rivers, Marin is inevitable. Although Macbeth looks like 3,000 square kilometers, only about half of the land is between the Ruhr and Liper rivers. The other half of the territory is mainly located in the area south of the Ruhr River.

(Note: Regarding the map of the situation at that time, Lao Niu will put the map in Du Niang's post and mark it so that everyone can have an intuitive impression.)

That is to say, even if part of the area west of the Rhine, the area near Duisburg and the area north of the Lipper, the area occupied by the Macbeth between the Ruhr and Lipper rivers is only local About half (Soest Soest is not going to mention it because there is no coal mine).

This is something Marin cannot tolerate. He took the huge risk of being beaten by all German princes, not only for half of the land in the two rivers of the Ruhr area, but for all of it.

Therefore, Marin decided-be sure to get all the land between the Ruhr and Lipper ...

However, the problem is that the ownership of the land between the Ruhr and Liper rivers is very complicated. In addition to about half of the Macbeth, there is the Principality of Westphalia, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Cologne in the east, and the part of the River Cliff in the west near the Rhine. In addition, there is the area of ​​Recklinghausen in the north, and the two imperial cities of Dortmund and Essen and the areas near them. Of course, there is also a small enclave north of the Ruhr River.

The Principality of Westphalia, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Cologne in the east, will not be mentioned, because there are few coal mines there. With the addition of Archbishop Cologne as one of the Seven Electors, Marin did not need to turn over for the pitiful coal resources and Archbishop Cologne.

As for the two imperial cities of Dortmund and Essen, Marin also intentionally annexed. However, the annexation of the imperial city did not give the emperor face. Because the imperial city is the city authorized by the emperor, and seizing these two cities is equivalent to hitting Maximilian I.

Moreover, Marin is now a political alliance with those Hanseatic cities and most of the imperial cities, and it is inferior to start with members of the political alliance. Therefore, Marin had to temporarily stop even if he was greedy for the two cities of Dortmund and Essen.

But Marin knew that in the future, he definitely had a chance. Because, he remembered, in the religious war, Dortmund and Essen were all Protestant cities. By that time, as long as Marin stood on the side of the Catholic Church, he could annex the two cities with fairness and integrity. Therefore, for these two cities, Marin is not in a hurry.

Then, all that remains is a small enclave north of the River Principality in the Principality of the Rhine, north of Recklinghausen and the Ruhr in the Principality of Berg.

The Principality of Cliff is an ally, and Marin felt a little tricky. The Principality of Berg, and the Principality of Cliff are also allies, and it is not easy to start. Then, only the Recklinghausen area to the north can start ...

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Speaking of the Recklinghausen area, it's a little bit strange. This piece of land has hundreds of square kilometers. Moreover, it also includes part of the area north of the Lipper River.

The wonder of this land is that it was originally the territory of the Archdiocese of Cologne. However, it was mortgaged by the Archdiocese of Cologne and given to Lord Gomen and the Earl of Limburg.

Things have to start from decades ago, the place is in the Principality of Cliff ... the protagonist ... is the Duke Cliff and his grandfather Adolf I ...

Adolf I inherited the titles of Duke Cliff and Earl Mark, but Gerhard, the brother of Adolf I, was dissatisfied. Gerhard believes that the benefits cannot be swallowed by Adolf I alone. For example, Mark Mark can be handed over to him, so that everyone has meat ...

But the tradition in Europe is that the eldest son takes all, and Adolf I refuses to let it go. As a result, Gerhard started to occupy a large part of the Macbeth. Moreover, Gerhard is not without background. His backstage is the Archbishop of Cologne ...

Then, Adolf I and the Gerhard brothers waged a war of torture for the ownership of Macbeth ...

Even Gerhard, with the support of Archbishop Dietrich II of Cologne, also besieged Duisburg, the most prosperous city on the south bank of the Ruhr River in the Principality of Cliff. Of course, the siege failed in the end.

With the help of allies such as the Principality of Lich, Adolf I, Duke of Cliff, withstood the attack of the Archbishop of Cologne and his brother Gerhard. Of course, he also failed to clean up the younger brother who occupied the country. After his son John I succeeded, he recaptured the country.

However, although he failed to clean up his brother, he dragged the Archbishop of Cologne out of business ...

In order to support Gerhard, the Archbishop of Cologne was also shirtless and dispatched a large army to help. But in the end, the failure of the desired results led to the economic collapse of the Archbishop of Cologne.

In the end, in desperation, Archbishop Dietrich II of Cologne in 1445 mortgaged the area of ​​Recklinghausen, which originally belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne, to www.novelhall.com ~ to the rich Lord Gomen and Earl William I. At that time, the price was 100,000 gold coins, but now, if redeemed, the Archbishop of Cologne needs to pay more than 200,000 gold coins.

In fact, the Archbishop of Cologne is not able to produce 200,000 gold coins. Rather, the bishops of the Archdiocese of Cologne are reluctant to pay ...

The Recklinghausen area is not a wealthy area. There are local coal mine resources, but agriculture is not developed. In this era when coal is unremarkable and agriculture is very important, the Recklinghausen area is like a chicken rib, tasteless, and unfortunately abandoned ...

Moreover, if the Archbishop of Cologne has money, it must be divided between the Archbishop of Cologne and the senior bishops. These bishops, who had originally spent their money on campaigns, had the opportunity to recover costs and even earn more opportunities. Why didn't they reach out? As for redeeming Recklinghausen? Did n’t they mortgage them? It ’s their business?

In this way, the area of ​​hundreds of square kilometers in the Recklinghausen area was left so unclearly. It is ironic that such a large piece of land is much larger than the totals of Gomen and Limburg combined ... In short, the lords of Gomen and Limburg made a lot of money ... Knowing about 1576, Cologne The Archbishop took the opportunity of the religious war and recovered the land by force, without giving any compensation to Gomen and Limburg ...

The current property rights of this land are not clear, but because of this, Marin feels that he will have the opportunity to start. If the property rights were clear, he would not be able to shoot. After all, regardless of whether the Recklinghausen area clearly belongs to the Archdiocese of Cologne, or Gomen and Limburg, he is not very hands-on.

Right now, just as the ownership of the Recklinghausen area is unknown, Marin decided to use all means to fight for the land ...