Chapter 934： The emperor wants to be crowned?

Siena is a small town with tens of thousands of people in modern times. Compared with Milan and Turin, which have a population of more than one million, Siena is completely incomparable. Even Florence, with only 300,000 or 400,000 people and only 50 kilometers away, is not in the same grade.

In Italy, Siena is the capital of the province of Siena, with a population of only 54,000 people. The Italian province cannot be compared with Huaxia ’s. The area of ​​Siena Province is only 3821 square kilometers, which is not as big as a prefecture-level city in China, let alone a province in China. Of course, the area of ​​European countries is generally small, and the area of ​​the entire Italy is not as large as that of China. What ’s more, it is a small area under Italy? The population of 54,000 is not as great as that of China.

All in all, Siena in the later generations is an insignificant Italian town whose light is completely obscured by nearby Rome and Florence. Even, the city of Pisa, famous for its leaning tower and pizza.

However, in this era, the Republic of Siena is one of the most powerful countries in Italy. The Republic of Siena, with an area of ​​about 8,000 square kilometers, can be regarded as a "big (princely) country" in Europe where the princely states are all over.

Moreover, like the medieval Italian republics such as Venice, Genoa, Florence, etc., the Republic of Siena is also a country with developed business, and wool and finance are more developed. Moreover, the province of Grosseto along the coast of later generations was also the territory of the Republic of Siena at this time, and the shipping industry was relatively prosperous.

In addition, the military strength of the Republic of Siena is also very strong. How to express Siena's military strength? For example, when Siena fought against Florence in 1260, Florence mobilized 33,000 troops, while Siena was slightly weaker, but also mobilized more than 20,000 troops. Moreover, the final victory was Siena

The ability to dispatch 20,000 troops shows that Siena has great financial resources and considerable manpower. Moreover, it was a matter of 1260, and now nearly 250 years have passed, and Siena's lineup has continued to increase.

Moreover, during the first Italian war, the French entered the Republic of Florence and ransacked and destroyed the more prosperous Republic of Florence. But then, the French left Florence and went straight to Rome, then attacked the Kingdom of Naples, but directly ignored the Republic of Siena, not far from Florence

The Republic of Siena escaped, but because of its national strength, it surpassed Florence in one fell swoop. Of course, this is meaningless now, because the Republic of Florence has been destroyed.

However, this also shows that the current Republic of Siena is more difficult to fight than the original Republic of Florence. Moreover, Siena City is located in the valley, the terrain is extremely complex. Originally, in 1555, the Spanish army of Charles V, but after two years of siege, it finally broke through Siena. Therefore, Siena is much more difficult to fight than Florence.

Moreover, after Marin helped the Pope to capture Florence, it also needed to digest and absorb the wealthy "big country" of the Republic of Florence, and had no time to take care of Siena.

Today, the Papal State has basically completed the absorption and digestion of the Florence area. Therefore, Pope Julius II felt that the time to capture Siena was ripe

Of course, Julius II also knew the difficulty of capturing Siena. Therefore, he can only help Marin, who has more ideas for fighting. In addition, if Marin can help the Siege of the Pope, he also has a reason to reward Marin. For example, what rewards the colonial power of the Americas, other countries are not easy to oppose-you see, people really made a real contribution to the Holy See. Do you want to be jealous and help the Holy See capture an Italian territory?

However, Marin did not make a hasty decision, but conducted a three-day analysis based on information collected by Coller on the topographic maps of Italian mountains and rivers.

As a result, Marin sadly reached a conclusion-if you want to storm the Siena, you need at least 30,000 troops. Moreover, it is said that the Siena city gate was replaced with iron

The 30,000 army Marin is not out of reach. It's just that I can't get it right now. There are a total of 50,000 troops in Malin, but there are two legions placed in England, which cannot be mobilized at all. There are 30,000 local people, but it is impossible to transfer all to Italy to help the Papal State to attack Siena. For security reasons, he dispatched at most half, that is, 15,000. However, this is not enough ⊥ even with the 7,000 people he originally sent to the Papal State, it was only 22,000. As for the Papal State ’s own Italian mercenaries

This is not to say that the 22,000 Beihai team ca n’t capture Siena, but that this person may take a long time to capture the Spanish army of Siena V, when it crossed Europe and slammed France It also took two years to break through Siena. Therefore, if 22,000 troops are used, even if Marin personally commands and uses the strategy, it is estimated that it will take several months.

But Marin knew that if he took half of the country's soldiers and went to Italy to fight for a few months, the ghost knew what would happen. After all, he was not popular among German princes. If someone attacked his hometown at that time, he would be in a dilemma.

In order to capture Siena, Marin estimates that at least 30,000 troops are needed, and they are 30,000 main battle forces without waste.

Of course, if there are 40,000 troops, the grasp is even greater. The premise is that the commander is Marin

But where did Marin go to find the 40,000 army? Then he was depressed

The road to nowhere else, when Marin was worried about how to mobilize enough troops to quickly win Siena, the Emperor Maximilian I of Austria, suddenly sent a special envoy.

The special envoys come for two main purposes-one is to buy porcelain and silk. Maximilian I, as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, faced more than those kings and dukes. If there is no porcelain decoration in the palace, wouldn't it be a joke? In addition, the sentence of Marin's spies "There are few porcelains in the house, and I am sorry to call myself a noble?" The lethality is too great. As an emperor, I also need some porcelain to fill the facade. Claiming to be emperor

Of course, as Marin's protagonist, he will certainly not be the culprit of soaring prices. Then, dozens of pieces of porcelain were missing in the warehouse of Marin. The discount is still 50% off. In addition, there are some exquisite silks used to make new emperors and new clothes (literally)

As for the second purpose of the special envoy, Marin was invited as a lobbyist. And who did the emperor want Marin to help him persuade? It is the Pope. Why? Is the emperor ’s coronation

The emperors of the Holy Roman Empire are going to be crowned in Rome. Before the coronation, although it was known as the emperor, in fact it should be called the "King of Germany" ♀. In countries such as France and Maximilian I, it was also called His Majesty the King, not His Majesty the Emperor. Only within the Holy Roman Empire, the position of Emperor Maximilian I was recognized ⊥ those princes who opposed Maximilian I also recognized this. After all, this is the leader of the princes-all the princes elected by the seven election princes have admitted that the younger brothers can not recognize it?

However, Julius II was an old politician. He knew that Maximilian I wanted to be crowned, but he did not crown him. Because he needs to hold this manageable chip in his hand and exchange it for Ruan Da ’s interests

Maximilian I was very helpless, but he was a poor man and had no money to bribe the pope. Moreover, as the Swiss War continued, he couldn't bring out any baby. But Maximilian I suddenly remembered that Marin seemed to have a good relationship with Pope Julius II. Even Julius II was escorted back to Rome by Marin's army. Therefore, he decided to ask Marin to act as a lobbyist, helping to persuade Julius II to crown himself. Of course, what is the price to pay?

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