King of German Mercenaries

To be honest, Marin is very worried about putting 10,000 troops on the Teutonic side. Of course, while Schwartz and others stayed on the Teutonic side, the army would have no problem. However, Schwartz, after all, was Marin's number one general and stayed in the Teutonic Kingdom for at most half a year. After half a year, Schwartz and others will return to China. At this time, the new corps will be replaced by commanders. However, Marin can't guarantee that the new commanders and junior officers will not give up on themselves...

So, Marin once again remembered what happened when the city of Emden was broken...

Because of the cheating of the assistant bishop Taylor, the citizens of Emden fanatically worshipped Edsard I, the former count of East Frisian, and fought with their own army, which left a deep impression on Marin.

Later, though, Marin left them alone after he asked Assistant Bishop Taylor to help him train a group of young priests. After all, Marin himself has become the king of a country, and he is so busy all day long, how can he manage those trivial matters?

Now, almost two years have passed, and there should be results from Assistant Bishop Taylor...

So, Marin sent someone to summon Assistant Bishop Taylor...

Assistant Bishop Taylor has not seen Marin for more than a year. Seeing Marin now is like seeing a relative, full of excitement and fanaticism...

"The Lord is above, I finally see you, the all-powerful Earl!" Then, the excited assistant Bishop Taylor, like the fat man who saw Quan Bangzi, was so excited that he wanted to kneel...

But Marin knew that Tyler was a villain, and the excitement on his face was mostly fake. Of course, there are also real ingredients. After all, he can give him wealth.

"Okay, get up, talk well!" Marin said angrily.

Taylor really restrained a lot, and respectfully reported to Marin...

In the past two years, Taylor brought 50 young missionaries and taught them how to help Marin fool the people. Most of the 50 young missionaries were from East Frisian monasteries, and a few were dug from other places. The unifying characteristic of these people is youth, youth, which means having a future. Of course, it also means that they don't have now...

The church is also a place where seniority is very serious. The Roman cardinals, except for a few who are extremely hard in the background, most of them are unsteady uncles.

Therefore, these 50 young priests from commoner families would have to endure decades of qualifications if they want to get ahead. Even if it has been hard for decades, it may not be a success, and it depends on the opportunity.

Therefore, when Marin wanted to recruit them, they all chose to join him without hesitation. After all, there are too few opportunities. If you can seize it once, you will be reborn...

In the past two years, these 50 young priests, following Assistant Bishop Taylor, learned the technique of fooling the commoners. Although it is said that after only two years of learning, it must not be compared with the naturally cunning Taylor. However, most of them (about 40 people) can barely get out of school and fool ordinary people...

After all, although these monks came from ordinary families, after entering the monastery, they have always learned cultural knowledge. Therefore, their cultural foundation is generally better. Taylor's teaching is not as laborious as teaching the illiterate. In two years, 40 out of 50 people are barely qualified.

In fact, in the Middle Ages, the group with the highest cultural level in Europe was not the nobility, but the clergy. In the noble group, there may be many ignorant children, but among the priests, everyone must have a good cultural accomplishment. After all, if you want to fool people, you must ensure that you have enough knowledge reserves. And many nobles, because they focus on martial arts, may not be willing to sit down and learn cultural knowledge.

Therefore, the priests of this era are the most educated group in Europe. Even in European universities in this era, more than half of the college students are priests. For example, the famous Copernicus was born as a priest.

Originally, Marin planned to recruit him. Unexpectedly, after this guy couldn't get along in Italy, he ran straight back to Poland. After all, Copernicus' uncle was a local archbishop in Poland. As a "second generation" in the religious world, Copernicus did not worry about making a living in Poland at all. It was only during his time in Italy that life was a bit difficult because he was not at his home stadium. Back in Poland, Copernicus was still a son...

It is precisely because of the high educational level of the clergy group that many clergymen were recruited by nobles to enter the imperial court and hold important public positions. For example, the famous French statesman Richelieu in the 17th century was a cardinal. Louis XIII appointed Richelieu as the Prime Minister of France, and Richelieu lived up to Louis XIII's expectations. Through superb political means, he crippled the Holy Roman Empire and made France the strongest country in Europe.

Of course, a genius politician like Richelieu may not be able to produce one in a hundred years. After all, among the priests, there are still relatively few clergymen with the political talent of Richelieu. However, it is undeniable that the educational level of priests is generally very high.

Assistant Bishop Taylor is also a person without a background. After many years of beating horses, he got into the position of Assistant Bishop. However, as an assistant bishop, although he is said to be a reserve bishop, he may not be able to successfully take over as the bishop of East Frisian Counties. Because the bishops of the feudal kingdoms are decided by the regional bishops and the feudal lords themselves. The bishop of East Friesland was mainly decided after consultation between the Archbishop of Cologne, who was in charge of the German North, and the Earl of East Friesland.

Today, Archbishop Rich is lingering on the hospital bed, only half a step away from death. Therefore, Taylor is very anxious at this moment. Now, Marin called him over, and he was overjoyed. Because, Marin has some power to decide his future. And whether Marin will recommend him as the new Archbishop of East Frisian depends entirely on the flickering ability of the group of young priests he teaches...

Soon, Marin sent the 40 barely qualified young priests to various churches in East Frisian counties to preach to the common people through Sunday services. By the way, help Marin publicize the fudge...

In order to test the effect, Marin also specially dressed up, mixed into the worship crowd, and inspected those young priests...

After investigation, Marin found that these young priests still have the ability to fool. Although I can't help fooling people like me who have received higher education in later generations, people of this era still listen to them very much...

So Marin was satisfied and formally promised Bishop Taylor that he would be recommended to the Archbishop of Cologne as the Archbishop of East Frisland after the death of Archbishop Ricci. At the same time, he asked for his own pocket and helped him pay a certain bribe to the Archbishop of Cologne...

Then, Marin officially accepted the "graduated" 40 missionaries and planned to arrange them into the army. At the same time, Marin will continue to recruit a new batch of young priests to be trained by Taylor. In return, Taylor will receive a "training fee" of 2,000 gold coins per year.

After receiving these 40 young sham priests, Marin immediately selected 20 and sent them to the new Teutonic Army. In the future, these missionaries will organize sermons in the military camp every night, and by the way, they will brainwash the mercenaries who have joined Marin and make them worship Marin...

In order to cooperate with their actions, Marin also arranged for Da Vinci to go out and paint a portrait of "wise and martial arts" for himself, which is very similar to that of Taizu.

After that, Marin arranged for craftsmen to carve molds based on the painting and print a batch of Marin portraits. The purpose of these portraits is naturally to be hung in the barracks...

Every day, the mission of those fooling priests, in addition to preaching, is to point to the portrait of Marin's "wise and divine martial arts", brainwash the recruits, teach them to worship and trust Marin unconditionally, and strive to achieve a willing position for Marin to go through fire and water...

You must know that these recruits are not natives of East Frisian, but come from other vassal states. It is unrealistic to expect them to be loyal to themselves from the heart in the first place. So, Marin had to send someone to fool them all day long.

Originally, Marin wanted to establish a trainer system. However, there is a serious lack of literate people in Marin's hands. It is too difficult to select a group of instructors from the common people.

So, Marin simply selected missionaries from the church who were willing to help him fool him, and took advantage of the opportunity to preach on weekends to help him spread the word. Of course, it can be advertised at ordinary times, and it does not necessarily have to wait until the weekend...

In this way, according to the actual situation, Marin imitated the trainer system and established the military priest system. Taking advantage of the characteristics of people's belief in religion in this era, he let the priests help him fool and engage in personal worship aimed at him...

In fact, Marin originally planned to imitate Taizu and make a quotation or something. But in the end, he reluctantly found that his literary accomplishments were really a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Taizu. Forget the quotations, it is more difficult to write three or two provocative articles. I have memorized some quotations, but all of them are against the content of feudal rule. I am a big feudal lord, writing these anti-feudal quotations for the soldiers to memorize, it is definitely a brain kicked by a donkey, and I think my life is too long...

So, he simply gave up and let the priests play by themselves. After all, what priests have received since childhood is the education of flickering ability. If the level is not enough, how to preach and preach? Therefore, in terms of flickering ability, the priests are the professional counterparts...

Therefore, Marin stepped up to urge Taylor to help him train more flickering priests, and then distribute them to various churches and military camps across the country. Even, in the future, it will be distributed to colonial churches.

In this way, with the help of these fooling priests in propaganda, most citizens and soldiers will be able to worship and support themselves with all their hearts. In this way, one's own rule can be very firm, and there is no fear of being betrayed by his subordinates...