King of German Mercenaries

Considering that many princes may not take the emperor in their eyes, it is basically impossible to carry out the emperor's orders. Under Marin's suggestion, Maximilian I also wrote to the Pope of Rome, asking the Pope to advocate abstinence throughout Europe for a period of time. Because the infection of syphilis is spread by messing around. If everyone abstained from sex, there would be no way for syphilis to spread.

After solving this matter, Maximilian I also admired Marin very much. This little guy, about the same age as Prince Philip, not only helped him defeat the mighty Frenchman in Italy, but also brought him trophies worth more than one million gold coins, and also helped him suppress a plague (syphilis) outbreak.

After thinking about it, Maximilian I decided to conduct an extensive publicity throughout the empire. Along with the syphilis ban, promote Marin's "advanced deeds."

Marin was originally just a young man who wasn't even a knight, but after helping the emperor in battle, within a few months, he was named a baron with an independent territory because of his exploits. Stories like this are absolutely inspiring in this day and age.

This matter is also equivalent to telling everyone in disguise - come on, serve the emperor for me, the benefits are great!

The big nobles in the Shinra Empire who split the soil and lands, except for those from the Swabian Union and Albrecht, Duke of Saxony (not the Elector of Saxony, but the younger brother of the Elector of Saxony), everyone else is basically the same. stand on the opposite side of the emperor.

Therefore, the emperor needs an emerging force to break this situation. And the birth of Marin, let the emperor find a propaganda point.

Maximilian I in the Habsburg family, is more wise and promising. Many people think that Charles V is the most capable monarch of the Habsburg family, but in fact, when Charles V ascended the throne, he was in control of Spain, a big money bag with huge amounts of American gold and silver. Of course, he was full of confidence.

You know, in Europe at that time, mercenaries were the mainstream, and whoever had money could do things. Charles V was sitting on the large gold mine of the Spanish colonial empire, and naturally he had enough money to hire enough troops to slaughter the whole of Europe. Moreover, at that time the Spanish phalanx just happened to be popular. The gold and silver in Spain, and the Spanish phalanx, were not created by Charles V, but existed in themselves. Even Charles V was able to inherit the Spanish throne because Maximilian I let his son Philip marry the "mad woman" Juana. Therefore, it is not easy to comment on the ability of Charles V.

But Maximilian I was different. When he came to the throne, the Habsburg family was in a precarious time. His father, Frederick III, competed with Hungary for hegemony and lost more than half of Austria. And his father-in-law, the daring Charlie, fought for French hegemony and lost his life...

Therefore, he took over the two messes of Austria and Burgundy. Under such circumstances, Maximilian I decisively abandoned the ancient military system of fief mobilization and adopted the new mercenary system, which enabled the Habsburg family to own a 15,000-strong army without much cost. The mighty strength of the infantry and 1,500 knights also stabilized the imperial power of the Habsburg family.

Therefore, Maximilian I was the most important founder of the Habsburg family's monopoly on the imperial power of the Holy Roman Empire for 300 years. Charles V, at most, can only be regarded as the third generation of the emperor.

As a more capable monarch, Maximilian I's vision is not bad. He could see Marin's outstanding ability, so he was relatively polite to Marin. Before, Marin negotiated with him, and he didn't hesitate, and he was happy to talk to him. If another little knight dared to be like Maximilian I, he would have been beaten out by the royal knights of Austria.

Of course, the inspirational story of Marin's success under his command, the emperor felt, would definitely inspire those young and promising young people to come to serve the emperor one after another. Therefore, Maximilian I decisively,

Set up Marin as a positive example and publicize it...

Facts have proved that the emperor's vision is very good. What ordinary people love to listen to is the inspirational stories of these young heroes. The story of Marin relying on 4,000 men and horses to defeat 8,000 well-equipped French knights soon became a household name in the Austrian principality, and began to spread in Burgundy and then throughout the Holy Roman Empire.

Even the great aristocrats who were anti-emperor were unable to stop the spread of Marin's legend within the empire. Because, they have no reason to prevent the spread and spread of the deeds of young heroes like Marin. But they know that this matter is beneficial to the emperor...

Sure enough, after propaganda, many young people in Austria and Swabia regarded Marin as their idol. In this era, there are not many singers and stars, and young people don't know who to worship. As for the emperors and dukes, they are too high and too far away from the young people.

But Marin is different, he is also a young man, even just a 17-year-old boy, or a boy from a low-level knight family, very "down to earth". In Marin's successful deeds, they seem to see their own future...

After hearing Marin's inspirational story, many young wandering knights in Austria gave up the idea of ​​serving the great nobles and went directly to Vienna to find Maximilian I...

In their view, they are also wandering knights. Marin, a 17-year-old child, can succeed, why can't I? Even if it is not as good as Marin, it is still possible to mix up the title of a formal imperial knight. Because most of the wandering knights are apprentice knights, they are not real knights at all. And a real knight needs to be canonized by a big noble. Only knights who have been canonized can be regarded as true nobles. The apprentice knight can only be regarded as an elite warrior, not a noble.

In a short time, the emperor recruited 500 wandering knights from all over Austria who came to Vienna to serve, making the emperor very happy.

You know, before the emergence of the Spanish phalanx, the musket was not the standard weapon of the army. And the knight class has not been suppressed by the musket and gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.

Therefore, in this era, knights are still more popular "technical jobs". Maximilian I was able to recruit 500 more knights, which was a good harvest.

Because although there are many knights in the Holy Roman Empire, there are also many great nobles. Not to mention emperors and dukes, there are many knights who serve for counts, viscounts, and barons.

As for the emperor himself, because of the poor financial situation, many knights were unwilling to serve the poor emperor, which made him very depressed.

Now, stimulated by Marin's inspirational stories, many young knights are eager to serve the emperor.

Not only those wandering knights, but also many robust young people with difficult livelihoods, also had the idea of ​​serving as a soldier. In particular, Marin's subordinates, the group of young people who returned to their hometown with hundreds of gold coins. They went to Italy, built a house and bought land after returning home, married a beautiful wife, and reached the pinnacle of their lives... This is a living advertisement...

As a result, many impoverished young people are also eager to move, planning to go to Vienna to join the emperor, and also want to make a lot of money like their predecessors and reach the peak of life...

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