The Rise of the European Emperor

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In Italy in October, the autumn tiger has just passed, and the temperature is still relatively high. Soldiers who engage in wading and landing performances will not think the sea is cold. At the same time, in East Frisia, the temperature was several degrees lower than that in Italy, and the sea water began to get colder. Because the latitude of the two places is quite different.

The village of Dolomia is located near the city of Rome, at a latitude of about 42 degrees north latitude. On the other side of Aurich, it is located at 53 degrees north latitude and further north. The latitude difference between the two places is more than 11 degrees, and one latitude is almost 111 kilometers, and the 11 dimensions are all over 1,200 kilometers. The difference in latitude between the north and the south of the two places is more than 1200 kilometers, so the climate difference is naturally very large.

However, even though Italy is very far south and the climate is much warmer than northern Germany, the official start of war is after November, which is already early winter. Even though Italy is relatively warm, it was very cold at that time. Therefore, Marin intends to store a large amount of firewood in the small fishing village that was laid out in advance along the coast of Grosseto. Once the army waded and landed, they immediately set up a fire to warm the soldiers. Otherwise, in the cold season of early winter, if you do not warm up in time after wading and landing, you may catch a cold. There are no cold medicines in this era, and Europeans are less resistant to colds. If one is not done well, it is easy to die if you catch a cold.

Marin rushed to the small fishing village of Dolomia and met with the main generals who led the troops this time - Kahn, Stadt, Steindorf and Heynckes...

Needless to say, Kahn is Marin's confidant. Although he generally does not lead troops, he has a detached position in the North Sea Army; Stadt is the second highest general in the North Sea State after Schwarz; He is the commander-in-chief of the North Sea Firearms Force; as for Heynckes, he is a young general recently promoted by Marin.

Speaking of which, Heynckes was able to be noticed by Marin, and his name took a lot of advantage. Before Marin crossed, Bayern, under the leadership of the old coach Heynckes, beat the arrogant Barcelona. In the two rounds of the knockout round, with a total score of 7 to 0, they humiliatedly eliminated the so-called "Universal Club". "Team" Barcelona, ​​shot down Barcelona from space, and fell to the mortal world. Therefore, "Grandpa Hai" (Heynckes) has also become a legend of Bayern.

When Marin first heard the young officer named Heynckes, he wanted to laugh. Because, the contrast is too big—Eunuch Hai is an old man in his seventies, while the Heynckes in front of him is only in his twenties.

But it was precisely because of this legendary name that Marin noticed this young man. Then, Marin found out—oh, this guy is not bad...

Heynckes, like Kahn, is also from the Württemberg Mountains. However, unlike Kahn who was born as a commoner, Heynckes was born in a family of knights. He was proficient in martial arts since childhood and received systematic military education.

It's just that Heynckes' father, the old knight Heynckes, offended the powerful nobles of the Principality of Württemberg,

be excluded. As a result, when Heynckes wanted to go to Stuttgart, the capital of Württemberg, to become a formal knight when he became an adult, he was obstructed in every way. The other party even said that they wanted to end the inheritance of the knights of the Heynckes family.

In a fit of rage, Heynckes mounted his horse, rode a lance, and came to seek refuge with Marin. Of course, he was not recruited by Marin himself, otherwise his name alone would have attracted Marin's attention. After working under Stade for several years, it was by chance that Marin's attention was caught.

Prior to this, Heynckes had become an excellent phalanx leader, commanding an infantry phalanx. Moreover, he performed well in the Battle of Lübeck, and was conferred the title of hereditary knight by the North Sea Kingdom for his military exploits.

After that, Marin noticed him because of his name, and began to train him consciously or unconsciously. And Heynckes was also a bachelor, so he directly took his father, old Heynckes and his whole family to the North Sea State, completely breaking with the Principality of Württemberg. Because of this, Marin admired him even more.

At present, Marin has dozens of knights from the knight family serving him as officers of all ranks. However, there were not many people who really moved the whole family to Beihai State and completely took refuge in Marin, only a dozen or so people. The families of the other people were obviously unwilling to bet all their treasures on Marin. Even some officers have brothers who serve as officers in other vassal states.

It stands to reason that this behavior of not putting all eggs in one basket is correct. But that was only for those knight families, but for the lord Marin, it was very uncomfortable. Obviously, these people cannot be completely trusted...

Therefore, Heynckes, who dared to break with the Duchy of Württemberg where he was originally located, surrendered the original knight manor, and came to join Marin with his family, was appreciated by Marin. In addition, he is quite talented, so Marin intends to train him as the new head of the legion. This time he attacked the Republic of Siena, Marin specially brought Heynckes with him, allowing him to accumulate credit so that he could find an excuse to promote him.

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While Marin inspected the Mountain Infantry Corps, Julius II in Rome also began to attack the Republic of Siena as planned...

Why make trouble? Obviously, they are trying to find an excuse for the Papal State to send troops to attack Siena...

Wars between countries must find a suitable excuse. Otherwise, if the division is unknown, not only will it be prone to joint opposition from many countries, but the morale of its own army will also be hit. Only by standing on the reasonable side can the troops be sent out in a fair manner with high morale.

And the excuse of Julius II's attack is also very simple - the collection of "tithes"...

According to the regulations of the Holy See, in all Catholic countries, the church has the right to collect "tithes" from all its citizens. Of course, after these "tithes" are collected, they will not all be handed over to the Holy See, but the local churches will keep half of it and hand over the rest to the Holy See.

However, this is only a theoretical situation. As a matter of fact, the church cannot collect...or it cannot collect half of the tithe...

There are many reasons for this, for example, the local churches lied about the numbers, and they were corrupt and taxed. In addition, the nobles of many countries refused to pay the "tithe", and it was the common people of all countries who really paid the "tithe". But in this era when serfdom still dominated, most of the land was controlled by nobles, so the collection of "tithes" was naturally greatly reduced. Sometimes, in some countries, if you can send 10% of the "tithe tax" to the Holy See, it is not bad.

For example, France, because of its strong national strength, doesn't care much about the Holy See at all. After the French tithe is collected by the local church, they are not very willing to hand over half of it to the Holy See. In order to fight against the Holy See, the French church even colluded with French officials to put pressure on the Holy See. The Holy See is obviously afraid of the strength of France. You must know that France once hijacked the Holy See to Avignon, France, which discredited the Holy See.

Therefore, the Holy See actually does not collect any tithes in France. The tithes paid by the French Church to the Holy See, that is to say, are not as much as those given by a larger bishopric state in Germany. After all, the appointment of bishops of those German bishops requires the nod of the Holy See. The official hat is in the hands of the Holy See, and the bishop has to pay more tithes. But generally speaking, every country will honestly pay "tithes" and always find ways to pay less.

For example, dozens of cardinals in the College of Cardinals in Rome are actually responsible for the payment of tithes in some areas.

However, as the corruption of the Holy See intensifies, these cardinals may not really try their best to urge the payment of "tithes". For example, the cardinal responsible for the payment of the Spanish "tithe" often colluded with the Spanish church. Originally, Spain might have paid a "tithe" of 400,000 gold coins to the Holy See. However, the Spanish church would bribe the cardinal in charge, giving the other ten or twenty thousand gold coins. Then, he listed a bunch of difficulties and deceived the Holy See. And the cardinal in charge who received the money will also help to deceive. Then, the "tithe" that was supposed to pay 400,000 gold coins became 200,000 gold coins, or even 100,000 when entering the Holy See...how much this discount depends on how much the local church bribes, as well as the country's strength and strength. no. Like France, a first-class power in Europe, the church can give the Holy See 10,000 gold coins every year to save face. Even, sometimes not at all. The reason—there was a disaster in the country... and the Holy See, there is no way to turn against France...

The Republic of Siena is on the edge of the Papal State, and it stands to reason that it should be relatively heavily controlled by the Holy See. But in fact, the Republic of Siena had deprived the church of its local ruling power long ago. As for the "tithe tax", it is relatively small.

In fact, the Holy See has tolerated Siena for a long time, and has long wanted to touch Siena. However, the Republic of Siena is relatively wealthy and has enough money to hire enough troops. Moreover, the most important thing is - Siena's terrain is complex, and Xiongguan is in the way. It is quite difficult to attack Siena.

In addition, the military power of the Holy See has always been average, so it can only stare at the disrespectful Republic of Siena.

Just in time, the autumn harvest has begun. Julius II made a fuss about the "tithe", and the people of Siena would definitely not be willing to pay the "tithe" honestly. At that time, the Holy See will have an excuse to use force against Siena - tax evasion is a good reason to send troops...