The Rise of the European Emperor

On the way to the barracks, Frundsberg was in a heavy heart. To be honest, Frundsberg regretted it in his heart. Regretted leaving East Frisia and came to Austria.

At the beginning, because of the family tradition of admiration for the Habsburg royal family and the desire for titles, Frundsberg chose to leave East Frisia, where the future was unknown at the time, and turned to the emperor. Looking back now, Frundsberg thinks that was a bad move.

Before joining the camp of the Habsburg family, Frundsberg was full of fantasies about the Habsburg family, the only royal family in Europe. In those fantasies, the Habsburg family is noble, majestic, and upscale...

But after he really joined the camp of the Habsburg family and entered the inner circle, Frundsberg realized that the Habsburg family, which looks bright on the outside, is actually a mess and a miasma inside...

The Habsburg family has been passed down for hundreds of years and has a long history. However, the bad is also bad in this "long history". Starting from Rudolf I with the big nose, the Habsburg family began to spread in Austria. The men of the family, all the lands in Austria, each manage one side.

For hundreds of years, the Habsburg family has many branches, including a bunch of dukes and earls alone. In Austria, Emperor Maximilian I could only be regarded as the patriarch of the Habsburg family, not the lord who promised everything. Although Austria is large, it is also divided into many parts. The emperor was only the Archduke of Austria, but within Austria, it was subdivided into Upper Austria, Lower Austria, the Principality of Tyrol, and the Principality of Styria. Moreover, within each principality, there are several earls from branches of the Habsburg family. As for the baron, there are a lot more.

Therefore, every time Emperor Maximilian I held a family meeting, the scene was as lively as the Imperial Parliament...

Calculated seriously, the land directly controlled by Emperor Maximilian I actually only occupies a small part of Austria. Most of the rest were divided among the many branches of the Habsburg family.

Therefore, in this era when the monarch could only rely on territorial output, commercial taxes, and import and export taxes, the Habsburg royal family, which directly subordinated to a small number of territories, was a standard poor royal family.

Fortunately, Maximilian I got married well. Relying on his marriage, he annexed the Duchy of Burgundy, which has a large territory, so that the poor Habsburg family's finances did not collapse.

But because of the Duchy of Burgundy, although after the French invasion, only the Franche-Comté region and the Netherlands region remained, the tax revenue of the Flemish region alone was worth as much as that of the Austrian region. Later, after internal struggles within the family, Maximilian I had to make concessions. After that, he received less tax from Austria, and then mainly relied on the Netherlands and Franche-Comté to support him. As for the underpaid tax, it was naturally divided up by the branches of the Habsburg family...

The dukes, earls, and barons of the branches of the Habsburg family are not capable of doing things, but they are absolutely first-rate in their ability to do bad things. He likes to find fault with the emperor when he has nothing to do, and Maximilian I had to make some concessions in order to maintain the appearance of the Habsburg family and its internal stability.

Frundsberg knew very well that Emperor Maximilian I trusted him, but the earls of the offshoots of the Habsburg family didn't like him.

Once he is defeated in Switzerland and loses most of Switzerland, Maximilian I may want to protect him, but those members of the Habsburg family branch will definitely let him take the blame.

why? Because Eagle Castle in Aargau, Switzerland is the ancestral home of the Habsburg family.

Losing the ancestral land is a great sin. It is impossible for this shit pot to be buckled on the head of Emperor Maximilian I. Then, the best person to take the blame is obviously him, Frundsberg...

Once he was accused of "lost family ancestral land", even if Frundsberg was strong, Maximilian I had to abandon him under the strong pressure within the family. Unless, His Majesty the Emperor has the courage to break with the family... But that's impossible...

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Faced with such a complicated Habsburg family, Frunzberg had a headache and regretted it. Even, he had the urge to return to Marin's command. But he knew that was impossible. After all, he was equivalent to betraying East Frisia back then. Even if he went back, East Frisia would have no place for him.

And if he hadn't left at the beginning, then, in the current Beihai National Army, under Marin, except for Schwartz, it was him, and there would be nothing about Stadt at all.

Even when he was learning the art of war with Marin, Frundsberg's talent surpassed Schwartz's. It's just that Schwartz followed Marin earlier and more loyally, so he firmly occupied the position of the number one general under Marin's command.

However, all of this cannot go back...Frundsberg felt lost, but had to accept the reality...

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When he came to the big school grounds, Frundsberg put away the disappointment in his heart, pulled himself together, pretended to be confident, and stood on the high platform vigorously, announcing loudly:

"Soldiers, today, I will take you to complete a great mission - to defeat the enemies of the great Habsburg family. As long as this battle is successful, you will be the great heroes of the great Habsburg family, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely reward you generously. Many of you may be knighted..."

The war was about to start, and Frundsberg was not sure about it. However, he once heard Marin say that before the war, one should avoid telling the truth, but try to fool as much as possible to raise morale to the peak. In this way, it is easy to win the expedition. Moreover, Marin also cited an example of "all coins face up" at the beginning, illustrating the importance of flickering during pre-war mobilization.

Thinking of this, Frundsberg's eyes flashed, and he confessed:

"Tonight, I'm going to hold an expedition ceremony, everyone pack up and salute, and set off at night!"

Because it was an ambush, it was naturally impossible to leave the city during the day. Otherwise, it is easy to be discovered by the French. Therefore, Frundsberg chose to go out of the city quietly at night.

But before leaving the city, Frundsberg didn't go to pack his luggage, but took a few loyal cronies to polish gold coins...

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The gold coin polished by Frundsberg and his loyal cronies is a Gulden gold coin with the big head of Emperor Maximilian I engraved on it. It was specially made two years ago to celebrate Maximilian I's successful coronation as emperor A batch of "Emperor Gold Coins".

This "emperor gold coin" has a big head portrait of the emperor wearing a crown on the front, and the double-headed eagle logo and words of the Habsburg family on the reverse.

What Frunzberg led his men to do was to polish the reverse side of the gold coin. Then, the smooth side of the two gold coins with only the front side left was glued together with expensive special glue...

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In the evening, after the army had dinner, the soldiers gathered on the field again, and countless torches lit up around them...

Frunzberg brought a middle-aged man dressed as a fortune-teller to the stage...

Frundsberg exclaimed:

"Soldiers, the future of this expedition is uncertain. For this reason, I specially invited the famous local fortune-teller, Master William (actually a random guy from the local area, anyway, none of the lieutenants are locals, nor do they know him. He) came to divination good or bad luck for our expedition, Master William is invited below!"

Then, a middle-aged man in a black robe walked up to the commander's platform with a serious face, and said in front of all the soldiers:

"My divination method is very special. It is the coin divination method. It is to sprinkle a handful of gold coins on the ground after chanting a mantra. The more gold coins face up, the more auspicious. If all the gold coins face up, then this battle will definitely be won! "

The soldiers below were all stupefied when they heard this—there are people who use money for divination? I have only heard of astrology divination (pope Julius II believed in this), tarot divination, and alphabet divination, and coin divination, everyone has never heard of it...

But "Master William" didn't care about everyone's ignorance, but took out a handful of gold coins and said:

"This is the 'Emperor Gold Coin' issued to celebrate the official coronation of His Majesty the Emperor in Rome. Today, I use this gold coin for divination. If most of the heads face up, the battle will be won. If all the heads face up, Then this battle must be won!"

Then, after "Master William" chanted a few spells that he didn't understand, he sprinkled the gold coins in his hand with a "crash" on the chopping board where the statue of Jesus was enshrined...

Then, "Master William" pretended to glance at it inadvertently, and then yelled as if he had lost his mind:

"Good luck! Good luck! It turns out that all the gold coins are facing up! This battle must be won!"

"Really? Let me take a look!" Frundsberg pretended to be surprised, and after deliberately looking at it, he also cheered loudly, as if possessed by evil spirits:

"It's true that all the gold coins are headed up! It seems that God also blesses the great emperor! God bless the emperor! We will win the next battle!" Then, Frundsberg winked at his cronies...

"God bless my emperor! The next battle is sure to win!" This is all arranged for a long time ago, so it is natural to save face...

"God bless my emperor! The next battle must be won!"

"God bless my emperor! The next battle must be won!"

"God bless my emperor! The next battle must be won!"

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After the soldiers shouted tired, they sent representatives to the stage to watch the divination results...

Among them, a soldier with rough hands and feet wanted to touch the gold coins on the chopping board with his hands. Frundsberg immediately became anxious, what if the truth is discovered? So, in a hurry, he kicked the soldier away and cursed:

"At this time, can you touch the altar where the gods are enshrined? Don't blaspheme the gods!"

Then, no one dared to touch it anymore...Of course, if you touch it, you will reveal your secrets...

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Taking advantage of the high morale, Frundsberg announced vigorously:

"The army is going out!"

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