The Rise of the European Emperor

When the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations ravaged the North Munster area, Bishop Conrad of Munster, who controlled the South Munster area, couldn't sit still. Because, he also wanted to get a share of this "feast" to carve up the North Sea country.

However, due to his limited strength, it is impossible for Bishop Conrad to participate in the division of the results in the North Münster region, and the seven princes will not be willing to share his share. Therefore, he "pragmatically" chose to dig himself out...

Of course, it can't be regarded as digging one's own foot. Because, he is only the person in charge of the South Münster area, but not the owner. Therefore, he intends to collude with the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations to harm the South Münster region together, and then share the benefits himself.

How to harm the South Münster area? Bishop Conrad had already thought about it—first strip off most of the assets in the South Münster area from the church...

Why divest assets from the church? It's very simple, no prince in Europe dares to openly rob the church's property!

Since the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV almost lost his throne because of being excommunicated by the Pope, the popularity of the Holy See has soared. An emperor was forced to kneel and repent by the Holy See, let alone ordinary princes? Before the outbreak of the Protestant War, almost no prince or even the king dared to tear himself apart from the Holy See. After all, the aftermath of Henry IV kneeling down to repent is still there.

Therefore, as long as it belongs to the church's property, not to mention those princes who have a general relationship with the church, even Marin, the son-in-law of the Pope, would not dare to take it openly. At most, colluding with church insiders to poach some.

Similarly, Bishop Conrad also had this idea...

His method is very simple - in the name of "handing over the sovereignty and wealth of the South Münster area to Marin", he stripped a large amount of property and land that originally belonged to the church from the church, and made it to be packaged and given to Beihai country look.

After all, the Holy See also had this intention at the beginning-to hand over the sovereignty of the Bishop of Münster and most of the land and property to Marin. However, in order to maintain stability, Marin first let Bishop Conrad continue to control the South Münster area. Moreover, the two parties agreed that after the death of Bishop Conrad, the sovereignty and most of the land property in the South Münster area would be handed over. Therefore, it is reasonable for Bishop Conrad to divest most of the land and property of the Church in the South Münster area and prepare to hand it over to the North Sea State, and he will not be accused by the Church. It's just that this time, Conrad stripped a bit too much property from the South Münster Regional Church - reaching three-quarters of the total property of the church, more than half of Marin's original expectations. Of course, at this time, Bishop Conrad wanted to fill his own pockets, so he got so much out of the church...

Then, the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations who received the "inside news" were notified, and led their troops to the south, entered the South Munster area, and went straight to the properties that had been stripped from the church...

Because it has been designated as "returning the property to the North Sea State", even if the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations robbed these property, it can only be regarded as robbing the North Sea State, not the Church. In this way, the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations will not have to offend the Church, and can also get a lot of benefits.

After all, the South Münster area can be considered a relatively wealthy area, with a full area of ​​5,900 square kilometers, which is larger than the average principality. And the church has always been greedy, and has the right to levy "tithes". Therefore, the educational wealth in the South Munster area is still quite rich, and there is a lot of oil and water.

In order to cooperate with this "digging his own footing" plan, Bishop Conrad, who had already realized that his time was running out, frantically separated property worth more than 1.5 million gold coins from the church in South Münster.

They were classified and arranged, "waiting for the North Sea country to accept"...Of course, this is a cover, the truth is to wait for the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations to "rob"...

Then, according to the private agreement reached by the two parties, Bishop Conrad will share the 400,000 gold coins... In fact, Bishop Conrad did not believe in the character of the seven princes, so he arranged for his men to share the 400,000 gold coins The treasure of gold coins was hidden elsewhere. But as long as the Seven-Nation Allied Forces come to loot, he will directly blame the Seven-Nation Allied Forces. Then, he annexed the part that belonged to him safely. In this way, everyone gets what they need, and everyone has meat to eat. And if you let the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations take away the property first, and then wait for them to distribute it to you... then it's hard to say how much you can get, and you may even be repudiated...

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After the two parties reached an agreement in private, the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations ended their robbery in the North Munster area, and the army went south and entered the South Munster area...

However, unlike in the North Munster area, the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations were very restrained in the South Munster area. After all, the South Munster area is still the territory of the church. Being too arrogant here will easily offend the Holy See.

Thus, a strange phenomenon has arisen - a gang of robbers, plundering in the Southmünster area with good manners...  

Before each robbery, the officers of the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations would find someone to ask:

"Is this the property of the church?"

If it is, the soldiers of the Seven Nations Allied Forces will withdraw politely. If it's not... I didn't say anything, grab it...

In addition to the Church's land and property remaining untouched by the coalition forces, those who were about to be handed over to the North Sea State, as well as other civilians and businessmen who did not belong to the Church, were also ruthlessly looted...

Even the New Manor, where the 80 church knights originally belonged to the Bishop of Münster, was looted by the coalition forces...

These 80 church knights were originally the most important armed vassals of the Bishop of Münster, and they were the hereditary officers of the Bishop of Münster. But after the Bishop of Munster was assigned to Marin, the Bishop of Munster ceased to exist. Therefore, at present, they can only be regarded as Bishop Conrad who is temporarily sheltering in the South Münster area, and they are no longer knights of the church. After all, the Bishop of Münster no longer exists, and Bishop Conrad is only temporarily hosting the South Munster area.

Therefore, a new Knightland has been newly established in the South Munster area (their original Knights were all in the North Munster area, but they were taken away by Marin, and then Bishop Conrad divided some wasteland in the South Munster area for them to Reclamation and Reconstruction Knights) The 80 former church knights actually do not have a formal church organization now, they can only be regarded as "temporary workers"...

Therefore, during this looting, the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations ransacked their manor without any scruples...

The blame can only be blamed, the master they followed, Bishop Conrad, sold them...

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In order to get a share of the turmoil this time, Bishop Conrad even made plans to "retire". You must know that in this era, very few archbishops seek to retire voluntarily, and they usually die, or are expelled or expelled...

The reason why Bishop Conrad chose to retire voluntarily was because he poached the corners of the church too hard this time. It is estimated that the priests of the church in the South Münster area would no longer support him, and he would not be able to manage it if he stayed.

Secondly, it was because he planned to let his Rietberg family also join in this "feast" to carve up the North Sea country.

For example, he took the initiative to find the two Henry Dukes of the Welf family in private, and proposed that the Earl of Rietberg also join the Seven-Nation Alliance and participate in the partition of the North Sea.

Of course, the weak Principality of Rietberg does not intend to covet the interests of places other than South Münster. The request of the Rietberg family is to be able to join the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations, and to carve up a territory of about 500 square kilometers from the South Münster area in the name of the victorious nation after the war...they don't want anything else...

In exchange, the Rietberg family can hand over the 400,000 gold coins privately hidden by Bishop Conrad to the seven princes. Not only that, Bishop Conrad has planted the 10,000 Ugrams of interest in the past few years, and tens of thousands of gold coins have been credited every year. Therefore, Bishop Conrad intends to gather enough 500,000 gold coins to give to the other seven princes, so that they can support the Earl of Rietberg to carve up at least 500 square kilometers of territory from the South Münster region. This price tag can be said to be absolutely not low, and it can even be said to be very high. Back then, the Principality of Saxony purchased the sovereignty of the West Frisian region, but only spent 300,000 gold coins.

But the problem is that the country of Rietberg is a small and weak country with an area of ​​only more than 200 square kilometers. Even if you buy the land, if it is not recognized by others, you will not be able to keep it.

Therefore, they can only use high prices in exchange for the recognition and even protection of the seven neighboring princes. In this way, the weak Counties of Rietberg can safely eat at least 500 square kilometers of land, and more than double their own territory... When they have an area of ​​700 to 800 square kilometers, the Counties of Rietberg It can barely be regarded as an influent uncle country. After all, such a large land is almost close to a county...

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Faced with such an inflated price offered by Bishop Conrad, the seven princes were all moved. Then, Bishop Conrad took his elder brother, John I, Earl of Rieterberg, and signed an alliance treaty with the seven princes on the spot, and sent 1,000 troops to form the "Eight-Nation Alliance" together with the original Seven-Nation Alliance. , continue to encroach on the North Sea country...

"What? The Eight-Power Allied Forces? Are you kidding me? Do you think the Beihai Kingdom is the Qing Dynasty?" After hearing this information, Marin suddenly became Spartan...

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