The Rise of the European Emperor

What was Kohler's message to Maximilian I? Naturally, it was the conditions that Frederick III and the church princes negotiated in the afternoon. Moreover, the strange thing is that this information was provided by the new Trier Archbishop Richard.

Of course, Archbishop Richard did not directly tell the spies of the North Sea State the information, but first told the spies arranged by the Holy See in Worms. Then, the secret agents of the Holy See passed the news to the spies of the North Sea State. After the Beihai mission arrived, the spies reported the information to the boss Kohler...

After Kohler learned of this information, he analyzed it on the way to the Emperor's Walk. Then, a brilliant idea came to mind...

Kohler, what idea did he give the emperor? He suggested that the emperor cut off the mercenaries that the princes and princes abolished...

According to the agreement between the two parties, the church princes will first abolish a group of mercenaries on the grounds of "financial difficulties". However, in order to avoid suspicion, and not allow the people of the allied forces of the princes to sign employment agreements with those mercenaries in the territory of the church princes, they must wait for those laid-off mercenaries to leave the country before signing employment agreements with them...

Kohler seized this loophole. He suggested that Emperor Maximilian I contact those mercenary leaders in advance before the laid-off mercenaries reached an agreement with the alliance of princes. Use a higher price to cut off those mercenaries...

Anyway, those mercenaries are all outlaws who fight for money, and they can work for anyone. The emperor could use the loan given by the Bank of Siena to pay a higher price and hire the mercenaries who had been abolished by the church princes.

This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. Cutting off the allied forces of the princes can not only prevent the enemy from becoming stronger, but also strengthen itself.

Once the Hu was successfully cut off, the power of the coalition forces of the princes did not increase as expected, but the strength of the Habsburg family's army increased greatly. Coupled with the mercenaries recruited by Frundsberg before, it is impossible for the coalition forces of the princes to form a strength advantage over the Habsburg family's army. In this way, the Habsburg family does not have to withdraw from the Swiss hegemony...

Moreover, before leaving, Kohler gave a suggestion regarding the emperor's disadvantage in the debate, which put the emperor in a good mood. That night, Maximilian I laughed out loud in his sleep...

early the next morning,

The meeting continues. Facing Frederick III's questioning yesterday, Maximilian I remembered Kohler's suggestion, and stared:

"You say you don't know that Basel is our family's territory, but you don't have eyes? The double-headed eagle logo of the Habsburg family is unknown to others, but you Frederick doesn't know it? It's the symbol of your grandmother's family. You are not blind, can you not recognize the flag of the Habsburg family?"

"I think you deliberately attacked the army of the Habsburg family, and you still have the face to say you don't know? So, Mr. Speaker, it was the other party who attacked our army first, and Frundsberg was forced to fight back. This war It was purely provoked by the other party first!" Maximilian I said angrily.

He was baffled by Frederick III's statement yesterday that "Basel does not legally belong to the Habsburg family", and he couldn't think of a response for a while. But before leaving last night, Kohler pointed out that the flag of the double-headed eagle symbolizing the Habsburg family must have been planted on the top of the city of Basel, and no one else dared to pretend to be it. Therefore, seeing the flag and besieging Basel, it is obvious that the other party has ulterior motives...

Then, this morning Maximilian I moved out this rhetoric, which really made Frederick III a little hard to resist...

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Frederick III saw that the emperor's morale was high, so he decided to avoid it for the time being:

"Ahem...Your Excellency, Great Speaker, I heard that the Beihai Kingdom has an envoy. How about we invite you in first?"

The Archbishop of Mainz didn't want the emperor to be too proud, so he nodded and agreed to let Johnny, the envoy of the North Sea Kingdom, come in...

Then, a bitter and bitter face appeared on the Imperial Parliament in Worms...

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Seeing Johnny's unlucky face, everyone frowned——with such an unlucky appearance, can he be an envoy? Are you kidding me?

However, thinking about the current unlucky situation of the Beihai Kingdom... It seems that this face matches the current situation of the Beihai Kingdom...

Frederick III couldn't help laughing when he saw Johnny's unlucky situation, and when he thought about the unlucky situation of the Beihai Kingdom, he temporarily forgot how aggressive the emperor was just now...

But before he even laughed a few times, he was stunned by Johnny's actions...

After Johnny came in, he rushed directly to the rostrum, crying bitterly in front of Uriel, Archbishop of Mainz——

"Wuuu—Master Great Speaker, please save our Beihai country! Our Beihai country has been ransacked by 8 bandits, and now the people are struggling! Huuuuu—"

Then, Johnny burst into tears and snot, and took the opportunity to wipe the robe of Archbishop Uriel of Mainz...

Uriel distanced himself from Johnny very depressed, fortunately the table on the rostrum blocked it, otherwise...

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Resisting the urge to slap each other, Archbishop Uriel said gently:

"Get up first. As an envoy of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, doing so will damage the image of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea..."

Johnny ignored it and continued to cry loudly:

"What image is there? The Beihai Kingdom will be robbed by eight robbers, and the people will starve to death. How can there be an image?"

Then, he simply sat on the ground, crying like a shrew...

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Coincidentally, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, also came to the Imperial Conference today. The Eight-Power Allied Forces had entered the Ruhr area to wreak havoc, but the Imperial Parliament held a meeting, and the eight princes had to give face. Therefore, as the leader of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Duke Henry, as the representative of the Eight Nations, also came to Worms to attend the meeting. As for the other seven princes, they continued to stay in the army.

Hearing that Johnny had a "robber" on the left and a "robber" on the right, Duke Henry couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and retorted:

"Release p, you are a bandit, and your whole family is a bandit! We are 'the division of justice'. We led our army across the border in order to hunt down a group of horse bandits."

Johnny wiped away his tears, thought about the various coping plans that Marin had taught him before, and then glared at Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and shouted:

"What a 'transit', how do you live? Several cities in North Münster Province have been breached? You have also taken back the grain in the manor? How can the transit rob the locals of their property and food? What? Duke Henry, are you still shameless?"

"Presumptuous! How dare you talk to me like that? Don't you know the dignity?" Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, became a little annoyed.

"Compared to the atrocities committed by your country's army in Beihai, my unreasonableness and arrogance can be ignored!" Johnny said angrily.

"You...you...you..." Duke Henry was too angry to speak.

However, suddenly, he had an idea and retorted:

"How did you come to the North Sea? Didn't Marin, the big bandit, bring the army to snatch it? Push forward 10 years? How can there be any North Sea? Even, push forward 20 years, your master Marin even has a knight Not at all! His Beihai country was all taken by violence! He can rob it, why can't I?"

With a hot head, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, actually spoke out what was in his heart...

Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, immediately covered his face—this Sabi is actually telling the truth...

Although the nobles are indeed grabbing territory, they still have to find a high-sounding excuse, okay? How can you say it so stupidly? When he said that, no one else could help him...

Johnny wiped away his tears, glared at Duke Henry with red eyes and said:

"You mean—as long as whoever is stronger can annex the other party?"

The angry Duke Henry said without thinking:

"Yeah, who said Beihai is weak now?"

Many princes are covering their faces - I have never seen such a 2 princes...

"Then, please allow me to convey a word from our little Duke Caesar—he wants to challenge you eight bandit nations to a duel!"

"What? That little baby boy Caesar wants to challenge the old man to a duel? Hahahaha, isn't he rushing to die? The old man will help him!" Duke Henry is actually only 49 years old, but in this day and age, he is serious." old man". Moreover, he died in 1514 in the original history...

"Do you still have to be ashamed? Our little duke is only 10 years old, how can we fight you? What we mean is——Beihai Kingdom and your 8 countries, in the name of the country, have a life-and-death duel! Whoever wins can decide The fate of the loser!"

"You mean, if we win, we can decide the territory of Beihai State?" Duke Henry was very clever once.

"That's up to you to win! Even if there is only one legion, we can still defeat you bandits!" Johnny shouted like crazy. That way, no matter how you look at it, it's not normal...

"This is what you said, so I agree! Wait... Let's make a duel statement and let the adults witness it!"

If Charles, Earl of Geldon, was here, he might be suspicious and not make an immediate decision. But Duke Henry was simple-minded, he didn't think too much, he only saw the huge benefits in front of him, and then got lost...

Elector Frederick III of Saxony felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a moment. After all, he is mainly thinking about how to refute the emperor's matter now, and he can't spare the energy to think about other things.

Johnny then went on to yell frantically:

"Beihai Kingdom will win, we will die with you!" After finishing speaking, he even wanted to pounce on Duke Henry. Then, they were pulled away...

The more Johnny was like this, the more Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel felt that the North Sea State was at the end of its rope. Even the envoys are so crazy, obviously, the Beihai Kingdom is putting all their eggs in one basket...

"Hmph! We all die together? You have to have that ability..."

Just when Duke Henry hesitated, Johnny suddenly knelt in front of the emperor and cried:

"Your Majesty, please lend 10,000 soldiers and horses to the Beihai Kingdom! We will definitely defeat the eight bandits and seize their land. We are willing to dedicate all the land we have seized to your Majesty!"

The princes were all shocked, and then they all laughed dumbfounded—this envoy who was not clear-headed actually asked for help from the emperor who was in trouble. Doesn't he know that the Habsburg family is also in trouble? Even Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, thought the North Sea State was crazy...

Maximilian I showed a embarrassed expression very cooperatively, and then replied:

"I... I'll try my best to gather some mercenaries for you..."

But Duke Henry has long been aware of the emperor's dilemma, so he is not worried about how many reinforcements the emperor can send to Beihai. Moreover, through this on-the-spot request for help, Duke Henry thought he had seen Beihai's "hole card"—the emperor's support. Then, more confident and bold...

"Come on, sign your name. This is the duel agreement between us. In the name of Bangguo, I will represent the vassals of the eight families in a life-and-death duel with you Beihai Kingdom! The loser will be dealt with by the winner!"

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