The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, Marin's treatment of his brother is completely "out of line". Because, Marin's country is not inherited from the old Hoffman, but down by himself.

If you insist on inheritance, Madam Marie's inheritance of the Earl of East Frisian indeed gave Marin a great help in the early days. However, that was also given to him by Adler. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Marin compensating Adler for a country. However, for Simon and Albert, Marin is not obliged to give them the count. According to the calculation of inheriting the earl from Mrs. Mary, one person is considered a baron.

However, Ukraine's population Marin is really greedy. But it is impossible for him to go to Ukraine to participate in the Eastern European hegemony, and Simon, an older young man, happens to be doing nothing at home. So, just let Simon do those things for himself. Also, Simon himself likes to fight. If he is not allowed to lead the troops in the country, it may suffocate him. It is better to let him go to the Ukrainian grasslands to go up the waves.

And Albert, the Earl of Philadelphia, might be reluctant to change to a Grand Duke. Who is Komarin? That is eating alone and swallowing the black heart of America! Giving Albert a Philadelphia fief is nothing. Closed to the huge Americas, the land near Philadelphia is simply a drop in the bucket.

However, his behavior caused a sensation in Europe. Many princes with younger brothers expressed strong dissatisfaction with him - Nima's treatment of brothers is so good, doesn't it seem that we treat brothers harshly?

Marin himself did not expect that his actions brought as much trouble to many European monarchs. Many of the monarch's younger brothers talked about Marin and wanted to get more from his elder brother. Then, Marin was hated by many monarchs with many younger brothers...

After Marin heard the news, he was also very aggrieved - I was also very desperate! I have a wedlock son of Caesar, and he is still young. If you want to send someone to control Ukraine, you can't buy a count for your subordinates, right? So, I can only choose my brother Simon who is not doing anything...

So, in order to eliminate the bad influence, Marin had to ask old Hoffman to take the blame——

"Father, I am hated by many kings and princes. You have to help me..."

Old Hoffman's mind was a little bit overwhelmed:

"What? Don't let outsiders be nice to my brother? Why?"

But after all, Mrs. Mary was also from a noble family, and was educated in this area when she was a child. she asked:

"Did you treat your brother favorably and embarrass the monarchs of other countries?"

Marin nodded, still his own wife is smart. As for the old man... ugh...

Old Hoffman was a little confused and asked:

"What do you mean by asking me to help? How can I make those monarchs friendly to you? I don't have that ability..."

"You don't need to do anything else, just declare to the public that you forced me to make my brothers counts," Marin explained.

"What? When did I force you? I generally don't get involved in the affairs of Beihai Kingdom, okay? Besides, I'm a rude person and don't understand those government affairs..." Well, this one is quite self-aware...

"It's not that you really forced me, but to help me share the pressure! As long as you force me to make my younger brothers counts, the monarchs of other countries won't blame me!"

As soon as Marin finished speaking, old Hoffman's face darkened:

"What do you mean? Let your father take the blame? This is a matter of detriment to your reputation! You know, I have taught you since childhood - honor is my life! If you say that, it will damage my honor!"

Malin was speechless, but Mrs. Mary even stood up and kicked old Hoffman, saying angrily:

"Your poor honor is more important, or is the North Sea Kingdom of Marin more important? If it is hated by the European monarchs, or even united, then the North Sea Kingdom may perish. At that time, see if your Hoffman family still has honor... …”

Well, when it comes to the honor of the Hoffman family, the old Hoffman suddenly fainted. Compared with his family's honor, his personal honor is indeed nothing...

Then, the next day,

Old Hoffman publicly declared that he ordered his son to canonize his two younger sons as counts, because he wanted to revive the Hoffman family too much...

This statement is well-founded, and it is also in line with the character of the old Hoffman. Then, the hostility to Marin from the outside world was greatly reduced.

At the same time, Marin announced to the public that the purchase cost of his brother Simon's Ukrainian country was 250,000 gold coins and needed to be repaid. Of course, this repayment period is relatively long, 50 years. In this way, it is easy to say - Marin did not buy an earl for his brother for nothing, but lent him money to buy it. Is it wrong to lend money to my brother? Obviously nothing wrong! Now, it's not very good for others to accuse Marin of "breaking the rules" for this matter...

What rule did Marin break? That is the "primogenous succession" that has been popular in Europe for hundreds of years...

The European primogeniture system was formed in the middle of the Middle Ages. About three grandsons of Charlemagne divided the Charlemagne Empire into Germany, Middle Francia (including Lorraine in the north, Burgundy in the middle and northern Italy in the south) and France. section later.

The European aristocrats at that time saw the disadvantage of dividing their inheritance by their children-the once prosperous Charlemagne Empire was divided into three parts and lost its absolute hegemony in Europe.

Therefore, the dukes of the Holy Roman Empire formed in the German region to the east learned this lesson and established primogeniture after the formation of the Holy Roman Empire. That is, the eldest son takes all, and the other sons do not, or can only eat the leftovers.

This system is very unfair to other sons except the eldest son. Because, it means that their future is lost. However, it can maintain the strength of the main branch of the family to the greatest extent, so that the strength of the family will not be scattered.

Later, European countries saw the benefits and adopted this system one after another.

The eldest son takes all system has many advantages. First of all, he avoided the internal friction of brothers fighting for the throne. In the ancient East, whenever the emperor changed, there would often be a bloody storm, resulting in a great loss of national strength. The most serious is probably the "Eight Kings Rebellion" in the Western Jin Dynasty, which smashed the Central Plains and lost too many strong men, which directly led to the emergence of the "Five Husbands and Chaos".

The eldest son takes all system, can fully avoid the situation of cannibalism, is conducive to the stability of the country and the dynasty. Therefore, European dynasties generally changed non-peacefully, such as extinction. At the same time, the change of the Huaxia Dynasty was a process of chaos in the world, which caused great harm.

In addition, the eldest son takes all system is also conducive to encouraging the children of nobles to make progress. Why? Because except the eldest son, other sons have no right to inherit. If you want to have a future, you have to work hard! Therefore, many princes in Europe entered the military and exchanged their lives for military exploits and titles, and many outstanding children of the royal family and nobles appeared. And all of this is forced.

Of course, in addition to entering the army, there is another way for noble children, and that is to enter the monastery as a monk. But after the religious war, this road gradually disappeared. Because the status of the church has declined, and becoming a bishop has little power and oil.

Then, most of the noble children can only choose to serve in the army. Then, expect to do well in war to earn titles and fiefs.

And this is also the reason why the children of European nobles are generally better than the children of ancient Chinese nobles. It's not that the children of European nobles have good blood, but they are forced out - if you don't improve yourself, you will be finished...

On the other hand, the noble children of ancient China, because everyone has the opportunity to compete for the right of inheritance, they put most of their energy on the consumption of the family.

Or, there are many noble children, because there will always be a benefit in the future. Therefore, there is no pressure in my heart, I eat, drink and have fun all day long, harm one party, and become a dude...

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Therefore, it is said that the playboys of ancient China were all accustomed to by the future. Without pressure, people have abundant resources in their hands, it is easy to indulge in them and become playboys.

Under two completely different systems, the European aristocrats are famous generals, while the Chinese aristocrats are all fools... There is no question of who is better than the other, but one is forced to make progress; the other is no need to make progress...

Malin suddenly remembered that a few years before time travel, there was a brain-dead Manchu noble descendant who said that China needed nobles and noble spirits. Marin is too lazy to spray this sabi. With the inheritance system of China, most of the noble children are really scumbags. Why does China need such garbage? Let's see what happened to the waste wood of the "hard-core crops" of the Eight Banners in the last years of the Qing Dynasty? Because the future is guaranteed, there is no motivation at all, and it is easy to become a scumbag and scum. That Sabi brother probably doesn't want aristocratic spirit, but misses the "hardcore crops" of the past...

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Obviously, Marin's behavior of making his younger brothers counts is indeed breaking the rules. More strictly speaking, it may destroy the pioneering spirit of the European aristocracy. That's why Marin was so nervous that he let old Hoffman stand up and take the blame. Because he didn't want the European aristocracy to develop bad habits in his own hands. Just like the children of the nobles in China, because of their worry-free future, they have become social moths...