The Rise of the European Emperor

Prince François was the future King of France, François I, the hapless king who was captured by Charles V. However, in this life, because Marin saved Prince Juan, Charles V had no chance to unite Spain. Even the hegemony of France and Spain in Italy has nothing to do with Charles V. After all, the future Charles V was just the monarch of Austria.

At most, at the suggestion of Marin, Maximilian I planned to marry Charles V and Anna of Bohemia, so that Charles V would have the opportunity to obtain the Kingdom of Bohemia and Hungary in the future. However, the Italian region, mainly the hegemony of the Kingdom of Naples, is none of his business.

As for the Principality of Milan, because of Marin's intervention, the Ludovico Sforza family is still alive and well, and there is no extinction. Therefore, it is difficult for the Habsburg family to obtain the Duchy of Milan. The most important thing is that without the support of the gold and silver of the Spanish Empire in the Americas, the Habsburg family of Charles V could not afford so many troops to compete with France for hegemony.

Of course, because of the relationship by marriage, Spain will definitely join forces with the Habsburg family to deal with France in the future. In this way, even if François I became the king of France, there was no way to suppress Charles V.

Prince Francois is 19 years old this year and was born in 1494. The year he was born, Marin had just crossed over and was still a wandering knight. In the blink of an eye, 19 years have passed...

François is a branch prince of the Valois dynasty. His great-great-grandfather was King Charles V of France, who happened to be of the same generation as Princess Claude. The French nobles did not want Princess Claude to marry Charles of the Habsburg family, so they chose Prince Francois as the husband of Princess Claude and the future King of France in the branch of the Valois dynasty.

However, Princess Claude was born in 1499 and is only 14 years old this year. It is customary for princesses to marry at least 15 years old. Therefore, the royal family has decided to hold the wedding of Prince Francois and Princess Claude next year.

Louis XII's expedition to Italy originally planned to bring Prince François to meet the world. It is a pity that Prince Francois fell ill before the expedition and did not catch up with the expedition. After recovering from his illness, he came to Paris and, under the arrangement of his father-in-law, Queen Anne, was in charge of the city defense of Paris.

Prince Francois was naturally very excited when the new official took office. Then, in the middle of the night on his first day on duty, he took people out to patrol the night. Then, unfortunately, I met Hansel and his party...

Because of his youth and impulsiveness, Prince Francois did not take into account that all his soldiers were infantry, and he was the only one on horseback. So, when he rushed out, he distanced himself from the large army, and was captured by Hansel at the chance...

That was the princess' fiancé, the future king of France! The defenders of Paris naturally did not dare to act rashly, but they sent people to bypass Hansel and his party and blocked the gate to the camp to prevent Margaret of Tudor from being stabbed.

Hansel didn't even bother to assassinate Tudor's Margaret at this time, because, as Marin had instructed - this assassination will be accomplished, not pulled down.

Then, Hansel and his party took Prince Francois hostage and retreated to a sewer exit in the northwest corner of the city...

There is also an iron gate at the exit of the sewer, and a very heavy iron cable is attached. But this is not difficult for the spies of Beihai Kingdom. As early as the first night before the shot, this small iron gate was corroded by the spy of Beihai Kingdom with sulfuric acid, and it was only a little bit connected, so as not to be seen.

Tonight, Hansel and his party's mission is to quickly assassinate Tudor's Margaret and "Little Prince Henry". After finishing the work, retreat directly to the iron gate at the exit of the sewer, get off the iron gate, and get out from here...

In order to evacuate before the city defense army completely surrounded him and his party, Hansel did not hesitate to hold Prince Francois to the iron gate of the sewer, and let people tear down the iron gate that was still connected. Then, taking advantage of the night, everyone ran away from the sewer exit in turn against the stench of the sewer, including the kidnapped Prince Francois...

After leaving the city,

The group rode on the war horses that had been prepared for a long time and fled to the north coast. After all, if you pretend to be British, you naturally have to do a full set of dramas. Also, there are boats on the beach.

By the time the French sent several hundred cavalry around the city gate to pursue them, the group had already run away. But what the French didn't know was that, in the middle of the journey, Hansel took two of his men, held Prince Francois hostage, and hid in a secret stronghold halfway through...

The team of dozens of people was missing two or three people. The French did not find it. Instead, they chased for two days in a row to the seaside. Then, they found the horses left by the special forces who had already boarded the ship to go to sea...

However, the French do not know that Prince François is actually imprisoned in a small village by the Seine River only 30 kilometers away from Paris. There, it is also a small stronghold of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce. A large mound in the village was hollowed out to serve as a secret room. And the unfortunate Prince Francois was locked in this hollowed out mound...

Why did Hansel take Prince François to hide here? Because when everyone got on the horse to escape, Prince François was extremely uncooperative and struggled on the horse's back, almost tossing the horse over. In desperation, Hansel had to take Prince François and leave the team in the middle to hide, so as not to drag down the large army.

And, Hansel thought—now that he caught this big fish, it should be useful. Therefore, after he settled in this small village called Wetter, he asked the North Sea country spy in the village to dispatch carrier pigeons, reported the matter to Aurich, and asked for instructions on how to deal with it.

"What? Didn't kill Marguerite and her son, but captured Prince Francois?" Marin was stunned when he heard the news.

He had some sympathy for this Francois - what did this man do? Why is it so related to being captured?

In the original history, this cargo was captured by Charles V. In this life, Charles V will definitely not be as strong as in the original history. However, I didn't expect that he was captured by his own men in advance... This guy... seems to be destined to be captured...

What to do with this guy? What kind of humiliating treaty to force him to sign? As soon as Marin had this idea, he was rejected by himself. why? Because this product was originally captured by Charles V in history, he and Charles V signed the humiliating "Madrid Treaty", expressing his willingness to give up Italy's territorial claims, and even agreeing to return most of the territory of the Principality of Burgundy previously occupied by France... …

However, after this fellow returned to France, he immediately turned his face and refused to recognize the treaty...

From this, it can be seen that this guy is a profit-oriented guy. It belongs to a monarch different from the medieval monarch who pays attention to promises. It is similar to the shameless monarch of modern times... When dealing with such a person, don't expect him to abide by the agreement...

However, it seems very unwilling to let him go like this...

Marin was struggling when suddenly, Da Vinci burst into his office with a small medicine box on his back, and said happily:

"Grand Duke, the ligation operation you mentioned, I have successfully tested it! I will ligate it!"

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