The Rise of the European Emperor

The sudden death of Louis XII, moreover at the queen's body, caused violent repercussions in France. After all, Louis XII's death method is really useless and weird.

However, more important than this is - Europe has changed!

France is the most powerful country in Europe (Turkey is not recognized as a European country), and the death of the French king has a huge impact on the political structure of Europe.

Also, the French succession to the throne is problematic. Because France does not currently have an heir that everyone expects. At the same time, everyone never thought that Louis XII, who was only 52 years old, would die suddenly.

In other words, the change of the French throne was hasty and unprepared. After all, all French people know that Louis XII has been trying to give birth to a prince, as the heir to the kingdom. And the son-in-law Francois I is actually just a spare tire.

Once Louis XII died, Francois I, the spare tire, came to power, so there would be no foundation. Because Louis XII never trained him as a crown prince, nor did he allow him to pretend to be a crown prince.

Therefore, even if he inherited the throne, Francois I had no foundation. At least, within 1515, François I had to spend energy sorting out a lot of messy things in France. The most important thing is to integrate the French political arena and get the support of most of the great nobles...

Originally, Francois I was lucky in history. Because, in the year he took the throne, France basically had no strong enemies. Only France can beat others, and no enemy dares to provoke France. Therefore, Francois I in the original history had enough time to integrate the domestic political arena and smoothly control the overall situation.

However, in this time and space, because of the intervention of Marin, the traveler, although Louis XII died more than a month later, France has encountered a huge crisis-at this time, France is confronting Spain in the Kingdom of Naples... …

Originally, in history, after Spain monopolized the Kingdom of Naples because of France's concession, in return, it did not die with France for the time being. It was not until the death of Ferdinand II in 1516 that Charles V of the Habsburg family took power in Spain that Spain continued to fight against France. After all, the Habsburg family and France have a lot of hatred. Moreover, the Principality of Burgundy has never been able to take it back. When Ferdinand II was alive, because he took advantage of the Naples issue, he was not too provocative to France. But Charles V would not compromise with the French because of the Burgundy issue. Therefore, the two empires then launched a desperate contest. Then, Charles V, who was sitting on the two major powers of Spain and Austria, won, forcing France to form an alliance with the pagan Turkey to protect itself.

But in this time and space, because Marin threw out the bait of "volcanic ash fertilizer", it stimulated the two major European powers to desperately compete for Naples. Therefore, after the death of Louis XII, his son-in-law Francois I succeeded to the throne in a state of war. Moreover, there is still a lack of support from courtiers...

The news came back to Aurich,

Marin burst into laughter...

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"Ahaha, that old guy is finally dead!" Marin was very happy. Although the time of his death was delayed by a month or so, he finally died.

When Louis XII died, the unlucky boy François I lacked prestige and foundation. It is foreseeable that there will be a period of chaos in France in a short period of time. At this time, it is a good time for Marin to fish in troubled waters.

Marin intends to take the opportunity to make a big deal!

What is Marin going to do? Of course it took the opportunity to weaken France! Completely destroying France, Marin dare not think about it, and it is not in his interests. Because he still needs France to contain Spain. If France falls completely, Spain can easily step on France's corpse and grow rapidly.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Marin only intends to cheat France once, and does not intend to drive France to a dead end.

How to cheat France? Marin didn't intend to end in person. However, there are many enemies in France. If Marin doesn't make a move, he can completely encourage England and Austria to make a move...

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In the first step, Marin intends to instigate Gudendorff, a German mercenary general previously employed in France, to publicly rebel against the water...

Of course, it's not considered a public betrayal, but an announcement to terminate the employment contract. And, there's a reason for it!

At the beginning, when Gudendorff signed the employment agreement with France, the employer signed the name of King Louis XII of France, not the Kingdom of France. Marin has repeatedly confirmed this point.

Today, Louis XII died, that is to say, in the employment contract, the initiator of the contract, that is, Party A, died. As a result, the employment contract is void. After all, one cannot be hired by the dead.

Of course, this is not impossible. Guttendorf, for example, could find the next king of France to renew his contract. However, the premise of this situation is that Gudendorff has a heart for France, so he will choose this way.

In fact, Gudendorff was secretly bought by Emperor Maximilian I long ago. If it weren't for the fear of damaging his reputation and credit, Guttendorf would have thought about it a long time ago.

After all, he is a mercenary who lives by his name and credit. If he lost his reputation, no one would hire his army in the future. Therefore, Guttendorf would rather maintain the status quo and continue to live the life of "infernal affairs" than openly betray the water.

Louis XII was actually aware of this before his death. But he was also afraid of persecuting too much and directly pushing Guttendorf to the Habsburg family. Therefore, Louis XII had to drag on like this before. He planned to wait until the matter at hand was finished before dealing with Guttendorf's matter. But unexpectedly, before the matter was resolved, Louis XII died first...

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If the employer Party A is dead, the employment contract can naturally be terminated. Moreover, Party B's reputation will not be affected.

It's just that Gudendorff himself didn't notice that Party A's signature on the contract was Louis XII himself, not the Kingdom of France. Therefore, Marin needs to send someone to remind him.

In addition, Marin would also like to remind Emperor Maximilian I. Because, once Gudendorff ends his employment contract with France, His Majesty the Emperor can definitely win over this mercenary army and help him deal with Switzerland and France...

It just so happens that the French throne is now changing, and the newly enthroned Francois I is not stable. These 16,000 mercenaries can take the opportunity to make trouble. And, you can do something big...

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After Maximilian I received Marin's letter from the flying pigeon in Innsbruck, he jumped up happily:

"Great, this is really good news!" Afterwards, His Majesty the Emperor sent a letter to Guttendorf, asking him to evacuate Milan and come to Switzerland...well, to accept the public knighthood...

After all, Maximilian I had already prepared the baronship and fiefdom for Gudendorf and his son. Although the manor is not big, and there are many mountains (after all, it is a Swiss fiefdom). But that was a Baron, too! A baron who can be passed down for generations!

After receiving the letter from the emperor, Guttendorf realized that he now had the right to terminate the contract. Because, the employer is dead...

So, he didn't hesitate - because the employer died, the employment contract was automatically terminated. Then, I will bring the army back to Germany...

After the announcement, Gudendorf assembled the army, searched the city of Milan, and withdrew from Milan with sufficient money and supplies...