The Rise of the European Emperor

However, unlike the three major knights, the newly established "Salvation Knights" is not a monk group, but a secular group. Therefore, the core group of "Salvation Knights" is not armed monks, but secular monarchs. Moreover, the position of the Grand Head was also held by the King of America, not by the monks.

In addition, although the "Salvation Knights" has been recognized by the Holy See, it has no independent sovereignty, no diplomacy and the right to wage war, and is only a vassal of the American royal family. This is somewhat similar to the Knights of the Garter in England and the Knights of the Golden Fleece in Burgundy. However, the difference from the previous two knight orders is that the first two knight orders are completely secular knight orders, and they have not received the support and approval of the church. And Marin's "Salvation Knights", with the endorsement of the Holy See, can cooperate with the church, and can also practice medicine in the name of the church. Moreover, under the nominal patronage of the Holy See.

That is to say, before the Holy See gave up the "Salvation of the Knights", no Christian dared to move the "Salvation of the Knights" casually, otherwise it would be difficult for the Holy See.

Just like when King Philip IV of France wanted to annex the property of the Knights Templar, he had to collude with Pope Clement V and declare that the Knights Templar was a "heretic" before he could do it. However, Clement V is the puppet of Philip IV, and even the resident is Avignon in France. Therefore, everyone knows that the Knights Templar were wronged and persecuted.

No way. At that time, the Knights Templar were too rich. There were thousands of castles and large tracts of land in France, and they were the biggest creditor of the King of France. Philip IV was also ruthless enough to uproot the Knights Templar in order to default on his debts, and swallowed all the creditor's property.

But it is undeniable that if Philip IV did not control Pope Clement V of Avignon, he could not do it casually. After all, if the monks recognized by the Holy See will do it, it is equivalent to apostasy.

Of course, Marin wasn't worried about being targeted for saving the Knights. Because, he didn't intend to get much property for the Knights of Salvation at all, but only used it as a name to open a hospital and gain prestige.

In this day and age, there is no formal doctor. Many doctors are priests who know some medical common sense within the church, rather than professional doctors. Their methods of curing diseases mainly rely on "prayer" and "blessing", and they rarely prescribe medicine. Its model is similar to the witches and gods in China in the past.

There are quite a few doctors in the folk, but most of them are "executioner"-level wild doctors who let people blood, and they don't even have the qualifications to practice medicine legally. Because, according to the canon, "birth, old age, sickness and death" are all given and punished by God, and it is not easy for mortals to interfere casually. Healing people is generally the business scope of priests. Most of the folk doctors practice medicine secretly. For example, until the rise of modern medicine in the 19th century, the "doctor" responsible for amputation was actually a hairdresser...

Many imperial physicians also served as priests. Therefore, in this era, the nobles got sick, and the death rate was very high...

It was only after the rise of Protestantism and the decline of Catholic authority that medicine began to slowly rise. For example, the first anatomical work (not counting Roman and Greek times), The Structure of the Human Body, was published in 1543. At this time, Luther had initiated the Reformation for 26 years.

Like now, Da Vinci has actually dissected many stolen corpses, and also drew anatomical maps. But in this era, Catholicism was still very powerful, and Da Vinci did not dare to publish it, so he could only hide it.

Marin didn't want to go up against the Holy See, and he didn't need to go up against the Vatican. After all, his relationship with the Holy See is very deep, and there is absolutely no need to turn against the Holy See.

Moreover, he still has many places to rely on the support of the Holy See.

Therefore, regarding the development of medicine, Malin thought for a while, and finally came up with a solution - to attach the hospital to the Knights under the name of the Holy See. In this way, the development of medicine has avoided conflict with the church as much as possible. Moreover, Marin intends to have a good relationship with each generation of popes. He even planned to put his illegitimate son Robert in the position of Pope. In this way, no matter how the medicine of Beihai Kingdom develops, the Holy See will help endorse it. And don't have to worry about letting medical scientists be burned at the stake like Bruno and other unlucky bastards...

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As for the flag and logo of the "Salvation of the Knights", Marin has already prepared it - it is naturally the symbol of the Red Cross in later generations.

But the French envoy protested - he believed that the red cross was the symbol of the "heretic" organization "Knights Templar" two hundred years ago, and Marin's use of this symbol was suspected of supporting heresy.

But the monarchs and nobles present all knew what was going on two hundred years ago. Therefore, representatives of Maximilian I and the Spanish envoys who had a holiday with France booed one after another, mocking the shamelessness of the French.

Marin is not so radical, after all, he does not want to offend France for the time being. So he explained to the French messenger that the red cross of the Knights Templar is not regular, but thin in the middle and thick at the four ends. The red cross of "Saving the Knights" is the same as the hospital logo of later generations. It is a complete square red cross with the same thickness and very square.

The flag of the Knights is similar to the Swiss flag of later generations - the red cross is square, and the flag is also square. The only difference is that the Swiss flag is a white cross on a red background, while the "Salvation of the Knights" flag is a red cross on a white background.

In order not to turn against France, Marin also wrote the first letter of credentials on the spot as the newly promoted "King of America", and asked the French messenger to bring it to the French King Francois I to explain the problem of the Red Cross.

At this point, Emperor Maximilian I was somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that Marin was too flattering and fearful of France. But Marin is also a little dissatisfied with His Majesty the Emperor - why did you prevent me from becoming the king of Beihai Kingdom before?

However, this is politics. For mature politicians, the position of knighthood is not fixed, but depends on the national interest. But Europe has not evolved to this stage (it will not be until the 18th century that Europeans will be completely shameless), so it is not so easy to change camps and teammates.

But Marin actually despised his old club, His Majesty the Emperor, because Marin felt that in the past, if not for the success of the marriage, the grandson of Maximilian I, Charles V, became the Spanish colonial empire. The king, the poor Habsburg family could not stand the strong pressure of the French.

In other words, the Habsburg family used the huge wealth obtained by the Spanish-American colonial empire for European hegemony. In the end, it brought down the originally promising colonial empire of Spain.

In other words, in the original history, it was the Spanish Empire that saved the Habsburg family. Otherwise, the Habsburgs would not only be unable to keep Franche-Comté, but even the Netherlands would be taken away by France.

All in all, the Habsburgs were poor. Even Maximilian I, the dignified emperor, finally died on the way to hide his debts.

In this time and space, because of Marin's intervention, Juan III did not die early, but gave birth to a male heir. Therefore, the Habsburg family should not expect to rely on the financial resources of Spain to help Austria. Therefore, the emperor is actually very empty now. If Spain hadn't jumped out to compete with France for the kingdom of Naples, the Habsburg family would have been beaten down by the French...

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In addition to covering the opening of the hospital, Marin actually has a very important purpose in creating the "Salvation Knights" - to control the church property of Beihai Kingdom...

Although it is said that currently relying on the close relationship with the Pope, Marin has the right to speak in the appointment of the bishop of Beihai Kingdom, but the final appointment power is actually in the hands of the church itself. And the large amount of land and properties occupied by the church, Marin could not move casually.

Moreover, Marin himself does not count, if the next successor or the next successor has a bad relationship with the Holy See in the future?

Therefore, in the decree of Marin asking Julius II to approve him to form the "Salvation Knights", there is this one - in order to save the Lord's people, he instructs the North Sea Church to cooperate with the "Salvation Knights" unconditionally. work to help save the people6

Of course, there is a very key word - "Allow the chief of the Knights of Salvation to use the surplus resources of the North Sea Church, and the local church must not stop it"...

This is very crucial, because with this decree as an endorsement, Marin can use the church's property to form a hospital and save the people in the future, instead of having to pay for the hospital himself.

This alone can save Marin a lot of money. Moreover, Marin also has the right to recruit grass-roots priests from within the Beihai Guo Church and fill them into the hospital. Even training to become a doctor. This can save a lot of human resources for Marin. After all, the educated and high-level talent resources of priests are also very eye-catching. For example, Henry VII's Lord of the Seals is Richard Fox, Archbishop of Canterbury - no way, literate intellectuals are really hard to find these days. When they were helpless, many monarchs invited high-level church leaders in the country to help them manage the country. After all, the church has churches everywhere, and its tentacles are longer than the royal family...

In the decree of Julius II, Marin was allowed to use the wealth and personnel of the local church arbitrarily in order to form the "Salvation Knights", which simply made the monarchs and envoys present envy to death.

Therefore, in order to quell everyone's envy, envy and hatred, Julius II had to add a sentence - the church wealth and personnel must not be used for places other than hospitals and education (the establishment of church schools)...

But Marin didn't care. He didn't expect to rely on church property to support him, but just wanted to save the cost of building a hospital. The other is to use the influence of the Church in every corner and village of Europe. After all, in Europe, as long as it is a village, there will be at least a humble chapel. What he meant was to use these churches all over the country to create outpatient departments. If you have money, you can build a special hospital.

Moreover, Beihai Kingdom is actually doing it now. Because of Marin's hard-core relationship with the Pope, the current Archbishop of Beihai, Taylor, is obedient to Marin, and Marin can also set up a medical clinic in the church.

However, what was done before is not legal at all, and it has not been officially authorized by the Holy See. It is a wild way. If the relationship between a certain generation of Beihai monarch and the Holy See deteriorates, the clinics in these churches can easily be closed.

Therefore, Marin tried to get official documents from the Holy See to legalize the church hospital. Moreover, wouldn't it be more fun to use the property of the church in your country to build a hospital system that benefits the whole country, without having to pay for it yourself?

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