The Rise of the European Emperor

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"Your Majesty, it's all Kleiman's recklessness! If he could take away the people in batches to prevent fluctuations in the output of the silver mine, this wouldn't happen..." Kohler said with some shame.

Marin is indeed a little upset, but he also knows that it is meaningless to pursue responsibility at this time. Moreover, in terms of the process, Kleiman actually did not make any big mistakes, at most he acted in a non-secret manner. But the problem is, I didn't tell him to keep it secret before...

Therefore, there is really no way to pursue Kleiman's matter. To be held accountable, I have myself. Of course, although he will not be held accountable, Kleiman's contribution this time is considered to be gone.

After learning about Marin's attitude, Kohler was also relieved. After all, Kleiman is his younger brother, so it doesn't matter if the credit is gone, he and Kahn will help him get the credit in the future. But if it is punished, it will be affected. If there is a bad stain on the file, even if you do meritorious service in the future, it will be easy to be questioned. A cold treatment like Marin's is actually a good ending for Kleiman.

In fact, Marin didn't pursue it because of the face of Kahn and Kohler who helped him go through life and death. After all, Kleiman didn't make mistakes on purpose. What if you try another person? Even if you are right, you have to take the blame for the monarch. Just like Qin Hui, who carried the scapegoat for Song Gaozong for 800 years...

If Beihai is a country that intends to close its doors and play by itself, Marin can actually ignore these rumors at all. Anyway, with the support of the Holy See, no one can do anything to him. After all, only the Holy See has the right to punish or condemn someone who violates the canon. It's useless for others to jump around.

However, Marin's Beihai State needs to recruit immigrants from all over the country, as well as the mountain people in the southern region to serve as soldiers. Therefore, Marin cannot ignore this smear, and must take countermeasures. In the words of later generations, this is called "crisis public relations". This kind of public relations is usually seen after celebrities are exposed to scandal, and it is usually completed by a professional team.

Of course, crisis public relations in this era are not so complicated, and there are not so convenient channels. The easiest way to deal with this is to put on a legal and reasonable "coat" for the arrest of Taino labor, and then make a big publicity.

For this reason, Marin summoned all the civil servants and military generals with better brains under his command to discuss countermeasures together. In terms of civil servants, Prime Minister Geoffrey, Deputy Prime Minister Mikel (former Prime Minister of Denmark), Prime Minister and Governor of Oldenburg Haider, and Governor Machiavelli recruited from Italy in charge of the Münster area, because they are far away from Ori Xi was not far away, and was also invited by Marin to discuss the matter. As for the officers, Schwartz, Stadt and Wagner are naturally the main ones. In addition, Kohler and Sauer, who are in charge of intelligence, are also present, plus a Kahn who is the mascot...

At the meeting, Jeffrey first spoke:

"There's nothing to talk about, just say it's recruiting peasants from the territory (a glorified name for serfs), and firmly deny that it's arresting slaves!"

Mikel shook his head and said:

"So say,

I am afraid that others will not believe it, but it will cause more criticism. "

As the former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mikel has rich experience in dealing with similar matters. He knew that unilateral explanations for such rumors were useless. Once someone doubts, they will not listen to one-sided remarks at all. Unless, there is an official certificate that proves that there is no problem with this matter.

But in later generations, even the official refutation of rumors is useless. Those conspiracy theorists will always find all kinds of weird reasons, saying that this is a cover-up. In short, Heizi has been black all his life and will never listen to explanations.

Fortunately, there are no such brainless black people in this era. Moreover, there is no extra-legal place like the Internet for Heizi to play. Basically, as long as there is an official investigation, rumors can be refuted.

But the question is, how to get the results of the official investigation?

"How about asking the Holy See to send an investigation team to investigate this is a rumor?" Schwartz suggested.

Machiavelli shook his head and said:

"The Holy See's unilateral investigation may not convince the public. After all, everyone knows the close relationship between His Majesty and the Pope. If the Holy See conducts a unilateral investigation, it may be difficult to convince the public."

"Then invite envoys from other countries to join the investigation in Haiti?" Jeffrey suggested.

"No!" Marin stood up and vetoed it. He insisted:

"Everyone should know that I have been describing the horrors of America, but I don't want people to know the richness of America. If the envoys of powerful countries like France and Spain set foot on the land of America and see the fertile land there, it is hard to guarantee that they will rob thoughts!"

Haiti Island may not be big, but it is not small either. With an area of ​​76,000 square kilometers, it is a little larger than the Kingdom of Naples. Not to mention Spain, if the French, who are extremely greedy for land, see it, don't they think about it?

Therefore, Marin extremely did not want the French envoy to go to Haiti to participate in the investigation, and he was not at all happy!

Kohler has been silent by the side, at this moment, he suddenly said:

"Since His Majesty doesn't want the envoys from France and Spain to go there, then just don't invite them to go there..."

"If you don't invite them, you won't be convincing enough..." Wagner said.

Kohler thought for a while and explained:

"Having said that, as far as I know, these rumors smearing the North Sea country have nothing to do with France and Spain. They are just rumors created by the dissatisfaction and jealousy of some princes in Germany. If this is the case, why don't we directly target these rumormongers? , Let them send envoys to supervise the investigation?"

"Your Majesty is worried that France and Spain will become greedy when they see the land of America. The reason is that France and Spain are powerful and have great sailing potential. However, if we invite the envoys from the inland German states who spread rumors to supervise, it will be considered that they have seen America. So what? They are a small landlocked country, even if they are greedy for those lands, they are unable to send ships to snatch them..."

"Good idea!" Marin slammed the table after hearing this.

Indeed, the few small states that spread rumors to discredit Marin are all small inland states in southern Germany. Even if they send envoys to Haiti Island to see, it's nothing. Anyway, those small states have no possibility of developing navigation. After all, who called them landlocked states?

Even if they were shown the size of Haiti, they would be helpless. To prevent them from spreading the goodness of Colonial America, of course. Therefore, Marin decided to take the investigation team only to the small coastal castle in Santo Domingo that was besieged by the natives, not to the Cuban Havana colony that had been developed into fertile land.

Even when the investigation team went, Santo Domingo had to pretend to be in short supply. For example, the food that is usually very good is changed to only eat sweet potatoes, and eat sweet potatoes for three meals a day. At most, send a boat out to sea to catch some fish. Then, find a poor cook to make some boiled fish in sea water, which is considered an extra meal for the investigation team.

Compared with the fact that the investigation team saw sweet potato rice every day and occasionally boiled fish in sea water to improve their bad life, the envoys from the German states would definitely spread the word when they go back. In this way, it is in line with the theme of Marin deliberately discrediting America in the past.

Of course, you can't just take them to visit the besieged city of Santo Domingo, you can also take them to visit the island of Cuba. However, it could not be the Havana colony in the west of the island of Cuba, nor the mining colony of Moa in the northeast.

Based on the principle of proximity, Marin intends to temporarily build a fake Cuban colony in an undeveloped part of Cuba Island, and invites the investigation team to visit.

This fake Cuban colony must have a certain degree of development, as well as castles and farmland. However, the conditions can't be too good, so that people can't see the superiority of Cuba Island.

So, after thinking about it, Malin finally came up with an idea—choose a place on the southeast coast of Cuba Island, the area closest to Haiti Island, and build a fake colony like the later generations built a studio to fool the envoys of other countries of the investigation team.

And this place was chosen by Marin in a very, very famous place in Cuba in later generations-Guantanamo!

Guantanamo is an excellent harbor on the southeastern coast of Cuba, but the city and harbor of Guantanamo are not well-known. What is really famous is the "Guantanamo Prison" on the east bank at the exit of the harbor.

It was used by Lao Mei to imprison terrorists, and there was also a prisoner abuse scandal, which can be said to be famous all over the world. And the place where Marin wants to build a deceptive "studio" is in the Guantanamo Prison of later generations, an area of ​​about 117 square kilometers.

Marin planned to build a small castle on that land and station two hundred soldiers. Then, people were mobilized to reclaim large tracts of sugarcane fields around the castle, creating the illusion that "here has been reclaimed for a long time".

This is secondary. Marin also plans to dispatch 1,000 of the 2,000 indigenous "puppet troops" in the Cuban Havana colony, disguised as barbaric indigenous fighters, and deliberately come to besiege the castle when the investigation team visits the Guantanamo Castle, causing "" It's dangerous here." Then, through the mouths of those onlookers, it was passed back to Europe, so that everyone can see the "terrible" colonization in America...

As soon as he said it, Marin immediately mobilized a large number of engineering personnel, carried a large amount of supplies, and moved to Guantanamo to build the castle. At the same time, he also ordered Tara to send 10,000 Cuban indigenous serfs to the Guantanamo area to cut down trees and make fields, and to create a sugarcane field to fool the investigation team...

It can be said that Marin is equivalent to building a huge studio in Guantanamo. It works, not to make a film, but to act to fool the bystanders of the princes in the investigation team...

Although building such a large studio, the cost is a bit high. However, if the "terrible" of America is publicized through the mouth of those unfriendly messengers, this investment is still worthwhile. At least, within a certain period of time, the coveting of those powerful competitors can be dispelled...