The Rise of the European Emperor

Remember [New] in a second! After listening to Frederick III's thoughts, "Calvin" raised an objection:

"Your Majesty the Elector, although not confronting His Majesty the Pope has avoided the direct risk, but the idea of ​​tithing tax is probably more dangerous, right? Although His Majesty the Pope will acquiesce in doing so, because it is beneficial to him. But , This is equivalent to touching the cheese of the local church, and Martin may be murdered by them."

James Bond's task was to provide escort for Martin Luther until he completed the religious reform. If you offend the Pope, you may be excommunicated and wanted. But, that's public. It's not a life-and-death enmity, the Pope will not risk his reputation by sending someone to assassinate him. But it was different if he offended the local church. Martin Luther was in the local church and could easily be assassinated by a resentful local priest. And as a clergyman, Martin Luther could not avoid dealing with other priests...

Frederick III thought carefully and said:

"I was negligent, ignoring the threat of those local priests. Well, don't write the idea of ​​dividing the tithes in the theses, and Martin shouldn't publicize this idea..."

"Obviously it was proposed by Brother Calvin..." Martin Luther cooed, he didn't want to take credit for it.

James Bond waved his hands again and again, joking, this kind of death-seeking matter, my agent will not take the initiative to claim it, or Martin, you should take the blame...

Frederick III also agreed to allow Martin Luther to take the blame... No, he took credit for it. why? The credit is concentrated on one person, and the halo is bigger. If it is distributed to two people, neither of them can reach that height. Two big stars are not as influential as a king.

Frederick III was also an old Yin coin. He didn't want to stand out by himself, so he introduced Martin Luther, a passionate young man, as a benchmark. As a benchmark, naturally, the more famous the better, the better to attract enough attention and pick yourself out. Therefore, all halos have to be set on Martin Luther's head, and it is rather tasteless to give the lesser-known "Professor Calvin".

Under the persuasion of two other people with ulterior motives, Martin Luther reluctantly agreed to take the blame...

But Frederick III was more kind. He didn't let Martin Luther publicly preach about the one-third tithe, but let him preach secretly. Moreover, the selection of objects is mainly for those secular nobles who are not financially good. Then, in front of the members of the church, never mention it, so as not to be chopped...

Nobles, especially those with poor economic conditions, are greedy for a stable tax such as tithes for a day or two. Martin Luther put forward this point of view, absolutely in line with their taste. Especially Ulrich, the Duke of Württemberg, who owes millions of gold coins, must be very much in favor of participating in the division of tithes...

Specifically, let the "hot-blooded (easy to fool) young man" Martin Luther first come forward to post posters, questioning the effect of indulgences. Then, send people to arrest those tycoons who bought indulgences who can afford it.

Moreover, the public trial must be stinky.

As for which law enforcement officer to send to carry out the task, James Bond recommended a young judge from Wittenberg-Umot. Judge Umot was born in a baronial family in the countryside below a small city called Plauen in the south of the Electorate of Saxony, but he was not the eldest son and had no right of inheritance. In addition, he is also one of the spies of the North Sea State lurking in the Electorate of Saxony.

As for why the son of a baron of the Electorate of Saxony became a spy of the North Sea State, it is a long story. To put it simply, Umot was impoverished and wandered to the North Sea country. Kohler's subordinates discovered his background in the Elector of Saxony, and then he was drawn into the intelligence agency. After all, the Electorate of Saxony is the vassal state that Marin focuses on, and it would be best to have more people.

As for why Umot, the son of a baron, is poor? It's not that his family is poor, but that his relationship with his elder brother is very bad. After his father died, his eldest brother did not give him land and much property, but according to the tradition, gave him Umot a war horse, a set of plate armor and a lance, and drove him out of the house. Of course, it was also allocated a servant and a mule. After all, wandering knights can't wear plate armor at any time, because it's so tiring, and the attendants have to put the plate armor on the mule's back. Before the battle, the knight put on the plate armor with the help of his attendants, put on the horse, and handed over the lance. At the same time, Umot's eldest brother also seemed to give a lot of money out of kindness.

But the problem is, there is something wrong with the attendant assigned to him by his elder brother...

What's the problem? This servant is a habitual thief and has no family anymore. How could such a carefree thief be loyal? In a small town close to the territory of the North Sea State, the habitual thief finally couldn't help but stole Umot's belongings and ran away.

As for why not take the horse and plate armor along? A habitual thief is not a knight, his status is humble, and he will be suspected if he has a horse and plate armor. If he is found to have betrayed his master, the nobles in other places will also beat him to death as an example to others.

So, the squire who used to steal just took the property and ran off on a mule.

But Umot was miserable, without his belongings, he couldn't even pay for the hotel. So, he had to sell the plate armor to make up for the shortfall. But the problem is, he doesn't understand the dangers of society, and the price was severely lowered, so he didn't sell much. And his war horses need to eat a lot of food every day...

By the time Umot wandered into the territory of Beihai State, Umot's money was almost spent. When I go to a hotel to stay, I only dare to squeeze into Datong shop with the common people of the lower class. That is, at the Datong shop of the country hotel, Umot was targeted by the Beihai spy who also pretended to be a tourist, and got out his information.

Subsequently, Umot was recruited by Kohler's men. There was no way, Umot was running out of money at that time, and Kohler's subordinates gave too much...

As a result, Umot entered the Beihai State Intelligence Agency for more than two years of secret training. After the training, Kohler arranged for him to study law at the University of Cologne for two years before returning to the Electorate of Saxony, and received a gilded university diploma.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Umot is talented and intelligent enough to finish his studies in two years. Instead, the North Sea State intelligence agency spent money, and the professor at the University of Cologne raised his hand and let him finish his studies ahead of schedule.

With a college degree, Umot was originally a down-and-out son of aristocrats, and his value immediately changed. He did not return to Plauen to settle accounts with his elder brother who had plotted against him. Instead, he followed the organization's arrangement and went to Wittenberg, the capital of the Electorate of Saxony, to find a public position similar to a district judge. Of course, it was paid for. After all, Europe's politics are public these days. Until the late 18th century, the well-known Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, also spent money to buy an officer position when he first entered the army. He was a lieutenant when he first entered the army, and later donated majors and lieutenant colonels one after another, starting at the regiment and battalion level.

Of course, the premise is that you must be a nobleman. Otherwise, if you are a commoner, the rich will not sell you. The reason why Umot was spotted by the Beihai State Intelligence Bureau was because he was a son of aristocrats in the Electorate of Saxony. With this status, one can easily donate officials in the Electorate of Saxony. After the donation, Umot became a young judge in Wittenberg.

Originally, Umot might have been promoted slowly step by step. But seeing a good opportunity coming, James Bond couldn't help recommending Umot, his own man.

The reason for doing this is not only to help their own people get promoted quickly so that they can rise to high positions and have access to more secrets, but also because the spies of the North Sea State are more suitable for completing such tasks. Because it is impossible to rely on ordinary judges in this era to know the illegal information of the big family who bought indulgences as quickly as possible. The spies of the North Sea country, who have received modern intelligence collection education, are much better than the native judges of this era.

And the result was not beyond James Bond's expectation. After Judge Umot received the task, with the help of other North Sea spies, he quickly investigated the criminal data of the big purchasers of indulgence notes. During the same period, judges in other regions of Saxony, who received the same tasks as Umot, were much slower. After all, the other aboriginal judges have not received modern intelligence gathering skills, and have no help from spies, so the efficiency is naturally much slower.

In this way, Umot, a seemingly ordinary North Sea spy, quickly entered the field of vision of the Elector Frederick III of Saxony through this incident. Well, in the future, of course it will be a great success...