The Rise of the European Emperor

After the Zen Ceremony was over, Marin not only received the canonization, but also the crown and seal of the Duke of Egypt presented by Maximilian I, all of which were pure gold, and it was considered a money spent by the stingy emperor.

But the emperor is excited at the moment. Although he spent a lot of money, he has obtained the position of an emperor, and it can be automatically hereditary, and does not require the crown of the pope.

Moreover, in addition to the recognition of the Holy See, the princes within Shinra basically recognized the status of Emperor Maximilian I as Emperor Dongluo. Even the twin kings of Spain considered recognizing Maximilian I as emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire...

Why would the Spanish kings plan to admit it? Still in France. At the beginning, everyone knew that Charles VIII forced the purchase of the Roman crown. Spain and France are mortal enemies, and naturally they do not want France to gain the Eastern Roman throne.

And Maximilian I was the in-laws of the two kings of Spain, but both sides married their daughters to the other's sons, and they were allies.

Before, the two kings of Spain did not make up their minds to buy the Eastern Roman throne, because they were concerned about the attitude of the French. But now the father-in-law wants to buy this throne. Although the two kings are not very comfortable, they still intend to support it. At the same time, it is also to let Maximilian I block the mine and attract the hatred of the French.

As for King Henry VII of England, he also intends to recognize the status of Maximilian I. Why? Also to make France uncomfortable...

It was no longer a secret that France took in Count Edward, and Henry VII was already mad. So, anything that hits France, he supports it. Therefore, both England and Spain intend to recognize the identity of the Eastern Roman Emperor of Maximilian I...

In the whole of Western Europe, only France is the only country that refuses to recognize the legal status of Maximilian I as the Eastern Roman Emperor. Their reason is that the crown, which symbolizes the identity of the Eastern Roman emperor, is still in Paris, and Maximilian I did not get the Eastern Roman Empire crown. The zen ceremony used a new imitation crown, not an inherited crown, so it is illegal... …

To tell the truth, Louis XII wanted to send troops to attack the Netherlands near France. However, because Maximilian I controlled the transportation hub of the Graubünden area of ​​Switzerland to Italy, it was easy to send troops south to attack the Principality of Milan, and France was nowhere near as good. Therefore, if France really wants to attack the Netherlands, Austria can also attack Milan, which currently belongs to France, or even Naples...

Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Louis XII gave up the plan to start a full-scale war with Maximilian I, and instead fully supported the Swiss Union and the emperor.

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For the current situation, Marin is very satisfied. Marin blocked the chance of the Habsburgs uniting to rule Spain because he rescued the Spanish Prince Ann. Therefore, Marin still feels a little guilty for the emperor. Therefore, he gave the emperor the opportunity to buy the Eastern Roman throne, fulfilling the emperor's dream of being an emperor in advance.

Because Prince Juan has already given birth to a male heir, whether it is Princess Isabella of Portugal or Juana, the crazy girl who married Prince Philip, has lost the chance to get the Spanish throne. Therefore, the Shinra Empire will not have the opportunity to receive continuous financial support from Spain in the future, so that it has the money to hang up France and deter the princes.

Originally, this was a good thing for Marin, who was also a prince. But Marin also knows that in the future, Austria needs to fight against the Ottoman Turkey. Therefore, the power of the Habsburg family also needs to be strengthened. Otherwise, Austria would not be able to rely on Vienna, as in the original history, to resist the Turkish attack for two hundred years.

Therefore, in the future, Marin intends to help the emperor clean up the Swiss, so that he has the energy to pull out his strength to deal with the Turks' attack. However, the time is not yet ripe. Because, the Habsburgs have not yet obtained Hungary, which has a direct border with Turkey.

Only when the Habsburgs got Hungary will they start a confrontation with Ottoman Turkey. That was when Marin supported the Habsburgs.

Now, if you support the Habsburg family in advance, maybe the Habsburg family will take the opportunity to grow bigger, and then start to clean up the princes and destroy the domestic balance...

Therefore, Marin's support for the royal family is mainly on the surface, and the form is greater than the actual. Until the need for the Habsburgs to fight against the monster of Turkey, Marin will fully support them...

Moreover, according to Marin's knowledge, Frenzberg has already started to help the emperor train the army, and the combat effectiveness of the Austrian army will definitely be improved.

Speaking of which, Marin was reluctant to let Franzberg go. He is the only general under Marin, a little bit stronger than Schwartz.

However, Marin knew that Frenzberg was more inclined towards the orthodox Habsburg family of the royal family. It would not be considerate to stay by his side. It would be better to send it to the emperor, which is also his own support for the emperor.

In fact, Marin is a very insecure person. For his subordinates, he only trusted the five servants and Kohler who had followed him. Marin didn't trust the other wandering knights halfway. After all, these wandering knights from aristocratic families have too many ideas of their own, and they defected to themselves only for wealth, not for their own good.

Therefore, Marin is looking forward to resting the teenagers who are still studying in school. They grew up being fooled, and when they became adults, they were basically fooled to become die-hards. Moreover, because of the high cultural quality, there is no problem that they can catch up with Schwartz, at least better than the two mediocre guys Garland and Tara.

Most importantly, they are mass-produced...

As long as there are enough numbers, it can completely make up for the difference in individual abilities. Also, they are trustworthy...

When this group of teenagers grows up, Marin plans to gradually purge the officers who are not loyal enough to be a wandering knight, and gradually marginalize them or put them on the air, and replace them with his own loyalists. At that time, he will be able to completely control the army, and he will also have a high-quality modernized army, and he can start the hegemony mode.

For now, because there are many wandering knights who are not on the same side as him, Marin still has doubts about the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the army. Of course, no matter what, because of advanced weapons and training methods, our own army still surpasses the armies of other countries in this era.

The current problem is that these middle and high-level officers from wandering knights have a fixed mindset and have their own set of ideas. Some of Marin's advanced ideas, which he wanted them to implement, were always changed into things that fit their ideas and were discounted.

At present, only Schwartz is among the senior generals in the army. Because of his declining background, he has not systematically received the military education of this era. Therefore, he listens to everything from Marin, and has done a better job in military reform. And, for any of Marin's decisions, there will be no questioning. And this is exactly what the modern military officer needs.

Of course, completely unconditional listening to Marin alone is not scientific. To truly achieve rationalization of command, we still have to wait for the establishment of the staff. However, if a group of old-fashioned wandering knights were to establish the staff, Marin might as well not establish it. Because their old-school military thinking may drag down the level of the staff. Therefore, the staff, Marin also plans to wait for the children in the school to grow up before establishing it.

Now, the teenagers in the school are learning the textbooks written by Marin himself. When I am older, I will also study the military textbooks written by Marin. Through education, they will have a complete modern military thinking. At that time, the staff formed with them as the core will not have remnants of old-fashioned military thinking, and will be more advanced and more suitable for formulating suitable plans...

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After returning to East Friesland, Marin announced to his men that he had become Duke of Egypt. It's a little bit unclear to everyone, what's the benefit of this Egyptian duke title that has no real benefits...

But when Marin announced that he could elevate the status of those Italian beauties in the name of the Duke of Egypt, so that they would be worthy of the status of the nobles, many people were excited...

The most exciting ones are those who have followed Marin since they were commoners and were promoted to nobles. They have also seen the group of Italian girls, all of them are beautiful, very exciting. Of course, this was specially chosen by Art, isn't it beautiful?

Marin took a closer look and found that some officers in the army who were born as wandering knights, because of the inherent family hierarchy concept, although they were excited, they were not excited. Even though Marin said that he could raise those girls to noble status, these people were not tempted.

Marin sighed in his heart - as expected, it is difficult for these wandering knights to change their minds. They have been educated by the knight class since childhood, and their old-fashioned ideas have been deeply rooted in their brains. It's really hard to change them...

On the contrary, the nobles from commoner backgrounds, including Schwartz and Kahn, are very interested in this...

Because they are of civilian origin, naturally they will not look down on those Italian girls who are also civilians. Moreover, Marin's willingness to improve the status of those girls can be considered to help them solve the concerns of "intermarriage between nobles and concubines".

Therefore, Kahn, who thought of a woman for the first time, exclaimed excitedly:

"Master, I want one... No, I want two Italian beauties!"

Marin was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, and the others also laughed out loud...

"Kahn, according to the law, you can only marry one girl. It is against the law and canon to marry two girls!"

"Ah? Is that so?" Kahn scratched his head, then muttered:

"I just think those girls are good-looking and good-looking, but the horror can't stop the tossing of my bullish physique, so I only need two..."

This time, everyone couldn't straighten their backs with laughter... Kahn was too sincere...

Marin finally stopped laughing and said to Kahn:

"Okay, I can give you two girls, but you can only marry one girl..."

Kahn scratched his head honestly:

"It's so troublesome, who should I marry..."

Marin was speechless. Before picking two girls, he was worried about who to marry, and he was really simple and honest. With such an IQ, he can only be his chief guard. Or, lead the team in charge of the charge. Let him be the commander-in-chief, and the army will definitely be defeated...

Everyone began to discuss the group of Italian beauties enthusiastically. However, Marin poured them a basin of cold water:

"Okay, gentlemen, do you want a woman? Okay, let's wait until after Yevre's fight. Whoever performs well will pick first. If the performance is particularly good, you can pick two..." Marin tempted.

"Wow..." Everyone was suddenly excited...

"My lord, let's fight, I want to be the vanguard! I want two beautiful women..."

"But young master, it's illegal to marry two wives..." Kohler reminded.

"It's nothing, another public lover..." Marin said indifferently. He himself is a wife, a lover, and a sister-in-law... Therefore, he can't ask his subordinates to abide by the rules.

"However, the child born by the lover is an illegitimate child and has no right of inheritance..."

"Is this a thing? As long as they are willing to do things well and make great contributions, if I am happy, I can canonize their illegitimate sons as knights or knights..."

Kohler was speechless for a moment, he forgot that Marin could elevate ordinary people to nobles...

And Marin's promise made the lieutenant soldiers high in fighting spirit. Because, Marin said, a well-behaved officer can not only choose a beautiful Italian girl as his wife, but also choose one more as his lover. And soldiers who perform well even have the opportunity to choose a beautiful woman as a wife...

Therefore, whether it is an officer or a soldier, they are eager to participate in the war, and hope to get a beautiful wife through excellent performance...