Chapter 134: Land redemption and trusteeship policy (below)
Soon after, under the coercion of the thousands of soldiers and horses sent by Marin, the nobles of the Principality of Schleswig had no choice but to rush to the city of Schleswig to participate in the Marlene's noble meeting.
When Marin dispatched those thousands of soldiers, he allocated most of the horses, including those robbed by Denmark, to them. Therefore, everyone moves quickly. Even those nobles who were coerced into the city of Schleswig came from horseback. Therefore, in less than half a month, all the nobles, large and small, in the Principality gathered in the city of Schleswig.
And Marin took the former Danish Prime Minister Mikel who had just returned to himself, entertained everyone warmly, and introduced Mikel to the nobles of the Principality of Schleswig.
However, Marin frowned that Mikel seemed to be more willing to deal with the Danish nobles in the northern principality of Schleswig. Moreover, Mikel's German is not very good. In this way, it is easy to cause Mikel to reuse the Danish nobility in the north after becoming prime minister in the future.
Of course, there is no need to worry about this. Because Marin had already made plans to redeem Danish noble land and "gift" them to Denmark.
In this way, in the future Principality of Schleswig, there will be a situation where the prime minister is Danish, but the following people are all Germans. In this way, Marin did not worry that Mikel, a lonely Danish, could cover the sky in the Principality of Schleswig.
After all, Marin cannot be permanently stationed in the Principality of Schleswig, but will return to Aurich. On the side of the Principality of Schleswig, in addition to handing over affairs to Mikel, Marin also planned to send a trustworthy general and station 10,000 troops here to guard against the Danish counterattack at any time. At the same time, monitor Mikel's behavior.
At the banquet, Marin took out a barrel of fine wine. These fine wines were collected by Marin from the cellar in the Royal Palace of Copenhagen. Originally, Marin planned to bring it all back. After all, the collection of a powerful king is certainly not bad.
However, it happened to meet the aristocratic meeting, Marin simply took out a few big barrels to entertain the nobles ...
To Marin's surprise, the Principality of Schleswig, with a population of only 150,000, came to 500 noblemen, large and small. For every 300 people, there is a noble ...
And in fact, the number of nobles is much more than that. Because the 500 nobles who came today are actually representatives of each noble family, not all members. In other words, the total number of nobles in the Principality of Schleswig may be as high as two or three thousand, and the number is very large ... In addition, those nobles killed because of resistance have not been included ...
Marin took a deep breath, raised his big glass, and greeted everyone first. Then he said aloud:
"Welcome everyone to come to this aristocratic meeting. I, in the name of the new Duke of Schleswig, welcome you all!" After that, Marin bowed gracefully.
"You are Duke of Schleswig, what about Duke Frederick?" A Danish nobleman said in amazement in German with a Danish accent.
Malin's eyes shone coldly, thinking to himself-Sure enough, these Danes were unreliable, and Lao Tzu had already controlled Denmark, and the goods still thought of Frederick ...
Marin quickly took out the document signed by the Danish King Hans and the document signed by Prince Frederick to renounce the title of Duke of Schleswig for the delegates of these nobles to visit.
On the sidelines, former Danish Prime Minister Mikel said to everyone with a smile:
"Yes, I have personally witnessed the signing of this document by His Majesty King Hans of Denmark, and granted the title of Duke Schleswig to Master Marin!"
Mikeel is the former Prime Minister of Denmark. The people present, except for those noble aristocrats who stayed in the countryside, the knowledgeable and high-profile nobles, knew who he was. Moreover, they are also very curious, why did Mickel abandon the good Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark and ran as Prime Minister of the Principality of Schleswig ...
Actually, Mickel is still wrong. Had he not signed the unlucky diplomatic instrument, would he have to run for life? However, even if you do not run the road, there is a great danger, which is handled as a scapegoat by Danish King Hans. In this case, he had to leave Denmark and turned to Marin who was willing to take him in.
After the collective appraisal of several important local nobles, it was confirmed that these two documents were both written by the Danish King Hans and Prince Frederick, and the ink was authentic.
After confirming his legal identity, Marin began to make a speech. The content of the speech was mainly to repeatedly emphasize that the Principality of Schleswig is an integral part of Germany and should not be controlled by the Danes. The Duke of Schleswig should also be a German ...
Hearing Marin ’s speech, the German nobles in the south of the Principality of Schleswig applauded, while the northern Danish nobility all turned black.
However, in this era, although there were many Danes in the northern part of the Principality of Schleswig, they were not as Danish as the entire northern half of the 19th century during the Pudan War.
Currently, of the 150,000 people in the Principality of Schleswig, only 40,000 are Danes. Moreover, half of this was gradually moved from Denmark after the union of Denmark and the Principality of Schleswig in 1460.
Similarly, among the 500 nobles present, only 100 were Danes. The other 400 people are all Germans. Usually, in the Principality of Schleswig, the Germans and the Danes fought openly. However, the Danes have a king to support them and have more confidence. Although the number is small, they do not fall out of the battle.
Marin's speech clearly supported the German nobles and suppressed the Danish nobles. Those Danish nobles were happy to blame. Some Danish nobles even whispered underneath, intending to secretly trip Marin.
However, they discussed how to trip Marin, and Marin threw a big weapon-the land redemption policy ...
This policy, the first to take those Danish noblemen and announce the redemption of all Danish nobles ......
"Why? Why deprive our land?" Many Danish nobles cried out. For nobles, there are territories to be regarded as real nobles. A title with no territory can only be regarded as a noble noble. If you want to deprive them of their land, it is simply to kill them ...
"When did I say that you were deprived of your land? I paid for it, do you understand?" Malinpi replied with a smile.
"Lost land, are we still considered nobles?" Asked Danish nobles with grief and indignation.
"That ’s not my thing. You know, the Principality of Schleswig is the territory of the Holy Roman Empire and the territory of the Germans. As for the Danes, it ’s no problem to live in the Principality of Schleswig, but want to be a noble here … "After Marlington paused, he lost the following, but obviously, it meant no.
"Yes, yes, this is the territory of the Germans, what kind of nobles are the Danes? They are the ghosts that Christian I had with his son!" At this time, some Germans who were not dealt with by the Danish nobles The nobleman jumped out and supported Marin. Marin glanced at him, his eyes showing appreciation-the person who knows the current affairs is Junjie ...
"Well, I think that although your German nobility did not recognize the German, King Hans should still recognize it. After all, you are Danish. With my money to redeem your land, you can pay King Hans Buy a new piece of land as a seal. "
In this era, the entire area of Denmark, about 37,000 square kilometers (excluding the North Schleswig area), had a population of only 600,000, a large number of free areas. As long as there is money, it is indeed easy to buy territory.
Moreover, this time, because the treasury was robbed, it was when King Hans of Denmark was the most scarce of money. These guys used the money to buy territory and definitely gave King Hans the charcoal.
Although it is very uncomfortable, it will benefit Hans more, but Marin knows that he can't do it too. Otherwise, no one is willing to surrender himself when he attacks other countries in the future. Therefore, he can only pay for the land of these Danish nobles. They were allowed to take their money to Denmark and buy territory from King Hans.
Marin told the Danish nobles that King Hans ’treasury was evacuated by himself, and he was short of money at this time. If the money is used to buy territory from Hans, the territory sold may not be smaller than it is now. Those Danish nobles think about it too, so most people agree to sell land for money. There are also a few who want to oppose it, but under the threat of Marlin's army and guns, they have to succumb.
In this way, Marin cleaned up the 100 Danish nobles in the Principality of Schleswig through the policy of forced redemption.
However, Marin did not allow those Danish nobles to take away any Danish serf when they left. Because Marin also needs labor ...
Next is how to deal with the problems of the German nobility. Marin intends to conduct an assessment among these 400 German nobles. Excellent people will be admitted as local officials, and the land in their families will also be retained. The nobles who failed the assessment, the land of their families, will be managed.
The so-called trusteeship refers to those lands, which in the future will still belong to the nobles of the trusteeship territory, but the actual managers are all replaced by Marin.
However, Marin will not infringe the interests of the nobles who are entrusted to the territory. In the past, how much money they could receive each year. In the future, Marin would give them the same money every year.
But in fact, because Marin knows fertilizer technology, the same field ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ falls into the hands of Marin, and the output can be increased three or four times. For example, the rye that originally produced more than 100 pounds per mu reached Marin, and at least 400 pounds per mu. In that way, the extra two hundred tens of pounds of harvest will be all in Marin's pockets ... But Marin provided the landowners and nobles according to their original harvest ...
In this way, using the original land and serfs, Marin can get more than two hundred pounds per mu of land, which is much more than the land owner.
Moreover, because of insufficient population, a large amount of land in the Principality of Schleswig is still deserted. You know, the Principality of Schleswig is 9,200 square kilometers, but the population is only 150,000, which is similar to the current East Frisian Lambert. However, East Friesland is only over 3,000 square kilometers, while the principality of Schleswig is 9,200 square kilometers. It can be said that there is much land in the Principality of Schleswig, and only hates the lack of people to develop.
But the population problem is really not a problem for Marin. If he wants people, he can directly recruit many poor Germans from the southern region. As long as food is adequate, population is not a problem ...
Moreover, the Principality of Schleswig belongs to the coastal area, with many rivers and lakes, no mountains, and only part of the hills. Under such terrain, it is very easy to develop wasteland as good land. The premise is that Marin will get enough immigrants first ...
Just like this, the official assessment of the principality of the Principality of Schleswig began with an order. It is Mickel who is responsible for the assessment. Mikel has served as the Danish prime minister for ten years. Naturally, he is no stranger to foreign subordinates and very skilled. It was also reassuring for Marin to hand this over to him. However, the German nobles who participated in the assessment did not know that this assessment is related to whether they can control their own fiefs ... because Marin did not tell them in advance ...
