Chapter 195: Bishop Taylor

On the way back, Marin received bad news that was not unexpected-Bishop Old Rich finally swallowed ...

Old Bishop was also stubborn. When Marin led the army into East Frisia Lambert in 1498, the old Bishop was dying. Unexpectedly, five years have passed since the old Richie really died. That is to say, Old Ritchie persisted for 5 years in a near-death state ...

Marin thought, Assistant Bishop Taylor must be crying by this time. Not to be saddened by the death of Bishop Old Rich, but excited to finally have the opportunity to succeed.

As early as a few years ago, when Marin had not yet entered the East Frisian Lambert, Assistant Bishop Taylor began to stagnate the then Count of East Friesland, Edsad I, to help him fooling Emden people. When Marin entered East Frisian Lambert, he began to move closer to Marin. He jumped up and down so much so as to be able to take the class of Bishop Old Rich. After all, Old Rich was in a bad health a few years ago. Unexpectedly, Old Rich relied on a trace of residual blood for several years ...

In recent years, Taylor Fudge has helped Marin train hundreds of Flickers by his flair, and was arranged by Marin into the army and churches everywhere.

It's a pity that Marin's heart is very big, and she always feels that a hundred small flickers are not enough, so she urges Taylor to help him train 1,000 small flickers. In this way, East Frisian, including the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg and the Principality of Schleswig, as well as the churches of the American colonies, is full of priests who help Marlin flicker.

However, Fool is also talented. You let Zhao Da Fool go to learn Fudge, one year to learn from others for ten years, you let Fool Root to learn Fool, maybe you won't learn it all your life.

Therefore, it's not that Taylor doesn't need to teach, but learning to flicker is also talented. Before, Taylor taught more than 300 low-level priests, but only 100 teachers. Even among these 100 people, there are also some who are barely going to teach.

Fortunately, Marin now controls three countries, and more young priests can be sent to accept Taylor's teaching. In the future, as long as there are enough foolish priests to teach, he will sing praises to himself while preaching every day. Marin does not believe in social instability.

When passing Bonn, Marin entered the city and visited Archbishop Hermann IV of Cologne.

This time Marin visited Archbishop Cologne, there are two main things to do. The first thing is, of course, to implement the Principality of Schleswig to join the Imperial Parliament, and to confirm his own Duke of Schleswig. This matter is very important. This year's Imperial Parliament has not yet been convened. It seems that it will not be convened until after the autumn harvest. Therefore, Marin needs support. Archbishop Cologne has a high prestige in the northern part of Germany. Some bishops of the bishoprics in the Imperial Parliament completely followed the archbishop of Cologne waving their flags.

Therefore, as long as the Archbishop of Cologne is settled, the approval of a group of bishops will be obtained ...

To this end, Marin prepared many gifts and came to bribe. Of course, the bribery was done by other people, and Marin could not go to Rome with the bribes and then bring it back.

In fact, Marin came to Rome lightly, bribing the property of the Archbishop of Cologne. In fact, Cologne arranged for a horse and then sent it to Bonn. When Marin returned from Rome, Kohler's gift was already delivered.

Herman IV actually participated in the Julius II's enthronement ceremony, but he returned to the country early in the morning after the ceremony. Marin, because of some things, stayed in Rome for a period of time before he was able to see Herman IV.

Moreover, Marin rides a horse, while Herman IV rides a car. Although the departure time differed by several days, Hermann IV actually returned to Bonn half a day earlier than Marin.

After the gift from Marin, Herman IV checked it and found that it was worth tens of thousands of gold coins, which was naturally very satisfying. Therefore, Herman IV naturally agreed to help Marin in the Imperial Parliament.

As for Marin's recommendation of Assistant Bishop Taylor to replace the old deceased Rich to become Bishop of East Frisian Lambert, Herman IV nodded and agreed.

In fact, since the early emperor and the Holy See had the "bishop narrative power dispute" against the bishop of the bishopric territory of Shenra, the emperor and the Holy See finally reached a compromise and signed. The agreement stipulates that the bishop ’s right to appoint a bishop belongs to the Holy See. The emperor has only the right to supervise and does not interfere with the appointment of bishops. In addition, the bishop ’s bishop ’s secular power over the bishopric is granted by the emperor.

However, as the power of the Holy See became stronger and stronger, the emperor's control over the bishopric was basically zero. Especially after the promulgation, because of the emergence of the electorate, the emperor's control of the Shenluo empire declined. The secular rule of the bishopric did not need to be granted by the emperor, and was decided by the Holy See.

In particular, although Maximilian I was elected King of Germany, Maximilian I was not considered emperor because the Pope had never crowned him. How the Pope treats the bishopric, Maximilian I has no say at all.

Of course, as a compromise, after signing, the Holy See also made concessions to the bishops ’secular powers in the secular kingdoms. For example, the bishop of the kingdom of princes, the opinions of the princes are very important. If the princes oppose someone as a bishop, the church should also consider carefully. At the same time, princes also have the right to recommend someone as bishop. As long as the princes can control the field, the candidates they introduce are still easily selected as bishops. After all, the bishop of the princely country was actually elected in the cathedral of his country. After the election, you only need to report it to Archbishop Cologne and other senior archbishops for review and approval. But if the archbishops such as the Archbishop of Cologne approve of objections, then they need to be re-elected.

However, the archbishop would not do such a dismissal of the candidate. After all, this is too offending. Therefore, the general princes and the senior bishops responsible for auditing ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ will reach an agreement in advance, and then go through the process.

Archbishop Cologne received a lot of bribes, and knew that Marin had a good relationship with the new pope, so naturally he would not have trouble with Marin. So, Herman IV let Marin go home with peace of mind, arranging Taylor to be elected ...

So, after returning to East Friesland, Marin arranged for Taylor to preside over the old Rich ’s funeral, and then kept talking to the senior priests of the country and the monastery to persuade them to elect Taylor as the new bishop.

In the face of the strong Marin's "suggestions," most priests naturally agreed. And those who did not agree, Marin directly planned to open up ...

As for how to adjust them? It's very simple-this year, because Pope Alexander VI took the lead, the church was generally corrupt, and many priests supported their lovers, as well as illegitimate children.

If such a broken thing is okay, no one will disclose it. Of course, ordinary princes dare not offend the church. But who is Marin? They are the son-in-law of the pope. Even if everyone does not know that Marin is the pope's son-in-law, he also knows that Marin has a good relationship with the pope today. There is still a problem with the whole low-level priest?

Marin completely destroyed seven or eight senior priests and monasteries who did not give face, and suddenly made the domestic church forces afraid. Then, on the day of the election of the new bishop, Bishop Taylor was elected with a very high vote of 99. As for the only negative vote, Malin specially arranged for the vote. Why? It is too fake to be elected with 100% votes! Therefore, it is necessary to arrange for someone to cast a negative vote to say something ...

In this way, Assistant Bishop Taylor, whose reputation is not so good, was successfully elected as the Archbishop of East Friesland with the strong support of Marin ...