Chapter 251: Politics has factions
Solving the tithe problem, Marin was in a good mood. However, after returning to Münster, his mood was not so good. Because, a bunch of civil servants cry there-not enough manpower!
Marin only brought a total of 30 civil servants. Although there are 10 college students in the Middle Ages, the number is too small!
These 30 people are reluctant to take over the administration of the city of Münster, let alone take over the affairs of the entire bishopric of Münster. It is a pity that Marin is unable to take over the entire Bishop of Münster now.
Previously, in order to manage the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg and the Principality of Schleswig, Marin had sent all the civilian personnel. Now these 30 clerks are still out of Marin.
However, it is not enough for such a few people to take over the Bishop of Münster with an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers and a population of 500,000.
At most, this group can only take over government affairs in and around Münster. As for farther places, they simply can't manage it.
It should be known that in future generations, in any small town, there must be a management team of hundreds of people (including various institutions, such as police stations, power supply stations, finance offices, tax offices, water conservancy and other units). The 30 people brought by Marin can manage the city of Münster, which is pretty good.
Moreover, the Bishop of Munster also has a very strong local power. Moreover, in some small places, official forces cannot be managed specifically, and can only choose to cooperate with local people. In ancient China, except for a county master in the county, the village relied on clan leaders to help manage it. In ancient Europe, the locals were managed by little nobles and manor owners. Basically, the officials ordered by the princes can only be managed in towns and rural areas, and they are all managed by local nobles or manor owners.
However, as a new foreigner, Marin also lacks a bridge to communicate with local nobles and manor owners. Even the civil servants responsible for managing the town are extremely scarce. You know, 10,000 square kilometers can build several small countries in Europe. Even in later China, it was possible to establish two prefecture-level cities and a dozen counties.
For ten counties, God knows how many civil servants are needed. In later generations, a county has at least hundreds or thousands of civil servants. Even if there are few civil servants in ancient times, a county needs at least dozens of civilian officials. It was still in the case of giving up the management of the countryside, that is, the rural areas were mainly given to the cooperating little nobles and manor owners. But even so, the Bishop of Münster needs at least a civilian team of several hundred people ...
But now, where is Marin going to find hundreds of civil servants? Is it possible to choose to retain only those clerical clerks?
However, in this way, Marin is easily aerial ...
You should know that the bishop Conrad, the boss of the priests, did not leave his job, and still stays in Münster. If Marin dared to retain the clerics and civilians appointed by Conrad, there was a 100% chance of being aerial. Unless, Bishop Conrad leaves Münster or dies ...
Therefore, in order to control the secular governance of the bishopric of Münster, it is inevitable to replace all the civil servants.
However, Marin is now short of civil servants. Where can he get civil servants? Is it going to open job fairs? Marin shook his head and shook off this unreliable idea.
This era is not a later generation, there are so many college students. As long as the signboard is erected, there will be a bunch of college students to grab food. In this era, there are very few scholars. The ten college students brought by Marin are still the civilian college students he dug out. Those aristocratic college students are not birds of birds. Because the future of others must be brilliant. Having a noble identity, coupled with the halo of college students, is almost inevitable. Only those civilian college students, although they have a halo of college students, but would be more difficult to get ahead, will accept Marin's recruitment.
For example, among these 10 college students, Marin positioned them as the future administrator of the Bishop of Munster. In other words, these 10 people will definitely be members of the same party in the future. At the very least, they will manage a county-level place. Therefore, they will follow Marin willingly.
However, these 10 college students alone are useless. There is only one bare chief, and no assistant officials can effectively manage a place.
Medieval readers are so at least, everyone is a baby. That said, Marin promoted a comprehensive education system in East Friesland. However, those gangs of children haven't finished their primary school courses. When they grow up, the daylily becomes cold ...
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Just when Marin frowned at the source of the civil servant, at night, a downcast old monk visited him ...
"Well see Lord Earl!" After seeing Marin, the desolate old monk respectfully gave Marin a salute.
Unlike the monks who belonged to the Bishop of Conrad, this old monk respected Marin. And those monks who belonged to the Bishop of Conrad had never had a good look at Marin.
"Are you?" Marin apparently had not seen the old monk.
"Adult, my name is Kuson. I originally followed the former Bishop Henry III of Münster. I previously served as the State Secretary of the Bishop of Münster.
"What? Secretary of State?" Marlin was shocked. It was equivalent to the assistant of the prime minister, a properly senior civil servant. But why does this product look so dismal?
Marin raised his doubts ...
"Ah--when you change the bishop, you have changed a lot of officials ..." Senior Cunson sighed.
"Is it-a son of the emperor and a courtier?" Marin asked.
The old monk froze for a while, but soon reacted:
"That's true, Master! Originally, those of us who followed Henry III, the predecessor of Münster, were abandoned after the death of Lord Henry III, after Bishop Conrad took office ..." Kussen said with emotion.
Marin sighed, but suddenly looked up:
"What do you mean? After Bishop Conrad took office, he abandoned the original officials?" Marin almost jumped up. Doesn't this mean that there are many downgraded civilians left by Bishop Munster?
"Yes, after Bishop Conrad took office in 1497, within 6 years, he did replace most civil servants, leaving only Ken loyal to him. Those who were loyal to the former bishop like me were abandoned by him. Of course, many civil servants who are willing to switch to him have been retained. "
Marin depressed his excitement and asked:
"So, Father Kusen, how many people are abandoned?"
Old Kusen thought for a while and said:
"There are probably more than two hundred people ... all of us can only do things and do n’t know how to flatter and please the new bishop. So, they are all abandoned. Those who know how to flatter and please Bishop Conrad are all Was retained or even promoted. "
"that is really good!"
At this time, Marin really thanked Bishop Conrad for the political struggle in the Bishop of Münster. Of course, from the standpoint of Bishop Conrad, there is nothing wrong with it. In order to implement his will in the Bishop of Münster, changing officials who listen to his own words is indeed a good way to control the Bishop of Münster. Like Marin now, he also intends to control the Bishop of Münster by replacing officials who obey himself instead of those appointed by Conrad.
Speaking of which, there are many priests in a country like the Bishop of Munster. Moreover, they also rely on the priest to rule the country. Therefore, the Bishop of Munster is not the same as the East Frisian Lambert. A secular country like East Frisian Lambert never thought of having a priest as an official. This was also to limit the influence of the church.
The Bishop of Münster is different, it is a church country, and everything is managed by priests ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Therefore, there are many priests in China who understand administration. In addition, the priests are all cultural people, and it is relatively easy to get started.
Although Marin did not want the priest to participate in state management too much, he could not manage so much in the current shortage of manpower. In particular, according to old Cucson, there are more than 200 people in their group!
Although, to manage the entire bishopric of Münster, even in the case of abandoning the countryside, it would require four or five hundred civil servants. However, what Marin needs now is to quickly take over government affairs, and he can't control that much.
The more than 200 desolate priests, according to Coosen, are all veterans of government affairs. Moreover, because of being abandoned by Bishop Conrad, the relationship with Bishop Conrad is very poor.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about using these people to pit themselves with Bishop Conrad.
Therefore, Marin asked the old monk Cucson to summon the abandoned priests with administrative experience and let them take orders from themselves.
At this moment, Marin suddenly thanked the political faction in Bishop Munster a few years ago. Otherwise, Marin will not get more than two hundred priests with administrative experience ...
