Chapter 267: launch

After a long wait, and the reason for the long distance, the Holy See finally got an echo. Julius II promised John, the nephew of Bishop Conrad, as assistant bishop, and wrote a letter to comfort Bishop Conrad that he would cover Bishop Conrad so that he would not be impeached.

However, at the same time, Julius II also wrote to Marin, scolding Marin for a blood sprinkler. This is because the pope ’s personal promotion of the priest will also attract attention. At this point, the impact is not too good. Julius II was a person who cherishes his reputation and hopes to be praised after his death, instead of clapping his hands like everyone after Alexander VI died. Therefore, in his letter, he warned Marin that he would never allow such indiscriminate promises to others in the future.

After all, the assistant bishop is not a cat or a dog. This is a preparatory leader who is eligible to directly run for the bishop of the bishopric. If some large families with financial resources are obtained, they can almost firmly obtain the position of bishop of the bishopric.

For example, the Ritterberg family of Bishop Conrad, now John has become an assistant bishop, as long as he has a few more years of qualifications, when he has the opportunity, he will use the few years of income from the land that Bishop Conrad helped Marin In part, you can ensure that the bishop of a bishopric country is elected.

According to the plan of the Ritterberg family, it is intended that John will run for the position of bishop of Paderborn. Because the Bishop of Paderborn is on the edge of Ritterberg. If John became the bishop of Paderborn, Ritterberg and Paderborn would form an alliance. Once the Rietberger country is in danger, the Bishop Paderborn will definitely rescue. At the same time, John, who became Bishop of Paderborn by then, would also allow the Ritterberg family to gain a lot of benefits and privileges in the country of Bishop Paderborn.

However, the biggest problem is that the current Bishop of Paderborn is bishop Hermann IV of Cologne. Therefore, John needs to wait until the archbishop of Cologne, Hermann IV, burps before he can run.

After receiving a letter of encouragement from Pope Julius II, Bishop Conrad finally made up his mind ...

At the end of May, Bishop Conrad convened the All-Münster Religious Conference to discuss the transfer of power to Marin. This meeting was very special, and the targets were mainly local monasteries with large tracts of land.

The high-ranking priests and the priests who were in the official position of the Bishop Conrad group had already passed through the bishop Conrad.

For those priests who hold official positions, their interests are mainly in the interests of 50,000 Ugram. It is the monasteries in those places who own the main interests of the church land. Even those priests with official positions are very jealous of the local monasteries.

In other words, the local monastery of the Bishop of Münster is more like a big landlord than a priest. Even the upper levels of the Bishop ’s Diocese of Münster may not have those monks who have a lot of arable land to be nourished.

After all, the land of the church, although nominally belongs to the church. However, in concrete terms, the specific controllers of those lands are monasteries everywhere.

Even the upper levels of the Bishopric of Münster can only collect tithes from those monasteries. At most, the monks who occupy a lot of cultivated land no longer withhold tithe, but pay in full.

But even if the tithe is paid in full, it still accounts for only one tenth of the total harvest. The remaining nine tenths of the harvest, except for the cost and the feeding of serfs, were all swallowed by local monasteries.

Therefore, in a country like the Bishop of Münster, the abbeys occupying the land are not the same as other priests. Even the priests who were favored by Bishop Conrad, who held official positions, were not as cost-effective as those monasteries.

In order to protect his own interests, and because he was jealous of the monasteries who had the benefit, Bishop Conrad and his cronies decided to join forces this time to pit those monasteries ...

The conference was held in the middle compound of Münster Cathedral in Münster. Because the number of people attending the meeting reached more than 300, the church hall could not be crowded, so it had to be held in the church compound. Fortunately, the weather was sunny and there was no rain, otherwise the participants would be out of luck.

However, what surprised the monks who came from the accidental place in Münster was that there were many low-level priests in black robes standing around the compound. However, what makes the monasteries strange is that the black-robed priests seem to be very unpredictable ... and, in the hot days, they put on the hood ...

In fact, where are these priests, clearly the soldiers arranged by Marin. Religious meetings, you make soldiers make trouble at the meeting place, the problem is very big, you may be buckled with a big hat of "blasphemy". Therefore, Marin selected a group of white-faced soldiers who looked like priests in honor, dressed in black robes, holding the Bible in hand, and blocked the exits of the yard ...

At that time, even if these "low-level priests" make trouble, it is also the "internal contradiction" of the church. Even if it is verified afterwards, it is basically "there is no such person." Why? Because they are clearly false priests ...

If you want to find these "false priests", you have to go to Marin's military camp. But do the monasteries of the Bishop of Münster dare? Marin's army is so fierce ...

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Sure enough, when Bishop Conrad announced that he would transfer another 80,000 arable land in the South Münster area of ​​Eugram to Marin, it caused a strong rebound from the monasteries.

For a time, the venue was filled with screams. Bishop Conrad was basically scolded as a dog. If he were not followed by a group of guards, it is estimated that the monasteries would be able to rush to the stage to beat him ...

Bishop Conrad repeatedly told the monasteries that the Bishop of Munster was no longer a church country, but a secular state. The land of secular monarchs is far from churches, which is abnormal. Moreover, in accordance with established practice, the territory was transferred, and the former lord should also transfer most of the land in the territory to the next lord.

It's a pity that the monasteries just didn't listen and thought that the church's land should not be allowed out of an inch. As for Marin, the worldly lord? It's their bird business ...

The monasteries were abusive, and they did not see Bishop Conrad angry. When it was almost noon, Bishop Conrad looked at the time and decided to let everyone vote ...

As a result, Bishop Conrad and his gang of beneficial fields naturally voted in favor. And the deputy monasteries who were present voted against ...

The final result is that the sum of the positive and deputy heads of the monasteries, more than half, is naturally a vote failure. However, Bishop Conrad did not raise his eyes, and conducted a new round of voting. It was still the result ...

When the triumphant monks thought they had won and could go back to dinner, something happened ...

The "black robe monks" who were stuck at the exit, boldly blocked the noble monks back, and said in a whisper, "The priest should be indifferent and want so much land?"

Some "priests in black" also said that "greed is the original sin." According to the rehearsal scenes of Marin, those "lower priests" also opened the "Bible" and turned that sentence to the monks. Then, "admonish" those monasteries and say, "As a monk, to occupy so much land is absolutely due to the original sin of greed ..."

Where are those monasteries willing to listen? So I want to set aside these "black robe priests" to eat out, and some want to use the toilet ...

However, these "low-level priests in black robes" are not true priests, but strong soldiers. Those monasteries are middle-aged and elderly people. Where can they be moved? Then, both sides stalemate ...

The monasteries wanted to break through, but they were middle-aged and elderly people who were weak, and where were these young soldiers' opponents. These young soldiers lined up in a dense formation, and kept saying "greedy is the original sin", "the priest should be innocent", "the priest should not occupy all the land" ... so repeatedly, follow the chanting Same ... Of course, these soldiers who have n’t read the book will only have a few words, or Marin forced them to recite ...

The monasteries were mad and wanted to go out, but there was no way. On the side of Bishop Conrad, who wanted to go to the toilet, under the cover of a large group of guards behind Bishop Conrad, he quietly went from behind.

Then, the sharp-eyed abbey wanted to find the way through the door behind Bishop Conrad, but was stopped by the soldiers. Bishop Conrad told them that it was the inner shrine of Münster Cathedral, and it was not allowed to enter without a charter ... and that was not an exit ...

In this way, a large group of monasteries were blocked in the yard by a group of "black robe priests", and were constantly taught by these bold "black robe priests" that "greed is the original sin", "the priest should "Less situation", "The priest should not occupy all the land" ...

After stalemate for more than two hours, many monasteries were already hungry. Other monasteries can't hold their urine anymore ...

It ’s a very shameful thing to urinate pants. In the end, those hungry abbeys were okay, and those abbeys who could n’t hold their urine chose to succumb, ask Conrad for mercy, and promise to vote in favor , Was sent back to the toilet ...

However, when they came back from the toilet, they would not be allowed to return to the monastery ’s queue. Instead, they would stand by Bishop Conrad and draw a line from the original group ...

Then, Bishop Conrad organized the vote again ...

Unexpectedly, the abbey who finished the toilet repented and still voted against ...

Conrad noticed those people and wrote down the names of those people with a pen and paper:

"Huh, this time the handover of the land is mainly based on the monasteries of some of your capricious guys, depriving most of your land, leaving you with only a certain amount of food ration ..." Conrad thought angrily.

The vote still didn't pass ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ did not reach half, mainly because of the rebelliousness of those capricious monasteries.

Bishop Conrad was impatient, and took his cronies and monasteries who voted in favor through the back door to eat. Those who voted against it were blocked by the soldiers.

In this way, after eating and drinking, Bishop Conrad, with the cronies and veterans who voted in favor, entered the courtyard again, and many people still hiccupped ...

The monasteries were angry, but there was nothing they could do. After all, they are just weak priests, not generals.

Over time, another monastery could not hold back the desire to use the toilet, and chose to give in. But after going to the toilet, several people chose to repent ...

Bishop Conrad did not say anything, but took note of the names of the repentant abbeys and abbeys. While waiting to divide the land, I mainly used them ...

In the end, both sides stalemate until night. When most of the old abbeys were hungry and wanted to use the toilet, the vote was finally passed, and they reached the "absolute pass standard" of more than three quarters ...