Chapter 268: Papal order

Things did not end, after the meeting, many monasteries did not stop. In particular, those monasteries who refused to vote for the remaining quarter. Although the vote was unsuccessful, they did not intend to let Cardinal Conrad off, threatening to go to court.

Bishop Conrad, supported by the Pope, was naturally uncomfortable, so he sneered:

"Want to appeal? Yes, do you want me to provide travel expenses? Bonn or Rome? Anyway! Of course, the Archbishop of Cologne is not qualified to cancel my post. You can only go to Rome. Do you want me to provide a carriage?"

Bishop Conrad is right. Although Archbishop Cologne is the leader of the bishopric states in northwestern Germany, he only has the right to recommend and agree who is the bishop of the bishopric, but he does not have the right to dismiss the bishopric. In this era, the abolition of a bishop, even if not the bishop of the bishopric, requires the approval of the pope. Even the divorce requires the pope ’s personal approval.

If the power of Bishop Conrad is revoked in the hands of the Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop Conrad may be afraid. However, throughout Europe, only the pope has the power to remove the bishop. In this way, Bishop Conrad was not afraid at all. Because the pope not only promoted his nephew John as assistant bishop, but also wrote a letter to comfort him personally. With the support of the Pope, who is he afraid of?

Therefore, in the face of those who opposed him, Bishop Conrad was very arrogant. Even Bishop Conrad threatened to transfer the land to Marin, specifically from the land owned by the monastery where the quarter voted against it.

Although I do n’t know why Bishop Conrad is so arrogant, the people present are not fools. Many people speculated that the behavior of Bishop Conrad should have been tacitly approved by the Pope. Otherwise, no one would be so stupid. Because if the Pope is dissatisfied with Conrad ’s approach, even if the bill is forcibly passed, it can be invalidated.

Bishop Conrad is obviously not a mentally disabled person, otherwise he cannot be the bishop of the two bishopric states. Therefore, many calm monastery deans began to speculate whether someone in the Holy See supported Bishop Conrad to do so. Otherwise, no one wants to die like this.

And the abbey who was adamantly opposed by the quarter, although he felt awkward, but because he did not come to Taiwan, he stubbornly stood up and went to Rome to petition.

Seeing the monasteries leaving by car, Bishop Conrad sneered and ordered the Minister of Agriculture out loud to take out the accounts of the land property rights in the areas where the monasteries were located and began arranging which land was allocated to Marin. Bishop Conrad publicly told the Minister of Agriculture that it was enough to leave enough monasteries to feed the priests. Everything else is transferred ...

The other monasteries present took a deep breath, and Bishop Conrad's approach was too cruel.

It should be known that the so-called field enough to feed those priests means that the food produced is enough for the priests of the monastery to eat, feed and warm themselves, that's all.

According to this standard, I am afraid that none of the country monasteries in the Munster area need more than 100 Ugram land.

However, in fact, because of the large amount of land in the Bishop of Münster, the cultivated land of ordinary monasteries has also reached more than 1,000 Ugram. Wealthy ones, with thousands of Ugram's arable land, are richer than most barons. Therefore, in the Bishop of Münster, every country monastery is equivalent to a wealthy baron.

Moreover, within the jurisdiction of each monastery, the abbeys only need to pay a tenth of the harvest. The remaining 90% is that he takes the big head, and the rest is handed over to his men.

Of course, every time the monastery is renewed, that is, when the last monastery dies, the monastery at this time is not so dragged. Because the bishop can appoint a new monastery. At this time, the priests in the monastery will compete with each other to become the bishop and give many benefits. But after successfully becoming a monastery, he immediately dragged him up, not necessarily ignoring the bishop.

Therefore, the bishops thought maliciously-it would be nice if the monastery died every day. In that case, I have received more bribes from those monastery candidates ...

It is precisely because of the interests of the church land that most of it is held in the hands of those country monasteries. Therefore, Bishop Conrad and his priest officials will only value the 50,000 Ugram's interests. As for the division of the land of the monastery, they do not care much. Anyway, it is not them who have lost their interests, but the priests of the rural monasteries.

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When the monasteries of the Bishop of Münster organized a delegation to Rome to appeal, about 100 religious princes from all over Germany had long written to the Holy See to protest the Holy See as a gift to the secular princes. the behavior of.

In the eyes of those religious princes, if they continue this way, they will one day be treated as rewards for gifts. As a result, they felt a sense of fear about the outcome of the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabruck being given as gifts, fearing that they would be the next gift to be sent.

To this end, hundreds of religious princes in the German region decided to jointly issue a protest to pressure the Holy See to prevent such incidents from happening again.

After receiving the joint protest letter, Julius II also felt a headache. After all, he has just become a pope and has not yet settled down. This upswing was opposed by so many religious princes in the German region. If it is not handled properly, it will lead to a sharp decline in the prestige of the Holy See.

For this reason, after many days of thinking, Julius II finally figured out a countermeasure ...

He issued a papal order against all religious princes in Germany. In the instruction, Julius II took the lead and accused the religious princes of the German region of being somewhat obedient to the Holy See.

For example, on the issue of tithe, various princes began to look for excuses of this kind, and began to default and pay tithe. In short, it is to try to deduct the tithe as much as possible, and is unwilling to give it to the Holy See in full.

Therefore, this time, the two religious princes of the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabruck were presented to Marin as gifts, in addition to thanking them for their outstanding contributions to the Holy See, the Bishop of Münster and Os The Bishop of Nabruck is also an important reason. Because, in recent years, the tithe paid to the Holy See by the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabrück has been reduced from about half to 30%. Therefore, these two countries will become the target of the surgery by the Holy See ...

In fact, only 30% of the tithe paid to the Holy See by the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabruck in the past few years. The reason is that the Bishop of Münster and the Archdiocese of Cologne jointly deducted a tithe of about 20% for various reasons. Among them, Archbishop Cologne took the big head, and Bishop Conrad took the small head. Moreover, the lead is also the Archbishop of Cologne.

However, when Julius II blamed, he did not blame Archbishop Cologne, nor did he specifically blame Conrad, but blamed the bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück, and The act of giving the two countries to Marin is interpreted as a type of punishment.

Moreover, in the instruction, Julius II also threatened-if any religious princes are found to be tax evasion and tax evasion, the end of the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabruck will be their example ...

Of course, as a veteran politician, Julius II naturally understood the method of "playing a stick and giving two dates". At the end of the order, Julius II also announced that the bishops of the bishopric states were allowed to collect a tenth of the harvest from the church lands of the subordinate monasteries as a subsidy for the daily expenses of the bishopric states.

This policy benefited the bishops of the bishoprics, and it was the monastery at the lowest level who was harmed. However, Julius II did not care about the views of those monasteries. Because, in the final analysis, those monasteries are only rich men in the countryside. They do not have an army, nor do they have a say in national affairs. They are just a group of very affordable priest leaders. Even if they opposed the Holy See, there was no sound to release P. Unlike the bishops who hold military power and have a say in the situation in Europe, their voices will be heard ...

Sure enough, after this papal order was made public in Germany, the bishops were very dissatisfied with the threatening tone of Julius II. However, the "two dates" given at the end really liked them.

From the hands of the highly independent monasteries under his command, it is legal to obtain 10% of the gains, which is definitely a huge gain ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Under the stimulation of this huge benefit, the bishops of the German area, Only cheering left.

Moreover, Julius II also promised in the instruction that as long as those bishops no longer evade taxes, there is no longer the risk of being sent out by the Holy See.

Although it is no longer possible to find ways to swindle from the tithe, Julius II allowed them to legally blackmail the following monastery, but it allowed the bishops to get enough compensation even far more than before. Therefore, the bishops praised the wiseness of His Majesty the Pope ...

As for the monastery whose interests are damaged, dare to say bad things about the pope? Who dares to try? Exactly, the bishop can say that you are "blasphemy", and then take the opportunity to remove the disobedient monk, and then replace yourself. The most unlucky, you can also take the opportunity of re-election of the monastery, wantonly bribe the candidates ...

In this way, Julius II congratulated the bishops by harming the interests of the lower-level abbeys who had no say, and soon consolidated his reputation in the German region. For a time, Julius II became the most popular pope among German bishops (including bishops in other regions). Moreover, because of the fear of being punished as a typical punishment, the tithes of the German bishops will probably not be in arrears and excuses to seek relief. Because there are two unlucky examples of the Bishop of Münster and the Bishop of Osnabruck in the front. No one wants to lose power easily ...