Chapter 406: Reason
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Although it was judged that the electorate of Saxony and the electorate of Brandenburg would jointly use force against themselves and the two main cities of the Hanseatic League, Marin still did not quite understand. According to his judgment, Denmark should hire these Swiss mercenaries, not two electors.
In fact, Marin was right. Indeed, in the beginning, Danish King Hans intended to hire these 20,000 mercenaries. However, in consultation with the Elector of Saxony Frederick III and the Elector of Brandenburg, Joachim I, King Hans found that it was not easy to bring back Swiss mercenaries to Denmark ...
why? Because the principalities of Schleswig and Holstein were occupied by Marin and the two main Hanseatic cities. It is difficult to allow 20,000 Swiss mercenaries to go to Denmark by land without being discovered. As a result, there is no raid effect.
As for going by sea, it also won't work. Because the Danish navy was wiped out by the two main cities of the Hanseatic League. Now, the waters near Denmark are dominated by Lübeck and Hamburg. It is also impossible to transport 20,000 troops from the sea to Denmark under the eyes of the two cities.
Therefore, the resourceful Saxony Elector Frederick III believed that it was simply impossible to bring these 20,000 Swiss mercenaries to Denmark. For concealment, it is better to put it in the electorate of Saxony and the electorate of Brandenburg.
Anyway, after the war, the two countries must join forces with 30,000 troops to participate in the offensive. It would be better to hide 20,000 Swiss mercenaries in the two countries and wait until the official war begins with the two armies.
As for the territory of Denmark, a group of Swiss mercenary officers were assigned to help train Denmark's 20,000 troops. Once the war begins, the troops of Saxony and Brandenburg will start in the northeast of Brandenburg near Lübeck and Hamburg. After having a good relationship with the electorate of Brandenburg (in fact, it was The Duchy of Mecklenburg in the electoral empire of Den Burg quickly surrounded and attacked the rich city of Lübeck. The 20,000-strong Danish army attacked the Principality of Schleswig south and fought to recapture the Principality.
For the sake of confidentiality, Frederick III came up with a way to send Swiss mercenaries into caravans to Saxony and Brandenburg in batches since last fall. Moreover, this approach did deceive most people. Even the thoughtful Frederick III asked the dozen or so mercenary commanders on the Swiss side to temporarily arrange their families in a hidden place to avoid being heard.
Unfortunately, he still missed a bit, that is-he did not pay attention to currency issues. Because of a down payment to the Swiss mercenaries, Frederick III and Joachim I naturally chose to use their own coins. After the Swiss mercenary received the deposit and spent it along the way, he spent the money. Then, through the use of coins, Marin figured out where the Swiss were ...
Of course, this should not blame Frederick III for being rigorous enough. Rather, because the level of spying in this era is very low, no one will infer useful intelligence from such looting.
However, the spies under Marin are different. They have been trained in modern intelligence at the Marin half-hanger level, and they pay attention to details. As a result, they discovered the special situation in which the Swiss mercenaries used the coins of the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Brandenburg and made Marin guess the truth.
In fact, this deposit should have been paid by King Hans. However, since being defeated by the coalition forces of the four countries, the Danish homeland has been looted by the coalition forces and the financial situation is very difficult. King Hans was able to pull up a 20,000 army, which is already difficult. Where can I pay for the high commissions of Swiss mercenaries?
Therefore, King Hans can only help the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Brandenburg and ask them to pay the deposit on their behalf. This is the previous situation.
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/> Moreover, King Hans made it clear that after the victory of this war, he only wanted to take back the Principality of Holstein, the Principality of Schleswig and the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg that rescued him. He does not want other interests.
And the reason why the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Brandenburg helped Denmark, in addition to the relationship of the in-law alliance, has an important reason-they have an excuse to openly rob Lubeck and Hamburg ...
You know, Lübeck and Hamburg are the two most developed cities in the German region, and none of them. In these two cities, there are many rich businessmen. If we can break through these two cities, it is not surprising that the army has looted wealth worth tens of millions of gold coins.
It is rare that Chia Tai has a bright opportunity to attack Lübeck and Hamburg, and they do not want to miss it. As long as these two cities are captured, the two countries will definitely be "satisfied" and even "support" ...
After all, the countries with these two elected emperors only have hundreds of thousands of gold coins each year. If you seize property worth tens of millions of gold coins, then these two countries will definitely make a lot of money and make a profit ...
Moreover, there is an ambition in the mind of Elector Frederick III of Saxony, that is-he hopes to hit the economy and prestige of Lübeck and Hamburg severely, so that the two cities will lose the status of deputy leader of the Hanseatic League. Then, the Hansa merchants of the Saxony business district rose up, replacing the two cities and becoming the new leader ...
If the core area of the Hanseatic League is transferred from Lübeck and Hamburg to the Saxony business district, it is definitely a good thing for the electorate of Saxony.
But the electorate of Brandenburg, Joachim I, did not think so much. Besides, the country of the Brandenburg Electors under his rule is quite large, but the business is really underdeveloped, and it is still an agricultural country. Even if the decline of Lübeck and Hamburg, the benefits will not be the turn of the agriculture-based Brandenburg electorate ...
In fact, the Brandenburg Electorate is a princely country dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as a poor country. At the very least, it is the poorest princely kingdom among the seven electors.
Brandenburg's true rise was after the succession of East Prussia, that is, after the annexation of the Teutonic Kingdom. Where is the Teutonic Kingdom? It was a commercially developed area, with four Hanseatic commercial cities such as Konigsberg. The industry and commerce were developed and the taxes were more ... At least, it was richer than the electorate of Brandenburg ...
So ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ After inheriting the Principality of Prussia, the Brandenburg Electorate simply used the name of the Kingdom of Prussia when he was promoted to the Kingdom, instead of the Brandenburg Electorate. Because Prussia is truly wealthier than Brandenburg. Even in later generations, the Brandenburg region, with the exception of parts of Greater Berlin and Cottbus, is still relatively poor in rural areas.
Similarly, the early Prussian kingdom also relied on agriculture, but also on the Junker landlord class. It was not until after the war that Prussia obtained the economically developed Westphalian region that the economy began to improve. In particular, there is the famous Ruhr area in Westphalia. After gaining the Ruhr area, and just in time to catch up with the development of the steam engine, Prussia has suddenly become an industrial power.
In short, the current electorate of Brandenburg is still poor. It is because of the relatively large territory, the development of agriculture, and the reliance on the total amount that it barely ranks among the ranks of powerful princes. Economically, it is not comparable to Saxony.
Not to mention the separation of Saxony, but only in more than half of the Saxony region, the Electorate of Saxony has a larger population and more developed businesses than the Electorate of Brandenburg. Therefore, the territorial Brandenburg electorate, which is often headed by the Saxon elector Frederick III ... In addition to the fact that the brain is indeed inferior to others, the strength is not as good as others, which is also an objective reason ...
