Chapter 935: Send troops for coronation
In the original history, in order to resist Venice's offensive against the Papal State, Pope Julius II formed the "Cambrai Alliance", uniting most countries in Western Europe, and jointly fighting against the arrogant and powerful Venice.
In exchange for Maximilian I sending troops to attack Venice from the north, Julius II not only crowned Maximilian I, but after the charter, the Holy Roman Emperor did not have to come to Rome to be crowned, but could be crowned in the country. But since then, the Holy See ’s ability to interfere with Germany has been memorably reduced. And Germany, since then, broke away from Italy and began to close the door to concentrate on fighting ...
Of course, at that time in history, Venice took the lead in attacking the Papal State. The Papal State could not resist the offensive of Venice and was forced to seek help from various countries. Therefore, Julius II also paid a huge price. Among them, allowing Emperor Shinra to be crowned on his own later caused the Holy See to lose its direct intervention in imperial politics and still have an influence on the bishopric.
However, in this time and space, because of the emergence of Marin, Venice is now going all out to dig the Suez Canal, and it is not doing anything in Italy at all. Therefore, Julius II will not be forced to seek help from other countries. Therefore, only the emperor begged him. In this way, Julius II can ask for prices. Maximilian I was not a fool, nor did he want to be slaughtered too much, so he hired Marin as an intermediary, hoping to reduce his pay and get the emperor crowned.
However, Maximilian I never thought that Marin was actually the son-in-law of Julius II. From a pro-sparse perspective, it is actually closer to Julius II. Therefore, after being asked by the emperor, Marin did not sincerely help the emperor, but thought about how to help the father-in-law to kill the emperor ...
To this end, Marin also found the envoy of Julius II, Skony, to discuss **** Maximilian I ...
But the Skony butler said bluntly:
"Frankly speaking, the little masters, Skony, knew that Angela and Felice were both Marin's women. They were naturally called the little masters of Marin. All Europe knew that His Majesty Maximilian I was a poor ghost emperor. Then , Little master, even if we want to knock him a stroke, the poor ghost ca n’t get it out ... "
Marlin suddenly looked embarrassed, and he almost forgot the exhaustive attributes of Maximilian I.
Originally, because Marin gave birth to that year, he sent Maximilian I a million-dollar French knight prisoner of war and a large number of war horses and weapon armor, which filled all the financial deficits of the Habsburg family and had a large surplus. .
However, it was Marin. In order not to make the Habsburg family too strong, the emperor was encouraged to march into Switzerland, first occupying the Graubünden area, and then occupying most of Switzerland.
The army is not moving, and the grain and grass go first. He also said, "A cannon blows, and gold costs 20,000" ... Because the French supported the Swiss resistance and the Habsburg family's army in the tug-of-war in Switzerland, the emperor consumed a lot of grain and military expenses ...
Then, the Habsburgs, who haven't had a good day in the past few days, started to be in debt again ...
Although Skony said it is straightforward, it is also a big truth Maximilian I has returned to the nature of the poor. It's really hard to knock out oil and water from Pombi ...
What does the Habsburg family have? Well, they have noble blood, and there are vast territories including Austria, Tyrol, the Netherlands, Franche Comté, and now the eastern half of Switzerland ...
It stands to reason that with so many territories, the Habsburg family should be very rich ...
However, it is precisely because the Habsburg family has developed for hundreds of years, the family size is very large, and various branches are spread all over the place. There are more than a dozen Habsburgs in the Duke and Earl. As for the branches of the baron and the knight, there are too many branches.
Therefore, there are certainly many Habsburg family territories, and there are too many families that can eat. Then, in the end, it fell into the hands of Maximilian I. In fact, there are not many. What's more, most of this money needs to be used to maintain the huge army of the Habsburg family ...
Therefore, the Habsburg family seems powerful, but their owner and emperor Emperor Maximilian I is a full-fledged poor, and the budget is always in deficit. In order to maintain the operation of the territory, Maximilian I had to often borrow money from the top chaebols such as the Fugel family. In order to obtain a loan, Maximilian I mortgaged the large copper mine in the Tyrol area to the Fugger family, making the Fugger family a copper tycoon. However, Marin's development of the Faylun copper mine in Sweden has affected the earnings of the Fugel family. However, in general, the Fugger family won no loss of copper. Moreover, they also obtained many silver mines in Austria.
It stands to reason that the Fugel family should prosper because they control so many copper and silver mines. However, the Spanish colonial empire of Charles V of Te Miao mined massive amounts of silver in the Americas, which greatly reduced the value of silver. As for copper, it is because of the large-scale development of the Swedish copper mine and the influx of cheap copper in the east ... The precious metal empire of the Fugger family finally broke ...
Of course, there is another reason for the decline of the Fugger family ...
After the death of Charles V, his son Philip II became king of Spain. Because of the high debts, Philip II's shameless actually declared the Spanish Empire bankruptcy ...
What is bankruptcy? Bankruptcy means you can't afford debts ...
Ordinary people are bankrupt, and the only assets are to be collected and sold to pay back the money. However, the shameless king declared bankruptcy, and you dare to take his palace to auction for money? Do you dare to take away the king's royal territory for auction? No! Therefore, when the royal family declared bankruptcy, it was actually a bad debt ... After being used by the Spanish empire for several times, the Fugger Bank Empire was finally unable to sustain ...
How to say, personal bankruptcy is like a collapse, so do n’t try to turn over from now on. The fact that the country is bankrupt is actually an act of delinquency without Bilian. Therefore, personal bankruptcy is like a collapse. And the bankruptcy of the country is to pit a creditor. Even if they go bankrupt, the officials are still all kinds of chic, what can you do with them?
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Marin withdrew his far-reaching thinking and began to think about what is better than the emperor's ...
Suddenly, Marin remembered that he was in a shortage of soldiers when he entered Siena. So he said to Skony:
"Otherwise, let us take this opportunity and let His Majesty the Emperor send troops together?"
"Let the emperor send troops together? Why, little master, you don't have enough soldiers and horses?" Skony questioned.
"Not enough, but I can't transfer all the troops from the country to attack Siena. What if someone sneaks into my hometown? Angela and Caesar's safety is also important!"
Skony nodded in agreement, saying:
"That's right, the safety of the lady and the little master is very important!"
Then Skony asked again:
"So, how many troops do you intend to send His Majesty Maximilian I? You know, this time in Siena, the old master can take the opportunity to give you the east coast of the wild continent. If the Habsburg family sends a lot of troops , Most of the credit is taken away, your importance is reduced, and the old owner is not too partial! "
Marin nodded and said:
"Well, this is also ... Well, I sent 15,000 troops, including the 7,000 people sent to the Papal State, the total number is 22,000. We can make His Majesty the Emperor also send 20,000 troops. So, we have more than 40,000 troops, you can also quickly win Siena! "
Scone thought for a while and said:
"I don't have any doubt that you have 22,000 soldiers, but your majesty, the poor man, can really afford the cost of the 20,000 army? No salary, but the food and grass consumption, can your majesty the poor man afford it?"
Marin froze ...
It is true that there are no shortage of warriors in the Habsburg family territory, but the expenditure to maintain the army ... the food is spicy and expensive, and Maximilian I can't afford it ...
However, this is not a problem for Marin ...
So he self-channel:
"You can tell His Majesty the Emperor that the food is provided by the Pope. Actually, I will provide it!"
"This ... will you lose too much, little master?" Skony said hesitantly ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ This wave is not losing, I have a lot of food in the granary! For me, time and credit are the most important. After finishing the fight earlier, I can return to the country to stabilize the situation. Moreover, military food can also be written into the credit book, and my father-in-law gave me the wilderness of the east coast of the mainland. Is there any more reason? "
Scone nodded helplessly:
"Just be happy! But in what name should the army of His Majesty the Emperor help the Pope to attack Siena? It can't be said that it is a trading condition?"
Marin thought for a while and said:
"This is simple. I asked His Majesty Maximilian I to follow the old tradition and lead 20,000 troops into Rome to seek coronation. Then, the Pope invited him to attack Siena together. In this way, no one objected ..."
"Hey, march into Rome, this is a good reason, and it's hard for others to say anything!"
In fact, the former Emperor Shenra basically experienced the experience of "marching into Rome", otherwise he could not be crowned emperor. However, "marching into Rome" is more the emperor showing off the force to the pope and coercing him to crown him. But this time differently, the pope invited the emperor to help himself to work ... And, since the 15th century, the emperor gradually lost his prestige and no longer had the ability to intimidate the pope. For example, the Emperor Frederick III, the father of Maximilian I, was crowned by bribing the pope ...
In addition, the pope now owns Marin ’s 7,000 soldiers, and he has also recruited tens of thousands of Italian mercenaries, not soft persimmons. If someone wants to pinch, it's hard to pinch ...
Therefore, it is a very reasonable suggestion to invite Maximilian I to send troops to siege Siena. Sconey intends to return to Rome at an early date, and asks Julius II. After all, Julius II had the final say ...
