Although he agreed to discuss the matter of Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marinto's plan to the Principality of the Republic of Luneburg would not be shaken.
Frederick III proposed that most of the land in the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg could be cedeed, but the capital city of Lüneburg should be preserved, as the last homemade territory of the Welf family, it was also a fig leaf. Similarly, it was also a fig leaf for Frederick III himself.
But Marin directly rejected this proposal, why? Because the most valuable thing in the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the salt mine in Lüneburg. If you don’t get the salt-producing capital of Lüneburg, it will be half the failure.
Therefore, Marin proposed to choose another city as the resettlement place for the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Henry and his wife. Marin could recognize his autonomy, but the territory should not be too large to avoid threatening Marin.
Afterwards, the two sides had a fierce debate about where to place the place. Frederick III proposed to place the Henry Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg in Brunswick City, the "land of dragon development" of the Welf family, which can be regarded as returning to the ancestral land.
Originally, the Welf family started in Brunswick City. Later, they also divided the two powerful branches, namely the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbitel and the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
However, the profits of the salt mine in Lüneburg were too great, which made others feel uneasy. So, a duke later took the capital to the city of Lüneburg, which produces "white gold" salt. In this way, the wealthy salt mine was controlled by the duke himself to prevent his subordinates from being greedy.
Then, the original ancestral land of the Welf family was abandoned. However, the two major branches of the Welf family began with the title of Brunswick as the title, indicating their origin.
Therefore, Brunswick City is very important to the Welf family. This is like Fengyang, the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang. Although the Ming Dynasty never regarded Fengyang as its capital, Fengyang was the spiritual capital of the Ming Empire and had a very special status. When Zhang Xianzhong conquered Fengyang and dug the Zhu family's ancestral tomb, Emperor Chongzhen almost cried to death. The Ming Dynasty was also believed to be "exhausted"...
Because of this, Marin did not want to give the spiritual capital of the Welf family of Brunswick to Henry, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, because he was afraid that the Welf family would have the idea of ​​starting over again.
Moreover, according to the engineers of the Chamber of Commerce, there is a potassium salt mine near Brunswick City. That thing is the lifeblood of agriculture and is very important to the North Sea Kingdom. How can it be handed over to the Welf family?
Then, Marin began to consider the city of Hanover. Hanover was very famous in later generations because it was the "land of dragon development" of the Hanover dynasty that once dominated the world. Hanover is now inconspicuous, but as the Welf family moved to Hanover in the 17th century and became the Elector, Hanover became the surname of the Welf family. Later, George of the Hanover family inherited the British throne after Queen Anne's death. Then, Britain and the Electoral State of Hanover maintained a common confederacy for more than a hundred decades, until Queen Victoria ascended the throne. Because the Germans refused women to be kings, the two countries officially "break up"...
However, after checking the map, Marin didn't want to give Hannover to Duke Henry - because Hannover is located at the intersection of the North German Plain and the Central German Mountains. To the south of Hannover is the Harz Mountains.
If Hannover was given to Duke Henry, he would never give only one city, but would definitely bring hundreds of square kilometers of land. In this way, the Harz Mountains would inevitably be surrounded by many places. If some important minerals were surrounded...
Marin thought about it and denied the plan...
But where did Duke Henry be placed? Marin flipped through the map and suddenly turned his attention to the west side of the map...
"Well, I know where to place Duke Henry!" Marin said happily.
"Oh, where?" Frederick III also came up and looked at the picture together.
Marin pointed to the west of the map and said:
"Here, it's here!"
"Geldenberg..." Frederick III frowned.
"It's very good! After all, Gelden was once the capital of the Principality of Geldens, a considerable city. Moreover, the Upper Geldens area around Geldenb also has six or seven hundred square kilometers..." Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that Frederick III did not understand the concept of "square kilometer". So he changed his words:
"After all, the Shanggedes area was once the core area of ​​the Principality of Gedes, with very developed agriculture and sufficient food. Moreover, because Gelden City is on the edge of the Maas River, the shipping industry is developed..."
Frederick III frowned and looked at the map, and said in a tangled manner:
"This place is pretty good, but the Gelden area is a country of Beth after all. Should Henry be demoted to Earl? The people I am guarding not only lost the entire country, but also demoted from Duke to Earl... It has a great blow to my prestige..."
Hearing Frederick III say this, Marin laughed:
"You don't have to worry about this. The duel is clearly stated in the duel - even if they lose, the original title of nobles is still retained, but they lose control of their fiefdom, like the Duke of France. From then on, Lord Henry was still the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. However, he was no longer an independent duke, but a duke of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea."
"So, in the future, Duke Henry can not only directly govern the entire Kingdom of Geldenbo, but also retain the title of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Of course, he has no jurisdiction over the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and can only retain the palace in the city of Lüneburg as a private residence. When he is fine, he can also live in the palace in the city of Lüneburg..."
After hearing this, Frederick III nodded and said:
"It's good that I have the actual fief of a Nei Kingdom and retain the original title of duke... Well, I'm worthy of my sister... But if I only protect my brother-in-law's interests and ignore the other seven princes, it's easy to be criticized..." He is the leader of the princes, and cannot only care about his own family. Otherwise, he will be criticized for being unfair...
Marin looked at him speechlessly, but he had to admit that Frederick III was right. He came to negotiate with him alone, but in the end he only retained a certain amount of autonomous territory for his brother-in-law, which would indeed be criticized for being unfair...
After thinking about it, Marin suggested:
"Let me do this, my plan to annex the eight vassal states remains unchanged. Then, you publicly stated that you would use 300,000 gold coins to buy Geldenbo's country to settle his sister and brother-in-law..."
"I have no money..." Frederick III waved his hands repeatedly. A few years ago, he was extorted by Marin and ransacked by Marin's army. This time he sent troops to fight against the Habsburg family, he also invested a lot of money. The treasury was empty, so where could he get 300,000 gold coins?
Marin smiled and said:
"I just said that it's not that you really want to take out 300,000 gold coins. You promote it to the outside world, but you don't have to give it money. In this way, the outside world will not question your fairness. After all, you spent money to 'buy' the country of Geldenberg to give it to your sister and brother-in-law. Others can't ask you to spend money to buy land for the other seven princes, right?"
Frederick III thought for a while and said:
"Pretending to spend money to buy territory and give it to my sister and brother-in-law is a way, and it is impossible to accuse me of being unfair. However, without helping the other seven princes, it is impossible to show the righteousness of my leader..."
Marin was very much like slandering him - where did you get so many troubles? But when you think of asking him to help restrain the emperor, you have to calm down and find a way...
"In this way, when you negotiate collectively, you pretend to argue. Then, I agree to allocate a large sum of money to the captured seven princes every year as their daily expenses..."
In fact, Marin had already planned to give this money. After all, he could not bear the reputation of abusing the great nobles. But if Frederick III wanted to keep his reputation, Marin simply made a favor, pretended to be more harsh and let Frederick III fight for it before giving it to him. In this way, Frederick III could save some face. With face, he could continue to lead everyone to trouble for the Habsburg family as the "leader's brother"...
Chapter completed!