Marin was speechless about the many imperial free cities in Germany with independent judicial power. Nominally, they were directly under the emperor. But in fact, they had long spent money to buy autonomy from the emperor, and the emperor could not take care of them. Only when the empire was invaded by major foreign enemies would the emperor and the imperial parliament have the right to ask them to share military expenditures, but they did not have to send troops.
However, because the Habsburg family was boycotted by most princes and bishops, Emperor Maximilian I wanted to collect taxes and participate in the Italian war, but they were rejected. Therefore, the imperial cities are living a very prosperous life now, and they don’t have to pay taxes to the higher authorities, and they have money to use it themselves. At most, let the guys in the city hall get some benefits.
Moreover, the way of imperial urban autonomy in this era was to gather citizens and cook very much. As long as you win over enough people, you will have a strong voice. Krupp's father Gross was originally skilled and had prestige. Unfortunately, because of his bad temper, he always fought with others. Therefore, he could not beat Fox, the old clerk of the clerk. Fox was versatile, very skilled, and more connected than Gross, so he could suppress the craftsman-level Gross and embarrass him.
Historically, it was not until the period of Charles V that management reforms were carried out and the Hanseatic League's Lufthansa parliamentary system was introduced, and the political situation of the imperial free city would change drastically. At that time, the system of citizens' gathering and voting would be replaced by the Lufthansa parliament composed of nobles and big merchants. Then, the citizens of the imperial city would lose their rights.
However, it was a reform plan that was forcibly passed when Charles V beat France with force and shocked the whole of Germany. Moreover, the reform plan was very reasonable - to elect MPs based on the amount of tax payment...
Look, the nobles and big merchants pay more taxes than you, and are more suitable to be a member of parliament than you... Forget it, the River Crab is watching...
In 1803, after the last imperial meeting, all these imperial cities that were originally granted privileges were annexed by nearby lords, leaving only six cities: Lübeck, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Nuremberg and Bremen. Later, these six cities were also annexed one after another.
But now, these imperial cities are still up to the citizens. As long as they can control more than half of the citizens, they can decide everything.
Therefore, Marin made a plan to build a stout brewery there, and recruited a large number of Dortmund citizens to work in factories. He has promoted his own job, so how can he not be directed towards himself? Even if he needs 2-3 of the votes to change the nature of Dortmund's city, Marin is not afraid. At worst, he can open a few more factories and recruit two-thirds of the citizens to work for himself.
It really doesn't work. If the locals don't cooperate, they can open a factory to recruit workers from other places. These workers from other places are recruited by themselves. After helping them settle down as citizens, they will definitely vote for themselves.
While the citizens are still the masters of their own country, Marin felt that it was easier to deal with than the Lufthansa Parliament. Because the cost of buying citizens and buying nobles and big merchants is different.
To buy a citizen, you only need to provide a good job and you can do it. And the citizen works for you, and it is not a waste of money, and it can also help you create value.
The nobles and merchants who bought the Hansha Parliament often spoke loudly. Moreover, they often had to sell the interests of the citizens in exchange for the satisfaction of the nobles and merchants. However, this would cause dissatisfaction and even chaos. The gathering of interests in the hands of a small number of people is also a bad phenomenon for the monarch. This means that certain forces will grow and affect the monarch's control in the local area.
Therefore, Marin was willing to use his work to attract the citizens, and was not willing to bribe the greedy nobles and big merchants. Moreover, those nobles and big merchants, who cooperated with them, would not only seek benefits, but also seek privileges. Privileges were exactly what Marin was most reluctant to give. However, the citizens were not greedy to seek privileges.
Of course, any city has thorns and nail owners. Some people want nothing, they just want to find fault or argue. In later generations, these people can be called nail owners, and online is called gangsters.
When encountering such a person, Marin also has a way - learn from countless real estate developers in later generations and use gangsters to deal with them.
Wuliang Merchants may not be able to do personnel matters when using sluts. But Marin can ask Kohler to use people from intelligence agencies to pretend to be sluts to attack those who refuse to cooperate. They don’t fight or kill, which is disgusting people. For example, if you have nothing to do, you will be able to make noise in the middle of the night so that you can’t sleep...
What? Are you angry? Want to sue me? Sorry, there are no relevant regulations in this era... As for fighting... I have so many agents here, you are one of them, and we are one of them alone?
The methods of gangsters are more difficult to deal with than gangsters, because they are criminal and can be punished by law. And gangsters are disgusting people, but they don’t cross the line, which makes you helpless. Of course, if the superior wants to eliminate evil, it can be dealt with. But the problem is that Marin is the superior, which is instructed by him... Therefore, those who do not agree to Dortmund joining Marin will eventually be mad... Moving away from Dortmund is a solution, but Marin succeeds. Because, at the citizens’ rally, there are all people who support him...
Similarly, dealing with Essen is also the same routine. However, the means are more intense than Dortmund. Marin even plans to use commercial means to secretly stumbling, let all the opponents go bankrupt, and force them out of Essen City, so that the goal can be achieved.
In short, Marin will never allow them to break away from control in the two big cities of Ruhr area Essen and Dortmund.
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The craftsmen arranged by Krupp and Director Stephen have already packed up and headed south to Essen. Marin also returned to Orich, but Marin didn't know that in Portugal in the southwest, a message from the East caused Portugal to explode...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! This news is the expeditionary fleet led by Dagama to defeat the Daming Coast. Only 11 of them escaped. It can be said that they lost all their underwear, and they suffered a crushing defeat...
In order to shirk responsibility, Dagama emphasized in his report that the Ming Empire obtained the Beihai Kingdom's artillery casting technology, making it difficult for Portuguese warships to get close to the Ming ports and fortresses...
Then, Portugal King Manuel I was furious - Niang Xipi, is this kid Marin hindering my annexation of the Ming Kingdom?
Then, a stern-worded letter was sent to Orich's Marin's...
Marin was a little dumbfounded when he received the letter of complaint from Manuel I. He did not surprise the result, and this was all within his deduction. What he surprised was - why did Portugal get the news so soon?
The Battle of Deepwater Bay was only a few months ago, only four or five months away. At the speed of Portuguese ships, it took at least 10 months to retreat from Deepwater Bay to return to Portugal.
Marin himself learned the information in advance, but because he sent people to land and rode many horses to death, he was sent to Persia. Then, he was sent from Persia to Eastern Europe and back to the North Sea Kingdom. On the way, there were dozens of pigeons eaten by hawks along the way.
But the question is, how did the Portuguese deliver messages? They also took the land route? It shouldn't be...
Take land from India, you must first pass through Persia and then enter the territory of the Mamluk Dynasty. When you arrive at the beach, you can take a boat or use a carrier pigeon, just prepare more...
But the problem is that because of the spice trade, the relationship between Portugal and Spain and the Mamluk dynasty was already bad. The Portuguese messenger would probably be cut to death directly through the Mamluk dynasty chassis without giving an opportunity to explain. After all, the two teeth robbed the Mamluk dynasty spice trade, which was equivalent to cutting off their financial path...
Therefore, the Portuguese should not be able to pass messages on land, and then receive the messages so quickly...
To receive information within 5 months, I could only take the land route with a quick horse. Moreover, I also used a carrier pigeon. However, neither Persia nor Mamluk dynasty would let the Portuguese messenger pass by. Because the relationship between Portugal and Persian Safavi dynasty was not good. In 1507, Portugal invaded Persian Hormuz...
Chapter completed!