During the period when Marin returned home from Austria, a shocking news spread throughout Europe - Andres Pariologus, the last emperor of Byzantine, intending to sell the throne to the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I...

The kings, dukes and counts of many countries also received invitations from Maximilian I, inviting them to go to Vienna to attend the abdication ceremony held between Andres Pariologus and Maximilian I.

This news is extremely shocking. If the kings of other countries bought the throne, it might not cause a sensation. However, the person who bought the throne was Maximilian I, that would be different...

You should know that Maximilian I was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the owner of the throne of the Western Roman Empire. Although he had not been crowned in Rome, he was still considered a quasi-emperor.

If he bought the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, it would be equivalent to owning two crowns of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire at the same time. This even means that Rome, which had been divided for more than a thousand years, was merged again at this moment... This is definitely a major event in European history...

In addition, everyone was also shocked by Andres Pariologus, who would be willing to sell the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, which represents the supreme glory...

In fact, the monarchs of many countries are also very jealous of purchasing the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. Unfortunately, they basically dare not...

Because most people do not have such a big appetite to swallow the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. Moreover, even if they swallow it, there is no actual benefit. Because the Eastern Roman Empire has already perished. Even if they buy this throne, they can only get a false reputation and have no practical significance. Moreover, they will be beaten by crowds because of the big tree attracting wind.

Not only that, those who buy the throne will also be jealous of the French king...

Because, in 1494, King Charles VIII of France forcibly purchased the crown of the Byzantine Empire of Andres Pariologus. The meaning of this is equivalent to forcibly purchasing the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire...

If there is another person who buys the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, he would be to directly provoke the French king...

Although Charles VII was dead, Louis XII, who succeeded the throne, announced that he would inherit all the titles of Charles VIII, including the Eastern Roman Emperor claimed by Charles VIII...

In fact, Andres Pariologus was only forced to sell the crown, and did not declare that the throne was given to Charles VIII. Charles VIII forced to buy the crown representing the imperial power, so he thought he had bought the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Now, if Maximilian I wants to buy the throne of the Byzantine Empire from Andres Pariologus, he will definitely offend King Louis XII of the Dharma.

However, Maximilian I was not afraid of offending Louis XII because the relationship between the two was originally very bad, and they were basically enemies, so they didn't care whether they offended or not.

Moreover, this throne is originally an illusory thing, and it does not have any division of territory, it is just a title. If it is for this thing, there will be no possibility of war between the two countries, and it will only worsen diplomatic relations.

Of course, Maximilian I, he is an emperor himself. If it were Marin to buy the throne, he would have been beaten up by a group...

When Louis XII learned that Maximilian I was going to buy the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, Louis XII was indeed extremely angry. However, from the perspective of national interests, he was unlikely to go to war with the Habsburgs because of this. However, Louis XII wanted to vent his anger again. So he and his ministers thought of a good way - to use the Swiss to fight to the death with the emperor...

Because of Graubinden's problem, Maximilian I was in a state of war with the Swiss League. Therefore, Louis XII decided to add some firewood to the two families so that the war would burn more vigorously...

To this end, when Maximilian I was preparing for the abdication ceremony, Louis XII sent people to Switzerland with the money to send 200,000 Goulden's funds to the Swiss Alliance, which was in conflict with the Austrian army, and encouraged the Swiss Alliance to continue to attack the emperor's army and strive to occupy Graubinden... In short, when Maximilian I was unlucky, Louis XII would be happy...

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Two months later, Marin and his men escorted several trucks of gifts to Vienna, Austria to participate in the abdication ceremony between Andres Pariologs and Maximilian I...

In order to hold this abdication ceremony, although there was no crown, Maximilian I still asked the craftsmen to make a new crown according to the memories of Andres Pariologus. In addition, the tailor also made an exquisite royal robe for Andres Pariologus.

When the abdication ceremony began, Andres Pariologus walked to Maximilian I, who was wearing a golden imperial robe and a new crown on his head, and with a serious look on his face.

Maximilian I temporarily took off his crown and asked his courtiers to help him keep it temporarily. Then Andres Pariologus took off his crown and said loudly in Latin:

"I, Andres Pariologus, the emperor of the Roman people (Western Europeans called them the Eastern Roman Empire, but the Byzantines claimed to be the Roman Empire without the word "East"), failed the hope of the Roman people and lost their territory and cities. I had no face to stay on the throne..."

"His Maximilian I was the emperor of the Western Roman Empire (although the Eastern Romans called themselves the Roman Empire, they also called the Holy Roman Empire Western Roman), and he had the same honorable status. Moreover, he was more capable and capable than me to regain the territory of the Roman Empire. Therefore, I decided to abdicate the position of emperor of the Roman people to the respected His Majesty Maximilian I. May he lead the Roman people to restore the territory of the Roman Empire, drive the pagans (Turkey) out of the land of Europa, and become the emperor of the true and unified Great Roman Empire!"

After saying that, Andres Pariologus took off the crown from his head, respectfully helped Maximilian I with him, and offered his blessings.

Then, the two emperors sat down and signed legal certificates on parchment paper regarding the abdication of the throne. After signing, Andres Pariologus and Maximilian I, one of them, held the side of the parchment paper and showed it to the guests in public...

Marin was the most clever one. From the moment the document was signed, it showed that Maximilian I had obtained the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. So he raised his arms and shouted:

"The Great Roman Emperor! The Great Roman Emperor!"

He saw hundreds of men who accompanied him to participate in the abdication ceremony - his boss was shouting slogans, and he didn't say anything, and he shouted...

So, the uniform call of "Great Roman Emperor!" resounded throughout the square in front of the Vienna Palace...

When they saw that the members of the Habsburg family, who were already with the Emperor's family, saw that Marin, an outsider, shook the flag and shouted to his clan leader, and they could not fall behind. So they immediately raised their arms and shouted:

"The Great Roman Emperor!"

"The Great Roman Emperor!"

"The Great Roman Emperor!"

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Then, the nobles of the Swabian League, the emperor's ally, shouted together;

"The Great Roman Emperor!"

"The Great Roman Emperor!"

"The Great Roman Emperor!"

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Then, the nobles who had a good relationship with the emperor also started shouting... In the end, the neutral faction also shouted...

In this way, through the abdication ceremony, Maximilian I became a boss who was a Roman throne with both east and west, and was named "The Great Roman Emperor". He was so awesome...

Maximilian I was very satisfied with Marin's first act of shaking the flag and shouting. He simply played the role of a perfect childcare and saved him enough face...

Therefore, in order to reward Marin for his excellent performance in child care, after the abdication ceremony, Maximilian I announced that he would be the Duke of the Egyptian Principal of the Great Roman Empire, and he had independent judicial power and management rights in the Egyptian province. In other words, Marin could promote nobles and grant civilian noble status in the Egyptian Duke that did not exist. This is similar to the power Marin currently has in the East Frisland State...

At the same time, Maximilian I announced that the state religions of both the east and west Romans were Catholicism...

This decision also satisfied the envoys of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Andres Pariologus had long converted to Catholicism and gave up the Orthodox Church. However, Andres Pariologus was a king of a country that was destroyed, like a dog of a family. His conversion to Catholicism was not very influenced. But Maximilian I was different. He was originally the emperor of a great empire and had a huge influence. Maximilian I announced that the Eastern Roman Empire had adopted Catholicism as the state religion since then, which was much more influenced than Andres Pariologus's announcement that the conversion to Catholicism was much greater. Therefore, the envoys of the Holy See praised Maximilian I's behavior.
Chapter completed!