The German princes who were angered by Marin's "big truth" stood up and accused Marin of him:
"What are you talking about? We are the only empire in Europe, the great nobles of the Holy Roman Empire, and of course we have the most say in European affairs!"
"Yes, yes, we are important figures in the Holy Roman Empire and have the right to express our own opinions on European affairs!"
"You little guy, you don't even have enough hair, and you dare to question our authority!"
"Yes, we are the most noble!"
...
Malin looked down at these princes jumping up and down. After they finished their fight, Malin suddenly said:
"I admit that you are all great nobles of the Holy Roman Empire. But, His Majesty, the great emperor of our Holy Roman Empire, has not expressed his opinion yet. What are you jumping around? Do you want to rebel and replace His Majesty?" After saying that, Marin looked at Emperor Maximilian I, who was sitting on the rostrum...
In fact, Maximilian I was very happy to see Marin and these nobles argue. Why? If these nobles don’t argue with Marin, they will argue with him. They argue with Marin, so they naturally have no time to argue with him. So, he was happy to watch Marin share the firepower for him.
Seeing Marin shifting his target to him, Maximilian I didn't want to get involved. However, he still wanted to see Marin and the princes argued. So he coughed and said:
"I am the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, just care about the affairs of the German and Denmark areas... I can't care about..."
This sentence of Hongguoguo slapped the German princes who thought that "everything in the world can be managed" - even the emperor said he couldn't control it, but you are a local princes quarreling...
Frederick III saw that the princes were speechless by Marin and Maximilian I, and he hurried out to save the court and said:
"They are not in charge of Denmark's affairs in their personal name, but in the name of members of the Holy Roman Empire's Parliament..."
The Holy Roman Empire Parliament is the first power institution of Shenluo. Speaking of which, it has more power than the emperor. Because Shenluo is a loose alliance of princes, and the emperor is just a powerful leader of the princes. In such an alliance country, the imperial parliament has greater power than the emperor himself.
So, the princes who were originally silent jumped up again:
"Yes, yes, we are members of the Imperial Parliament, so we naturally have the right to express our opinions. This is Walms!"
Marin glared at Frederick III, and Frederick III stopped showing up, but instead looked at others. His current character is a poor victim, and it is no problem to interject a sentence or two, and it is not appropriate to jump out and argue with Marin...
Marin thought for a while and said:
"It seems that I am also a member of the Imperial Parliament... Well, I have two seats in the East Frieslander and the Principality of Schleswig..."
"That's only two, so many of us..." said Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
"You said there are more people than people... I have them too..." After saying that, Marin smiled slightly and waved to the Imperial City Representative Seat...
The imperial city has a low status and its seats are behind. But after they saw Marin waving, they all started to make a big noise. After all, except for the imperial city in the Saxony area, most other imperial cities are on the side of Lubeck and Hamburg. Lubeck and Hamburg are allies of Marin, so they naturally support Marin.
Seeing the cheers of the representatives of the Imperial City in the back row, Duke Henry snorted coldly and said:
"Those representatives of untouchables can also get involved in this kind of thing? What we are discussing is that a crown is not a dispute of interest. Those representatives of civilians are also qualified to get involved?"
As soon as Duke Henry finished speaking, many noble princes nodded. After all, many of the representatives sent by those imperial cities were not nobles. Even nobles were generally just honorary nobles such as jazz, rather than hereditary nobles like them. Therefore, these great noble princes have always looked down on representatives of those imperial cities.
"This is what you said, Lord Henry. Tomorrow, I will talk to my friends from the Hanseatic League and say you look down on them. When you want to lend money to them, you will see if they are willing to lend it to you..." Marin smiled and said with a teasing look.
In this era, the great nobles were generally poor in their economy, so it was common for them to borrow money from Hanseatic merchants. If they refused to borrow it... how can we maintain a luxurious life?
So many nobles who had just nodded all retracted their heads. But Henry, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, did not care because his Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg had a large reserve of Lüneburg salt mine. The salt price is so expensive now, and the salt mine is like a gold and silver mine. He is not short of money and basically doesn't have to borrow money. But other princes don't have the confidence he has...
...
On the Denmark issue, the two sides argued for a long time, but there was no result. Moreover, the princes could not suppress Marin. Because Denmark was indeed not under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Parliament... They just wanted to use the advantage of large populations to vote, which would have to be a matter within the empire...
Seeing that the two sides were quarreling, Emperor Maximilian I made a smooth move and suggested that the issue of cedes-election of Saxony and Brandenburg were first discussed...
Unexpectedly, after entering this topic, the dispute became even more intense...
There is no big difference between the compensation issue. Anyway, there is a ransom price list that is commonly used in Europe. However, on the cemetery, everyone's differences are completely different...
Marin insisted that both Brandenburg Election State and Saxony Election State ceded land area equivalent to two counties, which was a large area of ​​more than 4,000 square kilometers.
The princes strongly opposed it, believing that Marin had too much appetite. Even some radical nobles believed that it would be better not to cede the land.
In response to this, Marin directly retorted:
"You two-quarters! If you are defeated, you will not cede the land. Is there such a practice in European history? If you lose, you have to pay a price. This is reasonable! What's more, this is not the war I provoked, but they provoked it. The invaders will be defeated and do not cede the land. Then will anyone invade others at will? Then the empire will not be in chaos?"
Marin said this with a striking remark and sounds very consistent with the truth. However, everyone always feels something is wrong...
After a while, Frederick III stood up and said:
"What you said may make sense, but you want too much! Do you know that the area of ​​land you want is almost half a Saxony Election State, equivalent to the area of ​​one Principality. And the Brandenburg Election State and the Saxony Election State both ceded so much land to you, and you were equivalent to earning two Principalities. In history, even if you asked the other party to ceded the land, it was not so exaggerated, right?"
"You want the land of our two principalities and the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which is equivalent to two Saxony electorates. Plus, the Norwegian Kingdom that is equivalent to half a German-large Norway, or even the crown of Norway... Marin, do you want to be the overlord of Europe? Even His Majesty Maximilian I have less land than you... Next, should we choose you as the emperor?"
Listening to Frederick III's calm voice, Marin also shed some cold sweats - this is not something that is pretending...
After all, Frederick III's words are at the core. Moreover, through a simple comparison - comparing with Emperor Maximilian I, the eyes of Marin are different at once...
The Habsburg family now has only Austria, the Burgundy (the later Francheconte region) and the Netherlands (excluding most of the Duchy of West Friesland and Gedes). Such territory is one of the best in the Shenluo. If Marin obtained the Jutland Peninsula and the Kingdom of Norway, he would have surpassed the territory in a short time...
By then, Marin, who owns the Norwegian Kingdom with an area of ​​more than 200,000 square kilometers, will become the largest vassal of the Shenluo Empire, surpassing the Habsburg family, and also surpassing Vladislas II, who also owns the Bohemia, the Principal of Silesia and the Kingdom of Hungary, and become the land king of Shenluo... It seems that he is also able to run for Emperor Shenluo...
Frederick III's words not only shocked many princes who had already opposed Marin, but even Maximilian I himself was greatly touched... He hoped that Marin and the princes would argue with each other, but he did not want a monster with a strength comparable to the Habsburg family...
For a moment, the air solidified...
At this time, Pope Julius II, who had been watching, felt that the time was almost over, so he stood up and said:
"Okay, let me say justice..."
Then, the audience's eyes instantly gathered...
You know, Julius II was the pope and the highest spiritual leader in Europe. What he said was much more effective than Maximilian I, who had no real power.
But the problem is that - it seems that Julius II is standing on Marin's side...
What should everyone do if the Pope defends Marin? After ideological struggles, many secular princes plan to argue with His Majesty the Pope in person. And those religious princes are even more contradictory. Of course, they don’t have the courage to oppose the Pope in person. However, they really don’t want to see Marin become king and obtain so much land...
For a moment, most of the princes on the field had complex faces. Even Maximilian I, who had planned to support Marin before, had a complicated expression. He hoped that Marin would help him attract firepower and argue with the princes, nor did he hope that Marin's strength would grow too fast...
Chapter completed!