The new Duke of Saxony, George, has been very nervous recently, not that he is afraid of the Friesian Resistance. Although he also knows that it is the Duke of Gedes that supports the Friesian Resistance behind the scenes, this is not the reason why Duke George is nervous.
In fact, what George was most worried about was that Marin's East Friesland and the Principality of Geders joined forces to attack West Friesland. In the previous war, George had been psychologically shattered by Marin and was still a prisoner in the East Friesland country for several months. After he returned to Dresden, his father died of illness soon...
The wise and wise father died, which made George feel that he had lost his support. When the news of the "Friesian Resistance Army" attacking western West Friesland came, George was immediately confused. The main reason was that he felt that such a great opportunity, the wretched Marin Hoffman was likely to take the opportunity to send troops to capture the eastern West Friesland.
He was not afraid of a Friesian resistance army, and even if he faced the Duchy of Gedes head-on, George was not worried. In fact, George did not know that although the Duchy of Gedes was low-key, his strength was not weak. You should know that the Duchy of Gedes was located in the lower reaches of the Rhine River, with fertile land and crisscrossing plains. In this agricultural era, the tax revenue of the Duchy of Gedes was quite considerable. Therefore, Charles II, the Duchy of Gedes, had the confidence to expand.
George, who was not sure about the real strength of the Gedes Principality, was not worried about confronting the Gedes Principality, but was worried about Marin, who had defeated Saxony, who had joined in. So he asked his ministers how to avoid Marin from sending troops to participate.
After a few days of discussion, a minister made a suggestion - since Marin Hoffmann was the man of Emperor Maximilian I, then it is better to restrain Marin through Emperor Maximilian I so that he will not participate in the war in West Friesland...
George and the ministers thought it was true. Marin was a "outsider" in the great aristocratic world. His foundation is still unstable and he needs legal support from Emperor Maximilian I. Therefore, he still needs to pay attention to the emperor's opinions at present.
So George personally went to Innsbruck, Austria (the permanent residence of Emperor Maximilian I, who was generally not in Vienna, but in Innsbruck. He would return to the legal capital Vienna only when he was in charge of major events). In addition to discussing this matter with the emperor, he also reported to the empire about his successor as Duke of Saxony. In addition, a simple allegiance ceremony was required to swear allegiance to the emperor.
Maximilian I welcomed George's arrival very much. Not to mention his identity as Duke of Saxony, Duke Albresit himself was Maximilian I's biological cousin, and George was equivalent to Maximilian I's cousin.
Moreover, although George lost the leadership of the Saxony aristocratic circle, he still had a great influence. Moreover, the Saxony Principality had always had a good relationship with the Habsburg family, otherwise, after the religious war, Charles V would not have given them the title of Elector of the Long Branch.
In order to preserve West Friesland, George said he would be willing to follow Maximilian I in the future to vote and cheer for him in the Imperial Parliament.
Just so happened that the emperor remembered that he had promised to recommend Marin to the Imperial House of Representatives in the Imperial House of Representatives. So Maximilian I proposed that at this year's Imperial Meeting (the location of the Imperial House of the Archbishop of Mainz, where the Imperial House of Representatives was held), George would support Marin to enter the Imperial House of Representatives and become a member of the Imperial House of Representatives.
Originally, George was very unhappy. After all, Marin was his enemy. However, the emperor told him that if he supported Marin to enter the Imperial Parliament, he would be sure to persuade Marin to not unite with the Gedes Principality to covet Sifriesland. After all, it would be a price to persuade Marin not to take advantage of the situation.
In the end, George reluctantly agreed to the emperor's request. As a junior, he did not have the confidence to bargain with the emperor. If it were Duke Albresit, he might have refused directly. But George has not yet firmly sat on the throne of Duke Saxony and needs the support of external forces. Therefore, he had to agree to the emperor's request.
Once George agreed to agree to Marin to enter the core class of the Imperial Parliament, many obstacles disappeared. For example, the Saxony nobles, the Saxony nobles who had made enemies with Marin before was the Saxony Principality. Now, the Saxony Principality itself no longer blocks Marin from entering the Imperial Parliament, so there is no reason for other Saxony nobles to stop him. As a result, the biggest obstacle for Marin to enter the Imperial Parliament - the Saxony nobles, were cleared through the emperor's operations...
After George agreed to the conditions, Maximilian I immediately wrote a letter to Marin in front of him, and told him about George's promise to support him in the Imperial Parliament, and then hoped that he would not get involved in the conflict in Westfriesland.
Through the station system that keeps changing horses, Maximilian I's letter soon came to Marin's hands. In fact, Marin did not intend to get involved in this conflict. Just so, the emperor sent a letter asking him not to interfere. In this way, when the Principality of Gedes complained in the future, he had sufficient excuses - look, my boss told me not to go, so I dared not go...
It was a surprise that George promised to support him in the Imperial Parliament. Marin did not expect this situation to happen before. He had long given up on the idea that the Saxony nobles would support him.
Now, with the turn of the circle, the obstacles to the Saxony system have disappeared. Then, he is more confident of being elected at the Imperial Parliament held in Walms in the middle of this year.
With the emperor's letter as endorsement, Marin replied to the messenger on the spot - I would not participate in this dispute, and at the same time, I also allowed the Saxony suppression army to pass through...
After receiving Marin's promise, George finally felt relieved. So he rushed back to Dresden, gathered 10,000 troops, and began to reinforce West Friesland.
Although the Principality of Saxony was heavily in debt due to compensation of 1 million yuan in compensation to Marin. However, the Principality of Saxony was a wealthy country after all. The debt of hundreds of thousands of gold coins could be paid off within a few years.
So, I heard that the Principality of Saxony needed money, so many big lenders were willing to lend him money. Therefore, George gathered 10,000 elite soldiers with the loan and drove towards West Friesland in a mighty manner...
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When he arrived at the border of East Friesland, George was suddenly frightened. Although Marin promised not to participate in this matter, who knew whether it was true or not. In addition, he had been a prisoner here for several months, George was very worried.
But Marin soon sent a small army to guide the Saxon army, and at the same time, he also monitored the Saxon army to prevent them from burning, killing and looting when they transited.
When the Saxony army was transiting, Marin actually prepared to prevent the Saxony people from "fake attacks on Guo". Fortunately, George did not dare to do anything randomly, so he hurriedly led the army to cross the border and headed straight for Groningen.
When he heard that Marin allowed 10,000 Saxon troops to pass through, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, sent an envoy to question Marin. Marin took out the letter written by Emperor Maximilian I to show the envoy. At the same time, he spread his hands and said helplessly:
"Look, it's not that I want to do this, it's His Majesty who wants me to do this! I'm forced..."
Chapter completed!