Since the crime has been confirmed, the next step is to judge. Maximilian I's goal is naturally clear - for such treasoned nobles, they will naturally deprive the title and fiefdom, and even imprison them. Moreover, Maximilian I proposed that since the Principality of Clifford is willing to send troops, the Lower Gedes region can be given to the Principality of Clifford as a reward. But at the same time, the Upper Gedes region must also be awarded to the Habsburg family as compensation.
However, most princes disagree. Why? First, they did not want to see the Habsburg family annex the Upper Gedes region; second, the princes felt sad. After all, they did a lot of things to collude with France to suppress the Habsburg family. This time, the letters of the Duchy of Gedes colluded with France were exposed. If their letters from France were also exposed, would they also be deprived of their titles and fiefs?
Therefore, everyone strongly opposed the deprivation of the Duke of Gedes and all fiefs, and only agreed to deprive the Lower Gedes area of ​​the Duke of Gedes and handed over to the Duke of Cliff, which exposed the treason of Charles II of Gedes. In short, they just didn't want to take advantage of the Habsburg family...
However, Maximilian I was not a vegetarian. Seeing that the meeting was stalemate, he chose to quietly visit Archbishop of Mainz, Jacob of Archbishop of Trier Baden and Hermann IV of Archbishop of Cologne in the middle of the night.
Of course, he did not visit him empty-handed, but brought a lot of gold coins...
These gold coins were actually the "appearance fee" given to him by Beihai Kingdom. In order to seize the Ruhr area, Marin also spent a lot of money. Not only did he sell more than 17,000 Swiss mercenaries to the Habsburg family, but he also gave 100,000 gold coins a "appearance fee" in order to get the Habsburg family to cooperate in a big drama.
Emperor Maximilian I was not a fuel-saving lamp. Although he did not want to offend Marin and rob the Xiagudes area, he set his sights on the Shanggudes area. After all, the Shanggudes area also has an area of ​​more than 1,000 square kilometers. Moreover, it is fertile land on both sides of the Mas, a tributary of the Rhine River.
According to Maximilian I's vision, it was difficult to find evidence that the anti-bone boy of the Guedes was colluding with foreign countries. It is naturally best to take this opportunity to completely deal with the Egmund family of the Guedes's Duchy. In this way, it can also serve as a killing chicken to warn monkeys.
However, at the Imperial Conference, it seemed that most of the princes did not agree with his attempt to kill them all. Moreover, they were unwilling to annex the Upper Gedes area of ​​the Habsburg family.
In desperation, Maximilian I decided to take out the 100,000 gold coins that Marin gave him to him and use them to bribe the three religious electors, Archbishop of Mainz, Archbishop of Trier and Archbishop of Cologne.
Why did we bribe three religious electorals instead of seven general electorals? Because religious electorals are not hereditary. After becoming religious electorals, these electorals often try their best to make money. Anyway, religious electoral countries are not their families, so it is justified to take advantage of the opportunity to become archbishops to make money for their families... And for these greedy religious electorals, spending money is the best choice...
The other four secular electors, because they are the status of family inheritance, therefore, they must not only consider economic interests, but also long-term political interests. Therefore, it is much harder for them to buy than religious electors.
Maximilian I only gave 10,000 gold coins to each of the three religious electors, and the attitude of these three electors changed drastically.
Of course, the three electorate did not exactly follow Maximilian I's wishes. After private discussion, the three archbishops decided to allow Maximilian I's Habsburg family to obtain the west bank of the Mass River in the Upper Gedes region. The west bank of the Mass River in the Upper Gedes region has a territory area of ​​only about 500 square kilometers, less than half of the Upper Gedes region. However, it is not bad. After all, they are all fertile areas with developed agriculture.
As for the east bank of the Mas River, the three archbishops decided to keep it. However, because the evidence of treason in the Guedes Principality was conclusive, the specifications of the Guedes Principality were to be downgraded to the Bo State, and only the territory with an area of ​​600 square kilometers on the east bank of the Mas River was retained. Compared with the previous area of ​​40,000 square kilometers of the Guedes Principality, it was reduced by more than half.
When the Imperial Conference was held again, the German princes were surprised to find that the three religious general election emperors suddenly changed their positions and supported the Habsburg family to obtain territorial "compensation". Of course, it was just the 500 square kilometers of land on the west bank of the Maas River close to the Principal of Brabant.
Not only that, Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony and Jockim I, the Elector of Brandenburg, suddenly changed their attitude and supported this decision - it was obvious that these two were also bribed...
It is also bitter to say. Since the defeat of Lübeck, the Saxony Electoral State and the Brandenburg Electoral State have owed large debts and the domestic economic conditions are harsh. Maximilian I came to the door with a gaze and gave each one 10,000 gold coins. In the end, two very short of money-electronic Electoral State also knelt in front of the gold coins... After all, a penny stumped the hero, let alone 10,000 gold coins?
Moreover, the Saxony nobles had a grudge against the Duchy of Gedes. At the beginning, George, the cousin of Saxony, the Duchy of Saxony, was ruined by the Duchy of Gedes. At this meeting, George also stood on Maximilian I's side and strongly demanded the deprivation of Charles II's rank and all fiefs. Under George's lobbying, and Maximilian I also paid for the money, Frederick III of Saxony agreed to stand on the side of the emperor. As for the electoral of Brandenburg, Jokeem I had no opinion at all, and he was willing to do so, so he agreed to Frederick III...
Therefore, when the Imperial Parliament was held again, five of the seven electoral emperors supported Maximilian I to receive territorial compensation from the Principality of Gedes. Of course, there was a little difference from Maximilian I's expectations, only 500 square kilometers in Hexi, rather than the more than 1,000 square kilometers that Maximilian I expected...
Although it did not meet expectations and spent 50,000 gold coins, Maximilian I felt worth it. Why? Because the Duchy of Gedes, the Duchy of Gedes who wanted to mingle with France and wanted to annex the Habsburg family's Dutch territory, lost nearly half of the land in the Upper Gedes area again after losing the largest area of ​​Gedes... From then on, the originally powerful Duchy of Gedes directly fell from a powerful country with a size of only 6,700 square kilometers to a small state with a size of only 6,700 square kilometers...
From then on, the small state of Gedes will lose its strength greatly and will no longer have the strength to threaten the Habsburg family. After all, a small country that is only a few hundred square kilometers large cannot make waves...
Of course, such punishment is still a little light for a prince convicted of treason. Therefore, under the promotion of several electors, the unlucky Duke of Gedes, Charles II, was demoted to earl. Moreover, the name of the Principality of Gedes was also changed, and the name of the capital of Gedes, the capital of Gedes, was directly used for the Kingdom of Gedes...
Chapter completed!