In original history, in order to fight against Venice's offensive against the Pope, Pope Julius II formed the "Cambré Alliance" and united most Western European countries to jointly deal with the arrogant and powerful Venice.
In exchange for Maximilian I to send troops from the north to attack Venice, Julius II not only crowned Maximilian I, but also allowed the Holy Roman Emperor to come to Rome to crown him, but to be crowned at home. But from then on, the Holy Church's ability to interfere with Germany was reduced. Germany, since then, has been closely related to Italy and began to close the door and concentrate on fighting inward...
Of course, at that time in history, Venice was the first to attack the Pope. The Pope could not stop the offensive of Venice and was forced to seek help from various countries. Therefore, Julius II also paid a huge price. Among them, letting Emperor Shenluo crown himself later resulted in the loss of the Vatican's right to directly interfere in imperial politics (it still has influence on the bishop state).
However, in this time and space, because of the emergence of Marin, Venice has now made every effort to dig the Suez Canal and has not caused trouble in Italy at all. Therefore, Julius II will not be forced to ask for help from other countries. Therefore, the emperor can only ask for him. In this way, Julius II can ask for a price everywhere. Maximilian I was not a fool, and he did not want to be ruthless, so he hired Marin as an intermediary, hoping to reduce his efforts and get the crown of the emperor.
However, Maximilian I never expected that Marin was actually Julius II's son-in-law. From the perspective of closeness and alienation, she was actually closer to Julius II. Therefore, after being asked by the emperor, Marin did not sincerely help the emperor, but thought about how to help the emperor's father-in-law kill the emperor...
For this reason, Marin also found Julius II's secret envoy Sconey to discuss how to kill Maximilian I...
But Butler Sconey said without hesitation:
"I am sorry, the little master (Sconi knew that Angela and Ferris were both Marin's women, so he was naturally called Marin's little master). All Europe knows that His Majesty Maximilian I was a poor emperor. Then, the little master, even if we want to make a comeback, that poor master will not be able to take it out..."
Marlin suddenly had a look of embarrassment. He almost forgot about Maximilian I's poor nature.
Originally, when Marin made his fortune, he sent French knight prisoners of war worth millions of gold coins and a large number of war horses and weapons and armor to Maximilian I, filling all the financial deficits of the Habsburg family and a large amount of surplus.
However, in order not to make the Habsburg family too strong, Marin encouraged the emperor to march into Switzerland, he first occupied the Graubinden area and then occupied most of Switzerland.
Before the army moved, food and grass came first. It also said that "A cannon fired, gold (expends) ten thousand taels"... Because the French supported the Swiss resistance forces and the Habsburg family's army to carry out a tug-of-war in Switzerland, His Majesty the Emperor consumed a lot of food and grass and military pay...
Then, the Habsburg family, which had not yet had a few good days, began to be in debt again...
Although what Sconey said was direct, it was also a big truth - Maximilian I returned to the true nature of poverty. It is really difficult to knock out oil and water from poverty...
What are the Habsburgs? Well, they have noble blood and vast territory—Austria, Tyrol, the Netherlands, Francheconte, and now the eastern half of Switzerland…
Logically speaking, with so many territories, the Habsburg family should be very talented...
However, it is precisely because the Habsburg family has developed for hundreds of years that the family is very large and has various branches all over the place. There are more than a dozen Habsburg families, such as dukes, earls, etc. As for the branches of barons, knights, there are even more branches.
Therefore, although the Habsburg family has a lot of territory, there are too many families who can share it. Then, there are actually not many that end up in the hands of Maximilian I. What's more, most of this money needs to be used to maintain the huge army of the Habsburg family...
Therefore, the Habsburg family seemed powerful, but their head and imperial emperor Maximilian I was a very poor person with a frequent financial deficit. In order to maintain the operation of the territory, Maximilian I had to borrow money from top chaebols such as the Fuger family. In order to obtain loans, Maximilian I mortgaged all the large copper mines in the Tyrol area to the Fuger family, making the Fuger family a copper tycoon. However, Marin's development of the Swedish Faylon copper mine affected the benefits of the Fuger family. However, in general, the Fuger family did not lose money to obtain copper mines. Moreover, they also obtained many silver mines in Austria.
Logically speaking, the Fuger family should have flourished if they control so many copper and silver mines. However, the Spanish colonial empire of Charles V of Temeo mine mined a large amount of silver in the Americas, which greatly reduced the value of silver. As for copper, it was even more because of the development of Swedish copper mines and the influx of cheap copper in the East... The precious metal empire of the Fuger family finally went bankrupt...
Of course, there is another reason for the decline of the Fuger family - the creditors are lying to pay...
After Charles V's death, his son Philip II became the king of Spain. Because of his high debt, Philip II shamelessly declared the bankruptcy of the Spanish Empire...
What is bankruptcy? Bankruptcy means not being able to pay off debts...
When ordinary people go bankrupt, their only assets will be collected and sold and paid back. However, the shameless king declares bankruptcy. Do you dare to take his royal palace for auction for money? Do you dare to take away the king's royal territory and auction it? No! Therefore, when the royal family declares bankruptcy, it is actually a debt... After being used by the Spanish Empire to make bankruptcy and pay back several times, the Fuger Bank Empire finally couldn't hold on...
How to say, if an individual goes bankrupt, the sky will collapse, and you will never think about turning around. And the bankruptcy of the country is actually a kind of act of not wanting to be liable to pay off the debt. Therefore, personal bankruptcy is equivalent to the sky falling. And the bankruptcy of the country is just a trick of the creditors. Even if it goes bankrupt, the officials are still free and easy. What can you do to them?
...
Marin took back his dispersive thinking and began to think about what is worthy of a picture than an emperor...
Suddenly, Marin remembered that he was short of troops when he entered Siena. So he said to Sconey:
"Or why should we take this opportunity to let His Majesty the Emperor send troops together?"
"Let the emperor send troops together? Why, little master, you don't have enough troops?" Sconey said in confusion.
"It's not that it's not enough, but that I can't transfer all my troops out of the country to attack Siena. What if someone sneaks into my hometown? The safety of Angela and Caesar is also very important!"
Sconey nodded immediately in agreement and said:
"That's right, the safety of the lady and the little master is very important!"
Then, Sconey asked:
"So, how many soldiers are you going to send to His Majesty Maximilian I? You must know that this time, the old master can take the opportunity to give you the east coast of the wild continent. If the Habsburg family sent a lot of soldiers and snatched away most of the credit, your importance will be reduced, and the old master will not be too partial!"
Marin nodded and said:
"Well, this is true... Let's do it. I'll send 15,000 troops. Including the 7,000 people sent in the Pope before, the total number is 22,000. We can ask His Majesty the Emperor to send 20,000 troops. In this way, we will have more than 40,000 troops, and we can also take Siena as soon as possible!"
Sconey thought for a while and said:
"My little master, I have no doubt that you sent 22,000 troops. However, can that poor man really afford the expenses of the 20,000 army? No salary is raised, but the food and grass consumption can that poor man afford it?"
Marin was stunned...
Indeed, there is no shortage of soldiers who can fight in the Habsburg family territory, but to maintain the expenses of the army... the food is so expensive that Maximilian I will definitely not be able to afford it...
However, this is not a problem for Marin...
So he said confidently:
"You can tell the Emperor that the food is provided by the Pope. In fact, I will provide it!"
"This... little master, are you losing too much?" Sconey said hesitantly.
"This wave is not a loss. I have a lot of food in my granary! For me, time and credit are the most important. After finishing it early, you can return to the country to stabilize the situation. Moreover, military rations can also be written into the credit book. My father-in-law gave me the east coast of the wild continent, which is more reasonable, right?"
Sconey nodded helplessly:
"It's good that you are happy! But in what name should His Majesty's army help the Pope attack Siena? It can't be said to be a transaction condition, right?"
Marin thought for a while and said:
"This is simple, let His Majesty Maximilian I follow the old tradition and lead an army of 20,000 to "marche into Rome" to seek crowning. Then, the Pope took the opportunity to "invite" him to attack Siena together. In this way, no one has any objections..."
"Hey, 'March into Rome', this is a good reason, and it's hard for others to say anything!"
In fact, the previous Emperors of Shenluo basically experienced the "marching into Rome", otherwise they would not be crowned as emperor. However, "marching into Rome" was more the emperor showing off his military power to the Pope and forcing him to crown himself. But this time, the Pope invited the emperor to help him work... Moreover, since the 15th century, the emperor gradually lost his majesty and no longer had the ability to coerce the Pope. For example, the father of Maximilian I, Emperor Frederick III, was crowned by bribing the Pope...
In addition, the Pope now has 7,000 troops from Marin, and he has also recruited tens of thousands of Italian mercenaries, which are not soft persimmons. It is difficult for others to pinch them...
Chapter completed!