King of German Mercenaries

After the teacher returned to court, Marin held a meeting to discuss the solution to the Yevre problem.

The non-voting members mainly included the Prime Minister Geoffrey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Kohler, the Chancellor and Mayor of Aurich Haider, and several major generals.

It should be mentioned that although Heidel was not named a baron from the court like Kohler, he was also named a hereditary knight. Kohler is mainly because he is also a quartermaster, and he can share the military merits. Moreover, because Kohler helped Malin take the blame, he was awarded the title of Baron. And a civil servant like Haider can bestow hereditary knights, which is already considered a favor.

Moreover, Marin abolished the popular mayoral election system in Europe and replaced it with a court appointment system. This move is conducive to the centralization of power and facilitates the court's control of the locality.

The popular mayoral election system in Europe is the source of division. Because the mayor is elected by the locals, they don't need to pay too much attention to the attitude of the court, as long as they please the local gentry who are eligible to vote. When the court asked for a tax increase, the mayor elected by the locals might even fight against the court and refuse to increase the tax.

Therefore, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, Marin decisively abolished the mayoral election system. However, local councils remain. However, local councils have been deprived of executive power and personnel appointment power, leaving only supervisory powers. Of course, if the mayor appointed by the imperial court is too unbearable, such as extortionate extortionate, if he is the evil party, the local council has the right to impeach and report to the judicial organ of the imperial court. However, the local council does not have the power to revoke local officials, only the power of supervision and impeachment. Moreover, even if impeachment is carried out, judicial investigation is required, and the evidence is conclusive before the impeachment can be successful. Of course, local councils also retain a power - that tax hikes require their approval.

In this way, Marin is equivalent to emptying most of the local council, and the local government has no right to speak in administrative matters. And the local chief officials are all appointed by Marin, then these local officials will be directly responsible to Marin, and they will also put Marin's interests first. In this way, Marin can easily control the place.

If Marin pursued such an anti-democratic policy in peacetime, he would naturally be met with fierce opposition. But what's the situation now? Marin had just killed most of the nobles who were not all the way. At this time of panic, who has the courage to stand up against it?

Therefore, under the horror of Marin's blood, this plan was implemented very easily. Then, a large number of noble descendants who were close to the Marin and Bullock families were appointed as magistrates after a brief inspection. Moreover, Marin fully implemented the "hometown avoidance" system, not allowing locals to serve as local officials in their hometowns, so as to avoid excessive local power and the formation of interest groups that oppose the central government.

In addition, the term of office of local officials is also 5 years and cannot exceed 10 years. More than ten years, must change places. Because, even a foreigner, if he has been a local official for more than ten years in a place, it is easy to become a local tyrant.

Haider is a very good civil servant. He is diligent and honest. He doesn't have much ambition. The only drawback is that he does not have much political experience and lacks exercise. Therefore, Marin studied with Geoffrey more while letting Haider serve as the mayor of Aurich. Of course, not learning from Jeffrey's slickness and shamelessness, but learning from Jeffrey's years of political experience. Geoffrey has been a palace minister in East Frisland for 8 years and has extensive experience in administrative management. It would be more appropriate for him to be a teacher to Haider. Jeffrey is too slick and not loyal enough. Moreover, he is not too young, he is 50 years old. In this day and age, it is normal to die in your fifties, and it is not uncommon to die in your forties. Therefore, Marin does not know when Jeffrey will die. Therefore, it can be considered to be prepared to train young Haider in advance. As for Kohler, he was a professional in money management, and his basic cultural level was far from Haider's, so he was good at mathematics. So, Marin intends to let Kohler manage the money. As for government affairs, it is more reassuring to leave it to Haider, a medieval college student.

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The Jever problem discussed this time is a big problem that Marin encountered. The former Count Edsard I of East Frisland could not solve it, and Marin also felt very difficult.

Jever was originally an area along the northeastern coast of the Counties of East Friesland, roughly equivalent to the northern half of the Friesland County of Lower Saxony, Germany, and the famous city of Wilhelmshaven, with a total area of ​​about About 500 square kilometers. It belongs to the powerful Wiemken family in East Friesland, and the contemporary baron of Jever is named Edo Wiemken.

Although nominally a baron, the Yevre Baron under the control of the Wilmken family is in fact an independent state. Of course, not to say how powerful the Wilmken family is. Rather, it was because the Wilmken family secretly formed an alliance with the Oldenburg Country. Moreover, not long ago, Baron Edo Wilmken remarried Hedwig, the youngest daughter of Earl Gerhard VI of Oldenburg, after the death of his ex-wife. If Oldenburg's support for Jever was still secret before, when Gerhard VI married his daughter Hedwig to Baron Edo, Oldenburg's support for Jever became public.

In fact, Oldenburg is not a powerful country, with an area less than twice the size of East Friesland and a population of less than 100,000. Such a small country of garbage, Marin can easily smash it down...

However, the Oldenburg family was unlucky. In 1448, their family was lucky enough to be elected king of Denmark because of the extinction of the Danish royal family.

From then on, Oldenburg, the grass-fed chicken family, flew to the branches and became a phoenix. Because Denmark was a Nordic power in the Middle Ages. The power at sea, even the United Kingdom has to concede three points.

The current county of Oldenburg, and the Danish royal family, are relatives of the same family and are naturally allies. When Christian I was elected king of Denmark, he ceded the county of Oldenburg to his younger brother Gerhard VI. The current king of Denmark is Hans, the son of Christian I, and King Hans is the nephew of the current Earl of Oldenburg, Gerhard VI...

The uncle of the king of Denmark, such a title is absolutely reverberating to the German princes. Therefore, although the county of Oldenburg is weak, the power of Gerhard VI is not small.

Gerhard VI supported the Barony of Jever and East Frisian counties to confront and split. There was nothing Edsard I could do about it. Who told the Count of Oldenburg to have such a powerful nephew as the King of Denmark...

Even Marin scratched his head in the face of Oldenburg's ardent support of Yevre...

It's easy to clean up the Baron Yevre, a square will do the trick. It's not difficult to defeat the Earl of Oldenburg, can't a phalanx solve it? That's two!

But what about after defeating the Earl of Oldenburg? Over there, King Hans of Denmark took a look - it's worth it, that little bastard named Marin beat up my uncle, doesn't that slap me in the face? Then the Danish army arrives, and Marin dies...

Therefore, facing the Earl of Oldenburg, Marin must bear this breath now. Turn a blind eye to the issue of the autonomy of the Baron of Yevre. However, it is also necessary to prevent Jevel from taking an inch to expand.

Therefore, the final discussion result of the meeting was that everyone agreed that Marin sent the Fourth Phalanx to the east for a long-term station. In addition, 1000 militiamen were recruited, and they were strong and powerful to scare Yevre and Oldenburgers, lest Oldenburg and Yevre want to take advantage of the opportunity of the change of East Frisian regime, from East Frisian Lamborghini took some territory.

For the backstage country of Oldenburg, which is very hard, Marin is also very temperamental. This kind of thing, it's easy to beat him, but his backstage is much stronger than you. After the countdown of Oldenburg, the Danish warships may arrive at the port of Emden to "visit"...

Even if Marin can block the attack of the Danish army by relying on the strong city, the Danish navy is very strong, blocking Marin's maritime trade, without any pressure, it can easily prevent the salt produced on Texel Island from being transported... Marin's finances depend on sea transportation and trade. Compared with the huge profits of sea transportation and trade, Yevre's land is not worth mentioning...

After thinking about it again and again, Marin decided to pretend he didn't see Yevre's divisive behavior. As long as the opponent doesn't attack, Marin ignores the opponent...

When Denmark starts a war with others, and his strength is stronger, he will take the opportunity to send troops to retake Yevre. However, for Oldenburg, I still can't do it... Who calls the backstage super hard...