The Rise of the European Emperor

Although Joachim I was the Elector of Brandenburg, he was still too young. After all, he was only 19 years old when he was born in 1484, 6 years younger than Marin. Therefore, he was inexperienced and was suddenly hit by Marin's words, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

However, Joachim I's ally, the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, is a 40-year-old fox, known as "Little German Zhuge", which was given to him by Chinese history lovers. Seeing that his allies were at a loss, at this time, of course, he had to stand up to help clear the siege.

"Cough cough" Frederick III coughed heavily, attracting everyone's attention, preventing everyone from continuing to watch Joachim I, who couldn't come to the stage, and then cleared his throat and said:

"Count Marin, there is something wrong with your statement. First of all, His Majesty Hans is not an outsider. In addition to being the king of Denmark, he is also Duke Holstein of the Imperial House of Lords. Moreover, he is not a Dane, but a He is a pure German from the Oldenburg family. Therefore, there is no problem with Joachim being close to him. Because His Majesty Hans is also one of the princes of Germany, and he is his own.”

Joachim I was finally relieved from the embarrassment and quickly echoed:

"Yes, yes, His Majesty Hans is his own!"

Marin has some headaches, a young and vigorous Joachim I, he can easily handle it. But with the old fox Frederick III, it's not very easy to rectify. However, he is not afraid. After all, in his previous life, he also participated in the debate competition in the university. Although he was eliminated in the first round, it was not his fault. To paraphrase Jiang Jun's words, it is not that he is incompetent, but that his opponents in the debate are too powerful. You know, the guy who eliminated Marin in the first round made it to the final. Although he only took the runner-up, it was still no problem to hang and beat Marin.

Although he is not a debate master, Marin knows that one of the main points of the debate is to pretend not to see the loopholes in his own point of view, but to seize the loopholes of the other party, pursue and fight hard, and overwhelm the other party in momentum...

In short, the winning side of the debate is not necessarily the one who has mastered the truth, but the one who is quick-witted...

So, Marin said with a serious face:

"Master Frederick,

Since you say that King Hans is a prince of Germany. So, how many times did His Majesty Hans attend the Worms Empire Conference? Will a representative be sent to attend? "

Frederick III was suddenly choked, because Marin caught a loophole of King Hans, and a big loophole was that he did not respect the Imperial Council of the Holy Roman Empire.

In Hans's eyes, Denmark's Kalmar Union is worthy of his attention. As for the Principality of Holstein, Hans did not take it seriously. Therefore, he never participated in the Worms Empire Conference. As for sending delegates, he did so several times in the years he just took the throne. Later, they didn't even send representatives. Because, King Hans was bent on developing the Kalmar Union and did not have the idea of ​​participating in the German hegemony. Therefore, he didn't even bother to dispatch representatives to the Worms Empire Conference.

In the eyes of King Hans, the Danish Kalmar League and the divided Holy Roman Empire are on an equal footing. As a king, he had no need to attend the Worms Empire Council. After all, at the Worms Empire Conference, as Duke Holstein, he couldn't even get on the podium. This embarrassed Hans, who, after all, thought he could be on an equal footing with Maximilian I. Sitting under the podium made Hans feel inferior. So, he simply didn't attend any Worms Empire meeting, and later he didn't even bother to send representatives.

Doing this, although it saves trouble, also hurts the face of the empire a bit.

Even Frederick III, who was as cunning as a fox, could not hide such an obvious loophole as King Hans. So he had to say:

"Maybe... His Majesty Hans is busy... Besides, it is indeed quite far from Denmark to Worms, and the traffic is inconvenient..."

"Inconvenient transportation? I remember that Denmark is not far from Worms than the Principality of Pomerania, right? Lord Bogislav, Duke of Pomerania, didn't he come all the way to attend the meeting? Even Han His Majesty is a disabled person with no legs. He can't come by himself, but is it difficult to send a representative? Obviously, King Hans is looking down on the Holy Roman Empire, His Majesty, and the Grand Chancellor, Archbishop Berthold of Mainz. My lord!" Marin said excitedly, as if Hans was his father's enemy.

The emotions of many people at the scene were also aroused, and many people spoke out to condemn King Hans's rudeness, thinking that there was no need to cover up such an arrogant and rude guy.

Marin saw that the situation was very good, so he decided to pursue the victory without letting Frederick III have a chance to react. So, he continued to seize the loophole in Frederick III's words and said:

"Lord Frederick said that His Majesty Hans is very busy, I admit that..."

Frederick III was surprised to see how Marin helped Hans out. However, the next second, he didn't think so...

"Because King Hans is busy setting up cards in the Oresund to extort passing German merchant ships. In particular, our brothers in the Hanseatic League are extorted by vampire-like Danes every year to extort a lot of taxes. He The old man is very busy, busy sucking the blood of German legal businessmen..."

Speakers Tagfacht and Heisenberg are also old foxes who have become smart. Seeing Marin say this, they immediately stood up and echoed:

"Yes, King Hans is a vampire! He sucks the blood of Germans!"

The representatives of the 75 imperial cities who were sitting with the two great speakers saw that our business leaders had spoken, so it's time to join us...

So, in addition to the representatives of the 20 cities that were threatened, the representatives of other cities all stood up and echoed the two great speakers:

"Yes, yes, the Danes are too bad, they only blackmail German businessmen. The description of a vampire is simply too appropriate!"

"Yes, Hans is a vampire!"

"vampire!"

"……ghost!"

...

Seeing that the scene was out of control, Archbishop Berthold of Mainz immediately tapped the table with a wooden hammer:

"Quiet, the debate continues!"

In fact, before the Archbishop of Mainz knocked on the hammer, Frederick III, Duke of Saxony, had already flinched in his eyes. Because, he also saw that his brother-in-law, Hans, is indeed not a thing. Although he wanted to help very much, he also knew that if King Hans was too unpopular and he had to forcefully help, it would damage his reputation in Germany. And as a great emperor, reputation is very important. If your reputation is ruined, you won't be able to answer all of your questions.

Another important point is that this time Lübeck and Hamburg firmly stood on Marin's side, which made Frederick III worried.

It would be terrible if the two leaders of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck and Hamburg, were offended to death, and if the two leaders were ruthless and expelled the Hanseatic cities in the Saxony business circle from the Hanseatic League.

The handicraft industry in Saxony is developed, and Hanseatic merchants are needed to sell handmade products in Saxony to all parts of Europe, which is in great need of commercial channels.

If the leader and deputy leader of the Hanseatic League ordered the entire Hanseatic League to block the commercial channels of Saxony, the Saxony region would immediately change from a rich region to a poor region, and there would no longer be the rich fiscal revenue that disdainfully despised Germany.

So, in the end, Frederick III decided to go for it as much as possible. However, the attitude must be gentle, and never offend Lübeck and Hamburg to death...

Frederick III was smart, but so smart, when he began to fear Lübeck and Hamburg, it was equivalent to being a cocoon, and his combat effectiveness was reduced by most...

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