The Rise of the European Emperor

Although an agreement was reached with Bishop Conrad to dig a corner of the church in the Bishopric of Munster, Bishop Conrad was very cunning and had to wait until his nephew was appointed assistant bishop and proved to have the Pope's strong support before Ken really pushes.

Of course, in the early stage, he can still operate and hand over 20,000 church properties in the North Münster area to Marin. This is actually easier to achieve.

why? Because the core areas of the rule of the Bishopric of Münster are in the South Münster area. Those high-ranking priests of the powerful Bishopric of Munster also have interests in the South Munster area, especially the interests of the 50,000 Eugrams. As for the priests in the North Münster area, in fact, they are marginal figures in the country of the Bishop of Münster and have no right to speak.

In order to keep those interests, Conrad believed that the teachers of the real power would not hesitate to abandon the priests in the North Münster area.

As expected by Bishop Conrad, when they heard that they could keep their interests and allow Bishop Conrad and them to maintain their rule in the South Munster area, the vast majority of the real power figures in the Bishopric of Munster. , have chosen to support this exchange of interests.

In this way, Bishop Conrad and the high-level collective of the Munster Church announced that the religious management rights and church land in the North Munster area were entrusted to Taylor, Bishop of East Frisian Country.

In fact, many high-ranking priests in the Bishopric of Munster knew that Taylor was Marin's dogleg. Handing over the church rights and church lands in the North Münster area to Taylor is tantamount to handing over to Marin.

Once the religious management of the North Münster area was handed over to Taylor, Taylor could, with the support of the Marin army, completely replace the abbots in the North Münster area with priests from the Counties of East Friesland. Then, there was no objection to handing over the church land to Marin.

Of course, Marin will not let those monasteries suffer. For example, in the future, some land will be compensated for those monasteries. After all, the priests of the monastery cannot be starved.

However, the land acquired by the monastery may only be a small part of the surrounding land. Moreover, Marin will take care of all the estates and lands, and the priests of the monastery will just sit and take advantage.

Once Marin promotes new agricultural technologies in the North Münster area, the local rye yield will increase from more than 100 pounds per mu to 500 pounds per mu.

However, of the land allocated to the monastery, Marin will only pay tithe to the church at a rate of 150 pounds per acre (at a rate of 15 pounds per acre), and after deducting about 30 pounds of seed weight, the remaining 105 pounds, round up to 100 pounds, as the proceeds, give it to churches around the world. The rest of the big head will belong to Marin.

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The number of lands in the North Münster area church will no longer be 20,000 Eugrams, but will be reduced to about 3,000 Eugrams by Marin. After all, there are only 30 monasteries in the North Münster area, and 20,000 Eugrams is too much land for them. Marin didn't want the monasteries he ruled to own unlimited land, and it was enough for each monastery to give 100 Eugram knights about the same amount of arable land. Moreover, the land was under the control of Marin.

In this way, in the future, if the monasteries in the Marin Kingdom want food and salaries, they will take them from their own hands, not by themselves. It is equivalent to saying that they are stuck in their economic lifeline. In this way, those priests have to obey their own. Otherwise, I will deduct their salaries...

Then, it was time to deal with the land of those 80 church knights. Marin dug a hole first, letting them know that the South Munster area would continue to be under the rule of Bishop Conrad.

As a result, these 80 church knights were indeed fooled, and they all chose to continue to serve the church in the Bishopric of Munster and stay in the South Munster area. After all, they were all church knights, so they were naturally closer to the church.

However, when they made their choice, Marin said that since they chose the church in the South Munster area, all the land in the North Munster area must be spit out.

For a time, the 80 church knights fell into chaos. Some knights begged Marlin to keep their lands, and even, planning to deny their previous choice, planned to throw them into Marlin's arms.

However, Marin would not accept them. Mainly, these guys have too much land. In the German region, many poorer barons may not have as much farmland as they do. You must know that many barons in the southern mountains have a large territory, but they are mountainous and their arable land is not as good as these Munster church knights.

In the end, Marin announced that he would forcibly acquire their manor at the cost of 10,000 gold coins for each knight. Moreover, these 10,000 gold coins are not cash, but rye to pay. Anyway, Marin's granary is full of grain. 10,000 gp worth of rye would cost 600,000 pounds at a market price of 1 pfennig per pound. Even if you have to pay 80, it's only 48 million pounds in total. And this amount, for Marin, is really nothing.

And, not far from Münster, is the River Ems. A navigable section of the Ems River, right near the city of Münster. Marin intends to ship over 48 million pounds of last year's stale rye to pay the church knights.

At the same time, when taking over their manor, they were not allowed to go back themselves, but could only send their attendants back. In this way, it is possible to fully prevent those knights from revolting with the manor after returning. After all, Marin's strong purchase of their manor is equivalent to breaking their financial path. These knights are not those humble and cowardly serfs, and they really dare to rebel if they annoy them.

However, under the suppression of their own army of tens of thousands, they couldn't do anything in Munster City, and could only accept the fate of the manor being bought by force.

Then, Bishop Conrad came forward in time, and in the name of the church in charge of the South Munster area, after many consultations, the land of 16,000 Eugrams was adjusted out, the knights were resettled, and each household was allocated 200 Eugrams of arable land. Although it is much less than before, it is better than nothing.

Moreover, Bishop Conrad was very cunning and did not allocate those knightly lands from the existing lands of the church. But from those lands that have not yet been reclaimed, land was allocated to those knights.

After all, although there are 280,000 Ugram arable land in the South Münster area, the land is only 2,266 square kilometers. The South Münster area has 5,900 square kilometers, and there is still a lot of wasteland that can be reclaimed. The 16,000 Ugram arable land is less than 130 square kilometers. From the wasteland of the South Münster area, some land was given to the 80 knights, and because it did not harm the interests of the church, it was passed very easily.

Just like you, in an atmosphere of "Hello, Hello, Hello everyone", Marin completed the control of 4,300 square kilometers of land in the North Münster area and the deprivation of 70,000 Ugram arable land. Next, is the development and utilization of the North Münster area.

But what surprised the priests in the South Münster area was that they all got the North Münster area, but Marin still didn't leave. It stands to reason that he has given up control of the South Münster area. At this time, he should take the army to the north...

How did they know that Marin was waiting for a reply from Rome. Once Bishop Conrad's nephew, John, is appointed co-bishop, a second, larger wave of land grabs against the church in Munster will officially begin. Before, the 20,000 Eugram arable land was taken away from the church, and it was just a small fight...