The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin was so angry that before, he specifically gave up the option of going south and decided to go north. In fact, he had no intention of breaking his face with the German princes, and made a concession. Because, he knew, Frederick III would definitely be active.

However, he did not expect that Frederick III, a shameless old man, wanted to pay less, and he actually wanted to call on the princes of all Germany to destroy him. So, Marlin was surprisingly angry.

Therefore, Marin decided to move south and head towards Saxony...

This time, Marin decided not to keep his hands, but planned to sack the Electorate of Saxony, and teach the old fox a profound lesson.

Moreover, according to the information, although Frederick III went to Worms, his younger brother Johan, the heir to the Electoral State of Saxony, stayed in Wittenberg.

Frederick III had no descendants and was not married. He even served as a priest. However, his younger brother John was too weak, and their father, the Elector Ernst, chose to let him succeed him as the Elector and rule the Electorate of Saxony with his younger brother John. Of course, it was mainly Frederick III who had the final say. Only when he was out of the country did John hold the position of regent.

It is precisely because of his religious background that Frederick III later became interested in Martin Luther and supported Martin Luther to carry out the Reformation. But in fact, Martin Luther was also used. The reformist princes supported Martin Luther because he supported the confiscation of land and wealth held by the Catholic Church. For the impoverished princes, this was the real reason they supported the Reformation.

After all, Catholicism controlled the entire Middle Ages in Europe, possessing countless lands and wealth, making those princes and nobles jealous. Therefore, Martin Luther's Reformation was not so much against Catholicism as it was a robbery of the Catholic Church.

However, Martin Luther's Reformation was not complete. Because, its beneficiaries are mainly those princes, nobles and royal families, and ordinary people do not benefit much. Strictly speaking, the Calvinist Reformation was a more thorough reformation. And Martin Luther's religious reform was used and distorted by the princes and nobles.

Of course, the butt determines the head. From the moment Marin became a prince and aristocrat, he and Calvinism were doomed to be mortal enemies. As for Martin Luther's Lutheranism, Marin is more welcome. Although, he may be on the side of the Holy See. But that doesn't stop Marin from wishing that Martin Luther's Lutheranism had muddled the waters. In this way, Marin will have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and annex the territory and wealth of those princes in the name of safeguarding the Holy See. After all, in the Protestant War, most of the northern princes sided with Lutheran. As long as Marin is on the side of Catholicism, he can annex many, many lands...

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Speaking of which, the reason why Marin refused to attack the Electoral State of Saxony was mainly because he was afraid that his actions would interfere with Martin Luther's affairs. Because he also counted on Martin Luther to follow the historical trajectory to come to Wittenberg and start the religious reform.

However, now Marin is extremely angry, how can he care about matters that will not affect Martin Luther?

Moreover, it is now July 5th, Martin Luther probably encountered a violent storm on his way home on July 2nd this year, and prayed to Santa Anna to protect him, and promised to become a monk. Before that, Martin Luther was just a college student and had not joined the church yet.

Marin did the math, it was July 5th, and Martin Luther should have wanted to become a monk according to his oath. As long as you get over this hurdle, you'll be fine.

Do you think Martin Luther will go to Wittenberg in the future? This is simple, Marin can pay people in the church to arrange Martin Luther to go to the church in Wittenberg.

As for whether Martin Luther will engage in religious reform in the future? This is also easy, Marin will send professional spies to fool Martin Luther, and instill the Ninety-Five Theses he later listed to him in advance through the spies...

Martin Luther was born in 1483 and is only 22 years old now.

For such young people, it is most easy to fool...

Then, Marin secretly spent money to let Martin Luther and Frederick III meet in advance, and convince him to propose that the church should abide by poverty, and propose to hand over the church property to "official" management... This thing became... …

Why were there religious wars in Germany in the 16th century? Isn't it about money? The reason why the northern princes support Protestantism is mainly for the land and property of the Catholic Church... All beliefs are false. The land and wealth of the Catholic Church are the things that make the northern princes jealous...

There are many plains and arable land in the northern region of Germany. However, for thousands of years in the Middle Ages, too much arable land was occupied by the church. In the face of the powerful church, the German princes did not dare to say much. But some people took the lead in making troubles and proposed to divide up the church land and property. If they didn't support it, there would be ghosts - right in the middle...

Later, the reason why almost all of Germany's north converted to Protestantism, while the south was still a Catholic site, was mainly caused by Charles V. Because, Charles V, who has both the Spanish Empire and the Shinra, is too powerful. Austria and Hungary, the bases of the Habsburg family, were in the south. The princes in the south also wanted to confiscate the land and property of the church, but they couldn't beat Charles V... Of course, Charles V didn't fall well either. Captured by Calvinism...

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After a complicated ideological struggle, Marin confirmed that Martin Luther still has the ability to do things, and finally made up his mind - to send troops to the Electoral State of Saxony and capture several important cities. Most importantly - break Wittenberg, capture Frederick III's brother John and John's sons...

If Frederick III really mobilized all the princes of Germany to attack him, it would be a big deal for him to temporarily withdraw from Germany by boat. You can escape to America, you can also retreat to Norway. Anyway, Denmark was defeated and Sweden became independent. It was not impossible to grab Norway by itself as a springboard for the counterattack.

But before leaving, Marin would slaughter the city in Wittenberg and kill John and John's children. In this way, the long branch of the Wei Ting family will become extinct. Frederick III escaped again, but he had to accept the consequences of the extinction of the Wetin family. And the consequence of the long-term extinction is that the hat of the elector will fall on the head of the second house decades in advance. As it stands, it will fall on that idiot Duke George...

Of course, that was the madness before it had to retreat. It has not yet reached that point, but he must hurry south, break through Wittenberg, and capture the John family to blackmail Frederick III. If the other party doesn't accept the threat, he doesn't mind killing the John family and giving the head to Frederick III.

Although this is a bit of a bad rule, the other party actually wants to call on all the German princes to besiege him, so he is not giving himself a way out. The other party doesn't give him a way to live, so what rules do he still teach? Tu Guang and Wei Ting's clan is the head of the family, and then it is only reasonable to run away by boat...

But before heading south, Marin felt that it was better to take Copenhagen first. To capture Copenhagen, let's get Norway first. In this way, even if he is facing the besieged by the whole of Germany, he can take his family members and army and retreat to Norway first.

As for the German Allied Forces? Who doesn't know Germans have always been landlubbers? The only group that is good at seafaring, the Frisians, are also supporters of the Marin.

As long as you hide in Norway, a bunch of German landlubbers can't do it. At that time, maybe I can incarnate as a new Viking pirate and invade Germany?

But whatever, the focus now is on taking Copenhagen...

Marin had no time to wait, so he called Schwartz and ordered:

"Starting tomorrow, storm Copenhagen and take Copenhagen City as soon as possible!"

Schwartz was stunned for a while, and raised doubts:

"However, the city of Copenhagen will soon run out of food, and by the end of July, the other party will definitely surrender!"

"We don't have that much time..." Marin sighed and shared Herman IV's information with Schwartz.

Schwartz quickly understood Marin's intentions, so he immediately turned around to arrange the storming of Copenhagen...