The Rise of the European Emperor

After Edward's enthronement ceremony was completed, it was naturally time to reward the heroes. Among them, the biggest contributor is naturally Marin. Now, taking advantage of Edward's enthronement ceremony, Marin's canonization ceremony is being held at the same time.

"Marin von Hoffmann!" Edward said sternly.

"I'm here!" Marin stood in front of Edward sternly. He knew that the canonization ceremony had begun. And he has come to harvest time.

"In view of your great contribution to England's war against rebellion, I have decided to make you the Earl of Northumberland, the fief for the whole of Northumberland, and the Isle of Wight! At the same time, I appoint you as the guardian of the northern border of England. The commander-in-chief of the army, responsible for guarding the northern border of England!"

"Yes, my majesty!" Marin knelt down on one knee facing Edward. At the same time, stroking the Bible and swearing allegiance to Edward...

But when swearing, Marin felt a little guilty. Because he planned to get rid of Edward in a few years. If you swear to God now, will you be punished in the future? Although Marin was an atheist in the past, he has even experienced the transmigration, and now he is not sure whether God really exists...

Of course, as a ten-year-old nobleman, the most important thing is to be thick-skinned. Therefore, although Marin felt guilty, he still completed the oath without changing his face.

Finally, Edward took out the King's Sword and tapped it on Marin's shoulder, completing the ceremony of swearing allegiance.

However, Marin and Edward had a separate agreement before. Mainly, when Edward asked Marin to go north to attack the Scottish army, he promised an Irish county. So, before Marin had time to stand up, he was about to be canonized for the second time...

"In view of Marin von Hoffman's great service in resisting the invasion of the Scottish army and capturing King James IV of Scotland, I have specially created him Earl of Wicklow, Ireland, including County Wicklow, south of Dublin, As well as Cork Harbour and surrounding areas on the southern tip of the island of Ireland…”

So, Marin continued to kneel, stroked the Bible again, and took the oath for the second time...

After the two oaths were completed, Marin's knees were a little numb. However, the process still has to go, and only after completing these processes can Marin legally get these two counties...

To be honest, Marin knelt down on the ground and felt that his knees were numb, but the people around him were envious—that was the fief of two counties!

Generally speaking, only the oldest counties will sit on an entire county as a fief. For example, the great nobles at the time of the Norman invasion were basically divided into enough territory.

But later on, except for the king's son who had the power to seal a county, the other great nobles were basically virtual seals. For example, the Duke of Norfolk, just because of his reputation, thought the whole of Norfolk was his fief. But in fact, the fief of the Duke of Norfolk is near Arundel Castle in Sussex, far less than a county. This is the Duke! If it were replaced by an earl, the territory would be even smaller.

For example, Edward's sister, Princess Margaret, was named Countess of Salisbury as a close relative of the royal family. However, the territory is only a small town of Salisbury, and the surrounding countryside. No matter how big it is, there will be no more. Only the king's own son could own an entire county. In recent years, the nobles who have been canonized are all false titles, and the actual fiefs are not large. The counties generally consist of a small town and nearby manors. The dukedoms are larger, but only a few small towns. Only the old dukes and earls inherited from hundreds of years ago have a territory full of a county.

However, after decades of brutal "War of the Red and White Roses" and the war led by Edward and Marin, the traditional great nobles in England were completely killed by Henry VII and Edward two generations of monarchs. Therefore, Marin can now be regarded as the only great noble who can obtain the entire county fief. Moreover, it is still the real seal of the two counties, which makes people jealous.

Of course, seriously, Marin's exploits for Edward,

It also fully deserves his harvest. You know, without Marin's help, Edward couldn't have beaten Henry VII at all. What's more, when Marin cleaned up Henry VII, he also annihilated the 10,000 Scottish army led by the King of Scotland, and captured James IV... This is basically equivalent to Marlin alone. , took the army and destroyed two countries on the island of Great Britain...

Such an amazing feat is not a big deal for the two counties. Moreover, Edward is not stupid, not two England counties, but also an Irish county. In fact, County Wicklow is the continuation of the McMurrow dynasty established by the Irish aborigines before. It's not a good thing to get this county. Because this place has not yet completely returned to my heart, if you want to control it, you have to suppress several waves of resistance first...

However, fortunately, the population of County Wicklow is not large, and the fighting ability of the Irish aborigines is very scum. With the combat power of Marin's army, it shouldn't be difficult to control there...

After the "big head" of Marin was canonized, the rest is the small head. The French knight François also dared to come to London and participated in the enthronement ceremony. Edward was canonized as Count of Calais, whose territory was the Fortress of Calais, and "trusted" the Channel Islands. In fact, this amounted to ceding the fortress of Calais and the Channel Islands to the French in disguise. After all, the Knight Francois was a serious Frenchman, loyal to Louis XII. But at least on the face of it, England has not lost those two areas...

Next, there was another wave of canonization rewards for military exploits. But what makes Edward depressed is that these canonized people are all Marin's subordinates, and none of them belong to his own confidant...

However, Edward is also very clear that this is inevitable - he was subject to France in the past, and he mainly relied on Marin in the later period. How can he have time to cultivate his own people? The only reliable sister Margaret died in front of the city slope, which made him so depressed that he was dying...

Therefore, Edward still does not have a confidant of his own... Fortunately, Marin is not from England, and he will return to Germany sooner or later. Otherwise, he might really be overridden by Marin. But with the current situation, Edward had to rely on Marin for a long time after he ascended the throne, and he could only rely on Marin. Otherwise, just cutting off the blood debts owed by thousands of nobles the day before yesterday would be enough for the remnants of those killed nobles to counterattack and kill him.

In view of this, Edward could only hold his nose and give Marin's men a wave of rewards. For example, Marin's deputy, Schwartz, was canonized as the Baron of Southampton. The port of Southampton and the nearby manor are all Schwartz fiefs...

The reason why Schwartz was sealed here was also strongly requested by Marin. Previously, Marin had requested the Isle of Wight as the home port for convoys in the English Channel. However, the Isle of Wight is surrounded by oceans or straits, and there is no good freshwater port. These days, in order to prevent the bottom of the ship from being eaten by sea maggots, sea ships usually dock at the port near the mouth of the Danshui River. Once the ship enters the freshwater port, the sea maggots will fall off the bottom of the ship and run away because they cannot adapt to the freshwater environment.

Therefore, Southampton Bay, south of Southampton Harbor, is a more suitable harbor in this era.

It's just that Marin had already chosen the Isle of Wight before, so it's not easy to choose too many. And Schwartz and others happened to have made military exploits for Edward and needed rewards. So, Marin simply asked Edward to seal the port of Southampton to Schwartz.

The reason for the port of Southampton is that the port of Southampton is not only an excellent freshwater port, but also a city on the island of England, which is very convenient to obtain various supplies from the mainland. Unlike the Isle of Wight, it hangs off the coast. Even the most common goods need to be transported to the island by sea from the mainland of England. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain the port of Southampton.

In addition, Kahn was also canonized as a baron because he acted as a pioneer many times, broke through the enemy's line, and made illustrious military exploits. The fief of Kahn was also selected in Portsmouth near Southampton. It is also an excellent harbour, but the freshwater harbour is small, and in the age of wooden boats, the conditions are not as good as those of Southampton Bay. However, it is closer to the sea and has a better location advantage.

Seeing that Marin likes to be near the sea so much, Edward simply conferred all the fiefs that Marin's soldiers should reward on the land opposite to the Isle of Wight. In addition to Southampton and Portsmouth, Poole Harbour and Bournemouth, not far west of the Isle of Wight, were also canonized to Saqqara and Siwager, who made great contributions respectively. They were called the Barons of Poole and Bournemouth respectively. As for the capture of James IV, Maric was also named Baron Totton under the pseudonym of Tom Hanks. And Totton, right next to Southampton...

In this way, Marin and his men almost controlled a large area of ​​​​the English island opposite the Isle of Wight, and were fully qualified to build a large integrated port here, affecting the English Channel.

Of course, Southampton is not far from London. For the safety of London, Edward demanded that the number of regular troops on the fiefs of Marin's men and those on the island of England should not exceed the number of regular troops in the territory. ...In this way, Edward can also feel at ease...

Marin Bronze agreed, anyway, he never thought of violently seizing Edward's power. Why not take advantage of his son's marriage to little Margaret to gently control England?

Anyway, he wanted the Isle of Wight, and had his men want Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole and Bournemouth, just to build a solid naval base in the English Channel to protect the ships of his fleet in the English Channel. Just safe. Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the army is stationed on land or not...