The Rise of the European Emperor

In the northern part of the European continent, war clouds were also dense at this time. After a long-term quarrel, the Swedish nobles finally ended their disputes and jointly elected Eric Johansson of the Vaasa family as the new king of Sweden. But as a compromise, Sweden established the House of Lords as a check and balance on the crown.

This is actually an imitation of the Kingdom of Poland. Because Poland also has a noble senate, which, as the strongest authority, restricts the power of the king.

After all, the victory of the Vasa family was the result of compromises, not a great advantage. So, in exchange, the king had to share Swedish rights with the various Swedish noble families.

Before Eric Johansson became king, the Senate of Nobles, after deliberation, unanimously decided to bring a line of fire to promote the titles of the 11 most powerful families in Sweden.

Before, under the rule of Denmark, the titles of these 11 families were mostly barons, and there were only 3 earls. After Eric of the Vaasa family ascended the throne, the first edict was to comprehensively enhance the status of these 11 big families. Of course, the Vaasa family has already obtained the kingship, so there is no need to talk about it. Of the other 10 nobles, 3 earls were promoted to dukes, and all 7 barons were promoted to earls.

In addition, Swedish legislation stipulates that if the king has a son, the son shall succeed him. If there is no son, it is up to the Senate to decide whether to be succeeded by a son-in-law or a grandson. If the senate thinks that a new king should be elected, then a new king. Moreover, if the king seriously damages the interests of the other 10 big families, the Senate has the right to depose him...

This act severely limited royal power. Of course, as long as the Vaasa family has a male heir and does not harm the interests of the other 10 big families, the kingship can still be guaranteed.

As for the Sture family, who worked so hard for Sweden's independence, this time they were abandoned - little Sten Sture, the son of the old Sten Sture, only won the title of a hereditary baron. Although the fief was very fertile, it failed to squeeze into the noble senate. In this way, the Stuley family can be considered to have withdrawn from the core decision-making circle of the Kingdom of Sweden... In this regard, the 14-year-old little Sten Stuley has nothing to do... After all, the rise of the old Sten Stuley is not Rely on family strength, but personal talent. But as soon as old Sten Stuley died, the Stuley family declined rapidly. However, after the death of the old Sten Stulay, Sweden began to reshuffle its politics. Without a pillar, the Stulay family was naturally defeated in this shuffle...

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In the New Year of 1507, Eric Johansson Vasa officially held a coronation ceremony in Stockholm and became king of Sweden. but. The first thing he did after he ascended the throne was, of course, to issue an edict to recognize the political status of the Senate of nobles, and at the same time, to raise the titles of the 10 great families.

But in the second edict, Nimad directly targeted Marin...

Before, the big family in Sweden had long been jealous of the interests of the Fayilun Super Copper Mine.

And expressed dissatisfaction with Marin's half of the profits. However, they have not made up their minds to strip Marin of half of the shares. Because, at that time, the major families in Sweden were fighting for the throne, and they couldn't care about the Fayilun copper mine for the time being.

But after the battle for the throne was settled, the 11 largest families in Sweden finally began to face up to the issue of the ownership of the Fayilun Copper Mine...

Before, it was Marin who monopolized half of the profits of the Falilun Copper Mine, while the Stuley family and the other 11 big families shared the other half of the profits.

However, because there are too many powers, as many as 12 Swedish families share the profits of the Fayilun Copper Mine, so that each family does not receive much. So, they set their sights on the other half of the shares...

Of course, before that, the Stuley family, who lost the old Sten Stuley, was once again pitted by the 11 big families - the little Sten Stuley was once again excluded from the benefits of the Fayilun Copper Mine list of people. In order to suppress the Sture family, the king and the senate sent little Sten Sture directly to the non-core area of ​​Sweden - southern Finland. In return for "voluntarily giving up" the income of the Faylun Copper Mine, and as compensation for being squeezed out of the aristocratic senate, little Sten Stuure obtained Turku, the largest city in southern Finland (the old capital of Finland), as a fief. Although it is very affordable among the barons, what the Sturley family has paid is the loss of the right to speak in Sweden and the distribution of benefits from the Fayilun Copper Mine...

Kicking out the Stuley family will obviously not allow the 11 major families to share too much of the benefits. After all, the Stoley family also owns 5% of the copper mine. Divide it among 11 companies, and each company will only receive 0.45%. So, they finally set their sights on the 50% stake in Marin's hands...

To this end, in February 1507, the Kingdom of Sweden suddenly issued a second decree - announcing that the Fayilun Copper Mine would be nationalized... In this way, Marin's 50% stake in the Fayilun Copper Mine was forcibly deprived now...

In fact, the new king, Eric Johansson, was against depriving Marin of his stake. Because, he knows, Marin's military strength is very strong. In case of revenge...

But the 10 great nobles in the Senate of Nobles have long been blinded by their interests, and for the interests of the Fayilun Copper Mine, they are no longer concerned about the risks. In addition, the 10 major families believe that it is illegal to give half of the shares of the Fayilun Copper Mine to Marin...

why? The Swedish Senate believes that the old Sten Stuure is only the ruler of the Kingdom of Sweden, not the king. Therefore, he has no right to give the mines of the Kingdom of Sweden to foreigners. Now, a new king has appeared, and the ownership of the Swedish mines should be jointly negotiated by the new king and the Senate. Therefore, under the ruling of today's "legitimate" government, Marin, a foreigner, has no right to occupy half of the strategically important Fayilun copper mine... So, the Senate ruled - confiscation of Marin's Fayilun 50% ownership of the copper mines...and as a "compensation" - the Kingdom of Sweden recognizes the polar region north of Sweden north of 66°34'N as the territory of Marin...

In fact, this so-called "compensation" by the Kingdom of Sweden is rather shameless. Because, the Swedes do not operate the land north of the Arctic Circle at all. And living in the north of the Arctic Circle, there are no Swedes, but the Lapp (Sami) activity area.

In addition, Marin had already signed an agreement with King Hans of Denmark, and obtained the sovereignty of the land in the Arctic Circle of Scandinavia, which was also recognized by the Kingdom of Sweden led by the old Sten Stuure at that time. Therefore, this time, the Kingdom of Sweden used the sovereignty of the Arctic Circle land as "compensation", which is obviously a shameless behavior, which means that there is no compensation at all.

After the news spread, the whole of Europe was in an uproar. Because, Marin is now the hottest war madman in Europe. And Sweden actually dares to deprive Marin of his interests, isn't that a fight?

But to the surprise of all countries, Marin, who has always been belligerent, did not immediately raise troops to retaliate this time. Instead, he ordered the foreign minister to protest strongly against the treachery of the Kingdom of Sweden... Then, there is no more ... This made the melon eaters who were waiting to watch the fun feel extremely depressed...

But in Copenhagen, King Hans of Denmark, who got the news, jumped up excitedly:

"Haha, I finally waited for this day! Since the Swedes are courting their own death, don't blame me for being ruthless! Ahahaha, southern Sweden, it's mine..."

"The order goes on. After the spring ploughing is over, send troops immediately! In addition, send people to the Electors of Brandenburg and the Electors of Saxony, and ask them to support a group of knights and veterans. At the same time, tell the two Electors, I will Paying a commission for this..."