Warlock Royal Family

() The reason why Machiavelli refused to turn the fire of the domestic struggle on Poland is that the delivery of interests with the Elector of Saxony he presided over is currently looking very bad.

"The Elector of Saxony not only refused to withdraw from the Wuerzburg region, but also cut off the imperial taxation?!" Ladislaus's voice was filled with great anger. He refused to give benefits and intercepted my money. This is Ladis The worst thing Rolls could tolerate.

Tolerable or unbearable!

"I have decided to admit that I gave him several knight territories around Saxony that supported the rebellion, and also deprived him of the privilege of an imperial free city that supported Lady Fire. He has made a lot of money."

"However, compared to those small territories, the Archbishop of Wurzburg's territory is a truly substantial harvest. In addition, the Elector of Brandenburg successfully swallowed the Archbishop of Magdeburg's territory, and of course the Elector of Saxony also emerged. The same persistence." Machiavelli's voice was full of helplessness, and he and Martin Luther corresponded back and forth for more than a dozen rounds, but they still couldn't reach a consensus.

Martin Luther made a personal offer that Machiavelli could not refuse. He sincerely hoped that he could be recognized by Austria without going through the territories occupied by war.

For this reason, he promised that as long as Machiavelli can accept such conditions, he will ask Ben to pardon Machiavelli's past failures, which means that Machiavelli will be able to "atonement" and restore the priesthood.

But Machiavelli knew that he could not act like this, and the two sides could not reach an agreement on the Wuerzburg issue.

The current situation is a very complicated situation involving religion and geography. The Elector of Saxony and the Elector of Brandenburg formed an alliance, and each swallowed a lot of territories that participated or were involved in the peasant uprising.

The sovereignty of most knight territories and free cities depends on the Imperial Parliament, which is actually the recognition of the Habsburg family. At the time when France and Spain are at war, His Majesty Ferdinand has a heart for those small lords who are oppressed by the big princes. Powerless, after the two electors successively paid more than 20 talers in compensation, they pinched their noses and accepted their annexation.

Ladislaus was also allocated tens of thousands of talers, and these territories were not disputed.

However, the sovereignty of the territories of several bishops and archbishops occupied by them is not only related to the empire but also related to the Cyric Church in Rome.Although the two electors who believed in Bane didn't care about Rome's ideas at all, the Habsburg family was not ready to turn against the church. The most important reason was the Cyric Church in Spain, the core of the Habsburg Empire. The power is too strong.

Unlike most of the Cyric Church, which is completely determined by internal struggle, the Iberian Peninsula is facing a much greater threat from the Xingyue heretics, so the culture within the Cyric Church is much more radical and full of vitality.Anyone who wants to be in the top position must have certain personal talents rather than pure nepotism.

Therefore, the level of priests here is much higher than that of other Cyric priests who are addicted to degenerate culture.It is an extremely strong fortress of purple faith.

In the Holy Roman Empire, the support of several religious electors was also crucial to the Habsburg family. This time, the true pope concentrated his power on Mainz and Trier.The three major religious electors of Cologne sent a lot of support, successfully repelled the siege of the rebel army and deterred the temptations of the surrounding feudal princes, and kept the stability of the territories of the three princes who had the right to vote for the throne.

Relying on these three votes has also restrained the Habsburg family. Although these religious electors have always been able to be bought at both ends in the past elections, their bottom line is that candidates cannot publicly deny Siri grams of faith.Once the Habsburg family showed no respect for religious princes, the attitude of these religious electors was bound to become very unfriendly.

Therefore, His Majesty Ferdinand asked Ladislaus to cede at most the territories of a few small bishops and abbots, and the territory of the archbishop must be kept.

For the distant Magdeburg, Ladislaus was powerless, and the archbishop of Magdeburg was originally a member of the Hohenzollern family, which made things much simpler for the Elector of Brandenburg.

The archbishop did not appeal at all, and cooperated with the outside world to help the Elector of Brandenburg control the Magdeburg area.

After deliberation, the Medici's chosen pope also reluctantly agreed with Ladislaus' explanation of the division of the enemy, and promised not to pursue the issue of Magdeburg for the time being, and did not recognize Brandenburg's sovereignty but did not publicly condemn the other party. .

Of course, Ladislaus also received a reward of [-] talers from Brandenburg for helping to turn things around.

So the contradiction centered on the problem of Wuerzburg.This territory is relatively close to Austria, only separated by the city of Regensburg Empire and the city of Nuremberg Empire, as well as a small duchy of Bavaria

, these territories are small, and unlike the Magdeburg area, Austria may control this area.

Ladislaus had every confidence in driving the Elector of Saxony out.As long as no other great powers openly support the Elector of Saxony.

"Is there any change in the Kingdom of Hungary this time?" Ladislaus still pinned his hopes on the married princess of Habsburg. The last time the Hungarian queen tipped off the news, it seems that the Hungarian king did not find out, and the relationship between husband and wife was not damaged. According to many ambassadors, there was a good couple relationship between the two supreme beings that is rare among royal intermarriages.Of course Ladislaus was skeptical.

"Her Majesty has no news." Machiavelli knew what Ladislaus was thinking, but this time the queen did not respond. "The ambassador in Buda reported that after the Ottoman Empire captured Rhode Island, it focused all its attention on Hungary. Now all the territory of the Hungarian Kingdom from Croatia to Transylvania is being harassed by Ottoman cavalry. The Ambassador considers it unlikely that the Kingdom of Hungary will interfere in the affairs of the Empire."

"What about Poland?" Although Poland did not support the great princes in the north of the empire last time, it must pay attention to such a powerful neighbor no matter what its attitude is.

"The belief in His Majesty the Black Hand is spreading among the high-ranking Polish nobles. There are rumors that even the king and queen couple have secretly summoned His Highness Martin Luther. His Highness Martin Luther personally confirmed to me that he has been able to touch the magic net. It’s the ninth floor, and now he’s a dignified ruler of the country.” Machiavelli’s voice was inevitably filled with sobs, the two of them used to be equal figures under Ben’s seat, but now even though he is equally influential as a politician Achievements, but Machiavelli is greatly inferior in terms of personal strength.

"He was able to receive such a generous gift from His Majesty the Blackhand. It seems that the Kingdom of Poland has indeed been deeply infiltrated by the Church of the Blackhand." Ladislaus looked at Machiavelli's old and thin face, feeling very worried.

He completed Machiavelli's personal task, and now he has his complete loyalty. This loyalty made him choose the latter between "faith" and "monarchy", but Machiavelli, who has no priest rank, is already There is a candle in the wind.

Ladislaus has been leading troops abroad all year round. As his most important confidant, Machiavelli has extremely great power and responsibility. Yue's work has left no trace of black hair on his head.

"You have to take care of yourself, my friend." Ladislaus looked at Machiavelli's new task: "Help Machiavelli atone for Ben" The task reward is that this will restore Machiavelli's priest rank and He was very helpless to reconcile with the Mafia Church.

This task is too difficult, and Ladislaus's wings are not yet full. If he falls to the black hand at this time, losing his special relationship with Spain and his status as a cardinal in the Roman Church, it is almost impossible for Austria to stop him. The next thunderous blow of the Ottoman Empire is more worrying about Barbarossa's attitude. Although the ancestor god is based in Vienna, he first serves the interests of the Holy Roman Empire. For reconciliation with the great princes, He will not support it.

"I've troubled you." Machiavelli knew that Ladislaus really cared about him, and he also knew that his time was running out, but he was determined to use his last days to repay Ladislaus for his kindness. He did not have a solid foundation for his family and really established a foothold in Vienna. "I have already reached an agreement with the chief representative of His Majesty's dark forces in the Kingdom of Poland, His Royal Highness Cardinal Piast of Krakow. Because of the issue of faith, he will never allow the Kingdom of Poland to openly support the northern princes of the empire."

"Should this cardinal only use the surname Piast in private?" Ladislaus was a little hesitant about the meaning of Machiavelli's words.

"His official surname is of course Krakow. Now the Aglonians in Poland and Hungary are keeping a close eye on the Piast family." Machiavelli said carefully.

The Piast family was the previous generation of the Polish royal family. Because of natural extinction, the Polish throne was transferred to the Aglonian family through marriage.

The archbishop in red was obviously a concubine with no right of inheritance.

"The archbishop did not ask us to support his claim to the Polish throne." Ladislaus worried that the other party's asking price was too high. "The Hungarian throne now also belongs to the Aglonian family. Although there are bound to be conflicts between the two monarchs, if they face the challenge of the Piast family, they will definitely remain consistent."

"No, no, the request of the Cardinal of Krakow is nothing more than you using the strength of the warlock royal family to make His Majesty the Pope Zhenxuan agree that his son will inherit his position."

This requirement is not difficult to meet. The True Elect Pope cannot but support the loyal ministers who are fighting against the Church of Benn. (To be continued.