Chapter 2067 Carrying the Banner of Religion

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For the sake of safety, during Marin's expedition, these old nobles will not only be temporarily restricted from traveling freely, but their mansions will also be surrounded. The specific requirement is that no bird is allowed to fly in (out).

The reason for such a request is that these old nobles are afraid that these old nobles will use carrier pigeons to deliver messages. For example, release a carrier pigeon or something at night. The spies under Marin's own command always send pigeons at night to deliver information, so naturally they have to guard against the old nobles doing the same.

For this reason, Marin intends to impose a ban on keeping pigeons in Bremen during his trip to Eastern Europe. Even, he did not hesitate to search the old noble mansion. Pigeons are such creatures that it is difficult to survive in the basement, so they must be hung outside and under the eaves, or the roof. As long as there is a search, there is no way to hide. Moreover, you can also send hounds to look for it. Based on the pigeon smell, it is easy to find.

In fact, Marin's biggest flaw now is the group of former princes who were trapped in Bremen by him. According to the practice of this era, it is actually against the rules for Marin to do so.

You know, in this era, Europeans seldom have wars of extermination. Even if you annex other countries, you have to find excuses, get claim rights or something. For example, France annexed the Kingdom of Naples and the Duchy of Milan because Charles VIII and Louis XII had offshoots of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Naples and the Duke of Milan respectively, and thus declared their right of succession.

Marin was able to occupy East Frisia in the first place because he did have the blood of the Earl of East Frisia, and was therefore recognized.

But his reason for annexing the eight countries is far-fetched. Although the Eight Kingdoms took the initiative to attack the Beihai Kingdom, they only wanted to annex most of the Beihai Kingdom's land and did not intend to completely destroy the country. Although, the territory they plan to leave to Caesar is pitifully small.

Marin later appeared and counterattacked the Eight Kingdoms. At that time, the opinions of the princes of various countries were actually to let the Eight Kingdoms cede land and pay compensation for the losses of the Beihai Kingdom, rather than let the Beihai Kingdom completely annex the Eight Kingdoms. However, the vassal states were organizing coalition forces to interfere with the emperor's annexation of Switzerland, so they really had no spare power to interfere with the affairs of the North Sea State. Moreover, they have not yet defeated the emperor. Therefore, they had to watch the Eight Kingdoms be annexed by Marin.

However, most of the vassal states are still very dissatisfied with Marin's annexation of the eight countries. If they were given a chance, they would definitely interfere and force Marin to hand over the annexed eight vassal states. There is even the Geddes Company that was annexed before.

But the premise is that the eight princes can escape from Bremen and ask the princes for help in person. After all, there is no plaintiff, no victim, and it is not easy to judge the case.

Therefore, what Marin has to do is to send a large number of troops to control the original princes when he leaves the North Sea country for Eastern Europe, so as to prevent them from escaping and asking the princes for help, and to give the princes a reason to send troops. Even the carrier pigeon was not given the opportunity to send a message to ask for help. In this way, even if the princes want to make trouble, they can't find a reason.

If they sent troops, and as a result, the Beihai Kingdom forced the eight princes to jointly issue a statement of "I'm fine, don't mess around", then the princes would be embarrassed. At that time, Marin can even fight back and take the initiative.

Moreover, those princes are not fools. If they are not sure, they will not mess around. In particular, their eldest brother, Elector Frederick III of Saxony, was a man who planned before moving. Without the princes of the Eight Kingdoms in hand, he would not make a casual move.

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In addition, Marin also wanted a righteous name for sending troops. In this way, when troops are sent out, no one dares to make trouble. Otherwise, all parties will be liable.

What righteous name? Save the Catholic allies!

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a Catholic state, while the Grand Duchy of Moscow is a rival Orthodox state. In this era when religious power dominates, people are even closer to religious beliefs than to ethnic groups.

By the way, the sense of national identity only became popular in the 19th century. Before that, people, especially Europeans, were more used to dividing camps according to their beliefs.

Such as the famous Belgian independence,

That happened in the 1830s. At that time, Belgium was divided between the French-speaking Walloons in the south and the Dutch-speaking Flemish people in the north. These two people are not of the same nationality, and their languages ​​are completely different. Even the Flemish and the Dutch in the north belong to the same nation.

However, because they believe in Catholicism, the Netherlands believes in Protestantism. Because of different beliefs, the Flemish people in Belgium did not hesitate to abandon the Netherlands, which speaks Dutch and has the same nationality, and chose to become independent with Belgium.

However, after the 20th century, the sense of national identity surpassed the sense of religious identity, and the Flemish people fought with the Walloons again, and even wanted independence.

Of course, that is a matter for future generations. In this era, the concept of nationality is still relatively vague, and it can only be roughly divided into several large ethnic groups such as Germans, Slavs and Latins, and there is no subdivision of ethnic groups.

Moreover, because Latin is the lingua franca of the Catholic world, people don't feel much about ethnic differences. The Holy See has always emphasized that believers should love each other.

Therefore, if Marin sent troops to the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the name of "protecting the Catholic allies", the German princes would not dare to act casually. Because this would stand against the church. There is even the possibility of being excommunicated.

Of course, if the eight princes and bitter masters who were annexed by Marin came forward to speak out, that would be another matter.

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Therefore, before Marin sent troops, in addition to strictly guarding the annexed princes, he must also carry the banner of religion to make himself invincible. Under the banner of maintaining Catholicism, not to mention the German princes, even the tyrannical France, in the face of this righteousness, dare not stand up to Marin at this time. Otherwise, it is the enemy of the Holy See and the churches of various countries...

But how to carry the banner of religion is also particular.

First of all, Marin cannot take the initiative to ask for a job. Otherwise, others will say that his motives are impure. In particular, he really has impure motives. At that time, the hundreds of thousands of people will be snatched back, and the population will be settled directly. Therefore, he had to pretend to be passive and let the Holy See invite him to act.

When the Holy See invites the horse, it is more reasonable to carry the banner. In this way, it can be regarded as "standing up for righteousness". If others want to be unfavorable to him at this time, they have to think about the attitude of the church.

Secondly, when the church asked him to come out of the mountain, they had to pretend to refuse, and they refused to welcome him. By the way, ask for some favors.

After all, the cost of an expedition of thousands of miles and tens of thousands of troops to rescue is extremely staggering. If you can't ask for benefits, it's too shameful and fake. After all, Lei Feng only existed in that ideal era when he didn't care about benefits or was even ashamed to mention benefits. In normal times, Lao Lei would be slandered as a fool.

Therefore, Marin's plan is to let them ask the Holy See for help after Lithuania suffers a big loss. Then, the Holy See turned to other countries for help. This country does not only refer to the North Sea country, but all countries in Western Europe.

In order to avoid suspicion, Marin asked the Holy See to ask France for help first. Although France is powerful, its current economy is not doing well. Moreover, France is the farthest west of the continent, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow is the farthest east of the continent. If France sends troops, it is equivalent to spanning the whole of Europe. This cost, in the current France, is unbearable. The Holy See, obviously, will not afford this money, nor can it afford it.

In this way, France's rejection is certain. Then he asked Emperor Maximilian I for help, but His Majesty, the hard-pressed emperor, Switzerland has not yet figured it out. How can he spare the troops to save Lithuania? What's more, His Majesty the Emperor is much poorer than France, and cannot afford the cost of the expedition...

In the end, it is natural to ask Marin who can fight for help...

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But Marin planned to refuse first, saying a lot of difficulties. For example, I am afraid that the country will be empty after I send troops, and I will be taken advantage of by others. It means to force countries to express their views.

At this time, whether it is France or the German states, they definitely hope that Marin will spend money and send troops to expedition to Moscow. Even, I hope that Marin will die in Eastern Europe...

Then, everyone must have stated their position - we will never touch you... The subtext is - don't worry, go to Eastern Europe to give away your head...

At this point, it's almost the same. Of course, ask for extra benefits. For example, some nominal benefits, such as confirmation of Australia's colonial rights. Also, it is to allow Marin to use physical means to "influence" the local Ross people, transforming them from Orthodox Christians to Catholics... This physical method is naturally captured back to the North Sea country to "slowly influence"...

Even at this point, other countries will not feel anything. Because they didn't expect how big Marin's appetite was. When Marin brings back hundreds of thousands of people, they will know that things are far beyond their imagination...