Chapter 2077 There Is a Rebellious Bone in the Back of the Head
However, Marin has not realized his behavior until now, which can be regarded as injecting a large amount of cash currency into the markets of the two countries. He was still secretly happy that he had obtained a huge amount of coinage profits. After all, even if the Venetian merchant offered a price ratio of 1:25 for silver and copper, he could still make a lot of money.
As for the loss of this part of the minting profits of the Spanish and Portuguese royal families, it is actually not that big. Anyway, as long as the price of copper does not collapse, these copper coins minted by the North Sea country will not depreciate in their hands, and they are still worth that much money. Unless, one day, Marin can import a large amount of copper from the Ming Dynasty and Japan, causing the European copper price to collapse. Otherwise, those copper coins would be considered as much wealth in their hands. At most, they made less profit from minting. However, they can't actually earn those minting profits. Because, the mints of the two countries still beat coins by hand, and the production capacity is very low. Even if you give them a chance, it's useless...
Therefore, it is better to let Marin earn this part of the profit that they are destined to not make. And even if the copper coins are in their hands, they will be exchanged for gold and silver coins soon. After all, no one of the monarchs of the two countries would store a large amount of copper coins, but would only exchange them for gold coin storage. Even if the price of copper collapses, the people who will lose the most in the end will still be the low-level people who often use copper coins.
Passing through Austria again, Marin poured money again and ordered a lot of Austrian apple cider vinegar. After all, in the Aurich Palace, sweet and sour fish and sweet and sour pork ribs are frequently made dishes. As for vinegar, it is basically not produced in the North Sea. So, just go and order foreign vinegar. Although Italy has balsamic vinegar made from grape juice, and Spain also has vinegar made from grape raw materials, Marin hopes to subsidize the poor emperor. Therefore, he has been entrusting the Habsburg family to help him acquire a large amount of Austrian apple cider vinegar in Austria. In this way, this poor family can also earn a little money. If you are stronger, you can help yourself to take away more hatred...
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In fact, Marin has already begun to calculate the Habsburg family. How to calculate? Of course, it is to send counselors to lurk beside the crown prince Philip and advocate the theory of "Unification of Shenluo" to him!
Unlike Prince Charles, who was brought up by Maximilian I for a long time, the handsome king Philip grew up in the palace of Ghent and received education from the powerful officials of the Netherlands. And those powerful ministers only wanted to control the puppet Philip, so naturally they didn't want to teach him how to do it. And the emperor needs to stay in Austria for a long time, and he can't control him at all. Therefore, this product is far worse than Emperor Maximilian I, and the relationship between father and son is also very indifferent.
Historically, the reason why Charles V was a little capable was also because his aunt, Princess Margaret, happened to have both husbands dead. The widowed Margaret simply acted as the nephew's guardian, helping him manage the Netherlands and nurturing him carefully.
Princess Margaret was brought out by the old politician Maximilian I, so she is naturally much better than his idiot brother Philip. Therefore, the nephew did not grow crooked. And in this life, Maximilian I directly took his grandson by his side to raise him, and it is estimated that Prince Charlie will not be bad.
The reason why the Habsburg family became the target of public criticism is because Maximilian I was unabashed when he was young, and he said that he wanted to learn from France to truly unify Germany, which frightened the princes. Therefore, the princes united against the Habsburg family.
If the Beihai country wants to make a fortune silently, it must have a big target of hatred in front of it. And the Habsburg family, which is so big and attractive, is obviously very suitable.
But Emperor Maximilian I had learned the lessons of the year, and now he keeps quiet about the actual unification of the Holy Roman Empire. Prince Charlie is by his side, and Marin can't even think about it.
Then, there is only Prince Philip who is not under the control of Maximilian I and is in Ghent, Netherlands. This guy is arrogant, selfish and greedy.
Marin intends to let the North Sea State spy department find a down-and-out intellectual in France, send him to join Prince Philip, and keep advocating the benefits of actually unifying the Holy Roman Empire by his side, encouraging him to prepare for the unification of Germany.
Of course, it was prepared in secret. After all, although this master is not wise enough, he is not stupid either.
However, Marin will destroy...
When he is ready to a certain extent, Marin will deliberately leak the news of his preparations for the unification of Shinra, and let the princes know. At that time, the princes will once again target the Habsburg family.
Marin estimated that at that time, a wise man like Maximilian I would probably give up this product directly and let his grandson Charlie run for the emperor. Otherwise, the Habsburg family would never want to be emperor again.
After all, in the original history, in order to fight against the Habsburg family, the princes at that time, such as the Duke of Lorraine and other pro-French princes, even proposed that the French King Francois I be the Holy Roman Emperor. But in the end, because the Habsburg family borrowed 700,000 gold coins from the Fugger family to bribe the electors, and the Saxon elector Frederick III took the overall situation into consideration, there was no such thing as the king of France becoming the emperor of Shinra. thing.
Marin reckoned that if Francois I, the French king, really became the Emperor of Shinra, it is estimated that France would launch a plan to forcibly annex Germany. With the name of the emperor and the strength of France, it is possible to attack Germany.
The Elector Frederick III of Saxony at the time obviously knew this, knowing that neither the Habsburg family nor the French royal family were good things, so he did not choose Francois I.
Of course, that was a historical event. Mainly, the Habsburgs already had the Spanish throne at that time. Become the emperor of Shenluo again, and the princes really can't mix it up. Therefore, in desperation, I planned to choose Francois I, the king of France.
Later, after Charles V was elected emperor, he was really coquettish and oppressive. Even, France, the top power, was rubbed on the ground.
If the French hadn't given up their face in the end and chose to join forces with the pagan Turks so that Charles V had no time to do it, maybe the Habsburg family would really unify Germany.
At that time, the Holy See also seemed to see the risk that the Habsburg family might unify Shinra. If that were the case, the Holy See would probably have to succumb to the power of Charles V. Therefore, the Pope at the time even acquiesced in France and Turkey's dealing with Charles V, and did not accuse or even excommunicate the French royal family. It is precisely because of this that the French and German princes were preserved. However, Charles V, because of successive years of war, signed a huge debt of up to 20 million ducats, which he could not repay. Then, he simply abdicated, passing the throne of Spain to his son and the throne of Shinra to his younger brother. His son, Philip II, was also desperate. He invented the country's bankruptcy and owed a debt of 20 million gold coins. Then, the Fuggers, who lent money to the Habsburgs, thus went bankrupt ...
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Of course, that was a historical event. In this time and space, everything has changed because of the strong appearance of Marin's Beihai country. For example, the Habsburg family failed to win the Spanish throne because Marin saved King Juan. In this way, the Shinra throne became the only hope of the Habsburg family.
But Marin also gave compensation, suggesting that Prince Charlie marry Princess Anna of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In this way, when the Bohemian royal family dies out and Prince Charles becomes emperor, he will not only get the Kingdom of Bohemia, but also Silesia and the huge Kingdom of Hungary. Even, in order to ensure the extinction of the Kingdom of Bohemia, Maximilian I even had the heart to let his family promise to the granddaughter Mary of Prince Lajos II of Bohemia to eat a lot of ice cream from childhood, so that when she grows up, she will suffer from cold. baby...
Even without the Spanish Empire, however, the Habsburgs were still strong. In fact, they have no shortage of people, no shortage of troops, and they have a strong appeal. The only thing they lack is money. As long as the money is enough, they can hang and beat the princes immediately. Historically, it was precisely because of the gold and silver in the American colonies of the Spanish Empire that Charles V had the money to organize an army to attack France.
Even without money, the Habsburg family is bluffing just by relying on the reputation of four generations of emperors. In addition, this family also controls the vast areas of Austria, Franche-Comté and the Netherlands, and currently controls more than half of the Swiss region... These alone are enough to make the princes fearful.
Although Marin is strong, but because of his humble background, he is not regarded by those princes. The reason why those princes were afraid of Marin was not because they were afraid that Marin would compete for the throne, but because they were afraid that Marin would help the Habsburg family to unify Germany. So, in the final analysis, the Habsburg family is more capable of attracting hatred.
If Marin uses a series of operations to let the princes know that the emperor's son wants to unify Shenluo, he will definitely be very nervous. Then, there will be a joint boycott of Prince Philip's succession to the throne.
When this trouble occurs, Marin's attention will be reduced, making it easier for him to immerse himself in development. In short, in order to reduce attention and develop insignificantly, Marin decisively cheated Prince Philip... If it was in the Eastern system, Marin would be a cheater of his own young master, a standard rebellious kid with a back bone...