The Rise of the European Emperor

On the way back to the north, Marin received a piece of bad news that was not unexpected—the old Bishop Richie finally died...

Old Bishop Richie was also tenacious. When Marin led his army into the counties of East Friesland in 1498, Bishop Old Richie was dying. Unexpectedly, it has been 5 years, and the old Richie really died. In other words, the old Richie lasted 5 years in a near-death state...

Marin thought, Assistant Bishop Taylor must be crying now. Not sad for the death of old Bishop Rich, but excited that he finally had a chance to take over.

A few years ago, before Marin entered the Counties of East Friesland, Assistant Bishop Taylor began to curry favor with Edsard I, the then Count of East Friesland, and help him fool the people of Emden. When Marin entered the country of East Friesland, he began to move closer to Marin. He jumped up and down like this, in fact, to be able to take over the class of Bishop Rich. After all, old Richie was in bad shape a few years ago. Unexpectedly, the old Ritchie relied on a trace of residual blood for several years...

In the past few years, Tyler, relying on his talent in flickering, helped Marin train hundreds of little flickers, and was arranged by Marin to be in the army and in churches around the world.

Unfortunately, Marin's heart is very big, and he always feels that a hundred little flickers are not enough, so he urged Taylor to help him train 1,000 small flickers. In this way, East Friesland, including the Counties of Oldenburg and Schleswig, as well as the churches of the American colonies, is full of priests who help Marin to fool around.

However, flicking also requires talent. You let Zhao Da Huyou learn to flick, and you can learn to flick for a year. If you let silly roots learn to flick, you may never learn it in your life.

So, it's not that Taylor doesn't teach by heart, but learning to fool is also a matter of talent. Before, Taylor taught more than 300 low-level priests, but only 100 of them were teachers. Even among these 100 people, some of them barely graduated.

Fortunately, Marin now controls three countries, and there are more low-level young priests who can be sent to receive Taylor's teaching. In the future, as long as there are enough flickering priests out of the apprenticeship, and they sing praises for themselves while preaching every day, Marin does not believe in social instability.

While passing through Bonn, Marin went into the city to visit Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne.

This time Marin visited the Archbishop of Cologne, there are two main things to do. The first thing, of course, is to implement the matter of the Duchy of Schleswig joining the Imperial Parliament, and to confirm the matter of the Duke of Schleswig. This matter is very important. This year's Imperial Council has not yet been held, and it seems that it will not be held until after the autumn harvest. So, Marin needs support. The Archbishop of Cologne has a high prestige in the northern region of Germany, and some bishops of the bishopric have completely followed the Archbishop of Cologne to shout at the Imperial Parliament.

Therefore, as long as the Archbishop of Cologne is settled, a group of bishops will vote in favor...

To this end, Marin prepared many gifts and came to bribe. Of course, the bribe was done by someone else, and it was impossible for Marin to go to Rome with the bribe and bring it back.

In fact, Marin went to Rome lightly, to bribe the property of the Archbishop of Cologne, which was actually arranged by Cologne and later sent to Bonn. When Marin turned back from Rome, Kohler's gift had already arrived.

Herman IV actually participated in Julius II's enthronement ceremony, but he returned to China early in the morning the next day after attending the ceremony. And Marin, because of some things, stayed in Rome for a while, and was unable to meet Herman IV.

Also, Marin rode on horses, while Herman IV rode in a chariot. Although the departure time differed by several days, Hermann IV actually returned to Bonn half a day earlier than Marin.

Regarding the generous gift from Marin, Herman IV was very satisfied after checking and finding that it was worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

So, Herman IV naturally agreed to help Marin at the Imperial Parliament.

As for Marin's recommendation of Assistant Bishop Taylor to replace the recently deceased old Rich as the Bishop of East Frisian Country, Hermann IV directly nodded and agreed.

In fact, since the early days of the emperor and the Holy See against the bishops of the bishopric within the territory of the gods, the emperor and the Holy See finally reached a compromise and signed it. The agreement stipulates that the right to appoint bishops in the bishopric belongs to the Holy See. The emperor only has the right to supervise, and has no right to interfere with the appointment of bishops. In addition, the bishop's secular authority over the bishopric is conferred by the emperor.

However, as the Holy See became more and more powerful, the emperor's control over the bishopric was basically zero. Especially after the promulgation, because of the appearance of the electors, the emperor's control over the Shinra Empire has been declining, and the secular governance of the bishop's country does not need to be granted by the emperor, and it is all decided by the Holy See.

In particular, although Maximilian I is now elected king of Germany, because the Pope has never crowned him, Maximilian I is not yet an emperor. What the Pope does to the Episcopal State, Maximilian I has no say at all.

Of course, as a compromise, after the signing, the Holy See also made concessions on the right to appoint bishops to those secular vassal states. For example, for the bishops of the vassal states, the opinions of the princes are very important. If the princes objected to someone being bishop, the church should also consider it carefully. At the same time, princes also have the right to recommend someone to be bishop. As long as the princes themselves can control the field well, the candidates they put forward are still easy to be elected as bishops. After all, the bishops of the princely states are actually elected in their own cathedrals. After the election, it only needs to be reported to the Archbishop of Cologne and other senior archbishops for review and approval. However, if the Archbishop of Cologne and other audited archbishops disagree, then re-election is also required.

However, rejecting such a shameful thing as a candidate is generally not done by archbishops. After all, it's so offensive. Therefore, the general princes and the high-ranking bishops who are responsible for reviewing will reach an agreement in advance, and then go through the process.

The Archbishop of Cologne received a lot of bribes and knew that Marin had a good relationship with the new Pope, so naturally he would not have trouble with Marin. So, Herman IV let Marin go back with peace of mind and arranged for Taylor to be elected...

So, after Marin returned to East Frisland, he first arranged for Taylor to preside over the funeral of old Rich, and then kept talking to the senior priests and abbots of the country to persuade them to elect Taylor as the new bishop.

In the face of the strong Marin's "suggestion", most of the priests naturally agreed. And those who didn't agree, Marin directly planned to open the whole thing...

As for how to fix them? It's very simple - because Pope Alexander VI took the lead these days, the church is generally corrupt, and many priests take care of their lovers and have illegitimate children.

This kind of shit, if no one exposes it, it will be fine, someone will catch it. Of course, ordinary princes would not dare to offend the church. But who is Marlin? He is the son-in-law of the Pope. Even if everyone didn't know that Marin was the Pope's son-in-law, they knew that Marin had a good relationship with the current Pope. The whole low-level priest, still have questions?

Marin destroyed seven or eight disgraceful senior priests and abbots in a row, and all of a sudden the church forces in the country were afraid. Then, on the day of the election of the new bishop, Bishop Taylor was elected by an overwhelming 99 votes. As for the only dissenting vote, Marin deliberately arranged for someone to vote. why? 100% high votes are too fake! Therefore, we have to arrange for someone to cast a negative vote and spread the word...

In this way, Assistant Bishop Taylor, who has always had a bad reputation, was successfully elected as the Archbishop of East Frisian Country with a high vote with the strong support of Marin...