The Rise of the European Emperor

As all preparations and preparations are coming to an end, there is only the last step of preparations left - the Duchy of Clifford publicly announced that it will stand on the side of the Habsburg family, and then send troops to the Parson concentration camp to "relieve the siege" "…

At the same time, the Habsburg family also publicly requested the Duchy of Clifford, the vassal state closest to the battlefield of Parsons concentration camp, to send troops to help relieve the siege according to the script... And according to the script, Duke John II of Clifford would accept the Habsburg At the request of the Fort family, and then quickly dispatched troops to Parsons concentration camp - in fact, Schwartz sent troops under the banner of the Cleaver Principality. Of course, the Principality of Clifford will also dispatch 8,000 troops to assist in the battle...

However, what Schwartz did not expect was that at the last moment, John II, Duke of Cliff, actually flinched. Because, he was afraid of being isolated by the German princes...because, if he accepted the request of the Habsburg family. From then on, the Principality of Clifford could only stand on the side of the Habsburg family. At the same time, it will be isolated by most of the princes...

Although it seems more cost-effective to exchange the Ruhr area of ​​the Earl of Mark for the Lower Gedes area of ​​the Principality of Gerdes, Marin will also give the Principality of Cliff a large amount of monetary subsidies. But at the last moment, the uncle began to sway, and seemed to be hesitant...

Schwartz was in a hurry, and made several trips to the palace in Cliff City, urging John II to make a decision quickly, but John II just couldn't make up his mind, which made Schwartz anxious.

In the end, Schwartz was forced to do nothing and gave the other party an idea:

"Your Majesty, since you don't want to offend the German princes, let me give you an idea!" Schwartz has been with Marin for a long time. Although his temperament is relatively straightforward, he has also learned a lot of flexible ideas.

John II's eyes lit up and said:

"What do you think!"

"Why don't you do it like this, Lord Duke, you openly reject the request of the Habsburg family. Then, you start pretending to be sick... pretending to be very ill, lying in bed and unable to move, and even often 'in a coma'..."

"and then?"

"Then, because Prince John is still young, Mason, the prime minister, seems to be in charge..."

"What do you mean...let Prime Minister Mason accept His Majesty's request on my behalf, and then announce the dispatch of troops?" John II's eyes suddenly lit up... Obviously, this is throwing the pot on old Mason...

"That's right, Lord Duke! Anyway, Prime Minister Mason seems to be very old and is about to retire. You just need to let Lord Mason come forward to do this, and when things are over, you will pretend to wake up and 'restore health'... and then , you place all responsibility on Lord Mason and relieve him of any duties,

And deprive him of his baronial title and baronial fiefs... Of course, the result of the transaction in the Gedes area will not change with the replacement of the Earl of Mark..."

"Is this too immoral? It's unfair to old Mason..."

"It's okay, Lord Duke. When the time comes, our Grand Duke Marin will compensate Lord Mason. Both the fief and the title can compensate him..." Schwartz said confidently. Marin has no shortage of land now, and it doesn't matter if he gives old Mason the title of baron.

In fact, Northumberland, England under Marin, is now lacking a qualified minister. Although the old Mason is 67 years old, he is still in good health. It is more than enough to be sent to Northumberland to be the minister of the earldom...

"Okay, let's do this!" John II quickly summoned the old Prime Minister Mason to discuss the matter with him.

Old Mason was hesitant, because as long as he took the blame for this matter, the title and back cover of the family would be stripped away afterwards. Moreover, although Schwartz made a promise, Schwartz was not Marin, and he did not believe that Schwartz's promise was effective. However, now that Marin has gone to America, I want to confirm with Marin, but I can't find anyone. Also, there is no time to delay...

So, Schwartz gritted his teeth and directly signed a private gambling agreement with Old Mason-if Marin did not compensate Old Mason for the title and fief, he was willing to give up his viscount and viscount to the Old Mason family unconditionally. ...

With Schwartz's written assurance, old Mason really felt relieved...

Then, it's acting - John II first publicly rejected the request of the Habsburg family, which made the handsome king Philip who cooperated with the acting feel a little inexplicable... Fortunately, Schwartz sent him a secret letter to let him understand the end what happened...

The surrounding vassal states were really satisfied with John II's "general knowledge", but within a few days, the Principality of Clifford suddenly announced that John II had suddenly contracted a serious disease, lay immobile in bed, and was in a coma for a long time... …

As a result, John II lost the ability to continue to manage the Duchy of Clifford and the Country of Mark. And John II's son, Prince John, is still underage and cannot replace John II in charge of the government affairs of the Principality of Clifford... Then, Mason, the old Prime Minister of the Principality of Clifford, announced that he would be fully ill during the period of John II's serious illness. In charge of the military affairs of the Principality of Clifford and the Earl of Mark...

After the old Mason "taken power", the handsome king Philip, who got inside information, sent an envoy again to ask the old Mason to send troops to the Parson concentration camp in the Duchy of Brabant to relieve the siege. At the same time, he also semi-openly excluded his cronies and went to Clifford City with several large boxes of property, posing as if he wanted to bribe old Mason.

Then, under the order of John II, who was "sick in bed", the old Mason accepted the "heavy gift" of the Habsburg family in mid-air, and then his attitude began to change drastically...

In the days that followed, the elder Mason began to advocate and curry favor with Emperor Maximilian I's Habsburg orthodoxy. In private, the old Mason even declared that the Habsburg family is the only noble royal family in the Holy Roman Empire. Even, the emperor status of the Habsburg family should not be elected in the future, but directly hereditary...

Old Mason's declaration made the Duchy of Geddes nervous, for fear that the Duchy of Clifford would suddenly send troops to intervene...

However, Old Mason continued to publicly state according to the second step script that the Principality of Clifford intends to send troops to intervene, but it may not be able to defeat the powerful army of the Principality of Geddes. Therefore, the old Mason publicly called on the army of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea and the army of the Duchy of Cliff to go to the Duchy of Brabant to help relieve the siege...

It's just that the fake Schwartz of the Beihai Kingdom's palace minister Jeffrey and Aurich have publicly stated that the Beihai Kingdom has no right to decide whether to send troops or not in the absence of Marin. Therefore, for the invitation of old Mason to send troops, they can only express their rejection...

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Of course, the above is all acting. In essence, at this time Schwartz's army had begun to enter the territory of the Duchy of Brabant. Before that, all the Gedes spies on the northern border of the Duchy of Brabant were eradicated by the scouts of the North Sea Kingdom...

As long as Old Mason gave an order, the North Sea Army, dressed in the clothes that the soldiers of the Principality of Clifford were used to wear, and carrying the flag of the Principality of Clifford, would go straight to the Parson concentration camp and attack the army of the Principality of Gedes from behind. Fight for the defeat of the Geddes army in World War I. Then, it was time to send troops to capture the Lower Geddes area...