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After figuring out the above theories, Huo Teng's intention is very obvious.

On the premise that the emperor naturally supports the separatist forces against the powerful, Huo Teng will take the initiative to act as a shit stick, so that the emperor can effectively intervene, and then turn Göttingen County into an independent country from the principality.

Although Göttingen's own strength is still too weak, Huo Teng has every means to make it as small as half the principality.Coupled with the steel and coal in the Ruhr area, Huo Teng is confident that building a steel army will not be a problem.

But here comes the question, how to be independent?

In the eyes of ordinary nobles, Huo Teng, a mere unknown person, is really not qualified to challenge the two Grand Dukes, Old Bernard and Diodoric.

This is an act of militarism and madness.

"So, what is your goal?"

Just then, Monk Morris came in.

This guy is already well-known in Göttingen.All the nobles were devout believers. When they heard that the famous Franconia monks were going north, they ran to the Free City of Göttingen as if they wanted to see their own fathers.This is also the reason why this Christmas can be opened so successfully.

They all want to come and meet the monks.

Huo Teng was slightly pleasantly surprised. From this point of view, the hermit Morris did not dislike Huo Teng's plan.

"Our goal is to establish the Principality of Westphalia!" Horten raised his fist high, scaring the knights to death.Even Kang Nuosha, who had some confidence in Huo Teng at the beginning, looked ugly at this moment.

Horten, of course, is not a word found in the modern Westphalian system.Also has nothing to do with that.

Westphalia is the place name on both sides of the Rhine in northwestern Germany.It is probably the west side of the Principality of Saxony, Bremen, and the Ruhr area.

This place name is so old that on the map of the 9th century, it is specially marked in the west of the Principality of Saxony, and then Westphalia is marked.

However, from beginning to end, it has not been converted from a place name to a principality with entities.

Huo Teng's goal is this.

Chapter 85 Why is this independent?

In this small church, such a powerful voice suddenly burst out, making these nobles speechless. With their poor level of knowledge, they really couldn't figure out how to establish a Principality of Westphalia.

"Gan!"

However, when everyone fell into silence, as members of Huo Teng's family, sister-in-law Amelia and father Madi stood up at the same time and waved the flag for Huo Teng.

Of course, they themselves are actually more confident than other nobles.After all, the Duke of Saxony is a well-known powerful man in the whole country.But if none of his own people support his own people, then the Bowendeng family can be disbanded on the spot.So my family is very supportive of my family, even if there is no reason to do so.

Speaking of toughness, more than [-] knights who directly belonged to Huo Teng, or belonged to Huo Teng in terms of feudal guardianship, plus the young retinue knights recruited by Huo Teng himself, a total of nearly a hundred knights rushed out to stand for Huo Teng.

With these hundreds of knights, although there is a serious shortage of subordinate retinues, sergeants, and militiamen, at first glance, it seems that Huo Teng alone can pull thousands of troops and Saxon troops to go to the mountains and countryside to fight guerrillas.The army numbered over a thousand, and in the eyes of ordinary nobles, they were already at the level of powerful people.

If you count your fingers carefully, you will be surprised to find that after a big fight with the Saxon army, why does Huo Teng's men look swollen?In fact, these are just puffiness, and half of the knights only support Huo Teng in name.

In any case, this small formation surprised even Monk Morris.

He admired Huo Teng again, and began to seriously consider whether Huo Teng could win if he really set his ambitions and brought Göttingen and the Duchy of Saxony to the front.

The odds are of course zero.

But what if Saxony's elite army, led by the young Emperor Conrad, went to fight in Italy?

Besides, Huo Teng could really carry away the Saxon army of 3000 with a few hundred people.

You know, as long as Huo Teng can continue to defend the city with a cheeky face, the Duke of Saxony really has nothing to do with him.

"Then how will you strengthen Göttingen, or the whole of Westphalia?" The hermit Morris couldn't help asking Horten, "If you really lead the people of Göttingen to break with the Duchy of Upper Lorraine, what will you do? What about the status of the church?"

This sentence, on the surface, asks how to be independent, but actually refers to how to view the relationship with the church after independence.

For Horten was a very categorical man of church origin, a monk of the Göttingen Abbey.He has studied in office for eight full years, and he is not bad compared with most ordained monks.Of course, considering that ordinary people still can't tell whether a monk is an official monk, Huo Teng can directly call him a monk, a clear priest.

Although Huo Teng has neither a major nor a minor divine rank, the hermit Morris himself does not have a divine rank, and the divine rank is only the Church's inclusion of those with clergy.

But, to be more specific, you are asking Horten, are you with the Archbishop of Mainz or the Bishop of Nancy?You know, the bishop of Nancy's last home is the Diocese of Besançon, which is far away in the Duchy of Upper Burgundy.If you go with him, we won't help you.

So to put it bluntly, Morris, who is a Franconia himself, is asking Horten, do you want to make friends with Archbishop Burgard?

Göttingen County belongs to the Diocese of Mainz, so Huo Teng agreed: "We should return to the command of Archbishop Burgard."

"Very good. On your behalf, I can go to Mainz to discuss with the archbishop. But if Göttingen and Mainz become brothers, then you should fight for the justice of God." Morris agreed and could help Horten Get in touch with the powerful Burgard.

Burgard is now leading the general public in Franconia to fight against the knights headed by the duke. Of course, he has no shortage of money, even very rich, but he only lacks soldiers.During the first battle, Archbishop Burgard led the citizens and farmers unarmed to surround the castle of Grand Duke Eberhard of Franconia.

Needless to say, Grand Duke Eberhard was really frightened at the time, and he really promised Archbishop Burgard, promising to tear down the walls of the castles of all Franconia knights, and put them into practice.He even really lost the rule of Franconia to Burgard because he was afraid of Burgard.

However, in Huo Teng's view, Burgard's downfall will happen sooner or later.

The archbishop, based in Mainz, controlled western Franconia.But he has no weapons in his hands. Currently, he is only relying on his religious fame to persecute the pious believers and knights, and the duke dare not do anything wrong.

But in another year or two, or even half a year, when the duke and the knights couldn't bear to continue to harass the peasants, oppress and plunder, the conflict between the two sides would inevitably resurface.With Bourgard without an army, it was only a matter of time before the archbishop was expelled.

So if you can take advantage of the church at this time, a fool will not take advantage of it.

So Monk Morris announced his support for Horten's decision.

At this time, the church and the monks are the only speakers of faith, and believers cannot violate it.

So Morris' defection made the restless knights in Göttingen suddenly feel at ease.They are all illiterates who can't look forward to a year later, so of course it is easy to change their minds.

The Countess Connorsa, who had watched all this, pushed Huo Teng in half panic and half surprise, and then hurriedly pretended to be a lady, saying: "Yes, we can go our own way, and my brother and relatives We parted ways."

Yes, Connorsa is also not afraid of big things.Otherwise, how could you compete with your brothers for territory?

Since Huo Teng dared to look around the world with a gun in his hand, then Conosha dared to put herself on the gambling table.

"I declare that because Grand Duke Theodoric abandoned us, Göttingen County will decide its own path. We are completely independent!" Connorsa even kissed Huo Teng directly on the face because of being too excited.

At this time, the friend's marriage partner, Jones, didn't care about the kiss. She tore off the long red cloth on the altar disrespectfully, directly slapped it on Conorsha, and then said firmly and excitedly: "That's right. , we are abandoned, but we leave the past, but we have the future."

The bloody knights also raised their fists together, declaring their allegiance to the new Countess of Göttingen, Connorsa, and Palace Minister Huo Teng.

This means that they really directly abandoned the feudal contract with the Duchy of Upper Lorraine on Christmas Eve and chose to establish their own new contract.

This kind of reckless cry is of course impossible in hundreds of years, and will be strangled by the surrounding nobles.

But in the early morning of the first morning of 999, Göttingen, an earl country with a population of [-] to [-] people, stood on its own when most of the surrounding areas still lacked inhabited forests.

Huo Teng, who was surrounded by the main seat, looked dazed.

"Grass, how can you do it faster than me? You are ready, but I am not ready!"

Yes, Huo Teng is actually preparing to consider direct independence on Christmas in 1000 AD...

Chapter 86 On the Heart of a Villain and the Heart of a Villain

In short, the changes in the world are so impermanent.

If everything went according to plan, then it would be an appropriate process for Otto the Great, Otto II, and Otto II to pass on to Otto III. , it is estimated that Otto III will fall directly.And this Italian wife, the princess of the former Lombard king, was imprisoned and humiliated because she was abused by the later Lombard king.At that time, Count Canossa was secretly released by the prisoner.The story is very bizarre.

This Earl of Canossa, his castle is the place where the shame of Canossa took place in history.

The Canossa family also accidentally released the Lombard princess from that time, which led to the consolidation of the Saxony forces in the north, and the Otto family became powerful and enjoyed countless benefits.Considering the shame of Canossa, the pope was besieged by Henry IV and died in exile. Maybe the Canossa family has always had their heart towards the north.

And if everything goes according to the plan, Huo Teng should also graduate as a monk now, and prepare to serve as a minor god in the church, gradually upgrade to find a background, and become a bishop in middle age.In his later years, he might gain the favor of the emperor and be appointed as the powerful bishop of a bishop's country, or go to Italy to serve as the archbishop who helped the emperor guard the local rebellious nobles.

After all, the Mudboy aristocrats in Italy always have nothing to do with the emperor.

Incidentally, the Canossa family should still be the benefactor of the current Duke of Sax, Bernard Billon.If he hadn't let go of the Lombard princess, let Otto II get married, and shifted his work focus to integrating the entire Romania (referring to Germany + Italy), Otto II would not have given his old home, the Duchy of Saxony, to the trustee Bernard Billon handles.

In this way, Huo Teng, as the organizer of the Declaration of Independence, was placed in the center of the trend.

Moreover, Conosha had seldom spoken in the past six months, and Huo Teng was the one in the center of the situation.

As a result, as soon as the declaration of independence from the Principality of Upper Lorraine was issued, Huo Teng was immediately criticized.Many aristocrats who had recollection, or who were originally conservative, joined forces with some priests to criticize Huo Teng as a treacherous minister who played tricks and should be sent to prison immediately.

In this regard, Huo Teng also visited the monk Morris who was preparing to build a monastery and a church a few days later.

"You can rest assured. You must know that the father of the current emperor who is still alive is the former Duke of Franconia. Therefore, the emperor's return to Franconia, or his influence on the entire central region, is second to none. The emperor must be very happy to see you as a monk, serving as the palace minister and leading a declining territory to revival. As long as the time is right." Monk Morris actively provided Huo Teng with a better solution.

When the time is right, he plans to send an envoy to the palace of the current Emperor Conrad II to obtain the approval of Conrad II, so that the Earl of Göttingen, which Huo Teng assisted Conorsha, will become truly independent. in the territories of the three surrounding duchies.

As for when Conrad's court will be able to move closer to the north, that is a big question.At this time, after being elected as the emperor, the emperor will often hand over his base to his cronies, and then form a nomadic Caesar's court.This court is very close to those wandering kings in history, that is, a group of idiots who ate up here and there.The emperor would periodically move his court and dine at the homes of nearby dukes.In most cases, the emperor in a strong position will make the duke very uncomfortable during this period.

Both wallet and psyche.

When talking about the past of Conrad II, Huo Teng suddenly realized that this was not the Conrad in his impression, but the former Duke of Los Salingia, the "red-haired" Otto (there are many Ottos in history). , the red-haired Otto is the son-in-law of Otto the Great), the son of Conrad II in history, Conrad, Duke of Carinthia, is 24 years old this year.

To put it simply, the historical Conrad II was the son of Conrad's brother who died early.There is a difference in generation between the two.

However, how did he go astray in history and be elected emperor?

Because Henry II, who was supposed to become emperor, participated in the emperor election meeting held in advance after Otto III died prematurely in the attack of rioters in Rome.At that time, several dukes and powerful earls were competing for election positions.Duke Henry found another way to assassinate his opponent while kidnapping the Archbishop of Cologne (because according to the established rules, the coronation ceremony is in charge of the Archbishop of Cologne).

But the manpower he sent out was not clean, and after stabbing and killing his opponent, Henry's scandal was exposed.So it was discovered that Henry didn't even think about the dukes who were elected, and they unanimously decided to kill him, so they voted to imprison Henry II in a monastery, and died in a coffin with suspicious causes within a few days.

After the death of two powerful candidates, Bernard Biron, Duke of Saxony, wooed Otto, Duke of Carinthia, who is located in today's Austria on the southeastern border, and said that he would be elected emperor.

Otto was naturally very happy, feeling that he had been suppressed for more than ten years, and the suffering of being driven from Franconia, the center of the empire, to the eastern border of the empire was finally repaid.

As a result, when it came to the election site, the old Bernard directly elected his only surviving son (the eldest died early, the third became the pope, and died of exhaustion within a few years) Conrad as the emperor.Otto was so angry that he vomited blood, but the other dukes voted in favor of it.Everyone wants to choose a young man, who is easy to fool and manipulate.

As a result, Otto, as the emperor's father, is still hiding in the Principality of Carinthia and does not want to see his son.But he also suffered from illnesses and did not survive for a few years.

And Conrad II, who was helpless, young and reckless, and became emperor at the age of 24 when his other children had just graduated from college, was very grateful to the old Bernard who supported him.No, when Bernard took out 6000 troops as a sponsor, Conrad gave the old Bernard the empty name of the destroyed Brandenburg diocese in the hands of the Slavic pagans.

I don't know who's cheating on whom.

"That's right."

After learning about the internal political trends in Germany in the past few years from the hermit Morris, Huo Teng can only say that the noble circle is really chaotic.

Just the love and hatred of these dukes, you come and go, enough to write several big tomes.

Of course, most of their time is over now, so Huo Teng doesn't need to remember so many things.

He only needs to know that the old Bernard is powerful in the country, but it is only limited to the north; the young emperor is working hard in Italy, seemingly helpless, but in fact he is quite powerful, that's all.

"Then, what do you think of the coming two storms?" Huo Teng asked pretendingly.

But Morris smiled and said, "Didn't you already have a plan? I think you sent someone to spread the word nearby."

Yes, Huo Teng obviously couldn't entrust the important affairs of the country to a monk who was good at boiling medicine and chanting scriptures.

Huo Teng's plan is divided into two aspects.

For the Principality of Upper Lorraine, Grand Duke Theodoric read the Bible into his head, and he is a gentleman who can be bullied.As long as he grasps that he has not fulfilled his feudal obligations, Diodoric will be three points weaker in terms of momentum.

As for the old Bernard who had already suffered a loss in his hands, Huo Teng was going to use the villain's way to deal with him.

"Yes, please also bring this letter of credence to the Principality of Saxony. As long as it can be delayed for half a year to a year, I believe everything will be fine." Huo Teng said so, and took out the "Diplomatic Statement" ".

"Haha, that's what I guessed." The hermit wished happily.

He really wanted to see what kind of light Huo Teng, who was born in the church, would open up in this dark world full of big bosses holding power.

And Huo Teng also confessed his plan.

For the cunning old Bernard, Huo Teng had to take the initiative to beg for mercy.He didn't stop begging for mercy, but also told old Bernard that when he sorted out the affairs of the territory, he would surrender to old Bernard and get his reward.

Although Old Bernard was cunning, his arrogance was consistent.Grasping this arrogance and being willing to 'put himself under others', Huo Teng is sure to deceive old Bernard.

In order to make the play more realistic, Huo Teng even hinted at the old Bernard, "Give me the position of Earl of Göttingen".

That is, to usurp the legal fiefdom of Conosha, and the doves occupy the magpie's nest.

This is in line with the biography of old Bernard, and it also fits his wish.

……

In 998, it passed away.

And in the spring of 999, while racking his brains for diplomacy, Huo Teng also began to pay attention to the farmland.He added iron plowwalls to all the ox-drawn and horse-drawn plows.

Chapter 87 Conditions for becoming emperor

"You are joking?"

When Grand Duke Theodoric learned what happened in Göttingen County on the northeast border, he thought it was a joke played by the court jester.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the elder and younger Bernard father and son, who declared that the tiger father had no dogs and sons, would fall under Huo Teng's city wall inexplicably.For so far, he has only fought one battle in half his life, and it was still a big battle. As a result, he was captured by the King of France and the penultimate Carolingian bloodline Lothair IV in the Battle of Verdun, and lost everything For the Grand Duke with a face, it is more than incomprehensible.

It's simply a fantasy.