prince of europe in quintiles

The country under the butt can't sit still, and you still want to steal from others?

Beautiful!

Earl Weimar couldn't take care of himself, so he naturally wanted to send the envoy out of the country.

The envoy, who was afraid of being punished when he went home, stayed in Weimar County for the same reason, in name to persuade, but in fact to evade responsibility.

Both sides conveyed unreliable voices of "I am convincing", "I can persuade" and "I am about to persuade" to the country, which led to misjudgment of old Bernard's strategy.

He mistakenly thought that Huo Teng's buttocks had been exposed to the ally's sword.

Little did they know, Huo Teng pressed his butt down, and pressed the two of them tightly, not daring to move an inch.

Under the premise of a major mistake, the old Bernard was stingy with giving money and people, and at the same time tried to encircle Huo Teng vertically and horizontally through diplomatic means.

……

But the news of the resumption of the Northern War still troubled another person, that is King Conrad.

At the junction of Switzerland, Germany and Austria, there is a place called Lake Constance.There is a city called Konstanz next to it. This is a very old city dating back to the Roman Empire. It has the only bridge across the Rhine nearby, which makes its commercial trade very prosperous.

After Conrad took Queen Matilda into Swabia, as Caesar, he naturally ate wherever he went.However, Conrad was very afraid of the Herman family, that is, the Conradin family in history, and was afraid that something from this family would kill him.

Therefore, instead of bothering the castles of nobles everywhere, the king stayed in a commercial city like Konstanz for a long time, unwilling to leave.

"Huo Teng and old Bernard haven't stopped for two days, why are they fighting again?" Conrad thought distressedly.

He was planning a new appointment to increase the king's control over Swabia.

First, Conrad wants to revoke the control of local elites over important cities and castles.For example, the commercial city of Zurich, the castle Hohentwil, the city of Breisach and so on.These cities and castles are all located on the German-Swiss border today, and their names have the same name in ancient and modern times.Incorporating these places into the king's rule can effectively avoid the rebellion of the powerful.

Second, Conrad abolished the positions of mint officer originally controlled by the duke and replaced them with the mint officer of the king, so as to control the mint of the monastery in the big city and stabilize the economic lifeline.

It can be seen from these measures that Conrad has indeed grown.

"Why don't you order to reprimand old Bernard? Horten's army is far inferior to the Saxons. If old Bernard is allowed to skip Göttingen and enter Franconia, then our Caesar's court will become empty talk? When the smart and alert Matilda thought of Huo Teng secretly kissing herself in the garden, her heart felt like honey.

Therefore, based on personal emotions and the needs of the general situation, Matilda directly pointed out that the old Bernard had plans to jump into the heart of Germany.

Conrad was also worried.

However, he was temporarily unable to reach an agreement with Burgard of Mainz and Willikis of Worms to obtain sufficient support from them.The two asked Conrad for such an important position as the German Prime Minister, how could Conrad easily grant it.Not to mention the subsequent series of claims to limit the privileges of the nobility and expand the power of the church.

Every German king will cooperate deeply with the church, but if he can't gain an advantage in cooperation, then Conrad would rather not accept it.

There was great chaos in the north and little chaos in the south. When Conrad closed the pages wearily, he inadvertently noticed that there was still a letter that had not been opened today.

He tore open the envelope and found that it contained a rare papyrus letter. He looked up again. Isn't this the first French pope living in Rome, Sylvester II?

he wants……

I saw that the letter was written in Latin: "To the respected King Conrad of Romania, in order to travel the last emperor's last wish, on behalf of the Holy See, I decide to go to Hungary as an envoy, so that this barbarian country can complete the Christian coronation. The late emperor's My last wish has not been fulfilled, and I am unwilling to do so, so I plan to drive to Hungary in the near future to personally present Chief Istvan with the king's crown."

The late emperor's last wish?

Conrad's hands were shaking.

Otto III left him two mines, the first called Poland and the second called Hungary.These two barbaric countries in the east have just been civilized, but with the blessing of civilization, their weapons and equipment have made great progress, and they pose a major threat to Germany.

The late emperor's accidental death from a fever epidemic also gave these two countries an excuse to interfere in Germany, making it impossible for Conrad to allow them to swear allegiance to him.

Is it such a barbarian country, the Pope personally ran over to crown him?

Is this just because Germany is not dying fast enough?

Chapter 160 The Church and the King

During this period of the Middle Ages, that is, the eve of the heyday of the Middle Ages in the traditional view of dating history, the relationship between the church and the emperor and the Romanian (German) Empire can be described as intricate.

When the church, a cultural gene from the developed Roman Empire, was injected into the barbaric and backward Germanic kingdom, the strange chemical reaction produced was not just as simple as the combination of men and women and the birth of a new civilization.

On the religious side.

As the defenders of a developed culture and the supporters of monotheism, the church naturally has the need to spread Christianity to the surrounding nations in order to expand the name of Christ.This is not only a spiritual need, but also a material need of the church, an organization based on religious land and belief.

Yes, at least missionally, the Roman Catholic Church has formed at least a triple need.One is spiritual needs. They must believe in their own religion and spread the gospel of the Lord.If even one's own people don't believe in Christianity and the Lord, is there any need for this religion to continue in order?

The second need is material needs. Apart from collecting tithes from the people, selling holy relics, and obtaining gifts from believers during festivals to maintain the existence of the parish, there is another material need, which is safety.The Christian church lacks the combat power of the army and can be understood as a widow with a lot of money.

However, this widow is surrounded by strong but materially poor men around her. Her ex-husband (referring to East Rome) has abandoned herself and gone to another place, which is a fact of separation and divorce.So the widow finally chose a decent man from the surrounding strong men, and combined with him.One of the laws of the Middle Ages was that women did not have full guardianship rights, and a man must be in charge of the affairs.Therefore, although widows have rich estates, their power and wealth have to be shared with poor and strong men.

The strong man provides force protection and missionary protection, so that the church as the wife can become a vine that grows on the big tree and spread to other big trees.

This complementary relationship made the church and the Romanian Empire a success, but it also became an obstacle for both.

This is the third requirement of the church in mission.

political demands.

Although the church was subordinate to the emperor, it was quite independent.After all, they are a church formed by Roman immigrants in Italy, and they are still fundamentally different from the Germans.After independence from the Roman Empire, the church group headed by the nobles of Rome actually had their own political needs.

Whether it is to establish a heaven on earth, or whether the city of Rome must be ruled by the Romans, they do not welcome the emperor's intervention unconditionally.

At this time, it became a political need to preach to the surrounding barbarian countries and turn the barbarian countries into Christian countries.This need is divided into two diametrically opposed parts.

The emperor is strong and the church is weak. When the latter is attached to the former, the emperor uses such behavior to turn the enemy into a friend, turning the former enemy into his supporter.For example, the young man Otto III, for the three countries on the east side of his country, Poland, Bohemia, and Hungary, these three barbarian countries from north to south have all brought great pain to Germany.Especially in Hungary, the Magyar cavalry almost destroyed Romania in the 9th century.Fortunately, Emperor Otto was born out of nowhere, beating up the eastern countries violently and keeping his national dignity.

Otto III began to preach eastward strongly, organized the Gniezno Congress in Poland, married the little princess of the Principality of Bavaria in Hungary, and promised to crown the two khans as Christ Kings.After a series of combined punches, just before he was ready to harvest, he died with a bang. (Cold knowledge, the name of the principality of Bavaria is the German pronunciation of Bohemia, and the land on this side is not the native land of the Germans)

As soon as he died, the country fell apart and began to enter a stage where the emperor was not strong and the church was not weak.

Among them, although the church pats its chest to ensure that it follows its heart, it is for the safety of God's world and for the spread of the Lord's gospel.However, their behavior, which they do not admit, coincides with the situation of winning over other feudal kingdoms and fighting against the central imperial power.

This is just an extremely rough argument, and it is Huo Teng's own summary of the church situation.

However, it is very appropriate to apply it to King Conrad.

Conrad was really angry. Last year, the French pope claimed that as long as Conrad came to Rome, he would prepare for the coronation ceremony.As a result, Conrad was ashamed. He failed to defeat Anduin in the Kingdom of Lombardy, and even almost lost the Principality of Verona (northeast Italy, above the city of Venice) that his father had won.

In such a dismal business, Pope Sylvester II only cared about spreading the gospel of the Lord.You sent the emperor's crown to Germany!

However, Conrad also knew that no matter how much he blamed and made noise, the Pope would not care.

After all, for others, spreading the gospel and turning barbarians into Christ is their own political correctness.They could even ridicule that King Conrad was too weak, far less powerful and intelligent than the late Emperor Otto III.

You can't, it's your own problem.

"Perhaps we can consider supporting another matter? Pleading for the removal of excommunication punishment for King Robert II of France?" Matilda, who was full of beauty and blue heart, suddenly proposed.

"You child, how can you know so many countries..."

Conrad didn't take it seriously at first, but after chewing it carefully for a while, he realized that it was an excellent proposal.

Robert II, king of West Franks, was the second king of the Capetian family.The king elected by all the nobles in the country is the actual owner of the island of Paris, the count of the Ile-de-France, and the area he controls is very narrow.In order to expand his territory, he hoped to marry his wealthy cousin, Bertha of Burgundy, and obtain real estate such as champagne on the east side of Paris.

As a result, he was excommunicated by the church for marrying close relatives.

However, the funny thing is that Robert II was actually very pious, nicknamed 'The Pious'.It's just that his way of expressing piety is very special. He restored the punishment of fire in the Roman era and used it to burn Jews.

This kind of devout is purely a fanatic whose theoretical level is still in a muddled state. He studied the Bible until he went crazy and came up with the idea of ​​​​burning to death.

The theoretical level is too low, but the practice speed is very fast, the level of the Yellow Turban Army.

Of course, in addition to the religious mess, Robert II's political operations are very distinctive.He is well-known as a brave man, he won't give up any territory in his hands, and he is even stingy with his sons.

The successive kings of Capet after him have almost inherited his characteristics in their actions.But perhaps it is precisely because of this persistence that the Capet family gradually expanded their royal power from the small island owner of France to become the real sun king on the ground.

At this time, Conrad is really not strong in the country, and looks mediocre in all aspects.

But what if you can get the support of the French king next door?

It just so happens that the two of them have the same disease and sympathy for each other. They both lack real estate directly under the royal family. I believe they have a common language on many issues.

And at this time, the West Frankish Kingdom still considered itself a member of the empire, and the two sides actually had no border disputes.

It was a wonderful move for Conrad to help Robert with righteous words and gain his approval.It would be even better if the French royal family could help send troops to contain Upper and Lower Lorraine in the west.

"Well done, Matilda. I'm going to build another garden for you."

Conrad accepted Matilda's suggestion very approvingly.

Of course, he still treated Matilda as a child.

How much demand can a 13-year-old child have?

"What about the war between Huo Teng and old Bernard?"

Matilda, who didn't get what she wanted, asked unwillingly.

Conrad thought for a while, but there was no good way.He asked his queen, "Then what do you think I should do?"

Conrad couldn't control the northern cavalry.

That's why the smart Queen Matilda gave the solution: "Urge Bernard to hurry up and marry Gaudius to Huo Teng."

Chapter 160 The fourth chapter is the general attack

Archbishop Burgard of Mainz conveyed the opinion of King Conrad on his behalf.

Hurry up and marry Goldiu.

Other than that, there is no corresponding message.

"It's an irrational suggestion. Do you treat this war as something that doesn't exist?" Caron, who was blackmailing the north and had a lot of money, leaned his hoof on the table, looking a little carried away.

In addition to extorting dozens of towns and villages during his sneaking trip this time, the grain he got from the fraud alone was a full six thousand catties, loaded into six carts, and four boats were finally able to pull it back.This food is enough for an elite army of 200 people to feed for a month.

More importantly, Huo Teng used this unrestrained command art to let Caron see the hope of victory.

In the Middle Ages, command elite troops to penetrate behind enemy lines, harass supply lines, and attack villages and towns?This is a special tactic that only nomads who are naturally good at this can achieve with the help of their war horses.

After all, for many armies, dividing troops means sending them to death.

Those low-level knights would desert, ordinary sergeants would ravage the villagers, and there were too few reliable commanders who could carry out important strategic tasks.A hero like Belisarius has only appeared once in the whole of Europe.

Oh yes, Calon had no idea who Belisarius was.He didn't even know that the current king of France was Robert II, he only knew the name of the earl in his hometown.

"You guys have learned a lot about your political savvy. This just shows that Conrad has made progress."

Huo Teng put down the board with a headache.

Thousands of years ago, the Romans used wooden boards for daily communication. Thousands of years later, people are still using wooden boards for simple correspondence.Parchment and kraft paper are too expensive, and papyrus is a precious imported product that only the Roman Church and the Pope will use.As for the papermaking technology that the Arabs have already mastered, it will take another 100 years at the earliest to be introduced to Western Europe from the east.

Why did Conrad only emphasize this marriage and not mention that Horten and old Bernard were fighting across the Rumer River?

He was trying to ignore this war which he could not interfere with.

For the German nobles, this unjust war must also be hidden content, and in the future only clues can be found in some historical books.

At the end of a certain year and a certain month, Huo Teng and Duke Bernard agreed to marry, and the heartbroken man gave up his original spouse and chose to marry the daughter of Duke Bernard in exchange for political status.For the sake of marriage, Bernard Jr. led a team of [-] bridesmaids to marry Gotisdiu to Göttingen in a super-standard way.

If Huo Teng wins the war, then this war means that Huo Teng successfully married Gotisdiu.

If it was the opposite, then the result would be that Old Bernard assassinated Horten on the eve of the marriage, but Gaudistius remained in Göttingen as the hostess, and expressed forgiveness to his father for assassinating his husband, and issued a letter of understanding, the bishops Form a joint court and acquit Bernard and so on.

As such, it is only possible that the Battle of the Rumer was reflected in the journals of the nearby monastery.Only these frivolous monks will tirelessly record trivial things on precious parchment.Many subsequent historical logs were excavated from the pens of the idle monks in these monasteries.

King Conrad's statement is actually a weather vane for the local nobles.

Everyone pretends that you don't know anything, you two fight by yourself, and after you get a result, go to dinner happily.

This is exactly the helplessness of learning to solve the problem itself when the problem cannot be solved.But from the results, it works.

"Then you should just tell me what the consequences of this suggestion are." The clumsy Greb directly took the lead.

"The consequence, of course, is that my future father-in-law is more likely to let go of his hands and feet and teach me a lesson that is still fresh in my memory." Huo Teng crushed the wooden board, and lifted the scabbard and sword case at hand.

The king takes the lead in riding on the wall, and the nobles everywhere will be neutral together.

Everyone was neutral, and Huo Teng, the relatively weak side in the war, had a more difficult position.

"King Dog, cut him off sooner or later." A few nobles fought against each other.

Huo Teng is not surprised that Conrad would choose this.In fact, this is also good for Huo Teng, everyone is riding on the wall, even if someone rides a bad crotch, they can't blame Huo Teng.If Huo Teng turned against the wind and overturned old Bernard's chessboard, the fencer wouldn't be able to accuse Huo Teng of breaking the rules of the world.

"Stop questioning, let's fight a big battle first."

At this time, the attendants were already putting on chain mail for Huo Teng.

It was the morning of the last day of October.

According to the rules of the nobles, a letter of war must be sent before the war.But the apparent relationship between Huo Teng and Bernard is that of father-in-law and son-in-law. Everyone tacitly does not say a word, and only relies on beating the drum to convey the battle situation.