Chapter 241: The Caged Bird

The palace banquet came to an eerie end in everyone's astonishment.

The events of the German Empire were heard throughout Europe. Especially the ownership of the Austrian ruling power, which was boiling over in previous years. Frederick III took over the throne, and it can be said that it was all intrigues and deals between the seven electors.

However, the house arrest of Laszllow V's mother and son, who were also members of the Habsburg family, was only an expedient measure for Frederick III. Before his official coronation, Frederick's titles were none other than Duke of Styria and Archduke of Austria.

If László V succeeds to the throne of Bohemia and Hungary, naturalizes Hungary through a series of means, and establishes a joint Habsburg rule, it is not yet known to whom the Pope will finally confer the title of Emperor on him.

This was also a point of contradiction for Frederick III, who did not have the energy to open up more dominion for the Habsburgs, and did not want Laszlo to become his future rival, and the relationship between the two and the factions behind them gradually deteriorated in such an awkward atmosphere.

"László V's people?" John rubbed his tired eyes and pulled himself together, "So, Laszlo, the widow...... Or has his mother not given up on her determination to fight for the crown for her son? ”

"Brother, do you remember your first manuscript?" Sophia opened the bottom drawer under her desk. It contains manuscripts or collated files that are still valuable.

The smell of long-standing paper products came to my face, but all the manuscripts were spotless, and it was clear that Sophia must have been sorting through the cabinets and going through the manuscripts regularly. The first copies of John's letters and scribbles were placed at the top of the drawer.

"I showed the stuff on it...... This is indeed the text of that empire in the Far East. ”

Of course, John has a number of the above contents, and it can be said that the contents of the first few manuscripts are almost oracles at the moment, and almost all the prophecies are accurate. Including Laszlzlo V's open and secret rivalry with Frederick III.

If it is for ordinary people, if it is only once or twice, it is enough, and the worst thing is that Sophia is an outright atheist, and the cross on her chest is nothing more than a compromise under the crown of Pope Gregory III. If you hope to try to fool her with "God's will," don't expect her to believe it.

Looking at Sophia's "I need an explanation" expression, John swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the whole person was a little more sober again.

"What's that...... If Laszllo V only needed a Bohemian inheritance, we could help. In the future, we can also win the Habsburgs to become our allies. John wiped a cold sweat and continued to analyze, "Since Frederick V is now on the opposite side of us, it is not too much of a problem for the Empire to support Raszlo V. The fact that Laszló V was able to send people to ask for help from the outside world shows that Frederick's so-called house arrest was not so strict. And there must have been a faction in Austria that supported László V...... If we could intervene a little, we might be able to create a struggle within the German Empire. ”

"But that's the Austrian court after all, what's the use of us meddling?" Sophia didn't pursue the follow-up of the Great Prophet, and she didn't expect John to come up with him at first.

This kind of worthless suspicion can instead give rise to unnecessary distrust.

"Frederick III's attitude towards Laszlo's mother and son is complicated, but the only thing we can rest assured of is that these two are perfectly safe in the Austrian court. Frederick III will never threaten the life of the widow, and our focus is not on Frederick, but on the faction that supports Laszló and the nobility of the Kingdom of Bohemia. ”

"Bohemia?"

John smiled, called Sophia to the bedside, removed the drawing paper from the drawing board next to him, and replaced it with a new one.

"Come on, look here. Now Frederick III's house arrest of László V's mother and son is still nominally protective. Why protect Laszlo? It is because Bohemia is now the most restless elector in the German Empire, and the first to bear the brunt is this Potebrad's Ilge. That is, the current regent of Bohemia. ”

John wrote down many names in one breath on a new blank sheet of paper, and the interests of these names were intertwined, all revolving around László V's rightful inheritance to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

"The Irri of Potebrad, although he seems to have attained the same status as Hunyadi, did not have as strong his rule over Bohemia as Hunyal. His identity, and more importantly, is one of the leaders of the Hussites! ”

I know this, and it is no wonder that Bohemia is now hostile to almost all the Catholic countries around it. The position of regent of Iri, according to the rules of their Catholic Church, is completely illegitimate. Sophia leaned over John and said thoughtfully.

Although the Hussite rebellion failed, the idea of Bohemian national independence and freedom from the control of the church was deeply rooted, and it was to some extent expected that Borjebrad's Yiri would be able to obtain the crown of Bohemia.

"It is precisely because of the existence of Iri that there is a strange alliance between László V and Frederick III. The Habsburgs wanted to rule Bohemia completely, or at least to maintain their control over the Kingdom of Bohemia, and Ilz was the target they had to eradicate. On the contrary, Iri will also try his best to deal with Laszllo V. I said everything I could, including assassination. John circled Ir's name in red paint, "This is probably the reason why Laszló V and her son have been slow to jump out to fight for the throne of Bohemia." Their prestige in Bohemia is not as good as that of Iraq and Japan, and they do not have enough troops, and the outbreak of war will inevitably lead to a series of vicious incidents. After leaving Vienna, who will guarantee the safety of their mother and son? ”

"Then why did this Ulrich suddenly come to Constantinople......"

This means, firstly, that Ulrich is undoubtedly a member of the radical wing of Laszló V's supporters, and he prefers to let Laszló V succeed to the throne of Bohemia as soon as possible. Second...... Elizabeth was more or less ready to make some moves, and these actions were at least acquiesced in by Frederick III. ”

"Default?"

"No matter how relaxed this house arrest is, it will not be impossible to control the usual actions of Laszló V's mother and son. I prefer to believe that this tightly bound letter was sent in Frederick's presence. ”

"This group of people...... It's complicated. ”