The matter was not over, and after the meeting, many abbots did not give up. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info especially, the remaining quarter of the abbots who resolutely refused to vote. Although the vote failed, they did not intend to let Bishop Conrad go, and threatened to go to the court.

Bishop Conrad had the support of the Pope, so he was naturally not afraid, so he sneered:

"Want to sue? Yes, do you want me to pay for the journey? Bonn or Rome? Whatever you want! Of course, the Archbishop of Cologne is not qualified to remove me, you can only go to Rome, do you want me to provide a carriage? ”

Bishop Konrad was right, although the Archbishop of Cologne was the head of the episcopal states of northwestern Germany, he only had the right to recommend and agree on who to be the bishopric of the episcopal state, but not the right to remove the bishopric of the episcopal state. In this day and age, the removal of a bishop, even if he is not a bishop of an episcopal state, requires the approval of the pope. Even divorce requires the Pope's personal approval.

If the power to remove Bishop Conrad from power was in the hands of the Archbishop of Cologne, Bishop Conrad might be afraid. However, only the Pope has the power to remove bishops in all of Europe. In this way, Bishop Conrad was not at all afraid. For the Pope not only promoted his nephew John to be an assistant bishop, but also wrote a letter of comfort to him himself. With the support of the Pope, who is he afraid of?

So, in the face of those abbots who opposed him, Bishop Conrad was very arrogant. Bishop Conrad even threatened to divide the land transferred to Marin exclusively from the land owned by the monastery that voted against it.

Although I don't know why Bishop Conrad is so arrogant, the people present are not stupid. Many people speculate that Bishop Conrad's actions should have been tacitly approved by the Pope. Otherwise, no one would be so brain-dead. Because, if the pope is dissatisfied with Conrad's approach, even if the bill is forced through, it can be invalidated.

Bishop Conrad is obviously not brain-dead, otherwise he would not be able to do the position of bishop of the two episcopal states. Therefore, many abbots who had calmed down began to wonder whether there was anyone in the Holy See who supported Bishop Conrad in doing so. Otherwise, no one would want to die like that.

And the abbot, who was resolutely opposed by a quarter, although he felt strange, because he could not get off the stage, he insisted on holding on and organized a group to go to Rome to petition.

Seeing the abbots leave in their cars, Bishop Conrad sneered and loudly ordered the Minister of Agriculture to take out the ledger of the land ownership of the areas where the abbots were located, and begin to arrange which lands would be assigned to Marin. Bishop Conrad openly told the Minister of Agriculture that it was enough to leave enough land for the monasteries to support the clergy. Everything else is transferred......

The other abbots in the room gasped, Bishop Conrad was too ruthless.

You know, the so-called fields that are sufficient to feed the clergy are the food that is produced, enough to feed and clothe the clergy of the monastery, and nothing more.

If this is the case, I am afraid that none of the country monasteries in the Münster region need more than 100 yugrams.

However, in fact, the Bishopric of Münster, because of its large land, cultivated more than 1,000 yugrams in ordinary monasteries. The wealthy, with a few thousand eugrams, are richer than most barons. Thus, in the Bishopric of Münster, every country monastery was equivalent to a wealthy barony.

Moreover, in the precincts of each monastery, the abbots were required to pay only one-tenth of the harvest. The remaining 9 percent is that he takes the lion's share, and the rest is divided among his subordinates.

Of course, every time the abbot is renewed, that is, when the previous abbot dies, the monastery at this time is not so dragged. This is because the bishop can appoint a new abbot. At this time, the clergy of the monastery will compete with the bishop to offer many benefits. But after successfully becoming the abbot, he immediately dragged himself up, and he may not be willing to pay attention to the bishop.

Therefore, the bishops thought with malice that it would be better if the abbot died every day. In that case, he would have received more bribes from the candidates for the abbot......

It is precisely because of the interests of the ecclesiastical lands that most of them are in the hands of the abbots of the countryside. That's why Bishop Conrad and his clergy officials attach so much importance to the 50,000 yugrams. As for dividing up the monastery's land, they didn't care too much. Anyway, it wasn't them who were hurting, it was the clergy of the country monasteries.

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When the abbots of the Bishopric of Münster went to Rome to appeal, about 100 religious princes from all over Germany had already written to the Holy See to protest against the Holy See's behavior of giving the German religious princely states as gifts to the secular princes.

In the eyes of those religious princes, if this continues, they themselves will one day be given away as a gift of thanks. Therefore, they developed a sense of fear about the fate of the Bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück being given as gifts, for fear that they would be given away next.

For this reason, hundreds of religious princes in the German region decided to jointly issue a protest to put pressure on the Holy See to prevent such incidents from happening again.

Julius II also had a headache when he received the joint protest. After all, he had just become pope and had not yet secured his position. This was opposed by so many religious princes in the German region, and if one was not handled well, the prestige of the Holy See would be greatly reduced.

For this reason, after thinking about it for many days, Julius II finally thought of a countermeasure......

He issued a papal edict against the religious princes of all German regions. In the edict, Julius II took the lead and accused the religious princes of Germany of being disobedient to the Holy See.

For example, in the case of tithes, the vassal states began to look for excuses of one kind or another, and began to default and underpay tithes. In short, he tried to find a way to withhold the tithes, and he was unwilling to hand over the amount to the Holy See.

Therefore, the gift of the two religious princes of the Episcopal States of Münster and the Episcopal States of Osnabrück to Marin was not only to thank them for their outstanding contributions to the Holy See, but also to punish the Episcopal States of Münster and the Episcopal States of Osnabrück. Because, in recent years, the tithes paid to the Holy See by the Bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück have been reduced from half to about 30%. Therefore, these two countries will become the targets of the Holy See......

In fact, the bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück have indeed paid only 30% of the tithes to the Holy See in recent years. The reason for this is that the Episcopal States of Münster and the Archbishopric of Cologne joined forces to withhold about 20% of the tithes for various reasons. Among them, the Archbishop of Cologne took the big head, and the Bishop Conrad took only the small head. Moreover, the leader is also the Archbishop of Cologne.

However, Julius II, in his accusation, did not blame the Archbishop of Cologne, nor specifically the Bishop Conrad, but the two bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück, and interpreted the act of giving the two countries to Marin as a punishment.

Moreover, in the edict, Julius II threatened to follow the example of the bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück if any of the religious princely states were found to have evaded taxes......

Of course, Julius II, as an old and spicy politician, naturally knew how to "beat a stick and give two dates". At the end of the edict, Julius II also proclaimed that the bishops of the episcopal states were allowed to levy an additional tenth of the harvest from the ecclesiastical lands of the monasteries under their control, as a subsidy for the daily expenses of the bishoprics.

This policy benefited the bishops of the episcopal states, and it was the abbots at the lowest level who were harmed. However, Julius II did not care what the abbots thought. Because, after all, those abbots are just rich people in the countryside. They don't have an army, they don't have a say in national affairs, they just a bunch of very profitable clergy leaders. Even if they were against the Holy See, there was no sound about it. Unlike the bishops, who have military power and have a say in the situation in Europe, their voices will be heard......

Sure enough, after this papal edict was made public in Germany, the bishops, although they were unhappy with Julius II's threatening tone. However, the "two dates" given in the end really made them like it too much.

From the hands of those abbots who are very independent, and then legally obtain 10% of the benefits, it will definitely add up to huge benefits. Spurred on by this great interest, the bishops of the German region were left with nothing but cheering.

Moreover, Julius II also promised in his edict that as long as the episcopal states no longer evade taxes, they would no longer be at risk of being sent out by the Holy See.

Although they could no longer find a way to do anything out of tithes, Julius II allowed them to legitimately extort the abbots below, so that the bishops could receive sufficient or far more compensation than before. Therefore, the bishops praised His Majesty the Pope for his wisdom......

As for the abbots whose interests have been damaged dare to speak ill of the Pope? Who would dare to say give it a try? It just so happened that the bishop could say that you were "sacrilegious", and then took the opportunity to remove the disobedient abbot and replace him with his own. At worst, they can also take advantage of the opportunity to re-elect the abbot and take bribes from candidates......

In this way, Julius II quickly consolidated his prestige in Germany by currying favor with the bishops at the expense of the low-level abbots, who had no right to speak. For a time, Julius II became the most popular pope among German bishops, including those of other regions. Moreover, for fear of being punished as a canon, the tithes of the German bishops' states may not be in arrears or excuses to seek relief. Because, with the two unfortunate examples of the Bishoprics of Münster and the Bishoprics of Osnabrück, no one wants to lose power easily......