Every powerful politician is a powerful big fool. Moreover, unlike Lao Zhao's big flicker, Lao Zhao's flickering can be seen by clear-eyed people, and the flickering of powerful politicians cannot be seen by most people.

In his previous life, Marin had such an experience - a certain big tiger couldn't see anything bad about him before he was pulled out and knocked down. Even the day before his arrest, this person stressed the fight against corruption and justice at the congress......

As one of the most prominent politicians of the early 16th century, Frederick III was proud of his time, although he could not keep up with the great tigers of later generations. After all, there are restrictions in the times, and people in later generations have seen more and learned more. In this era, Frederick III was the best of politicians.

Frederick III knew very well that if he relied on the strength of the Saxon system alone, he would not be able to resist the attack of Marin's army on the Elector of Saxony.

Moreover, even if he wanted to ask the other princes for help, the price he would pay would be very high. After all, the Electorate of Saxony is a wealthy country, the richest of the seven electors. Who calls Saxony a region where commerce and crafts flourish? The other electors, perhaps with more land than the electors of Saxony, have no financial revenues to catch up with Saxony. Because, in this era, it was a feudal system, and the small nobles who were divided into feuds below did not pay taxes, and were only responsible for leading troops to fight with the boss.

Therefore, if they had asked the other princes for help at such a critical moment, it is conceivable that those people would have taken the opportunity to bite off a piece of meat from Saxony. Although it is smaller than the meat that Marin exterminated Saxony, it is definitely considerable.

In this way, then, even if the Elector of Saxony were able to survive this difficulty, it would be greatly damaged, become the bottom of the electoral, and gradually lose its voice in the German region.

In order to prevent Saxony from declining, Frederick III was thinking about how to get support and minimize the losses of the Elector of Saxony on his way to Worms......

Approaching the city of Worms, Frederick III finally had an idea......

Frederick III suddenly remembered that Marin seemed to be the gold medal fighter under Maximilian I. Although, at the moment, it seems that this person is more ambitious to stand on his own, and in the long run it belongs to the princes. However, other princes may not be able to see it......

Because of the limitations of the times, and the fact that most of the princes were greedy for pleasure, most of the German princes of this era were not very intelligent.

This is mainly due to the fact that Europe placed great emphasis on the theory of descent in this era. When a person is born, his future is basically determined. Therefore, most of the noble heirs in Europe have no pressure to survive, and there are no competitors in the succession to the throne. As a result, they lack the motivation to strengthen themselves and therefore the need to learn. When they inherit the title, they will naturally be fools one by one...... At least, no better than the average person......

A man of both brilliant mind and noble status such as Frederick III naturally became a leading figure among the German princes......

Frederick III knew very well that the German princes, for the most part, were fools compared to him, and they were still relatively easy to fool.

For example, if Frederick III had asked the princes for help in the name of the Elector of Saxony, a stupid but greedy man, Marin threatened the princes of the Electoral State of Saxony......

However, Frederick III also knew one thing - that is, these fools who claimed to dominate their respective princely countries cared most about the power in their hands.

If, one day, someone wanted to seize the power of these princes, they would not hesitate to unite and form the largest coalition in Germany......

They don't know the big picture, they don't know what national interests are. In short, if someone wants to take away their power, they will definitely play with their lives.

Speaking of which, Maximilian I was still Frederick III's cousin. Frederick III's grandmother, Margaret, was the aunt of Maximilian I.

However, it doesn't help. Only an unqualified politician like George would be even more rare to have this kinship with the emperor. And as an old and spicy politician, Frederick III did not hesitate to stand on the side of the princes, scolded the emperor together, and even became a leader......

Because, Frederick III knew very well that the emperor and the princes were naturally hostile......

What's more, when Maximilian I was young, he desperately expressed the idea of centralizing power like France...... Then there was a tragedy for Maximilian I......

What is the situation in France? Since Louis XI succeeded to the throne in 1461, he began to eliminate the separatist princes in the country by force, and to recover the military power and the autonomy of the vassal states. By the time of Charles VIII, the dukes and counts of France, although their titles had not changed, had no power of self-government in their hands, and could only rely on the king's breath to survive. Whether they are rich or not, it all depends on the mood of the king......

In fact, the clarion call for centralization in France was sounded as early as the Capetian dynasty. King Philip IV of France of the Capetian dynasty expanded his taxing power so that the central French dynasty could have taxing power in most of France, with the exception of a few powerful princes such as Burgundy and Anjou, and created the Estates-General that would later overthrow Louis XVI. Although it only added a few more taxes to commerce, the Capetian dynasty extended its tentacles into those vassal states and began to make the Capetian dynasty more influential at the local level.

In the 15th century, after Louis XI came to power, he directly used strong financial resources and force to launch the unification of France, and basically completed the unification of France at the end of the 15th century. Then the French princes declined. Or, more precisely - the French nobility remained, but the princes disappeared......

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It was the German princes who saw the bloody lessons of the French side, were unwilling to lose their authority and acted as servants of the king, who were extremely sensitive to "centralization". Well, when Maximilian I was still young, he actually expressed his appreciation and affirmation of the centralization of France on a public occasion...... This meant that Maximilian I also had the ambition to deprive his princes of their autonomy, as the French crown did......

From that time on, Maximilian I was on the opposite side of the princes. In the Imperial Diet, every time Maximilian I wanted to gain the right to expand the tax, he was collectively vetoed by the princes. Even if a foreigner like Matthias I of Hungary invaded Austria, few princes would come to their aid, but would sit back and watch the show......

And Marin succeeded in becoming a nobleman by helping the emperor defeat the French king in Italy, and from the moment he "debuted", he was labeled as an emperor......

Although, after becoming the Earl of East Friesland, Marin no longer seems to be keen on helping the emperor. However, Marin was the last emperor who operated in Italy and let the last emperor of Byzantium in exile sell the throne to Maximilian I......

Although the sale of this throne has not yet been unanimously recognized by Europe, especially by the major powers. However, by doing so, Marin did offend those princes and made his label of "the emperor's lackey" more distinct......

Therefore, Frederick III, who knew this, deliberately changed the concept when he asked for help, describing the war for hegemony between Marin and his princes as a temptation for Marin as the vanguard of Emperor Maximilian I to launch a war to unify Germany......

In this way, the matter was not a small matter, but a major matter concerning the princes of all Germany. Therefore, Archbishop Jacob of Mainz did not hesitate to choose to convene a group of non-emperor princes to discuss important matters. When many anti-emperor princes heard the news, they also rushed to Worms in person non-stop to discuss countermeasures together...... 12910