These days, Bishop Conrad of Münster is constantly worried. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Ever since he was stripped of the secular powers of the Bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück by the Holy See, he has been in a bit of a state of trepidation.

He knew that he had been abandoned by the Holy See and the Archbishop of Cologne. Now he could only use his brains on the tithes of the Bishoprics of Münster and Osnabrück.

Although, the Episcopal State of Münster alone has 250,000 eugrams on the arable land of the Church alone. However, most of these lands are in the hands of the abbots below. Even if it is himself, he can't snatch food directly from those abbots. Because, in order to consolidate his position, he divided those interests. Now that he has lost his secular power, it will be difficult to reclaim those benefits. Without the support of the Archbishop of Cologne, even if he tried to clean up the abbots under him, he might not succeed.

Now, his only hope is the 10,000 yugram benefit fields. This kind of interest field is very rare in Germany, and it is somewhat similar to the "job field" in ancient China, which cannot be hereditary, and must be transferred to the next person at a low price if he leaves the company. Of course, the departure of the bishop of the episcopal state is death.

However, 10,000 eugrams' "job fields" are too much. You know, 10,000 eugrams, that's 120,000 acres of land! In the Sui Dynasty of China, the professional field of a first-class master was only 5 hectares of land, that is, 500 acres, which was 240 times different from 120,000 acres of land!

The emergence of so many fields of interest in the Bishopric of Münster is mainly due to its vast area. The land area of this episcopal state is simply too large, larger than the mainland of the Archbishopric of Cologne. Therefore, it is not surprising that such a rare and super-large field of interest has been formed.

However, these fields of interest are not the land of the Church. When Marin became the new lord of Münster, he was entitled to forcibly buy these lands at a low price.

Thinking of the super huge profits of seventy or eighty thousand gold coins brought to him by the 10,000 Yogram land every year, Bishop Conrad was extremely uncomfortable. However, he couldn't help it. After all, both the Holy See and the Archbishop of Cologne are on Marin's side. I just want to resist, and the army can't beat it.

After thinking about it, Bishop Conrad decided that the only way to take the opportunity of Marin to take some of the cultivated land controlled by the Church from his hands and bargain with him was to keep his own interests.

However, before Bishop Conrad could put it into action, Marin's "Münster Partition Agreement" was delivered. After carefully reading this agreement, Bishop Conrad thought he was dazzled......

"How can there be such a good thing?" He was a little unconvinced.

In Bishop Conrad's opinion, it was a blessing to be able to keep the 10,000 eugrams. Unexpectedly, Marin was so generous that he was willing to let himself continue to rule the richest southern region of the Bishopric of Münster?

However, after seeing the requirements behind the treaty, he understood......

"It turns out that this guy Marin is fighting the idea of teaching the field!" Bishop Conrad smiled.

In fact, he also knew that according to the custom, when the territory was handed over, the previous lord was obliged to hand over all the properties in his territory to the next lord. And if it was obtained for war reasons, then such a transfer is not necessary. Because, the winning lord will grab the land of the previous lord himself.

But the Münster Episcopal State is so special, it is a church state. Most of the land was owned by the church, and before the rise of Protestantism, no nobleman dared to rob the land of the church. Of course, if the church takes the initiative to hand it over, that's another story.

But Bishop Conrad also knows how greedy people in the church are. How can any church be willing to spit out what it eats?

However, Marin's chances are good. Because the main interest of Bishop Conrad is in the field of interests of the 10,000 eugrams. So, Marin had a chance to use this to bargain with Bishop Conrad.

Although it is said that after losing the support of the Archbishop of Cologne, he may not be able to move the following abbots who are in charge of the land. However, taking advantage of the transition of secular power, Bishop Conrad was also able to give some of the church's property to Marin. And, crucially, with the support of the Holy See and the Archbishop of Cologne, Marin has the secular power, and those abbots have nothing to do with it.

Conrad had inquired, and it was said that the current Pope, Julius II, had been hiding in East Fresian before succeeding to the Pope. In the end, he borrowed 7,000 elites from Marin, returned to Rome, and seized the papal position. Therefore, it is unrealistic for the people of the church to want to find trouble. The biggest boss of the church will protect it from the wind and rain, and even the huge episcopal state of Münster will be given as a gift.

Therefore, as long as he is willing to cooperate with Marin, there is no problem at all in giving a portion of the 250,000 eugram land of the Bishopric of Münster to Marin.

Moreover, Marinkai was also very well priced - allowing him to continue to manage the South Münster region......

What is the South Münster region? The richest place in the Bishopric of Münster! In addition, it is also an area where the ecclesiastical industry is concentrated. If you lose your secular authority and only have religious power, you may not be able to govern the abbots below. However, if Mallinken had allowed himself to continue to manage the secular affairs of South Münster, Bishop Conrad would have been able to continue to suppress the abbots under dual authority. And, you can also reap the benefits of those abbots. After all, in addition to secular power, he also has religious power.

Marin was different, although Marin had gained secular power, he didn't dare to do anything to those abbots. For the Church is above the secular aristocracy.

"Probably, the other party also knows that he can't suppress those abbots, and wants to borrow my hand to suppress them......" Bishop Conrad thought of this, and then, he also admired Marin, who could afford such a rich place in the South Münster region.

Another aristocrat may not be willing to give up the interests of the South Münster region because he cannot afford it. But in the end, they will be caught in a struggle for power with those abbots, but they will not be able to take advantage. Because, behind those abbots stood the church, and the ordinary aristocracy could not afford to provoke them. Fighting with those cunning abbots, the end result is most likely to be nothing good.

However, Marin took advantage of the opportunity of the interest field and chose to temporarily cede the interests of the South Münster region in exchange for absolute control of the North Münster region. In Bishop Conrad's opinion, there was nothing better than Marin's choice.

As the Bishop of Münster, Conrad did not understand that the North Münster region was not a lack of fertile land, but a lack of population and official attention, and was not vigorously developed. If Marin quickly brought this land under his control and brought in the population to develop it vigorously, the North Münster region would not be bad.

In addition, the field of interest does not belong only to Bishop Conrad. You know, the total number of interest fields has reached 50,000 yugrams. The clergy in power in the All-Münster Episcopal State had their own interests in it.

If Marin is willing to give up the recourse to the field of interest, he wants to let himself give up part of the church land to him. In contrast, all the clergy who have elements in the field of interests will choose to support Marin.

In any case, the loss of part of the Church's property is only the interests of the Church and some abbots, not theirs......

Thinking of this, Bishop Conrad had already made up his mind - he decided to cooperate with Marin, to relinquish control of the North Münster region, and to give Marin the 20,000 eugram church land in the North Münster area, so as to keep the interest field and his own rule in the South Münster region.

As for the personal feud between the Rietberg family and Marin? It's just a niece who was killed by Marin and her husband, can it be more important than the interests of the family?

As long as he lived a few more years, he continued to control the control of those interest fields and the South Münster region, and made a huge profit of 100,000 gold coins for the family every year, which was appropriate.

Compared with the huge family interests, the personal grudge against his niece is really not worth mentioning......