In fact, Marin's treatment of his brother like this is completely "overclass". Because, Marin's country was not inherited from the old Hoffman, but fought by himself.

If we insist on inheritance, the inheritance of Lady Mary, the Earl of East Friesland, did give Marin a great help to the early days. However, that was also given to him by Adler. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Marin compensating Adler for a country. However, Simon and Albert, Marin is not obliged to give them the earl. According to the algorithm of inheriting the earl from Lady Mary, it is considered heaven for one person to give a baron.

However, Ukraine's population Marin is really greedy. But it is impossible for him to go to Ukraine to participate in the competition for hegemony in Eastern Europe, and Simon, an older young man, happens to have nothing to do at home. So, it's time for Simon to do those things for himself. Moreover, Simon himself loves to fight. If he doesn't let the lead troops in the country, he may be suffocated, so it is better to let him go to the Ukrainian steppe to make waves.

And Albert, the Earl of Philadelphia, may be reluctant if he changes to the Grand Duke. But who is Marin? That's a black-hearted liver that swallowed America alone! Giving Albert a fiefdom of Philadelphia is really nothing. Closed to the great Americas, the land near Philadelphia is a drop in the bucket.

However, his behavior caused a sensation in Europe. Many princes who had younger brothers expressed strong dissatisfaction with him - Nima's treatment of his brother was so good, didn't it seem that we treated him harshly?

Marin himself did not expect that his actions would cause so much trouble to many European monarchs. Many of the monarch's younger brothers talked about Marin and wanted to get more from their brothers. Then, Marin was hated by many monarchs who had many younger brothers......

When Marin learned the news, he was also very aggrieved - I was also desperate! I was Caesar, a child born out of wedlock, and he was still young. If you want to send someone to control Ukraine, you can't buy a count for your subordinates, right? Therefore, I can only choose my younger brother Simon, who has nothing to do......

So, in order to eliminate the bad effects, Marin had to ask old Hoffman to come out and take the blame-

"Daddy, I have been hated by many kings and princes. You've got to help me ...... about this."

Old Hoffman's mind was a little out of the corner:

"What? Be kind to your brother and outsiders won't let you? Why? ”

But after all, Lady Mary was also from a noble background and was educated in this area when she was a child. She asked:

"Is it that you have treated your brother favorably and made other monarchs feel embarrassed?"

Marin nodded, still his own wife is smart. As for the old man...... Alas......

Old Hoffman was a little confused and asked:

"What do you mean by asking me to help? How else can I get those monarchs to be friendly to you? I don't have that ability......"

"You don't need to do anything else, just declare to the outside world that you forced me to make my younger brothers earls." Marin explained.

"What? When have I pushed you? I don't usually get involved in the affairs of the North Sea Country, right? Besides, I don't understand those government affairs, and I don't understand them...... "yes, this one is quite self-aware......

"It's not that you really pushed me, but to help me share the pressure! Only if you forced me to make my brothers counts, the monarchs of other countries will not blame me! ”

As soon as Marin finished speaking, old Hoffman's face darkened:

"What do you mean? Let you carry the black pot? It's a dishonoring thing! You know, I've taught you since I was a kid – honor is my life! To say that would have damaged my honor! ”

Marlin was speechless for a moment, but Lady Mary stood up and kicked old Hoffman, and said angrily:

"Is your pitiful honor important, or is Marin's North Sea Country important? If the European monarchs hated it, or even united, the North Sea Kingdom might perish. When the time comes, it will be up to you to see if your Hoffman family still has honor......"

Definitely, when it came to the honor of the Hoffman family, the old Hoffman suddenly wilted. Compared with the glory of the family, his personal honor is indeed nothing......

Then, the next day, the elder Hoffmann publicly declared that he had ordered his sons to canonize his two younger sons as counts, because he wanted to revive the Hoffmann family so much......

This statement is well-founded and very much in line with the character of Hoffman Sr. Then, the hostility of the outside world towards Marin was greatly reduced.

At the same time, Marin announced to the public that the purchase cost of his younger brother Simon's Ukrainian kingdom was 250,000 gold coins, which needed to be repaid. Of course, this repayment period is relatively long, 50 years. In this way, it is easy to say - Marin did not buy his brother an earl for nothing, but lent money to buy it for him. Is it wrong to lend money to my brother? Apparently nothing is wrong! Now, it's not good for others to accuse Marin of "breaking the rules" about this......

What rules did Marlin break? That is the "primogeniture" system that has been popular in Europe for hundreds of years......

The primogeniture system in Europe was formed in the middle of the Middle Ages, probably after Charlemagne's three grandsons divided Charlemagne's empire into three major parts: Germany, Middle Francia (including Lorraine in the north, Burgundy in the middle, and northern Italy in the south), and France.

At that time, the European aristocracy saw the disadvantages of their children's inheritance - Charlemagne's empire, which was once extremely powerful, was divided into three parts at once, and lost its absolute hegemony in Europe.

So, the dukes of the Holy Roman Empire, which later formed in the eastern part of Germany, learned this lesson, and after the formation of the Holy Roman Empire, primogeniture was established. That is, the eldest son eats all, and the other sons do not, or can only eat leftovers.

This system is very unfair to all sons other than the firstborn. Because, it means that their future is not guaranteed. However, it can maintain the strength of the main branch of the family to the greatest extent, so that the strength of the family will not be scattered.

Later, European countries saw the benefits and adopted this system.

The benefits of the firstborn all-take-all system are many. First of all, he avoided the internal friction of the sibling rivalry. In the ancient East, whenever there was a change of emperor, there would often be a bloody storm, resulting in a great loss of national strength. The most serious is probably the "Eight Kings Rebellion" in the Western Jin Dynasty, which smashed the Central Plains and lost too many strong men, which directly led to the production of the "Five Hu Chaohua".

The primogeniture-all system can fully avoid the situation of cannibalism among sons, which is conducive to the stability of the country and the dynasty. Therefore, dynasties in Europe generally change non-peacefully, such as extinction. The change of the Chinese dynasty in the same period was a process of chaos in the world, which caused great harm.

In addition, the firstborn-take-all system is also conducive to motivating the children of the nobility. Why? Because except for the eldest son, the other sons have no inheritance. If you want to have a future, you have to work hard! Therefore, many princes in Europe entered the army to serve, exchanged their lives for military exploits and titles, and many outstanding royal and noble children appeared. And all of this is forced.

Of course, in addition to entering the army, there is another way for the children of the nobility, that is, to enter the monastery and become a monk. But after the wars of religion, this road was gradually not taken. Because, the status of the church has declined, and there is no power or oil to become a bishop.

Then, most of the children of the nobility could only choose to serve in the army. Then, expect to excel in the war in order to obtain knighthoods and fiefs.

And this is also the reason why the children of European nobles are generally better than the children of ancient Chinese nobles. It's not that the children of European aristocrats have good blood, but they are forced out - if they don't improve themselves, they will be finished......

On the contrary, the children of the nobles in ancient China, because everyone had the opportunity to compete for the right to inherit, so they focused most of their energy on family consumption.

Or, there are many noble children, because they will always get a share of the benefits in the future. Therefore, there is no pressure in my heart at all, eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, harming one party, and becoming a gentleman......

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Therefore, the children of ancient China were all accustomed to a worry-free future. People have no pressure and have great resources in their hands, so it is easy to indulge in them and become a fool.

Under two very different systems, the European aristocracy became famous, while the Chinese aristocracy did its best...... There is no question of who is better than whom, but one who is forced to be helpless; The other is that there is no need to be motivated......

Ma Lin suddenly remembered that a few years before the crossing, there was a descendant of a brainless Manchu nobleman, saying that China needed nobility and aristocratic spirit. Marin is too lazy to spray this Sabi, as far as Huaxia's inheritance system is concerned, most of the children of the nobility are particularly wasteful, why does Huaxia need such garbage? Let's look at the last years of the Qing Dynasty, what happened to the waste wood of those "hardcore crops" of the Eight Banners? Because the future is guaranteed, there is no motivation at all, and it is easy to become a gentleman and scum. That Sabi probably wants not an aristocratic spirit, but nostalgia for the "hardcore crops" of the past......

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Obviously, Marin's behavior of making his younger brothers count is indeed breaking the rules. More strictly speaking, it could ruin the pioneering spirit of the European aristocratic heritage. That's why Marin is so nervous, so that old Hoffman will stand up and take the blame. Because, he also did not want the European aristocracy to develop bad habits in his own hands. Just like the children of the aristocracy in China, because they have a worry-free future, they have become social moths......