After a long wait, and the reason for the long distance back and forth, there was finally an echo from the Holy See. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 InfoJulius II agreed to canonize Bishop Conrad's nephew John as coadjutor bishop, and wrote to Bishop Conrad to comfort Bishop Conrad, saying that he would cover Bishop Conrad so that he would not be impeached.

However, at the same time, Julius II also wrote to Marin, scolding Marin for a bloody squirt. Because, the Pope personally promotes the clergy, which will also attract attention. At this point, the impact is not too good. Julius II was a man who cherished his reputation and wanted to be celebrated after his death, rather than applauded after the death of Alexander VI. Therefore, in the letter, he warned Marin that he would never allow such a thing to be promised to others in the future unless he had to.

After all, the assistant bishop is not a cat or a dog. This is a preparatory boss who is qualified to run directly for the bishop of the episcopal state, and if some large families with financial resources can obtain it, they can almost safely obtain the bishop of a bishopric state.

For example, Bishop Conrad's Ritberg family, now that John has become an assistant bishop, as long as he has a few more years of seniority, and when he has the opportunity, he can use a part of the income of the land that Bishop Conrad has obtained for Marin this time, and he can ensure that a bishop of an episcopal state is elected.

According to the Rietberg family's plan, it was intended that John should run for the bishop of the Bishopric of Paderborn. This is because the Bishopric of Paderborn is on the border of the Rietbergberg State. If John had become bishop of the Episcopal State of Paderborn, the Bishopric of Rietberg and the Bishopric of Paderborn would have been aligned. As soon as the Rietbergberg state is in danger, the Bishopric of Paderborn will surely come to the rescue. At the same time, John, who would then become the bishop of the Bishopric of Paderborn, could also give the Ritberg family a large number of benefits and privileges in the Bishopric of Paderborn.

The biggest problem, however, is that the current Bishop of Paderborn is the same as Archbishop Hermann IV of Cologne. Therefore, John needed to wait until Hermann IV, Archbishop of Cologne, hiccuped before he could run for office.

After receiving a letter of encouragement from Pope Julius II, Bishop Conrad finally made up his mind......

At the end of May, Bishop Conrad convened an all-Münster synod to discuss the transition of power with Marin. This meeting was very special, and its target was mainly the local abbots who owned large tracts of land.

And the high-ranking clergy and the clergy who belonged to Bishop Conrad's faction had already been angry with Bishop Conrad.

For those clergy who hold official positions, their interests are mainly in the fields of interest of the 50,000 yugrams. It was the local abbots who had the main interest in the ecclesiastical lands. Even the clergy who held official positions were very jealous of the local abbots.

In other words, the local abbots of the Bishopric of Münster were more like large landowners than clergy. Even the upper echelons of the Bishopric of Münster were not necessarily as prosperous as the abbots who had a large amount of arable land.

After all, the land of the Church, though nominally belonging to the Church. But, to be specific, the specific rulers of those lands are the abbots of the various places.

Even the upper echelons of the Bishopate of Münster could only collect tithes from those monasteries. At most, the abbots, who possessed a large amount of arable land, no longer withheld tithes, but paid them in full.

But even if the tithes were paid in full, they would only account for one-tenth of the total harvest. The remaining nine-tenths of the harvest, except for the cost and the part for feeding the serfs, was swallowed up by the local monasteries.

So, in a country like the Bishopric of Münster, the abbots who owned the land were not quite the same as the other clergy. Even the clergy, favored by Bishop Conrad, had official positions, which were not as affordable as those abbots.

In order to protect their own interests, and also because of jealousy of the abbots who had the advantage of the benefits, Bishop Conrad and his cronies decided to unite and pit the abbots......

The congress was held in the middle compound of the Münster Cathedral in Münster, because the number of people attending the meeting reached more than 300 people, and the church hall was too crowded, so it had to be placed in the church compound. Fortunately, the weather was sunny and there was no rain, otherwise, the attendees would have been out of luck.

However, to the surprise of the abbots who had arrived from the unexpected place in Münster, there were many low-ranking priests in black robes standing around the compound. However, to the surprise of those abbots, those black-robed priests seemed to be very eye-catching...... Moreover, on a hot day, I put on a hood......

In fact, these people are some kind of priests, and they are clearly soldiers arranged by Marin. Well, if you let the soldiers make trouble at the meeting, it will be a big problem, and you may be labeled as "sacred". So, Marin selected a group of white-faced soldiers who looked like pampered clergymen, dressed in black robes and holding Bibles, blocked several exits from the courtyard......

At that time, even if these "low-level clergy" make trouble, it will be an "internal contradiction" of the church. Even if it is verified afterwards, it is basically "no such person". Why? For they are clearly false clergymen......

If you want to find these "false priests", you have to go to the barracks in Marin. But do those abbots of the Bishopric of Münster dare? Marin's army is so fierce......

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Sure enough, when Bishop Conrad announced that he would transfer another 80,000 Ugram's cultivated land in the South Münster region to Marin, there was a strong backlash from the abbots.

For a while, the venue was filled with shouting and scolding. Bishop Conrad was basically scolded like a dog, and if he hadn't been accompanied by a group of guards, it is estimated that the abbots would have rushed to the stage and beat him......

Bishop Conrad repeatedly told the abbots that the Bishopric of Münster was no longer a church state, but a secular state. It is not normal for secular monarchs to have far less land than for the church. And, as is customary, when the territory is transferred, the former lord should also transfer most of the fields in the territory to the next lord.

Unfortunately, the abbots just didn't listen, thinking that not an inch of the church's land should be given away. As for Marin, a secular lord, there is little land? It's about them......

The abbots were scolding, and they didn't see Bishop Conrad angry. It was almost noon, and Bishop Conrad saw that the time was almost up, and decided to let everyone vote......

As a result, Bishop Conrad and his own group of interested people naturally voted in favor. And the abbots and abbots who were present voted against......

The final result was because the abbots and vice-abbots combined were more than half, and naturally the vote failed. However, Bishop Conrad didn't lift his eyes, and a new round of voting was held, and that was still the result......

Just when the triumphant abbots thought they had won and could go back to dinner, something happened......

Those "black-robed low-level monks" who blocked the exit actually boldly blocked those noble abbots back, and kept saying, "The priest should be pure-hearted, why do you want so much land?" ”

Some of the "black clergy" also said that "greed is the original sin", and according to the scene rehearsed by Marin, the "lowly clergy" even opened the Bible and showed the abbots that sentence. Then, he "admonished" the abbots, saying, "As a monk, you can occupy so much land because of the original sin of greed......

Where will the abbots listen? So they wanted to get rid of these "black-robed low-level priests" and go out to eat, and some even wanted to go to the toilet......

However, these "black-robed low-level clergymen" are not real clergymen, but sturdy soldiers, and those abbots are all middle-aged and elderly, where can they be moved? Then, the two sides were at a stalemate......

The abbots wanted to break through, but they were all weak middle-aged and elderly people, and they were the opponents of these young soldiers. These young soldiers, lined up in a dense formation, kept saying "greed is the original sin", "the clergy should be pure-hearted", "the clergy should not occupy all the land...... Saying this over and over again is the same as chanting...... Of course, these soldiers who have not read the book can only have these few sentences, which Marin forced them to memorize......

The abbots were mad and wanted to get out, but there was nothing they could do. On the side of Bishop Conrad, the cronies who wanted to go to the toilet quietly passed from behind under the cover of a large group of guards behind Bishop Conrad.

Then, the sharp-eyed abbot tried to find his way through the door behind Bishop Conrad, but was stopped by the soldiers. Bishop Conrad told them that it was the inner sanctuary of Münster Cathedral and that it was not allowed to enter without permission...... And that's not an exit point......

In this way, a large group of abbots were blocked in the courtyard by a group of "black-robed low-ranking clergy", and they were constantly taught by this group of bold "black-robed low-level clergy" that "greed is the original sin", "clergy should have little desire", and "clergy should not occupy all the land......

This stalemate lasted for more than two hours, and many abbots were already hungry. Some of the abbots couldn't hold back their pee......

It was a very humiliating thing to pee their pants in public, and in the end, the hungry abbots were fine, and the abbots who couldn't hold their urine chose to give in, begged Conrad for mercy, and promised to vote in favor, and were sent to the back to the bathroom......

However, when they returned from the toilet, they were not allowed to return to the abbot's queue, but instead stood by Bishop Conrad and dissociated themselves from the original group......

Bishop Conrad then organized the vote again......

Unexpectedly, the abbot who had finished going to the toilet repented and still voted against......

Conrad noticed the men, and with pen and paper, wrote down their names:

"Hmph, this transfer of land is based on the monastery of a few of you capricious fellows, and most of your land is stripped away, leaving only a certain ration of land for you......" Conrad thought angrily.

The vote still did not pass, and it did not reach half of the majority, mainly because the capricious abbots repented.

Bishop Conrad got impatient and went straight to dinner through the back door with his cronies and the abbots who had voted in favor. And those who voted against were blocked by the soldiers.

In this way, after eating and drinking, Bishop Conrad, with his cronies and the abbots who had voted in favor, entered the courtyard again, many of whom were still burping......

The abbots were angry, but there was nothing they could do. After all, they were only weak priests, not military generals.

As time passed, another abbot couldn't hold back and wanted to go to the toilet and chose to give in. But after going to the toilet, a few people chose to regret it......

Bishop Conrad did not say anything, but wrote down the names of the abbots who had repented and the names of the monasteries. When waiting for the division of land, they are mainly used for knives......

Eventually, the two sides remained at a stalemate until the evening. With most of the elderly abbots hungry and eager to go to the toilet, the vote finally passed, and it reached the "absolute passing standard" of more than three-quarters......