On his way back to the north, Marin received the not-so-surprising bad news that Bishop Rich Sr. had finally choked his last words......

Bishop Ridge Sr. was also tenacious, and when Marin led his army into the East Friesian Lam in 1498, Bishop Ritchie Sr. was dying. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info didn't expect that 5 years had passed, and the old Ricky had really died. That is, the elder Richie persisted in a near-death state for 5 years......

Marin thought to himself, Assistant Bishop Taylor must be crying by this moment. Not saddened by the death of Bishop Rich Sr., but agitated by the fact that he finally had a chance to succeed.

As early as a few years ago, before Marin entered the Earl of East Friesland, the assistant bishop of Taylor began to befriend the people of Emden by helping him fool the people of Emden. When Marin entered the East Friesian Lamber, he began to move closer to Marin again. He jumped up and down so just to be able to take over Bishop Rich's class. After all, old Richie was in poor health a few years ago. Unexpectedly, Old Richie relied on a trace of residual blood to survive for several years......

In the past few years, Taylor has relied on his talent to help Marin train hundreds of little flickers, and was arranged by Marin in the army and churches in various places.

It's a pity that Marin has a big heart and always feels that a hundred little flickers are not enough, so he urges Taylor to help him cultivate 1,000 little flickers. Thus, the churches of East Friesland, including the Earl of Oldenburg and the Duchy of Schleswig, as well as the churches of the American colonies, were full of clergy who helped Marin to fool him.

However, flickering also requires talent. You let Zhao Da flicker to learn flicker, learn for a year and top others for ten years, you let the fool learn flicker, you may not be able to learn it for the rest of your life.

Therefore, it's not that Taylor doesn't have to teach with his heart, but that learning to fool also depends on talent. Previously, Taylor had taught more than 300 low-level priests, but only 100 had been taught. Even among these 100 people, some of them are reluctant to leave the school.

Fortunately, Marin now controls three countries, and there are more low-ranking young priests to send over to receive Taylor's teachings. In the future, as long as there are enough foolish priests who are out of the school and sing praises to themselves while preaching every day, Marin does not believe in social instability.

While passing through Bonn, Marin went into the city to visit the Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann IV (the Archbishop of Cologne's residence was not in Cologne, but in Bonn).

There are two main things to do during Marin's visit to the Archbishop of Cologne. The first thing is to implement the matter of the Duchy of Schleswig joining the Imperial Parliament, and the matter of confirming the Duke of Schleswig. This is an important matter, and this year's Imperial Diet has not yet been convened, and it seems that it will not be convened until after the autumn harvest. So, Marin is in need of support. The Archbishop of Cologne has a high prestige in the northern part of Germany, and the bishops of some bishopric states (such as the Bishopric of Münster, the Bishopric of Minden, the Bishopric of Paderborn, the Bishopric of Osnabrück, etc.) completely follow the Archbishop of Cologne in the Imperial Diet.

Therefore, as long as the Archbishop of Cologne is settled, it will be in favor of a group of episcopal states......

For this purpose, Marin prepared a lot of gifts and came to bribe. Of course, the bribery was done by someone else, and it was impossible for Marin to go to Rome with the bribe and bring it back.

In fact, Marin went to Rome lightly, and the bribes of the Archbishop of Cologne were actually arranged by Cologne and later sent to Bonn. By the time Marin returned from Rome, Kohler's gift had already arrived.

Herman IV actually attended the enthronement of Julius II, but he returned home early the morning after attending the ceremony. Marin, on the other hand, stayed in Rome for a while because of some things, and was not able to meet Herman IV.

Moreover, Marin rode on horseback, while Herman IV rode in a chariot. Although there was a difference of several days, Hermann IV actually returned to Bonn half a day earlier than Marin.

For the generous gift given by Marin, after checking it, Herman IV found that it was worth tens of thousands of gold coins, and he was naturally very satisfied. So, Herman IV, naturally, agreed to help Marin in the Imperial Diet.

As for Marin's recommendation of Assistant Bishop Taylor to replace the recently deceased Old Richie as Bishop of the Lamberth of East Fries, Herman IV nodded and agreed.

In fact, since the early days of the HRE, the Emperor and the Holy See had a "dispute over the right to appoint bishops" against the bishops of the episcopal states in the HRE, and finally the Emperor and the Holy See reached a compromise and signed the Worms Religious Agreement. The agreement stipulates that the right to appoint bishops in the Episcopal States shall be vested in the Holy See. The emperor had only the right to supervise, not to interfere in the appointment of bishops. In addition, the secular authority of the bishop of the episcopal state over the episcopal state was granted by the emperor.

However, as the power of the Holy See became stronger, the emperor's control over the episcopal states was basically zero. Especially after the promulgation of the "Golden Seal Edict", because of the emergence of the elector, the emperor's control over the HRE Empire became less and less, and the secular governance of the episcopal state did not need to be granted by the emperor, and it was decided by the Holy See.

In particular, although Maximilian I was now elected king of Germany, he was not yet emperor because the pope never crowned him. What the pope did about the Episcopal States, Maximilian I had no say at all.

Of course, as a compromise, after the signing of the Religious Agreement of Worms, the Holy See also made concessions to the right of bishops of the secular vassal states. For example, the bishop of a vassal state, the opinion of the vassal is very important. If a prince objects to someone as bishop, the Church should also consider it carefully. At the same time, the princes also had the right to recommend someone to be a bishop. As long as the princes themselves can control the field, it is still easy for the candidates they put forward to be elected bishops. After all, the bishops of the vassal states are actually elected in the cathedral of their country. After the election, it only needs to be reported to several senior archbishops such as the Archbishop of Cologne for review and approval. But if the archbishop of Cologne and other archbishops are opposed, it will also need to be re-elected.

However, the rejection of a candidate is such a slap in the face, and the archbishop would not do it. After all, it's too offensive. Therefore, the general princes and the high-ranking bishops who are responsible for the review will reach an agreement in advance before going through the process.

The Archbishop of Cologne received a large amount of bribes, and knowing that Marin had a good relationship with the new pope, he naturally did not get along with Marin. As a result, Herman IV asked Marin to return with peace of mind and arranged for Taylor to be elected......

So, when Marin returned to East Friesland, he first arranged for Taylor to preside over the funeral of Old Rich, and then he kept talking to the senior priests and abbots of his own country and persuaded them to elect Taylor as the new bishop.

In the face of the "suggestion" of the powerful Marin, most of the priests naturally agreed. And those who didn't agree, Marin directly planned to open the ......

As for how to fix them? It's very simple - because Pope Alexander VI took the lead, there was widespread corruption in the church, and there were many clergy who kept lovers and had illegitimate children.

This kind of, if no one exposes it, it's okay, someone will catch it. Of course, ordinary princes would not dare to offend the church. But who is Marin? He is the son-in-law of the Pope. Even if everyone doesn't know that Marin is the Pope's son-in-law, they also know that Marin has a good relationship with the current Pope. The whole put of the low-level clergy (in relation to the Holy See), and there are still problems?

Marin overthrew seven or eight faceless senior priests and abbots in a row, and suddenly frightened the church forces in the country. Then, on the day of the election of a new bishop, Bishop Taylor was elected with a super-high vote of 99 (out of a total of 100 votes). As for the only negative vote, Marin deliberately arranged for someone to vote. Why? It's too fake to be elected with 100% high votes! Therefore, it is necessary to arrange for someone to vote against it......

In this way, the assistant bishop of Taylor, who had always had a bad reputation, succeeded in being elected archbishop of East Friesian Lam with a high vote with the strong support of Marin......