Once you know the problem, it's easy to do. People in this era may not have many ways, but Marin, who has experienced the economic wave of China in later generations, has many ways.

"It's a simple matter, give more benefits to the local church, and even the secular princes, and the sales will go up immediately!"

But Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici hesitated:

"I'm afraid I won't be able to give an account to Rome of the money that originally belonged to the church......

Marin immediately laughed and gave Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici made a calculation:

"Brother Giovanni, I'll settle an account for you! You see, the annual sales of 'indulgences' in Germany are now 30,000 gold coins, right? According to the eighty percent ratio, the Holy See can get 24,000 gold coins, right? ”

Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici nodded repeatedly, and Marin continued:

"If you give half of the place a divide......"

"This can't be, the cardinals will spray me to death!" Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici shook her head again and again.

Marin smiled and said in his heart - what is impossible about this? Originally, in 1514, Giovanni had become Pope Leo X. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici had secretly made a secret agreement with the then Archbishop of Mainz - Albert of Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, was responsible for underwriting the "indulgences" worth 500,000 Gulden gold coins. Half of the proceeds from the sale went to Pope Leo X and the other half to Albert III......

At that time, Albert III was not only Archbishop of Mainz, but also Archbishop of Magdeburg, and at the same time Bishop of the Bishopric State of Hallbestadt, holding the positions of three ecclesiastical princes.

It stands to reason that this was illegal (the church at that time usually held two positions by one person). But he was willing to spend money, obtained the approval of the Holy See, and also got the position of Archbishop of Mainz, becoming one of the seven electors of Germany and the most honorable head of the church (the Archbishop of Mainz was the German Grand Speaker of the Holy Roman Empire). But in order to get the position of Archbishop of Mainz, Albert III was in debt.

In order to pay off his debts, he hit it off with Leo X, who was promoting "indulgences" at the time. The two were in cahoots and privately agreed that Albert III would be responsible for the sale of "indulgences" in the Archbishoprics of Mainz, Magdeburg and Halberstadt under his rule, with a total of 500,000 Gulden gold coins, and the two would share the proceeds equally......

In these three episcopal states alone, Leo X earned 250,000 gold coins, not to mention all of Germany? At that time, Leo X's willingness to share half of the interests also completely ignited the enthusiasm of Archbishop Albert III. Subsequently, Albert III sent a man named John. The Dominican friars of Tezel, as representatives of indulgences, began to sell indulgences in the three episcopal states under his rule.

According to historical records, at that time, John Tezel had a great pomp. Every time he goes to a city, he has to make a big show-

Whenever Tezel's "indulgences" sales team was approaching the city, the first step was an encyclical of the Pope selling indulgences hanging from a large piece of velvet, and all the clergy, city officials, and school principals led all the students and men and women of the city to greet them with flags and candles, and sang hymns after the envoys, and bells rang in the churches throughout the city. After the welcoming ceremony, Tezel and his envoys would go to the main church in the city, hang a banner with the Pope's encyclical in front of the church, and then spread out a stall to sell "indulgences......

John. Johann Tetzel is a clever man who also knows how to build momentum and put on a show. So, his sales have achieved great results. Of course, it is also notorious in history, becoming a foil to the opposition to the "indulgences" of Martin. Luther's Great Background Villain......

Because the matter was so big, it finally led to the great god Martin Luther, and set off a vigorous Reformation......

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Marin silently calculated that the three vassal states of the Archbishopric of Mainz, the Archbishopric of Magdeburg and the Bishopric of Hallberstadt would be able to sell 500,000 gold coins of "indulgences...... Although it is a sales volume of several years, it is not a problem for each vassal state to sell tens of thousands of gold coins a year......

Germany had more than 300 vassal states, and there were hundreds of vassal states of the upper scale. Then it seems that it is not difficult to sell more than one million gold coins of "indulgences" every year...... If you use a little more force, it is possible to sell 2 million gold coins a year......

Marin then told Giovanni about the data. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. Medici. Old Joe directly opened his mouth in surprise:

"Annual sales of more than one million? Half of it must be 500,000 gold coins! Apparently, Old Joe was stunned by the number.

You must know that the annual financial income of the Papal States is only two or three hundred thousand gold coins. The main income of the church is still through the land

The very unstable "tithes" on the side are handed in. But because of the corruption of the Church, many cardinals divided the tithes that should have been sent to the Holy See by the local bishops. As a result, the church does not actually receive much money each year, but theoretically, the church should have one or two million gold coins a year......

If Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici was able to sell millions of gold coins of "indulgences" in Germany every year and return to Rome with more than 500,000 gold coins, and it is estimated that the whole Holy See will be impressed by him...... Then, the choice of the Pope made me big......

"Tell me, what the hell are you doing?" Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici's eyes were already red......

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"It's simple, benefit sharing! As long as you are willing to give up half of your interests, I guess the archbishops will be more than happy to cooperate with you. The more the Holy See earns, the more they earn. Because, everyone earns about ......"

Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici thought about it for a long time, nodded and agreed with Marin's statement. But, again, he asked:

"Your trick is naturally no problem in the vassal states of the church. However, more than half of Germany's vassal states were secular vassal states. The teachings there were suppressed by the princes, and even if the local church wanted to vigorously promote the sale of 'indulgences', the princes would not be willing! ”

"It's also simple, isn't it just that the princes are not beneficial, so they will object? Just give them the benefits! For example, the Holy See will take half of the proceeds from the sale of indulgences, and the churches of secular vassal states will take 40%, leaving 10% for the local princes. If they have money, why don't they cooperate? ”

Actually, Marin originally wanted to give a quarter to the secular princes. However, Marin was worried that the secular princes would become strong after taking too much money. So, compress this ratio. For, only if the church eats more than the princes, will cause the dissatisfaction of those secular princes. Then, the foreshadowing was laid for the subsequent Reformation......

Marin agitated Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici engaged in the sale of "indulgences" in order to create contradictions and make Germany carry out the Reformation ahead of schedule. If the secular princes are fed, and as a result, the secular princes and the church are united, then there is still a P?

To put it bluntly, the Reformation in history was caused by the unequal distribution of spoils between the church and the aristocracy. The aristocracy takes too little, the church eats it all, and it is strange that the aristocracy does not turn their faces.

Therefore, although Marin asked the Holy See to share the benefits, but only one percent, although in the early stage will let the secular princes cooperate with the sale of the "indulgences", but after a long time, because of the uneven distribution of spoils, those secular princes will definitely accumulate dissatisfaction. When dissatisfaction accumulates to a certain extent, it is revolutionary......

As for whether the Church will cede a lot of benefits in order to appease the aristocracy? Inexistent! The church of this era is the embodiment of greed, and it will never give benefits to the nobility if it can not give it. So, contradictions will definitely accumulate, and in the end they will definitely erupt. Marin, on the other hand, is secretly promoting the outbreak of this contradiction with all his might. Then, taking advantage of the religious wars, they aggressively expanded their territory......

And in order to promote the sale of "indulgences", Marin also asked Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici recommended John. Tezere, the future "indulgence salesman", asked him to assist Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici spread indulgences throughout Germany in advance to stimulate the full-scale arrival of the wars of religion......