The relationship between countries is like this, everyone is just a friend of interests, and no one will put your heart into you. If it's good for both parties, everyone will naturally work together. However, if the interests are different, the choice is different......

Therefore, it is not surprising that Maximilian I and John II made such a choice. It would be stupid if they took the initiative to tell Marin the truth.

In addition, Marin's other allies, the Hanseatic League, among whom were insightful, also saw Marin's problems, but also chose to remain silent. Why? Because they also hope that Marin's relationship with the other princes will be stiffened, so that they can have a chance to be left and right. As for some allies who are not smart enough and not level enough, they can't see the key to it, and they can't remind Marin......

This time, however, the Duke of Württemberg felt guilty because of the rebellion of the prisoners of war brought in from the Duchy of Württemberg. So, I quietly sent someone to Marin to tell him about it......

After all, Duke Ulrich received more than a million gold coins from Marin and ate to his heart's content. Moreover, it seems that Marin has been pitted. Out of embarrassment, and fearing that Marin would repent, Ulrich sent someone to provide Marin with this important message.

Of course, it's not that Duke Ulrich was smart enough to have a vision. It's because, as a prince of a great power, Ulrich has a group of advisors around him, and they saw it and told Ulrich. The Duke of Ulrich was afraid that Marlin would regret it and ask for a refund, so he sold his favor and quietly told Marin the news.

After getting the news from the Duke of Ulrich, Marin frowned and thought for a long time, and then suddenly realized!

It is no wonder that the collision of modern and ancient ideas is a very normal thing. Every time a reform is carried out, the new school and the old school have to go through a desperate contest, not to mention the ideological differences of several hundred years.

Originally, Marin thought of adjusting his thinking. But after thinking about it, he found helplessly that it seemed that he couldn't compromise with those old nobles......

Why? If Marin wants to eat and wait for death, he can naturally compromise with the old nobles. However, he was an ambitious man, and he still wanted to annex northern Germany and the American colonies to himself......

In this way, he needs the North Sea Kingdom to become very strong. However, if he compromised with those old nobles and appointed those incompetent noble children, Beihai Kingdom would not be able to become strong according to his plan. After all, the children of the old nobles have a set of old-school rules of conduct that will not be easily changed. On the contrary, it was the civilian officers and civilian officers promoted by Marin, because there was no traditional practice, they could only obey Marin's command.

In this way, if Marin wants to make the Beihai Kingdom strong through reform, he can't use the children of those old nobles as the main officials. Even if you use those noble children, you can only use a small number of obedient ones. Most of the officials still have to rely on those obedient civilian children.

In other words, even if Marin knew what the problem was, he couldn't do anything about it. Unless, he is ready to eat and wait for death in the future, and he doesn't care about the strength of the Beihai Kingdom......

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Of course, the reminder of the Duke of Ulrich was not entirely useless. At the very least, Marin knows what the real problem is, and he won't spend any more energy on useless work. For example, Marin did not need to explain to other princes that he was not "the emperor's lackey". feelings, people's attention is not on this at all......

In addition, Marin knows the truth, and he can also arrange spies to make some targeted propaganda. For example, Marin "It's not that he doesn't want to appoint the children of the nobility, but that the children of the nobility look down on his origin!" "No nobleman is willing to take refuge in him, he can only choose to train commoners as new nobles, and then work for him"......

Propaganda like this is actually a kind of justification, not that I don't want to use you, but that you look down on me......

Although it could not convince the old nobles, it could also reduce their hostility towards themselves. It is not necessary to reverse the prejudices of those people against themselves, it is enough to reduce the resistance to the deterioration of emigration from the recruitment of soldiers from the southern regions of Germany.

Subsequently, Marin organized a public political show. He gathered thousands of old and new nobles from all over the Beihai Kingdom, organized a grand court ball, and began to establish a new aristocratic order. All this makes Marin look more like a member of the aristocratic class than the leader of the mud-legged rebellion......

Moreover, Marin repeatedly emphasized that he was a blood relative of the descendants of the original Count Bullock family, saying that he was not without a background......

What's more, Marin also announced in public that if there is no war, the Beihai ** official will give priority to selecting from the children of the nobility. Only in times of war will merit be given priority......

But this statement is actually similar to not saying anything, because Europe is in turmoil, and there is no shortage of wars in Beihai at all. The so-called "aristocracy first" is nothing more than an empty promise.

However, it seems that this statement did make some old nobles less hostile to him. Moreover, it also made the existing Beihai ** officials feel at ease.

But at the same time, Marin asked the teachers to tell the students in civilian schools to study hard, and there will be more opportunities in the future......

As for how it will end up in the future? Lao Tzu took the whole of Brazil to give it to the aristocracy, not sincere enough? At least, the civilian class doesn't have such a good and big fiefdom......

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Just when Marin was carrying out "strategic tricks" against the old European aristocracy, the future Pope Leo X, now Archbishop Giovanni of the Medici family, also came to Aurich and visited Marin.

At the moment, although Julius II did not die due to Marin's intervention, his health has deteriorated, and he may see God at any time. Therefore, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici also stepped up their private activities to ensure that they could succeed as the next pope.

And Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici knew that Marin and the Pope had a very close relationship in private. Therefore, taking advantage of this visit to the German region, he came to visit Marin, hoping that Marin could help him say good things.

You know, if the current pope has the support and training, he has a better chance of taking over as pope in the future. What's more, Marin is the majority shareholder of Siena Bank. If you want to succeed in running for the pope, you can't do without the financial support of the well-capitalized Bank of Siena.

So, whether in terms of political resources or capital support, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici had to enlist Marin's support.

Marin didn't have much of a problem with that, but this time, Marin was expressing his support for Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. At the same time, the Medici also made a request to make Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici served as Robert's teacher!

"Who is Robert?" Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici was a little confused.

Marin coughed and explained:

"Robert. Della. Rovere, his mother's name is Felise. Rovere ......"

"Felis......" Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. Medici's eyes widened after thinking about it......

"Could it be ......," he remembered, rumors from Rome many years ago. At that time, Julius II was still an archbishop, but he was also a prominent figure in the city of Rome. His private life is also very concerned......

Marin nodded and acquiesced to Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. Medici's speculation.

Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici took a deep breath and said:

"I see, I'll be Robert's teacher. Moreover, we must focus on cultivating him in the future! ”

In this way, Robert had a future pope as his teacher. At the same time, he is also his future patron in the Holy See......