Seeing the thoughtful expression on the face of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, Marin sneered and said:

"Got it? Lord Frederick. "Eight" "Eight" Read the book, .∞.o◎ It's not that I, Marin, have always been against the princes, but that you have been getting along with me, and you have refused to recognize the status of my princes! ”

"In fact, since I became the Earl of East Friesland, I have been a member of the princely aristocracy. At that time, I thought about integrating into the circle of princes. But have you given me a chance? You have always regarded me as a dog of His Majesty the Emperor and refused to accept me. I was also forced to have no choice but to continue to mingle with His Majesty the Emperor. Otherwise, no one in the world would accept me! ”

Frederick III thought for a moment - as if this was indeed the case, Marin had never attacked anyone since he became the Earl of East Friesland, and every time he sent troops he was on the side of reason {in fact, Marin made a deliberate choice}......

Therefore, Marin said that it was the princes who forced Marin to side with the Habsburgs, and he was really right......

What were the German princes? Frederick III actually knew better. In this era, most of the princes were fools, who only knew how to enjoy and be powerful.

Moreover, most of the German princes were stubbornly old-fashioned, refusing to accept new things and ideas, and clinging to their inadequacy.

In this era, in addition to Marin, who was a time-traveler, in fact, the two most capable monarchs of Germany were Frederick III and Maximilian I.

Unfortunately, Maximilian I, because he was born in the Habsburg family and was an emperor, naturally stood on the opposite side of the princes.

Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, another powerful indigenous prince, naturally stood on the opposite side of Emperor Maximilian I because of his status.

……

It stands to reason that although Maximilian I was powerful, because he was born in the Habsburg family, a sinkhole family, there were enemies everywhere. In addition, when he was young, because of his youth, he expressed his ambition to unify Germany, and was naturally resisted by the German princes. Therefore, even if His Majesty the Emperor is very capable, the heroes cannot stand the {enemy} number of people. In the face of the princes who huddled together for warmth, Maximilian I had nothing to do......

As for Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, who was on the same level as Maximilian I, he also knew that he was bitter - although the princes were united in the D with him at the core......

However, he has a large group of teammates, and there are not many sincere people who have vision. If Frederick III had been in the afterlife, he would have judged his allies, the pig teammates......

Although these princes knew about the Habsburgs who were fighting against the emperor, they also elected Frederick III, the most discerning of them, as their leader. However, they also often do things that hold them back. The most classic is that these princes have always refused to admit Marin into the circle of German princes on the grounds that their blood background is too low......

Because of the joint resistance of the old nobles, Marin basically did not have few secular princely friends in the imperial princes' court, and was often isolated.

Every time they saw Marin, many secular princes opened and closed their mouths to describe Marin as "the emperor's lackey......

In this way, it would be strange if Marin was not angry in his heart. And cooperation with the Habsburgs is a matter of course - the enemy of the enemy is the friend. What's more, Marin still has an old relationship with the Habsburgs......

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Of course, these are all superficial phenomena. After all, no one would have thought that Marin was actually an ambitious traverser. Even if the princes accepted him, Marin would not really have the same heart as them. After all, Marin's ambition is to learn from Prussia in later generations, occupy small Germany, and become a German hegemon-level boss......

Therefore, even if the princes were friendly to him, he would find a way to make enemies with them. However, in that case, after all, it will not be able to passively fight with the princes. After all, passively dealing with others, the fault is no longer one's own.

Frederick III understood the reason why Marin continued to stand on the emperor's side at this moment, but understanding is understanding, but his goal has not yet been achieved.

So, Frederick III said to Marin:

"It is the fault of the princes to treat you like this. However, Grand Duke Marin, you are also a prince, and you are still one of the more powerful princes. What good will it do you to defeat our alliance of princes? Once we have fallen, the Habsburgs are likely to take the opportunity to launch a war of the will of total unity. If we were all finished, the Habsburgs would be immensely strong. When the time comes, the only remaining North Sea country, do you think the Habsburgs will let it go? When the time comes, we will all be wiped out. The best outcome is to lose quán bǐng, like the dukes and counts of France, and the good or bad are all in the thought of His Majesty the Emperor......"

"Therefore, as a member of the princes, you should not help the Habsburgs against us, but help us against the Habsburgs."

Listening to Frederick III's words, Marin smiled coldly and said:

"Helping you? You used to treat me so badly, why should I help you, just because your face is big? You're right, help Your Majesty the Emperor, and I may not end well in the future. But would it be nice to help you get out? Most of you hate me and want to kill me. If you win, can you still tolerate the existence of the North Sea Kingdom? ”

After a pause, Marin continued:

"Like this time, I was in danger and almost couldn't come back. But what do you princes do to me? The 8 princes near the Beihai Kingdom actually took the opportunity of my 'death' to unite and plan to bully my 10-year-old son, and also destroy the Beihai Kingdom and remove my Hoffman family from the list of princes! ”

"I guess that if it weren't for the alliance of princes going to interfere in Swiss affairs, maybe, hearing the news of my 'death', your army would be more active in destroying my Beihai Kingdom than those 8 vassal states!"

Frederick III was a little embarrassed, because after hearing the news of Marin's death, the princes of the alliance really had the idea of destroying the North Sea Kingdom, including Frederick III himself. Now, being broken by Marin made him a little embarrassed.

But Frederick III is Frederick III, and his cheeks have long been trained. He argued:

"How so? I am a reasonable person, and most of the princes are also reasonable. Unreasonable, just a small group of people. The actions of those 8 princes do not represent the thoughts of most of the princes......"

Marin took a sip of tea and said seriously:

"Oh, then, Lord Frederick also thinks that the eight princes are to blame?"

Frederick III suddenly didn't know what to say, if there was no his brother-in-law Henry among the eight princes, he would definitely immediately draw a line with them. However, because of his brother-in-law, he couldn't draw a clear line. So, he said:

"It should, or, probably, maybe......"

Marin deliberately pretended not to see the other party's entanglement, and continued:

"Since the eight princes are on the evil side, and they signed a duel with my son before, then, according to the agreement in the duel book, now, our Beihai Kingdom has defeated each other, and we can reasonably occupy the entire territory of the eight vassal states, Lord Frederick, what do you think?"

After speaking, Marin looked at Frederick III with blazing eyes, waiting for the other party to make a statement.

When Frederick III heard this, he exclaimed:

"You can't do this, the 8 vassal states are all old vassal states of Germany, you can't say that they will be destroyed. Or, according to the old rules, these defeated countries ceded part of their territory to the North Sea States? ”

Frederick III decided to pay reparations to the eight vassal states, as was the old practice. For example, when he lost to the Beihai Kingdom before, he ceded a land the size of a country. He plans to repeat the old trick and let the 8 countries also cede land and pay reparations to settle the matter.

In particular, his brother-in-law's Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg was intended to have his brother-in-law cede a large area of land to Marin to settle the problem of defeat. For example, the Lüneburg wasteland near Lüneburg, Frederick III thought it was good. It seems to be a big place, but it is relatively undeveloped. Even if it were ceded out, it would not hurt the fundamental ...... of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

But Marin shook his head and said:

"No, I plan to completely annex these 8 countries according to the agreement in the dueling book!"

"You ......"

As a result, the first meeting between the two broke up......