Chapter 769: Norse War Clouds

The northern part of the European continent was also under war clouds at this time. After a long quarrel, the Swedish nobles finally ended the dispute and jointly elected Eric of the Vasa family. Johansson is the new king of Sweden. But as a compromise, Sweden established an aristocratic senate as a check and balance to royal power.

This, in fact, is an imitation of the Kingdom of Poland. Because, Poland also has a noble senate, as the strongest authority to restrain the royal power.

After all, the victory of the Vasa family was the result of a compromise between many parties, not a great advantage. Therefore, in exchange, the king had to share Swedish rights with various Swedish noble families.

In Eric. Before Johansson ascended the throne, the noble senate unanimously decided to promote the 11 most powerful families in Sweden to the throne after deliberation.

Previously, under Danish rule, most of the titles of these 11 families were barons, and there were only 3 counts. After Eric's accession to the throne of the Vasa family, his first edict was to comprehensively promote the status of these 11 great families. Of course, the Vasa family has already gained royal power, so there is no need to talk about it. Of the other 10 nobles, 3 counts were promoted to dukes, and all 7 barons were promoted to counts.

In addition, Swedish legislation provides that if the king has a son, the son will succeed him. If there is no son, it is up to the Senate to decide whether to succeed to the throne by a son-in-law or grandson. If the Senate thinks a new king should be elected, it is a new one. Moreover, if the king seriously harms the interests of the other 10 great families, the Senate has the right to depose them......

This act severely limited the power of the crown. Of course, as long as the Vasa family has a male heir and does not harm the interests of the other 10 large families, the royal power can still be guaranteed.

As for the Stulay family, who worked hard for Swedish independence, this time they were abandoned - old Sten. Sturley's son, Sten Jr. Stuure, who received only one hereditary baron. Although the fief was fertile, it did not make it into the noble senate. In this way, the Stuure family also withdrew from the core decision-making circle of the Kingdom of Sweden...... In this regard, only 14-year-old Sten. There was nothing Steure could do...... After all, old Sten. Sturley's rise is not based on family strength, but on his own talent. But old Sten. As soon as Stuure died, the Stuure family went into rapid decline. Instead, old Sten. After Stuure's death, Sweden began a political reshuffle. Without a pillar, the Stuure family naturally lost in this reshuffle......

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On New Year's Day 1507, Eric. Johansson. Vasa was officially crowned King of Sweden in Stockholm. But. The first thing he did after ascending the throne was naturally to issue an edict to recognize the political status of the noble senate, and at the same time, to promote the titles of the 10 major families.

But in the second edict, Nimad directly targeted Marin......

Previously, the big families in Sweden had long been interested in the interests of the Fayilun super copper mine, and expressed dissatisfaction with Marin's share of half of the profits. However, they have not made up their minds to deprive Marin of half of his shares. Because, at that time, the major Swedish families were competing for the throne, and they couldn't take care of the Fayilun copper mine for the time being.

But after the dust settled on the battle for the throne, the 11 major Swedish families finally began to face up to the ownership of the Fayilun copper mine......

Previously, it was Marin who had the sole right to own half of the profits from the Farilon copper mine, while the Stourey family and the other 11 families shared the other half of the profits.

However, because there were too many forces, as many as 12 Swedish families shared the profits of the Fayilun copper mine, resulting in each family not receiving much. So, they set their sights on the other half of the shares......

Of course, before that, lost the old Sten. The Sturley family of Steure has once again been pitted by the 11 major families - Little Sten. Once again, Sturley was excluded from the list of beneficiaries of the Faylon copper mine. In order to suppress the Stulay family, the king and the senate put the little Sten. Sturley was assigned directly to the non-core area of Sweden in southern Finland. In return for the "voluntary abandonment" of the proceeds from the Fayilun copper mine, and as compensation for being squeezed out of the aristocratic senate, Sten. Sturley acquired Turku (the old capital of Finland), the largest city in southern Finland, as a fief. Although it is very affordable among the barons, what the Sturley family paid was the loss of their right to speak in Sweden and the distribution of benefits from the Faylon copper mine......

Kicking out the Sture family obviously won't give the 11 families too much benefit. After all, the Sturay family owns 5% of the mine. 11 companies were divided, and each family only got 0.45%. So, they finally set their sights on Marin's 50% stake......

For this reason, in February 1507, the Kingdom of Sweden suddenly issued a second decree declaring the French copper mine nationalized...... In this way, Marin's 50% stake in the Fayilun copper mine was forcibly deprived......

In fact, the new king Eric. Johansson was opposed to stripping Marin of his stake. Because, he knows, Marin's military strength is very strong. If it's revenge......

But the 10 nobles of the aristocratic senate have long been blinded by interests, and they can't take care of the risks for the benefit of the Fayilun copper mine. In addition, the 10 families believe that it is illegal to give half of the shares of the Fayilun Copper Mine to Marin......

Why? The Swedish Senate thinks - old Sten. Sturley was the ruler of the Kingdom of Sweden, not the king. Therefore, he did not have the right to give the mines of the Kingdom of Sweden to foreigners. Now that a new king has appeared, the question of ownership of the Swedish mines should be discussed by the new king and the senate. Thus, under the ruling of the current "legitimate" government, Marin, a foreigner, does not have the right to occupy half of the strategically important Fayilun copper mine...... So, the Senate ruled to confiscate 50% of the ownership of the Fayilun copper mine in Marin...... And as "compensation" - the Kingdom of Sweden recognizes the polar region north of Sweden north of 66 degrees 34 minutes north latitude as part of the territory of Marin......

In fact, this so-called "compensation" of the Kingdom of Sweden is rather shameless. Because, the Swedes do not manage the lands north of the Arctic Circle at all. And living north of the Arctic Circle, there are no Swedes, but the area of activity of the Lapps (Sami people).

Moreover, Marin had already signed an agreement with King Hans of Denmark to gain sovereignty over the land within the Arctic Circle of Scandinavia. The Kingdom of Sweden, led by Sturley, also recognized. Therefore, this time, the Kingdom of Sweden took the sovereignty of the Arctic Circle land as "compensation", which is obviously a very shameless act, which means that there is no compensation at all.

When the news spread, the whole of Europe was in an uproar. Because, Marin is now the hottest war maniac in Europe. And Sweden actually dares to deprive Marin of his interests, isn't this looking for a fight?

However, to the surprise of all countries, Marin, who has always been belligerent, did not immediately raise troops to retaliate this time, but ordered the foreign minister to lodge a strong protest against the treacherous behavior of the Kingdom of Sweden...... And then, there was no more to it...... This made the melon-eating crowd who were waiting to see the excitement extremely depressed......

But in Copenhagen, the Danish king Hans, who heard the news, jumped up excitedly:

"Haha, it's finally time for this day! Since the Swedes are looking for their own death, don't blame me for being ruthless! Aha, southern Sweden, it's mine......"

"Pass the order, after the spring ploughing is over, immediately send troops! In addition, send people to the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony to ask them to support a group of knights and veterans. At the same time, tell the two Electors that I will pay a commission for it......"