The German region is a big piece of the pie, and its number is limited. Some people are full, and naturally some people are not full. With the rise of new princes, it is natural to rob the interests of the old princes.

Most of the princes who participated in the Imperial Council belonged to the old princes who had been inherited for a long time, and they were most disgusted with those newly rising princes. Because those new princes have come to compete with them for food. Therefore, it is not surprising that Frederick III was able to move most of the princes this time. Because, everyone is really unhappy when they look at the newly emerging rookie princes Marin.

This time, it was not only the secular princes who restricted the expansion of Marin's power, but even most of the religious princes participated. Because, in the results of Marin's victory this time, there is an extremely sensitive thing - royal power......

Because Marin had already defeated Denmark, once again captured the Danish royal family and most of the great Danish nobles. Therefore, if everyone does not limit it, Marin may snatch a crown from the Danish royal family. At that time, the Duke of Marin will become the King of Marin.

What is this concept? This means that Marin's status will be raised to the point of being on a par with the seven electors. Even, it is half a level higher than the 6 electors. Of the seven electors, only the king of Bohemia was on a par with Marin, who had been given the throne of Denmark or Norway.

And once Marin became king, then the princes present were embarrassed. Once upon a time, they were on an equal footing with Marin, and even had a higher status. And after Marin became king, they had to take the initiative to salute Marin......

Moreover, he is also a king, how to position Marin in the Imperial Diet? Is it necessary to add an eighth elector? This is something that the old electors would never want to see. At the same time, the other princes were also envious and jealous, and were not happy that Marin really got a throne, even the throne of the poorest Kingdom of Norway.

You must know that although the population of the Kingdom of Norway is only about 240,000 people, it controls a very large territory. In addition to the area south of the Arctic Circle in the later Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Norway also controlled the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland. Although sparsely populated, the Kingdom of Norway is by far the largest country in Europe in terms of area under control (if Greenland's area of more than two million square kilometers is included)......

As for the throne of the Kingdom of Denmark, not to mention that the Danes are unwilling, the rest of Europe is not happy for Marin to get the throne of Denmark. After all, it is very important that Denmark proper, especially Sealand, controls the choke point from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic.

All the princes present, mainly secular princes, except for Vendfradislas II of the Kingdom of Bohemia, there was no other prince who did not want to be king. After all, the king was the pinnacle of the feudal lords.

However, the king is not so easy to be a king, and it is not something that you can stand on your own feet if you want to. In Europe, if you want to be king, you must be recognized by the Holy See, as well as by other nobles. That's how you can be a king. As powerful as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it ranks among the top in Europe in terms of population and national strength. However, it is not mixed with the title of a kingdom. The reason why Norway can be called a kingdom is that the Norwegians were too fierce during the Vikings, and people on the European continent were forced to admit it under coercion.

At this time, there were few kingdoms in the whole of Europe, except for the Kingdom of Bohemia in the territory of the HRE, and there were only a dozen kingdoms of England, France, Scotland, Aragon, Castile, Portugal, Navarre, Naples, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Superpowers such as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are nothing more than Grand Duchyes.

A crown that could almost drive the German princes crazy. They don't get it, and they don't want Marin to get it—that's human nature......

Therefore, the result of the deliberations of the many princes in Worms was to intervene forcefully in the negotiations between Marin and Denmark, preferring Marin to have more advantages in reparations and land cession than to let a crown fall on Marin's head......

Therefore, more than 180 powerful princes in Worms jointly signed and issued an official letter, asking Marin to come to Worms to attend the Imperial Conference and negotiate.

Moreover, the letter specifically requested that the captured Elector of Brandenburg, Joakim I, be brought with him and King Hans for the final negotiations. In this way, it will be possible to solve all problems once and for all with a single joint negotiation......

Again, the Archbishop of Cologne, who is well aware of the intimate relationship between the Pope and Marin. The point is, he also counted on Marin's connections to get the Pope to promote his cousin to bishop earlier. Therefore, although Hermann IV, the Archbishop of Cologne, participated in the signature, but privately, he sent someone to inform Marin, and the decision of this meeting made Marin ready. In addition, Hermann IV told Marin to bring as many troops as possible, lest the prisoners of war, Joakim I and King Hans, two of great value, be rescued.

Because, now in Worms, the princes' guards combined, there are also five or six thousand people. If Marin had fewer soldiers and was forced to do so, he might lose the biggest bargaining chips in these two negotiations......

The secret letter of the Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann IV, arrived in advance, because Hermann IV's men had arrived quickly with a few dead horses along the way. However, the envoys sent by the Imperial Council did not rush so desperately.

Therefore, the envoy of Herman IV arrived in less than two days, while the envoy of the Imperial Assembly arrived four days later.

After receiving a secret letter from Herman IV, Marin was furious about the decision of the Imperial Diet. But there was nothing he could do. Because, he also understands that he is indeed too high-profile.

Moreover, if you were another prince, you would also be afraid. A prince with 40,000 powerful soldiers who are no less powerful than Swiss mercenaries is indeed terrifying.

So, after the end of this war, Marin decided to show weakness. For example, to openly disarm (but actually hide the army first, such as hiding in Ireland or something) or something, so that others can breathe a sigh of relief. Indeed, if he still retains a huge military scale of 40,000 soldiers after the war, it will be difficult for others to sleep peacefully. Why don't you take the army to the British Isles and take part in the battle for the throne. In this way, the army can not only be hidden, but also temper the army's combat effectiveness through war.

Of course, it is estimated that Marin will have to publicly promise a promise like "no first use and weapons", saying that he will never take the initiative to infringe on other princes, so as to reassure other princes. Of course, if it really comes to wartime, this sentence is no different from putting P. Want to go to war? Learn from the little devil, deliberately provoke trouble first. Although the devil is cheap, other people's cheap tricks are easy to use. For example, deliberately saying that a soldier is missing and that he is going to search someone else's territory...... What the? Do you want to save face and not let the search? Okay, this is what you provoked first, not me who violated you first. You have killed all my soldiers, which is equivalent to declaring war on me first, so let's fight......

Marin was also very unhappy with the Imperial Parliament's request to bring Joakim I and King Hans to Worms for negotiations. Because, at the Imperial Conference, these two people may be out of their control. Those princes may put pressure on themselves to let these two people go.

However, Marin could not have agreed. Don't you have five or six thousand guards in Worms? Well, I'll bring 10,000 elite troops over. Want to snatch someone from me? Let's see if we can beat my men......

As a result, Marin began to order, allowing Karn and his 250 muscle sticks to accompany him. At critical moments, these muscle sticks are very suitable for group fights. These 250 muscle sticks were released, and the knights brought by the princes were also in vain. One muscle stick may be able to be defeated by a knight with martial arts, and 250 muscle clubs together, plus an invincible warrior Karn to take the lead, no one can stop them.

Moreover, there are also two or three hundred guards wearing half-body plate armor around Marin. With the 10,000 troops accompanying him, Marin could completely overwhelm those princes in terms of momentum.

If it weren't for the fear that the princes would be too scared, and even really unite to go to war with him, Marin would have planned to bring the whole army with him.

Bringing 10,000 men over was enough to suppress the guards of the princes. However, it did not cause panic among the princes. If there are fewer people, maybe they will be bullied by those snobbish princes......