This was followed by another important issue, the question of the legal status of the partitioned Duchy of Holstein. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This question is more complicated than the previous one, Marina directly occupies a principality, and it is just a matter of changing the duke from King Hans to Marin.

But the Duchy of Holstein, originally a single state, is now splitting into two states. At this moment, the identity of East Holstein, occupied by Lübeck, and West Holstein, occupied by Hamburg, has become a big question.

Obviously, the divided Duchy of Holstein can no longer be called the Duchy of Holstein. After all, there is only one duke, is it better for Lübeck or for Hamburg?

The proposal put forward by Lübeck and Hamburg was to divide the Duchy of Holstein into two republics, the Republic of Lübeck and the Republic of Hamburg, in imitation of the Venetian system.

However, many of the great German nobles were very uninterested in the title of republic. Because, a republic, means no monarch. This made many conservative German nobles very dissatisfied, believing that the republic was a deformed country without order and without a monarch.

Although the Hanseatic League's face was not in jeopardy, Lübeck and Hamburg also bribed many princes. However, many of the princes who had received the money proposed that Lübeck and Hamburg should not use the republican form of government. Otherwise, they will vote against even if they receive money.

After a long day of controversy, Marin finally made a proposal - that is, to elect a nominal duke for the Duchy of Holstein. The titular duke then signed a document officially authorizing Lübeck and Hamburg to rule the eastern and western parts of the Duchy of Holstein, respectively. The duke, on the other hand, had no right to collect a single finney tax from the Duchy of Holstein, nor did he have the right to meddle in the internal affairs of the ruling districts of Lübeck and Hamburg.

In other words, choose a Duke of Holstein as an ornament. But in reality, what happened to Lübeck and the Hamburg-controlled areas was, and what will continue to be, is not affected in any way.

In this way, the old-fashioned aristocracy could not oppose Lübeck and Hamburg's rule over their respective areas in the name of opposition to the Republic. Basically, it's a mutual compromise.

After deliberations, Speaker of Lübeck Tag Facht and Speaker of Hamburg Heisenberg jointly decided to make their ally Marin the titular duke. Marin then signed a document granting the two Hanseatic cities permanent authority to rule in the regions under their control.

In fact, this model is very similar to the later constitutional monarchy. Even if he becomes the Duke of Holstein, he is just a puppet in name.

Marin needed the help of the Hanseatic League at this time, so he naturally agreed.

So, in the afternoon, Lübeck and Hamburg proposed that Marin be the nominal Duke of Holstein, hereditary. However, Marin will sign a document vowing never to interfere with anything in the Holstein region, and to be a mascot in peace......

The result was absurd, but the old-fashioned aristocrats who had taken bribes from Lübeck and Hamburg had stepped down and agreed. As for others, most of them have also been bought, so naturally there is no problem. One vote, the result was 250 votes, thrilling pass.

Then the first constitutional monarchy in the world appeared......

Marin then signed a document on the spot, permanently granting autonomy to East and West Holstein and vowed never to interfere in the affairs of the Holstein region.

Only when the two Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Hamburg are elected in each general election to elect a new speaker, it is necessary to go to Marin's side, make an appearance, and swear allegiance. However, this is basically just a formality. Marin then pretended to give the new Speaker full authority to deal with any matter in East or West Holstein.

After that, the two Speakers did not need to consult Marin for any decision made in their area of control. Unlike the Queen of England in later generations, at least there is a chance to sign and show her face. And Marin, the titular monarch, except for a chance to show his face when appointing a new speaker, was basically treated as air at other times, and he had no sense of existence......

However, Marin did not originally intend to interfere in the affairs of the Duchy of Holstein, but purely to help his allies. In addition, it is quite bluffing to say that there is an extra duke title on the head......

Finally, there is the question of the city of Hamburg joining the Reichstag. Hamburg's accession to the Reichstag did not harm the interests of others, it was nothing more than a number of chairs. As a result, there was minimal resistance to this resolution, coupled with the support of the Habsburg faction, and the fact that Hamburg itself spent a lot of money on bribes. Then, the agenda was passed without any danger.

In this way, this time, Marin, Lübeck and Hamburg, the two allies, all got the desired results in this imperial meeting, and naturally everyone was happy.

Of course, in addition to political efforts, the willingness to spend money is also a very important reason for their success.

This meeting of the Worms Empire, Marin and the two allies together spent a huge sum of 800,000 gold coins. Charles V's candidacy for Holy Roman Emperor cost a total of only 850,000 gold coins. Therefore, if you don't succeed in throwing so much money, it's strange.

It just so happens that Marin is rich, and Lübeck and Hamburg are the leaders and vice-leaders of the Hanseatic Business Alliance, both of whom are local tyrants, so where do they care about spending money? For these guys, the problems that can be settled with money are not a problem......

Even in the future, whether it is the election of the United States or the election of other people's cooking countries, isn't it all solved with money?

In later generations, Lao Mei elected a president and spent hundreds of millions of dollars. Therefore, ordinary individuals and small parties cannot afford such expenses at all, and can only be out. Trump and others became presidents, and without no donations from others, they directly paid for it themselves, who made him a super tyrant......

That is still a future generation, because there is a perfect anti-corruption mechanism, and bribery is risky. At the beginning of the 16th century, bribery was largely open and risk-free. If someone bribes a parliamentarian, and if you don't bribe, you will definitely fail......

Marin liked this mechanism very much, because he had enough money to bribe the princes who had votes. If it weren't for the identity of the Elector, Marin would have wanted to spend money to smash an emperor after the death of Maximilian I. After all, it was after the death of Maximilian I that the Fugger family borrowed 850,000 gold coins to smash a HRE emperor. And for Marin, what is 850,000 gold coins? If you get together, you can get more than a million gold coins, and it's not like a fun thing to smash an emperor? And you don't have to borrow it......