The tithing problem was solved, and Marin was in a good mood. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 However, after returning to the city of Münster, he was not in a good mood. Because, a bunch of civil servants are crying there - there are not enough people!

Marin only brought a total of 30 civil officials, although 10 of them were medieval college students, but the number was too small!

These 30 people can barely take over the government affairs of the city of Münster, let alone take over the affairs of the entire Bishopric of Münster. Unfortunately, Marin is now unable to take over the entire Bishopric of Münster.

Previously, in order to administer the Earl of Oldenburg and the Duchy of Schleswig, Marin had sent all the civil servants there. Now these 30 clerks are still the manpower squeezed out by Marin.

However, such a small number of people are not enough to take over the Bishopric of Münster, which covers an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers and has a population of 500,000.

At most, these people can only take over the affairs of Münster and the surrounding area. As for the farther afield, they simply couldn't manage it.

You must know that in the future, any small town will have a management team of hundreds of people (including various public institutions, such as police stations, power supply stations, finance offices, tax offices, water conservancy and other units). The 30 people brought by Marin can manage Münster well, which is good.

Moreover, the Bishopric of Münster also has a very strong local power. Moreover, in some small places, the official forces cannot be specifically managed, so they can only choose to cooperate with the locals. In ancient China, except for a county lord in the county seat, the villages relied on the elders to help manage them. In ancient Europe, the localities were governed by the minor nobles and the lords of the estates. Basically, the officials ordered by the princes could only manage the towns and rural areas, and they were all managed by the local minor nobles or the lords of the manors.

However, as a new outsider, Marin also lacked a bridge to communicate with the local nobles and manor owners. Even the civil servants responsible for running the town were sorely lacking. You know, 10,000 square kilometers, you can build several small countries in Europe. Even in later generations in China, two prefecture-level cities and more than a dozen counties and districts could be established.

The territory of 10 counties, God knows how many civil officials are needed. In later generations, there will be at least hundreds or thousands of civil servants in a county. Even if there were few civil officials in ancient times, a county needed at least dozens of civil officials. That was again in the case of the relinquishment of the right to administer the countryside, that is, to give the countryside mainly to the cooperative minor nobles and manor owners. But even so, the Bishopric of Münster needs at least a few hundred civil servants......

But now, where can Marin go to find hundreds of civil officials? Is there only a choice but to retain the former clergy and civil officials?

However, in this way, Marin is easily overlooked......

You know, Bishop Conrad, the boss of the clergy, didn't leave his post and stayed in Münster. If Marin dares to retain those clergy civil servants appointed by Conrad, there is a 100% chance that he will be hollowed out. Unless, Bishop Conrad leaves Münster or dies......

Therefore, in order to control the secular power of the Bishopric of Münster, it is necessary to change all the civil officials.

However, Marin is now very short of civil officials, where will he get civil officials? Are you going to a job fair? Marin shook his head, shaking off the unreliable idea.

This era is not the next generation, there are so many college students. As soon as you put up a signboard, there will be a bunch of college students coming to grab food. In this era, there are very few people who read books. The ten college students that Marin brought were still civilian college students that he did everything he could to poach. Those aristocratic college students, the birds are not birds of Marin. Because, the future of others is bound to be brilliant. With the status of aristocrats, coupled with the aura of a college student, it is almost inevitable to mix up. Only those civilian college students, although they have the aura of college students, but it is more difficult to get out of the way, will accept Marin's recruitment.

For example, these 10 university students, Marin positioned them as the future administrators of the Bishopric of Münster. In other words, these 10 people will definitely be members of the party in the future. At the very least, they will manage a large county. That's why they willingly follow Marin.

However, it is useless to rely on these 10 college students alone. Only a bare chief officer, without auxiliary officials, cannot effectively manage a place.

The medieval scholars were so at least, everyone was a treasure. Although, Marin promoted a comprehensive education system in East Friesland. However, those children have not yet finished their primary school curriculum. By the time they grow up, the daylily will already be cold......

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Just when Marin was frowning about the origin of the civil officials, he was visited by a down-pressed old monk in the evening......

"Meet the Earl!" When the down-and-out old monk saw Marin, he respectfully saluted Marin.

Unlike the monks who belonged to the sect of Bishop Conrad, this old monk had great respect for Marin. And those monks who belong to the faction of Bishop Conrad have always had no good face for Marin.

"You are?" Marin had apparently not met the old friar.

"My name, my name is Cussen, and I was originally the one who followed Henry III, Bishop of Münster. He was previously Secretary of State in the Bishopric of Münster. ”

"What? Secretary of State? Ma Lin was shocked, that was equivalent to the prime minister's assistant, a proper senior civil official. However, why does this thing in front of you look so depressed?

Marin raised his question......

"Alas—a change of bishop brings a lot of officials...... "Brother Cussen sighed.

"Could it be—a son of heaven and a courtier?" Marin asked.

The old monk was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted:

"That's true, my lord! Originally, those of us who followed Henry III, Bishop of Münster, were abandoned after the death of Lord Henry III and the appointment of Bishop Conrad...... "Coussen said with emotion.

Marin sighed, but suddenly raised his head:

"What do you say? When Bishop Conrad took office, he abandoned the original officials? "Marin almost jumped, doesn't that mean that there are many down-and-out civil servants left behind by the previous bishops in the Bishopric of Münster?

"Yes, after Bishop Conrad took office in 1497, within six years he did replace most of the civil officials, leaving only those who were loyal to him. Faithful to the former bishop like me was rejected by him. Of course, there are also many civil servants who are willing to switch to him and are retained. ”

Marin suppressed his excitement and asked:

"So, Father Cussen, how many people have been discarded?"

Old Cussen thought for a moment and said:

"There are probably more than 200 of them...... Those of us who only do things, and don't know how to please, and we don't know how to please the new bishop. Therefore, they are all deprecated. Those who knew how to pat on the back and curry favor with Bishop Conrad were retained or even promoted. ”

"That's great!"

At this time, Marin sincerely thanked Bishop Conrad for the political struggle in the Bishopric of Münster, and of course, from the position of Bishop Conrad, there was nothing wrong with it. In order to enforce his will in the Bishopric of Münster, it is indeed a good way to control the Bishopric of Münster by replacing officials who listen to him. Just like Marin now, he also intends to control the Bishopric of Münster by replacing the officials appointed by Conrad by replacing the officials who obey him.

Speaking of which, in a country like the Bishopric of Münster, there are many priests. Moreover, they also relied on the clergy to rule the country. So, the Bishopric of Münster is not the same as the East Friesian Lamberland. A secular state like the Count of East Freesian never wanted to have clergy as officials, and this was also to limit the influence of the Church.

The Episcopal State of Münster, on the other hand, is a church state that uses clergy to run everything. Therefore, there are many clergy in the country who understand administrative management. In addition, the clergy were originally literate people, so it was easier to get started.

Although Marin was reluctant to allow the clergy to participate too much in the administration of the state, he could not manage so much in the current shortage of manpower. Especially, according to old Cusson, there are more than 200 of them!

Although, to govern the entire Bishopric of Münster, even in the case of abandonment of the countryside, four or five hundred civil officials were needed. However, what Marin needs now is to take over government affairs quickly, and he can't manage so much.

These more than 200 down-and-out clergymen, according to Coussen, are veterans of government affairs. Moreover, because he was abandoned by Bishop Conrad, he had a poor relationship with Bishop Conrad.

Therefore, with these people, there is no need to worry about them and Bishop Conrad pit themselves.

So Marin asked the old monk Cussen to gather all the abandoned clergymen with administrative experience, and let them obey his orders.

At this moment, Marin suddenly thanked the political factional struggle that had taken place in the Bishop of Münster a few years earlier. Otherwise, Marin would not have received more than 200 clergymen with administrative experience......