Chapter 514: The Saxon Threat
Although this is to offset the part of the money sent to Worms to bribe the princes from all walks of life, it is only a hundred thousand gold coins, which is absolutely different from the income of 1.666 million gold coins.
It's just that when he thinks of Herman IV's secret letter, Marin is happy, but there is still a shadow in his heart.
This shadow is the part of Frederick III's speech at the Imperial Council, which emphasizes the threat of Marin to the princes. If it is summed up in the words of later generations, it is - "Marin threat theory".
This kind of argument, which does not take into account whether the target of the smear is peace-loving or not, is that if you have great strength, or will soon have great strength, you are a threat, a great threat to world peace......
In later generations, poor Huaxia has long been plagued by this groundless and unreasonable "Huaxia threat theory." The West, led by Lao Mei, ignores the peace-loving character of China. They believe that China is strong, and as long as the Chinese people have a strong armed force, it will pose a serious threat to world peace......
This meow...... The overall military strength of Europe and the United States is stronger than that of China, so why is there no one who talks about the threat theory of Europe and the United States? Especially the United States, fanning the flames all over the world all over the world, and getting rid of the stirring stick of world peace, but no one says that the United States threatens the theory......
Of course, this has something to do with Lao Mei's grasp of the world's right to speak. The allies of the United States are all European powers, or developed countries such as devils and sticks. These countries have a great voice in the world, and the United States is the black boss, so everyone naturally advocates the justice of the United States. And those who don't deal with Lao Mei are naturally smeared as evil......
And what about Huaxia? I don't have any allies at all. There is only one Pakistan in the vicinity, which has a good relationship with the railway, and in one small and weak country like Laos and Cambodia, which has no sense of existence. As for the North Stick, he is Maozi's younger brother, and he doesn't take Huaxia in his eyes at all. In addition to these neighboring countries, it is the few black uncle allies in Africa. However, those black uncle allies only have a role to play when the UN General Assembly votes. In normal times, there is no right to speak at all. In this way, Huaxia, who is like a dove of peace, is described as a monster. And Lao Mei, who was originally a fierce falcon, was disguised as a dove of peace, just like the caricature of Lao Mei during the First World War......
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The rights and wrongs of his previous life, Marin didn't want to mention it again, but Marin knew that sometimes, propaganda was very, very important.
Why did Frederick III have such a big say? Isn't he famous and famous? In fact, in addition to leading everyone to fight against Maximilian I, what did Frederick III do for the benefit of the country and the people? No......
Of course, this is a matter for now. In history, Frederick III's main achievements are two-the first is to secretly support Martin Luther in the Reformation, which profoundly changed history; The second is that in 1519, he voluntarily gave up his candidacy for the throne and supported Charles V instead. Because, Charles V had enough strength to stand up to the rising Ottoman Turks...... For this reason, he received the title of "Frederick the Wise......
However, that was in 1519. It was the support of Martin Luther's Reformation, and it was what happened afterward. Moreover, the support for the Reformation was also due to the need for profit, not the greatness of Frederick III. Because, Protestantism supported the confiscation of the property of the Catholic Church by the princes, which was quite beneficial to the princes and nobles......
So, for now, Frederick III has not yet achieved a real thing. His only achievement now is probably to lead the princes to the emperor......
However, this kind of thing can be done but not said. Because, according to the rules, it is immoral to follow the top. And Frederick III's fame was also spread by the princes and nobles who supported him in the process of fighting Maximilian I.
The common people in this period had little culture, and public opinion was naturally in the hands of the aristocracy. The princes and nobles said that Frederick III was good, and everyone followed suit. But what is so good about it, the common people actually don't know......
Inspired by the memories of his past life, Marin decided to spread the "Saxon threat theory", to promote and exaggerate the power and influence of the Electorate of Saxony, and to warn all of Germany that Saxony was behind the most likely unification of Germany......
In this way, by exaggerating the threat of Saxony, it is possible to drive a wedge between the princes and Saxony, so that they are no longer one-minded. At the same time, it also disperses the pressure on Marin.
Moreover, while exaggerating the strength of Saxony, Marin also intends to belittle his own strength through propaganda in order to reassure countries.
For example, the 40,000 troops, Marin will advertise like this - out of 40,000 people, 10,000 of them are people and horses that Marin temporarily borrowed from the mysterious president of the Morgan Chamber of Commerce. And this non-existent Morgan would be described by Marin as a mysterious mercenary leader...... Under his command were 10,000 mercenaries made up of Englishmen......
In addition, the decisive battle that took place outside Lübeck was also advertised by Marin - when the 10,000 local men arrived at the battlefield from the rear with 10,000 mercenaries from the Morgan Chamber of Commerce, the golden carriage in which Frederick III and Joakim I rode happened to be in the rear. Lacking adequate protection, the 20,000 reinforcements were able to capture the Golden Carriage, but Frederick III was able to escape......
In this way, Marin's victory, weakened by propaganda, seems even more coincidental. As for Marin's previous use of the 10,000 people of Hamburg to deceive and attract the attention of the Bosa coalition army, Marin never said anything about it. He just wanted everyone to understand that winning that decisive battle was completely accidental...... It's God who doesn't want the Bossa coalition to win......
Moreover, in the "Saxon Threat Theory", Marin pointed out that if the Bossa coalition won the war, Lübeck and Hamburg, the two richest cities in Germany, would be ruthlessly sacked by the coalition forces. And in these two cities, there are about 10,000,000 or 20,000,000 gold coins worth of gold. Once the Saxon army gets its hands on these goods, it will skyrocket in strength. It can even be said that it completely owns the capital of the united Germany......
Because, the Saxon army itself was very strong, and the appeal of Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, was also very strong among the princes, even more than the emperor......
Once the Elector of Saxony, who was militarily powerful and more famous than the emperor, received tens of millions of gold Gulden coins, it is estimated that no one in Germany would be able to stop Saxony from unifying Germany......
Therefore, Marin happened to defeat the Bossa coalition and defeated Frederick III, in fact, he saved Germany. Otherwise, Saxony, which captured Lübeck and Hamburg, would have flattened and unified Germany with great strength......
If he does not fail, who can stop Frederick III, who has the command of 50,000 powerful soldiers? That's 50,000 soldiers! No one in the whole of Germany could get it, but Frederick III got it......
If it weren't for Marin, a traverser who had opened the hanging, the 50,000 troops would definitely have been able to walk sideways in Germany......
Of course, when promoting, Marin must have downplayed the final victory and defeat, and then emphasized the heritage and strength of the Electorate of Saxony, making people realize the strength and danger of Saxony.
In addition, in the propaganda, Frederick III's greatness will also be exposed - Frederick III has mainly done one thing in these years, that is, to bring people and emperors against him...... And then he was "great......
As soon as this fig leaf is torn, Frederick III will fall from the altar and his influence will be greatly reduced......