The Reformation that broke out in Germany in the 16th century was not so much about the German people against Catholicism as it was about the German aristocracy against Catholicism.

Mainly, Catholics are too ugly to eat in Germany. Everything good was drawn to his plate, and a bite of stubs was left for the nobles. In Germany, the land and assets of the Church were no less than those of the aristocracy. Moreover, the church could tithe, while the aristocracy could not.

But what is aristocracy? Strictly speaking, the aristocracy is the leader of a gang of thugs, the leader of the robbers. In ancient times, armies were always bandits. The difference is whether to rob oneself or outsiders. And the nobles, who are army officers, are naturally the bandit leaders. Before the establishment of the modern army, the army led by the nobles went abroad to fight, in addition to fighting, it was "rushing and robbing......

The church is so ugly that it is not distributed to the nobles at all, and it is strange that the nobles, who are the "bandit leaders", do not lift the table......

In fact, before the emergence of the Red Party, all revolutions and changes were basically led by the aristocracy or the bourgeoisie. Moreover, every revolution or change does not benefit the common people, but the aristocracy or the bourgeoisie.

For example, in the case of the German Wars of Religion, the expectation of the German peasants was that tithes would be abolished. In reality, however, the Protestant victory did not abolish tithes, but handed over the right to collect tithes from the Catholic Church to secular monarchs. Martin Luther, a pioneer of the Reformation, also agreed in principle to the tithing of secular monarchs. That is, the Protestant wars were in fact wars in which the aristocracy snatched tithes from the church. In addition to this, the nobles confiscated most of the Church's estates and fertilized themselves fiercely...... It was not until the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century that the abolition of tithes began in Europe......

Another example is the European Revolution of 1848, which seems lofty, right? The revolutionaries shouted the slogan "Liberate the peasants from the land" against European feudalism. Then the European peasants really believed......

However, when the revolution was over, the European peasants were stunned to find that they had been liberated from the land, but that they had fallen into the hands of the more murderous capitalists......

When I was a serf, I only "worked at sunrise and rested at sunset" every day, and generally worked for a maximum of 10 hours a day. In the off-season, there is nothing to do.

Can be "liberated" as a worker, Nimad, working 16 hours a day, all kinds of pollution in the factory, and then all kinds of diseases. It's so hard, and I can't get enough to eat. And there is no guarantee, you may be fired at any time and lose your job...... That is, after the revolution, their lives became worse......

It was not until the appearance of the bearded man that he proposed the "eight-hour workday" in 1866 that he pointed out the direction of struggle for the working class. From this moment on, the workers began to work for their own benefit. In the previous revolution, it was all for the bourgeoisie to act as a thug, and there was no benefit afterwards, no different from the second fool......

Therefore, the so-called reform or revolution of this era must not be taken seriously. It's a dog-eat-dog game, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people. Even if those peasants revolted, it was not just.

For example, Li Zicheng, the peasant uprising, how tall is it? But in fact, people are only fighting for themselves, and they are not thinking about the peasants at all. He is written as a positive character in the history books, but in real history, before meeting Li Yan and other strategists, he was a bandit at all. Moreover, the worst thing is that the actions of this goods echo the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which makes it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to take care of it. If there was only the Manchu Qing or only Li Zicheng, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished at all. Li Zicheng's actions greatly restrained the actions of the Ming army in Liaodong, and the actions of the Qing army outside the pass also made it impossible for the Ming Dynasty to mobilize the main force to quell the rebellion......

Even Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is especially for Hong Xiuquan. After the people occupied Nanjing, they directly married 88 "Wang Niang" and enjoyed themselves, but ordinary soldiers were not allowed to reunite with their wives......

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To be honest, Marin is actually quite conflicted in his heart. Because, in this religious war that broke out in the 16th century, Protestantism was for the benefit of the aristocracy. And Marin himself, is a secular monarch, a great nobleman. It stands to reason that he should be on the side of Protestantism.

However, considering the great temptation of the territory, Marin chose to betray the aristocracy and side with the church. Of course, he is not the only one who has done the same. In the German Wars of Religion, most of the northern princes sided with Protestantism. But most of the princes in the south are still on the side of Catholicism. So, he's not alone.

Compared with the vast territory of North Germany, the discipline and stance are all P. The system can be changed in the future, but the territory is eternal. Therefore, in later generations, there is a saying that territory is more important than interests. Because, the money may run out, but the land will last forever. The sentence "Although Russia is big, not an inch is superfluous" is very classic, but it completely angered Marin, an angry young man. Because, the millions of square kilometers of land in the northeast were not inherited by Mao Zi, but snatched from Huaxia.

And it is because of the millions of lands in the Northeast that China and Russia have always been at odds with each other in later generations. If you really want to think that Huaxia and Maozi are like a family, it is definitely a fool's comparison. And Mao Zi also knew this, so he tried his best to sell advanced weapons to Indian Ah San, intending to let Ah San divert Huaxia's attention.

In fact, for Maozi, the rise of Huaxia is much more terrifying than the hegemony of Lao Mei. Because, after China rises to become the first in the world, it will definitely not ignore the millions of square kilometers of land in the northeast. It's just that before Marin crossed, Huaxia was not strong enough, so he could only join forces with Maozi first and fight against Lao Mei together. But if Lao Mei declines, Huaxia and Maozi will definitely turn their faces. Unless, Mao Zi is willing to return those lands......

It is precisely because of the words of *** in his previous life that Marin has always held a grudge. Therefore, he decisively supported Poland to suppress Maozi, and refused to let Maozi rise successfully. Of course, this is only for Maozi men, and not for Maomei......

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Sent Giovanni away. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. Medici, the future pope, ushered in another year of spring ploughing in the North Sea Kingdom. Marin immediately inspected various places non-stop and arranged spring ploughing. At the same time, Marin declared martial law throughout the country, prohibiting foreigners from coming and going at will. Even if there were merchants coming in and out, they would be monitored by the army so that these passing merchants would not snoop on the agricultural secrets of the North Sea Kingdom.

Although, the secret of the high agricultural yield of the North Sea country has been leaked. However, only a few people know this secret. Of these, eight princes were captured by Marin, but only Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was released and went to the kingdom of Gelldon under the intercession of Frederick III.

In addition, only the French learned of the high grain production of the North Sea country through special channels. At the same time, false information was obtained that volcanic ash was used as fertilizer.

However, neither the 8 princes nor the French would be stupid enough to disclose this secret. Therefore, now the secret of the high grain yield of the North Sea country has not spread.

Then, the Beihai country still needs to keep the secret of high grain production. Therefore, during the spring ploughing and autumn harvest, the areas of the Beihai Kingdom that adopt new agricultural technologies will gather troops to guard against outsiders' prying eyes......