"Haaland, find a good candidate for me, I will appoint him as the Archbishop of Krakow, Krakow is the center of the kingdom, and it cannot be without the archbishop."

Casimir IV had a wicked smile on his lips, and he could already imagine how the Holy See was so angry.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Haaland also thought it was funny, isn't this a happy thing?

"In addition, it is necessary to keep in close contact with the citizens of Danzig, to ask them for greater support, and to issue a national call-up again, no matter how many people there are now, so as to prevent the situation from deteriorating again."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Also, let Tczynski go to Krakow to raise money from the citizens, we need a batch of armor, and some military supplies, which must be collected in Krakow and transported to the front."

Haaland is helpless, can't he finish it all at once?

"Yes, Your Majesty."

When Haaland went down, Casimir IV called his chamberlain.

"Tell General Lubizovsky to be ready at all times, and I will authorize him to conduct the war in the north."

In fact, General Jan Koschelecki was not bad, but General Lubizovsky was still relatively steady and experienced, and under his command, if he could cooperate with the citizens and peasants of Danzig, he might be able to capture Marienburg.

Although the Teutonic Knights are somewhat aggressive, but their main army is mercenaries rather than the members of the Order itself, which means that there must be money, mercenaries will fight for the Teutonic Knights, although this group of mercenaries is brave and good at fighting, but very unstable, as early as 1455, the Teutonic Knights because they could not afford the huge cost of mercenaries and gave the three cities of Marienburg, Tčev and Elou to the mercenaries, and then the mercenaries actually sold these three cities to the Poles, Originally, the Teutonic Knights were restored at that time, and all the Prussian Union cities were captured, but the mercenaries continued the war in this way, which was very in line with the consistent image of mercenaries.

But the Poles are different, Casimir IV's side is mostly an army composed of local Polish nobles, supplemented by peasants and miners, and a few mercenaries, in comparison, Casimir IV's army is more stable, because the obligation of the nobility is to provide the king with troops or property when the king is at war, which is the obligation of the nobles, in Europe, the concept of power and duty is very strong, which may also originate from the tradition of the Roman Empire, Roman law is currently the most meticulous law in the world, and this is not an empty phrase.

At Haaland's deliberate request, a bishop of Lesser Poland came into the eyes of Casimir IV, who was soon appointed Archbishop of Krakow by Casimir IV in the royal palace, and almost became one of the most powerful magnates in Eastern Europe.

This act soon became known to the Holy See, because Casimir IV did not try to hide it at all, so soon after, the papal petition came down, and he came to Krakow again with the papal envoy.

"What is Your Majesty trying to do? The affairs of the Church have always been the autonomy of the Church, when will it be Your turn to appoint the Church? You are transgression. ”

The papal envoy changed his previous attitude and was very polite, this time he adhered to the will of Pius II, and to be honest, Casimir IV did go a little too far this time.

"The position of Archbishop of Krakow has been vacant for too long, the clergy work in the country cannot go to war, the citizens have lost their spiritual sustenance, the priesthood of Krakow has always been presided over by assistants, it is not possible to go on like this, I thought that the Holy See would give me this opportunity, so I would think about appointing an archbishop temporarily, of course, if the Holy See is very unhappy, he can be replaced, but I do not guarantee the life safety of the new archbishop."

Who wouldn't be ruthless, what can you do, is it possible that I will be excommunicated because of this matter, or is it that the Holy See is ready to send an army to the steppes to fight the Poles. These are all big or small things, and if the Holy See makes drastic moves for this, then don't blame Casimir IV for starting to go too far,

But it is clear that the Holy See will not do anything because of such a thing, when the Poles and the Teutonic Knights went to war, the Pope only threatened to excommunicate Casimir IV, but as the war progressed, this matter was not over, which fully showed that the Holy See did not want to fall out with the Kingdom of Poland, and that side has not always been the focus of the Holy See,

Now why did the Holy See come to Krakow and want to show goodwill to Casimir IV, because Laszlo, why did the Holy Roman Emperor want to mediate this war, because Laszlo, there is no way, the Kingdom of Bohemia is to the west of the Kingdom of Poland, the two countries are close to each other, the Kingdom of Poland is Bohemia to the west, and Hungary is to the southwest, which are all spheres of influence of the Roman Empire, and now Caesareslo of the Roman Empire has fallen out with the Holy See, how can the Holy See not seek the support of the Kingdom of Poland,

Unfortunately, the imperial decree lifting the trade ban was originally issued as a gesture of goodwill, but the serious improper wording led to the opposite effect, perhaps Casimir IV was too competitive and felt that he was threatened, but this matter was still unpassable.

And there are some considerations of Casimir IV, if the trade ban is lifted, then the money income of the nobles will increase, and the nobles will not want to fight at that time, the Shlakhta are some lords who do not see rabbits and do not scatter eagles, the Prussian alliance is loyal to Casimir IV, what does it have to do with them, it is okay to give money to people once or twice, I can't bear you Casimir IV has not won the battle, he has been losing, he has been besieging the city, and everyone has died in the siege war, As a result, it didn't take long for it to be recovered by the Teutonic Knights, over and over again, whose family is so strong and you Casimir IV play like this,

As soon as the trade ban was lifted, the money income of the nobles increased, and people only gave money, not people, and when the time came, Casimir IV also recruited mercenaries to fight, right, and in the end, he found that in the war between the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Poland, there was not a single soldier on both sides of the Teutons and the Poles, which was too good.

And although the mercenary system in Europe is developed, there are more mercenaries from Bohemia near Poland, don't fight a civil war with Bohemia, and the number of mercenaries is not so much.

"Since Your Majesty said so, then I won't say much, and I don't think His Majesty the Pope will say anything more, but the new Archbishop of Krakow must be elected by the Council of Priests, and now it can only be regarded as your nomination, and as for the rest, it will not be counted until after the election."

Casimir IV was in a good mood, and it was a small breath of relief.

There are many such things in history, and ancient China also said that 'a gentleman is not dishonored', and this matter is also controlled within a relatively small range, which should not cause too many consequences.

As for the right to appoint bishops in Poland, to be honest, the Holy See doesn't care very much, compared to the Italian Church and the Germanic Church that have been trying their best to control, Poland is a little far away, so as long as the nominal right of appointment belongs to the Holy See, this side is not very rich, only a few cities support taxes, because in addition to the archbishops of a few cities are more concerned, the rest of the small places If the Polish king really wants to appoint his own people, then the Holy See will also turn a blind eye.

The election of the Council of Clergy was a routine step, a symbolic ceremony, and of little practical significance, and it was difficult for Casimir IV to veto his proposal under the nose of Casimir IV.

Seeing the papal envoy leave, Casimir IV hummed a rare ditty, which was one of the few times in so many days when he was comfortable, not to mention that the Archbishop of Krakow had become his own person, and the next action might be smoother.

On the other hand, the papal envoy was not very pleasant,

"Casimir IV is also too arrogant, although we will not entangle with him more this time due to the situation, but we can't just let him go, otherwise his ambition will become bigger and bigger, which is definitely not what His Majesty the Pope wants to see."

The papal envoy untied his white robe and straightened his clothes, with his deputy priest beside him.

"I have heard that Casimir IV borrowed a lot of money from the local Church in Poland during this war, and this money was intended to be settled after the war, and if Your Excellency can make the people of the Church nervous, perhaps they will ask the king for a debt in advance, which will catch Casimir IV by surprise."

This trick is very damaging, Casimir IV is still at war, and coming up with such an idea must have an impact on the war.

However, considering that the Poles were fighting the Knights of the Holy See, the envoy felt that this was a good decision, but the key question was, what should be done to make the local church nervous? The relationship between the central and local governments has always been a difficult problem for the governance of the state, and at least the local church in the Kingdom of Poland is unlikely to obey such orders from the Holy See.

Just like when Gregory VII promulgated the "Papal Edict", he wanted to take back the power of the bishops, and the bishops took a soft knife to kill people, but they simply did not take it, did not obey, did not know such a way, and directly ignored the orders of Gregory VII.

Some people died, but not completely......