Hearing the words of the Duke of Franconia, Otto's heart also jumped suddenly.

Good guys, it turns out that the Count of Allgäu was involved in the bishoprical election of the Church, and the so-called duke behind it turned out to be the heir of the East Frankish Kingdom, the Duke of Bavaria.

I see, Otto instantly realized something in his heart.

Let's just say, according to history and contact, the lord of the Count of Allgäu is also the lord of Otto, the Duke of Swabia, and he is completely a straw bag, how can he dare to attack the church.

Now it seems that it was the Duke of Bavaria who instructed behind the scenes.

However, Otto still didn't understand how his father, who was the Count of Allgäu, could get in touch with the Duke of Bavaria.

But it doesn't matter, listening to the words of this Duke of Franconia, maybe the other party knows something, maybe he will be able to answer his doubts later.

Otto did not hide it, and told the other party most of what happened to the Count of Allgäu and most of his conversation with Bishop Valens, which only concealed some of the interests between the two parties, and concealed that Otto already knew that Jason, the Bishop of Saxony, was behind the scenes.

It's just that Bishop Valence looked for him and changed it to hearing that Otto was going to Saxony to help the Duke of Franconia, and specially gave him information to make friends with him.

Of course, Otto did not forget to tell the rumors of the king of Italy.

After hearing this, the Duke of Franconia snorted coldly.

"My cousin really thinks he's amazing.

Oh, it's really amazing, for the sake of a so-called emperor title, he actually compromised with the church.

Lose face!

Didn't he know that the people who had prevented our ancestors from building a mighty empire in the first place were the damned clergy?

It's true that even the reputation of his ancestors has disgraced him. ”

After hearing this, Otto was even more puzzled, what was the building of a powerful empire prevented by the church? Could it be that Charlemagne founded the Frankish kingdom?

It's just that what role does the church play in this, can you make it clear?

Obviously, the Duke of Franconia could not solve Otto's doubts, and after evaluating the King of Italy, the Duke of Franconia did not speak again, looked at Otto, frowned, looked him up and down, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Otto was a little uncomfortable by the other party's eyes, and his back was a little cold, how could he look at himself with this look, could it be that the other party had any special XP?

"Well, you'll find out sooner or later." Duke Franconia shook his head and said with a sigh.

It turned out that after the death of Charlemagne, due to the Carolingian family's feudal succession system and the frequent wars between family members for various thrones and lands, the power of the kings in the various Frankish kingdoms gradually weakened, and the power of the nobles gradually increased, and there were faint signs of uncontrol.

After seeing this, the Carolingian kings did not fail to think about strengthening the centralization of power and restraining the nobles. But they sadly found that it seemed that it was a little difficult to do this.

In addition to the serious damage to the Carolingian family after years of war, the more important reason is that some people do not want to see the king's power too much.

This person is naturally the church.

In fact, as early as the early days of Charlemagne's establishment of the Frankish Kingdom, the Great wanted to imitate the system of the Roman Empire at that time, and use administrative officials, that is, governors and generals, to manage the huge imperial territory.

After all, although the Western Roman Empire had been in decline for a while, the Germanic people had all experienced the rule of the Roman Empire and were no strangers to this system.

And at that time, the Eastern Roman Empire was still powerful, and from time to time it came to Western Europe to show its presence, and it was not surprising that Charlemagne had such an idea.

Eventually, however, the original imperial administrative system became feudal, and although it was somewhat due to Germanic tribal traditions, the church played a great role in it.

If it were not for the Church to maintain the so-called "Roman orthodoxy", support and demagogue the leaders of the various Germanic tribes to exert pressure, and use the power of the Church to guide public opinion, with the grandeur of Charlemagne, it may have really rebuilt Western Rome.

On the surface, the church seems to be defending some kind of "Roman orthodoxy", but in fact it is because after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the church, which originally assisted the empire in assuming the responsibility of grassroots management, seized the opportunity to seize a large amount of power and land, and expanded its own power and influence.

Therefore, seeing that a powerful empire is about to emerge again, the church naturally does not want to give up the power and land in its hands.

At that time, when it was heard that Charlemagne was preparing to establish a "Germanic empire" and was preparing to become emperor, the church mobilized all its forces to guide the emperor of Constantinople to attract attention, and put great pressure on Charlemagne.

You know, for a long time before that, due to the pressure of the enemy in several directions, the emperor of Constantinople had no time to pay attention to the "barbarians" of Western Europe.

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses.

It is true that the Western Roman Empire has been destroyed for many years, but the Eastern Roman Empire is still a powerful empire until now, and with the history of being ruled by the Romans, Charlemagne had to be cautious in the face of pressure from Eastern Rome.

Eventually, under internal and external pressure, Charlemagne gave up the idea of learning from the Roman system, respected the traditions of the Germanic people, and established the Frankish kingdom with feudalism as the core.

At the same time, Charlemagne retreated to the title of "Augustus", which the emperor did not agree to, and could only end regretfully with a "guardian of the Roman people".

It was because of this past that the Carolingian family did not have a good impression of the church.

If it weren't for the fact that the church had a great influence among the people and the low-level aristocracy, the church itself was not weak, and it was relatively low-key after the establishment of the Frankish kingdom, I am afraid that the Carolingian king would have attacked the church a long time ago.

But even with so many scruples, the Duke of Bavaria naturally couldn't help but learn that behind the weakening of the royal power of the East Frankish Kingdom he was going to inherit, with the participation of the church.

He was also well aware of the strength of the church, and did not intend to directly argue with the church, but adopted a curved way to save the country, hoping to eliminate the influence of the Holy See on the church of the East Frankish kingdom step by step by interfering in the election of regional bishops.

As long as the connection between the two sides is severed, it may not be long before the church in the East Frankish kingdom will not be as obedient as the church in the Roman Empire.

The idea of the Duke of Bavaria was very good, but unfortunately it never worked.

He tried to influence the election of the bishop of the region several times, but failed once, and instead allowed the church to take out some nobles, which greatly boosted the prestige of the church.

And Otto's father, Count Allgau, was nothing more than an unlucky pawn in the hands of the Duke of Bavaria.

As for why Count Aargau was connected with the Duke of Bavaria, I'm afraid only two people are clear.

At this, the Duke of Franconia became serious.

"So, when I helped you make war achievements, there are also some brotherly meanings in it.

Don't worry, since the people of the church have started to attack again this time, I will definitely join forces with my brother to deal with these damn priests fiercely.

When the time comes, you will personally command the army and avenge your father with the blood of the clergy who are full of gods but only profit! ”