The Rise of the European Emperor

While Marin was returning home from Austria, shocking news was spreading all over Europe - Andres Pariologos, the last Byzantine emperor, planned to sell the throne to the Holy Roman Emperor Maxi Milian I...

And the kings, dukes and counts of many countries also received invitations from Maximilian I, inviting them to Vienna to attend the meeting between Andres Pariologos and Maximilian I. Zen Ceremony.

This news is extremely shocking. If the king of other countries bought the throne, it may not cause a sensation. However, the person who bought the throne was Maximilian I, then it was different...

You know, Maximilian I was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the owner of the throne of the Western Roman Empire. Although he has not yet been crowned in Rome, he is considered a quasi-emperor.

If he bought the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, it would be equivalent to owning two crowns of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire at the same time. It even means that Rome, which has been divided for more than a thousand years, is reunited at this moment... This is definitely a major event in European history...

In addition, everyone was also shocked that Andres Pariologos was willing to sell the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, which represented the supreme glory...

In fact, the monarchs of many countries are also very eager to buy the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. Unfortunately, they basically dare not...

Because ordinary people don't have such a big appetite to swallow the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. And, even if swallowed, there is no actual benefit. Because the Eastern Roman Empire has perished. Even if you buy this throne, you can only get a false name, without any practical significance. Moreover, they will be beaten by the crowd because the tree is big and attracts the wind.

Not only that, but those who buy the throne will be hated by the king of France...

Because, in 1494, King Charles VIII of France forcibly purchased the crown of the Byzantine Empire of Andres Pariologos. The meaning of this is equivalent to forcibly buying the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire...

If there is another person who buys the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, it would be like directly provoking the king of France...

Although Charles VIII is dead, Louis XII, who succeeded him, declared to inherit all the titles of Charles VIII, including the Eastern Roman Emperor declared by Charles VIII...

In fact, at the beginning, Andres Pariologos was only forced to sell the crown, and did not declare that he would give up the throne to Charles VIII. When Charles VIII bought the crown representing imperial power, he thought he had bought the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Now, when Maximilian I wants to buy the throne of the Byzantine Empire from Andres Pariologos, he will definitely offend the French King Louis XII.

However, Maximilian I was not afraid to offend Louis XII, because the relationship between the two was already very bad, and they were basically enemies, and they didn't care about offending or not.

Moreover, this throne was originally something illusory, and it didn't have half of the territory, it was just a title. If it is for this thing, there is no possibility of war between the two countries, and it will only worsen diplomatic relations.

Of course, it was Maximilian I, who was an emperor himself. If you change it to Marlin to buy the throne, try it? I was already beaten by a group of people...

Knowing that Maximilian I was going to buy the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, Louis XII was really furious. However, considering the national interest, it is unlikely that he will go to war with the Habsburgs in an all-round way because of this. However, Louis XII wanted to vent his anger again. So, he and his ministers came up with a good way - to use the Swiss and the emperor to fight to the death...

Because of the Graubünden problem, Maximilian I was at war with the Swiss Confederacy. Therefore, Louis XII decided to break out the war between the two,

Add some firewood, so that the war will burn more vigorously...

For this reason, when Maximilian I was preparing for the Zen Ceremony, Louis XII sent someone with the money to Switzerland to send 200,000 gulden to the Swiss Alliance, which was in conflict with the Austrian army. , to encourage the Swiss Confederation, to continue to attack the Emperor's army, and to fight for the capture of Graubünden ... In short, Maximilian I is unlucky, and Louis XII will be happy ...

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Two months later, Marin took his men and escorted several carts of gifts to Vienna, Austria, to attend the Zen Ceremony between Andres Pariologos and Maximilian I... …

In order to hold this Zen Ceremony, although there was no crown, Maximilian I still asked the craftsmen to make a new crown according to the memories of Andres Pariologos. In addition, the tailor also made an exquisite royal robe for Andres Pariologos.

When the Zen Ceremony began, Andres Pariologos, wearing a golden royal robe and a new crown, walked up to Maximi, who also wore a crown and a royal robe with a solemn face. In front of King Li'an I.

Maximilian I temporarily took off the crown and asked his courtiers to temporarily keep it for him. Then, Andres Pariologos took off his crown and said loudly in Latin:

"I, Andres Pariologos, the emperor of the Roman people (the Western Europeans call them the Eastern Roman Empire, but the Byzantines call themselves the Roman Empire, without the word "East"), have failed the Roman people's hopes, I have lost my country and my city. I have no face to stay on the throne..."

"His Majesty Maximilian I is the emperor of the Western Roman Empire (although the Eastern Romans call themselves the Roman Empire, but also call the Holy Roman Empire Western Rome), he is equally honorable. Moreover, he is more capable and powerful than me to recover. The territory of the Roman Empire. Therefore, I decided to cede the throne of the emperor of the Roman people to His Majesty Maximilian I. May he lead the Roman people to restore the territory of the Roman Empire and remove the pagans (Turks) from Europa. from the lands and become the emperor of the true, unified Great Roman Empire!"

After finishing speaking, Andres Pariologos took off the crown on his head, put it on for Maximilian I respectfully, and offered his blessings.

Then, the two emperors sat down and signed legal documents on parchment on the issue of abdication of the throne. After signing, Andres Pariologos and Maximilian I, each holding one side of the parchment, showed it to the guests in public...

Marin was the most clever. From the moment the document was signed, it indicated that Maximilian I had obtained the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire. So he raised his arms and shouted:

"Great Roman Emperor! Great Roman Emperor!"

The hundreds of subordinates who accompanied him to the Zen Ceremony took a look at him—the boss of his family was shouting slogans.

As a result, the uniform voice of "Great Roman Emperor!" resounded in the square in front of the Vienna Palace...

When I saw the members of the Habsburg family of the emperor's family, Marin, an outsider, was cheering for the head of the family, and they couldn't be left behind, so they immediately raised their arms and shouted:

"Great Roman Emperor!"

"Great Roman Emperor!"

"Great Roman Emperor!"

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Then, the nobles of the Swabian League, the emperor's allies, also shouted together;

"Great Roman Emperor!"

"Great Roman Emperor!"

"Great Roman Emperor!"

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Then, the nobles who had a good relationship with the emperor also began to shout... In the end, the neutrals also followed suit...

In this way, through the Zen Ceremony, Maximilian I became a BOSS with one person and two Roman thrones, and the title was "Great Roman Emperor".

Maximilian I was very satisfied with Marin's first act of waving the flag and shouting.

Therefore, in order to reward Marin's excellent performance as a nurse, Maximilian I announced the canonization of Marin as the duke of the Egyptian Principality of the Great Roman Empire after the end of the Zen Ceremony, with the independent judicial power and management power of the Egyptian province. . That is to say, Marin can promote nobles in the Egyptian principality that does not yet exist, and grant commoners aristocratic status. This is about the same power that Marin currently has in the counties of East Friesland...

At the same time, Maximilian I announced that the state religions of the East and West Rome were Catholics...

This decision made the envoys of the Holy See also very satisfied. Although, Andres Pariologos had long since converted to Catholicism and abandoned the Orthodox Church. However, Andres Pariologos is after all a monarch of a subjugated country, like a lost dog. He converted to Catholicism and had little influence. But Maximilian I was different. He was originally the emperor of a big empire and had a huge influence. Maximilian I's declaration of Catholicism as the state religion in the Eastern Roman Empire has more influence than Andres Pariologos' declaration of conversion to Catholicism. Therefore, the emissary of the Holy See praised the behavior of Maximilian I.

Of course, before this, Maximilian I followed Marin's advice and quietly sent 100,000 gold coins to Rome to be given to Alexander VI and his son. Therefore, not long after Maximilian I accepted the "concession", Alexander VI, who received the money, publicly recognized the identity of Maximilian I as the Eastern Roman Emperor based on the "professional ethics" of doing things after receiving the money...