For safety reasons, during the Marin expedition, these old nobles were not only temporarily restricted from traveling, but their mansions were also surrounded. The specific requirement was that no bird was allowed to fly in (out).

The reason for this is that these old nobles are afraid that they can use carrier pigeons to convey information. For example, if they can put a carrier pigeon at night, they will always put a carrier pigeon at night to convey information, so they must beware that these old nobles will also play like this.

For this reason, Marin planned to impose a ban on raising pigeons in Bremen during his trip to Eastern Europe. He even searched the mansions of old nobles. Pigeons were difficult to survive in the basement and must be hung outside, under the eaves, or on the roof. Once searched, it would be impossible to hide. Moreover, you could also send a hunting dog to search. According to the smell of pigeons, it was easy to find.

In fact, Marin's biggest flaw now is the former princes who were entangled in Bremen. According to the convention of this era, Marin's actions are actually not in accordance with the rules.

You should know that in this era, there were very few Europeans who had a war of destroying countries. Even if they annexed other countries, they had to find excuses to make claims. For example, France annexed the Kingdom of Naples and the Principality of Milan because Charles VII and Louis XII had the sub-department of the royal family of the Kingdom of Naples and the Principality of Milan respectively, and declared their inheritance rights.

Marin was able to occupy East Friesland because he did have the blood of the Earls of East Friesland, and was recognized.

But the reason for his annexation of the Eight Kingdoms was very far-fetched. Although the Eight Kingdoms took the initiative to attack the Beihai Kingdom, they just wanted to annex most of the territory of the Beihai Kingdom and did not intend to completely destroy the country. Although, they were planning to leave Caesar with a pitiful territory.

Marin later appeared and counterattacked the Eight Kingdoms. At that time, the opinions of the princes of various countries were actually to let the eight countries cede land and compensate the Beihai Kingdom for the losses, rather than let the Beihai Kingdom completely annex the eight countries. However, the vassal states were organizing coalition forces to interfere in the emperor's annexation of Switzerland, but they really had no spare energy to interfere in the affairs of the Beihai Kingdom. Moreover, they had not yet defeated the emperor. Therefore, they had to watch the eight countries annexed by Marin.

However, most of the vassal states were still very dissatisfied with Marin's annexation of the eight states. If they were given a chance, they would definitely interfere and force Marin to hand over the eight annexed vassal states. Even the Principality of Gedes, which had been annexed before.

But the premise is that the eight princes were able to escape from Bremen and ask for help from the princes themselves. After all, it is difficult to judge the case without a plaintiff and a miser.

Therefore, what Marin had to do was to send a large number of troops to control the original princes when he left Beihai Kingdom and went to Eastern Europe, so as to prevent them from escaping and asking for help from the princes and giving them a reason to send troops. Even the opportunity to send a pigeon to send a letter to the princes was not given. In this way, even if the princes wanted to attack, they could not find a reason.

If they sent troops, the Beihai Kingdom forced the eight princes to jointly issue a statement "I'm fine, don't mess around", and the princes would be embarrassed. At that time, Malin could even turn the blame and take the initiative.

Moreover, those princes were not fools. They would not do anything that was unsure. In particular, their leader, Frederick III, the electoral Saxony, was a man who made plans and then acted. Without the princes of the eight countries, he would not take action casually.

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In addition, Marin also wants a great title for sending troops. In this way, no one dares to make trouble when sending troops. Otherwise, he will be responsible for all parties.

What is the great title? Save Catholic allies!

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a Catholic state, while the Grand Duchy of Moscow was a hostile Orthodox state. In this era when the dominant religious power was in power, it was closer to religious beliefs and even to the nation.

By the way, national identity became popular only in the 19th century. Before that, people, especially Europeans, were more accustomed to dividing camps according to their beliefs.

For example, the famous Belgium independence occurred in the 1830s. At that time, Belgium was divided into the French-speaking Wallonians in the south and the Dutch-speaking Flemish people in the north. These two people are not the same nation and have completely different languages. Even the Flemish people and the Dutch people in the north are of the same nation.

However, because of Catholicism, the Netherlands believed in Protestantism. Because of its different beliefs, the Flemish people in Belgium did not hesitate to abandon the Netherlands, which spoke Dutch and the same nation, and chose to be independent with Belgium.

However, after the 20th century, the sense of national identity exceeded that of religious identity, and the Flemish people started to have a fight with the Wallonians and even wanted independence.

Of course, that was a matter of later generations. In this era, the concept of ethnicity was still relatively vague, and it was only roughly divided into several large ethnic groups, Germanic, Slavs and Latins, and there was no subdivided ethnic group.

Moreover, because Latin is the common language in the Catholic world, everyone has no feelings about the differences in ethnic groups. The Holy See has always emphasized that the believers should fall in love with each other.

Therefore, if Marin sent troops to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, in the name of "protecting the Catholic allies", the German princes would not dare to take action casually. Because this would stand opposite the church and even be extorted.

Of course, if the eight princes and lords who were annexed by Marin came forward to speak out, that would be another matter.

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Therefore, before sending troops, Marin had to strictly monitor the annexed princes, but also carry the banner of religion and make himself invincible. Under the banner of maintaining Catholicism, let alone the German princes, even the powerful France, dare not stand up and fight Marin at this time in the face of this righteousness. Otherwise, it would be an enemy of the Roman Catholic Church and the churches of various countries...

But there are also some considerations about how to carry this religious banner.

First of all, Marin cannot volunteer. Otherwise, others will say that his motive is impure. Especially, his motive is really impure. At that time, he will directly lose the population by snatching back hundreds of thousands of people. Therefore, he must pretend to be passive and let the Holy See invite him to do so.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! When the Holy See asks to take action, it is more reasonable to carry the banner. In this way, it can be regarded as "stand up for justice". If others want to be unfavorable to him at this time, they must think about the attitude of the church.

Secondly, when the church invites him out, he has to pretend to refuse and welcome him. By the way, he will seek some benefits.

After all, the expeditions of thousands of miles and tens of thousands of troops to rescue them are particularly amazing. If you cannot get benefits, it would be too dissatisfaction and fake. After all, Lei Feng only exists in that ideal era, without any interest or even ashamed to raise interests. In general, Lao Lei will be slandered as a fool.

Therefore, Marin's plan was to ask the Holy See for help from Lithuania after suffering a great loss. Then, the Holy Seeks for help from various countries. These countries do not only refer to the North Sea, but all Western European countries.

In order to avoid suspicion, Marin would ask the Holy See for help from France first. Although France is strong, its economy is not very good at the moment. Moreover, France is the westernmost continental region, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow is on the easternmost continent. If France sends troops, it is equivalent to spanning the entire Europe. This cost is unbearable for France at present. The Holy See obviously will not afford this money and cannot afford it.

In this way, France refused that for sure. Then he asked Emperor Maximilian I for help, but the miserable Emperor, Switzerland had not yet settled, so how could he draw troops to save Lithuania? Also, His Majesty the Emperor is much poorer than France and cannot afford the cost of the expedition...

In the end, naturally, I will ask for help from Marin...

But Marin planned to refuse first and talk about difficulties. For example, he was afraid that the country would be empty after sending troops and was taken advantage of by others. The meaning was to force countries to express their opinions.

At this time, whether it was France or Germany, the states would definitely hope that Marin would lose money and send troops to expedition to Moscow. Even, he hoped that Marin would die in Eastern Europe...

Then, everyone must have expressed their opinions - we will never touch you... The subtext is - don't worry, go to Eastern Europe to give away the heads...

At this point, it's almost done. Of course, there are additional benefits. For example, some nominal benefits to confirm the colonial rights of Australia. Also, it is to allow Marin to use physical means to "influence" the local Ross people and transform them from Orthodox to Catholics... This physical means naturally capture the Beihai Kingdom and "slowly influence"...
Chapter completed!