Chapter 41: Egil's Calculations
A shocking change occurred at the coronation ceremony! Seeing Emperor Egil doing this, at least half of the people thought that this guy was crazy! This was not the revolution of France that had been popular after the Black Death, the Renaissance, and the First Industrial Revolution! This was the Middle Ages, the Middle Ages where the power of the theocracy was popular! It was the dark medieval period that the Pope's power shrouded the entire continent!
Egil's extremely blasphemous behavior is, if someone else is crowned, he will be beaten to be heresy by angry people on the spot, and then tied to the stake and burned it into charcoal! []
However, Egil still smiled, smiling gently, as if he had grasped everything. He slowly put the crown on his head.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." Archbishop Peter was covered in sweat at that time.
"Heaven!" two words had already popped out of their throats, but in the end they couldn't say a single word. They looked at Emperor Egil, who was filled with guilt in his smile, motionless.
"I'm really sorry." Egil repeated again and expressed his apology, then turned around and took out a smaller crown from the box from the hand of the priest who was also like a clerk who had been immobilized, and then put it on the head of Queen Artoria beside him.
"Egil" Artoria looked at Egil with a little uneasy.
"Relax, Hani, everything is under my control, nothing will happen."
In a corner of the banquet hall, Baron Norman, who served as the Register of Books, sighed softly. As the Register of Books, he also shared part of the responsibility of the historian, responsible for recording Emperor Egil's daily notes. Of course, Egil appointed him to such a position because this guy was very sleek, and would not be afraid of being beheaded for justice and truth. It was convenient for Egil to manipulate history.
Just like in this column, the small book used to record Talleyrand writes this so-called "history" that had been written by Egil.
"This is a moment of history, a moment when the whole world has changed.
Egil, Scadragrimson. The greatest and unparalleled man in the world did such a shocking thing. This time, the robbery opened an era. Which is higher, lower, the power of the church or the power of the emperor, and which is better, the power of the secular power or the power of the church. It was fully displayed at this moment! At this moment, Gaius, Julius, Charlemagne Hun possessed him, he was not fighting alone, not alone!"
That's it.
Talleyran could guess some of the meaning of his lord. Now the Pope has ulterior motives, and if a bad fight is the situation of the eighteen princes fighting Norman. Of course, Talleyran is very confident that he, the lord who is confused, will be a strong seafood when fighting. Even if the twenty-eight princes come together, they are not his opponent. But the key to the problem is.
Egil doesn't want to fight.
As Egil's book reporter, he knew very well what Egil wanted to do in the next period of time.
That is to base itself in Eastern Europe, carry out the next political and economic reforms, expand the strength of the Norman Empire, rather than engage in wars.
Endless wars are not a good thing for the country. Egil naturally understands this. Therefore, he does not want to fight.
But not wanting to fight does not mean that Egil has to surrender.
It was like the nominal vassal like the Eastern Roman Empire, but in fact it had no effect at all. It was even a so-called "supplication" that gave Zi Ergil the reason to intervene in Eastern Roman affairs. After all, Eastern Roman and Norman did not have much intersection before this. Culture, religion, living customs, etc., all had very big differences. So Ergil was not afraid.
But the Pope is different. If we really take a step back from them and let the Pope interfere in the affairs of the Norman Empire, it will definitely be endless troubles.
So if you don’t want to fight or give in, you will only have the force of intimidation and bluffing.
Contacting the Eastern Roman Empire and discussing the so-called integration of the East and West Sects is one of them, and the snatch of the crown is also one of them. The third move of Egil's series of combined punches is the Norman Offshore Fleet arranged on the island of Malta. After a period of rest and construction, the main island of Malta and the other two small islands have been completely fortified. The towering towers, crossbows, catapults and the recently added are actually exactly the same as Greek fire and the magic pot, named by Egil as the turbulent oil tank of Paradise Flame. The castle is majestic like a mountain. Almost half of the island is wrapped in. In this era when gunpowder weapons have not yet been invented, such a large fortress with enough men and horses to defend. Even if a million troops come to attack, as long as the guard is properly, it can still be tingled.
The entire defense system just surrounded a large harbor. The harbor was surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and there was only one Hong Kong island that could accommodate three warships in parallel. The system set it into a water gate. Inside was a large harbor with a water depth of 1,000 meters and a radius of more than ten kilometers. The only flat tidal flat is here.
Last year, Marshal Carter led his fleet to Malta, and the third thing was to explore the terrain. As a result, he saw such a Feng Shui treasure land, only a small number of local people fishing here. He couldn't help but feel excited and said to his subordinates: "This is the place where heroes use their skills!"
Therefore, after more than a year of construction, it has become three scientific research institutes specializing in the development of warship technology, two shipyards, twelve dry docks, and more than fifty wharfs. The entire fleet of offshore fleets has been moored after maintenance and additions, with a total of 300 various warships.
Calculate the time, Egil sent a letter to Marshal Carter's flying pigeon, and it should have been in his hands at this time. At that time, the entire fleet of 20,000 navy will be launched. Walk around the waters of the Roman Catholic Church and fired several heavenly firecrackers, making people mistakenly think that this is Greek fire. If the Roman Catholic Church mistakenly thinks that the Eastern Roman Empire and the Norman Empire are so strong that they can exchange core technologies with each other, it would be even better.
First, they made friends with the Eastern Roman Empire, contacted the Orthodox sects, and told them that they had a way out. Then they grabbed the crown at the coronation ceremony and told them that they were determined. Finally, they sent a powerful fleet to wander around the territorial waters of the Roman Catholic Church. They told them that they had the ability.
In this way, in Loujill's view, Egil's set of intimidation moves can give him at least two or three years until the opponent's Pope is at the right time, or continue to spend a lot of money. After spending a lot of money to carry out army reform, he will create a huge navy. I hope that these mixed ball bags can be full enough, and while providing them with extravagance, they can also maintain the same huge army and navy scale...
But after saying this, it seems that Egil is the same. But Egil's royal family and his cheap sister were only three. The Holy See had to bear the extravagant life of a pope, twelve cardinals, a lot of archbishops, bishops, priests and other messy guys, so the difference was immediately obvious.
"So try to have as few children as possible in the future..." Egil murmured in a low voice when he thought of this.
At the same time, the crown was firmly worn on Artoria's head.
"…wait?" Artoria seemed a little surprised when she heard Egil say such inexplicable words.
"Nothing." Egil turned around and looked at the nobles and waved to the sound of his hand. Then the scattered applause sounded, growing louder and louder. Finally, it seemed like an explosion, accompanied by cheers. Egil's charming personality made him look so unique in everything he did. Even if it was blasphemy, it would be the same.
Afterwards, Egil generously accepted the request of the nobles to not implement the liberation of serfs. In fact, such news was also deliberately spread by Egil. It made the nobles panic, and then the conflict with the Pope made them feel that they could take advantage of the opportunity and finally agreed to their proposal with mercy.
Satisfied?
If you are satisfied, go home quickly and have fun. Damn it.
That's it. Egil made a little trick, which made the nobles feel that they took a lot of advantage, and the emperor and the church were in opposition, so we could get more benefits.
This creates a sense of satisfaction. Once a person is satisfied, he will become unintentional. Those who are not enterprising will not rebel. Egil hopes to maintain stability within his country in this way. That is to say, use economic and political interests to exchange for the support of the nobles. Let them choose themselves between themselves and the Roman Catholic Church. At least they must be neutral.
In fact, seeing these nobles leave happily, Egil felt that his method worked very well. If you think about it carefully, you can figure it out that this cunning emperor actually did nothing...
That's it.
On November 16th, one day after the coronation ceremony was successfully completed, Egil agreed to the nobles' request in the morning, and in the afternoon the nobles prepared to go home in groups of three or three. Egil breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought to himself: "I finally sent all the old men away. If I continue to raise them, I am afraid they will be able to eat me directly. I really don't know what Louis XIV thought back then, and he was willing to support the nobles of the entire country without ever perpetuating them."
"If you have the time to think about things in a random way, you might as well consider the important matters. The relocation of the capital and the Grand Principal of Moscow should do the specific request for help. You should make a decision quickly." In my mind, Aurora's slightly unhappy voice appeared again.
Chapter completed!