Chapter 1 The Past and Present of Prussia
Fairy tales often end with the sentence "I lived happily ever after" after the bad guy is eliminated.
It took less than a year for the Kingdom of Prussia to end the rebellion launched by the most powerful and trusted aristocrats in the country before the rebellion swept across Germany and even started another battle for the throne involving the entire continent.
Not only did the Swedes drive away Prussia, they also got two fairly small territories.
, and even expelled a large number of nobles who intended to rebel. It seems that all the enemies of the Kingdom of Prussia have been wiped out. From now on, the story can and should enter a fairy tale ending. It can be summarized and summarized in one sentence.
It would take hundreds of thousands of words to describe the event, and then everyone lived happily together...
Although I have also had dreams like this, where I entered the perfect ending in the blink of an eye, thereby omitting countless processes, reality is reality. When I open my eyes the next day, what is supposed to come will still come.
After a large number of local nobles in Middle and Upper East Prussia were dealt with, commotions began to break out in various places. However, because Europeans did not yet have the concept of guerrilla warfare, and East Prussia was not very convenient for guerrilla warfare, soon those three or four reckless people
The riot provoked by the young aristocratic landowners was destroyed by the army of Königsberg, and then strict management was implemented in the towns throughout East Prussia.
To be honest, I thought that the Prussians would focus on dealing with a few powerful governors like Sigismund, and others would let them off with a warning, but I really didn't expect that they would be ruthless.
In my impression, these nobles, whether they are French or German, have long been intertwined after hundreds of years of marriage. The nobles on the Brandenburg side have no relatives in East Prussia, and there are not many relatives in East Prussia from Brandenburg.
Relatives? Why don't they show mercy? You know, reducing one's position and reducing one's title is already very important. Expulsion and exile are even worse. They are simply
It is to let those East Prussian nobles who were born in the aristocratic circle be kicked out of this circle with a red card. Even if they have industries and wealth elsewhere, it is absolutely difficult to reintegrate into the upper class society of other countries. Who can let them be in this small circle?
There are so many people who want to save face and suffer. Unless they have other agendas, these people are likely to look down upon an exile or deportee.
"This is actually a problem left over from history."
A gringo opened his mouth with a reply full of official flavor to explain the conflict between the Brandenburg nobles and the East Prussian nobles.
After suppressing the rebellion, on the way back to Königsberg, among the few foreigners in our Roman team, this man is called Justus von Liebig. He is a viscount. He has also been compared since we occupied Berlin.
One of the court nobles who is close to us Romans, his personal faults should be
Not small. In the past Celestial Dynasty, you can only be described as a running dog. But who doesn’t have the ambition to climb up? He took a fancy to our influence and thought this was a shortcut. And we Romans also lacked personal integrity.
With relatively capable assistants who don’t have too deep backgrounds, both sides get what they need. It’s no big deal.
I asked: "Why did His Excellency Viscount Liebig say that?"
Liebig quickly traced the history back to the founding of the Kingdom of Poland.
Well, in this Prussian way of saying it, the Kingdom of Poland was a country established by inserting several men's vaginas and women's holes together.
I looked at the Prussian Viscount with a blank expression. I wonder how high the level of education must be to say such a thing. Well, the simple translation of Viscount Liebig’s words is that in hundreds of years, the Kingdom of Poland has been through marriage.
This method allowed several relatively powerful vassals on the Eastern European plains to join the territory under his name. Although these territories are within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Poland, the place called the Crown Territory is the territory under the jurisdiction of the king.
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The crown territory of the Kingdom of Poland was divided into two provinces, called Greater Poland and Lesser Poland. It sounds quite miserable, but in fact, between 1200 and 1500, Greater Poland and Lesser Poland accounted for 30% of the territory of the Kingdom of Poland.
40%. The Greater Poland region is the heart of Poland and where Warsaw is located. Although its area is only 10% of the entire territory, it will undoubtedly be the essence.
Lesser Poland is not far behind. Although it was a fruit obtained by the Mongols after the union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, it was occupied by the Poles less than a hundred years ago. However, because it is located on the plains of Ukraine, the land there is very suitable for planting.
Food. The remaining 55% is composed of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Livonia, Courland and the surrendered Grand Duchy of Rus and the Principality of Prussia.
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Duchy of Courland are independent forces and have never been truly conquered by Poland, so they have always had great autonomy. The Principality of Prussia is a bit worse. Although they also have autonomy,
But it was as a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland.
As a part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Principality of Prussia originated from the Prussian savages who lived near the sea. These uncivilized savages were difficult to fight. The Kingdom of Poland is said to have more than 10,000 strong men, and it has a total of more than 200 years from the end of the 10th century to the end of the 12th century.
Despite the stable time for development, we were unable to conquer that territory. Instead, we were tortured to pieces and left with teeth all over the place many times.
Then, due to the time travel of my predecessor, at that time, carrying axes and hammers, I wanted to fight the infidels, but I was alone and did not dare to go up. As a result, the Teutonic gangsters who almost became violent and crazy landed in Poland early.
The Teutonic Knights who had not gone to Poland and been baptized with the blood of the Prussians would not be a complete Teutonic Knights. Perhaps the predecessor had such an idea and promoted the script of the Teutonic Knights settling in Prussia in advance. In the following decades, everything moved toward
The Poles lure the wolf into the house
, the Teutonic Knights, known as the Three Hundred Spartans, made a fortune in the Prussian city, and the final script of the Teutonic Knights becoming hostile to Poland developed. However, this time history did not allow the Poles to regain their own honor and promote the treaty.
The Decline of the Knights of Ton.
At the end of the thirteenth century, the Mongols planned to bypass the invincible Constantinople to see what was in the west. According to the textbook records of their predecessors, the three-way Western Expedition army had not only 100,000 but also 50,000 troops. They advanced in parallel. As a result,
They didn't even have a GPS with them at that time.
A high-end high-tech one. One went to Egypt for sightseeing in the south. The Arab-belly girl twisted her waist. The trip was very pleasant. They stayed here to eat and drink. The other was unlucky. They went to Central and Western Europe.
The journey to the west was very unsatisfactory,
Not to mention the food, even the women snatched from the village were not good enough. The Mongolians, who did not have the advantage of height, happily snatched away the pretty girls, and after charging forward with their guns, they found that they were not at the same level as the local women.
Size. Create an army of tens of thousands of people
After fighting at the gates of Metz, he returned to the gates of Constantinople. Not only did he put forward a lot of conditions with shining eyes, but he also asked his predecessor to hand over a large group of lolita, including his great-granddaughter. The battle was successful,
It's really bad that the entire Mongolian army has turned into lolita control.
The last way is the way to the north. The plains of Eastern Europe are the most suitable geography for the Mongols to take advantage of their cavalry, so their results here are also the greatest. The fragmented Grand Duchy of Rus suffered one after another, and then the
Eastern Europe keeps saying that we have more than 10,000 strong Poles. The Poles lost two battles and united the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
, the defeat continued, and everyone was about to turn into a pot of food to stir up excitement. Suddenly, according to Viscount Liebig, the Polish man had an idea, and remembered his own behavior of luring the wolf into the house a long time ago, and immediately thought again.
A new idea came up. They called this a conflict between two powerful forces. So the Poles shamelessly went to find the Teutonic Knights, who had nothing to do with the Mongols' western expedition for the time being.
Although the Teutonic Knights are not the ones who stick to their swords until their brains are full of muscles, they are almost there. When I heard that there are pagans in the east, and they are capable of punching Polish machos and kicking Russian savages, I immediately said that I am the same.
The former apostolic knights of the Holy See came, so the Teutonic Knights shouted to fight for the Lord, and then went to fight the Mongols with their foreheads burning.
. However, with the two examples of Poland and Lithuania, the Teutonic Knights did not use cavalry to hedge as foolishly as they did in the past. Instead, they chose positional warfare, but the consequences were still the same. Everyone knows that Jesus hated those with guns blazing the most.
He went to burn, kill, and plunder people under his banner, so basically anyone who went to burn, kill, and plunder under his banner would most likely suffer disaster.
The Teutonic Knights' 15,000-strong army suffered heavy casualties. The elite knights who dominated Northeastern Europe were all wiped out. From then on, the Teutonic Knights were severely weakened and their decline was inevitable. However, due to Poland's huge population base, it lacked the ability to make noise.
The Teutonic Knights, they united with Lithuania to gradually rise.
Okay, so what does this have to do with the factional disputes within the Kingdom of Prussia?
The relationship is huge. Liebig's explanation is that due to the decline of the Teutonic Knights, it could only become a vassal of the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. The Hohenzollern family, which had followed the Emperor Shinra since the end of the 11th century, was sealed.
The Duke and Elector of the Duchy of Brandenburg became a force that cannot be ignored in Eastern Europe after the Mongols retreated.
After hundreds of years, the Hohenzollern family gradually changed from the most loyal to the Holy Roman Empire to the enemy. At the same time, it also succeeded in marrying the Prussian ruler, and later obtained Prussia with the help of the Kingdom of Poland.
Poland also extended its influence into Germany by allowing Brandenburg to acquire Prussia.
The territory of the Principality of Brandenburg only doubled, and then factional disputes within the Kingdom of Prussia began. As an external force, the Hohenzollern family naturally had to do a lot of tricks if they wanted to truly enter the small circle of the original Teutonic Knights.
, and the remnants of the Teutonic Knights in East Prussia were originally dissatisfied with the Kingdom of Poland, which was dictating above their heads, and Brandenburg came to power with the help of Poland, so they naturally disliked him.
, so it took more than a hundred years for the two sides to dismantle East Prussia before they managed to consume East Prussia with the help of Poland. The two factions had deep grudges, but although the East Prussian nobles were defeated, their influence was still there. According to Liebig,
Chapter completed!