Chapter 168 Wittelsbach’s Ambition

Ladislaus has certainly been thinking about his future power structure in recent days.

The current situation of the Prime Minister of Sazastan is very delicate. Although the new King Ferdinand I showed great respect for him, he called him "the pillar of the Habsburg Empire" at the farewell banquet before leaving for Spain, and also put the most important work at the moment.

It was left to him to run for the throne.

But now that Cassius has obtained the missionary rights in Austria, and Gulamba has obtained the missionary rights in Spain, it is not suitable for the Red Robe Mages to continue to stay in Spain.

All the red-robed mages are actually followers of Kassuth. They only claim to be followers of the Knights of Vision in order to cover up the alliance between the Knights of Vision and the Lord of Fire.

The Knights of Vision are very wary of the influence of the Red Robe Mages in Spanish politics, and moving away will inevitably require them to reorganize their relationship network, which will ease their ability to gain power.

If nothing unexpected happens, another red-robed "Zhenguo" His Highness Misrila will soon move to Vienna with a dozen other red-robed mages.

This time, Ferdinand took away most of the Austrian mages and the "Township" Bravan Fugger, just to fill the vacancies left by the red-robed mages.

They have been in Madrid for too long, and transplanting this time is not a simple task.

In Ladislaus's view, the Knights of Vision quietly plotted against their allies, but Cassius was not stupid. Austria was closer to the electorate of Bohemia, and the largest gathering area for the followers of the Lord of Fire.

It is Prague, the capital of Bohemia. Re-infiltrating the Electorate of Bohemia is the most suitable plan for the Lord of Fire.

As mentioned before, the position of Elector of Bohemia is currently held by King Louis II of Hungary. Although the Jaglonni royal family is still a believer of Cyric, believers of other gods have suffered many injustices in justice and politics.

treatment.

But because of its alliance with the Habsburg family, the Church of the Lord of Fire will definitely be able to gain some living space.

As part of Ferdinand's condition for recognizing his jurisdiction over Austria, Ladislaus had formally invited Sazastan to become Austrian Prime Minister.

How to balance the powerful group of red magicians will give Ladislas a headache for a long time.

But he had no choice. This was not only Ferdinand's request, but also the oracle of the Knight of Vision.

Ladislaus is now hesitant to do the Winter Ghost mission. It is a difficult choice to let a person with such seniority and power into his power system.

Moreover, the legendary monster in the permanently frozen snow-capped mountains of the Alps can be killed whenever he wants. The more Ladislaus checked the information recently, the more he felt that to deal with this ghost, it would take the entire Austrian nation to mobilize.

This price is too high, even if it is to save a "town".

The situation in Frunzberg is relatively simple.

Ferdinand took Baron Galliani away, but Frundsberg, who owned a large territory in the Holy Roman Empire, could not leave.

In return for many generations of loyal service to the Habsburg family, he was able to recover the ancestral Duchy of Mindenheim that had been lost to his grandfather's generation.

However, Austria also has a centralized system. After the previous emperor came forward to take it back, this principality has become an enclave of Austria. Therefore, Frundsberg cannot be regarded as a lord legally, but only a large landowner in that area.

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Therefore, in order to show deference, he never used the title Duke of Mindenheim in the Vienna court.

However, there are also tasks related to him on the interface, "Legendary Equipment: After experiencing a series of deadly battles with the Perfect Knight Bayar, Frunzberg realized that in order to defeat the Perfect Knight, he needed to have another item that could balance Bayar.

The treasure of your knight, the Holy Avenger." The reward for the mission is: "Once he obtains this treasure, he will be as loyal to you as he is to the emperors of all generations, and become your most reliable subordinate."

After losing the "Shadow Skin", Ladislaus himself no longer has legendary equipment. However, with Austria's national strength, this task should be completed. Ladislaus urgently needs someone who is absolutely loyal to him in national affairs.

Austrian nobleman.

When Ladislaus walked out of the bedroom, the two "Guo Guo" and "Guo Guo" had been waiting in the living room for a while. Although Ladislaus's authority was not enough, they were the most experienced ministers.

I know that it is absolutely not worth neglecting even the most unstable monarch on irrelevant details.

When they saw Ladislaus, they immediately knelt down and saluted.

Prime Minister Sazastan has not officially accepted Ladislaus's invitation, but he knows very well that Ferdinand left himself in the Holy Roman Empire in order to eliminate his influence in the process of relocating the Red Robe Mages.

And he will probably spend the rest of his life in Vienna.

Therefore, he is more respectful to Ladislaus now than he was to Ferdinand, who was the acting Archduke at that time, and does not put on the airs of Spanish Prime Minister at all.

They met so late at night and Ladislaus immediately dismissed several maids in the room as soon as he came out. They realized that there was a state matter.

However, when they met, they had already informed Ladislaus about the situation of several electors. Basically, as Ladislaus expected, there was really no big problem.

What happens now?

Ladislaus did not show off, and asked them to sit down and spoke directly: "The elector of the Rhine-Palatinate wants to seize the Archbishop of Würzburg and the territory of Bamberg. What do you think?"

After Florentino and Sazastan looked at each other, they spoke rather eagerly: "He made a formal request. Do you have to use this condition to support His Majesty Ferdinand to get the throne?"

Prime Minister Sazastan was quite surprised.

If such a formal request is made on the eve of entering Frankfurt, it means that the Rhine-Palatinate elector must have attracted at least one other vote and has a strong ability to prevent a member of the Habsburg family from becoming emperor.

This means that there were big mistakes in the preliminary work of the two of them.

"It's not a formal request. For the time being, outsiders don't know how to get through to me privately." Ladislaus shrugged, "It can only be regarded as a test."

After hearing this, Prime Minister Sazastan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I don't know the details of the major princes of the Holy Roman Empire, but the Rhine-Palatinate elector wants to open up the corridor and connect the east and west territories.

This is a long-term geopolitical ambition. There is no reason to agree to him, and of course you don’t want to reject him publicly. The overall situation of the election of the throne should be the most important thing.”
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