Three powerful and wealthy men gathered together and inevitably talked about ZZ. The Baron said meaningfully, "Brexit has brought a good start~"

William was puzzled, "What does it mean?"

"The original sentiment of independence was very high. Recently, because Britain took the lead, the voice of Bavaria's independence has been higher and higher than the wave~"

Yang Cheng asked, "What do you think? I also hope to be independent?"

"From the family perspective, independence is indeed good for us, but this is not realistic."

What the Baron said is true enough. In recent years, due to the overall recession of the European economy, a large number of nationalism and regional separatism have risen, and European countries that have always regarded themselves as democratic and equal have also begun to worry about the issue of sovereignty and unity.

In addition, Brexit has created a trend of anti-integration, which has led to the European Union model of integration that has attracted widespread doubts.

As the engine of the EU economy, Germany has always been praised by the world for its strong Germanic national will. However, even Germany, which seems to be a monolith, also has internal rift forces, namely Bavaria, the largest federal state in southeastern Germany. In the latest survey, more than one-third of Bavarian respondents hope to break away from Germany's independence, and this proportion is not low.

In fact, Bavaria joined halfway, so how could he expect them to be united in Germany?

Opening the history book, after the Carolingian dynasty of the Charles Empire was destroyed in 843 AD, the entire Eastern Frank Kingdom, that is, the German region, consists of four regions, namely Saxony, Franknia, Swabian and Bavaria.

Since the dynasty is almost gone, a king has to be elected to rule. After discussing the four principalities of the East Frank Kingdom, they decided to let the West Franks be the king of the East Frank.

But this aroused dissatisfaction among the nobles. They agreed to split up and find someone to be the king. Are they waiting for restoration? But the decision of the upper class could not object.

So, a duke named Conrad in the West Frank became the king of the East Frank Kingdom.

The following year, the ruler of the Duke of Saxony, the Duke of Saxony, passed away. The newly succeeded Duke of Saxony was the son of the former duke, Henry, "Bird Catcher".

When Henry first ascended the throne, King Conrad proposed to deprive the landlord of the Duchy of Saxony in Thuringia. This move angered the newly appointed Duke of Henry. However, he did not directly confront the king. After all, he directly declared war on the king. If the king united with the other three principalities, he had no chance of winning.

So he took his anger on the king's adviser Archbishop Mainz and drove the Mainz church out of Thuringia.

King Conrad was not stupid either. He knew that the Saxons had the idea of ​​rebellion, but in the eyes of other principalities, Henry did not directly oppose the king, so the king could only send his younger brother to attack. As a result, in the battle of Eresburg, Duke Henry won a complete victory, and the king had to lead his army to come in person.

Henry avoided his edge and chose to retreat to his territory to defend himself. The long-term confrontation was only bad for this new country, so the king had to sign an armistice agreement with Henry, which also made Henry the first duke in history to defeat the royal power and preserve his territory and property.

Not only that, in 918, King Conrad believed that "the king's luck" had been handed over to the Saxons before his death, and Henry changed from a duke to a king, which was also the first king from this region in German history.

Things have not ended like this. Swabian and Bavaria, who have always been unknown, jumped out. Why can you Saxons be kings? Swabian is still relatively peaceful, and Bavaria directly chose his own king and wanted to be independent from the Eastern Frank Kingdom, that is, the German region.

When the newly appointed King Henry saw this situation, he knew that he would not be able to sit steadily if he didn't do anything. He first took down the swinging Duchy of Swabian.

Seeing this, Bavaria did not retreat and planned to start a protracted war.

In fact, Henry was in another battle at that time, which was to compete with West Frank for Lorraine near the Rhine.

The two-front battle was unexpected by Henry. On the one hand, Lorraine changed hands in West Frank, which meant that there was no hope of recovery. On the other hand, the besieged troops against Bavaria could not evacuate and had no choice but to negotiate with the King of Bavaria. Bavaria gave up independence and surrendered to King Henry, while Henry guaranteed Bavaria's independence and autonomy. On the surface, Germany completed the unification for the first time, but its power was not concentrated on the king.

Everyone can see that Bavaria is now a country in the middle of the country. Henry doesn't care, so his son Otto I didn't think so - I, a dignified king, can't control the affairs of my own territory? However, with the previous contract, I can't do anything to Bavaria.

It was not until 937 that the former Bavarian king passed away, and King Otto I felt that he could test the Bavarian region's attitude towards unity and put forward a small demand, namely, to regain the privileges of the church in the Bavarian public.

The young king implemented his plan too early, which led to the new duke directly raising the banner of rebellion, but he did not expect that this was just the tip of the iceberg of the various principalities being dissatisfied with the Saxons as kings.

Earlier, Otto's half-brother Donkmar had asked for a frontier title, Otto rejected his proposal, which made Donkmar hold a grudge. The Duke of Frankenia and the Duke of Lorraine colluded with the overseas force of West Frank, and elected another brother of Otto's open rebellion. The whole country was in chaos and the throne was in danger.

Now that Otto understands why his father compromised back then. Everyone obeyed the royal family and gave the royal family face.

In 939, the Duke of Lorraine on the Rhine once forced the king to a desperate situation. At a critical moment, Swabian, who had not spoken out among the five major priests, broke into the battle and decided to stand on the side of the king. Otto finally quelled the rebellion and saved the dynasty founded by his father.

Otto also learned from it, and after that Otto used a series of means to "retaliate" against the various principalities. Franknia even lost the duke forever, and the entire principality was directly taken over by the royal family;

The person who took over Lorraine was Otto's friend; for the hero Swabian, Otto asked his son, the next emperor, to marry the daughter of the Duke of Swabian, to establish a relationship; while Bavaria was later granted the canonization to another surrendered duke who was still in a rebellion not long ago.

In other words, since the Carolingian Empire split into three parts: Middle East and West, Bavaria's true rule was never possessed by the East Frank King.

The bird catcher Henry did not regain his sovereignty, and his son Alto only handed over the sovereignty to a surrendered duke who was not a relative or accused of it.

In the next hundred years, any king who took office would not be willing to interfere with the relationship between several principalities. It would be easier to defend the country if he had time to settle the country.

Germany first conquered Bohemia, which is now the Czech Republic, and then directly intervened in the internal disputes of Italy. Although Italy was half-spoken about Germany, it appeared to join the German Kingdom, and then immediately rebelled after the army withdrew.

Therefore, based on today's German territory, a new country called the "Holy Roman Empire" was formed.

To put it more, this Holy Roman Empire is neither sacred because it has nothing to do with Catholicism; it is not in Rome, but because the emperor of the country needs to go to Rome. To put it bluntly, it is just the vest of the German Empire.

Bavaria, which was left unconcerned, was gradually controlled by a family named Velf. At first, Welf III, as the Duke of Bavaria, just married her sister to the royal family, and then ensured that the Velf family ruled Bavaria forever. Weilf IV's son Heiheenry forcibly planned part of the land in Saxony to Bavaria with royal relations.

Black Henry's son also married the daughter of Lothel II, the then Holy Roman Emperor, and even relied on his son-in-law to run for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

Most territories, including the Saxony region, were controlled by the Welf family from Bavaria, and the Holy Roman Empire royal family was gradually eroded by this family.

At this time, an emperor of the Shenluo Empire ascended the throne, and he was the famous "Red Beard" Frederick Barbarossa.

The title of "Red Beard" comes from his six attempts to Italy. The Italian blood dyed his beard red, which was enough to show his cruelty.

Frederick's mother was born in the Welf family, but in order to become the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and consolidate his position, he decided to vigorously weaken the power of the Welf family that controlled Bavaria.

Although Frederick successfully brought Henry, the Duke of the Welf family in Bavaria, to step down in disgrace, his power over the Welf family was only suppressed and could not be eliminated.

The family's power is deeply rooted in all walks of life in Bavaria, and is trying hard to insert the family into the upper echelons of the empire.

Frederick's operation similar to the "destroying the bride" in my country's history can only prevent the Welf family from continuing to expand its power, and let the family's old nest Bavaria continue to rule, but don't make too much independence and give the emperor some face.

By the end of the Middle Ages, the Holy See's economic exploitation of various places reached its peak.

The wealth that Germany handed over to the Holy See in the early 16th century was more than twenty times higher than the tax levied by the emperor at the end of the 15th century.

The exploitation and exploitation of the Holy See was resisted by people, and Martin Luther from Germany launched a vigorous religious revolution. However, his reforms were not thorough, and people who were deeply persecuted by the Holy See felt that it was not enough.

So the general public defected to another more radical leader in the anti-Holy See. It was under the leadership of Minzell that a large-scale peasant uprising broke out in Germany.

The rebels mainly came from three places, namely Franknia, Saxony and Swabian.
Chapter completed!