Chapter 277 The edict! Legacy edict!
Baldwin said he was used to it, but Balian actually understood.
Compared with Baldwin, perhaps 99% of people in this world are insects.
Baldwin's father was Amaury I, the second son of Fulk of Anjou.
The mother said that she was from a noble family, and her father was the lord of the county of Edessa, but in 1144 the city of Edessa was destroyed...
Because of the kinship between the Edessa and Jerusalem lines, the marriage between Baldwin's parents was considered consanguineous.
For this reason, and in addition, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was worried about the political influence of the landless nobles of the County of Edessa.
There was a long dispute in the kingdom over the marriage of Baldwin's mother.
Ultimately, and until his death, Baldwin's mother was never a queen, so he was considered "of humble origin."
A guarantee was even needed to legitimize Baldwin's identity and not be regarded as an illegitimate child.
But this birth was just the beginning of Baldwin's miserable life.
Due to issues with his mother, Baldwin was not raised by his biological mother.
When he was nine years old, the young prince was diagnosed with leprosy. This is a chronic infectious disease that is mainly transmitted through droplets, but it is not highly contagious. However, there is no cure in this era.
The sick leper began to lose his sense of pain, his skin ulcerated, and he lost his fertility...
As a teenager, Baldwin was precocious, determined, and optimistic in the face of illness.
His appearance, build, walk and expression are all similar to his father's. He learns things quickly, but speaks with a stammer.
At that time, Baldwin enjoyed stories and history lessons. William of Tire praised him for his excellent memory, saying that he would never forget kindness or slights done to him.
After that, the 13-year-old patient ascended the throne and was crowned. He defeated Saladin at the age of 16 and was defeated by Saladin at the age of 18...
The kingdom struggled to hold on amid endless wars and conflicts.
The young king died at the age of 24, leaving behind a kingdom riddled with conflicting factions.
Was Baldwin great?
No, even Mongisa relies more on Leonard's keen tactical sense than Baldwin.
He's just a legend.
With his amazing charisma, he maintained the unity of this small kingdom. Despite his illness, he personally went to the battlefield and inspired everyone's morale...
What more could you ask of a patient?
At least Balian would not be harsh on this young man.
"They were like this at the time of Jacob's crossing. When I rushed back to Jerusalem, these nobles and lords."
"They were quarreling and hysterical. When they saw that I was defeated, they wanted to surrender, but they were reluctant to give up the benefits, so they pushed the blame with each other and wanted to say that they were not wrong..."
"I reprimanded them and told them that it was nothing. The sky would not fall and that day would not be the end of the kingdom."
"I had a truce with Saladin for two years, and then I won again."
Balian smiled. He knew what Baldwin said.
When Balian listened to Baldwin talk about those past events, he was very happy, because it reminded him of the past.
On the other side, after a series of disputes, Ameri stood up and spoke out his request.
"Legal edict! Last edict!"
"Nowadays, there are disputes over the throne, factions are fighting, and there are constant attacks on each other. It is time to raise the edict again! Follow the will of the late king and let the four great monarchs of Europe make the decision!"
As soon as Ameri said these words, many nobles in the scene fell silent regardless of each other.
Balian and Baldwin both smiled sarcastically.
From a country's perspective, relying on lineage and the order of birth within the family to determine heirs is undoubtedly a lottery.
The result of this, for the Kingdom of Jerusalem, was to make a leper and a child king.
Jerusalem is not a peaceful country. It is a land in dire straits and wars have never stopped.
Before his death, the Leper King had already decided that Guy was an insect. Based on the survival of the country itself, he left a will and hoped that the four monarchs of Europe, namely: England, France, Germany, and the Papal States, would propose the throne. heir.
The advantage of doing this is not to select real talents, but to hope to deepen ties with Europe and obtain more reinforcements.
But what to say? Three and a half years ago, Ameri, that is, the Marshal of the Kingdom, openly declared that historical documents had no practical significance.
They formed a faction, closed the gates of Jerusalem, and crowned Sibylla, who then broke the treaty and crowned Guy.
From that moment on, the division of the kingdom was finalized.
But now, there is another dispute over the throne, and Ameri has come up with a posthumous edict to stop it.
Breaking promises makes you fat, covering water makes you gain. His shamelessness is unparalleled among the many nobles present.
"I'm used to it, that's how they were back then."
Balian seemed to hear these words again.
He was seriously ill and was not suitable to join such a dispute, so he just watched with a cold eye.
And among the people on Isabella's side, some people couldn't figure out the relationship, and actually followed Ameri's words and asked.
"Nowadays, time is urgent. How can we have the opportunity to wait for several months for European monarchs to send envoys?"
The original words were repeated again. It was precisely this reason that persuaded some nobles, but this time the two parties exchanged roles.
But for no reason, Balian seemed to hear another sentence: "The person who spoke betrayed you. He was bribed."
Indeed, at this juncture, any method or method that follows the other party's proposal and discusses the feasibility later is tantamount to throwing yourself into a trap, because this is exactly what the other party wants to hear.
As expected, Ameri didn't say much, he just stepped aside slightly and allowed a person behind him to stand up.
This person was not very familiar to the nobles present. At least everyone knew that he was the liaison officer stationed in Tire by Charlie "Lionheart".
"Look, this is already prepared..."
A drama was being staged in the synagogue of Tire, but the organizer of this drama was not personally involved. Jeffrey, a man who set foot in the Levant for the first time in his life.
In the past few days, Jeffrey had used amazing energy to sort out the relationships between the characters in Jerusalem and planned today's scene.
As the eldest of the three brothers, he knew that if his brother simply restated the will, it would be a joke.
And any joke, if enough people support it, specifically the military, then the joke is not that funny.
In fact, Lionheart's troops are not many. In total, there may be 12,000 people, and the number of knights among them is far less than that of the German Crusaders.
It doesn't seem to be as good as either Saladin or Garris, but that's not how the score is calculated.
The envoy Amery brought was Lionheart's liaison officer. Under Lionheart's command were more than 12,000 British and French Crusaders, and behind these 12,000 Crusaders were hundreds of people from both Britain and France. A noble family.
Naturally, they will not be the same, they will naturally be a mob.
But the Kingdom of Jerusalem is also a mob, and the Kingdom is still the party asking for help, and the British and French Crusaders are the ones who come to help.
Free is the most expensive. When the reinforcements express some of their opinions, many nobles in the kingdom are bound to respond.
In particular, through sorting out interpersonal relationships, Jeffrey found many less firm supporters from the aristocratic faction on Isabella's side.
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A good show was staged like this.
Amery here said that he wanted a posthumous edict and let the monarchs of Britain, France, Germany and Christianity decide the ownership of the throne. The next moment, the people under Isabella took over and said that they had no time to wait. They couldn't wait. The next moment, it was Britain and France. The envoys of the Crusaders made it clear that they could participate in the meeting.
Although it is impossible to directly declare who wins, it also ensures that Guy's crown will not be taken off so easily.
It was considered as buying more time for their faction.
It should be said that the arrival of the British and French Crusaders, coupled with the envoy's statement, increased Guy's united front value, making the faction of the Irakli Patriarch take a high look at Guy.
At the same time, they forced some nobles who had not obviously benefited from the reform process to defect to their faction, putting pressure on the Balian side.
Faced with such a problem and falling into such a dispute, Eden directly represented Germany and chose to support Isabella without even thinking about it.
The votes of both parties were two to one, and everyone in the synagogue turned their attention to Irakli, where the old god was present. If there was anyone present who was most likely to represent the Pope of Rome, it was the Patriarch.
For a long time, Irakli didn't speak, and finally he just said: "I'm not qualified."
This is different from what Ameri thought, because at this juncture, Irakli didn't choose to kill everyone?
On the other side, Conrad stood up and once again stated his attitude. As a representative of the Italians, he chose to support Isabella.
Although Italy is in disarray these days, due to the similarity of interests, they all need to retain their trading privileges in the Levant.
Therefore, Conrad was elected as their representative to speak out.
Even though Italians did not have the right to vote in the edict, who made Italians the important financial backers of the Crusade movement?
It was especially the assistance from the Venetians that enabled the Crusaders to gain a foothold in the Levant.
When the envoys of the Venetian Albino family took sides, overall Isabella's side had the upper hand.
The relative balance between the two sides once again made this negotiation fruitless.
European-style political game is a quite complex process.
All parties to the game often need to exercise restraint before resorting to force.
One of the issues involved here is the community of interests.
If a king directly arrests and executes a baron without proper reasons, this behavior actually threatens all other nobles.
Even nobles who support the king need to worry about whether they will be the next to be executed without reason if they cannot get benefits.
The Kingdom of Jerusalem is relatively simple in this regard, because there is indeed a parliamentary platform that all nobles can participate in, which limits the number and scope of the game.
And if it is a more traditional European kingdom, then the game model between them is more abstract.
It may have been something like this: a duke was unhappy with the king and wanted to rebel.
But the earl under the duke felt that supporting the king would weaken the rights of his lord, so he rebelled against the earl.
The baron under the earl thought it was a good thing that the earl was suppressed by the duke, so he rebelled against the earl.
Let’s go to a specific knight below...
It could also be another story: During a meeting in a certain republic, a representative raised a very sensitive topic. Other representatives present felt that it was indeed sensitive and they could not make a conclusion, so they needed to go back to the provinces to hold parliamentary discussions.
After the representatives from each province returned to the province, they summoned the representatives from each city for a meeting. The representatives from each city felt that this issue was indeed sensitive and they did not have the right to make a final decision. What if they were liquidated afterwards, so they needed to go back to the cities to hold meetings to discuss it.
After the meetings in each city were held, the representatives who came over were also undecided and needed to continue to do matryoshka...
There is no need to say anything. When the king gives an order, everyone will obey. Even if the king orders the knights to arrest people, the knights will have their own little ones and make choices that are in their own interests.
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The reason why the Venetians stood up to support Isabella in becoming king was actually very simple. Isabella showed them wonderful business prospects.
The commercial trade with the Second Kingdom made the Venetian family resident in the Second Kingdom very profitable.
Even during this time, Balian made a request, hoping to exchange artillery for ships.
The principle of artillery itself has nothing to hide. The technical details of production are what need to be kept strictly confidential. The raw materials for artillery production are what really need to be controlled.
Just like in the 21st century, the principles and production methods of atomic bombs are all over the Internet, but how many countries dare to say that they can definitely develop them?
The spread of artillery technology is unavoidable. It is better to directly engage in arms business to gain some benefits for the kingdom.
A nearly 40-meter galley docked at the port of Tire. For the Mediterranean of this era, such a ship was already considered a giant ship. It required at least two hundred oarsmen to make it move quickly on the sea.
Each of these ships was worth two to three thousand ducats, but Venice prepared three of them for exchange.
Walter looked at these big ships and couldn't help but sigh.
The Venetian representative beside him was repeatedly counting the artillery, asking about the standard of the artillery and the differences.
These artillery pieces weighing hundreds of kilograms, no matter which one has problems, the representative cannot afford it, so they are extra cautious.
At this moment, artillery was pushed onto the ship, and the method of naval warfare was about to be subverted. However, it was the Venetians and Jerusalem who stood on the wave of this era.
(End of chapter)