The liquidation operation brought huge benefits to Marin, but it also brought many captives. Especially among the captives, many of them were big shots. For example, the three brothers of Edsard I, and several barons. As for the Cavaliers and Jazz, there are even more.
According to statistics, in this liquidation, a total of one earl - Edsard I, two princes - the two younger brothers of Edsard I, 5 barons, 22 knights and 65 jazz, as well as their families were captured. In total, there are thousands of noble captives and their families alone...
Marin was a little shocked. Little East Frisia has a total population of just over 60,000, and there are so many nobles and noble families. You know, Marin only captured about two-thirds of the nobles in the entire territory of East Frisia, and the other one-third didn't move because they had surrendered...
And these thousands of people are only the main members of the noble family. As for the stewards, attendants, etc. who serve the nobles, they are not counted...
Regarding how to deal with these captured nobles, Marin convened his men and started a discussion...
After receiving a letter from Marin, the old Hoffman and others who were far away in the country of Mark also rushed to Emden to participate in this discussion.
"My lord, I advocate the execution of all adult males and spare others. It is impossible for these nobles to agree with you from the heart. Therefore, it is better to kill the males and spare the old, young, women and children." Schwartz spoke first. For the official meeting, Schwartz also called an adult.
"My lord, I think you should kill all males, including all little boys. Because even those little boys will grow up. Once they grow up, they will become your mortal enemies because of the hatred of their parents. For To prevent this from happening, you should be ruthless and kill all the male members." Kohler commented.
"I object, we are knights, knights with chivalry. Remember the eight virtues of knights?" Frundsberg said.
"Humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, honesty, justice, soul..."
"I have no objection to the execution of Edsaad I and his brothers. They are alive, and they are indeed a threat to adults. But others, let's kill less... If we also raise the butcher knife to those children, the knight's mercy where?"
After Frundsberg finished speaking, the knights present were a little silent. Even the old Hoffman and Adler who participated in the discussion, after listening to Frundsberg's words, they who originally wanted to speak, stopped talking.
At this time, the mayor of Den Burg, Haider, who came from Den Burg, adjusted his glasses and said:
"Mr. Frundsberg, I admire the chivalry you mentioned. However, have you ever thought about it? Your lord has deprived these former nobles of their land and titles. This is an insoluble hatred. Whether you kill them or not , they will all hate the adults. If given the chance, they will definitely not give up killing the adults... "
"This..." Frundsberg was a little speechless. Indeed, from the moment Marin deprived those people of their titles and lands, the two sides were already at odds. It is indeed unwise to keep enemies.
If this enemy was his own, Frundsberg would not mind letting him go and showing his chivalry. However, the enemy belonged to his boss, Marin, so he couldn't say anything.
"I know that you knights can't pass the test of pity in your heart, but I, Kohler, and Haider, are not knights and don't need any mercy. In our hearts, the safety of adults is the most important thing. If you can't pass your own That level, then, let Haider and I act as the executioner!" Kohler is a tax collector, but he is a civil servant, so there is no need to talk about chivalry.
"What do you want to do?" Schwartz hesitated, but still asked.
"Didn't Haider study law? He is also a top student in the law department of the University of Cologne. Let him act as a judge and convict these people! Then, I will arrange the swordsman and send these people on their way..."
"No, Kohler, don't arrange for the axeman, the executioner, I decided to use another person..." This is, Marin, who has been listening in, spoke.
"Another person?" Everyone was a little puzzled.
"Yes, those who take refuge in me..."
"Ah? My lord, what do you mean?"
"Now that they have taken refuge in me, in order to cut off their retreat, I decided to let those nobles who took refuge in me act as executioners, killing Edsaad I, and those nobles who resisted me!" This trick is called in China "Certificate of nomination", some people who want to join the black state often have to do a case or kill a person before they are accepted. Once you do this, it means that you have carried the case on your body, and if you want to go back and be a good person, it will be extremely difficult...
By the same token, if these nobles who surrendered to him personally killed Edsard I and his followers, then if someone opposes Marin under the banner of the Sexner family in the future, these people will definitely not responded. Because, it was they who killed Edsad I and Edsad I's loyal subordinates with their own hands.
It's like Wu Sangui strangled the Empress Yongli of Nanming with his own bow. When he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, none of the old and young of the Ming Dynasty believed him, let alone supported him, and even demolished him. In the end, Wu Sangui was defeated.
These nobles who surrendered, as long as their hands are stained with the blood of Edsard I and his men, and they want to turn back, there will be no way...
Hearing Marin's poisonous plan, the people present couldn't help but fight a cold war - it was too vicious...
In fact, these methods are just ordinary tricks that Marin saw from watching TV dramas and novels in his previous life. But in the European Middle Ages, which lacked conspiracies and tricks, it was indeed too sinister...
Soon, Marin appointed Haider as the chief judge of the East Frisian County, and set up a temporary court to start the trial of Edsard I and other nobles...
Haider is worthy of being a professional student of law. He did not directly start to pronounce the sentence, but first judged that the rebellion in 1435 was a heinous act of treason. Then, all the nobles who participated in the rebellion were sentenced to be abolished as nobles.
Of course, Haider is very smart, because the sentence was pronounced in public, and those nobles were actually knocked out by the skilled Kahn long ago. Then, when the sentence was pronounced in court, those nobles were all driven by soldiers. They appear to be standing, but are actually being driven. Because they were unconscious, their heads were naturally lowered. People in this era have long hair, and when their heads are lowered, the long hair will cover their faces, making it impossible to see that their eyes are closed. It looks like they bowed their heads and pleaded guilty...
Therefore, when Haider pronounced the deprivation of their noble status, none of them defended themselves, nor were they able to defend themselves, because they were all in a coma...
Now that they have become civilians, it will be easier to pronounce the sentence now...
According to the tradition of this era, generally few people would sentence nobles to death. However, Haider is very smart, first deprived them of their status as nobles, reduced them to civilians, and then sentenced them to death, then there is no problem...
The next day, it was still the square in front of the Emden Palace, and Haider publicly sentenced these people to death... This caused commotion among the onlookers.
Because, the remaining half of the citizens of Emden are still very resistant to the death penalty for Edsard I. However, this half of the citizens is not like the other half of the people who participated in the resistance. They are relatively timid and do not have the courage to fight desperately. Although there was a commotion in the crowd, under the close surveillance of Marin's heavily armed soldiers, no major disturbances occurred.
Then, Jeffrey, Pace and a large group of nobles and nobles who surrendered to Marin were guarded by the soldiers and walked to the square. Under the persecution of the soldiers and the crowd watching, Jeffrey and the others raised their short knives with trembling hands and stabbed the chests of King Edessaad I and the others...
There were screams, and when the knife was stabbed in the chest, the nobles who had been knocked out finally woke up from the pain. However, what made them desperate was that what they saw was that their former colleagues had inserted a knife into their hearts...
Hundreds of nobles wailed before dying, resounding throughout the square. All the onlookers, whether they were soldiers or ordinary people, were all terrified.
And those nobles who took refuge in Marin who were responsible for moving the sword were also ashamed. They understood that from now on, they could only follow Marin to the dark. Because, from the moment they moved the knife, they had no way out...
There was also a nobleman who refused to use a knife, but he was tied up immediately, and was killed together with those nobles who were sentenced...
Then, Jeffrey and others were completely honest, and honestly helped to kill people...
On the night after these nobles were killed, Kohler led people into the prison where the families of the nobles were held:
"Take those little boys away!"
The soldiers complied, and then, amidst bursts of crying, little boys from noble families were pulled out. There were nearly 200 of them in total...
The next day, no one saw these little boys again, as if they had never appeared in the world...
On the third day, those remaining women, the young ones, were taken to the military camp by Kohler and served as camp prostitutes, while the old ones were taken to be laundry women. And those little girls were gathered together, raised first, and arranged later...
On the evening of the third day, Frundsberg found Kohler at the gate of the palace and asked angrily:
"Is it your intention to do this, or the adult's intention?"
Kohler was silent for a while, then said slowly:
"It's what I mean. The young master is the lord and is merciful. And the executioner is me! And it can only be me!" After almost growling and saying the last sentence, Kohler left without looking back...
Neither Frundsberg nor Kohler knew that Marin happened to be standing behind the gate when they were talking. Seeing Kohler's heavy steps when he left, Marin's heart was also heavy. Because those decisions were made by him...
"Maybe, I should compensate Kohler..." Marin said to himself.
And looking at Frundsberg who left angrily, Marin frowned, but turned and left without saying anything...