"Your Excellency Prime Minister," Spanish Minister of War Gaspard Tevez shook his head, "We have not yet raised enough military pay to support a full-scale war with France. Without enough military pay, there will not be enough troops. Of course, we can’t defeat the French. But we still have no problem defeating the Pope!”
"What? Beat the Pope?" Juan Jose was stunned again and again. "Aren't our enemies the French?"
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister," Pablo Spinola-Doria explained to his colleague, "Louis XIV's purpose in sending his cross-dressing brother to send troops to Rome was definitely not to provoke a full-scale war, otherwise He should send a more serious commander. There are many famous generals in France with great military exploits who are more suitable to serve as the commander-in-chief of Italy than him.
Moreover, we did not raise enough military salary, and he did not sell all the spices, porcelain, silk, sugar, and tea. This also takes time.
So I estimate that Louis' goal was simply to force the Pope to revoke the Papal Meridian and at the same time condemn the Spanish Habsburgs for committing anti-Christ crimes in the New World and the Philippines. "
Spanish Military Minister Gaspard Tevez continued the words of the Spanish Foreign Minister: "Once the Papal Meridian is revoked and the Spanish Habsburg rule in the New World is accused of being anti-Christian, what will happen to Spain?" The legitimacy of rule in the New World would be gone. He could justifiably pick up the Aztec crown and become the so-called Eastern Emperor of the American Empire. Maybe he could even get the Pope to crown him.
With the title of Eastern Emperor of the American Empire, Louis XIV could look almost as old as the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. "
"But why do we want to fight the Pope?" Juan Jose still didn't seem to understand what the two men wanted to do?
Hearing Juan Jose's imbecile question, Gaspard Tevez and Pablo Spinola-Doria couldn't help but frown. There really are no smart people in the Habsburg family. Well, all children born in a legal marriage are fools, and Juan Jose, an illegitimate child, doesn't seem to be very smart, to ask such an imbecile question!
How could a prime minister who had led the Spanish world empire for many years be so stupid?
"Prime Minister," Spanish Foreign Minister Pablo Spinola-Doria had to patiently say to Juan Jose, "because we want to force the Pope to re-declare the Papal Meridian as valid and withdraw its support for Spain. The Habsburg Judgment.”
Military Minister Gaspard Tevez added: "If we immediately send troops to stop the cross-dressing Duke and prevent him from threatening the Pope, then the Duke of Luxembourg, the Duke of Umière, the Duke of La Fouyard and Vauban will French generals such as the Marquis, who are more difficult to deal with, will lead a large number of French troops into Italy. At that time, we will have to use a small number of elite troops to defeat Louis XIV's army, and it is very likely that we will fight alone. !”
"A lone army. Why is it a lone army? Shouldn't Austria stand with us? There are also the Netherlands, England, and Prussia!" Juan Jose muttered.
"Prime Minister, Austria is now threatened by the Turks and is unlikely to go to war with France in the west. That would be suicidal!" said Foreign Minister Spinola Doria. "As for the Netherlands, England, and Prussia, it is They are all Protestant countries, how could they go so far to support the Holy See?"
"This," Juan Jose said, "so we can only watch the cross-dressing duke lead his troops to invade Rome and force the Pope to declare that our Spanish Habsburg dynasty is a dehumanizing devil?"
Foreign Minister Pablo Spinola-Doria smiled and said: "Prime Minister, you said it was forced, of course it is invalid!"
Military Minister Gaspard Tevez added: "When the Duke of Orleans achieves his goal, he will naturally withdraw his troops and return to France. At that time, you can send troops into Rome to bring order to the chaos, and let the Pope declare the previous judgment invalid, and then It would be enough for Louis to leave the church."
"Then, can Louis XIV just give up?" Juan Jose frowned, "If he sends troops to attack Rome again, what will we do?"
"We will withdraw our troops first, and then we will counterattack Rome after Louis' men have left."
"When our people invade Rome again, Father Pope will definitely correct his mistakes!"
Juan Jose was a little confused as he listened to his two think tanks talking about their ideas. Together, they want to toss the Pope's father back and forth in the city of Rome.
Is this something a Catholic can do? No, when the Spanish army invades Rome, they must ask the Pope for some special indulgences (VIP indulgences) that can atone for all sins!
When Juan Jose was thinking about asking the Pope's father for some VIP indulgences, 5,000 French troops and 5,000 Savoy troops led by France's LGBT Duke Philip I had already arrived at the city of Rome.
In the eyes of Jia Guozhu and Jia Liuye, who personally experienced the march to Rome, this march was simply a child's play. It was not serious at all!
Before coming to Europe, he had carefully studied European history and knew what role Rome held in Europe today!
It was the only city in the Catholic world where the Pope's father lived, who could communicate with Heavenly Father and Brother Heaven. The emperors of the Kingdom of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire called the Pope "Dad"!
Why should French King Louis XIV send 100,000 troops and a few more powerful generals with troops and horses to attack Rome? Why did they send a male and female Duke and a child Duke of Savoy, plus 5,000 French troops and 5,000 Savoy troops, to attack Rome? Moreover, the 5,000 Savoy troops looked loose, far inferior to the 3,000 small soldiers of Fozansky.
Is it possible to attack Rome with just this little strength? Don't just fortify the city, and then Spanish and Austrian reinforcements arrive, it will be miserable.
Just as he was thinking about it, there was suddenly a rush of horse hooves ahead. Jia Guozhu, who was riding a horse slowly toward Rome with Philip I, Duke of Orleans, and Vittorio Amedeo II, Duke of Savoy, was riding towards the city of Rome. I felt a little nervous immediately, so I quickly looked up and looked forward, and then I saw a puff of smoke and dust rising on the road leading to Rome, and a dozen knights were coming on horseback.
These knights must have seen the "white flag" of the French and followed the white flag. The first knight was a middle-aged man dressed very LGBT - the aesthetics of French aristocrats these days are really eye-catching!
"Dear Guozhu," the Duke of Orleans, who was dressed in women's clothing, winked at Jia Guozhu, and then pointed at the fancy Frenchman with a folding fan with two ducks that he "passed" from Jia Guozhu. Noble, "That is our important event in the Holy See, Baron Jean-Louis de Talleyrand-Perigord. There is also a cardinal behind him. If I guessed correctly, it should be the Otezcalchi family." Antonio, the nephew of the current 'Papa', is also the Treasurer of the Holy See."
"The Holy See's Finance Minister?" Jia Guozhu was stunned, "Why does the Holy See send a Finance Minister?"
Shouldn't a military minister be sent to lead the famous Swiss Guards of the Holy See to resist this matter? Why send a finance minister? Do you want to spend money to buy off the armies of France and Savoy?
"Of course we are here to welcome the French army!" the Duke of Orleans chuckled, "Dear Imperial Pillar, you don't think the Holy See still has the strength to resist our French army, do you?"
"No?" Jia Guozhu asked, "Don't the Pope have his own territory? And he is also protected by Spain and Austria."
"Yes, the Pope has territory, but his Holy See has neither money nor troops. And neither Spain nor Austria can afford to hire many troops without subsidies from the Netherlands. And those Protestants in the Netherlands Why are you willing to spend a lot of guilders to defend a papal father?"
Jia Guozhu said: "Duke, speaking of which, you can arrest the Pope and bring him back to France, and kidnap Dad to make the Catholic Church!"
"Hahaha," the Duke of Orleans laughed, "we French have already done this kind of thing. As early as the beginning of the 14th century when Philip IV was in power, we French moved the Holy See to Avignon in France and made The Holy See has been in Avignon for nearly 70 years."
"Can France command other Catholic countries during that time?" Jia Guozhu asked.
"Of course not. Otherwise, how could we have allowed Gregory XI to return to Rome in 1377?"
It seems that the people in Europe are much more sinister than those in the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty! Jia Guozhu said in his heart: It's no use even trying to blackmail his father to get Catholicism. Do these people really believe in Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother?
At a time when the leaders of various European countries were doubting whether their "letters" to Heavenly Father and Brother Heavenly were sincere, Baron Talleyrand-Perigord and Cardinal Antonio Otezcalchi had already been betrayed by several French royal breastplates. The cavalry was brought more than ten paces away from the gorgeous French commander.
Baron Talleyrand-Perigord and Antonio Otezcalzi did not continue forward, but reined in their horses, dismounted, and walked towards the Duke of Orleans with a smile. The Duke of Orleans, the Duke of Savoy and Jia Guozhu also got off their horses. Both groups of people smiled politely, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. Ambassador Jia was about to clasp his fists and salute. The Duke of Orleans had already hugged and kissed the Baron Talleyrand-Perigord. It was not that there was any special relationship between them, but a formal French kiss.
A gorgeous man (I think he is a man) and a "glamourous" duke dressed as a woman (he also thinks he is a man, the Duke of Orleans and his wife have a good relationship and gave birth to 11 children), kissed in public. Jia Guozhu could see it all A little silly.
Then, the Duke of Orleans led Baron Talleyrand-Perigord to Master Jia Liu, and then pointed at Master Jia Liu and said: "This is my good friend, Jia Guozhu, the Ming Dynasty's ambassador to European countries."
Just as Jia Guozhu was about to clasp his fists, Baron Talleyrand-Perigord hugged him and kissed him passionately on the cheek twice - Jia Liu and the Baron were both pure men, so they kept it. Where's the beard!
Two bearded men kissed each other. Alas, this habit will get better!
Jia Guozhu is not used to it. He has never been kissed by a man since he grew up! Why did she get kissed by an old French man in Rome?
But before he could recover from the enthusiasm of the French baron, a somewhat skinny middle-aged man in red clothes and a red hat arrived again. However, he did not try to "take advantage of Mr. Jia Liu", but He nodded solemnly, and then said to him in French: "Ambassador Jia, you are the Ming Dynasty's ambassador to various European countries. Do these countries include the Universal Church in Rome?"
"Of course. Not included!" Jia Guozhu had come to his senses, "Is the Holy See a country?"
This really confused the cardinal.
The Holy See is indeed regarded as a special country in Europe, but it cannot admit to the Ming Dynasty ambassador that the Holy See is a country.
Because if the Holy See is a country, then why is it fighting for the right to preach? How could the subjects of Ming Dynasty be loyal to foreign monarchs?
After careful consideration, Cardinal Antonio Otezcalchi shook his head: "The universal church is not a state."
"Since it is not the case, then the Ming Dynasty cannot be equal to the church," Jia Guozhu said, "and I am the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty, not the representative of Master Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain."
In Jia Guozhu's heart, the Pope of Rome and Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain are on the same level.
Cardinal Antonio Otescalchi knew that the Ming ambassador in front of him compared the Catholic "father" to a pagan leader, and was a little unhappy. As soon as his face sank, the Duke of Orleans next to him had already asked: "Bishop, what does the Pope mean? Does he plan to close the gates of Rome to resist the French army, or does he plan to welcome us?"
Antonio Otezcalchi quickly said to the Duke of Orleans: "Duke, dad wants to confirm your intention again."
"I represent the patron of the American continent, the Sun King of France, to accuse my father of a series of crimes committed by the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, the Dutch Orange family in the New World and the Asian colonies! In addition, I also hope that my father will declare the Papal Meridian This is a huge mistake and needs to be abolished immediately!”
When he said these words, the Duke of Orleans actually stopped being effeminate and spoke in a very stern tone.
Cardinal Antonio Otezcalchi accompanied the smiling face and said with a smile: "Duke, the Sun King's request is not easy to handle. After all, the infallibility of the Pope is recognized by the entire church."
"But on this matter, the Pope is wrong!" the Duke of Orleans said calmly, "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to the Father what is the Father's. These are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why does Alexander VI draw a line in this world?" Determine a meridian and give all the land west of that line to Spain, and all the land east of that line to Portugal? Where does he place the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ?"
Baron Talleyrand-Perigord on the side quickly said: "Yes! If the Pope's father can take care of Caesar's affairs, can Caesar also take good care of the Pope's father?"
Cardinal Antonio Otezcalchi really couldn't defeat these two Frenchmen - he didn't dare to talk nonsense, they were leading an army! If you dare to talk nonsense, you will be arrested and taken to France to die!
The French dare to kill even the Pope's father, why don't they kill a cardinal for fun?
"This matter of the meridian should still be decided by the Pope! As for the accusation against the Habsburg dynasty," Cardinal Antonio Otezcalchi stammered, "Should we wait for the representatives of Spain? Will you enter the court for trial after arriving?"
"Of course!" Duke Orleans nodded: "Then please arrange for my army to enter Rome! In addition, I also want to see the Pope's father as soon as possible. The Sun King has a personal letter that needs to be handed over to him."
"Okay, let's make arrangements right away."
"Your Majesty the Pope, on behalf of the Ming Empire, I would like to ask you this question: Has the Holy See granted sovereignty over Luzon Island and its surrounding islands to the King of Spain? Does the Holy See support the Spaniards' control of the indigenous people of Luzon Island and our people of the Ming Dynasty? Massacre of hundreds of thousands of people?”
Rome city, Vatican Palace. Ming Dynasty Ambassador Jia Guozhu had already put on a gorgeous unicorn suit. He was sitting opposite the Pope's throne in Rome. He looked at the spokespersons of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother on earth and raised a loud question.
Pope Innocent XI was speechless and didn't know how to answer?
He couldn't say "You have no soul, you are not a human being" in front of the Ming Dynasty ambassador, right? Although the Ming Dynasty is quite far away from Rome, this time the Ming Dynasty has actually intervened in European affairs through direct trade with Louis XIV by providing military expenditures to a European power through trade!
This means that Ming Dynasty may send him, the Pope, to see Heavenly Father and Brother Heaven through the hands of Louis XIV.
But he can't say that he doesn't recognize that Luzon Island belongs to Spain. Doesn't that overturn the papal meridian promulgated by Alexander VI?
And once the Papal Meridian is revoked, the Spaniards will have no right to use the name of Heavenly Father to kill on Luzon Island. The Spaniards will become demons that invade Luzon and massacre the people!
Moreover, Luzon was just a breakthrough point. If the Spanish occupation and massacre of Luzon were not what Heavenly Father meant, what about the more bloody and brutal things they did in the New World?
"Pope Pope," the Duke of Orleans saw that the Pope's silence was golden, and he couldn't wait to speak. "According to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Pope has no right to grant any land that does not belong to him to anyone. That's all Caesar's business!
Therefore the Papal Meridian violates the teachings of the Lord from the very beginning and must be immediately and completely abolished! "
This is a very harsh statement! must! Abolish the Papal Meridian now!
Moreover, the meridian was illegal from the beginning and has never been legal. This is tantamount to depriving Spain and Portugal of the legitimacy of the vast overseas colonies they occupy!
(End of chapter)
