Chapter 1073: Before coronation

It will take a month to wait for European envoys to arrive in Rome. Therefore, Maximilian I simply stayed in Rome and waited slowly. And his 20,000 army, the 10,000 militia disguised as the main force, were also demobilized and returned to the country. However, before leaving, these people went back with their bags of food. As for where the food came from, it was naturally provided by Marin, the wronged head ...

Marin was not idle during this time. While he was free, he found Michelangelo once and talked about inviting him to carve a statue on Liberty Island, New York.

"What? You want me to go to the Wilderness Continent to help you carve a statue with you as a template?" Michelangelo swears that he has never seen such a shameless person. People are still young, so they want to make statues for themselves, and they are still huge statues of 20-30 meters high.

Generally speaking, the statues are made by future generations. Even if there are occasional statues for myself, they are old and dying, wanting to leave a trace of their offspring.

But how old is Marin? At just 30 years old, I thought about making myself a statue. What's more, it's a huge statue 20 to 30 meters high. You know, the "David" previously sculpted by Michelangelo is only 5.5 meters high when connected to the pedestal. Marin directly wants to make a huge statue of 20 to 30 meters high for himself-it is really shameless ...

Marin said nonchalantly:

"Well, this is it. The Pope will order me to spread the glory of Christ on the wild land, so I plan to sculpt this statue. On this statue, I hold the Bible in my left hand and hold the cross symbolizing Christ **** in your right hand ... See, does this show that I am trying to spread the glory of the Lord? "

Michelangelo rolled his eyes-really want to spread the glory of the Lord, why don't you get a statue of Jesus? How can I make my own statue shamelessly?

However, Marin's wishes Michelangelo did not dare to go against it. Why? Because Marin is a VIP of the Pope! Michelangelo is nothing more than a sculptor, and he has not yet become famous at this time. Michelangelo will not be established as a master of art until "Genesis" is completed and praised by visitors from all over Europe who come to Rome. Now, he is just a young and famous sculptor.

Moreover, even if he became famous, in front of Marin, it was really not enough. Unless, the Holy See is willing to shelter him. But the Holy See and Marin are so good that they are wearing a pair of trousers, so the Holy See cannot turn over for Michelangelo and Marin.

Also, Marin did not plan to have Michelangelo go to New York to carve a statue himself. He intends to have Michelangelo sculpt at the Roman seaside, and let the statue lie first. When the carving was finished, Marin sent the ship to load it. After transporting to Liberty Island, prepare a lot of pulley tools to pull the statue upright.

Because he didn't have to go abroad, and Marin gave a huge reward of tens of thousands of gold coins, plus he couldn't afford to offend each other, Michelangelo agreed.

In order to carry this huge stone statue that is 20 to 30 meters high, Marin also plans to let the Beihai State Shipyard design and build a large ship of more than 1,000 tons as needed to carry this statue.

Even, Marin planned to send a layer of gold paint on the stone statue, that is, a golden paint with tin sulfide. In this way, a 30-meter-high portrait can see the glittering gold in the distance, and it is extremely pretending.

Of course, in order not to let the unscrupulous covet, Marin will also tell you clearly-this is painted with gold paint, not a real gold statue. Otherwise, it will be miserable to be knocked down as gold.

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While waiting, Marin also sent 500 cavalry to return to the country to take Felice and Robert to Rome. Earlier, Julius II mentioned that if Robert was to be shaded as a cardinal, he had to show his face in Rome and let everyone know. Moreover, the identity of the Rovere family side branch was also arranged. After all, the pope has the right to shade the descendants of the family as cardinals, just like Caesar Borgia.

If the starting point is a cardinal who cannot be reached by ordinary people in a lifetime, then ordinary people can be left behind for decades. Moreover, as a cardinal, as long as he is old, he is eligible to run for the Pope. Today, Marin started the Siena Bank, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of gold coins fluttering. At that time, as long as enough money is given, you will have a lot of confidence in running for the Pope.

According to Marin's plan, after the two popes of the Medici family hung up, Robert was almost 30 or 40 years old. At this age, plus his start as a cardinal, running for the Pope is very advantageous. Maybe, in his lifetime, Marin will have the opportunity to see his son become the pope ...

Marin silently calculated that Clement VII died in 1534. At that time, Robert was only about 30 years old ... It seems that he is a little younger ... However, Marin provides a better oriental doctor, Medici The pope of the family may not have died so early. As long as he dies for a few more years and waits for Robert to be bigger, he will be eligible to run for the Pope. And even in 1540, when he was only 62 years old, he should be able to live until that time ...

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Before the end of the year, European envoys arrived in Rome one after another. Many German princes also came to Rome to take part in the show. Of course, the emperor's faction and the centrist are the main players. As for the emperor's opposition, it was mainly dispatched by envoys to take over. If the relationship is good, send the Foreign Secretary to come in person. Those with poor relations, such as France, directly sent an aide to the foreign minister to show their unhappiness.

The French are very resistant to the coronation of Maximilian I, because ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Once crowned, Maximilian I means that he will become an emperor who is a half-level higher than the king. Later, when Louis XII met Maximilian I, he had to salute first.

But the French suffocated. It is clear that France has the strongest national strength in Europe and has a reputation beyond the real world. In fact, Maximilian I, who only has Austria, the Netherlands and Franche Comté, is too strong. However, the French monarch can only be a king, and cannot be equal to the crowned Maximilian I.

At the beginning, Charles VIII specially bought the Byzantine crown, just to get the throne of the deceased Eastern Roman Empire, so as to be on par with the Emperor Shenra.

However, the French crown was bought by the French. The exiled Emperor Andrés Paliogallos of the Byzantine Empire refused to admit to giving the throne to Charles VIII, but only admitted to selling him the crown.

Then, under the guidance of Marin, Maximilian I spent money to buy the throne of the Byzantine Empire from Andrés Paliogallos and performed the throne ceremony.

The problem is that a number of European powers such as France refused to recognize Maximilian I as the Byzantine emperor. They believe that only by occupying Constantinople can they be regarded as true Byzantine emperors. Otherwise, even if you get the authorization of the crown or the emperor in exile, it is useless ...