Chapter 230: What does it cost?
Distant Southern Europe, the Italian peninsula, Stade and his seven thousand East Frisian army, after completing the occupation of Florence, waited a long time until the retreating French army left the territory of the Republic of Florence before attacking , Won the entire territory of the Republic of Florence. Then, wait for the Papal State to send Italian mercenaries to take over the defense.
Stade and his East Frisian army withdrew to Rome and became the guard of the Roman city.
Right now, the newly ascended Pope does not trust Italian mercenaries, but only the regular army under his son-in-law. Without Stad ’s army, Julius II even lacked a sense of security.
Although it is said that according to the method of East Friesland, Stade selected 6,000 mountain residents in the Papal State to carry out East Frisian-style regular military training. However, because the training time is still short, it cannot yet form combat effectiveness. For a long period of time, Julius II also needed to rely on Stade and his soldiers to protect the security of the city of Rome and the Papal State.
Moreover, since the time of that rogue election, Julius II has developed a bad taste. Every time things are discussed, some East Frisian soldiers and their men will be arranged outside the Basilica of Lateran Cathedral. They don't wear military uniforms, they just wear ordinary people's clothes. However, he stood on the sidelines in the name of "citizen representative". If there is a disagreement, these "citizen representatives" will prevent those cardinals who oppose Julius II from going to the toilet and eating ...
Looking at these "citizen representatives", the cardinals who had experienced that rogue election felt that their bladders were a bit swollen, and they seemed to want to go to the toilet again ...
In this way, under the pressure of the "citizen representative", the cardinal who dared to openly compete with Julius II seems to be very rare ...
Therefore, after Julius II came to power, every cardinal meeting was harmonious. The arrogant cardinals have formed a common and advancing, highly effective leadership group around the Holy See with Euryus II as the core ...
However, in Julius II, in order to thank the Earl of Friesland, Marin, for sending troops to help the Papal State "maintain order" and capture the great merits of the Florence area, it is planned to make the Bishop of Münster indirectly accepted by the Holy See Most of the cardinals present at the meeting showed dissatisfaction when the worldly rule of power was awarded to Marin.
After all, the Holy See has only been embezzling the interests of others for so many years. How can it be given to the bishopric and give a lot of benefits to others?
So, Julius II explained to everyone. He also entrusted the territorial power that the German Holy Court could not manage, in exchange for the grand plan of others to help himself attack Italian territory.
Julius II told the Cardinals that his greatest wish was that the Papal State could rule all Italy ...
The cardinals were shocked by the crazy idea of Julius II ...
They all know that although the Papal State is one of Italy's powerful forces, it does not rely on the military. More because of the great religious influence of the Holy See, the Papal State has become one of the important forces in Italy.
If the religious factors are set aside, the power of the Papal State cannot be compared to Venice, the Principality of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples, or even the Republic of Florence ...
If the religious status of the Holy See is not too high, no one would dare to attack the Holy See easily, and the Papal State may have been annexed by the neighboring Kingdom of Naples.
Therefore, the cardinals of the Holy See never thought of using the power of the Papal State to unify Italy. Because the power of the Papal State is not enough ...
Of course, this is not to say that the pope is poor. Rather, most of the "Tithe" taxes levied by the Papal State from various European countries have been included in the personal pockets of the Pope and Cardinals. Therefore, although the Papal State is not poor, the national finances are not really good. Because most of the Holy See ’s interests are swallowed by the decaying cardinals ...
This is like the late Ming dynasty, which looked like a great empire, but the imperial court's finances were almost dead. But the ministers in power are all rich and oily.
Therefore, although the Holy See collects a lot of money from all over Europe every year, it cannot make the Papal State strong ...
The bold plan proposed by Julius II did give the Papal State more Italian land. Just like not long ago, the new Pope Julius II used the troops of Eastern Frisian Lambry to capture the wealthy Republic of Florence.
However, the Cardinals did not object to hiring others to help in the battle, but they had a huge disagreement about giving a large Bishop of Munster as a reward to Marin, Earl of East Friesland. Because this kind of thing has no precedent and does not conform to convention.
In the eyes of these arrogant cardinals in Rome, it is an honour for the earl of a small and remote country to work for the great people of the Holy See. At most, it's enough to reward some money. Where can you reward him with the territory of a country? Moreover, this territory is not directly under the Papal State. Its immediate superior is the German archbishop Hermann IV, who is very powerful in Germany.
What should I do if the Holy See sends the Bishop of Münster without Herman IV's consent and invites Herman IV to rebound? You know, as one of the seven electors of Shenluo, the archbishop of Cologne controlled by Hermann IV has no national power under the papacy.
If Herman IV strongly disagreed, it would embarrass the Holy See. At that time, how should it end? Could it be "excluded" against Herman IV?
However, the penalty is not used casually. If Herman IV committed a dogma and executed a punishment, no one would say anything. However, refusing to send out the Bishop of Münster seems to have not violated the dogma, it is not easy to punish ...
Listening to the discussions of the bishops, Julius II also had a headache. Although he can use the "Roman Citizen Representative" on the sidelines to force the cardinals to pass a resolution. But as the cardinals said, this is difficult.
It is not difficult for the Cardinals to pass a resolution, but it is not a simple matter to obtain the consent of the Archbishop of Cologne. They are not cats and dogs, but the super powers of the Archbishop of Cologne and a group of vassal bishops whose power is not weaker than that of the Papal State.
Therefore, the cautious Julius II did not immediately pass this resolution, but sent someone to send a letter to Marin, asking him to find a way ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ first bribe the red cardinal Roman Cardinals. In addition, the current Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann IV, must be bribed to let him agree to let go of the Bishop of Münster.
The Archbishop of Cologne is different from other secular princes. Those secular princes are hereditary. For those secular princes, territory is family property and cannot be easily given to others.
But the Archbishop of Cologne is different. The Archbishop of Cologne was elected under the supervision of the Holy See, not hereditary. Therefore, if you hang yourself, the Archbishop of Cologne will not necessarily pass it on to your family's descendants. Therefore, it is different from the secular princes.
Julius II believed that as long as he bribed Archbishop Hermann IV of Cologne and paid enough money, he would be allowed to give up control of the Bishop of Münster. As long as Archbishop Cologne, the emperor Hou Songkou, as for the opinion of Bishop Munster, who cares?
The Holy See agreed, and he also agreed to the electorate of Cologne. Marin's occupation of the Bishop of Münster would be reasonable and legal ...
When Marin in Worms received a letter from Julius II, his face collapsed immediately:
"What, it will cost money ... And, it seems that this time it will cost a lot of money ..."
