Chapter 778: Study Meeting
About ten minutes later, the Inquisition's Master, Cheeto, and Cardinal Leslie arrived in Leo's study.
Since almost half of the church's top brass had gone after the war, Leo put much of the power in the hands of Cheeto and Bishop Leslie.
The addition of the title of Minister of Supervision to Cheeto's head and the direct control of the power to supervise all the officials of the Holy See is undoubtedly a great increase in authority for Cheeto, which means that the master of the Inquisition will be able to merge the two internal and external departments of the Inquisition and the Supervision Department into one intelligence organization with astonishing authority and jurisdiction.
Bishop Leslie, on the other hand, was appointed head of the College of Cardinals, in a sense equivalent to the position of chancellor of the Spinny Empire.
Bishop Leslie's position was certainly not hastily appointed, in fact, Leo initially let Bishop Leslie preside over the day-to-day affairs of the Cardinal Conference because there was no one available.
Unexpectedly, this cardinal, who has always played the role of a green leaf and shows a cowardly image, has burst out with amazing energy and impressive ability, and all the work given to him by Leo has been very good and successfully completed, and even many of the results are so excellent that Leo has not expected it, which made Leo finally make up his mind to hand over the post of head of the Cardinal Conference, which has been vacant since the accession of Pope Enhill to the throne, to Bishop Leslie.
It is precisely because of the outstanding performance of these two men in their new positions that although the Holy See and even the entire Church have been in turmoil due to two successive internal struggles, the entire turmoil has been confined to a relatively safe range under the efforts of Cheeto and Leslie, and from the current point of view, the Church of Light has basically achieved a smooth transition from Pope Enhill to Pope Leo.
Although there are also some remnants of Enshir who are making waves in various places, they are already small shrimp and millet that are not in the climate, and they will not be a big deal.
"Your Majesty, may the light be with you!" Cheeto and Leslie didn't dare to slack off, and bowed at the same time.
Leo looked at the two cronies in front of him, and he was quite emotional in his heart, once upon a time he was just a mere apprentice of waste wood magic, which of these two people was an unattainable big man for himself at that time, but now the two of them stood respectfully in front of him, and saluted to himself respectfully, this feeling is really only one word to describe, that is-
Refreshing!
It's cool!
Very cool!
Leo coughed, forcibly withdrew himself from this cool and crooked state, and said to the two people in front of him, "You all know the latest situation on the side of Paris City, right?" ”
Cheedo and Bishop Leslie looked at each other, then nodded at the same time, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”
"Good." Leo nodded and said, "In that case, then I have a very important matter to explain to the two of you. ”
Cheeto and Bishop Leslie nodded again, and their hearts were filled with doubts, what important things did His Majesty the Pope want to explain so solemnly?
Leo said, "I'm going to hold a wedding with Bella in three months, and you two will be in charge of everything about the wedding." ”
Cheedo and Bishop Leslie were slightly shocked in their hearts, and immediately responded: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will live up to Your Majesty's expectations!" ”
The Pope's wedding, this is indeed a big event.
"Good." Leo smiled with satisfaction on his face and reminded him again, "I want you to understand that this is not only my personal matter, but also the entire Church of Light!" I have made an agreement with Her Majesty Teresa I of the Spany Empire that once the war in the Kingdom of France is over, Bella will succeed to the throne of the Kingdom of France, understand? ”
Cheedo and Bishop Leslie's hearts were even more shaken, Leo's words were all said about this, what else did they not understand?
Yes, it is true that Leo and Bella are truly in love with each other, and this marriage has nothing to do with those political marriages and arranged marriages or the like, but there is no doubt about one thing, that is, due to Bela's special status, this marriage actually has incomparable significance for the Church of Light!
Once Bella succeeds in inheriting the throne of the Kingdom of France, there is no doubt that the Kingdom of France will become the strongest and most reliable ally of the Church due to the relationship between Leo and Bella.
Although it is said that the Kingdom of France at this moment has been greatly damaged because of the war, but after all, the Kingdom of France is one of the strongest countries in the entire Big 6 except for the three major empires, as long as it takes ten or twenty years to recover slowly, then this indestructible alliance between the Church of Light and the Kingdom of France will definitely have the strength to shock the whole world!
Cheedo and Bishop Leslie even thought a little more far-reaching, if it really came to that time, the name of the Spany Empire, the number one power in the Big 6, was probably not so secure!
Maybe at that time, the highest center of authority on this big 6 will not be the city of Richmar, the capital of the Spany Empire, but the central core of the church - the Holy See!
In other words, it is very likely that the time of "light dominating all the kingdoms of the world", which has been dreamed of by countless popes for three hundred years, is about to come, under the leadership of Pope Leo and the struggle of Bishops Cheeto and Leslie!
What a great feat, and the God of the Most High Light will be pleased with it!
As soon as they thought of this, the two devout believers, Cheeto and Bishop Leslie, trembled completely, and the two of them tried their best to suppress the excitement in their hearts, and made a heavy promise to Leo: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will do our best to make this wedding flawless!" ”
"Very good." Leo nodded in satisfaction, in fact he specifically pointed out that Bela was about to become Queen of France, and this was what he wanted, and from the current situation, it was clear that Leo's purpose had been achieved, and it was achieved perfectly.
Leo coughed, and said to Cheeto: "Lord Cheeto, once the news of the wedding spreads, there will definitely be many people with ill intentions who want to engage in some conspiracy, you must mobilize the entire Inquisition for a while, and beware of all actions that may cause sabotage, especially from the Sbanny Empire, understand?" ”
Leo actually knew very well in his heart that because the Jimny army was still fighting in the territory of the Kingdom of France, the Spanny Empire was still an indestructible ally with him.
But would the Spany Empire really be happy to see a powerful union of the Church of Light and the Kingdom of France? Obviously that was absolutely impossible, and no Emperor Spany would like to see a new, powerful challenger emerge, and Teresa I was certainly no exception.
Therefore, in order to ensure his status as the first power of the Big 6, Leo has no doubt that the Spany Empire will definitely take some actions, and if he wants to stop the malice and plots from these first powers of the Big 6, he can obviously only count on the ability of everyone in the Inquisition under Cheedo.
Leo has a lot of faith in Cheeto.
(End of chapter)