It took months to wait for the European envoys to arrive in Rome. Therefore, Maximilian I simply stayed in the city of Rome and waited. And his 20,000 troops, the 10,000 militia disguised as the main force, were also sent back to China. However, before leaving, these people all went back with food bags on their backs. As for where the food came from, it was naturally provided by the wronged boss Marin......

Marin was not idle during this time, and when he was free, he approached Michelangelo once and talked about inviting him to go to Liberty Island in New York to carve a statue of himself.

"What? You want me to go to the Savage Continent to help you carve a statue with you as a template? Michelangelo swore that he had never seen such a shameless man. When people are still young, they want to make a statue of themselves, and it is a huge statue of twenty or thirty meters high.

Generally speaking, statues are made by later generations for their predecessors. Even if there are occasional statues for themselves, they are all old and dying, and they want to leave a little trace for future generations.

But how old is Marin? I'm only 30 years old, so I'm thinking about getting a statue for myself. Moreover, it is a huge statue twenty or thirty meters high. You must know that Michelangelo's previous sculpture of "David" is only 5.5 meters high when connected to the pedestal, and Marin directly wants to get himself a super-large statue twenty or thirty meters high - it is really stinky and shameless......

Marin said seriously nonsense:

"Well, that's right. His Holiness the Pope will command me to spread the glory of Christ in the Savage Continent, so I intend to sculpt this statue. On this statue, I hold the Bible in my left hand and the cross symbolizing Christ Jesus in my right hand...... You see, is this a sign that I am trying to spread the glory of the Lord? ”

Michelangelo rolled his eyes - if you really want to spread the glory of the Lord, why don't you get a statue of Jesus? Just stinky and shameless to make a statue of yourself?

However, Michelangelo did not dare to go against Marin's wishes. Why? Because Marin is the Pope's guest of honor! Michelangelo was only a sculptor at any point, and he was not yet famous at this time. It was not until the Book of Genesis was completed and praised by visitors from all over Europe that Michelangelo established himself as a master artist. Now, he is just a young sculptor with a little name.

Moreover, even if he becomes famous, in front of Marin, it is really not enough to see. Unless, the Holy See is willing to shelter him. But the Holy See and Marin are so good that they are about to wear a pair of pants, so it is impossible for the Holy See to turn their faces on Michelangelo and Marin.

What's more, Marin didn't plan to let Michelangelo go to New York to sculpt the statue himself. He planned to have Michelangelo carve on the nearby Roman seashore, and let the stone statue lie down first. When the carving was finished, Marin sent a ship to load it. After being transported to Liberty Island, a lot of pulley tools were prepared to pull the statue up.

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 the other party, Michelangelo agreed after thinking about it.

In order to carry this huge stone statue twenty or thirty meters high, Ma Lin also planned to ask the Beihai State Shipyard to design and build a large ship of more than 1,000 tons according to the needs of the shipyard to carry this stone statue.

Even, Marin planned to send someone to paint a layer of gold paint on the stone statue after it was erected, that is, the golden paint of tin sulfide configuration. In this way, the thirty-meter-tall portrait can be seen from afar with golden light, and it is extremely forced.

Of course, in order not to be coveted by outlaws, Marin will also make it clear to everyone - this is painted with gold paint, not a real gold statue. Otherwise, it will be miserable to be pushed down as gold.

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While waiting, Marin also sent 500 cavalry to return home to bring Felise and Robert to Rome. Previously, Julius II had mentioned that in order for Robert to be shaded as a cardinal, he had to show his face in Rome and let everyone know him. Moreover, the identity of the side branch of the Rovere family was also arranged. After all, the pope has the right to patronize the descendants of the family as cardinals, just like Caesar. Borgia like that.

If the starting point is a cardinal who ordinary people can't reach in their lifetime, then they can get rid of ordinary people for decades. Moreover, as a cardinal, as long as he reaches the age of age, he is eligible to run for the papacy. Now, Marin has started the Bank of Siena, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of gold coins to flutter. When the time comes, as long as you come up with enough money, you will have a great chance of running for the pope.

According to Marin's plan, after the two popes of the Medici family were hanged, Robert was almost thirty or forty years old. At such an age, coupled with the fact that he started as a cardinal, it was very advantageous to run for the Pope. Perhaps, in his lifetime, Marin will have the opportunity to see his son become pope......

Marin silently calculated that Clement VII died in 1534, when Robert was about 30 years old...... It seems to be a little younger...... However, with Marin providing better Oriental doctors, the pope of the Medici family may not have died so early. As long as he dies for a few more years, when Robert is older, he will be eligible to run for the Pope. And even if it was 1540, he was only 62 years old, and he should have lived to that time......

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By the end of the year, European envoys arrived in Rome. Many German princes also came to Rome in person. Of course, it was mainly the emperor's faction and the centrists who came to cheer. As for the emperor's opposition, they mainly sent envoys to support them. If the relationship is good, the foreign minister will be sent in person. Those with poor relations, such as France, directly sent an adjutant to the foreign secretary to show their displeasure.

The French were very resistant to the coronation of Maximilian I, because once Maximilian I was crowned, it would mean that he would become an emperor half a rank above the king. Later, when Louis XII met Maximilian I, he had to pay a salute.

But the French are aggrieved, obviously France is the strongest in Europe, and it is much stronger than Maximilian I, who actually only owns Austria, the Netherlands and Franche-Comté. However, the monarch of France can only be a king, and cannot be equal to the coronation of Maximilian I.

At the beginning, Charles VIII specially bought the Byzantine crown by force, just to obtain the throne of the extinct Eastern Roman Empire, so as to be equal to the Emperor of the HRE.

However, the crown was forcibly bought by the French. And the exiled emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Andres. Palaiogallos, for his part, refused to admit that he had given the throne to Charles VIII, and only admitted that he had sold the crown to him.

Then, under the lead of Marin, Maximilian I spent money from Andrés. Palaiogalos bought the throne of the Byzantine Empire and performed the enthronement ceremony.

But the problem was that a number of European powers, such as France, refused to recognize Maximilian I as Byzantine emperor. They believed that only by capturing Constantinople could they really become Byzantine emperors. Otherwise, even if you get the crown or the authorization of the exiled emperor, it will be in vain......