Cui Lu has never been to sea, and this time he was sent out to cross the ocean to canonize the pope, which was an opportunity that Cui Lu grabbed after proving his strength with practical actions - as an outstanding graduate of Beijing Normal University, Cui Lu was surprised to find that in addition to his classmates who also graduated from Beijing Normal University, none of those colleagues in the Ministry of Rites could fight!

The Ministry of Rites turned out to be the most non-existent yamen, except for the spring and autumn, there are really not many things that the Ministry of Rites can interfere in - in the past, there was a thousand countries to come to the court, and a large number of envoys from the vassal states wanted to enter Beijing to worship the Son of Heaven, but now?

Like North Korea, Cochin, Burma and the like, all of them have become a political envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and there is a fart vassal state?

Japan, the only country that has not become an internal domain, is now like a madman, almost all inside and outside are looking at the Ming Dynasty, and the whole thing is to regard himself as the illegitimate son of the Ming Dynasty.

Like Tang, Qing, Qin, Liao, Shen and other countries, they were real vassal states, but they were under the management of the clansmen, and the envoys of these vassal states did not have the name of envoys, and they were really under the management of the Ministry of Officials.

And when today's son is not very interested in worshipping the heavens, sealing Zen or anything, in addition to constantly fighting wars to expand the territory, only the common people can make the Son of Heaven worry.

This time he finally grabbed the opportunity to go to sea to canonize the Pope, for Cui Lu, he is simply a who can blow for a long time, and can blow from this life to the next.

From the moment she boarded the ship at Tianjin Port, Cui Lu began a journey of vomiting non-stop, and it was not until she passed the port of Luzon that she was better.

If you vomit and vomit, you are used to vomiting, so it doesn't matter if you are dizzy or not.

But when Cui Lu got off the boat, a new problem began - no matter how she walked, she felt that the land was shaking, and even if she changed to a carriage, she would still have the dizziness caused by shaking.

The road was very peaceful, there were no dead soldiers to assassinate Cui Lu, and no army dared to come out to intercept Cui Lu and his party, it seems that all the Europeans have accepted their fate.

Even the Holy See, which should have been the most noisy, has strangely calmed down.

Innocent X was originally known as the most inactive pope, so when Innocent, Addison and others attended the dinner of Emperor Chongzhen and brought back the news that the Pope had to accept the canonization of the Ming Empire before he could take office, the Holy See exploded.

Countless cardinals who did not go with them were completely enraged, and after some consortment, they openly attacked Innocent X at an official meeting of the Holy See.

Either Innocent X stepped down and got out of the Pope's throne, or he reorganized the Crusaders and the Three Knights, and then declared war on the Ming Empire.

As for Europe, which is now in chaos, all issues can be put aside for the time being, and the question of whether the Pope needs to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty can be resolved before discussion.

Innocent X, who sat on the pontifical throne, did not speak at all, but quietly listened to the quarrel of the archbishops.

Addison and several other cardinal archbishops who went to Emperor Chongzhen's dinner with Innocent also did not speak.

Innocent, Addison and the others had already gotten a hint of the news in advance, and knew that these cardinals were secretly colluding, but it was not clear what they were colluding with.

Now I finally know, but Innocent X, Addison and others did not rise up to stop these people in the first place, but let them continue to quarrel, and they should watch the show.

After arguing for a long time and not seeing any reaction from Innocent, the cardinal archbishops who were arguing slowly stopped - even if it was aimed at Innocent, it had to be Innocent's reaction.

What's the use of Innocent X completely ignoring everyone as he is now, just sitting quietly in a chair in a daze, even if the opponents shout out their throats?

Seeing that the noisy cardinals were silent, Innocent X said lightly: "It's all over? It's not noisy, is it? Then I have a few words to say.

Now, I solemnly make a promise to you: if any of you think that you can lead the crusaders that no longer exist, solve the Ming army on the battlefield, or force the Ming army to retreat, then I can let him sit in the position of Pope.

If not, then please shut up and stop arguing about this nonsense in the future, because it is a pointless waste of time! ”

Crusade? The early crusaders may still be a little interesting, but as for the later ones, there are the three major knights made by the crusaders, so they can only hehe.

Especially after the Ninth Crusade, the entire crusader army and the three major knight orders basically sang cool, and now it is basically impossible to reorganize the crusaders and the three major knights.

The first is that the Holy See can't afford such a big expense, even if the indulgences and the miracle medicine Fushou ointment are sold off.

Because there are many people, no matter how huge the interests are, after being divided layer by layer, there are not many that can be left to be implemented.

Without money, what to take to form the Crusaders and the Three Knights?

A simple slogan could have been used hundreds of years ago, but now the whole of Europe is in chaos, and all the vassal states have long since separated from the Holy See, who else will support the Holy See to form an army again?

Haven't suffered enough before?

After glancing at the cardinal archbishops present, Innocent X continued: "What about the Crusaders? What about the three knights? Where are they now?

A mouth is a rejection, do you know what kind of consequences a rejection can bring to the Holy See? You haven't seen the army of the Ming Dynasty, but Addison and I did.

To put it bluntly, even when the Crusaders and the Three Great Knights were at their peak, there was absolutely no way to hold on to even half a day under the attack of the Ming Empire's army.

Now that there are no more Crusaders and the Three Great Knights, you still want to refuse the canonization of the Emperor of the Ming Empire? Do you want to be called by the Lord so soon? ”

Seeing that many people still had an unmistakable look on their faces, Innocent X simply rubbed his forehead and said, "Since you still don't want to, then it's easy to do."

When you go back today, pack up your things and go to the Holy Roman Empire for a while, or you can go to the occupied areas of the Ming Empire to have a look.

Especially the people of the Ming Empire, you can see their faith in the Ming Empire and their emperor from their faces.

The fact that you can sit here and quarrel proves that you are not stupid—you can surely guess whether the Crusaders and the Three Knights are true or false.

If you can't guess, I can open the most secret library of the Holy See for you to take a look at and see what your so-called Crusaders and the Three Knights are like.

Then, if you compare the army of the Holy Roman Empire and the army of the Ming Empire, you will have a deep understanding of what is called army and discipline.

Think about it, what was the state of Europe when the whip of God was wreaking havoc in Europe, when the Mongol army was wreaking havoc in Europe? Has anyone organized an army capable of fighting them?

Didn't you? However, the current Ming army is definitely more terrible than the original Whip of God and the Mongol army! ”

Innocent X spoke from his heart.

Others may not know it well, but after looking at the most secret records of the Holy See, the kind of information that only successive popes have been able to see, Innocent knows all too well what kind of virtue a crusader is.

If the early crusaders could talk about the concepts of military discipline and army organization, the later crusaders were not even comparable to a group of bandits.

What's more, now that there are no more unreliable crusaders and the three major knights, what's the point of talking about those who don't?

As for the position of the Pope, before the Ming Dynasty intervened in Europe, it may still be a sought-after throne, but now that the Ming Dynasty has obviously intervened in Europe, the position of the Pope at this time is definitely not a good thing.

Seeing that all the cardinal archbishops were silent, Innocent X sneered and said, "What? No one wants to sit on the papal throne? ”

Addison sat not far from Innocent X, looking at these quail-like cardinals, and sneered in his heart.

They should really go to that dinner together, it's better for a few more people to jump out, just like themselves at that time, and make it clear that they want to go against the Ming Empire, and it's best that they don't coax - then the Holy See will be much quieter, right?

Unlike the other cardinals, Addison, who loved fencing, did not have the messy mistresses, nor was he too interested in silver coins and elixirs.

Addison will never forget the position where the tip of the sword points when the little duke of the Ming Kingdom is dancing the sword - there are about a dozen chances, as long as the little duke of the Ming Kingdom gently hands the tip of the sword forward to a position of more than ten centimeters, he and Innocent X will never return to the Holy See.

Don't even listen here to all this nonsense and talk about this useless nonsense.

What Addison couldn't forget even more was the calm expressions of Emperor Chongzhen and other Ming generals.

They didn't seem to be worried that the little duke would kill them and Innocent X, as if the two of them were inconsequential cats and dogs.

If it shows that the Chinese people discussed this possibility early, so they would be so indifferent, but it was completely temporary for them to jump out to stir up the situation at that time, and the stunned expression on the faces of the Ming people could not be fake-this is the most terrifying.

Because it means that they don't pay attention to the Holy See at all, or that they are sure enough that they can completely destroy the Holy See.

Either way, Addison didn't want to try that threat of death again.

After lighting a bubble of Fushou ointment and pumping it, Innocent X spoke: "If you don't plan to sit in the position of the Pope, and you don't plan to form the Crusaders and the Three Knights, then study it carefully, how to meet the canonization of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Addison spoke, "My personal opinion is that it is okay to be treated according to a level higher than that of the envoys of other countries, even if it is a little out of specification.

Or, simply wait for the envoy to arrive at the Vatican, send someone to greet the envoy, and then inquire about how to receive it according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty. ”

As soon as Addison's words came out, Cardinal Archbishop Edward Dundas, who had previously raised his head against accepting the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, objected: "If you are one level higher than the envoys of other countries, you will basically be on the same level as the monarchs of those countries."

If the reception is carried out according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, where is the Holy See? What will the rest of Europe think? ”

Addison said with a gloomy face, "Let them watch with their eyes!" If anyone dares to disagree, an excommunication will be issued, and God does not need such sinners to be His believers! ”

Dundas's face was full of disbelief: "You're crazy! Do you know what that means? ”

Addison sneered and said, "Of course I know what this means, it means that the Holy See is completely subordinate to the Ming Empire, and it will be managed by the Ming Empire in the future.

And I also know that once the Ming Empire truly intervenes in the management of the Holy See, the interests of your, mine, and everyone here will suffer huge losses. ”

Seeing Addison directly say the word benefit, Dundas simply snorted coldly: "Since you know, then you dare to do this?" ”

Addison said, "Why don't you dare? No matter how many gold and silver coins you have, no matter how bright you are, you have to have the life to spend them, and no matter how much you can communicate with God's magic medicine, you have to have the life to smoke them.

Now that we have decided to accept the intervention and management of the Ming Empire, we should honestly take one step and show a proper attitude.

I always want to admit the rule of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but in fact I still want to rely on the Holy See to master Europe, then I can only say that you are too naïve to think!

The Ming Empire is not the same as Attila, the whip of God, and Batu is not the same, and the Seljuk Turks are not the same!

Look, where is the Whip of God now? Where is Batu? And where are the Seljuk Turks? They pay attention to face and rule in name, while the Ming Dynasty pays attention to actual rule! They have disappeared into the long river of history, but the Ming Dynasty is right in front of them!

If you don't understand, go and see the Isle of Wight, see the places that were actually occupied by the Ming, and see how many English people still exist there?

Without!

Before I returned with His Excellency the Pope, I went to the places actually occupied by the Ming Dynasty to observe that they had completely entered the mode of military control, and there were no more English people, only a small number of Ming civilians. ”

Innocent X waved his hand to stop Addison, who still wanted to continue spraying, and said with a smile: "Archbishop Addison is right, since he has decided to surrender, then make a posture and kneel honestly, just like Henry IV at the beginning." ”

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