After laughing maniacally, Archbishop Rovere came to his senses...... Oh no, it was His Majesty Pope Julius II, beckoning to one of his followers on the side, and asked:

"Sani, have you written down which cardinals voted for and who voted against?"

Sani was the head of the "citizens' group" composed of hundreds of "Roman citizens" just now, and he took the lead in causing trouble. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info and, in charge of monitoring the vote.

"Remembered, it was mainly the 11 die-hard bishops of the Borgia family who voted against it, and there was also a neutral Bishop Ericardo. Everyone else voted in favor. ”

Sani was a very capable subordinate under Julius II, with a very good memory, and could remember a person for a long time by virtue of his appearance. Moreover, he can also speak well, and is a very trusted subordinate of Julius II.

"Well, good, go get General Schwartz over."

After a while, Schwartz came in and saluted Julius II:

"Congratulations, Your Excellency the Pope!"

"Aha, dear Schwartz, I can get to this position, and you have a lot of credit!" Julius II was clearly in a good mood.

"This is all the young master's strategy!" Schwartz said modestly.

"Marlin, that stinky boy, I'll reward him then. I won't forget your credit. Now, Schwartz, I'm going to give you a mission! ”

"Please!"

"Gather the soldiers, and under the leadership of my men, besiege some of the cardinals' residences! It was the die-hard opposition bishops who voted against it in the end. ”

"Huh? What are you...... Is this going to kill them? Schwartz was a little surprised.

"No, no, no, Schwartz, I didn't think about killing them. However, today's election, the process of spreading out has a bad reputation. So, I'm going to put those opposition under house arrest so that they don't go around talking nonsense. Remember, their men are not allowed to go out. If there is a need for supplies, I will send someone to help them procure them! ”

"Understood, do other bishops need to be monitored?"

"Hmm...... In addition to the bishops who were already with me, the other bishops who were forced to vote for me should also send someone to monitor them. But don't restrict their freedom, and I'd like to get their support eventually......"

Julius II was a true statesman, and certainly would not have been so reckless as to turn against the cardinals of most of the Cardinals. Otherwise, he, the Pope, will not want to be stable in the future. Therefore, for those cardinals who finally chose to support him, Julius II, he still hoped to win them over. Only a united Holy See can have action and influence.

Schwartz soon went out and arranged for soldiers, under the direction of Julius II, to surround or monitor the homes of the die-hard opposition and compromisers.

At this time, Mahani, the follower who led the party to quarrel with the Borgia family in the main house of Rome, returned with an excited face:

"Host, host! We've sent it! ”

Vanny was a servant of the House of Rovere and one of Julius II's most trusted men. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been allowed to do such a fat job as a raider.

"Ahem, calm down, Maswani." Julius II said calmly. He knew that the Borgia family was ruthless and crazy about accumulating money, and they would definitely have money, so he was mentally prepared......

"But, master, I have copied more than 2,000,000 ducats worth of gold coins from the Borgia family's main house this time. The gold and silver coins alone are worth 1.2 million ducats......" Maswani blushed, clearly still excited......

"That's all you have to offer...... What the? More than 2 million ducats? Julius II, who had wanted to pretend to be a calm man, spat out all the water he had just drunk in his mouth—he was also frightened......

"yes, you don't know. The Borgia family was so rich that at first, I only found a treasury on the surface, which contained only 200,000 ducats worth of gold and silver coins. However, when I accidentally opened a secret room in the backyard, I found that there were 1 million gold and silver coins in it, and the villain was almost blinded! ”

"Oh God! Although I knew that the Borgia family was rich, I didn't expect it to be so rich! 1.2 million cash ...... Even my nouveau riche son-in-law is hard to take out at once...... Rodrigo (Alexander VI's name), that bastard, how many unreasonable things he has to do to accumulate so much money! ”

Alexander VI was certainly able to save up so much money that he robbed Cardinal Ferrari of 500,000 ducats worth of gold from his home just by poisoning Cardinal Ferrari. After the death of Cardinal Michieki, 150,000 ducats were also robbed.

And that's just a part of it, and in recent years, there have been many cardinals who have been poisoned by Alexander VI's father and son. And these cardinals, all of whom have a lot of wealth, have a net worth of less than 100,000 ducats. Of course, if he is not rich, he will not be targeted by Alexander VI's father and son......

Combined with the money from the resale of bishopric positions throughout Italy and other parts of Europe, the Borgia family amassed a fortune worth at least 4 million gold coins.

However, the Borgia family did not have only one main house in Rome, but also had several properties in other parts of Italy, as well as in their native Spain. Thus, the 2,000,000 ducats worth of gold coins recovered from the Borgia family's main house in Rome accounted for less than half of the Borgia family's wealth.

But this amount also frightened Julius II. Julius II was also a behind-the-scenes manipulator of the Holy See, and he was also a bit greedy. However, during the eight years of the reign of his puppet Innocent VIII, Julius II only embezzled two or three hundred thousand gold coins. It was precisely because of the lack of financial resources that in the papal election in 1492, Julius II was defeated by Alexander VI, who was willful in his money. Alexander VI spent all the property of the Borgia family in order to be elected pope. However, when she became a pope and made money like crazy, she not only recovered her costs, but also made a lot of money......

Of course, this is the difference between Julius II and Alexander VI. Julius II at least knew how to ask for face, and even if he collected money, he was secretive. Alexander VI, on the other hand, was completely shameless and only recognized money......

Now, however, nearly half of the assets that Alexander VI and his son had amassed frantically had fallen into the hands of Julius II......

It is also a matter of luck that in history, after the death of Alexander VI, there was also a Pope Pius III in the middle. At that time, Julius II was still in exile abroad.

Therefore, under the auspices of Pius III, the cardinals of Rome, divided the property of the Borgia family in the city of Rome, and all of them ate with their mouths full of oil. By the time Julius II returned to Rome, the Borgia family's property in Rome had already been divided among the cardinals, and there was not a single word of soup left for Julius II.

However, in this life, because Marin provided a large army, within a few days of the death of Alexander VI, Rome was invaded. Those cardinals didn't have time to do anything to the Borgia family, and then, the Borgia family's estate in Rome was cheaper than Julius II......

Julius II thought all night about what to do with the huge sum of 2,000,000 ducats worth of ducats......

Early the next morning, the red-eyed Julius II called Avani:

"Vanni, you go and pick out gold and silver coins from the Borgia family's vault, each worth 5,000 ducats, and take out a total of 90 copies......"

"Master, what are you?" Mahvani didn't understand.

"Yesterday I offended most of the cardinals, and today's money can be regarded as my apology for them!"

A total of 102 cardinals took part in yesterday's elections, including 90 in addition to the 11 hard-line Borgia cardinals and the hard-line neutral bishop Ericardo. Although there are more than two dozen people who were originally allies of Julius II, it is unreasonable for you to send money to other people, and not to send money to allies. Therefore, Julius II simply sent 5,000 gold coins to each of the 90 people. Especially the cardinals who were forced to vote for him can be regarded as reparations.

In other words, for yesterday's election hooliganism, Julius II is issuing a "hush money......

After all, that incident was disgraceful, and if it got out, it would have a great impact on the prestige of Julius II. The pope is different from the emperor and the king, who rely on royal power and the army, while the pope relies on divine power and prestige.

If yesterday's hooligan-like election process had been revealed, it would have affected the prestige of Julius II. The pope, who lacks prestige, lacks appeal in Europe.

Therefore, as a qualified politician, Julius II, after thinking all night, decided to come up with 450,000 gold coins to gag everyone's mouths.

As for the 12 cardinals of the die-hard opposition, Julius II was decisive and sent troops directly to put them under house arrest. In this way, the possibility of the message being passed on is eliminated.

In addition, the rogues who were hired yesterday to coerce the cardinals, Julius II also intends to send troops to control them, so that the news does not leak out......

All in all, he wants to be a great pope with a reputation. All unstable factors that are not conducive to his prestige must be nipped in the bud......