Both of them are people who are very interested in accumulating money, and they naturally smell the same. Then, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici learned the trick of getting close to the virtuous ministers in ancient China without a teacher - talking all night and falling asleep......

After discussing a lot of ways to make money, both of them suddenly remembered one thing - if they want to sell indulgences, they need to be "famous"!

Historically, the popes who issued indulgences generally had a name, for example, the most common, to repair churches. Or, when the nobles were lured into launching a "crusade", indulgences would also be issued to the soldiers who participated in the crusade.

In fact, the renovation of churches has always been an excuse for religious organizations to make money. For example, when a Chinese monk descends the mountain, he will also say, "Donor, please donate some money to a certain temple to repair the temple and Buddha statues"...... But in fact, most of this money is used to support the monks themselves, and only a small part is used to repair temples and Buddha statues. However, when you turn into a relationship, you can't always say, "The monk is hungry and wants money for food", right? That's too much. And the excuse of repairing temples and Buddha statues is much higher......

It just so happened that when Julius II came to power, he had already planned to renovate the historic St. Peter's Basilica (also known as St. Peter's Basilica). It's just that I don't have the money, and I have a lot to do, that I have to put it off.

In fact, it's not that the Holy See can't collect the money, but that most of the money collected has been privately divided among the bigwigs of the Holy See. Only a small amount fell into the treasury of the Papal States. Moreover, with so many officials and troops to feed, naturally there is no money left to repair St. Peter's Basilica.

In later generations, St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican was the largest cathedral in the world, with an area of 23,000 square meters, or 34.5 acres. The main building is 45.4 meters high and 211 meters long, and can accommodate up to 60,000 people to pray at the same time.

Of course, that is the scale of the afterlife. For now, St. Peter's Cathedral is just a very old church. After all, it was built by Constantine the Great on the tomb of St. Peter in 326~333 AD, 1180 years ago. It's no wonder that the thousand-year-old church is not dilapidated!

However, since the main church of the Holy See is now in the Lateran Basilica, the Holy See has no urgency to renovate St. Peter's Cathedral. After all, they have a place to live.

However, St. Peter's Basilica is of great significance. Because, this is the church named after St. Peter, the head of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Moreover, it was built on the burial site of St. Peter, which is naturally of great significance. In addition, St. Peter was also the first pope of the Holy See and belonged to the founding father of Catholicism. Therefore, this church is of great significance to Catholicism.

Even the Basilica of St. John in Laterand, which is now the permanent residence of the Holy See, is only derived from St. John (also called St. John in English, which is also the origin of the European name John), one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Legend has it that Jesus was very fond of St. John as a disciple, but St. John was only the fourth, and St. Peter was the first.

If you compare it according to the Huashan faction, then St. Peter is the senior brother Linghu Chong. And St. John is just the fourth senior brother Shi Daizi...... Of course, St. John is most valued by Jesus, much better than the transparent man Shi Daizi, but it is not as good as St. Peter at the level of Ling Hu Chong. After all, that's the big brother......

So, although the Holy See was mainly located in St. John's Cathedral in Lateran, many popes wanted to renovate St. Peter's Cathedral. After all, it was the founding father of the Holy See. Resting in the Wudang faction, that is a character like Zhang Sanfeng.

However, the Holy See was seriously corrupt in the Middle Ages, and the money collected by the church was divided between the pope and the cardinals, and there was not much money that could be used to repair the church.

Moreover, repairing a church is not an ordinary house, and it costs a lot. Among other things, the countless statues and frescoes inside and outside the church alone cost an astronomical amount. As mentioned earlier, many carvings and murals require a lot of dyes, and ultramarines are one of the commonly used dyes. And the price of ultramarine is five times that of gold...... It can be seen that the construction of the cathedral is really a very expensive project......

Historically, the restoration of St. Peter's Cathedral began after the accession of Julius II, and it was not until 120 years later, in 1626, that the new cathedral was completed.

Marin didn't know how much money it had cost in 120 years, but he knew that there were a lot of priceless statues in St. Peter's Cathedral in later generations. After all, many of the statues in the church were made by the master Michelangelo.

Of course, the reason why the construction is so slow is not only because of the difficulty of the project, but also because the popes and cardinals of the past want to get a piece of the pie. After all, the longer the construction period, the better everyone can benefit from it. If it is repaired after a few brushes, everyone will have nothing to fish. Just like the construction of roads in some places in later generations, it is obviously a good road, but it is necessary to use an excavator to destroy and rebuild it, and deliberately delay the time, so as to defraud the wages and chickens......

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Obviously, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. Medici and John. The two Tezer also used the "renovation of St. Peter's Cathedral" as the best excuse to sell "indulgences" to collect money.

Of course, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici weren't really greedy for money. He lives a lavish and wasteful life, but he doesn't particularly care about money. However, because of his luxurious life, he also needs a lot of money to spend. Therefore, in history, in order to maintain a luxurious life and to repair St. Peter's Cathedral, he ordered the sale of "indulgences".

And now, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici had not yet become pope. However, in order to succeed the pope after the death of Julius II, he also struggled.

From what he knew about the cardinals of Rome, these guys were greedy for money. If you want to buy them to vote for you, you can give them the benefit you are the best option.

And, unlike a one-time bribe, this indulgence, which can be sold for a long time, can bring great benefits to the cardinals of the Holy See in the long run. As Marin said, as long as this is done well, the cardinals will be happy to vote for him.

What the? You say that the sale of indulgences will cause the anger of the Germans? So what? In any case, the election of the Pope requires only the votes of the Roman College of Cardinals, not the votes of the German people. So, it doesn't matter what the Germans think......

That's Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici's idea, of course, was wrong in the long run. Because, the peddling of "indulgences" infuriated the Germans. Eventually, the German Reformation took place, and the vassal states of northern Germany kicked the Holy See away and began to play their own ......

But Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici wouldn't go that farther, and in his opinion, Julius II was obviously not in good health now, and he might burp one day. He should take advantage of this opportunity to behave well in order to gain the support of Julius II and the Roman Cardinals. Only when he became the pope could the Medici family have the possibility of turning over. Because, the Florentine region is now in the hands of the Papal States. Only when he became pope, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici were able to arrange for their brothers to retake Florence and maintain Medici rule there......