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"By the way, there's something I'd like to discuss with you." Julius II said suddenly.

"What's wrong? Juliano? Marin was a little puzzled.

"It's a problem in the Rimini region."

"Rimini region? What happened? Marin was a little puzzled.

"The coast of Rimini is occupied by the damned Venetians!" Julius II said hatefully.

"Wouldn't it? Occupy the land of the Holy See, and the Venetians let the donkey kick in the head? Marin was taken aback.

"It is like this, the Rimini region is Caesar. Borgia took it from the Malatesta family in 1500. Venice took advantage of the change of Pope to control the Rimini region in the name of helping the Malatesta family recover their territory. ”

"And that's not even counting, they also took control of Ravenna, an important city on the Adriatic coast that was once the capital of Western Rome......"

In fact, Julius II of Rimini may not have been in the limelight, but Ravenna was different. Ravenna was the capital of the Roman Empire from the time of the Roman Emperor Honorus to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Later, when the Eastern Roman Empire regained Italy from the Goths, it also made Ravenna the center of its rule.

Therefore, Ravenna is a very important and historically significant ancient city in the Italian region. Such a city, which originally belonged to the Papal States, was snatched by Venice, and it is strange that Julius II was not annoyed. Not to mention Julius II, the whole Holy See said very depressedly.

Although the Venetians nominally ruled the region with the Maratesno family, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was the Venetians who actually ruled the region.

Marin was really speechless about the brains of the Venetians, indeed, because of corruption, the bishops divided most of the tithes in the Papal States, resulting in not many troops that the Papal States could support. However, the Papal States are the center of Catholicism in Europe. Although the military power is average, the Pope has an appeal that is unparalleled in all of Europe. As long as the Pope ascends to the heights, there are still a lot of people who respond.

In fact, if it weren't for the lack of troops in the Papal States and the need for a large garrison of the newly defeated Florentine Republic, the 7,000 East Frisian troops led by Stader alone would have been enough to retake Rimini.

"Marin, I intend to form an anti-Venetian coalition, drawing France, Spain, and Austria, as well as the Italian states, against Venice. Over the years, Venice has been too arrogant. Relying on a lot of money, he was a little unscrupulous in Italy, and he actually bullied the heads of the Papal States......" said Julius II worriedly.

"Form an anti-Venetian alliance?" Marin was stunned, but quickly reacted - isn't this the famous "Cambrai League" in history?

However, history has shown that the formation of this alliance was stupid. Because, although it weakened Venice, it reintroduced the French tiger to Italy, and the gains outweighed the losses. So, later Julius II quickly changed his position and switched to fighting the French threat with Venice.

So, Marin reminded:

"Juliano, I disagree with this idea of yours. In particular, the practice of co-opting Spain and France is absolutely luring wolves into the room! ”

"Oh, how?" Julius II wondered why Marin said this. In his opinion, it is such a happy thing to win over so many powers to suppress Venice, and he does not have to do it himself.

"Giuliano, Venice, no matter how arrogant it is, is only a small Italian state. Although it has money, the combat effectiveness of the army is like that. Therefore, he can be arrogant only because the armies of the Italian states are too wasteful. ”

Speaking of this, Julius II's old face flushed. Marin said that the armies of the Italian states were too wasteful, including the armies of the Papal States.

"Compared to Venice, Spain and France are the real problems for Italy. You know, these two countries have a vast area and a large population. France, in particular, has a population of 15 million and has a staggering potential. Louis XII, on the other hand, clearly had great ambitions for the annexation of Italy. So, for Italy, the threat from France is the first, and the threat from Spain is also not small, and it can be ranked second. It is of the utmost importance to prevent any action by these two countries in Italy, and how can they be given an excuse to intervene in Italian affairs? You know, it's easy to invite their troops into Italy, but it's hard to let them go......" In fact, Marin wanted to say that "it's easy to invite the gods and it's hard to send the gods", but considering that Julius II is the biggest god in Europe, he still didn't say it......

"What you say seems to make sense, but how to curb the expansion of the Venetians?" Julius II said with a frown.

Apparently, he also took into account the risk of allowing the French to re-enter Italy. But Venice is so strong......

"It's simple, it's really not good, you can use the same method I used to take the Republic of Florence before!"

"You mean...... Exchange the episcopal state of Germany for the Rimini region to invite other armies to attack the Venetians? Julius II said.

"That's right, that's it, the Venetians are strong though. However, the Venetians still used Italian mercenaries. How bad Italian mercenaries are, you should be clear. As long as you have enough troops to control the rest of the Papal States and Florence, Stad's 7,000 men and 3,000 new German mercenaries will be enough to defeat the Venetians. ”

"The Venetian Republic is too financially powerful, and it would be best if it could not do it. Well, when I go back this time, I will go to Venice and persuade Venice to give up the Rimini region. If it's successful, that's the best. No, after you have recruited another batch of new soldiers to fill the gaps in the defense of the rest of the Papal States and Florence, let Stadder take back Rimini with an army of 10,000. ”

"What? Do you have a relationship with the Venetians? Julius II asked curiously.

So, Marin told Julius II about the prisoners of war he had captured, as well as half of his horses and armor, which had been sold to the Venetians.

"Haha, let me say, why were you able to quickly become a powerful prince from a small wandering knight. It turns out that you concealed half of the seizure at the beginning, and you had the audacity to sell it to the Venetians, what a fat guts! If Maximilian I found out, he wouldn't be so angry that he skinned you? ”

"Hehe, this world is like this, support the bold, starve the cowardly. Besides, if it weren't for the exchange of a title of nobility and a domain with him, I might have sold all my seizures to the Venetians. Even if he found out, so what? It's a big deal, run away...... "Marin really thought about running away. As long as you have money, go to other countries and buy a title and territory, isn't it frivolous? Alexander VI bought a fief for his son from Spain, and only spent 50,000 gold coins......

"Well, since you have a friendship with the Venetians, let you test it first. The Rimini problem can be resolved peacefully, but if it doesn't work, I'll let you send troops to try. Even if we fail, we can use the Episcopal State in exchange for someone else's army. For example, your emperor, Maximilian I, has not yet been crowned. I asked him to send troops on this condition, and I think he must be happy to ......"