In the darkness, Giulio smiled awkwardly, "You expect too much from me, Ezio, I'm just a coward. ”

"Luracia, you say?" Ezio said, his expression unreadable in the darkness, and his voice sounding pleasant: "You know I'm happy to see it. ”

"Because Lucracia's surname is Borgia?"

"Yes." Ezio spoke meaningfully, but now Giulio's mind was too distracted to hear the difference.

"But you don't seem to mind my friendship with Caesar?"

"I was not so much in favor of it," said Ezio bluntly, "but I changed my mind, for I was persuaded by someone who told me that you, though you have the wisdom of an adult, still lack certain necessary and important qualities." ”

"Can I know who that person is?" Julio asked curiously.

"Your mentor, Cardinal Picomini."

Giulio was a little surprised: "What does he think I'm missing?" ”

"Shameless and shameless."

"Uh......"

Ezio smiled in the dark, "It's a terrible time, purity is sin, justice is shame, piety is stupidity, but luckily we still have freedom to pursue." ”

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"Can you be a little more restrained?" Ludovico the Moore reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "Even if you are not interested in Lucresia, at least on the surface, you should give her the dignity that a wife deserves, and not indulge in the arms of a prostitute every day." Ludovico was always suspicious of Giovanni's accusations, and although Luclecia did be a little too intimate when he greeted Caesar, he did not see them in private afterwards, nor did he hear about the rumors of an affair, and it was said that Lucrea was not a liar to Giulia, Pope Alexander VI's lover, and if she thought that a woman should be chaste, then at least she would not hold herself to the contrary.

"I'm drunk for love." Giovanni said, walking up to Ludovico and pulling open his drawer with his little finger and pulling out the money bag with gold coins from inside, "What about your wife's dowry?" Ludovico asked, but didn't stop him, he knew Giovanni. Although Sforza is the Duke of Pesaro, he has always been shy in his pocket, and he does not even have the money to renovate his palace. "In Borgia's hands." Giovanni said boredly that he and his new wife could be said to be disgusted with each other, but even if Lucrecia wanted to, Giovanni disdained Borgia money, and he held the money bag tightly in his hand, and his eyes swept over the open letters on the table, intentionally or unintentionally.

The writing on the parchment is sharp and flamboyant, and at a glance you can see that the writer of the letter has a violent temperament, and many people may not think that the person with this kind of handwriting is not even a man, but a woman - his sister-in-law Beatrice is from the old Ferrara, and she is willing to condescend to marry a second son because of Ludovico's ambition and ruthlessness, she supported her husband in various ways to usurp the rule of Milan more than ten years ago, and now that she has a son, she cannot help but worry about the inheritance he will inherit later, if at the beginning, Gian was just a grain of sand in her eyes, now it may be a stone - it's just that Gian's wife, Avia of Naples, is not a cowardly wretched wretch, Beatrice has Ferrara behind her, Isabeca has Naples behind her, the king of Naples is Ferdinand I, he is the first old but still very strong lion, the army of Naples is far superior to Ferrara and Milan, if Ferdinand I decides to send troops to ensure the status of his daughter and his descendants, Ludovico simply couldn't fight back.

"How many gold coins did you take from me?" Ludovico asked teasingly, lazily stroking his beloved dagger, he didn't care about the little money, but Giovanni's natural attitude made him a little unhappy.

"No more than you put into the papal robe for nothing." Giovanni sneered.

"Alexander VI is a credible man," Ludovico said, "and I will be rewarded accordingly." ”

Giovanni turned his back: "I'm afraid not." ”

Ludovico's fingers stroking the dagger stopped: "What did you say?" ”

Giovanni turned again: "Do you know that King Ferdinand of Spain has entered St. Peter's Palace?" ”

Speaking of King Ferdinand of Spain, he and King Ferdinand I of Naples were cousins - Naples originally belonged to the family of Anjou in France, and was only occupied and annexed in 1442 by Alfonso V, King of Aragon (that is, one of the Spanish states that had not yet been united), Alfonso V left Aragon to his younger brother before being called by God, but left his favorite Naples to his illegitimate son Ferdinand I, and Avia, the wife of Gian, the nominal Duke of Milan, was the granddaughter of Ferdinand I- Whether motivated by selfish feelings or righteousness, Ludovico did not feel that King Ferdinand of Spain would lean towards him. He jumped up from his chair and told his attendants to find the spy he had planted in St. Peter's Palace. He soon received a reply that King Ferdinand of Spain had come to the Vatican for a colonial dispute with Portugal.

Alexander VI, of course, remembered the overly tenacious sailor, and he also issued an order for the Templars to delay or destroy his plans, yes, everyone knew that the earth was round and revolved around the sun, and this theory was put forward by scholars more than 300 years BC and accepted by many wise men, but this fact had to be recognized and proclaimed with the permission of the Holy See, but under the obstruction of the Assasin assassins, this operation could almost be said to be a complete failure, and Columbus found the New World, Although he insisted that it was India, he also seemed to be aware of his mistake.

"Is he ready to sail?" Alexander VI asked.

His secretary Duarte replied: "Yes, he is already preparing. ”

Alexander VI thought for a moment: "Remind me that when I meet King Ferdinand of Spain again, it would be nice to have him give the Genoese (referring to Columbus) a title and a domain, such as the island he had just discovered." Duarte smiled, this is also one of the usual methods of the Templars, if they can't destroy the enemy's body, try to destroy his soul, judging from the intelligence, Columbus once recommended himself to many kings and archdukes, why is only Queen Isabella of Spain willing to try, isn't it because the Genoese is too greedy? He demanded not only the title of Commander of the Sea, but also ten percent of the proceeds, and the hereditary inheritance of the territory he had found to his children...... Such a person, even if Assasin is behind him, he will fall into a big heel because of his insatiable greed.

Sure enough, King Ferdinand of Spain immediately agreed, and after the Genoese Columbus found the New World, his role in Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand was almost non-existent, and Columbus's ignorance of his humble face also annoyed the king and queen (note 1), and they soon put this "little thing" behind them and began to discuss the really important matters.

At the same time, a map slowly opened on Cardinal Picromini's desk.

"This is the map of the Spaniards." Another cardinal said with some dissatisfaction.

"By far the most complete." Cardinal Picromini said, taking a few steps around the map, "Roncali, I think you need to be concerned about who the new continent belongs to, not who the map belongs to. ”

The cardinal, with a simple surname, looked up and tried to speak, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Come in," Cardinal Picromini knew who it was, after all, his study was not accessible to everyone.

Giulio walked into the room with two cups of steaming citrus tea, not long after the Dedication Day, this year's Vatican was particularly cold, and the citrus tea not only had sun-dried peeled citrus, but also ginger and honey, and everyone should thank God for a steaming cup of citrus tea. Cardinal Roncali took the tea and couldn't help but say in admiration: "Is this your little disciple?" He said, "His face must have been kissed by an angel, and his eyes were as holy and bright as amber set on the altar." ”

Cardinal Picromini smiled implicitly like a father who had been praised for his son: "Come on," he deliberately showed off: "Come and see this, and then tell me, what do you see?" ”

Although the map held by Cardinal Picromini was already the most accurate and detailed of its time, hundreds of years later, Giulio, who was accustomed to looking at the map of the world, still had to compare it for a moment to understand where it was located - at this time Oceania had not yet been discovered, Asia was almost almost speculative, there was no North America, and the western side of South America was a strange large expanse - the mappers thought that it was India, and that the vast territory of India had been determined, but there was nothing on it, But it's exciting enough.

Correctly speaking, this cannot be regarded as a map of the world, it can only be said that it is a map of Europe as the mainstay, part of Africa, part of Asia, and part of the Americas, and only the European countries, and their sworn enemy, the Ultraman Turkish Empire, are the most elaborate, and the relationship between the two is very clear from the map, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is like an open pocket that encompasses the Mediterranean Sea and most of the surrounding land, and the people of the European countries must pass through the Ultraman Turkish Empire no matter what they want from Asia- Julio's gaze lingered on the Chinese part, and he forgot to breathe before he even knew it.

Cardinal Loncali, of Portuguese nationality, thought that this beautiful boy was embarrassed that he could not answer his tutor's questions, out of tolerance for the lovely man, and that he was a Portuguese, and that it would be difficult for him to write his own name, not to mention looking at the map, "son," he said mildly, "your teacher and I are discussing our problems with Spain." He had completely forgotten that when Picomini allowed others in, he had accused the cardinal of not being cautious enough.

Outside the door, Giulio heard Cardinal Loncali's surname, and in 1276 there was one and only one Portuguese pope, whose secular name was Angelo. Giuseppe. Roncaly, it seems, although he reigned for a short time (only one year), still favored his family and descendants, and reminiscent of the mention of both Ezio and Picromini that King Ferdinand of Spain is now the guest of honour of Pope Alexander VI. He calmly pointed to the place where the color was more vivid than the others, "New World, the dividing line. ”

Cardinal Picromini immediately deepened his smile with pride, and Cardinal Roncali had to express his surprise, "You are such a wise child," he said, "yes, we are discussing the matter," he asked, a little curious, a little playfully, "do you have any suggestions?" I'm listening. ”

Giulio lowered his head and glanced at the map again, the Papal meridian was not divided in one go, Spain and Portugal would be re-divided in a year, and after Magellan circumnavigated the globe for a week, they would quarrel again over the division of the Eastern Hemisphere, but he didn't say anything. It was only when Bishop Loncalli left that he pointed out to Cardinal Picromini that the New World discovered by Columbus might not be India at all.

Thanks to Cardinal Picromini's consistent recognition that a spiritual man is bound to become a saint in the future, it is normal for him to be able to acquire knowledge that others do not know, like cowpox, and all those novelties made by the painter Leonardo, and now, Cardinal Picromini does not doubt at all, that the angel flies in the endless void, overlooking the whole earth, and then informs Giulio of what he sees, which is also the will of God, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people, They just have to accept it with gratitude.

"You are doing the right thing," said Cardinal Picoromini with satisfaction, with which he was able to obtain many benefits not only for Giulio, but also for himself, but also for his own family, Cardinal Roncali came to him because Pope Alexander VI was a Spaniard, and when it came to the division of new territories, he would undoubtedly favor the Spaniards, and with Cardinal Picoromini, they would at least not back down too much, and now with Giulio, they might be able to make the Spaniards suffer a big loss.

Cardinal's reward was immediate, and on 4 May 1493, Pope Alexander VI made a "just" arbitration on the increasingly acute colonial question between Portugal and Spain, fixing 300 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands, instead of the 100 leagues meridian in the original world, as was the dividing line, and assigning all land west of that line to Spain, all land to the east to Portugal, and the place that would henceforth be called Brazil directly to Portugal, Portugal thus had all the bases to go around Asia via Africa, and when Magellan returned from a circumnavigation of the globe, the Spaniards would be so annoyed that they would kick out their own brains.

Then, before the arrival of the Holy Trinity on May 31, Julio . The Medici were given the position of Archbishop of Lucca, as well as two priesthoods for the collection of the Holy Honours.

Lucca is located between Florence and Pisa, it was a military fortress five centuries ago, and then gradually prospered because of the silk business, now not only silk, but also its wine is quite famous, and it is an independent city, without the elbow of the king and the Grand Duke, it is a coveted position, Giulio knew very well that if it were him, the Portuguese would not give such a rich return, which must also be the credit of Cardinal Picromini, perhaps mixed with buying and selling, After all, central Italy is not a territory that the Portuguese can control, and the only way to make Giulio Archbishop of Lucca is something that Cardinal Picromini can do.

Julio. The Medici was only 15 years old, but because there was already a 17-year-old cardinal in front of him, and Pope Alexander VI did not express any dissatisfaction, the episcopal crown was rightfully placed on Giulio's head, and his ordination ceremony was not as good as that of Caesar. Borgia, but no better than Joe. Medici's poor.

Note 1: At that time, Spain was formed by the merger of two countries, and Isabella, the queen of Castile, and Ferdinand, the king of Aragon, were regarded as the co-lords of Spain, so there was a queen and a king in Spain at the same time.

Little Theater: On the night when the Papal Meridian was determined, Ezio heard Giulio. The Medici was muttering something: "Thank me, so that you can memorize one less key point, two nouns and three dates and numbers......"