Florence sent a six-man mission to negotiate with Charles VIII this time, and the negotiations were undoubtedly difficult, and the head of the mission was Friar Savonarola, who was Lorenzo. The Medici invited Joe to Florence in order to teach him, and took care of him, but Savonarola had no appreciation for it, he stubbornly believed that the arrogant and lascivious Medici were the worldly devils entrenched in Florence, and it was they who caused the whole city to fall, everything the Medici did, every sculpture and every portrait completed with the support of the Medici, was evil and shameless to him, and he often called on people to live a miserable life and abandon these useless dross, Among the suffering citizens of the lower class, there were tens of thousands of supporters, and the Medici also played a significant role in the expulsion of Florence. To make him the head of the negotiating group, ostensibly in the hope that God's mercy and mercy would shake the tyrannical heart of Charles VIII, but in fact it was also to galvanize the citizens of Florence at the time of necessity with the life of this devout monk. The second is that the de facto chief, Carboni, the standard-bearer of Florence, has lived in France for 12 years as the ambassador of Florence, and has seen the young French King Charles VIII almost from a baby, and he knows this ambitious red-haired young man very well in the whole negotiation; The other three were Neri, Lucelle, and members of the Sodrini family, all of whom were prominent members of the city, and one was Giulio. The Medici, a member of this team who was not supposed to be there. Here we may have to mention a certain person, that is, a member of the mission of the Neri family, who was about thirty years old, with a lovely little beard, and eyes as clear and lively as a teenager, who was a consistent follower of Carboni, and Carboni naturally trusted him quite a lot, the problem is that while he supported Carboni, he also fell in love with Constena of the Medici family at first sight, to be honest, because he was an old widower, if not for Pierrot. The Medici had made such a serious mistake that it was almost impossible for Constena to have anything to do with him, but now, he turned out to be an excellent candidate, and the copy of the agreement in Constena's hand was the one he managed to copy, and if this matter were leaked, he would have risked being alienated and indifferent by Carboni, but he did it anyway, and in the previous meeting, he also supported Giulio. The Medici became a member of the mission.

"I hope you can indeed become Constena's husband." Carboni put it this way: "Otherwise, even I feel a little bit at a loss." ”

"Of course," said Neri, "she loves me very much." ”

The negotiations with Charles VIII were undoubtedly very difficult, and Charles VIII's appetite was as great as ever, and he said that, according to French military law, he had conquered the place by leading a heavily armed army into Florence, and he demanded all the rights to Florence, perhaps because of the illusion that Pierrot and the previous Carboni had given him, that he could get more rights with a little intimidation - he had already received 10,000 gold florins, and had sacked the Palazzo Vecchio, which was used for his residence, The room was empty, with curtains, carpets, picture frames, vases, statues, lamps...... Everything that could have been lifted and removed was gone, even the gilded parts had been scraped off, and the bronze railings had been torn down. No, that's not enough, Charles VIII is like a little kid who has only tasted a bite of cream, salivating over the whole of Florence.

What he didn't know was that in Julio. Early the morning after the Medici met with the Council of the Seventy, a pigeon from Borgia flew out, and it flew straight to Milan, and the information or document on its feet was delivered to the Grand Duke of Milan Ludovico before the sun had completely set, and he opened it, and inside was a rough map of Italy, but the line formed by Milan, Florence, the Papal States, and Naples was so obvious, The coat of arms lily of the French royal family was shockingly displayed in places other than Milan, and after being smeared with cinnabar, the only piece of cream yellow in Italy was so dull and narrow that Ludovico could understand the meaning without an explanation, and after the anger caused by the deception of Alexander VI was extinguished, there was remorse for his previous reckless actions. In other words, after his nephew, Gian, the true master of Milan, suddenly fell ill and died, and his three children were exiled with his mother Avia of Naples, Ludovico no longer needed the support of the French king. In addition, when Charles VIII passed through Milan, his army also caused a lot of damage to Milan - Ludovico could allow, or hope, Charles VIII could conquer Naples, but he did not want Charles VIII to be in control of Florence, the Papal States and other regions, and at that time, as this map indicates, will the only remaining Milan, or Venice, really be able to fight against Charles VIII, who ruled most of Italy? There may be people who drop the last piece of meat on their plate when they are full, but for an ambitious young king, his quest for territory is never-ending.

Ludovico, who was now panicked, immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter, and put his envoy in the hands of the king before the second negotiation between King Charles VIII of France and Florence began, what he did not expect was that Charles VIII not only did not listen to him, but became angry, as Ludovico thought, Charles VIII never limited his eyes to Naples, during the negotiations, he wrote his own request on parchment, and then forced the members of the mission to sign, of course, No one would be like Pierrot. The Medici were so stupid that they sat motionless in their seats, and Charlie looked around and set his eyes on the only Medici. "Bishop," he said kindly, "ignore the stubborn, shallow men, I have always believed that the Medici are superior to others, and I have given this power to Pierrot, and now he can no longer serve me, but I may make you the Archbishop of Florence, or you may appoint any of the Medici to be the Doge of Florence." How is it? We are of the same age, of similar interests, and I think we can be friends, my dear, and that there is a king to be your friend, and that you must have a bright future ahead of you, Bishop. ”

This is completely naked temptation and bribery, but it sounds very credible, and as a clergyman, with the support of a king, there is no doubt that he can at least climb to the position of cardinal, and even become a pope, and Charles VIII after getting Florence, he really needs a governor who knows the local situation, this promise is not only credible, but also feasible, and even Carboni and Neri are nervous, after all, Giulio is still so young, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a big child, Is it possible that he succumbed to Charles VIII's rhetoric and coercion, and did not see that Pierrot, who was seven years older than him, only lasted less than a day in front of Charles VIII?

And they were being threatened by the knights and guards of Charles VIII.

Julio pondered for a moment, then stood up, and looked at the faces with different expressions, "I remember," he said, "and there is a proverb from the far east, 'The wrath of the Son of Heaven ambushes millions of corpses and sheds a thousand miles of blood.'" What does that mean, ladies and gentlemen, that is, when a king is angry, the corpses of millions of people will fall to the ground, and their blood will flow like a river for thousands of miles. ”

There were also some nervous Charles VIII who immediately smiled when he heard this, he thought that this sentence was very much in line with his identity, and also thought that Giulio had been persuaded by himself, although he was a bishop, he was only fifteen years old, pampered, and the things he had held in his hand may have been only a woman's hairpin in addition to a table knife, Charles VIII did not think that he would be a threat at all, he did not know how those Florentines allowed a Medici to appear in the second mission, but he had to say, Giulio. The Medici was the weakest of the barriers, and if they broke him, Charles VIII could get Florence.

Then he saw Giulio turn to him, "There is another half of this sentence, Your Majesty, 'The wrath of the warriors, the two corpses, the bleeding of five steps, the world is vegetarian.'" ’”

Charles VIII couldn't understand the meaning of the latter sentence for a while, after all, in this era, the king is not a representative of erudition, but he has already vaguely sensed the bad momentum, and before him, he was a knight guarding the king's side, and he couldn't understand what the other party was saying, but as an old soldier who had been galloping on the battlefield for half his life, he was not unaware of the killing intent, he immediately took a step forward and tried to draw his long sword, but his reaction was slow, as a young man who had been taught by an assassin master for a whole decade, Giulio pressed on the map of Florence they brought, and a thin and long gauntless dagger jumped out of the wooden scroll of the map, he grasped the hilt of the sword, jumped like a big cat and jumped on the table, and with a sweep he picked up the knight's long sword to his side, and when the skilled knight pulled out his dagger and stabbed him with his backhand, he bounced off the table again, turned his head, and turned behind him from in front of Charles VIII, the knight's sword had swung at the back of his neck, but stopped at the last moment, Because the enemy's short sword had pierced Charles VIII's weak ear, he could have beheaded the enemy in the blink of an eye, but he must have had time to pierce the king's neck before he could breathe.

"The meaning of the second half of the sentence," continued Giulio calmly, "if a valiant warrior were angry, only two corpses would fall to the ground, and the blood that flowed would only soak the ground five paces away, but the whole world would mourn for them." ”

A big smile appeared on Neri's face first, and several Florentines also laughed heartily, these two sentences had been explained to them by Giulio in the middle of the night a few days ago, and the whole plan was also formulated after they discussed it together, but the key to this plan was almost all on Giulio alone, he might be cowardly, retreat, or miss, they had also hesitated, if it wasn't for Charles VIII who crossed the insurmountable bottom line first, they might not have taken such drastic measures.

Charles VIII gasped a few times, and he could feel his own blood flowing from his wounds: "Shed the blood of kings, unrighteous ones, you will be damned." ”

"Well, I'll remember to buy a coup from the Pope." Giulio replied, and Carboni smiled, an answer in the witty style of a young man, who pushed away the knight beside him, rushed to the door, opened it, and shouted, "Victory!" Win! Win! ”

After the French army entered Florence, their control over the outside of Florence was weakened to none, and the Florentine soldiers were able to easily enter the city, their number was small, only about 2,000, but there were about 4,000 follow-ups, and these 2,000 were enough to keep the French king and the nobles in the palace of Vecchio out of 25,000 soldiers.

Negotiations between the Florentines and Charles VIII were thus continued. Charles Eighty was a stubborn young man, but with the facts in front of him, he had to retract his ambitions - he did have 25,000 brave soldiers (including 8,000 Swiss Guards), but these soldiers were all prepared for the conquest of Naples, although Florence had less than 10,000 mercenaries, but they still had 90,000 people in their cities, and these people, it is said that as soon as the cathedral sounded, 30,000 would take up arms and fight for the freedom of Florence. In addition, Duke Ludovico of Milan also made it clear that he only supported King Charles VIII of France to take Florence and not Italy, and Charles VIII could not turn against him, if he lost the war in Naples, he needed Ludovico to leave him a way back to his country, and Ludovico did give a large sum of money to maintain an expedition of nearly 30,000 men. Charles VIII had to make repeated concessions, and the agreement signed between Pierrot and him can be said to have been completely reversed, leaving only Pisa and Livorno, as well as garrisons in the strategic fortresses of Florence until the end of his war with Naples, and the war reparations of 120,000 gold florins that Florence had agreed to pay. This compensation will be paid in three stages, 50,000 within 15 days, 30,000 in May next year, and 40,000 in June.

During the negotiations, Charles VIII continued to bring up the issue of Medici's dominance in Florence, of course, the Florentines led by Carboni firmly disagreed, and even Joe and Giulio were not interested, and the direct male of the Medici family was only fourteen years old in the mortal world, and the future of Joe and Giulio was in Rome, and Constena would marry Tana of the Neri family. Inside.

In late November, when the grass tips were covered with thick hoarfrost, the French army finally withdrew from Florence, and the people of Florence watched the last baggage carriage gradually disappear from sight, and no one did not let out a sigh of relief, and then there was a grand wedding ceremony to appease people's hearts, and people were criticized for the Medici family, but they were quite tolerant of Medici women such as Constena, but this person's dowry was obviously not as rich as her sister Madeleine, and people exchanged ears and whispered after a while, Even the jealousy has diminished a lot - everyone knows that the Medici paid 80,000 of the 120,000 indemnities in order to return to Florence, Charles 80 shamelessly ransacked the Palazzo Vecchio, and many others also took the opportunity to rob and extort a lot of benefits from the Medici family's banks outside Florence.

Only Constance knew that at the very bottom of her suitcase, there was a mirror, a silver mirror that reflected everything in great detail as if it could consider people's hearts, and this was the Medici family, no, Giulio. The Medici, her younger brother in the same uterus, gave her a dowry, not to mention the former Madeleine. The Medici, even if they want to buy half of Florence, is not impossible.

And on the night of the wedding feast, the six members of the mission sat together again. The Medici said that he would dedicate two major discoveries and skills to Florence in order to undo Pierrot's damage to the city.