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"You shouldn't be." Duarte said: "It's not okay to bully children like that. He said that, and it would have been more convincing if he hadn't had a pleasant smile on his face.

"But on the other hand," Machiavelli coughed lightly, trying to make a dignified demeanor, "we need not worry that His Highness will be easily deceived by others in the future—after all, there is such a ...... emmmm…… Addictive objects. He looked at Julio. The Medici, he knew that many people were secretly and even openly rumored about the affairs of this devil-like religious prince with golden eyes and black curly hair, from women to men, from elders to teenagers, and his two female protectors became the most conclusive evidence.

Even if it is purely based on the facts, it can make the most beautiful woman in the whole of Rome, Italy and even Europa - Luclesia. Isn't the man who gave birth to a child for him, despite the obstruction of his father, his family, and his brother, the archbishop in front of him?

Julio. The Medici had to think about it to understand what Machiavelli was talking about, but he was now accustomed to people's views of children - according to the ancient Greek scholars, children are adults who have not grown up, and people in this century have never shied away from children, from giving birth to *8 colonies to sexual 6t behavior, people with assets and power can have enough rooms and beds, while ordinary people, especially peasants, from children to old people, all sleep naked on a large bed.

And for Cosimo Jr. has an orthodox and unmistakable identity, he is nominally Bianca. Sforza's firstborn son in 1500, the Holy Year, and in fact, he was born on the feast of the Feast of the Blessed Father in 1498, a difference of more than ten months. There are indeed some doubts, but under the unanimous tone of Bianca and Giuliano, these doubts are gone, and even if there are some rumors, it is just speculation that the young man Bianca and Giuliano may have tasted the forbidden fruit before the marriage contract, and hurried to Cadiz after marriage, just to cover up the woman's belly that is completely inconsistent with the marriage age.

That is to say, little Cosimo is now eleven years old, and according to the medieval calculation, if the year the fetus is still in the mother's womb is also counted, then he is now twelve years old, and in people's perception, a fourteen-year-old boy can become a husband and father. When the Medici involved him in some political affairs, his friends and subordinates were not so surprised, and some thought it was a little late, after all, Cosimo Jr., from a very young age, showed the intelligence he inherited from his father and the acumen of his mother—all he lacked now was experience and practice, which would not be too lacking in the years to come, or even decades, or even decades.

There is another lesson that is more urgent, as Machiavelli mentioned, that little Cosimo should begin to be taught about the bed. For the Medici, this is simply destroying children, and the problem is that Duarte and Machiavelli, or Ezio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and even Bianca and Giuliano all think that little Cosimo should try it...... The Florentine people offered a variety of things like the muses of the sun god - prostitutes and showboyances, reserved and beautiful noblewomen, or slightly rough but pure folk maidens...... You have everything, choose from you.

Among them, there were several girls whose breasts had not yet swelled, obviously not for Giulio, who knew that the Archbishop of Florence hated it, but for little Cosimo, there was no better place to explore the secrets of love together than the opposite sex of the same age, since his guardian resolutely did not allow the big sister with a plump body...... Well, give him some proper guidance.

Giulio reluctantly gave Machiavelli a roll of the eyes, saying that if it was Cosimo the Younger's marriage, he could call the shots, and his courtiers and subordinates did not think that now was the time to talk about marriage—until Giulio became the ruler of Rome, Cosimo the Younger. After the Medici became the earthly agent of the Holy Father, the commander of the ecclesiastical army, and possibly the Grand Duke or King, the best time to play this trump card was to play it.

But again, in the ...... of Cosimo Jr. On the issue of alternative education, he can't contain the filthy thoughts of these bastards, you know, it is the duty and right of almost every adult male to take his younger brother or nephew, nephew, and son to find the messenger of "love", of course, they also agree that for the sake of his reputation, this matter should be done by them, even Giuliano is on the move, he can't show up to teach, but his theoretical knowledge is very rich!

"Alright." Giulio had to make a grim look: "Gentlemen, let your thoughts fly back into this room, relative to Cosimo Jr.'...... Love, Italy now, this wonderful beauty is more worthy of our courtesy and love—we are now facing a very difficult situation," Giulio put the wooden soldiers moved by Cosimo the Younger back to their original positions, and then drew a box and placed the arrows inlaid with red enamel on the map, pointing out the direction and route of the movement of the various armies, "because of the foolishness of Julius II, the army of Louis XII has entered Italy and occupied Milan, which no longer belongs to the Spaniards— Or rather, Spain was originally inferior to the French in the first place.

If possible, I would have hoped that we would have been able to contain the French offensive at the border between Lombardy (where Milan is located) and Romagna, but as you know, the revolt in Rome gave Louis XII a better excuse to occupy Rome and become master of the Vatican Palace and Castel Sant'Angelo. At this, Giulio couldn't help but feel heavy, Joshua. To say that Giulio failed to see the mistakes and loopholes in Lovere's radical moves would be a lie. Lovere would not listen to him, and Giulio would not have done such a futile work, but neither of them could have predicted that Louis XII would seize the opportunity with such agility - he may have sensed the dark tide in Rome, after all, the movement of troops is never something that can be done in a day or two.

"And now that Julius II is dead, if Louis XII were to be made aware of this, there is no doubt that he would immediately come to Rome and personally manipulate the papal election, or use it as a bargaining chip in exchange for the cardinals to transfer his close friend, Archbishop of Rouen, Georges Bush. Morality. Amboise becomes the new pope," Giulio looked at the people in the room, "and I absolutely do not allow it. ”

Duarte and Machiavelli nodded in unison, and they traveled day and night to Le Pi for this, and if Louis XII had become the new pope, he would have easily become the Grand Duke of Milan and the King of Naples—with the new pope's permission, and the unification of Italy would have become an almost impossible task.

"But it wasn't easy to get Louis XII's eyes elsewhere." Machiavelli said, "But since the expulsion of Juana I from Toledo is a foregone conclusion, the governor of Naples, General Gonzalo, must have returned to Spain, and Louis XII should have been informed of it." ”

"More than that," said Giulio, "if I were Louis XII, Naples would certainly be aspiring, but after the lessons of Alexander VI, he would not let Julius II go, he did not know that Julius II was dead, but he would definitely need a pope to crown him, in order to establish the legitimacy of the rule of Milan and Naples, in 1495, Charles VIII was unable to master Alexander VI, and then crowned king of Naples, and finally returned to France empty-handed." ”

"So." "Not only did we have to turn Louis XII's attention to Naples, but we also had to make sure that he didn't leave too many troops in Rome," Giulio said. ”

"You must have prepared for it." Machiavelli is half certain, half flattering.

Giulio smiled, walked out the door, and said something, and the squire outside the door after a few minutes, brought a man with a face that was a little unfamiliar to Machiavelli, but Duarte recognized him at a glance: "Giovanni. Sforza! ”

"Exactly, Lord, God willing, I am still struggling in pain in this turbid world." Giovanni. Sforza bowed slightly to the crowd, he was an unlucky man, first by Caesar. Borgia drove away, was coerced by Lovere, and was again reduced to a lost dog at the hands of the Venetians, but now it seems that he is not bad, but as long as Giulio is gone. Under the protection of the Medici, even pagans can live well, or rather, have a bright future. Now, as soon as they saw him, both Machiavelli and Duarte guessed that Giulio was going to use him to annoy Louis XII.

Louis XII invaded Milan with the help of his status as the grandson of the Duke of Visconti, but the Sforza family had been in Milan for three generations and had also been recognized by the Pope, which meant that the descendants of Sforza could also claim to inherit Milan.

Ludovico. Sforza ...... Duarte said another name, and although he didn't finish it, Giovanni immediately understood what he meant.

"My poor brother died of fever four months ago." Giovanni said.

Machiavelli glanced at Giulio almost uncontrollably, and he suddenly realized that there was a problem - Cosimo Jr. Medici, as Giuliano. Medici and Bianca. Sforza's only son, Conterina. Sforza's grandson may not only inherit Cadiz, Florence, Forlì and Imola, Pionrino in the future...... Giovanni. Sforza was his maternal uncle and had children out of wedlock (he had always been thinking of his deceased wife, and Lucleia was married. Borgia did not enter into a marriage contract with another woman after dissolving the marriage), which represents ...... If Giovanni. Sforza really became the Duke of Milan - Machiavelli clenched his fists, as long as Giovanni . Sforza is no longer engaged, so little Cosimo is destined to become the Grand Duke of Milan!

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Louis XII did not meet the captain of the mercenary who was said to have brought a great and valuable secret, and the Monsieur de Count of Naples did not live up to his expectations, and despite his apparent vendetta against the captain of the mercenary, he nevertheless returned every word he uttered to his king - the mercenary was not lying, and if the secret was true, it was indeed very tempting.

"If he had deceived me, or had only been deceived, and had unreliable information in the hope of getting a good fortune," said Louis XII, "I would have pulled out his tongue and what was underneath it with my own hands." ”

"I'm here to help." "But I hope he is not lying," said the Earl. ”

Louis XII glanced at him and smiled: "I thought you would be happy to see him unlucky." ”

"But if what he says is true," said the count, "my king will be able to take Naples with ease, and I sincerely wish to see you take on the crown of the king of Naples, for which I am willing to pay the jester a handsome sum if he brings you good signs." He bowed deeply as he said this, and Louis XII laughed at the words: "My good friend," he said affectionately, "if this is the case, you will have no less than that poor thing—you will be my guest and servant at the court of Naples, and likewise you will receive a rich domain, wider and more beautiful than your own, where you may build a manor for me and my queen and our prince." ”

The Count bowed again and again in joy, and Louis XII did show him a splendid picture, but he believed that he could get all that the king had promised, after all, Louis XII had always been generous, and that the master was evidently more faithful to his promises than Charles VIII, and he had never loved the ministers and knights who had followed him from Blois to the Italian peninsula, but to the old Anjou people, whom he valued and trusted.

They didn't have to wait long, and about two days later, news came from Naples that General Gonzalo was going somewhere else, and then there was a letter from Toledo's spies - yes, there was indeed a coronation in the Cathedral of Toledo - since Juana I had already been crowned in Rome a few years earlier, she would not have had a second coronation so long later - then, presumably, the people of Toledo had lost the message of Julius II, And because of the expulsion of Queen Juana, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, the king who had to be predetermined for them first should be ...... Charles, the grandson of the Holy Roman Emperor, was crowned.