Cambrai is an independent city, with fertile and vast fields and fields, and a well-developed textile industry, although not as important as Blois, Lyon or Orleans, but the lords and inhabitants of Cambrai have continued to live a leisurely and prosperous life by the blessing of God, which has not changed for nearly a hundred years.

However, this lull was shattered by an event between St. Nicholas (December 6) and St. Thomas (December 21), which was later known as the Treaty of the League of Cambrai. During this period, in the little-known town of Cambrai, it was signed by Pope Julius II, Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire, King Louis XII of France, and Queen Juana I of Spain.

And in order to conclude this covenant, or to negotiate this deal, whether it was King Louis XII of France as the host, or the Pope, the Emperor and the Queen, they all considered themselves to have put in considerable patience and perseverance, after all, their relationship was not harmonious to some extent.

Let's start with Pope Julius II, a young man who is not yet thirty years old, no, the age may be secondary, and the headache for these secular rulers is that this pope, though young, is as stubborn and stubborn as an old man who is about to ascend to bliss, and his reforms in the Church have already made them exhausted and incapable of doing so—after all, the churches, monasteries and parishes that were once in the hands of archbishops, archbishops or cardinals are like earthly castles and domains, Either it has been passed down in a family name for hundreds of years, or it has been a lot of verbal or sword encounters before it finally gets to be determined, and now Rome is suddenly going to take away these precious assets and give them to clergy who are loyal to the pope but come from humble backgrounds, how is it possible? Even the king, or the lord of the place, would not like to have an extra ear and a spy in his domain, not to mention the tithes, assistance and tribute, which could have been tampered with, withheld or perfunctory with the help of their own trusted clergy, and now, because of Pope Julius II, who had become the new upstart bishops and priests, how could they obediently obey their arrangement?

And Pope Julius II, as if he did not feel the resentment of the emperors and kings, not only did not restrain a single or two, but even intensified it, as if he were a true saint who held the power of heaven and the world in his hands, and issued a stern edict to them, asking them to bow down to him like vassals, and let him drive them.

The problem is, they do have a place where this pope is needed.

Cardinal Grande Lovere did die, but his dealings with the French and with the Spaniards were continued by Cardinal Lovere the Younger, or rather, Julius II, Louis XII of course dreamed of getting Milan and Naples back, and the Spaniards not only needed the Pope to crown the queen with these two places, but also because the slogan put forward by the Republic of Venice was to drive the Spaniards out of Italian soil, and the Holy Roman Empire Maximilian I joined in. It was because of the territory and promise promised to him by the Pope - the latter was mainly related to his son Philip's eldest son Charles and second son Ferdinand, Maximilian I originally gave up his eldest son in the hope of being able to take Spain effortlessly by virtue of this marriage, but what he didn't expect was that his eldest son Philip not only failed to hold his wife after marriage, the royal daughter of Spain, Juana, but also unfortunately died of typhoid fever in the civil war - as a result, leaving the whole of Spain to a crazy woman, And this woman, with the support of Cardinal Cisneros and Duke Gonzalo of Tenanova, firmly grasped the huge kingdom, leaving him with nothing to do for the time being.

But he heard that Juana, though insane, was a very devout Catholic, even fanatical—Maximilian I had heard that some widows who had lost their husbands would give their sons and their inheritances to the Church—and it would have been nice if Pope Julius II had issued an edict forcing her to give up the throne to her and Philip's son Charles, who was born in the Holy Year, was only 8 years old, and once he ascended to the throne of the King of Spain, he could manipulate government affairs by sending bishops and ministers. It is even possible that France will be ruled entirely by proxy, and Charles and Ferdinand will be sent to the Holy Roman Empire, taught and guided by the Holy Roman Empire, and in any case, Charles is now the first heir to the Holy Roman Empire and the Netherlands, and Maximilian I sincerely hopes that in the future it will be the Holy Roman Emperor who will become the king of Spain, not the other way around.

But when he met Juana I, the first time he had seen her since she became queen, he realized that things might not be as simple as he thought.

Maximilian I is in his sixties this year, Louis XII is in his forties, Julius II and Julio are in his sixties. The Medici were born in 1478, and Juana I, born in 1479, became the youngest of them, but Juana was not as easy to manipulate as they thought, she may be pious, but her faith could not waver in the slightest to the extent that she inherited from Isabella I, who could kiss the Pope's feet and call him dear father, but not expect her to give up even a single substantial benefit, let alone her country and her son; If Louis XII or Maximilian I had pressed her, she would have pulled out her chair, stood up, walked to an open area and lay down on the ground, rolling on the floor, crying and shouting the names of her mother, father and husband.

The people present, except for Julius II, who still held on to a little false name, the other two were shameless and ruthless despicable guys, but even they couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and even had the intention of hiding their faces and withdrawing - too humiliating, too humiliating, too humiliating! Is this the Queen of Spain? They lodged a solemn protest with Gonzalo, Duke of Tenanova, who had come with the Queen, affirming that if Spain were to be the first to use the strategic weapon of the madwoman Juana, they would also ......

Do you want to roll on the ground too?

Gonzalo managed to swallow the words back into his stomach, these two earthly monarchs, and the divine monarch, were obviously almost at their limit, and his face was so black that he could write on them, and he had to tactfully tell them that it was indeed the personal ...... of Queen Juana I of Spain Manners, too, in Toledo, when discussing politics with the ministers, at the slightest disappointment, the queen dared to jump from her seat and force them to change their minds in a very scoundrel way.

"But she's your majesty." Maximilian I couldn't help but shout: "You just let her do this? ”

Gonzalo's face was very innocent, "Just because she is my majesty, she ......"

Louis XII was on the sidelines, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The end result was that the monarchs, in addition to themselves, could bring a credible minister into the negotiation room, and Juana had rightfully brought Gonzalo, Duke of Tenanova with her, who had received a lackluster education, perhaps at the behest of her father, Ferdinand II, whom Isabella I had done his best to save before her death, but only a drop in the bucket, and with her talent and feminine sensitivity, Juana could detect the terms that were unfavorable to Spain, but how to refute them, Revision and confirmation were not something she could do - but Gonzalo, especially the general, knew everything about the state of Naples and Romagna, and Venice, not to mention his knowledge and mastery of the affairs of the war, even if Maximilius I and Louis XII had their own helpers, it would be difficult for the general to resist the general's aggressive onslaught, and Julius II and his bishop ...... This was clearly not their area of expertise, and Queen Juana I of Spain, who sat on the throne of General Gonzalo, did not understand, so she began to smile passionately at His Excellency.

Such a meeting was evident to the fact that everyone was on pins and needles, and after eleven days of tormenting each other in agony, they finally came to a tentative agreement, and after three more days of torment, the contract of alliance was finally signed on the penultimate day before the feast of St. Thomas, and everyone could not help but feel exhausted, oh, by the way, except for Juana I, who also had dark circles under her eyes, who looked strangely haggard but in good spirits.

Maximime almost came up with his original intentions, and at last he couldn't help asking, "What about my grandchildren?" Annoyed, he asked, "They're not even in Toledo, where are you hiding them?" ”

Juana I just shrugged her shoulders lazily and grimaced.

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In fact, Charles and Ferdinand were in the castle of Segovia, just a day's walk from Toledo.

The castle of Segovia is of great significance to Isabella I, because it was in this castle that she was crowned, and Juana lived in this castle as a child, but Charlie, who is already 8 years old, was not satisfied with her mother's arrangement.

He often ran alone under the aqueduct built by the ancient Romans, a granite structure completed in the time of Trajan (around 50 AD), with a total length of 2,000 feet, 90 feet at its highest point, with 166 round arches, divided into two layers, like an overpass hundreds of years later, except that instead of vehicles, a clear stream of water flowed from the Flio River, thirty miles away, for the people of the entire city of Segovia.

When Francisco. Ximenez. Morality. When Cardinal Cisneros found him, his heart was filled with anger and frustration – he hated his mad mother, and his courtiers and servants, but he was only a child and could not resist at all – Juana I never showed him the love of a mother, but on the contrary, she either ignored him or hurt him.

"Your Highness," unusually, Cardinal Cisneros did not accuse Charlie this time, he looked a little nervous, but finally made up his mind: "Your Highness, there is an adult who wants to see you. ”

"I don't see anyone, not even you." Little Charlie said angrily.

"You should see, because ......" the cardinal's words were interrupted by someone who suddenly stepped out of the shadows.

"For I am your grandfather's messenger, Your Highness, I have been sent by Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire." The man said, then took off his hat and bowed deeply.

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