Joe. The Medici knew about Giulio before many. The Medici could not help but sigh at the news that he would become the archbishop of Lucca, he had already warned Pierrot not to go too far—but speaking of which, others might find it ridiculous and incredulous—Pierrot had always been jealous of his cousin, perhaps because Giuliano had left too hastily and tragically, and Lorenzo, who cared so much for his brother, transferred all his love to his only widow, not to mention Giulio, Even Constina, who grew up with them in Florence, had received more attention than Joe's sisters, but neither the eldest sister Madeleine nor the second sister Luisa had any objection to this - Constine and Giulio were given special care because they had lost their father before they were born, and their mother after they were born, and even Joe did not want to exchange the two people he loved the most, and he loved him the most, for mundane power and money.

But Pierrot didn't seem to think so, he was Lorenzo's eldest son, he grew up in flattery and sycophancy, smooth sailing and too young, people called him the Medici or the Prince of Florence, and he took it lightly, not caring at all how much it would give the Medici enemies. To put it mildly, he was a big fool who couldn't see the road under his feet, and his father had become confused before he died, and he had handed over the Medici family to such a frivolous and cowardly wretched wretch, and Jo had a long conversation with Pierrot all night before he had to return to Rome, and he had nothing to say when he found out that Pierrot would actually be jealous of Giulio, but he still advised Pierrot that Giulio was still a disciple of a cardinal with real power after all, and that he could at least become an archbishop in the future, But Pierrot scoffed at his brother's advice, "You will be the Pope." He said bluntly: "You are my brother, everything in the Medici family belongs to you and mine, and an illegitimate child deserves nothing." ”

Well, now Giulio is only 15 years old, but he is already the Archbishop of Lucca, and he has two well-paid priesthoods, and although Cardinal Picromini has a dozen children in legend, as Joe observes and wiretaps, this elder is in fact a rare priest in Rome who has no interest in women and children (Joe is not sure if he should add one), he has a reputation as a "wizard" in college, and his service to two consecutive popes has given him a deep foundation and extensive contacts in Rome that no other bishop can have, This is also why Sixtus IV and Dela. The reason why Lovere was able to expel him from Rome in the name of preaching - since he had no so-called "nephew", that is, a de facto son, his disciples could be said to be his heirs in law and human feelings, hey, not to mention Caesar and Joshua, Caesar coveted what Picromini had from the beginning, and Joshua, under the appearance of humility and humility, hid a sinister heart, and only the magnanimous Giulio was willing to accept such a friend, but in the eyes of Cardinal Picromini, Joshua. Lovere was nothing more than a servant and a hostage.

The only person who could inherit Cardinal Picomini's legacy was his cousin Giulio. Medici.

But Pierrot stubbornly turned a blind eye to this, originally Joe had planned to try to reverse his mind after some time, but he didn't expect that it was just over a year later, Cardinal Picromini raised Giulioto to the position of Archbishop of Lucca in one fell swoop, as a priest, Joe was quite aware of the price of this position, not to mention, it was Luca, not somewhere else, the Medici family also sought this place for him when Lorenzo was there, but, it didn't work out, it was not something that money alone could do. Cardinal Picromini must have used his favor and dark thread for this, Joe's heart became heavier and heavier, think about it, a sapling that you have thrown away, someone else picks it up, and plants it in a sunny place with fertile soil, watering the spring, picking up the dead branches, making it strong and beautiful, and seeing that it is about to bear fruit, will that person allow you to transplant it back to your own garden at will? Of course not.

And Giulio is so smart again, for a year, he will not be unaware of the attitude of the Medici family towards him.

Joe, the Medici lamented several times, but still had to get up and go to wipe the buttocks of Brother Pierrot, who was far away in Florence. Cardinal Picromini smiled on the face of Cardinal Picromini when the Medici brought the sealed papal bull, which should not have appeared in Giulio's presence right now, given that the Medici had reached an agreement with the Vatican in the tradition of their predecessors that each person who was fortunate enough to receive the priesthood would have to pay the first year of the priesthood tax (that is, all the income of the newcomer from the priesthood in the first year) and the investition fee would be paid by the bank to the Vatican's treasury, and then the banker would hold the papal mandate, These two important taxes are collected from those who have been appointed to the priesthood, and of course, if there is insufficient cash, banks also take mortgages or engage in consignment business.

Cardinal Picromini had of course prepared this fee for his beloved disciple for a long time, but when Joe of the Medici put this letter of appointment in front of him, it showed that the Medici family had paid for the expensive fee, and Joe, as the bishop, did it himself, and also had the meaning of apology, but Cardinal Picromini did not mean that to let them continue to exert influence on Giulio, and when Giulio failed to show his peculiarity, Picromini accepted him for Lorenzo. The Medici, but when he realized that he had a truly spiritual disciple, he had no intention of returning it to the Medici.

"If you will allow you, my honorable lord," asked Jo patiently, "shall I meet my brother Julio?" Although he was dealing with a cardinal and was once half of his mentor, the other party's behavior was really unacceptable - he knew that the Medici family was in urgent need of retrieving their relationship with Giulio, but he deliberately did not know anything, if he was just like that, then maybe Joe could still bear it, the problem was that Cardinal Picromini took the papal mandate received by the Medici Bank so for granted - could he still hold on to the robes of a disgraceful cardinal, Snatch back the letter of attorney worth 50,000 gold florin like a dog digging out a bone? Of course, he would have liked, especially since he guessed that as soon as he left Picomini's residence, Cardinal Picomini would leave the room in a fit to show Giulio his latest loot.

Joe wasn't even sure that Cardinal Picomini was going to mention the Medici to Giulio.

"You can't just hide him." Joe struggled, "We'll see him eventually." ”

"And then?" Cardinal Picromini asked rhetorically: "Will he be the Medici, or will he die for you?" ”

Joe opened his mouth, he wanted to say that things would not be so exaggerated, but at the thought of Pierrot...... The 50,000 gold florin was forced by him to take out by Pierrot, and it is said that his brother was very upset about it, and Joe knew that the Medici family was not as powerful as before, and maybe Pierrot would use the 50,000 gold florin to force Giulio to do something in the future.

"I'm not going to stand in the way of you meeting Julio." Cardinal Picromini said suddenly: "But I think it would be better for the Medici to reduce their contact with Giulio in the last few years. ”

Joe looked up, he wasn't ugly, his round face would even get the favor of many, the problem was that he didn't just look stupid, he was actually stupid too.

"A family," said Cardinal Picromini, "unless they have a pope, generally speaking, do not occupy two exalted positions in the same realm at the same time, first, in order to avoid the dispersion of resources; secondly, it is to reduce internal rolling; There is also the fact that it is easy to arouse the hostility of others, and the Vatican is already crowded enough. He put it bluntly: "It is good for both Giulio and the Medici to pay more attention to the disciples of Picomini than to the Giulio of the Medici." ”

"Of course," continued Cardinal Picromini, "it would not matter if the Medici refused to invest in Giulio for this reason......

"No," Joe almost blurted out, and if that was the case, they wouldn't expect Julio. The Medici has returned to the family, and he will belong to Picomini once and for all. "This is necessary," he had already made a decision, even if it made Pierrot furious, he had to make a decision immediately, he was not smart enough, but the basic ability to make judgments was still there, but he couldn't help but feel a pain from the bottom of his heart, Cardinal Picromini meant that the Medici's resources still needed to be tilted towards Giulio, but they didn't want to restrain Giulio on this, if Giulio was still an ordinary clergyman, of course it didn't matter if the Medici gave up on him, but an Archbishop of Lucca......

Joe shook his head in frustration, he vaguely felt that Cardinal Picromini's move was not so much to separate the Medici family and Giulio, but to give the Medici a stern warning, and also to take revenge on Pierrot for his contempt for Giulio before, Joe knew very well that although he also felt some guilt towards Giulio, but in the end he was still on his brother's side, and instead of being questioned and dissatisfied by Pierrot, he chose to let Giulio endure, even if Joe told himself that the situation was only temporary, But Giulio must have felt very sad.

Thinking of this, Joe had to complain about the young and reckless Pierrot, didn't he want to know about Picromini's attitude towards Giulio when he broke off the family's support for Giulio? Of course, in the beginning, Lorenzo. The Medici only wanted to keep their brother's widow and the Medici male (after all, at that time, Pope Sixtus IV had not given up the idea of revenge on the Medici family), but it seems that before they returned to Rome, Bishop Picromini had fatherly affection for Giulio, which was a good card, but unfortunately not only Pierrot was wrong, but even he in the Vatican did not recognize the mystery - if they hadn't done so, the Medici family would now not only have an archbishop of Lucca, and being able to become an ally of the Picromini family, what a wonderful thing it would be for the declining Medici family.

Well, he was too sluggish, and when he saw that Caesar of Borgia and Lucrecia were still close to Giulio, he should have guessed that Giulio still had value to fight for.

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Giulio didn't know anything about the Shura field in the parlor, and he was indeed a little sad about the estrangement of the Medici family, but he was only a little sad, after all, he was a man who had already grown up and worked for a long time, and had experienced many ruthless and shameless things before and after coming here. The Medici already had Joe, the brother-in-law of Pope Innocent VIII, and had been an archbishop a few years ago, so why did the Medici give up such a luxuriant tree that was about to bear fruit and raise a seedling that they didn't know if it would grow? And he also knew that the Medici family was now having a hard time in Florence, because the wool of England and the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and other countries was dumped into Italy and the surrounding countries without restrictions, and the wool business in Florence was declining day by day, and the wool washers, carders, dyers, and weavers were piled up on the streets of Florence like a snow-capped mountain, and they had no warm clothing, no food for their stomachs, their eyes were dull, and their hearts were full of despair. They were joined by the lowest-class small merchants or errand runners, and it is said that before Lorenzo's death, a grand procession (including the distribution of bread) was held every few months to appease the resentment of the Florentine citizens. There was a combing riot in Florence more than a hundred years ago, and wouldn't there be a clever man more than a hundred years later to incite these dying fellows to take up arms again? Or, before the riot matures, the Medici will be scapegoated by the other families and pushed to the fore in the face of the Florentine mob. Once something like this happens, Lorenzo. The Medici's misappropriation of money from the Florentine treasury would be immediately exposed, and even God might not be able to save the Medici family, so it is understandable that Pierrot, the current head of the Medici, has completely abandoned Giulio's actions.

But understanding does not mean that you can be completely unaffected. Lucrecia, in particular, was still a child in Giulio's impression, but suddenly, she grew up, like a gardenia that violently broke free from the bracts that bound it, and unfurled its snow-white petals wantonly in the dark night, accompanied by a rich atmosphere that could not be ignored, her feelings were unexpected and delightful to Giulio, but his reason never succumbed to emotion, and it would certainly not be a mistake to reject Lucrea, but he still tasted bitterness and sourness occasionally.

"My lord, please raise your arm." The tailor respectfully said that his family had served thirteen popes in a row, and there might be many more to come, and that the bishopric vestments they made for Giulio and the Medici had concealed waists and extended shoulders, and unlike the bishops who took these fat pigs, this young priesthood filled them with vigorous energy and vigorous inspiration, and who did not love beauty, not to mention that this beauty who must be in power would walk in the earthly dwelling of God in their works, listening to the voice of the Lord and giving orders on his behalf.

When Cardinal Picromini entered, he saw this pleasing sight, Giulio was a child, his iris was a little lighter, and in the poorly lit places it looked like gray, and now his eyes were the color of the morning light like the most precious amber, his eyebrows and hair were pitch black, like crow feathers, his skin was fair, his fingers were slender, and his beautiful features made him look like St. John who had come out of people's imaginations.

The tailor stepped back as soon as the cardinal entered the room, and Giulio stood on the wooden table, already dressed in the fuchsia bishop's attire, "It would be more appropriate if it was red." Cardinal Picromini muttered in a low regretful voice, and walked over, just as Joe thought, and gave Giulio the papal mandate, and everyone in the room praised their new bishop with a loud voice.

Cardinal Picromini stepped on the wooden platform, he was a tall man, his thin fingers were placed on Giulio's shoulder, and something cold and heavy fell from Giulio's head, which was the real gift of Cardinal Picromini, a golden cross as long as the palm of his hand, attached to a very thin gold chain, which was a relic that Cardinal Picromini received from Pius II, this cross was worn from the time Pius II I was a bishop until he became pope, and then he gave it to his beloved nephew, Picromini also wore it from bishop to cardinal, and although it was not set with gems or carved icons, it was much more than the bells and whistles.

"I hope you will no longer be troubled by mundane things," said Cardinal Picromini, "my child, you need to understand one thing. Your excellence is not in Borgia, nor in the Medici, not even in Picromini, your exaltation lies only in yourself, your wisdom and piety, you do not belong to them, and you do not need them to glorify you, or, on the contrary, they will be glorified by you. ”

ps：

An adult asked about the content of the small theater, emmmm, this can be said to be a geography question, it can also be said to be a history question, what Giulio said is a history question - the following is an excerpt from Du Niang:

After C. Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, Spain and Portugal fought a long war for colonies, markets, and wealth. In order to alleviate the increasingly acute contradictions between the two countries, Pope Alexander VI (reigned 1492~1503) intervened, and an arbitration was made on May 4, 1493: in the middle of the Atlantic Azores and Cape Verde Islands west of the 100 leagues (1 league, 1 league, 3 nautical miles, about 5.5 kilometers), from the North Pole to the South Pole to draw a dividing line, known as the Papal Meridian.

The west of the line belonged to the Spanish sphere of influence; The east of the line was under the influence of the Portuguese. According to this demarcation line, the islands of the Americas and the Pacific Ocean, by and large, belong to the western half and belong to Spain; Asia and Africa belong to the eastern half and belong to Portugal.

King João II of Portugal (reigned 1481~1495) was dissatisfied with this and demanded a redraw. On 7 June 1494, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which shifted the demarcation line 270 leagues to the west, and Brazil was included in the Portuguese sphere of influence under this treaty. This dividing line, agreed upon by Spain and Portugal, as guaranteed by the Pope, was the first of its kind for modern colonial powers to divide the world and divide their spheres of influence.

En'en'...... See, the second division is a key point, the two terms are the Treaty of João II and Tordesillas, and perhaps Alexander VI, the three dates are the time of João II's reign, and the 270 leagues that moved again with the demarcation line between the signing of the treaty......

And Cardinal Picomini didn't finish his cards once......