With a heavy heart, Hildebrand set out on his journey to Paris again, but this time he received relatively good news, the king of England and France, William, king of the Normans, who happened to be in Paris with his family, and he had to save the effort of traveling thousands of miles to Oslo, Norway.

The war to conquer Norway began in the early spring of 1058 and has been going on for a whole year until February 1059, when William, Hubert, and Rodrigo worked together to occupy Trondheim and Oslo, and then jointly attacked the nobles of southern Norway, occupying all the best areas of the Kingdom of Norway, and then Duke Rodrigo led his troops to defeat the Swedish and Danish reinforcements, forcing the two countries to bow their heads and make peace and abandon their claims to the Kingdom of Norway. On the other side, William and Duke Hubert swept north and swept through Gudo. Cloving's forces and continued north to sweep away the unwilling Norwegians and Sami tribes.

At this point, the overall situation of Norway has been decided, although there is still a war, but the scale is not large, and there is no need for William to personally lead the troops to sit in the town, so he led the Guards Corps to return to Paris by boat, and ordered Hubert and Rodrigo to defend Norway and expand his territory in Norway.

After spending Christmas and New Year's Day with his family, William had to deal with the accumulated government affairs while presiding over spring ploughing, which could not be overemphasized in the Middle Ages, when food was scarce and agriculture was backward.

Before the official large-scale spring ploughing, William held great ceremonies and ceremonies, including large public banquets and parties, grand processions, gifts to each other, and the planting of harvest trees.

Hildebrand, who had arrived from Rome, coincided with the festival.

"Isn't this Saturnalia?" Hildebrand, looking at these familiar events, was reminded of the Saturnalia festival that prevailed in Rome – a festival dedicated to Saturnus, the god of agriculture from December 17 to December 23 every year, a temple fair similar to China, where he prayed to the god of agriculture for a year of good weather and peace for the country.

William borrowed from Rome's Saturnalia festival to hold this grand spring ploughing sacrifice celebration.

Through the procession of the celebration, Hildebrand arrived at the Palais de la Cité in Paris, and was successfully received by William, who was under house arrest, but after all, his status in the church and France was quite high, and William would not treat him well in the open, and he was still courteous.

"His Majesty Wilhelm, on behalf of the Church, I extend my sincerest greetings to you." Hildebrand bowed slightly and said in a respectful tone.

"I have received greetings from Rome, I wonder what is the important matter for you, the Vice-Rector of the Holy See, to come to Paris today?" William stretched out his hand and spoke.

"His Majesty William, His Majesty the Holy See hopes to resolve the misunderstanding between you and me and restore the friendship between the two sides." Hildebrand took out the handwritten letter of Nicholas II in his hand and handed it to William, and said: "At this time, the handwritten letter of His Majesty the Holy See of Nicholas, please read it, Your Majesty." ”

William ordered someone to take the handwritten letter of the new Pope Nicholas II in Hildebrand's hand, and did not open it in the slightest, but said in a mocking tone:

"Didn't Pope Sdwang excommunicate me and excommunicate me, and ordered all the nobles of the Norman kingdom not to pledge allegiance to me, and to contact the monarchs of various countries against me?

Really, am I free to be bullied by you and others? It has been several times since I had expelled my teachings, and I have lost count of them, and since you are determined to oppose me, I have complied with your wishes.

When spring begins, I will march into Rome with an army of 100,000 men, and I want to see if the Holy See's neck is as hard as their temper! ”

In the last excitement, William threw Pope Nicholas II's handwritten letter into Hildebrand's face.

Hildebrand faced the flying scroll of letters, and did not dodge a hard slap in his face, and half of his cheeks were a little red and swollen.

After he had rearranged the letters of Pope Nicholas II, he spoke again: "Your Majesty, please be angry, for the former Pope Sdwang IX was foolish and offended His Majesty.

Now that the cardinals have ousted St. Peter's throne, a new pope has been elected, your friend, Bishop Gerald of France from Burgundy.

I am confident that the new Holy Majesty Nicholas II will serve as a bridge between the Church and your country, and an important link for the friendly relations between the two sides. ”

Hearing Hildebrand's account, the anger in William's chest subsided a little, he calmed down, and asked: "The mobilization order for the conquest of Rome has been issued, you must give me a reason to convince me, otherwise after the spring ploughing, I will personally lead the army to level the city of Rome." ”

Hearing that William had issued a mobilization order, Hildebrand was shocked, and he couldn't care about being reserved, and hurriedly said what he had already prepared: "Your Majesty William, have you really decided to destroy the Holy See?"

You should know that in a society without Catholicism, all social orders and classes are the product of imagination, a force that can unite people (except for empire and money), and the larger the state, the more fragile the social structure, the more the need for the Catholic Church to regulate the social structure and stabilize the rule of kings and monarchs, which is both the 'divine right of kings' - the power given by God to the monarch to rule over his subjects, and the source of the legitimacy of all monarchs' rule.

The Holy See is the Catholic leadership and guide appointed by God and the mainstay of the Church. ”

Hearing Hildebrand finish this paragraph, William waved his hand and said: "I naturally know that the role of the Catholic Church is irreplaceable, but why does the Holy See need to be the leader of the Catholic Church, why can't it be the French Church?" The history of the Church in France is no shorter than that of the Church in Rome, and you should know it as the abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Denis.

Your reasons don't convince me to march into Rome, so what else do you have to say? His Excellency the Grand Procedur of Hildebrand! ”

"His Majesty, please listen to me again."

"Please."

"Your Majesty, although the state power has risen and fallen, the Holy See has been able to stand for a thousand years, and all European countries follow the same norm, and under the framework of this norm, political games are played through the Church of Rome, so that the collapsed regime can always be rebuilt through the Church, and the new overlord also needs the support of the Pope.

As the new European overlord, if you want to replace the Holy Roman Empire as the new overlord, you need the support and recognition of the Church, and your kingdom and family also need the support of the Church, in fact, the relationship between the two sides is mutually beneficial, and there is no dispute.

You and I only need to put aside our preconceptions and communicate with each other, and we can achieve a win-win situation! Hildebrand's voice was full of emotion, and he did his best to explain his reasoning to William.

William naturally agreed with what Hildebrand said, but he also needed one to make amends, one to restore his reputation, to make up for the insults he had suffered, and to appease the anger of the Normans, otherwise William would still lead the Norman army into Rome.