On December 6, 1058, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, a magnificent and majestic church, was once again welcomed by many cardinals.

In front of St. Peter's Church, outside the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, there was also a gathering of priests and faithful, who had already expressed their dissatisfaction with the absurdity and incompetence of Stephen IX, and all had strong expectations for the election of a new pope.

This Pope Sdwan IX was the younger brother of Godfrey III, the former Duke of Lower Lorraine, and was born Frederick, who was originally vicar of a cathedral in Liège named Saint Lambert, and later became abbot of Monte Cassino.

Soon he was promoted to cardinal by Pope Victor II and sent to Constantinople as patriarch.

Five days after the death of Victor II, the city of Frederick was enthroned as Pope for the sake of Pope's successor, called Sdwang IX.

Rumor has it that King Sdwan IX used dirty money to buy votes and bribe himself to become pope with the help of the Count of Tasculum, and it was not without cardinals who spoke out against Seventon IX, but all of them were forced to flee Rome.

In addition to the stain of bribery, the actions he has taken since he came to power can be described as absurd. He first planned to expel the Normans from Italy, and he was joined by King Caesar of Sicily, who was originally a supporter of the Holy See. Morality. Ottwell then offered to elevate his brother, the Duke of Lower Lorraine, to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, which undoubtedly turned against the Emperor and the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire.

Not only that, but he then committed the most stupid mistake, which was to recklessly issue an excommunication order against William. Originally, the excommunication decree had a supreme deterrent effect on the secular monarch, but because Sdwan IX miscalculated the current situation, not only did the excommunication become a waste of paper, but also made him a ridiculous fool, which directly reduced the prestige of the Holy See.

The consequences of this are extremely serious, and the reason why the Holy See is able to hold the bull's ear of the entire Christian Church, in addition to its location in Rome, and more importantly, its great deterrent effect on the secular aristocracy.

But now, because of the stupid Sdwan IX, the papal see's deterrent power has been greatly reduced, and if it is allowed to continue, perhaps the Holy See will completely lose its position as Christian leader, which Hildebrand will never tolerate.

In this papal election, Hildebrand, with the help of Bishop Anselmo of Lucca, not only won the support of most of the cardinals, cardinal priests and cardinal deacons in the city of Rome, but also many cardinals who had been forced out of Rome by King Sdwan IX returned to Rome to support Hildebrand's decision to depose the pope.

The point to be made here is that it is not only the cardinals who have the right to participate in the pope election, but also cardinal priests and cardinal deacons, which are the first rank of cardinals, but because they both wear red clothes and red hats, they are often called cardinals in Chinese, but this is not true.

Although there are now more than 180 cardinal electors in the Catholic Church, distributed in dozens of countries such as Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and the Near East, the maximum number of cardinal electors who can participate in the papal election is only 120.

"Cardinals, all of you are gathered here today to depose the incompetent Pope Sdwan IX and to elect a new pope who is better able to lead the Church of Rome out of its predicament.

I propose to be made by the Bishop of Florence, Gerard. Morality. Bourgoun has become the new Pope, and those who are willing to support Bishop Gerald please raise your hand! ”

Standing in the center of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Hildebrand spoke aloud to the cardinals sitting behind long tables on either side.

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded! I would like to support you, Your Excellency. ”

"Seconded!"

"Against! His Majesty Sdwan IX is not at fault, and we cannot remove him. ”

"Seconded! A vile and filthy bribe-taker, an incompetent and ignorant idiot, a laughing stock ridiculed by the whole of Europa, how can He De be in a high position? ”

Archbishop Hildebrand was still in the majority, and the previous supporter of Stepwin IX was scolded by the cardinal next to him, and then he died down and did not dare to speak out again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you will be proud of the wise decision you have taken today, because the Church of Rome will turn a new page under your impetus and the Catholic Church will achieve a great revival!

Our Florentine Bishop Gerard. Morality. Bourgaun will be the only candidate for the pontificate. Hildebrand said in a high-pitched voice with open arms.

This papal election is different from others, as the grand parish and the cardinal governor of the cardinal body, Hildebrand has not prepared other papal candidates at all, which was unimaginable before, doubting that there will be more than one papal candidate in the previous papal election, it is an absolute difference election, and it will go through many rounds of voting to finally decide who is the new pope, but now, under the auspices of Hildebrand, the Bishop of Florence, Gerard of France. Morality. Bourgaun became the only candidate for the papal presidency at this time.

"Your Excellency Cardinals, Cardinal Priests and Cardinal Deacons, please come forward and cast your precious vote." In the decision to Gerald. Morality. After being the sole candidate for the pontificate of Bourgaun, as presiding officer and superintendent of the Papal Electoral Conference, he spoke aloud to the cardinals present and to the cardinal priests and cardinals standing in the back.

Under the guidance of Archdiocese Hildebrand, the cardinals, cardinals and cardinals began to pat the long queue and put their ballot papers written into the ballot boxes.

Originally, this voting process was supposed to last several days, with one vote on the opening day of the Papal Electoral Council, and two votes each day in the morning and afternoon thereafter until the pope was elected; If no one obtains an absolute majority for three consecutive days in between, the vote is suspended, but not for more than one day, for prayer and discussion.

In this way, there are many similarities between the papal electoral council and the traditional Chinese imperial examination, in which the cardinal electors will be locked up in the Vatican until the pope is elected, and only then will the lock of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel be opened again.

But now, because there is only one candidate for the pontificate, it is only necessary to see whether the number of votes reaches two-thirds. Morality. Bourgaun would then ascend the throne as the new pope.

The voting process lasted until the evening, during which time the votes were cast twice, both because there were no more than two-thirds of the supporters, so the cardinal electors were required to vote again.

Outside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, in front of St. Peter's Square, countless clergy and faithful had been waiting for a day to look up at the sky above the Sistine Chapel in anticipation of the white smoke rising.

If black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel, it means that the final results of the election have not yet been decided, and everyone needs to continue to be patient, and if there is white smoke, it means that a new pope is born.

Whether it is white smoke or black smoke, this is the result of the burning of ballots by the papal electoral council, and when the result is not decided, some wet rice stalks will be added to create black smoke, and if the result elects a new pope, the ballot will be burned dry, creating white smoke, so as to satisfy the curiosity of people outside about the papal electoral council.