After capturing the four major coastal towns of the Papal States to block their escape from the sea, the Ming navy did not continue its attacks on the Papal States, but instead attacked Sicily and Sardinia.

Just after the Ming army conquered Florence, the Ming marines had already occupied the coastal areas of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sicily.

In the whole of Italy, only the two cities of Rome and Milan and parts of the Kingdom of Sicily remained.

After Jiao Lian's troops occupied the city of Milan, Zhu Youxiao ordered his main force to rush directly to the Kingdom of Sicily, and in a roundabout way, after fully occupying the Kingdom of Sicily, he joined Rome with the main force of the Ming Army, Fu Hai.

Pope Alexander VII also learned of the loss of the fortresses of Florence and Milan, but he had no choice but to gather the remnants of his army and return to Rome.

At this time, the city of Rome also began to show some signs of panic, and this 2,000-year-old city will have to face the fate of being dominated by the Orientals.

Zhu Youxiao was also standing on a high platform at this time, looking at this city in the center of Catholicism with a telescope, and he could even see the priests walking around in a panic, and even the big bullring.

In his previous life, he had never been to Europe, and he had never been to Rome, but he never imagined that in this life, the walls would become his own.

The Ming army has begun to uproot the outer fortresses one by one, the artillery fire is spreading everywhere, the Italian Asian army is still stubbornly resisting with strong fortifications, but it is also in vain, a medieval country that has not yet risen the capital revolution is unable to resist such an industrialized country as the Ming Dynasty in any way.

With a loud bang, the Ming army finally opened a gap in the fortified walls of the city of Rome, and the army soldiers rushed in.

Looking through the binoculars, I saw only the commoners and nobles who were so frightened that they jumped around.

It was only after about an hour that the city of Rome returned to peace, and every ten paces inside and outside the city was guarded by a Ming army soldier, and the Vatican and the Holy See were surrounded by heavy troops.

Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wearing a crown of wings and a regular robe, walked into the city of Rome.

Looking at the towering Vatican Cathedral, Zhu Youxiao was a little reluctant to ruin this symbol of Western culture after a while.

However, in order to achieve the unity of world civilization, he must do so.

Pope Alexander VII and a dozen other surviving archbishops were trembling in front of Zhu Youxiao, who were about to kneel in front of Zhu Youxiao and receive a reprimand from Zhu Youxiao.

Otherwise, they would have been sent directly to the cross by the Ming Emperor to follow their God.

However, they were accustomed to a life of glory and wealth and were unwilling to die, so they chose to submit to the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you are God's favorite, congratulations on now owning this beautiful land, everything here is granted to you by God, you can enjoy everything here!"

Pope Alexander VII bowed deeply to Zhu Youxiao.

In his opinion, now the Eastern Empire called the Ming Dynasty has become a foregone conclusion to rule the entire territory of Italy and Asia, and he has to accept the reality of being deprived of administrative power by an Oriental, but he did not think of giving up the right to rule religion, he naively thought that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao would only be greedy for the administrative power of the Italian sub-region and did not care much about religious beliefs.

What's more, as a generation of popes, although he has never been to the Ming Dynasty, he has also heard that in this distant eastern empire, the control of religious beliefs is not so strict, and religion is separate from imperial administration.

Therefore, Pope Alexander VII had the luxury of cooperating with the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao, and he hoped to use his high position in the Catholic Church to serve Zhu Youxiao's expansion and to exchange for the high status he could still enjoy in Europa.

Therefore, at this moment, when the city of Rome was broken, breaking his last trace of **** illusion of ruling Rome, Pope Alexander VII chose to take the initiative to show favor to Zhu Youxiao.

As the saying goes, stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, seeing the Pope in front of him, who is already over the age of sixteen and has a white beard, salute himself so humbly, and he is a person with a high status in the whole of Europa, and his status is not even inferior to the Holy Duke of Kong Yan, who was also respected by the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Youxiao still have a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

You know, the great glory that Napoleon achieved in the most glorious moment of history was to be crowned by Alexander VII.

And now, seeing the crown in the hand of Alexander VII, Zhu Youxiao knows that he is also going to give himself a crown, but this means that his power is granted by his Catholic Church and God.

Zhu Youxiao did not accept this award, as a mature politician, how could he easily fall into Alexander's trap.

Zhu Youxiao walked straight into the lobby and admired the gorgeous lamps and lifelike Western paintings.

Alexander VII was a little disappointed when he saw that Emperor Zhu Youxiao did not accept his crowning, but when he found that the Ming Emperor was more interested in viewing the religious figures on the oil paintings, he rekindled his confidence, and mistakenly thought that although the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao was as cunning as a fox, he was not not the slightest disinterested in Catholicism, and he might be able to develop him into a religious first.

"This one with a broken arm is Vienna, she", before Alexander VII finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand to tell him to stop: "I know, that's Cupid." ”

Alexander VII was even more pleased when he heard this, thinking that the emperor of the East seemed to know some about his Catholicism, so that there was more hope for him to become a believer, and he had heard that the Orientals had no faith, but it was therefore very good to develop them into staunch believers.

Therefore, Alexander VII was even more determined to develop Zhu Youxiao into a Catholic.

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I wonder if you own the whole of Europa, or even the entire Catholic world?"

Alexander VII decided to preach to Zhu Youxiao in person, and used the greatest desire of a politician as bait.

Zhu Youxiao also replied directly: "Needless to say, if you don't want to rule the whole of Europa, why bother so much." ”

"In this case, Your Majesty knows that the status of Catholicism in the entire Europa world is very high, and if I support you, it will be easier for you to get this land, especially Franco, France, England, etc."

Alexander VII said, "Looking at these sacred paintings, did your Majesty have such thoughts? ”

"My only thought now is to burn these paintings!"