Lateran Palace, Rome!

Since the conversion of Constantine the Great, it has been the residence of successive popes. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info turned into a sea of blood purgatory at this moment!

Everywhere there were looted halls and upturned furniture, and the floors and steps were covered in filthy blood. Not so long ago, it was entrenched in this sacred Lateran Palace.

Another would-be pope who ruled the Papal States, and even ambitiously plotted to "set up a separate center", had already run away.

Let Liu Feng's guards surround the contemporary Pope Urban VIII who strolls through the Lateran Palace and gives a sermon to the dead. The expression on the surface is very sad, but the heart is actually filled with a sense of relief and happiness!

God is always the fairest, and these Italian magnates, who have dominated the Holy See for many years, do not take him seriously, and now someone reckons with him. It's wonderful!

Historically, almost every pope in Europe has always had a lot of headaches with political opponents in the papal states around him.

The current Pope Urban VIII, if it weren't for Zhu Zilong's black hand bacteria, he might not even be able to come to Rome now.

Since the move of the Holy See to Avignon, the attitude of the Italian magnates of the Papal States towards him has been even more rebellious to the extreme. There was even another quasi-pope, and the two emperors stood side by side.

I even heard rumors that because of the Double Emperor incident, there are signs of a great schism in Catholicism, and I wonder if there will be a second time, a third pope.

In fact, Zhu Zilong, who is a traverser, has known about this for a long time.

The Great Schism of the Catholic Church (1378-1417) was a split in the Roman Catholic Church in which several popes simultaneously demanded its legitimacy. It's not the same as heresy (hérésie).

The term schisme was officially recognized by the Catholic Church in later generations.

In 1377, Gregory XI moved the Holy See from Avignon, France, to Rome, Italy.

After the death of Gregory XI, in 1378 the College of Cardinals unanimously elected a nominal Italian to succeed Pope Urbanvi. But 13 of the cardinals, most of whom were French, declared the election null and void and elected another Frenchman as Pope:

Clément VII.

The alliance supported in the Hundred Years' War (Laguerredecentans): the Pope of Avignon was supported by France, and the Pope of Rome was supported by England and the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1409, the cardinals met in Pisa, Italy, and decided to depose two schismatic popes and appoint a third pope, Alexander V.

It wasn't until Philip IV got rid of two popes in a row and supported his own man, Clement V, that he stopped.

For seventy years, the Pope was under the control of the French King, whom the Pope called "Prisoner of Avignon"!

I believe that the contemporary Pope Urban VIII, in any case, does not want such a tragedy to appear again in the contemporary era and happen on his head.

Of course, even with the help of Liu Feng, there will be no two emperors standing side by side.

As far as the subject country is concerned, not to mention others, even he himself is an extreme headache.

The term "Papal States" is interpreted in Latin as states subordinate to the Church. That is, nominally, secular territories ruled by the Pope.

The Papal States were not a unitary state, but rather a loose community of independent or semi-independent city-states, small states, and aristocratic domains. It cannot be seen as a real state, but as a feudal city-state, each with the Pope as the supreme lord!

The papal throne is not hereditary or universally elected, and from time to time foreigners run for the throne.

That's right, a foreigner can be a pope too!

For the Pope, the degree of centralization in the secular sphere is really overwhelming.

Even in the Crusader era, when the authority of the pope was relatively high, the pope's rule over most of his domains was still in name only, due to the deeply rooted idea that "my vassals are not my vassals".

After the total defeat of the Crusades, the authority of the Church declined considerably.

Especially after the Holy See moved out of Italy and moved to Avignon in France, the pope of this era has fallen so much that he can't even control the city of Rome. It also has to rely on natural disasters and Liu Feng, as well as the Ming mercenaries, to fight back.

It's just that today's opportunity has appeared.

Contemporary Pope Urban VIII, it is one thing to be greedy for money, lustful and afraid of death, but people will have ambitions, even if they are puppets, there will be new hopes. Otherwise, it feels like there is no love in life!

It was his wish to make the Papal States a truly centralized and powerful state.

For this wish, even if it is willing to make wedding dresses for others. After all, as long as he is alive as a pope, he can also enjoy the benefits of a powerful state. And the next one can't be his son as pope anyway, and after I die, I don't care if he floods. Just leave a name in history!

This is what the current Pope Urban VIII thinks and does.

Well, to put it another way, he knew he might be on the path to a puppet. However, the situation in Europe is different from that of China, and he cannot be a Chinese straw drill anyway. The son will not inherit his papacy!

That's all there is to it, what's wrong with being a rich man who dies safely, and a pope who can still make a name for himself in history, and finally hand over his property to his son?

Therefore, he and Liu Feng tacitly take what they need.

(In this era, there is no concept of the state, and you should not think that the Pope is a traitor, he and the people of this era in Europe do not have this kind of understanding at all.) ）

It was in such a situation that the Pope did not punish anyone, but generously forgave every sinner's fault, and did his duty as he should.

And Liu Feng was the same as in the Holy City, after taking the city of Rome.

Immediately, according to the plan explained by Zhu Zilong before, in front of the church in the city of Rome, it took a few days to storm and erect a statue of a Chinese dragon.

It is claimed that the Oriental Dragon is a good friend of God on an equal footing, a good brother among the gods.

If you want to repent of your sins and pray to the merciful God and the dragon, the effect can be doubled. For a time, thousands of Roman citizens and pilgrims from other places surrounded this Chinese dragon god statue and knelt on the inside and outside three layers.

Strictly speaking, the Christians are very resistant to the heresy of "idolatry", but there is also a time and a time.

At the same time, Liu Feng also began to distribute a large number of miracle medicines, and the first few batches were all free. Half price later, in an instant, all kinds of chaotic shouts of "thank the Lord" and "praise the dragon" resounded in the sky like a mountain and a tsunami.

(It seems that white people are not the same, like to take advantage of small advantages?) ）

Seeing such a scene, Liu Feng and the Pope stood at the window of the floor, smiling with a smile on their faces. It seems that the hearts and minds of the people of Rome, and indeed of the Papal States, are now completely under control.

Seeing Liu Feng leave with temporary satisfaction, the Pope bathed in the afterglow and touched his chin, thinking that if the puppet was so comfortable.

Even if you are a puppet for the rest of your life, so what?

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