"Your Majesty, are you making the followers of God obey a group of infidels?"

"When the Roman emperor suppressed so cruelly, the Christians were bloody, and countless saints were martyred to death, the Holy See did not bow to the emperor, and now there is an emperor, with these silk clothes, precious dipterocarp, can you buy the noble heads of Christians?"

An old cardinal of almost the same age as Eugene I, or even older, came out of the crowd, his wrinkled pale face flushed with the atmosphere, his messy beard shaking, and his dull eyes, which had sunken into his sockets, even burst out with anger.

"If that were the case, the old man would rather change back to his original tattered sackcloth robes, eat moldy bread, go back to the ruined churches full of cobwebs, and worship God in the way of orthodox Christians than fall into the rotten pleasures of secular rulers."

Many bishops, cardinals, and cardinals who listened to these words looked at them in astonishment, and among them, not far from the old man, the other cardinal's long mouth slightly hooked up a faint smile, which looked particularly terrifying on his emaciated and gloomy face.

After Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire, the Roman nobles who were full of intrigue soon discovered that this was also a channel for ascension, and many of the second sons of the nobles devoted themselves to the Holy See, holding teaching positions, and soon occupied most of the important positions in the Holy See originally led by the poor hermits.

Unfortunately, the good days did not last long, the Western Roman Empire, where the Roman aristocracy was nestled, collapsed, and then the barbarian invasion followed, and the murderous Germanic tribes ravaged the Italian Peninsula one after another in a few hundred years, and a large number of Roman nobles were almost slaughtered, which also dealt a heavy blow to the status of the Roman aristocracy in the Holy See, and some foreign ascetics who were really poor began to re-enter the Holy See.

After the brief reconquest of Italy by the Eastern Roman Empire, the competition between foreign ascetics and aristocratic power continued to rise and fall, but the balance of power was basically maintained.

The former Pope Martin I was a truly devout ascetic, and after he succeeded to the throne, he was arrested by Constanti II for preaching the supremacy of the royal power, and died on the way to the Crimea, at this time the atmosphere between the Holy See and the Byzantine royal family was quite tense, so that the rest of the aristocratic families were unwilling to elect the pope, and the pope fell on the head of Eugene II, who agreed with Martin's political position.

Despite being born into the Romans and being the descendant of the Roman aristocracy, Eugene II was also a true pious, and Constants II had asked Eugene I to accept the Monochrist of Christ Peter to become the Patriarch of Constantinople, but Eugene refused.

As a result, Byzantium did not care more about the Holy See on the Italian peninsula, and in the years after Eugene's succession, the Lombards besieged the city of Rome several times, extorted a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and destroyed the surrounding area of Rome into ruins.

The one who just denounced Eugene I was also a member of the foreign ascetic faction, named Adéodatus, who was a well-known die-hard member of the sect, and now seeing that the foreign ascetics were in rebellion, many cardinals held by Roman nobles of course secretly looked at the joke with a smile in their hearts.

Although the pope's no-fault theory has not yet appeared at this time, but it is also a great faux pas to publicly contradict the pope, a few people see the joke, most people are shocked, the embarrassment lasts for a few moments, Eugene II sighed sadly, and the helpless Shanshan said a word.

"Old friend, if you inherit the legacy of St. Peter, as I do, you will know how strong my heart is to protect it."

Although the Pope's sincere words did not convince the old cardinal, they still silenced the rest of the bishops who had experienced the siege of Lombardy.

Although the magnificent city of Rome, which seems to never be destroyed, has been in ruins in this era, just like Chang'an in the later Tang Dynasty, Rome still has something left over from Chang'an, that is, its complex underground drainage project.

Centuries of disrepair have left it filthy and foul-smelling, and it is this dark environment that is most likely to breed intrigues.

About half an hour later, the arrival of a middle-aged man with a slender body and a concealed black cloak made the whispering of the black cloaks come to an end, and several black cloaks led by him greeted him very respectfully, and greeted him earnestly: "Bishop Creschendi, you are finally here!" ”

The black cloak was removed, revealing a face with silver hair and a thin, protruding nose that always gave a gloomy look, and it was the cardinal who had just laughed beside Adéodatus.

The rest of the conspirators also dragged off their cloaks, and at a glance, they were all the leading figures in the city of Rome, either the patriarchs of various noble families or the presidents of major merchant guilds.

In particular, the fat man who took Cressinti's hand was the president of the wine guild in Rome, a prominent figure in the city of Rome.

In the traditional scriptures of Christianity, Jesus Christ turned into bread with his own body and wine with his own blood, so in the future, the Holy See will take these two things as the sacrament.

But after the arrival of the Min Kingdom, he was the one who hated him the most, because the Min people broke his commercial monopoly, and several of the Persian merchants who came through the Suez Canal were wine merchants, and half of the land of the Lombards in the Battle of Pavia was plundered by the Min people, including the vineyards, and the expeditionary army had no spare time to manage it, so it was naturally contracted to these Persian merchants.

So the wine made by the Persian method poured into the market, which naturally made this guy who lives on grapes hate to eat flesh and skin, and took Rexinti's hand, and the fat man asked almost through gritted teeth.

"Cardinal, how long will we still be tormented by the devil brought by the false papal heresy?"

Devil? In order to squeeze out other winery competitors, the fat man even did not hesitate to set fire to the people's houses, speaking of the devil, I am afraid he is even more, but now he swears that he is shouting at other people's devils, but it is enough to mock, and Lexinti himself couldn't help but laugh and shook his head.

The rest of the aristocratic businessmen nodded their heads in agreement.

"Yes, the Min people threw into Rome the cotton cloth made by their devil heresy, and made the people be bewitched by it, and abandoned the woolen and linen that the gods approven."

"Yes! These Min people are the real devils from hell, and they are still greedy for gold and silver, plundering the harvest of our estates. ”

"They deserve to go to hell."

In the denunciation of gritted teeth, a large group of people seemed to be the most fanatical believers, if a Min person appeared in front of them, I am afraid that they would be torn to pieces immediately, but looking at these noble lords who were full of voices, Bishop Rexinty, who had a vulture color, suddenly asked coldly.

"Are you ready to take up arms against the devil?"

The aristocratic and wealthy businessmen who had just returned to the crowd became silent for a moment.

Just kidding, even the Lombards can't resist them, and the Fujian expeditionary force that defeated the Lombard barbarians is even more barbaric, and isn't it looking for death to confront them?

Even the wine fat man was silent......

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