Just when the New Tang Empire in the United States launched the New Life Movement, this international situation was also changing, and the beginning of this change was a small city, which was very, very small, but very, very famous.

In the south of Italy, there is a city called Rome, which everyone seems to know, but in 1863, this Italian city, although it was previously declared the capital of Italy, is strangely not under the control of Italians.

Why is that? Why is it so weird?

It's still so weird, and it's just weird.

Today, however, the city has welcomed a special guest, who is from Paris, France. This guest from afar was not alone, not only did he have an entourage, but he was also greeted.

"It's a blessing that the envoy came all the way from afar, and those Italians outside the city didn't give you ......"

"Don't make a noise, I just want to see that one."

This...... It seems to be a secret meeting, but who is this secret envoy going to meet?

Boom! Boom!

Lalala...... Lalala......

Solemnity and sacredness can be found here, and when any devout believer, or non-believer, sees the building in front of him, hears the bells and chants in his ears, he will rise up with a sense of reverence, and the believer will surely bow down and kiss the tiles under his feet, and ordinary people will involuntarily get excited.

This is St. Peter's Square in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican!

St. Peter? Vatican City!

Yes, this small city is in Rome, Italy, and now. The whole of Rome was under the control of the papacy. The secret envoy who came from afar. Suppressing his excitement, he had to keep going, because the person he was going to meet was in the Sistine Chapel!

The Sistine Chapel is the private church of the Pope, so to speak, the person the envoy is going to see today......

Wood, wood......

The envoy soon met the Pope, and the first thing he did. It was to salute the Pope, and he was kissing, kissing, kissing, and every kiss seemed to be full of affection, from the cross on the Pope's shoes, to the cross on his body, to the ring on the Pope's right hand......

Anyway, this etiquette must be there, it must be.

Today's pope is Pius-IX, a powerful pope. He still has the title of secular monarch, and this is a powerful pope!

"Believers. Let's get down to business. ”

Clearly, Pius IX understood that the man in front of him had something important, because he had come from Paris, France, and that could only be the one who had sent him.

“papa！ Please forgive me for the abruptness of this trip, and that one is now in need of your help. "After so many kisses just now, the envoy finally showed that he was normal.

"Oh?" Pope Pius IX frowned.

"Papa, this is something that only you can do, and it is still a very easy and simple thing for you, just a handwritten message, and most importantly, you will win the support of more believers!"

"God forbid, how can such a good thing happen?" Pius IX was a human spirit, and he seemed to be a little unconvinced.

However, the envoy soon came to the Pope and began to whisper in Pius IX's ear......

This meeting was very secret, and most people didn't know about it, even the Italians outside Rome.

But if you want to talk about the current Rome, it is a little strange, Li Mengyang knows it, because although the current Rome is nominally the capital of Italy, it is not under the control of the Italians, but by the Pope!

It's strange indeed, but what's even stranger is that a day after this secret meeting, a fatwa was telegraphed all over the world!

"The American Socialist Democratic Empire, that is, the New Tang Empire, believers are not allowed to pay taxes to the laity"!

When Li Mengyang saw this thing, it was almost a month later, and his first feeling was......

This title is so long!

But the meaning of this title is actually very simple, that is, to tell all the Catholics of the New Tang Empire in the United States, you should not pay taxes to that emperor.

It sounds very simple, isn't it just that you don't pay taxes, but, this, does this pope have so much power?

It should be said that this fatwa is a dispossession order, that is, to deprive a monarch of his status as a Catholic, because Europe is basically Catholic, so if you don't have this status, it's a bad thing.

Remember that Magna Carta?

Yes, it's the King John I, this guy also has a title, that is, the Archbishop of Canterbury, logically speaking, this archbishop actually listens to the British king, but the British king generally does not concurrently serve, and the Holy See also knows that this archbishop is actually a disguise, as far as Great Britain is concerned, it has to be the British king's say.

But how did John I become the archbishop?

Because at the beginning, the pope of the same era was Innocent III, this guy was a difficult person to deal with, and he was very authoritarian. At that time, the Archbishop of Canterbury was appointed by the Holy See, but in fact, it was just a formality, but as a result, something went wrong, John I did not want to recognize the one appointed by the Pope, so Innocent III deprived John I of his clergy!

John I, how bad it is, he will leave a name in history, so he will not do anything and become the Archbishop of Canterbury himself!

Anyway, the thing at that time was that the pope was competing with a secular monarch, and the two of them were doing each other, and they were having a lot of fun, and Britain was also engaged in a miasma.

And now, there is another pope to do this, in fact, this fatwa is no different from depriving the church, but Li Mengyang is not a Catholic, so, there is no way, Pope Pius IX, then you can only use such an edict, such a long title.

He has to strike with precision, and there are many countries on the American continent. There are several countries that have the word 'American' on it. It cannot be injured by mistake.

But. After Li Mengyang saw this thing, he thought of a piece of history......

In 1848, a great revolution broke out in Europe, and Li Mengyang knew about this revolution, because it was in the textbooks, but many details of this revolution were not in the textbooks.

Some of the main points of this revolution, that is, it broke out in Sicily, and then the February Revolution in France was an important part of this revolution. And the February Revolution overthrew Louis. Philippe, this time it was the Orleans dynasty, this dynasty was such a monarch, and then it was over.

It's sad, but there was a democratic election in France immediately after that, so there was a person who showed his head, and this person was none other than Louis. Napoleon. Bonaparte, that is, Napoleon III!

How was this Napoleon III chosen?

It's very interesting. This passage has been studied by Li Mengyang, because it belongs to the aftermath of the French Revolution. and later such a history in the middle of the Paris Commune.

Napoleon III, the reason why he was elected, the reason why he came out of the picture, is because of one reason, he is called Napoleon!

Yes, it is because of Napoleon III that Napoleon is named after Napoleon, and he is indeed a relative of Napoleon, and it is because of this that he was chosen!

It may sound incredible, but history is like this, because democratic elections, one person, one vote, at that time, France was in chaos, all kinds of dynasties, all kinds of messy guys jumped on the stage of history, and the people wanted a powerful person to be the head of the country.

Before the election of Napoleon III, he was just funded by some rich guys, to be honest, it was also because of his name, but in fact, his political ability, in all aspects, was not good at all, and there was no comparison with a few favorites before the election at that time, but the French people looked at Napoleon, hey! That's it!

Is this strange?

Actually, it's not surprising at all!

As far as Li Mengyang knows, the so-called India, the world's largest democracy, also has one person, one vote, and as a result, they chose 'Gandhi', although that Gandhi has nothing to do with Mahatma Gandhi, but they just admit it, and even later, they also chose Sonya. Gandhi, she is Italian, her parents are Catholics, such a person to be the leader of the party!

Democracy, when you hear it, it's lofty, but sometimes......

But anyway, Napoleon III also became the president of France, and later, this guy also played a hand, that is, to control the army, and then there was a vote, that is, a vote to support him as emperor, of course, this vote is called 'whether to agree to establish an empire', that is, this guy played a game of words, as a result, does that need to be said?

Why say this Napoleon III?

Because Li Mengyang quickly thought from a telegram to the whole world that this Napoleon III was probably going to be at odds with him!

It's so strange, why did Li Mengyang think of that Napoleon III?

It's very simple, because Li Mengyang easily analyzed that this must be the ghost of Napoleon III!

If you want to know the ins and outs of this story, you have to go back to that strange history, which is the European Revolution of 1848, because there is also a detail in it.

The revolution broke out in Sicily, Rome in the south of Italy, not far away, when a minister of the Papal States was assassinated, and the next day there was a march of Roman citizens, hoping that the Papal States would be reformed and democratic reformed!

So, Pius III, who had just become pope at the time, ran away, and after this guy ran away, how did he return to Rome?

It's because of Napoleon III!

At that time, he was still the president of France, but Napoleon III still sent troops to intervene, and at the same time, he also took Italy down!

How, then, can this fatwa be isolated, if everything is tied together?

Now the New Tang Empire in the United States may be interfered with by external forces, and this force is likely to come from France!

That's, isn't it? France is not in Europe, is it spicy?

Yes, France is far away, but it's 1863 and France happens to have a big army right in Mexico!

Last year, in 1862, the French army sent troops to Mexico to fight the Juárez regime in Mexico!

"Call all the ministers to come to me for a meeting!" This is Li Mengyang's first order after thinking about these things! (To be continued......)

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