After going through so many things, the emperor's mood to build a unique intelligence organization in his heart became stronger and stronger, like this war, the sultan was one step later than the emperor because he got the news, so he couldn't distinguish between the enemy's fiction and reality.

In order to better understand the international situation, especially the attitude of the pope towards the empire, the emperor must have a special team, and he does not need to do it very well, after all, if you want to achieve the level of the KGB, the current society is not even equipped with hardware,

In this era, many times the transmission of information is still by word of mouth, only the orders of the church and the king will be issued in writing to the various monasteries and administrators, and there are not many people who can read, and everyone cannot even eat, and it is too difficult for everyone to ask people to practice how to listen to information.

The emperor's requirements are not very high, only the first time to send news from all over the place to the court of Constantinople, in the front line of the fight against the Ottomans, it is difficult to resist by the emperor's own strength, in history Constantine XI regarded the pope as the only support, but ignored the changes in the international situation,

As early as 1438, King Charles VII of France issued the Bull of Bourges, declaring that the appointment and dismissal of bishops in the country would no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Pope, and would no longer provide contributions to the Holy See, but would instead belong to the court of Paris, and almost all the rights of the Pope would be vested in the King of France, and the Pope could not do anything about it.

However, France has always been known as the "great filial son of God", and it is not surprising that the Pope has excommunicated the French king more than once, and in France, a king who has not been excommunicated is not a good king, and this sentence could not be more appropriate.

"Calvo, I asked you to recruit people, how are things going?" The emperor was very concerned,

"Your Majesty, it's not going very well, and only one person has met your request at the moment." Calvo was very embarrassed, but he did his best.

The emperor's requirements are not very high: loyalty to the emperor, a certain amount of wisdom and courage, and the ability to discern the priorities of intelligence.

That's it, it's not something that ordinary people can reach, at least, you have to know how to read, right? You must know the information you want to find out at all times, then you must be a nobleman, or at least a knight, otherwise you will not even see the face of the king, what information do you listen to in the country?

This era is also an era of class solidification, "dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes." "Generally speaking, what family you were born in, what kind of work you will do in the future, for example, your father is a shoe repairer, and you will follow the shoe repair when you grow up, and it is too difficult for ordinary people to make a class jump.

The emperor knows these situations, but there is no good way, after all, the aristocracy is easy to seal, but the aristocratic temperament is difficult to imitate, people have learned horseback riding, archery, politics, etc. since childhood, you don't know a single big word, and suddenly let you learn so many things, no one can stand it.

"Recruit as many as you can, and in addition, find some orphans who have lost their parents and start cultivating them from an early age." The emperor is also helpless, but this is also the best way for now.

"Yes, Your Majesty, what is the name of this intelligence organization?" Calvo asked,

"Let's call it Apollo, and hopefully it will have Apollo's clairvoyance and bring light to our empire."

No matter how bad the intelligence organization is, it is better than nothing, the changes in the international situation are changing rapidly, and the ties between countries are getting closer and closer, and at this time in history, countries have invariably begun the process of centralization, and the Pope's appeal has been much less than before,

But few people see this now, the era of the main clergy has lasted too long, and the people have become accustomed to the phenomenon of clergy overpowering the imperial power, only the kings of various countries have been unwilling to try to weaken the influence of the pope,

In the same way, the Pope was not willing to remain silent, and last year, in 1452, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III came to Rome at the invitation of the Pope to be crowned, which was regarded as expanding the influence of the Pope.

This made the kings of various countries very unhappy, and even the princes in the territory of the HRE also complained that you are the filial son of God, right? Therefore, Frederick III's reputation in the HRE also became infamous, and people ridiculed him as "Fat Frederick", which means the same as "Pepin the Short".

However, one of the advantages of the reborn empire is that the large and small nobles in the territory have disappeared under the hands of the Ottomans, a large amount of arable land has been nationalized, and most of the remaining nobles are still the emperor's henchmen, and there is almost no resistance to reform, the only problem may be money, Genoa and Venice are urging debts every day, and the emperor is not easy to rely on, after all, they have more or less contributed to the war, and relying on the debts will damage the image of the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the ambassadors of Genoa and Venice are here again." The squire whispered.

"I'm gone, let Cito deal with them, and say we don't have any money now, and we'll pay it back as soon as we have it." The Emperor didn't have to think about it to know the purpose of their coming, so he didn't intend to meet them personally, but just asked Sito to explain the difficulties.

"If you can't delay it, I'll pay back some of it first." This is the emperor's last bottom line.

The operation of the intelligence organization also requires money, you can't ask people to generate electricity for love, at least the nobility must have a fief, in this era, there is nothing more reassuring than a piece of land, at least there is no need to worry about food and clothing, of course, in fact, it is not so safe, like the first crusade coincided with a drought, France's original fertile land was sold off in large areas, and no one wanted it, which is one of the reasons why people enthusiastically participated in the crusade at that time.

"Apollo's first goal was the Papal States," the emperor was arranging the work of the nascent organization,

"Every move of the Pope must be transmitted to the Synagogue quickly, without delay."

Obviously, the act of imprisoning the papal envoy still makes the emperor a little worried, but the emperor is not without a way to counteract, after all, nominally, the emperor is the emperor of the Roman people, and the church is still under the jurisdiction of the emperor.

"Then there are France, Austria, England, Castile, Aragon and other places."

Historically, Spain did not take shape until 1469, and the Iberian Peninsula is now divided into three powers: Castile, Aragon, and Portugal, all of which are about the same strength.

Needless to say, Austria began to rise to the throne of the HRE in the 14th century, and Austria officially became the Grand Duchy of the HRE after the Emperor in the HRE in the hands of Frederick III, and even surpassed the other seven electorates.