Chapter 425: Confess, Habsburg! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
If one of the most evil, anti-human, and genocidal dynasties in the history of mankind were to be found, it would undoubtedly be the Habsburgs!
And in its original history, this evil dynasty has never been liquidated by the race they have killed until its fall, and has not even suffered any reproach for their crimes. Even in that era when the White Left was rampant, in Europe, the stronghold of the White Left, no one condemned the crimes of the Habsburgs, and the descendants of the Habsburgs never apologized for the unspeakable crimes committed by their ancestors.
Even the Austrian White Left never realized that the greatest demon in the history of mankind was not their hometown mustache, but their other, oh, it should be a group of fellow countrymen, the Habsburgs, that is the real demon!
After all, the Austrian mustache caused only Europe, while the Austrian Habsburgs caused extinctions spread throughout South and North America, and even spread to Asia. Their henchmen also committed a lot of crimes in Luzon, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of aborigines and Chinese!
In addition, the mustache of Austria is a generation of demons, and the Habsburgs are demons from generation to generation, leaving a legacy of thousands of years, and it is a sustainable non-man!
Oh, and the Habsburgs belonged not only to Austria, but also to Switzerland, a neutral country with a high quality of human beings. The Habsburgs are in the Swiss canton of Aargau – the home of the devil!
Now, at last, someone has come forward to uphold justice for the victims of the Habsburgs and their henchmen's murder and enslavement.
And this righteous man is Louis XIV, who has just made a windfall and has become even more rampant!
Historically, when Louis XIV was in debt, he dared to fight the War of the Spanish Succession to seize the throne of the Habsburgs, not to mention that now that he has the money and can open up the mercenaries, what would he not dare?
However, Louis XIV was not really for justice, but because he was now going to be the "American imperialist", and if he wanted to be the "American imperialist", he had to first deprive Spain and Portugal of the legitimacy of their rule in the Americas.
The legitimacy of Spain and Portugal stemmed from the "papal meridian" and the Holy See's support for Spanish and Portuguese rule in the Americas. In other words, the Pope of Rome was an accomplice in the genocidal atrocities of the Habsburgs!
Of course, the Holy See never apologized for supporting the Habsburgs' atrocities in the Americas. Even in that era when white lefts were rampant!
It is understandable that the Pope is the leader of Italy!
The leader of Italy helps the demons of Austria, what a familiar combination!
But now, Philip I, the LGBT Duke from France, at the behest of the French Sun King, led 5,000 French troops, falsely claimed 20,000, and waved a white flag embroidered with golden irises, and rushed to Rome to seek justice for the Native Americans.
And when this terrible news reached the Vatican Palace in Rome, the original name was Benedetto. Innocent XI, the Roman Pope of Otterscalci, is having a headache over the imminent collapse of the Holy See's finances!
In these years, even the Dutch East India Company and the Spanish World Empire, which engaged in overseas zero-dollar purchases, were able to make losses, and it is not surprising that the Holy See, which collects tithes, has suffered losses. But it's all the Holy See, the Pope himself and the family they belong to are very rich, don't ask where this money came from, you just don't believe in Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother!
In fact, not only the successive popes and their families were wealthy, but even the bishops at the lower levels and their families were wealthy.
But the stall that Innocent XI took over was a bit too bad, the Holy See couldn't make ends meet, the debts were high, and there was a lot of money to save in the future.
This is the king who financed the "shield of God" Big Bobo. Sobiesky against the Ottoman Empire! This expense cannot be saved in any way, because the damned Rakshasa Tsar has actually formed an alliance with the Ottoman Empire because of the threat of the "Mongol expedition to the west".
With this alliance between the two of them, the pressure on the Ottoman Empire in the direction of the Black Sea was greatly reduced!
At the same time, the "Mongols", who had agreed to march westward, were drawn into an eleven-nation alliance by Spain, the Netherlands, and England after conquering the Mughal region. So the "Mongols" did not go west for the time being, but changed to the east.
This pitted the Habsburg dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire - the Ottomans had no Rakshasa threat in the north, no "Mongol" threat in the west, and even Persia, which was dragging behind, was crippled by the "Mongols". Now the Ottoman Sultan will be able to concentrate all his forces on Austria!
At present, the only one that can provide strong assistance to Austria is the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
But the country of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is very magical, it looks very big and powerful on the map, but the country is scattered inside, and the royal power can't be said to be nothing, but it's better than nothing. And the council of the nobility, which seemed to have a great power, was endlessly paralyzed by a free veto, and only on a rare occasion could it play a little role.
So as the king of Jan. It was very difficult for Sobieski to mobilize the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Ottoman Empire's aid to Austria, and he needed to convince all the noble parliamentarians. And he can't persuade empty-handed, he has to mean something, right?
This meaning of the money has to be figured out by the Pope!
Moreover, this money was spent, and those Polish-Lithuanian nobles were not necessarily willing to do things, and Louis XIV spent a lot of unjust money to help Condé bribe the Polish king and Grand Duke of Lithuania, but the nobles did not vote for Condé after receiving the money, and there was really no place to reason for this matter!
Although spending money does not necessarily solve the problem, it certainly does not solve the problem without spending money. So Innocent XI had no choice but to gather all the cardinals in Rome and see where he could get some money to help him. Sobiesky.
But the meeting lasted for several days, and the cardinals of Rome could not offer any constructive advice.
"Daddy," said a fat-headed, big-eared, pious-looking cardinal to the Pope's father, "or we might as well hand out some indulgences." The situation in Europe has been very turbulent in recent years, and the number of sinners is growing rapidly, and indulgences are urgently needed to exempt them from punishment in purgatory after death. ”
The so-called "indulgences" cannot actually atone for sins, but only exempt sinful souls from suffering in purgatory, which deserves to go to hell or has to go to hell!
In fact, we know that in the 21st century, the Holy See still has a similar business, but there is no beautifully printed coupon.
For example, in one year, Papa Pope issued a decree that believers should go to church to pray on a certain day, and if they go, they will have a discount on atonement and punishment - it belongs to the "Ransom Duoduo" promotion! It can't be helped, the church business is not good!
However, there are still quite a few believers in Europe and the New World, and if you want to sell indulgences, you can still sell some of them. But the question is. The indulgence has already been criticized, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate to take it out and sell it again, right?
Thinking of this, Pope Father Innocent XI shook his head and said: "Although the need for atonement is great, believers should still seek forgiveness from the Father through prayer and repentance, instead of spending money to buy the merits of Jesus left on earth." ”
"Father," suggested another cardinal who looked a little thin and looked like Innocent XI, "I think the appointment of the bishop of France should be sold to Louis XIV, who has recently made a windfall, and I heard that there are two or three hundred million livrres. Anyway, from 1673 onwards, he had been ordaining bishops on his own. ”
Louis XIV's self-appointed bishop set France and the Holy See at odds, and Innocent XI firmly opposed it when he came to power, while Louis convened the Synod of France and promulgated the Gallic Terms, advocating the limitation of the power of the papal father. Innocent XI, on the other hand, was-for-tat, announcing that none of the clergy who participated in the Synod of France could be promoted—he could only use this method to fight against the Sun King, and he did not dare to use the ultimate weapon of breaking the law and excommunication against Louis.
If he dares to try, he will definitely die!
"No, the Holy See cannot make concessions to Louis XIV!" Innocent XI said in a tough manner, "Otherwise, other countries will surely rise up and follow suit." And once the power to appoint bishops is in the hands of the monarchs of various countries, how will the tithes be collected? ”
"Perhaps we can ask the Dutch and British to exert their influence on the Great Mongols and let them march on Persia, so that we can force the Ottoman Empire to change the direction of expansion."
Another cardinal came up with a solution that was not a solution - to have the Roman Catholic father go to England and the Netherlands dominated by Protestantism for help! The result is naturally to attract the eyes of "Dad". Is "Dad" shameless?
The cardinals in this room have nothing to say, this can't work, that can't work, it seems that there is nothing to be done about it, so you can't let the bishops donate money to the Holy See, right?
At this moment, one of the attendants of "Daddy" ran into the conference room with a wax-sealed scroll, handed the scroll to the Pope with both hands, and whispered to him: "Daddy, this is a personal letter sent to you by the Queen Mother of the Duchy of Savoy."
"What?" The Pope's father was nervous, "The Queen Mother's handwritten letter? ”
He hurriedly took out his reading glasses and put them on, and then took the scroll, tore off the wax seal on it, unfolded it, and after looking at it for a while, he cried out: "What? How so? ”
"Dad, what did the Queen Mother's letter say?"
"Dad, what happened between you and the Queen Mother?"
Immediately, the cardinal followed and inquired, especially the cardinal who looked very similar to Innocent XI, why did the question sound so strange?
Papa's father coughed quickly and told the man to shut up, and then said to the cardinals present in an unusually solemn tone: "Louis sent his brother in women's clothes to lead 20,000 French troops into Italy. He also ordered the army of Savoy to act with the French, also under the command of the Duke of Orleans. ”
The Queen Mother of Savoy, named Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste, was a French branch of the House of Savoy, married to a cousin of the same family, and is now the Queen Mother of the Duchy of Savoy in Italy. Although she had already handed over power to her son in 1680, she still held some real power and was the leader of the pro-French faction in the Duchy of Savoy. At the same time, he also served as a "bridge" between Louis XIV and Papa of Rome for a long time.
In addition, since the Duchy of Savoy was completely under the patronage of Louis, it was a de facto vassal of France. Louis could order the mobilization of the army of Savoy and the Duke of Orleans to Rome to "reason".
And those cardinals are basically from famous Italian families, and they all panicked when they heard that the French army was coming!
"What? Going to war? ”
"How is Italy? Shouldn't he attack the Netherlands? ”
"Probably the Netherlands is difficult to beat, so let's fight us Italy!"
"Dad, does Louis want you to recognize the Gallic terms? You might as well just admit it. We can't beat the French! ”
Father of the Pope of Rome glared at the group of cardinals below who were not brave at all, first snorted, and then gritted his back molars and said: "The Duke of Orleans did not come for the Gaul Terms, Louis XIV's purpose was to accuse the Habsburgs and the Orange Dynasty!" ”
"What? Accusing the Habsburgs and the Orange Empire? Why? ”
"By the way, that William III has just instructed the parliament to pass a resolution to establish a special criminal tribunal in The Hague to try Louis, and the easy response is to come to Rome to complain?"
"Dad, who are we supposed to help? William III was a Protestant."
The Pope's father pressed his forehead and said with a wry smile: "How can it be so simple? Louis accused the Habsburgs of using despicable means to destroy the Inca and Aztec empires in the Americas, to divide the Americas and the rest of the world according to the illegally established papal meridian, and to massacre and enslave the colonies for a long time."
"What? How could he do that? ”
"It's blasphemy!"
"The Pope is never wrong, how can he accuse the Pope's meridian of illegality?"
"And the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the American colonies was in the interests of the Catholic Church. Their deeds show the glory of God! ”
"Yes, those who do not believe in God have no soul, they cannot even be considered real human beings, and there is no sin in killing them!"
The cardinals of Rome were well versed in religious theories and were quick to point out the absurdity of Louis XIV's accusations.
But how can theoretical criticism be able to compete with "tens of thousands" of heavily armed French truth?
"Quick, quick, send to Madrid and Vienna and tell them the news that the Duke of Orleans is marching on Rome!" The Pope knew that there was no reason to talk about it now, and that the only thing he could count on was the Habsburg army.
In fact, the Habsburgs already knew that Louis XIV's "truth" was marching into Rome, and they already knew what Louis XIV wanted to do. Because the Habsburgs also had large territories in northern Italy, the governors of those places immediately sent the news to Vienna and Madrid.
When the Pope's messenger left Rome, the Spanish ruler Juan Brown. José is already working with Pablo, who has just been promoted to foreign secretary. Spinola-Doria and War Secretary Gaspard Tevez discussed countermeasures.
Although the Habsburg Empire now has two main branches, Spain and Austria, it was the Spanish Habsburgs who committed the unpardonable crimes in the Americas. So Louis XIV is now going to accuse the Spanish Habsburgs!
And this is very bad for the Spanish Habsburgs! Because bad things have been done, the facts are clear, and there is no denial! In addition, the city-state of the Republic of Acre on the side of New Spain is also getting bigger and bigger, and the Spanish colonial army on the side of New Spain can't defeat it back and forth, and it makes this city-state of the Republic of Acre stronger and stronger.
Therefore, Spain's control of the American colonies has gone into serious problems, and Louis is now sending troops to Rome in the name of justice for the Americans, making it clear that he is competing with Spain for the American colonies.
Once the Pope revoked the Papal Meridian and ruled that Spain's atrocities in the Americas were not in accordance with the Father's will, Louis XIV would be crowned Emperor of the United States!
At that point, Louis XIV would be able to rightfully take over Spain's territory in the New World!
"Prime Minister, we must send troops to Italy."
"Prime Minister, as soon as the army of the Duke of Orleans marches into Rome, we will be sinners against humanity"
Foreign Secretary of State Pablo. Spinola Doria and War Secretary Gaspard Tevez also realized the seriousness of the problem, and both made suggestions to send troops.
"Sending troops?" Juan. Jose looked at the two henchmen, "What about the military salary?" And can we beat the French? ”
(End of chapter)