"This is a matter of the Pope's meridian. I think it was the Spaniards and the Portuguese who misunderstood what Alexander VI meant, who meant to give the responsibility of spreading the gospel of the Lord and protecting the believers of the Lord to the Spanish and Portuguese monarchs, not to the Spanish and Portuguese monarchs of those lands and people. ”

The Pope's father was forced by the Duke of Orleans, who didn't know whether to be the daughter or son of the Heavenly Father, so he had to rack his brains to make up for Alexander VI, who was mostly a Spaniard and a Portuguese, and let the Pope surnamed Bozia take the money, but he had to clean up the mess by Innocent XI, which was really unreasonable!

"Pope, do you mean that Pope Alexander VI gave Spain and Portugal the power to carry out armed missions outside Europe? That is, the massacres carried out by the Spaniards in the New World and Luzon were approved by the Holy See? ”

The one who made such a serious accusation to the Holy See and the Pope was, of course, the Ming ambassador to various European countries, Jia Guozhu, who was not a Catholic and had no reverence for God the Father, and of course dared to speak more than the duke in disguise.

Pope Innocent XI was so angry by Jia Guozhu's words that his blood pressure was high, but he still had to endure it! What else can you do if you can't bear it? Can you still organize a crusader to crusade against the Ming Dynasty?

"No, absolutely not," Pope Innocent XI calmed down, trying to maintain a solemn appearance, "how could the Holy See give such a mandate to the Spaniards and the Portuguese?" This is absolutely nothing. ”

"But the Holy See gave the Spanish and Portuguese a mandate to carry out missions in lands other than Europe!" Jia Guozhu continued to say aggressively, "And they used this authorization to invade, massacre, and enslave in the New World and Luzon. However, the Holy See has never punished Spain and Portugal for this, neither enforced the law of breaking the door against the monarchs of the two countries and related personnel, nor excommunicated Spain and Portugal, nor even condemned them, does this show that the Holy See is conniving at their crimes! Are the Catholics accomplices of Spain and Portugal? ”

It's too much

The Pope is about to explode!

Although the current Pope no longer has the authority of the past, in Western Europe, everyone has to give him three points of thin face, where is there such a point and scolding? Thinking of this, the Pope glared at the duke of the duke fiercely - if you hadn't protected him, would he have offended me, the representative of the Father on earth, and would still want to leave Rome alive?

Glared at by the Pope, the Duke of Orleans could only reluctantly speak: "Father Pope, in view of the fact that Spain and Portugal have abused the power conferred on them by Pope Alexander VI, and have caused serious consequences, committed serious crimes, tarnished the glory of Christ, and disgraced Catholicism, you should declare the Pope's meridian null and void, and take back the right to protect the Church granted to Spain and Portugal, and then judge that the rule of Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands in the New World, Luzon, the East Indies and other colonies is an act of antichrist!" ”

This duke of women's clothing is more excessive than the pagan ambassador from the Ming Dynasty! Pope Innocent XI thought to himself: Are you teaching me, the Pope's father, how to do things? Who is the Pope? Is it you or me?

The Pope said with a calm face: "I can't make a verdict because of the unilateral accusations of France and the Ming Dynasty, I must listen to the defense of the defendants, that is, Spain and Portugal, before I can make a ruling." As for the actions of the Dutch in the East Indies, it has nothing to do with the Holy See, since the Netherlands were Protestant countries and their colonial actions in the East Indies were never authorized by the Holy See. ”

"Papa Pope," said Duke Philip I, "the time is very tight now, there is no time to wait for the arrival of the Spaniards and the Portuguese, and the verdict must be made immediately." ”

Could it be Juan. José's army is coming?

The Pope was overjoyed, but still quietly asked: "Are the Spaniards marching on Rome?" ”

The duke shook her head: "Juan. Jose doesn't have any action at the moment, maybe he's waiting for me to leave, right? ”

"Waiting for you to leave?"

"I left, he dared to march!" The duke said, "Papa, you don't feel like Juan. Will José go to war with us in France for your sake? Although Spain has been preparing for war for the past two years, everyone knows that their progress is slow. Because there is no money! ”

The Pope of Rome was so frightened by this big woman that he had nothing to say, because he knew that the Duke of Orleans was not wrong. Juan. It was impossible for José to go to war in Italy with Louis XIV, who had plenty of military spending, in order to save the Pope. His Austrian relatives, in particular, were busy defending against a Turkish invasion that could happen at any moment. With the current strength of the Spanish Army, fighting such a war is tantamount to dying in vain.

And now Rome is not so important. The city is depressed, the economy is in decline, there is not much population left, and the coffers of the Holy See are empty.

Perhaps Milan and Venice in northern Italy were more coveted by the Sun King than Rome?

However, Louis XIV also had to help bulk the goods through the merchants of the two affiliated Italian commercial cities, so he was not very willing to provoke a great war in Italy.

"In that case," the Pope asked, "what are you anxious about?" ”

"Dad, it's not that I'm in a hurry, but my brother, the Sun King of France, is anxious to meet you at the newly completed Palace of Versailles, and to ask you if you will accept the support of the public opinion groups in the New World to ascend to the throne of the Eastern Emperor of the American Empire!"

It turned out that the persuasion group of the New World was about to arrive in France, so Louis decided to strike while the iron was hot and tie up the Pope. It should be invited to the Palace of Versailles to coronate him, so that he can first become the American emperor, and then fight the Anglo-German-Spanish Netherlands!

And the Pope, thinking that he was indeed a prisoner of Avignon, trembled and asked: "Is it easy to imprison me in Avignon?" ”

"No, no, no Dad, don't get me wrong, the Sun King definitely doesn't have such thoughts." The Duke of Orleans hastened to explain, "Such a thing has been proven by history to be meaningless. And now the Holy Roman Empire is under threat from the Ottoman Empire, and war is on the verge of breaking out. If the Sun King becomes the protector of the Holy See, then he will have to fight to protect the Holy Roman Empire, so you can rest assured! ”

Feel relieved?

Be sad!

The Pope said: "I am not even qualified to be a prisoner of Avignon?"

"Daddy," the Pope was about to cry when his nephew, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Holy See, Cardinal Antonio. Otterskalci had already leaned into his ear and whispered, "It would be better for you to go to France with the Duke of Orleans. So that everyone will believe that you were coerced into invalidating the Papal Meridian and declaring the colonial aggression of Spain and Portugal an act of anti-Christ! ”

Makes sense!

The Pope nodded, already having an opinion: "Okay. I would like to go to France and talk to King Louis about aiding the Holy Roman Empire against Turkey. In addition, I would like to decide whether to invalidate the papal meridian and to determine whether the actions of Spain and Portugal in the New World and Asia are antichrists, after listening to the opinions of the representatives of the New World! ”

On the question of how to shirk responsibility, this Innocent XI can really draw inferences!

But the Duke didn't care about his denial afterwards - as long as he could justifiably put on the crown of the American Emperor to Louis XIV, that would be enough.

If this pope denies too much afterwards, the French soldiers can once again carry guns into Rome!

Brest, Brittany, France.

Today, this French port city next to the Atlantic Ocean is empty, and everyone is crowded to the docks of the port of Brest to watch the excitement. A few days ago, a Galen ship sailing from the Louisiana colony brought incredible news to the citizens of the city, a reed fleet of Indians from North America was sailing to the port of Brest!

It's incredible!

Less than two hundred years after the Europeans "discovered" the New World, the Indians advanced to the point where they could discover Europe with reed boats?

By this morning, even more exciting news came, the reed fleet of the Indians had arrived outside the port of Brest, and was about to enter the port!

As soon as the news spread, all the citizens of Brest flocked to the port to see the excitement, and when they got there, they found that Paris had already sent big people, including Philip I, Duke of Orleans, the Marquis of Croissy, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Cardinal Antonio, the Minister of Finance of the Holy See, who was a guest at Versailles. Otterskalci, and a Ming ambassador to European countries, Jia Guozhu, Jia Liuye.

The men, escorted by a group of French white flagmen, had arrived at the docks early in the morning, and were craned their necks to watch three sloops made of reeds, with both bow and stern raised, swaying into the harbor following several French galleys.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but marvel.

"It's really an Indian ship! The ship looks different from our European boats! ”

"It's amazing. What is this ship made of? Able to cross the Atlantic? ”

"What a miracle! I thought that the Indians were a group of primitive barbarians, but I didn't expect them to be a people who could cross the sea! ”

"What's so strange about that? The Indians were able to sail by nature, otherwise where did the Indians in the West Indies come from? ”

"yes, too"

While the French people who did not know the truth were amazed, Jia Guozhu, who had just returned from a "trip" in Rome and came to the Brittany Peninsula non-stop, was also very surprised, how did these three reed-tied sailing ships cross the Atlantic?

So he quietly asked the duke beside him: "Duke, are those ships really from America?" ”

The Duke of Orleans also lowered his voice and said to Jia Guozhu: "The Indians on the ship are indeed from the Americas, but they are not Indians from New Spain, but Indians from Quebec who have converted to Christianity. As for the boat. It was the Marquis de Vauban who was in charge, a genius who always had a way of making something weird. ”

"Are those Indians really willing to support the Sun King as emperor?"

"Of course, we French are reasonable, unlike the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Dutch! Most of Quebec's Indians love France. ”

It turned out that the French did not colonize North America as hard as the British and Spaniards, and their focus was on the cold climate of Quebec, and the main means of profit for the colonies was to obtain furs from Indian fishing and hunting tribes, mainly through peaceful means.

It's not that the French have a kinder conscience than the British and Spaniards, but that the Indian fishing and hunting people they met were more "virtuous" than the Indians engaged in agriculture in the warm areas - fishing and hunting people, who were good at archery, digging pits, putting down traps, beating stuffy sticks, and surviving in the wild. The French don't love colonization very much, and there are few people who have moved over, and if they meet a group of Indian fishing and hunting people with full of martial virtues, this will of course have a long conscience!

If you have a conscience, you don't know how to rob, and you use a knife and glass beads to cheat

Besides, the Ming robbery is just a one-shot deal, and it will be gone after the robbery. The fur didn't grow out of the ground, so it had to go into the old woods to hunt. Europeans left their colonial strongholds and went into the forests of North America to hunt, and had to brave the arrows, traps, and sticks of Indian fishermen who escaped the slaughter. Let's have a better conscience!

Because the French are a little bit more native in Quebec, they have a relatively harmonious relationship with the local Indian tribes. The French did not deliberately engage in any segregation, so in the seventy or eighty years, many Quebec Indians converted to Christianity and began to assimilate with the French, and in the process the French and Indians also gave birth to many mixed races.

The leader of the Indians who led a fleet of Indian reed expeditions from the island of Aschente (twenty or thirty kilometers from the Brittany Peninsula) to the European continent today was such a mixed-race Indian who had long since converted to Catholicism, who was already in his fifties, and whose surname was "Shang", not Shang Kexi, but Shang of Champlain. He was appointed by Louis XIII as the new Viceroy of France, Samuel. Morality. The illegitimate son of Champlain, his mother was a Huron Indian.

Because he was an illegitimate child, he could not use Champlain's surname, so he changed his surname to Shang. His father had passed on his name to him, so he was called Samuel. Still.

Although he was born out of wedlock, Ye Dad was the acting governor after all, so this Samuel. He was also a well-known "Indian gentleman" (Indian gentleman) in Quebec, owning his own estate, also engaged in the fur business, and also served as a captain of the Quebec Indian militia.

So the Doge of New France, after receiving the order from Louis to "look for Europeanized Indians to persuade himself to become emperor", immediately found this Samuel. Shang, entrusted him with this glorious task.

And he was quite efficient, and immediately gathered a group of men, gathered some family members, and assigned them tasks, who represented the Aztecs, who represented the Iroquois League, who represented the Sioux Alliance, who represented the Huron Alliance, and they all dressed up, and wrote in French and Latin a persuasion table titled "All Indians Respectfully Ask King Louis XIV of France to be Emperor of the East of the American Empire", and then took the French galleon to the port of Brest.

Therefore, today he is entering the port for the second time, and it can be said that he is familiar with the way. However, he was still a little reassured that the Marquis Vauban provided the reed boat, this thing should not sink, the water in the Atlantic Ocean was too cold, and it would be miserable to fall.

In the midst of the fear of shipwreck, the reed boat he was on finally swayed and sailed into the port of Brest without any danger.

And the enthusiastic French, who greeted him in the harbor, let out a tsunami-like cheer!

"Long live the Sun King! Long live France! Long live the American Empire"

(End of chapter)