The Rise of the European Emperor

Both of them are very interested in making money, so they naturally have similar tastes. Then, Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici learned the unique skill of getting close to virtuous ministers in ancient China without a teacher - talking all night long, falling asleep with feet...

After discussing a lot of ways to raise money, both of them suddenly thought of one thing - if you want to sell indulgences, you need to "learn from a famous teacher"!

Historically, those popes who issued indulgences generally had to set up a name, for example, the most common one was to repair the church. Or, when the nobles were bewitched to launch the "Crusade", indulgences would also be issued to the soldiers who participated in the Crusade.

In fact, repairing churches has always been the only excuse for religious organizations to make money. For example, when Chinese monks go down the mountain to ask for alms, they will also say "almsgiver, please donate some money to such and such a temple, and use it to repair temples and Buddha statues"... But in fact, most of the money is used to raise Only a small part of the monk's own is used to build temples and repair Buddha statues. However, when asking for alms, you can't say "the monk is hungry and wants money for food", right? That's too embarrassing. The excuse of building temples and repairing Buddha statues is much taller...

Coincidentally, after Julius II came to power, he actually planned to repair the historic St. Peter's Basilica (also called St. Peter's Basilica). It was only because of lack of money and a lot of things to do that I had to put it on hold.

In fact, it's not that the Holy See can't collect money, but that most of the money collected is divided up privately by the bigwigs of the Holy See. Only a small amount fell into the treasury of the Papal State. Moreover, there are so many officials and troops to support, so naturally there is no money left to repair St. Peter's Basilica.

In later generations, St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the largest cathedral in the world, covering an area of ​​23,000 square meters, or 34.5 acres. Its main building is 45.4 meters high and 211 meters long, and can accommodate up to 60,000 people to pray at the same time, which is extremely magnificent.

Of course, that is the scale of later generations. For now, St. Peter's Basilica is just a very old church. After all, it was built by Constantine the Great on the cemetery of St. Peter from 326 to 333 AD, which is 1180 years ago. It's no wonder that a thousand-year-old church is not dilapidated!

But because the main church of the Holy See is now in the Lateran Temple, the Holy See has no sense of urgency to repair St. Peter's Cathedral. After all, they have a place to live.

However, the significance of St. Peter's Cathedral is very great. Because this is a church named after St. Peter, the head of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Moreover, it was built on the cemetery of St. Peter, which is of great significance. In addition, St. Peter is also the first pope of the Holy See, belonging to the originator of Catholicism. Therefore, this church is of great significance to Catholicism.

Even the Basilica of St. John Lateran, which is now the resident of the Holy See, is also the Basilica of Lateran.

This is also the origin of the European name John). It is said that Jesus liked St. John very much, but St. John was only the fourth child, and St. Peter was the first.

If we compare it according to the Huashan School, then St. Peter is the elder brother Linghu Chong. And St. John is just Shi Daizi, the fourth senior brother...Of course, St. John is the most valued by Jesus, much better than the transparent man Shi Daizi, but he can't compare to St. Peter of Linghu Chong's level. After all, that is the elder brother...

Therefore, although the Holy See is mainly based in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, many popes want to repair St. Peter's Basilica. After all, that is the originator of the Holy See. As far as the Wudang school is concerned, it is a figure like Zhang Sanfeng.

However, the Holy See was seriously corrupt in the Middle Ages. The money collected by the church was divided up by the pope and the cardinals, and there was not much money that could be used to repair the church.

Moreover, repairing a church is not an ordinary house repair, and it costs a lot. Among other things, the cost of the countless statues and murals inside and outside the church is an astronomical figure. As mentioned earlier, many sculptures and murals require a lot of dyes, and ultramarine is one of the most commonly used dyes. And the price of ultramarine is five times that of gold... It can be seen that building a cathedral is really a very expensive project...

Historically, in order to repair St. Peter's Cathedral, planning began after Julius II ascended the throne, and it was not until 1626, 120 years later, that the new cathedral was completely completed.

Marin didn't know how much money was spent in the past 120 years, but he knew that there were a lot of priceless statues in St. Peter's Cathedral in later generations. After all, many of the statues in the church were made by the master Michelangelo.

Of course, the reason why the repair is so slow is not all because of the difficulty of the project, but also because the popes and cardinals of the past generations wanted to get a share of it. After all, the longer the construction period, the better everyone can benefit from it. If it is repaired after a few brushes, everyone will have nothing to fish for. Just like the road construction in some places in later generations, it is obviously a good road, but it is obstinate to use an excavator to destroy it and rebuild it, and deliberately delay the time, so as to cheat wages and shit...

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Obviously, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici and John Tezel also regarded "repairing St. Peter's Cathedral" as the best excuse to sell "indulgence notes" to make money .

Of course, Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici was not really greedy for money. He lives in luxury and waste, but he doesn't particularly care about money. However, because of his extravagant life, he also needs a lot of money to spend. Therefore, in history, he ordered the sale of "indulgence notes" in order to maintain a luxurious life and to repair St. Peter's Cathedral.

And now, Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici has not yet become Pope. However, in order to be able to take over as Pope after the death of Julius II, he also worked hard.

Based on his understanding of the cardinals of the Rome Cardinals, these guys are greedy for money. If you want to buy them to vote for yourself, it is the best choice to bring benefits to them yourself.

Moreover, unlike a one-time bribe, this kind of indulgence that can be sold for a long time can bring huge benefits to the cardinals of the Holy See in the long run. As Marin said, as long as this matter is done well, those cardinals will be happy to vote for him.

What? You say that selling indulgences will arouse the anger of the Germans? So what? Anyway, the election of the Pope only requires the votes of the Roman Cardinals, and does not require the votes of the German people. So it doesn't matter what the Germans think...

This is the idea of ​​Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici, and of course, this idea is actually wrong in the long run. Because the behavior of peddling "indulgence notes" angered the Germans. In the end, the religious reform was carried out on the German side, and the princes and states in the northern part of Germany kicked the Holy See away, and began to play their own games...

But Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici wouldn't go that far. In his opinion, Julius II's health is obviously failing now, and he may be belching someday. He should take this opportunity to perform well in order to gain the support of Julius II and the Roman Cardinals. Only when he becomes the Pope can the Medici family have the possibility of turning around. Because the Florence region is now in the hands of the Papal State. Only when he becomes the pope, can Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici arrange for his brother to take back the Florence region and maintain the local rule of the Medici family...

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