The Rise of the European Emperor

When Louis XII received this plan presented by John Lafite, he couldn't help but gasp when he heard the rumor part—Nimma, this rumor is too cruel...

This rumor is well-organized, and I don't want to make it up. And it is well-founded and highly feasible. Louis XII was also very clear about Pope Julius II's desire to unify Italy. He thought, if he was Ferdinand II, he would inevitably be afraid when he heard this rumor.

Not to mention Ferdinand II, when Qin Shihuang handed over the 600,000 troops of the Qin State to Wang Jian to destroy Chu, he was also very scared in his heart, fearing that Wang Jian would rebel. Even Emperor Qianguyi showed worry and fear on his face. Fortunately, Wang Jian deliberately polluted himself and asked Qin Shihuang for good land and beautiful houses, which dispelled Qin Shihuang's doubts.

Similarly, now Gonzalo de Cordoba also controls most of the soldiers and horses of the two kingdoms of Spain, and has the absolute strength to usurp the throne. It's okay if no one mentions this, but once someone mentions it, and it's a group of people, the general monarch really can't bear this kind of psychological pressure...

In particular, the aging monarch. Because the elderly are generally very suspicious. For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forced his prince to death because of suspicion when he was old. Later, because he was worried that his mother would take power after the youngest son succeeded to the throne, he directly killed the youngest son's biological mother...

In short, if this kind of rumor is targeted at the elderly Han Wudi or Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Gonzalo de Cordoba, who holds a heavy soldier in his hand, will definitely die. There is no reason, just worrying about this, Gonzalo de Cordoba will die, and his whole family will die, even several clans...

Even if this is Europe, Ferdinand II is not as ruthless as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, but he should have doubts. Not to mention killing Gonzalo de Cordoba, but it is extremely possible to transfer him away.

Louis XII himself was also a monarch, and he was very old. After hearing this fabricated rumor, even though it was not aimed at him, he broke out in a cold sweat. Therefore, he did not doubt the power of this rumor at all.

It is foreseeable that once this rumor spreads, the famous general Gonzalo de Cordoba has only two choices - either be transferred by the monarch and lose control of tens of thousands of troops; or, take the initiative to attack and prove himself Innocent, to show that I am not waiting for Ferdinand II to die, and then depose Juan III to usurp the throne...

As for Ferdinand II's continued trust in Gonzalo de Cordoba, allowing him to continue to confront the French? It does not exist, because the French will bribe many Spanish nobles to give him "hair blowing" every day...

The so-called "three people become a tiger", the rumors become true when there are more people. In particular, those who spread the rumors were the well-known Spanish nobles... No matter how good Ferdinand II was, he couldn't bear this pressure...

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Not only that, but Marin also did something that absolutely terrified the Spaniards—he sent a letter with a flying pigeon and asked his father-in-law Julius II to send an envoy to Gonzalo de Cordoba. In the Spanish camp, condolences to Gonzalo de Cordoba. Moreover, the messenger had a long conversation with Gonzalo de Cordoba alone...

This messenger is none other than Marin's sworn brother - Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici, the future Pope Leo X...

Moreover, although Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici dismissed others, he did not discuss any major issues with Gonzalo de Cordoba, but talked about art for half an hour...

However, they were talking in private, who the hell knew what they were talking about? With this rumor, the power is no less than a nuclear bomb...

As long as this situation is reported to Spain, Ferdinand II will have to doubt whether the Pope wants to use the Kingdom of Naples as a bargaining chip to support Gonzalo de Cordoba in usurping the Spanish throne...

As for Gonzalo de Cordoba's defense that Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici and him only talked about art? Who really believes it? Discourage others to talk about art in private? Are you insulting everyone's IQ? Do you think I will believe you when you say you go out in the middle of the night to be a boss?

so,

When Louis XII heard the news that Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici visited Gonzalo de Cordoba in private, he was stunned and shouted "God bless France" ... Excited, the 51-year-old Louis XII even happily danced in public for 20 minutes, and didn't stop until he couldn't dance anymore...

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"Hurry up, hurry up, let our people go to Spain for activities, and we must spread this news in Spain to everyone! Especially those Spanish nobles who are hostile to Gonzalo, we must negotiate with them!" Louis X Two shouted excitedly.

But his confidant Earl Duert stood there in embarrassment and did not leave immediately to do so...

"Huh? Why don't you do it?" Louis XII glanced at Count Duert, who was in charge of intelligence, standing there awkwardly, and was a little dissatisfied.

"This...Your Majesty, it is no problem to send our spies to spread this rumor among the Spanish people. I can send someone to release a carrier pigeon to solve it...As for buying those nobles who have trouble with Gonzalo de Cordoba ……this……"

"Why can't you do this and that? Your spies are so useless?" Louis XII was very dissatisfied.

Duart bowed his head and said:

"Your Majesty, it's not that they can't do it, but...it's...the lack of money to bribe those Spanish nobles... Baron John also said that they need a lot of money to bribe those Spanish nobles. However, in order to prepare an army of 60,000 I spent too much money on food, grass and supplies, and now I can’t spend much money to bribe those Spanish nobles..."

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Hearing this, Louis XII also fell silent. France is not Spain. It earned more than two million gold coins from the spice trade alone. France's annual fiscal revenue is only a little over a million gold coins. This is already at the top of the rankings in Western European countries. However, France is so big that officials also have to be supported by salaries. Therefore, there are not many that can be used to feed the army every year. This dispatch of 60,000 troops and 80,000 civilians has already drained France's finances, and even borrowed a large sum of money from Venice. Otherwise, this army will not be able to get together...

"That's right, Venice!" Louis XII suddenly remembered Venice as his wealthy partner...

Thanks to the Spaniards for robbing the spice business of the Venetian merchants in the Indian Ocean, otherwise, Venice would not hate the Spaniards. Louis XII was sure that the Venetians also wanted to see Spain suffer bad luck, so he sent Count Charles to Venice to seek financial help from Venice, which would be used to bribe Spanish nobles and give Gonzalo de Córdoba on eye drops...

Under the cover of French knights, Earl Charles successfully left Naples through the north gate and went to Venice. Then, I had a long private conversation with the Governor of Venice.

Knowing that the French came up with such a wicked idea, but it could harm the interests of Spain, the governor of Venice, Leonardo Loredan, did not hesitate to persuade his colleagues to support France with 500,000 gold coins for countermeasures.

Then, the French spies went to Spain with the money given by the Venetians, and launched a money offensive against the Spanish nobles who had never dealt with Gonzalo de Cordoba. And those Spanish nobles who received the money were already at odds with Gonzalo de Cordoba. How can they not be happy if they have money and can make their opponents unlucky?

What? You mean the bigger picture? That thing, there are very few people in this era, right? At least, there are not many nobles who have a big picture in Europe in this era...

French spies have been lurking in Spain for many years, and they are very clear about the virtues of Spanish nobles. After all, the person who knows you best is your opponent. Even if there were one or two upright nobles in Spain occasionally, they were bypassed by French spies. After all, one or two upright nobles have little influence. Because, that kind of upright nobleman is often not favored by the monarch. Such a person actually has little influence on the monarch... For example, Qu Yuan who jumped into the river...

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