The Rise of the European Emperor

Because of the importance of the matter, although the meeting had been held all night, the Roman cardinals gathered in the basilica of the Basilica of St. John Lateran and continued to discuss it vigorously.

In fact, the cardinals of the College of Cardinals did not expect to appoint a new pope now. Because even if the army of Archbishop Rovere surrounded Rome, at least it would last for days. If the army of Archbishop Rovere failed to conquer Rome, and Rome waited for reinforcements, perhaps, the Holy See would not need to be secretly controlled by Archbishop Rovere.

However, the facts gave them a relentless blow:

"No, no! Archbishop Rovere's army has entered the city!" At this moment, a cathedral guard suddenly rushed into the venue, causing the cardinals to frown.

"Don't spread rumors!" A cardinal solemnly refuted the guard. Other cardinals also agreed with the cardinal. After all, the Archbishop of Rovere has only 7,000 troops, and no matter how powerful it is, it will take a few days to win Rome.

But a short time later, an officer rushed into the meeting, shouting the same:

"No, no, Bishop Rovere's army respects the city!"

This officer, when the north gate of Rome was attacked by the sword and shield soldiers in the city, the only officer who escaped was named Eldo.

Many cardinals are obviously Eldo's, so someone asked:

"Eldo, what's going on?"

"The people who were ambushed by Archbishop Rovere in the city, a total of several hundred people rushed out of the city, attacked the north gate, helped open the city gate, and let in the army of Archbishop Rovere..."

"Ah—how could this be?"

"How to do?"

"Yeah, what should we do?"

...

For a time, most of the cardinals panicked, and only a small number of cardinals who were close to Archbishop Rovere looked at everyone calmly and seemed indifferent. Anyway, they are allies of the Archbishop of Rovere. When the Archbishop of Rovere becomes the Pope, they will follow suit. Why panic?

"Everyone, everyone! Please listen to me!" A cardinal named Elicardo suddenly stood up, making everyone quiet.

Sure enough, everyone quieted down to see what Bishop Erikado wanted to say...

Elicardo is a neutral cardinal, neither of the Borgia nor the Rovere camp. There are many such cardinals. They were against both Alexander VI and the Archbishop of Rovere. Because, fundamentally speaking, these two are the same thing, and they are both masters of power. It's just that Alexander VI has done worse, and even if the Archbishop of Rovere is better than Alexander VI, it is not much better.

Therefore, in the eyes of the neutrals, Alexander VI and Archbishop Rovere are actually "powerful traitors" of the Holy See, and neither of them are good people. For this reason, Ericcardo was not willing to make Archbishop Rovere the new pope.

So Ericardo said:

"Everyone, I believe that everyone has experienced the period of Innocent VIII and Alexander VI. Although these two time periods, although it is said that the recently deceased Alexander VI did more excessively, but during the Innocent VIII period, Rowe Archbishop Lei didn't do it kindly. They're all power tricks, and they're not good people!"

The centrist cardinals agreed with Bishop Ericato's statement, but this statement offended both the Borgia and Rovere cardinals. So everyone quarreled again.

Erikado motioned for everyone to be quiet and continued:

"I think, in the ten years of the reign of Alexander VI, you won't want to experience it again, right?" Many bishops nodded. It is really,

The reign of Alexander VI is too terrifying, and if there is a disagreement, it will be poisoned...

"So, we must not let the Archbishop of Rovere become the new Pope. Therefore, before his army reaches the Lateran, let's quickly elect a new Pope! In short, we must not let Rovere becomes Pope!"

Bishop Ericado's words were unanimously approved by the centrist cardinals and the Borgia cardinals. Although the Cardinals of the Borgia faction wanted to introduce their own people to be Pope, they knew that neither the Neutrals nor the Rovere factions would agree. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the Borgia faction decided to temporarily unite with the centrists and choose a centrist cardinal to become the pope. In this way, even if our side does not get the Pope, we must not let the opponent Rovere faction get the Pope...

Therefore, after some urgent discussions, Bishop Piccolomini, who has always been a good man, was urgently elected as the new Pope under the compromise of all parties, and set the title of "Pius III"...

However, just after the election was over here, and the cardinals had not left, Schwartz's army surrounded the Cathedral of Saint John Lagrand...

Archbishop Rovere, with a group of heavily armed soldiers, broke into the Lagrand Hall...

However, Bishop Ericardo gave Archbishop Rovere a gloating glance and said:

"Giuliano, you are a step late, we have chosen Bishop Piccolomini as the new pope, called 'Pius III'."

Archbishop Rovere was stunned, and he didn't know what to do for a while...

Now that the overall situation has been decided, he can't start killing all the cardinals present...

At this time, Schwartz, who was with Archbishop Rovere, suddenly remembered a story about the "election" that Marin told him before he came.

The protagonist of the story is from the far east, his name is Yuan Datou... oh no, his name is Yuan Shikai...

This Master Yuan is very capable. When he was running for president of China National Congress, he was not the one elected by the parliament. However, Mr. Yuan Datou controls all the army and police in the city.

So, with his connivance, hundreds of hooligans, calling themselves the "citizen group", forcibly represented the people and demanded that the parliamentarians re-elect the "popular" president...

The lawmakers were very dissatisfied with the behavior of these hooligans. However, they were all gentlemen and could not beat the hooligans. Moreover, the military police turned a blind eye to the behavior of the hooligans...

Also, these hooligans are cunning. They didn't have any weapons in their hands, they just surrounded the parliament building, and they were not allowed to leave, claiming that "they are not allowed to leave without electing a 'popular' president"...

So, under the pressure of these hundreds of hooligans, the parliament voted for the second time, but Yuan Datou was still not elected...

The hooligans then continued to "represent public opinion" and kept the MPs from leaving...

In desperation, in the third vote, the members voted against Yuan Datou against their will. That student Yuan Datou also got his wish and was elected president...

...

Obviously, Marin had anticipated that this might happen before, and also gave a solution...

So, Schwartz briefly told the story in German in the ear of Archbishop Rovere, and the eyes of Archbishop Rovere suddenly lit up...

Therefore, Archbishop Rovere, on the grounds that he was "not present", thought that the result of this election was not counted, and asked for a new vote...

The centrist cardinals such as Elicardo, and the Borgia cardinals, all sneered at Archbishop Rovere - what about the re-vote? We have more people than you, and it would be futile to choose again...

Sure enough, in the second vote, Bishop Piccolomini was elected...

However, just when the Neutrals and Borgias thought they had won, at the front and rear doors of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, a few hundred "masses" suddenly gathered, claiming to be composed of Roman citizens The "Citizens Corps" demanded to watch the Pope's election process to ensure "fairness and justice"...

These "Roman citizens" were actually Rovereites lurking in the city, hooligans hired urgently from the streets of Rome. Moreover, the ones who took the lead were the followers of Archbishop Rovere...

For these self-proclaimed "Roman citizens", the cardinals present were naturally furious and ordered the guards to drive these "untouchables" out of the cathedral. However, as soon as the guards wanted to make a move, they were controlled by Schwartz's soldiers and dropped their weapons... Moreover, the servants and bodyguards of the bishops who were waiting outside the church were also taken by Schwartz. Z's soldiers are under control...

That is to say, those cardinals, at this time, are "calling every day to be unreasonable, and making the earth not work"...

Archbishop Rovere did not speak, but hugged his shoulders and watched from the sidelines...

Then, those "Roman citizens" shouted, dissatisfied with the results of this election, believing that the results were not in line with public opinion...

Those cardinals were dumbfounded - for so many years, the pope has been elected by the cardinals. When did you ask the public opinion?

Therefore, the cardinals ignored the shouting "Roman citizens" and planned to leave the room...

After all, they held a meeting overnight and for a long time, and the cardinals are old, and some can't bear it...

However, they were too naive. Those "Roman citizens" believed that the Cardinals did not elect a pope that "conforms to the will of the people." They blocked the exit, so that the cardinals were not allowed to be beaten or even go to the toilet... …

Several bishops were already present because they wanted to go to the toilet, and their faces turned red...

At this time, the cardinals finally reacted-today, if they did not elect Archbishop Rovere as the pope, I am afraid they would not even think about going out of the Cathedral of Saint John Lateran. The point is, don't even let you go to the toilet, and don't even think about eating...

After a long confrontation, the bishop finally couldn't help it and urinated on the spot...

Of course, for those Rovere cardinals, toileting and eating are not a problem. The crowd will automatically make way for them. But other bishops want to go? no way……

The two sides fought until dark. At this time, many bishops were holding their stools, endured hunger, and wanted to sleep...

In the end, some bishops chose to give in, and soon got the opportunity to be accompanied to the toilet... If you don't give in, you will really pull your pants... Then there is still a face in Rome?

After the opening, more and more neutral bishops chose to submit, and then received humane treatment...

After another vote, Archbishop Rovere was finally elected as the new Pope with a high vote, and the title was Julius II...

Then, the hapless cardinals were finally able to go home. However, before returning home, under the "friendly persuasion" of the "Roman citizens", they were forced to touch their hands and swear in the name of God that they would stick to today's choice and would never change their minds afterwards. Moreover, this time the choice, they are all "willing"...

After seeing the hungry and sleepy cardinals staggering out of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Archbishop of Rovere, who was looking forward to it... oh no, His Majesty Pope Julius II... ...sitting on the Pope's throne, laughing triumphantly...