The Rise of the European Emperor

After laughing wildly for a while, the sober Archbishop Rovere... Oh no, it was His Majesty Pope Julius II, who waved to a follower beside him and asked:

"Sani, which cardinals voted for and who voted against, have you recorded them all?"

Sani was the head of the "citizen group" formed by the hundreds of "Roman citizens" just now, who took the lead. Moreover, it is responsible for monitoring the voting situation.

"I wrote it down. The main ones who voted against were 11 die-hard bishops of the Borgia family, and one neutral bishop Elicardo. Everyone else voted for it."

Sani was a very capable subordinate of Julius II, with a very good memory, and could remember a person for a long time by virtue of his appearance. Moreover, it can be said that he is a very trusted subordinate of Julius II.

"Well, fine, go and get General Schwartz over."

After a while, Schwartz came in and saluted Julius II:

"Congratulations, Your Honorable Pope!"

"Ahahaha, dear Schwartz, I can take this position, and your credit is not small!" Julius II was obviously in a good mood.

"This is all the master's strategy!" Schwartz said modestly.

"That stinky boy Marlin, I will reward him then. I will not forget your credit. Now, Schwartz, I have a task for you!"

"Please order!"

"mobilize soldiers, under the leadership of my men, to surround some of the cardinal's residences! Those are the die-hard opposition bishops who voted against in the end."

"Ah? Are you... are you going to kill them?" Schwartz was a little surprised.

"No no no, Schwartz, I didn't think about killing them. But today's election, the process has a bad reputation. So I'm going to put those opposition under house arrest, so they don't talk about it. Remember, no Allow their subordinates to go out. If there is a need for supplies, I will send someone to help them purchase!"

"Understood, do other bishops need to be monitored?"

"Well... Except for the bishops who were with me originally, other bishops who were forced to vote for me should also send people to monitor them. However, don't restrict their freedom, I also hope to get their support eventually... "

Julius II was a real politician, and of course he would not be reckless enough to turn his face with most of the cardinals of the Cardinal Conference. Otherwise, he, the Pope, will not want to be stable in the future. Therefore, for those cardinals who finally choose to support themselves, Julius II, I still hope to win them over. Only a united Holy See can have action and influence.

Schwartz quickly went out and arranged for soldiers, under the guidance of Julius II's men, to surround or monitor the residences of those die-hard opponents and compromisers.

At this time, Mulvaney, the follower who led the team to the main house of the Borgia family to quarrel in Rome, returned with excitement:

"Master, master! We're sending it!"

Mulvaney was a servant of the Rovere family and one of Julius II's most trusted men. Otherwise, he wouldn't be allowed to go to the house to raid such a fat poor.

"Cough, calm down, Mulvaney." Julius II said calmly. He knew that the Borgia family was ruthless, madly accumulating money, and would definitely have money, so he was mentally prepared...

"However, Master, this time, in the main house of the Borgia family, I found out the property worth more than 2 million ducats. The gold and silver coins alone are worth 1.2 million ducats..." Mawani flushed, obviously still excited...

"You're just so promising... What? More than 2 million ducats?" Julius II, who originally wanted to pretend to be a calm master,

He suddenly spit out the water he just drank in his mouth - he was also frightened...

"Yeah, you don't know. The Borgia family is too rich. At first, I only found the money vault on the surface, and there were only gold and silver coins worth 200,000 ducats. However, when I was in the backyard After accidentally opening a secret room, I found a full 1 million worth of gold and silver coins inside, the villain was almost blinded!"

"God! Although I knew the Borgia family was rich, I didn't expect it to be so rich! 1.2 million cash... Even my upstart son-in-law, it's hard to take it out at once... That bastard Rodrigo, How many wicked things have to be done to accumulate so much money!"

Of course, Alexander VI was able to accumulate so much money. Just by poisoning Cardinal Ferrari, he robbed 500,000 ducats of gold from his home. Cardinal Mikieki was also robbed of 150,000 ducats of money after his death.

This is only part of it. In recent years, there are not a few cardinals who were poisoned by Alexander VI and his son. And these cardinals are all wealthy, and none of them have less than 100,000 ducats. Of course, if the net worth is not rich, it will not be targeted by Alexander VI and his son...

In addition to the money from reselling the positions of bishops across Italy and other parts of Europe, the wealth accumulated by the Borgia family is worth at least 4 million gold coins.

However, the Borgia family not only has one main residence in Rome, but also has multiple properties in other parts of Italy and its hometown in Spain. Therefore, the 2 million ducats of gold recovered from the Borgia family's main house in Rome accounted for less than half of the Borgia family's wealth.

But this number also frightened Julius II. Julius II was also the manipulator of the Holy See back then, and he was also a bit greedy. However, during the eight years of his puppet Innocent VIII's reign, Julius II only embezzled 200,000 to 300,000 gold coins. It is precisely because of insufficient financial resources that in the papal election in 1492, Julius II was defeated by Alexander VI, who was more capricious. Alexander VI spent all of the Borgia family's property in order to elect the Pope. However, when I became the Pope, I not only recovered the cost, but also made a lot of money through crazy accumulation of money...

Of course, this is the difference between Julius II and Alexander VI. Julius II at least knew how to make a face, even if he made money, he was secretive. Alexander VI, on the other hand, was completely shameless and only recognized money...

However, now, nearly half of the property that Alexander VI and his son have amassed crazily has fallen into the hands of Julius II...

It is also luck. Originally, after the death of Alexander VI, there was Pope Pius III in the middle. At that time, Julius II was still in exile abroad.

Therefore, under the auspices of the good man Pius III, the cardinals of the Roman Cardinal Corps divided up the property of the Borgia family in the city of Rome, and they all ate their mouths full of oil. When Julius II returned to Rome, the Borgia family's property in Rome had already been divided up by the cardinals, and Julius II had not left a single soup.

However, in this life, because Marin provided a large army, within a few days of the death of Alexander VI, Rome was invaded. Those cardinals haven't had time to do anything to the Borgia family, and then, the Borgia family's property in Rome will be cheaper for Julius II...

Julius II thought all night about what to do with the huge sum of money worth 2 million ducats in his hand...

Early the next morning, Julius II, with red eyes, called Mulvaney:

"Mavani, go and pick out the gold and silver coins from the Borgia family's vault, each worth 5,000 ducats, and take out 90 coins in total..."

www楜qiublockxiao殈shuo齃o檏rhuig "Master, who are you?" Mulvaney didn't understand.

"Yesterday I offended most of the cardinals. Today's money is my apology to them!"

A total of 102 cardinals participated in the election yesterday, except for the 11 die-hard Borgia cardinals and the hard-line centrist Bishop Elicardo, and 90 others. Although more than 20 people were originally allies of Julius II, it is unreasonable that you have given money to others and not to allies. Therefore, Julius II simply sent 5,000 gold coins to each of the 90 people. In particular, the cardinals who were forced to vote for him are apologetic.

In other words, Julius II sent a "hush money" for the hooliganism incident in yesterday's election...

After all, that incident was disgraceful, and if it spread out, it would have a great impact on Julius II's reputation. The pope is different from the emperor and the king. The emperor and the king rely on the royal power and army, while the pope relies on theocracy and prestige.

If the rogue-like election process was revealed yesterday, it would definitely affect the prestige of Julius II. A pope who lacks prestige has insufficient appeal in Europe.

Therefore, as a qualified politician, after thinking for a night, Julius II decided to take out 450,000 gold coins to stop everyone's mouths.

As for the 12 cardinals of the stubborn opposition, Julius II was decisive and sent troops to put them under house arrest. In this way, the possibility of message passing out is eliminated.

In addition, Julius II also planned to send the army to control the rogues who were hired to coerce the cardinals yesterday, so as not to leak the news...

All in all, he's going to be a great pope with a reputation. All destabilizing factors that are not conducive to his reputation must be nipped in the bud...