The Rise of the European Emperor

Unlike the process in which Yuan Datou sent hooligans to surround the Congress, Julius II directly put the hooligans into the Cathedral of St. John Lateran. Therefore, the matter of Yuan Datou is known to the whole world, while the matter of Julius II's persecution of the cardinals is unknown to the people outside.

After all, Yuan Datou was outside the Congress, and there were many passers-by A and passers-by B who witnessed this. But what Julius II did happened indoors, and outsiders didn't know it at all.

Details of yesterday's pope election will be hard to come by after Schwartz dispatched the army in time to bring the hooligans who attended yesterday under control.

As for those cardinals, except for the 12 that were controlled, the other bishops showed goodwill after receiving the "apology" of 5,000 gold coins from Julius II.

Because they also felt that there was an army monitoring outside their home. If you don't react properly, you can end up miserably. Since Ken compromised in yesterday's election, it proves that they are all smart people, and they are also not very cowardly. Therefore, these cardinals responded in a timely manner and full of goodwill. After all, Julius II became Pope, it is already a fact. In the future, they will still hang out in the Holy See, and fighting against the Pope is no different from dying.

After receiving a friendly response from most of the cardinals, Julius II was relieved. Whether they are sincere or not, at least on the surface everyone is in harmony.

And, this time, Julius II clearly realized the importance of controlling the army. If he hadn't brought his own army into the city and surrounded the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cardinals might have already identified Bishop Piccolorini as the new pope.

However, in the face of force and power, even though the Cardinals had made a choice, they were forced to overturn the previous results and re-elected.

Therefore, the future "God of War Pope" finally understood the truth summed up by the great man of later generations that "power comes from the barrel of a gun".

In this case, Julius II decided to hack the seven thousand soldiers and horses of his son-in-law...

In the previous battle, Julius II discovered that the seven thousand soldiers and horses of his son-in-law were strictly disciplined and powerful. After breaking through the north gate of Rome, the Italian defenders in the city were powerless to resist in front of the seven thousand German mercenaries.

So, Julius II was tempted. With ambition, how could he let such a powerful soldier go?

When Julius II was about to win over Schwartz, Schwartz told him that Marin had already prepared to give him this army. However, the two generals Schwartz and Steindorf would not give it. Because, Marin itself does not lack soldiers, but lacks generals. Therefore, although this army can be given to Julius II, the general needs to be found by Julius II himself. After all, in the future, this will be considered Julius II's own soldiers and horses, and it is best for the generals to be selected by Julius II himself, so as to be reliable.

After the conversation, Schwartz seemed to remember something and said to Julius II:

"By the way, His Majesty the Pope, the young master told me before coming here that after the success of the matter, don't forget to spread rumors..."

"Making rumors?" Julius II was a little confused and didn't quite understand what Marin meant.

"That's right, the young master said that you can't hide the fact that you led the army into Rome. At that time, no matter how much you control your speech, there will be unfavorable rumors about you..."

"Well, it makes sense..." Julius II nodded.

"So, the young master said that instead of waiting for others to spread rumors about you, it is better to spread rumors yourself..." In fact, Marin's original words were - leading troops into Rome, there are too many flaws, not letting people complain is impossible.

So, it's better to be self-defeating first, or to control the point...

"Uh... what do you mean? How to operate?" Julius II didn't quite understand.

Schwartz took out a piece of paper - it was Marin's "smart plan" for him:

"In general, while controlling official speech and firmly denying that Alexander VI was poisoned, send out his subordinates and spread rumors everywhere. But remember one thing - that rumors can be of various kinds, but they must be in your own favor..."

"Marin's meaning... to make rumors that are beneficial to me?" Julius II seemed to understand.

"It's not just that, the young master said on this, that if you say anything good about you, outsiders will not believe it. Therefore, we have to create a variety of rumors. The rumors that are beneficial to you must be made so realistic that people will listen to them. It feels true. And the rumors against you should be so absurd that people will hear them as false and slander you..." Schwartz wrote.

Spreading rumors is also an art, a means of controlling public opinion. Before the appearance of news media such as newspapers and publications, rumors were a very important means of public opinion.

Even in the 21st century, there are still rumors such as "drinking mung bean porridge to prevent SARS" and "people frantically buying salt after the Fukushima nuclear leak", and many people still believe it.

Therefore, if you control the rumors, you can also do things that are beneficial to you...

Julius II thought about it for a long time, and finally figured it out:

"Marin's meaning is to create all kinds of rumors to confuse the public, but in the end, let the rumors work in my own favor?"

"Yes, the Pope, what the young master means is to use the rumors that are good for you to squeeze the space for the rumors that are not good for you. Although there will be some rumors that are not good for you, it is necessary. Because, if There are no negative rumors about you at all, and the people don't believe it..."

"So, we have to take the initiative to create some rumors that are unfavorable to me, but make them so clumsy that it is fake for a discerning person to see?"

"This is exactly the case. According to this method, we first actively create hundreds of rumors, 80 of which are good for you, and 20 of which are not good for you. But those rumors that are not good for you must be faked and let When people hear it, they think it's fake..."

"Good idea, I'll go and arrange for my subordinates to do it!"

In this way, before the rumors of the opposition in the city of Rome came out, about a hundred kinds of rumors were actively released by Julius II's men.

Most of these rumors were favorable to Julius II. But there are also a few that are not good for Julius II.

However, those rumors that are unfavorable to Julius II make people feel very fake...

For example, "Julius II was transformed by a witch"; "The Archbishop of Rovere was actually killed by Alexander VI long ago, and the Archbishop of Rovere, who is now the Pope, is actually a 'walking dead' undead" ; "Julius II killed all the cardinals of the Roman College of Cardinals before he became the Pope"; "Julius II knew black magic, and a black magic blasted open the north gate of Rome and broke through. Come in"; "Julius II liked men and disliked women" etc...

These rumors that are unfavorable to Julius II sound unfavorable to Julius II, but because they are too absurd, even ordinary people can hear them. Guoguo's slander...

When these hundreds of rumors occupy the market, the rumors released by the hostile forces behind them will be overwhelmed by these rumors. Because, in the later stage, people who have been bombarded by rumors have become somewhat immune to rumors...