Warlock Royal Family

"The ownership of half of the shops in the city of Rome, the exclusive use of the Tiber River waterway for two quarters, plus all the real estate purchased by the Medici family in Rome."

Ladislaus and Frenzberg are looking at a list.

"Good guy, Cardinal Orsini has quite a appetite." Frenzberg was a little dissatisfied with Misrilla's right to agree to the conditions. "According to such conditions, wouldn't we be working so hard for the Orsini family?"

"It's really not a small risk for him to take." Mythrilla's agreed conditions are all within the scope of Ladislaus's authorization. Her status as a "suppressive state" and the support of Sazastan make her more than just a senior agent. , In fact, it can also be regarded as a diplomat to some extent. "Although the Orsini family is deeply entrenched, it is still very dangerous to directly collude with us. If the matter is revealed, the true pope will definitely hit them hard."

"But they will definitely not perish because of this. It is not the first time that the Orsini or Colonna families have softened their feet in the face of foreign troops." A hundred years ago, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire also obtained the support of these families more than once when entering Italy. Support, although when they face the German or French army, their overall interests are consistent with the Roman Church, and at that time there will be a temporary camp shift due to internal conflicts.

But they never get enough punishment for these crimes. These ancient families such as the Orsini are so powerful that even colluding with foreign enemies cannot be uprooted at once. Its branches and in-laws have spread to the Church of Rome. every corner.

Although this generation of Pope Elect is stronger than the previous one from the Netherlands, if he wants to eradicate such an ancient nobleman, he will be besieged by all the nobles in Rome.

Don't say that the family will not perish, even the person directly responsible will rarely be executed according to the unspoken rules of the Roman Church.Cardinals were never executed publicly, either.Even if they collude with foreign enemies.In fact, colluding with European powers in the struggle of the Roman Church is a very normal thing.

It's just that under the current situation, opening the city gate for foreign enemies is naturally different from those transactions in the past.

"Misrella's report mentioned that he will lead the private soldiers of the Orsini family to open the city gate for us, and will help us stabilize the order afterwards, and most importantly, he will also ensure that the power of the true pope is limited , This is very important to us." If possible, Ladislaus also hoped that it would be best not to kill the Pope Elect, at least not publicly.

The conflict between the true pope and the German imperial family was not personal.It is an inevitable contradiction between the two groups, and the authority of the True Pope comes from Cyric and the Cardinals, and the prestige lost in the inheritance is much smaller than that of the secular monarchs.

Compared with changing the head, it is more effective to weaken the organizational structure of the hostile group.

As long as there is the support of the local nobles in Rome, the true pope can be ordered not to leave Rome, then there is no need to establish another opposing pope who lacks authority.

The most fundamental strategic direction of Ladislaus and Ferdinand is to expand the power of the Habsburg family. Under this direction, they are very flexible.

Ladislaus had a great deal of trouble winning supporters in this regard, and the offshoots of Witting and Wittersbach were too underqualified.And the candidate of the Colonna family also had an accident.

Ladislaus did not expect to receive the support of such a powerful family. The strength of the Orsini family was more than that of most Roman nobles.Its thousands of private soldiers are a decisive force in the city. After the Colonna family left, they are the second largest force after the Swiss Guard.

Once such a force causes chaos in the city during siege, the city will inevitably be difficult to defend.

"In any case, Mythrella just made some promises in terms of the economy and Rome itself, and did not promise any political conditions about the Holy Roman Empire." Ladislaus allowed Myrella to promise some Italian families better Things, more than a dozen religious princes, including the three religious electors of Mainz, Cologne, and Trier, will be threatened because of this war. It may not be impossible for some Italian families to allocate territories. "Since we don't have the support of the Colonna family, we need the Orsini family even more."

"But why did Marquise Facchetti do that? Without you, her rule would not be established at all." Frenzberg couldn't stop shaking his head when he mentioned this question.

"I'll ask her this question in person." Ladislaus turned around and looked at the sea outside the window. "Anyway, I can see her tonight."

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"Long live God!"

"Long live His Majesty the Pope!"

There was cheering from the top of the city of Rome, and the Medici really chose His Majesty the Pope to go to the top of the city to inspect the Roman city defense forces in person today.

The soldiers were all well fed today, double portions of black bread and good vegetable soup.

Several entourages of the true pope also threw thousands of silver coins. Although this will not create a powerful army immediately, it will indeed make these militias more determined. The less organized the army, the more it needs such direct award.

Of course, the Swiss Guard around the pope also gave them a lot of confidence. These militiamen feel at ease with such a backbone as their comrades-in-arms.

After completing these steps, His Majesty the Pope was elected and gave an encouraging speech.

"The city of Rome is inviolable, no one." Pope Zhenxuan raised his scepter to emphasize his words. "No one can threaten this great holy city, even if they wear countless crowns and crowns on their heads, they can't protect them. As long as they dare to come here, their heads will be broken, because this is what God loves. Holy City! Anyone who offends will feel His hellish wrath!"

"Holy City!"

"Beloved by God!"

The voice of the Medici's choice of the pope has always been the most resolute, and the soldiers already felt safe behind the tall city walls.

But the nobles of other families didn't think so, the city walls didn't give them that much sense of security.

"If I had known earlier, I would have spent all the maintenance funds on the city wall this year. Damn the Duke of Bourbon, damn the warlock royal family."

"What?! You are the bricks from the same family you bought?! How many times have I told you, at least one-twentieth of them will be randomly inspected."

"What are you talking about? Don't you still use the suspension bridge overhauled by your mistress' brother?! Would you like to check the quality of the oil he applied?"

Piccolomini and the two sons of the Vitelli family, who are also two cardinal archbishops, are whispering together. These two important figures of the Roman Church are very worried about the safety of the city wall.

"However, the true selection of the pope seems to be very confident." Regarding his family's activities, Mr. Piccolomini knew very well that the true selection of the pope knew the general idea, but they didn't know whether those details would cause the city to fall.

After the chosen Pope finished encouraging, he entered the large warehouse near the city wall surrounded by many guards. In recent months, it was guarded by warriors directly belonging to the Medici family.

"Maybe he hopes that the Spanish army's combat effectiveness has declined due to excessive looting. But I assure you, even if everyone has only one hand left, the Spaniards can still defeat our troops and conquer this city." Wei Wei Mr. Telly has seen the power of the Spanish army. In his opinion, any technical weapon is not enough to offset the difference in combat effectiveness between most Roman militias and Spanish professional soldiers. The number of Swiss Guards is too small, and their phalanx skills are not very good. Suitable for defending the city. "Our family's private soldiers and mercenaries can only be regarded as rabble in front of the Spanish core company. As for the militiamen, I can't find a suitable word to describe them. The only positive value they can expect is to let the Spaniards wave a little more. weapons, so that a little weary is willing to accept our honorable surrender."

"You're such a pessimist." Knowing your partner is right, it can be disheartening to have such a fairly low opinion of yourself. "I hope that there are really some secret weapons in the warehouse guarded by the warriors of the Medici family."

"Can there be any miracle? The wrath of His Majesty? Huh! We still have to plan early, do you know a woman named Di Luxun?" (To be continued...)