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Chapter 1343 Obligations
To be honest, Chen Ju didn't lack respect for the pope or the Roman priests. According to the information he collected, he respected the seventh and tenth elders very much.

Especially the old ten, who responded to Kublai Khan's request in office and sent monks and businessmen to embark on the Eastern Road, even if they had different positions, he was also a wise priest in Chen Ju's eyes.

To seek his own government in his position, being a Roman priest naturally increases the influence of the master, does not shame the master, and has great ambitions.

As the emperor's envoy sent to the door, but dare not meet, what kind of wise man is this?
Of course, in Chen Ju's eyes, he was rude, and in the eyes of Roman priests, Chen Ju was even more rude.

Even though Chen Ju has learned a lot about the church on the road, there is still a big gap in cognition between the two sides.

In the eyes of the Roman priests, he was the biggest benefactor of Italian artists, the highly respected arbiter of Portugal and Spain's division of the world, and the spokesperson of the gods who inherited the orthodoxy, managed the church, and shepherded the people since the apostolic era.

In Chen Ju's understanding, the Roman priests are the leaders of false beliefs in the eyes of French Protestants, and they are the allies of the nobles in Spain and France who are trying to decentralize power. , who was besieged by the Spanish general Alva and almost starved to death, is a rubber stamp on the appointment book of a false emperor.

Of course, putting aside these identities, Chen Ju has a more simple and intuitive image: a powerful and wealthy man with many followers - Miao Zhu.

The Buddha was sent as an envoy by the emperor's order. When he left Tianjin Port, the emperor, the chief minister and all the officials saw him off; he went out of the Gulf of Mexico and had a detailed talk with Chen Mu, the Minister of the East; As the day came to welcome, the lords and dignitaries from all over the way also swept their couches to welcome them.

When it comes to you, Xiaoxiaomiaozhu ordered his servants to fire cannons as police, and still stay behind closed doors, what's the matter?

This is really hard to persuade, Chen Ju has made up his mind, if you don't come out to meet me, even if there is a minister of the East, I will not go to see you, there is nothing in this world that cannot be done without a temple .

On the afternoon when Chen Ju was stationed at the port near the city of Rome, Francesco I de Medici, a Habsburg vassal and ruler of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, led [-] cavalry to station at the invitation of the Holy See. city ​​of rome.

Immediately afterwards, early the next morning, an infantry guard belonging to Florence confronted Chen Ju's envoys outside the city.

To be precise, this confrontation basically had nothing to do with Chen Ju. He and Luo Shangzhong should eat and drink, and completely handed over the tense matter to the vassal lord of the Habsburg nephew and Emperor Rudolf I of Shinra. Facing Naples Pedro under Uncle Philip's command.

It has to be mentioned that the Shinra Guards are obviously more hostile to the pagans stationed behind them than Pedro's Spanish company-Judar's Moorish cavalry and Ottoman musketeers wrapped in turbans.

Chen Ju has no fear of a confrontation full of gunpowder. He and Luo Shangzhong are very sure that even if the three armies currently stationed in Rome beat their brains out, no one will hurt them.

Pedro was explaining to the Medici the non-hostile purpose of the Ming envoys here, and introduced in detail the envoys of nobles from cities along the way who were loaded on board by them, and was exhaustingly telling the ins and outs of everything.

The confrontation lasted for a whole day and night. By the morning of the third day, Luo Shangzhong's Shenji Battalion started to clean up the camp. Judal's troops had already withdrawn to the ship, and the news came from the city of Rome that the priest had left the city belatedly.

After all, the evil guest came to the door, and the Roman priests could not avoid it. Seeing that the bells ringing all over Rome still could not satisfy Chen Ju, the confrontation between the three armies outside the city of Rome was a big joke. If Chen Ju did not leave at this time It's nothing. Once he leaves, it will greatly damage the Pope's prestige. He can only leave the city in person accompanied by the Medici Grand Duke.

In the shadow of a famous tree, perhaps no one is afraid of the Ming emperor, but no one can bear the consequences of not seeing the emperor's envoy.

After all, Chen Mu's notoriety has long been known to everyone from Ireland to Mexico.

Spain, as the gatekeeper of Gibraltar at the gate of the Mediterranean, is obviously unreliable. Who knows who will knock on the door next time after the emperor's envoy has left?
At this time, no one can sit still and can only come out.

During the time when the Pope came on horseback, Chen Ju didn't make any further fuss, and sent someone to set up a banquet to entertain the Pope and Grand Duke Medici.

On the way, the priest Thirteen kept muttering about the former priests in his heart, and complained to the Grand Duke Medici: "Why send people to the East to provoke them? Why let Spain and Portugal go to the East? It's good now." , they got nothing and recruited people.”

"Attila, Genghis Khan, Chen Mu, there are no good people from the east."

In fact, ever since Chen Mu and Philip fought for the second time to fight for the New World, Pope Thirteen has been deliberately avoiding direct communication with Daming.

He was worried that Chen Mu would settle accounts with him. The last news about Macau from the Diocese of Goa was that because the Portuguese robbed six cows along the coast of Daming, Chen Mu wanted to go to war with the Spaniards. The Portuguese packed up several meals.

What happened later came back from another direction. King Philip of Spain lost the Philippines. A few years later, the Ming army landed on the west coast of the New World. Philip lost Acapulco, and then lost Mexico. Colombia was annexed after the treaty was signed.

Everyone has an established fact-like understanding of Chen Mu: this person has a natural hostility towards them, just like they towards Indians and Filipinos.

Based on this understanding, the old thirteen didn't want to go to Chen Muping to get rid of him by himself. Philip may still be able to talk to Chen Muping, but the Pope has a clear understanding of himself, he doesn't have that much power .

Even the means of the Holy See against the secular kings, the secular power of the Holy See is very small, even if the Emperor Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire briefly succumbed to the Pope, it was not because he was afraid of the Pope's secular power, but because of internal conflicts in Shinra , making Henry IV worry about being overthrown by his vassals.

Philip was impatient, at least there were dozens of legions in Spain serving him, and he gave the order to start war with the Ming army again.

But he didn't have the slightest means of countermeasures against Chen Mu and Daming, and even Spain, which he relied heavily on, was defeated, so what else could he do?

What can the pope do in a hurry, can he expel Chen Mu from the religion?
Can you question the legitimacy of the Minister of Toyo?
Or can he incite his commanders to overthrow the evil oriental ministers and canonize them?
He can't do anything, even call for the Crusaders. The Netherlands and England regard Geneva as a religious leader and think he is a reactionary religious leader;

Without these three kingdoms, count on Rudolf II, the mediocre Holy Roman Empire, alone?

The Pope has had a very difficult journey. From Vatican City to the port, this is the most difficult journey in his life.

But unexpectedly, in the camp at the port, the envoy of Ming Dynasty who was cold-eyed and cold-eyed was not seen. Chen Ju prepared flowers and fine wine for him. smile.

"Speak straight to the point, since the Roman priest agreed to leave the city, Chen will not mention the previous misunderstanding. In the words of General Chen, we must look forward, and only by looking forward can we make progress—Da Ming is willing to reach an agreement with the Roman priest. A cooperation agreement, join hands with the King of Spain to defend Your Excellency's influence in Europa, and to curb the spread of Protestantism."

"This is good for our business routes. A chaotic war cannot bring prosperity. In addition, if you want to reach this cooperation agreement, you also have the obligation to fulfill your due obligations."

(End of this chapter)