Vol 4 Chapter 88: Goal: Florence!

Alexander stood on the hill and looked at the Arno River in the distance. On the other side of the river was an incoherent village. Some scattered houses sparsely stretched along the road between the river bank and the field to the southeast. At the next hill Disappeared behind the gentle slope.
This is the farthest outpost outside the city of Pisa. From here, walk up the Agno River and walk out about 4o fares, which is Florence.
Alexander walked along the hill towards the river. From afar, he could see a gondolas heading upstream and heading upstream of the Arno River.
The hull was heavy and the draught was very deep. Listening to the faint cry of the sailors struggling to row the boat, Alexander looked at Machiavelli next to him.
There was a hint of embarrassment on the face of the Florentine, who knew what Alexander meant at first.
Machiavelli only smiled secretly when he thought that he had objected to Pisa's acceptance of Jewish sponsorship before.
Machiavelli admires and even admires his governor. This is not only because of the person's own high integrity, but also because of the unique vision of the person, so that Machiavelli has never been an insignificant diplomat. Rong was promoted to the membership of the 2oo Florence National Assembly and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
For his governor, Machiavelli respected from the heart, but at the same time, Machiavelli deeply felt headaches for his leader's stubbornness and nearly stubborn political cleanliness.
At least he could hardly imagine what it would mean to Florence once pizza really stopped delivering all kinds of goods.
And it is such a thing that does not seem to be very unhealthy, but it is really possible that it will become a reality because of the hatred and hostility of the consul to the Jews.
"What kind of person is Savonarola?"
Hearing that Alexander walking in front suddenly asked, Machiavelli quickly took a few steps to keep up. He first pondered cautiously and swiftly, and then said seriously: "Master, before answering your question, I want to know what you think about piety first. "
Hearing this rhetorical question from the Florentine, Alexander smiled. He probably already guessed what the Florentine would say next.
Machiavelli is a real utilitarian, although he himself has not actually received any real benefits because of this utilitarianism, but this does not prevent him from always planning for himself in this way.
Even a few years later, he wrote this controversial monarchy based on this utilitarianism.
But now Machiavelli should not have shown his obsession with utilitarianity so completely and unabashedly, so he just wanted to ask Alexander's personal view of the Florence governor by asking questions.
After all, from several short conversations about the man before, Machiavelli vaguely felt some of Alexander's prejudices against the Florence magistrate.
"You want to ask me what I think about the conflict between the Pope and Savonarola," Alexander showed mercilessly through Machiavelli's thoughts and saw him look a little embarrassed, and Alexander shook his head. " You do n’t have to worry about this at all. You have nothing to do with the Pope. I do n’t know if my answer will satisfy you? "
Listening to Alexander, Machiavelli had the urge to debunk him immediately.
What happened to Lucrezia, and what about the house by the river?
Machiavelli felt that the person in front of him was too hypocritical, and he didn't even care about the reaction of the other party when he lied.
But is there any way, he knows that he is lying, he also knows that he already knows that he is lying, but even when everyone knows he is lying, he still lied so rightly!
Machiavelli suddenly felt that this was a very troubling thing, but it was a wonderful thing.
How should a monarch treat his lies and how to find a reason to defend himself from this betrayal of morality? Machiavelli believes that this should be written in his own diary.
But at this time he had to respond to Alexander's question.
"Of course, this is enough to satisfy me," the Florentine said helplessly, and then he looked slightly at Alexander. "Master, what kind of person is my consul? I think the best answer is actually You should see him personally before you can make a conclusion, but if you must tell me, my answer is that the Lord Abbey of Savonarola is a devout believer, an ascetic, an attempt A great mentor and leader who really got enlightened by God and guided the world out of the lost way. "
Machiavelli looked seriously at the University of Pressure, he knew that maybe Alexander did not believe these words at all, but the Florentines secretly told himself that they must say these words, even if they were ridiculed and ridiculed, he must let This person, or rather, let more people really know how amazing the Florence governor is.
But to Machiavelli's surprise, Alexander did not laugh at the sarcasm as he thought, but looked at the ship passing by in the river channel under the hill, which seemed to be thoughtful.
After a while, Alexander looked back to Machiavelli.
"Tell me, if I agreed to support you, how would Florence repay me?"
Machiavelli blinked in amazement. He didn't understand the meaning of this. He didn't hesitate to ask afterwards, "Master, what do you mean by support?"
"For example, if I were willing to help you build an army belonging to Florence, what kind of reward would you give me?"
Machiavelli's face was filled with incredible consternation, and then he grunted hard in his throat, and then he said carefully, "My lord, I can't reply to you immediately, you know I have reached such an agreement You must have greater authority, and I just want to negotiate a peaceful relationship with you this time. "
Alexander nodded his head in agreement. His thoughts were only brought up temporarily. Thinking that Bishop Tony de la Rovere is still thinking about making money from the Florentines, he knew that his idea was temporarily unrealistic.
But once he had this idea, his thoughts about Florence were gone in his mind.
For this person, Savonarola, Alexander couldn't be more disgusted.
If he had to let him talk, Alexander even felt that he still somewhat admired the dean of the Florence monastery.
The reason for this is because Savonarola insists that people do not call him the magistrate of the Florence seat, but prefers that people call him the monastery.
Savonarola is the current dean of the Florence monastery and the dean who most hated Pope Alexander VI.
As one of the most influential monasteries in the Italian peninsula, Savonarola used strict Benedictian rules to teach all monks from the day they took over to understand what a priesthood person should be. Worthy of the holy monk's robe.
The huge estates that the monastery has hoarded over the years have become the public property of Florence ’s citizens. The shops in the name have been converted into good properties operated purely for charity, while the usury industry controlled by the monastery has been maintained for decades. Completely abolished.
All this made the Florentines who had been disappointed and even despised of the monks see a godly example. At the same time, the Florence monastery, which had been contaminated by luxury and depravity, also ushered in a truly pure and solemn atmosphere.
The monks who had gradually indulged in the secular atmosphere woke up, and they began to examine themselves under the guidance of Savonarola, and once this pious wind spread, they could no longer stop.
People began asking Florence's churches and bishops to learn what Savonarola looked like. The strict Benedict canonical provisions became a topic often mentioned in the Florence church.
The content that the bishops and priests discussed before was often no more noble than that of ordinary citizens, and sometimes even more vulgar and inferior.
The atmosphere of the church in Florence is clear, but this act of piety is not a good thing for the Vatican Vatican in Rome, or Alexander VI personally.
The gold sent from Florence is less, and the usury interest that should have been honoured is gone, and with these obvious losses, Savonarola's ruthless criticism and provocation of the church and the pope himself.
According to Savonarola, all the root causes of corruption are those vulgar cultures and extravagant enjoyment, and the representative of all the depraved sins is Alexander VI, the Pope!
Therefore, in many public gatherings and public sermons, he publicly criticized Alexander VI ’s fault more than once, and even sometimes he arrogantly called Alexander VI and his children "the cancer of Christ". .
Faced with such accusations, after repeatedly showing good promises and even making a lot of generous promises, but still not receiving a response, Alexander VI, who was finally irritated, decided to teach this stink boy from Dr. Ferrara's house.
He first sent another dean to the Florence monastery in an attempt to differentiate Savonarola's power over this monastery with great influence, and then ordered to force Savonalola to serve as a remote monastery long.
It was just that his series of actions had no effect on Savonarola, because the monastery did not want to let him go, and the people of Florence publicly opposed the Pope's order!
Savonarola eventually remained in the monastery of Florence, and it was from that time that he not only completely broke with Alexander VI, even with the removal of the Medici family, the entire Florence was completely rid of Vatican control.
Savonarola, a person who seems to be out of place with everyone in this day and age, a defender of truth that tries to change the world's gradual decline with pious beliefs.
Alexander looked at Machiavelli's heart and wondered secretly. He felt that no one in this world would be more familiar with the Florentine in front of him.
He knew that this man would emerge in Florence in a few years with smooth handling, and then he would become a key figure in the Republic of Florence against the Medici family trying to restore.
But when the Medici family regained the dominance of Florence by relying on a strong backstage, Machiavelli immediately caught the wind and tried to regain the favor of the Medici family.
To this end, he painstakingly wrote a controversial monarchy to try to win the favor of the new master, but his actions did not touch the hearts of those of Medici at all, and until he died, he was always excluded from the upper class of Florence. Outside society.
But it was this man, when he mentioned Savonarola, he naturally showed respect and respect for him, and in Alexander's view, this attitude was undoubtedly sincere and not disguised.
What kind of person is Savonarola?
How could this open-hearted respect and respect for publicly proclaiming that
the despicable means should be used for the purpose and should be forgiven
and
morality is most often a stumbling block preventing the monarch from achieving higher achievements
?
Alexander was secretly strange in his heart, especially considering the letter Tony de la Rovere had written to him a few days ago, and he felt that he might soon hear some weird news about Florence.
"If I am willing to provide Florence with a sufficient amount of low-priced food, can you guarantee the deputy payment?"
Alexandria ’s words surprised Machiavelli. He came to Pisa to see Alexandria. This is because now with Alexandria ’s control of Pisa and Montina, these two places have vaguely formed a siege of Florence. This naturally Disturbed the Florentines.
Another imminent problem is that Florence is facing a series of bad situations.
Because of the confrontation with the Vatican and the overthrow of the Medici family, the young Republic of Florence is facing the dilemma of being enemies on all sides.
Many city-states that have close relations with the Medici family have severed diplomatic relations with Florence, and the vicious relationship with the Vatican has made Florence more difficult.
But these are not the most terrible. The real blow to Florence is that Savonarola fully supported the French Charles VIII's invasion of Italy, which completely angered all the city-states.
With the defeat of Charlie, Florence was almost completely trapped in isolation.
No one wants to interact normally with Florence, and Savonarola tries to establish a sacred and noble ideal of the kingdom of Christ. It is also to make those who have been exquisite art, mouth-watering cuisine, and love. The completely conquered city-state nobles were surprised and even disgusted.
The market has become more and more depressed, and people's lives have begun to appear difficult, and all this has not prevented Savonarola from exploring and pursuing the great ideal.
But for the officials of the Florence government, they have to be distressed by the gradually worsening reality.
Machiavelli came with the hope of the Florentines, but he was very cautious, knowing that he could not easily reveal his purpose when he was not sure.
It was just that he never thought of it. While he was still thinking about how to show his heart to the true ruler of Pisa, Alexander not only suddenly offered to continue to do business with Florence, he even heard vaguely. It seems that the earl seemed to have the idea of ​​helping Florence fight the Vatican.
But isn't he hooking up with the pope's daughter?
The thought was thrown aside by Machiavelli just in a flash of heart.
Hooking up with the pope's daughter does not prevent the pope from pitting at the same time. Such a mean behavior should be the performance of a qualified monarch.
Machiavelli decided to write this sentence in his diary too.
"Adult, are you willing to sell us food at a low price?" The Florentines still feel that they should be careful. "So what are your conditions? Or what obligations do we have to promise?"
Machiavelli asked cautiously, while wondering what harsh conditions the earl would put forward, he also wondered how much concession his government could make.
"I don't need any promises and conditions, but you must pay in time."
"That's it?" Machiavelli asked unexpectedly. He couldn't believe it, but then he seemed to understand something.
"Master, please be assured that we will not let you down," Machiavelli said with a slightly vague tone. "As for the food you requested, the Florence government will deliver it on time."
Alexander looked at Machiavelli a bit strangely. He did n’t know that the Florentines had classified him and those
despicable monarchs
as one. Smile inside.
A large amount of low-cost food, almost all tariff-free seafood products, fresh fruits that can be eaten by ordinary citizens, as well as wines that are not abundant in Florence, and countless daily necessities from all over the world.
Alexander seems to have been able to see the tremendous impact caused when these huge quantities of goods suddenly flooded the Florentine market, and the terrifying effects that resulted from it.
No one can resist the temptation of cheap and unexpected goods, and even if the price is 20% lower than the equivalent local goods, Alexander is still confident that all merchants, including him, will make money.
Whether it ’s in Pisa or Naples, Taranto, or even Palermo ’s prototype loan, it will allow those shark-like merchants to mobilize the largest commodities with the least amount of money in a timely manner. Into this dumping war destined to permeate the taste ~ EbookFREE.me ~ This is the power of a free trade zone that unites!
And Florence is just a prey for this future behemoth to try his hand.
Alexander thought to him and smiled at Machiavelli: "Diplomat, please go back and convey my greetings to the Abbey, maybe I will soon visit the great and prosperous Florence."
In saying this, Alexander could n’t help but think of a passage from Bishop Tony de la Rovere ’s letter to him:
Earl, I ’m sorry to tell you that we are having some trouble. Not ideal, the Florentines have almost blind trust and loyalty to that Savonarola, so I think it might be better if you personally solve this matter, after all, your army has proven their worth several times. " ...

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