Vol 6 Chapter 148: Caesar in action

Caesar had a bad time.
Or simply say it is completely unsatisfactory.
Marriage to Charlotte of Navarre seemed perfect to him, and Caesar had no complaints about his young wife. Although he knew that this was actually Louis XII's way of engulfing him, he did Very satisfied.
The only thing that regrets him is that his time with his wife is too short. When they held a wedding under the chairmanship of Louis XII, Caesar did not know that Louis XII had arranged for him what to do next. .
So after a brief wedding, Yan Caesar, who wanted to stay in France temporarily, had to return to Rome because of Louis's need to invade Italy, and had to leave his pregnant wife in France.
Despite being away from his wife for a while, Caesar was resolute when he returned to Rome. He believed that he was completely different from before. Whether in military strength or spiritually, he was neither captured by the Montina in Livorno. It ’s not the Caesar Borgia that was played by Alexander in Pisa.
He was not only the son of the Pope, but also a powerful ally of the Dharma King. The key was that he believed that he had fully mastered the tactics of Alexander ’s Montina army for consecutive victories.
But the battle of Ferrara caused Caesar to lose confidence in himself all at once, and then Alexander went south to Naples, and helped his sister control Naples' huge gains in a short time, which made Caesar feel inexplicably jealous.
But this is not finished. The active activities of the Montina people in the Lombardy region in the north made Caesar feel a heavy blow. Caesar knew the French. During the time when he replaced his father in France, he He has a detailed understanding of the current status and strength of the French army. In his view, although the Montina army is very powerful and claimed to have defeated the Ottomans, they still have a certain gap with the French army. This gap is in addition to the strength of the force. In addition, the French army is, after all, one of the most powerful troops on the European continent, and the centuries-old war with the British and the French expedition for centuries have convinced Caesar that Alexandria has not experienced the time-tempered Montina The army cannot be compared with the French army with rich war experience.
Caesar's idea could not be said to be wrong. When the failure of the Montina in the town of Tarot Valley reached Rome, Caesar excitedly killed several glasses of wine.
Caesar really wanted to see the Montina's fiasco, and he was pleased that he believed that Montina's army would suffer a low morale after such a heavy blow.
Caesar actually has the same idea as Alexander. He also believes that an army that has never tasted a defeat suddenly fails. Not only is it not easy to slow down quickly in this unexpected blow, it may even be crushed because of the aura of constant victory. And completely lost confidence.
It's just that he obviously underestimated the training of the Montina army and the will to instill in the soldiers through strict discipline and nearly harsh training in peacetime. Although it was suddenly defeated, the Montina army struggled to get rid of the battlefield. .
This result made Caesar both accidental and angry. He remembered the experiences in Livorno and Ferrara. The former made him a captive, while the latter made him spend a lot of money to build an army in Compati. It was a shock in front.
This made Caesar's mood suddenly worse, especially when he heard that Alexander had suddenly returned to Montina and launched a march towards Lombardy. He finally realized that if he didn't do anything, then he might really have to be forever. He was overwhelmed by the man who robbed Lucrezia.
To Alexander took Lucrezia, Caesar could only secretly swear in his heart to hate his sister, while in front of others, he kept preaching the possible "Romagna Tuscany" The Principality's threat to Rome and the Vatican.
It's just that he found that his arguments didn't seem to arouse the interest of too many people, or that those people actually didn't know that his words were somewhat reasonable, but most of them chose to ignore them.
Even Farne ’s family, part of the Borgia family, responded vaguely to his appeal, and only Julia Farne, because Alexander had killed her brother, was holding a grudge against him.
This made Caesar finally have to choose to deal with the people he was least willing to cooperate with.
He knew that Constantine de la Rovere was also dissatisfied with Alexandria, but his father ’s old Rovere and Alexander ’s relationship was always so ambiguous, which made Caesar hostile to Rovere ’s family, but he had to accept this. The reality of family cooperation.
So Caesar and Constantine met again in a high brothel in the city of Rome that was favored by noble and wealthy businessmen.
Compared with Caesar, Constantine is much stranger to this kind of place. Looking at Caesar's casual flirting with the women around him, Constantine sits rather cautiously and just keeps drinking.
"It's really nice here, isn't it?" Caesar greeted Constantine's cup, and then he spread his arms around the two women leaning on his side. "Tell me what is your ideal?"
"what did you say?"
"I ask you if you have any ideals," Caesar looked at Constantine's puzzled look with a "sneer" in his nose, a slightly ridiculous sound. "Don't tell me you just crave the Cavaliers championship and honor on the battlefield , Those things might make you forget them a few years ago, but now I do n’t think that means anything to you. "
Looking at Caesar's dismissive look, Constantine thought about the empty glass with both hands, and finally said, "I want to be the governor of Genoa."
"Oh, your idea is really bold enough to know that unless you drive away the French, it is impossible to achieve," Caesar looked at Constantine and laughed. "And you know that even if you drive away France, People, your ideal may not be realized, right? "
"Because Gumbre?" Constantine asked.
"That's right, because Gumbre!" Caesar stood and pointed to Constantine with the index finger of the right hand holding the cup. "You know very well that his purpose now is to try to unify the entire central region of Rome, which is bound to affect Rome and the Vatican. It ’s a threat, and he ’s also dissatisfied with Venice because everyone knows that your sister is his wife. Do you think the Venetians will tolerate a Principality allied with Genoa on their borders? "
Constantine said nothing, in fact, he was exactly where he was worried and not worried.
The rise of Alexandria in central Italy did not excite the Rovere family too much. Instead, because of the fear of Genoa ’s alliance with the future Principality of Romagna-Tuscany and threatening its own security, it was through their Vatican. Agents preached rumors that the Genoese would rule the Holy See.
Although the old Rovere's desire for the Pope's throne was never concealed, the Venetian "Genoa threat theory" still played a role.
No matter what kind of thinking, there is now a strange argument in the Holy See. Many people think that a family cannot have irresistible power in both the world and the church. For example, if the Earl of Montina wants to wear it himself In the crown of the Principality of the Duchy, the Rowley family must give up the purpose of pursuing the throne of the pope in the future, otherwise, a family that gathers the dual rights of the world and the church will not be seen by many people.
"You know we have to make choices for ourselves, not let others choose for us," Caesar sat in the chair next to Constantine and stared at him very close, a few dark red faces on his face and had already begun Some ulcerated scars looked obvious. This was the result of his lingering in those brothels not long ago. Syphilis left a permanent mark of ugliness on his face, but despite this, these scars made him handsome. His face looks a bit weird after being destroyed and destroyed. "Can we be friends, I hope to avenge Gombré, because he not only made me lose someone, but also prevented me from becoming the Duke of Romagna."
Caesar did not hide his ambitions. He knew that even if he did become the Duke of Romagna, he would not cause much disgust. He might greedily conquer many places, but compared to Alexander, he believed that the Romans were still more willing accept him.
Because he will not threaten too many people.
Alexander was too threatening.
From Sicily to Naples, from Romagna to Lombardy, Caesar was jealous of the rapid development of Alexander's forces, but also glad to see that his enemies were also increasing.
This made him feel that he had a chance to compete with Alexander again.
"My father would not agree," Constantine thought and shook his head. "He is now working very well with Gumbre, especially after the French occupied Genoa. He has said more than once that Gumbre can bring France The people drove away from Genoa, and he was willing to let Barendi inherit all his property in Rome. "
"Oh, that's not a small fortune." Caesar looked at Constantine slightly. He now knows why Constantine apparently did not want to deal with him, but he still managed to meet him.
All the old property of Old Rovere in Rome is not just about money.
The reason why the Venetians always wanted to push the power into the Romagna region, there is a reason because Genoa has several territories in Romagna that penetrated into the region. These places are the fruits of the early expansion of Genoa, and the Lovere family They were quite active during that period, and they seized a lot of territory for their family in this area, including Montina, which has now become almost one of Italy's most concerned.
So it is not difficult to understand what the old Rovere's so-called property refers to.
Seeing Constantine's face ugly, Caesar waved to several women to signal that they were all out, and then he moved to Constantine's chair and looked at it and asked, "Do you think the chance will always support Gumbre?"
Constantine shook his head instinctively, but then said helplessly: "But as long as he is enemies with the French, my father will always support him. Know that the French occupation of Genoa has completely angered my father. , He even nearly proposed to the Holy See to expel Louis from the church. "
"I know ..." Caesar whispered.
Old Rovere was indeed crazy by the French. When he heard that the French had occupied Genoa, the cardinal, who had experienced the baptism of war, cursed Louis XII while clamoring for a crusade against the French. And he obviously did n’t just talk about it, but ordered people to find the armor that he had collected for a long time, and he had plans to become the Pope of God of War in advance.
"Then do you think that if the French can be persuaded to withdraw from Genoa, do you think that the cardinal will support us?"
Listening to Caesar's words, Constantine's heart could not help moving. He looked at Caesar's face with some unexpected and hopeful eyes. At this moment, even those few ugly sores are not so ugly in his eyes. .
"If that's the case, I think it should be possible. My father is a loyal person to the Holy See. He will not allow anyone to threaten the safety of the Vatican, even if he is our family."
"Of course, I admire Cardinal Master this point," Caesar casually, and at the same time he began to figure out how to make all this come true.
Caesar knew that although he was quite appreciated by Louis XII, he was still unable to persuade Louis XII in this matter, so he needed someone who could move the King to do it.
Alexander VI had a much more comfortable time than his son.
Although the battle of Ferrara cost him a lot of money and even nearly brought his son in, the cost of that war was nothing compared to the wealth he couldn't accumulate.
Alexander VI never thought that one day he would worry about how to spend money, but as Ladia gold coins continued to expand the market, the pope gradually discovered how to spend money has become a big problem.
As a large amount of gold started, Alexander VI gradually felt that wealth did not bring him the expected benefits. This is of course not because of the literary and artistic reasons why money can't buy real happiness, but the pope found that it was just When accumulating gold continuously, it seems that gold has become a pile of precious metals that can only shine brightly. This gave him the idea to take advantage of this opportunity to build St. Peter's Basilica.
According to the Pope's plan, he planned to add four interconnected marble corridors to the two wings of the cathedral, so that the entire St. Peter's Basilica can be stretched to the north and south ends of a building complex of half the size.
The amount of money he needs to spend is much less than in the past, which gave the pope the idea that perhaps the money should be exchanged for more needed things, because only in this way can the true value of those gold be reflected.
Alexander VI did not know that he had been exposed to the most intuitive and simple principle of currency circulation, nor did he know that his idea brought praise and sigh to the magnificent momentum of the later completed St. Peter ’s Basilica, but at least for now His actions have made many people see rare opportunities.
After paying attention to the construction of the cathedral, Alexander VI suddenly began to have a strong interest in the Vatican ’s finances. From the perspective of the Pope, the wealth of the Vatican is actually more false, because in addition to many treasures and works of art that cannot be realized at all, The Vatican ’s cash is actually not as much as outsiders guessed.
And now, the gold coins based on the reputation of the Holy See allow Alexander VI to truly try the charm of wealth, which makes him excited and has a good impression on the son-in-law who is happy.
It was at this time that Caesar suddenly found his Lao Tzu, and his first sentence made Alexander VI stunned: "Father, I think we should no longer condone and endure Gomblay, because he is Threatens each of us. "
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