Vol 7 Chapter 314: "It's finally about to start..."

A priest hurriedly came to Pope Alexander VI's room with a seemingly bulging letter, and saw the servant standing at the door. The priest shook the letter in front of his eyes to indicate his intention.
The servant looked at the priest up and down, and then opened the door beside him to let him in.
In the room, Alexander VI was competing with a plate of pigeon meat on the table again. The silver knives and forks in his hand collided with each other and made a slight noise. He did not stop his "work" when he saw the priest come in.
"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the Vatican." The priest hurriedly walked to the table of the Pope. Although the food on the plate exuded a tempting fragrance, he was obviously nervous and not in the mood to see the Pope eat it. Something.
Alexander VI stopped and looked at the priest, his expression slightly solemn.
The news from the Vatican at this time should not be a good thing, which made the priest feel nervous when handing out the letter.
Now Madrid will have two completely different moods full of contradictions about the visit of Alexander VI.
On the one hand, they feel the supreme honor for the Pope to live in Madrid. After all, whether it’s Vallariddo, Zaragoza or other places, it seems to be more suitable than Madrid. At least they can’t think of the Pope’s reason. Reasons for choosing Madrid.
On the other hand, they worry that this may involve the Church of Madrid in a fierce and even cruel struggle.
In fact, this struggle has already begun, and even the Madrid church has not had time to choose which side to stand on, and has been forced to stand at the forefront of this struggle.
Alexander VI picked up the glass while sipping the wine, while picking up the wax seal with the knife in his hand and looking at the contents of the letter.
But gradually, his expression that seemed to be disapproving became serious. ,
He simply put down the wine glass and began to open the letter in earnest.
The letter was written to him by an auxiliary bishop in the Vatican.
The auxiliary bishop obviously has no experience in how to write letters to the Pope, so his words seem to be a little bit of a foreword, but Alexander VI still understands what he wants to say.
This is something that seems to have nothing to do with him, but the auxiliary bishop apparently feels that the situation is serious, or that the person is thinking about getting familiar with the pope through this matter, as to why he didn’t take pictures of the old Rovere’s horse. Fart, Alexander VI can guess his thoughts.
Now the old Rovere must have gathered too many people who want to flatter, so it is not so easy to get the cardinal’s attention, and the pope seems to have lost power, even being driven out of the Vatican, but this does not mean that He had no chance to make a comeback.
Alexander VI was able to guess the speculative thoughts of that man. He was not disgusted with this, and he was satisfied that he could have such a person in the Vatican who could inform him at any time.
And this letter also involves a very important person-the Duchess of Rome Thesia!
"His Majesty, I have always been cautious and even more apprehensive about such a severe accusation. I know that it involves a person’s reputation and even faith, but as a clergyman, I have to take on it. Duty due."
Looking at the passage in the letter, Alexander VI made a hum of unknown meaning in his nose. His eyes hurriedly came to those unimportant words that took the opportunity to show loyalty, and then fell on a paragraph that attracted him very much. The description of great interest.
"At the University of Bologna, a person caught my attention. This Polish man named Nicolaus Copernicus seems to be studying a new doctrine. What makes me uneasy is that this kind of doctrine is completely consistent with our adherence to the doctrine. The very different conflicts are even completely contrary to the Bible and blasphemy against God. What makes people uneasy is that this person seems to be funded by the Duchess of Rome..."
Alexander VI carefully looked at the letter almost verbatim. As the pope, he certainly knew a lot about how to condemn a person's words and deeds as heresy, and how to label others as unbelievers or more severe antichrists. hat.
Therefore, he would not easily believe these accusations made by the auxiliary bishop, because even he himself had personally concocted such things.
He paid attention to what the Polish man said, and he also wanted to know why Alexander's wife was involved.
If it can be proved that everything this person says is true, there may be unexpected gains.
Alexander VI thought this in his heart, but soon he realized that this incident seemed to be beyond his imagination.
When he saw the letter that the Poles named Nicolaus Copernicus had proposed something called heliocentric theory, Alexander VI paused for a while, he raised his head and waited not far away. The priest who ordered him glanced. Although he knew that it was impossible to see the contents of the letter while standing there, the pope still instinctively took the letter paper into his arms.
Then he looked down at the letter again.
Over and over again, Alexander VI, who had gradually calmed down from shock, looked at the contents of the letter repeatedly, and the saying "Heliocentric Theory" also impacted his body and mind again and again.
The pope stretched out his hand to pick up the wine glass next to him, but he did not touch the glass a few times, which made the priest standing a little far away secretly startled, not knowing what was written in the letter, unexpectedly let the pope Such a gaffe.
After finally taking a sip of the wine, Alexander VI, who calmed down his emotions slightly, glanced at the priest, and then said to him after closing the letter paper: "This is indeed a very important thing, which makes me think I should In the Vatican, not here."
The priest did not speak cautiously. He knew that the pope who said this might not be in a good mood, so it was the most sensible to be a quiet listener at this time.
"Alexander..." The Pope paused before changing his words. "The Regent should have been on the front line of Aragon by this time. This is really bad, but maybe I should talk to the Queen of Sicily about this."
As Alexander VI said, he lightly patted the letter in his hand as if he didn't care, and then put it into the deep inner pocket of his robe.
The priest looked aside immediately. He knew that the pope didn't want people to notice the appearance of the letter, and his casual self-talk was obviously a suggestion from the pope.
"The Pope does not want people to notice this contact with the Queen of Sicily."
The priest quickly understood the pope's hint. Instead of opening his mouth, he bowed to the door and retreated. At the same time, he wondered how to arrange a reliable messenger to send messages between the pope and the queen.
Seeing the back of the leaving priest, Alexander VI pouted his lips in satisfaction.
He now likes Madrid more and more, especially after Alexander specially ordered his residence in El Padova Palace, and those Madrid nobles also came to see him, Alexander VI Shi feels that he has returned to the glory of the Vatican.
"What is the daughter of the old Rovere doing?" Alexander VI touched the letter in his pocket through his robe. "Do you support a heresy? No, it won't be that simple. That Barendi won't waste money." On such silly things. I don’t know."
Although very reluctant, Alexander VI had to admit that the old Rovere’s daughter was much smarter than his darling girl. Sometimes he even wondered if God forgot to give her even a little bit when he created Lucrezia. The wisdom of her, otherwise she would not be empty except for a face that can fascinate men.
Think of Barendi, and think of the Forli tigress at Sforza's house. The Pope felt that God seemed to be treating him a bit wrong.
Thinking of the Pope walking outside, but just as he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped and stood motionless, and then he let out a long "Oh~" sigh under the surprised gaze of the servant. Suddenly turned around and walked back to the room, and closed the door with a "bang".
The servant stared at the closed door dumbfounded, and when he was hesitant to knock on the door and ask the pope what had happened because of fear, the door suddenly opened.
"Don't bother me, if the priest Mulino comes back and asks him to wait in his room, don't go, because I may have to summon him at any time."
After speaking, the door closed tightly with a "bang" again.
When Alexander VI returned to the room, he immediately got busy. He took out the thick manuscript from a tightly locked box, lit a candle and began to read it carefully.
This manuscript was previously drafted by Alexander for him, and was publicly read for the first time in the cathedral in Toledo.
At that time, it caused a great shock in Toledo.
But only the two of them knew that what was publicly read was only part of it.
The entire manuscript has nearly a hundred essays in total, and the narrative content it covers is even more shocking. Even Alexander VI himself was frightened by the content.
Because of this, he only announced part of it in the name of a sermon at the time, but even that had left the priests of the Toledo church present at the scene stunned and at a loss.
Alexander VI originally thought that the rest of the statements were unlikely to be seen again, but now he felt that there might be another opportunity.
After all, compared with a theory that may completely subvert the value of the existence of Christ in the Bible, the discussion in that manuscript seems less radical and terrifying.
"Alexander, what do you want to do?"
Putting down the manuscript, the pope took another sip to calm the shock of his heart. He knew very well what kind of uproar would be caused if this manuscript were made public, just like if people knew the heliocentric of Copernicus What kind of huge shaking will it cause to the entire Christian world.
Fortunately, these two terrible weapons are in our hands. Alexander VI thought about this idea first, and immediately realized that it might not be a coincidence.
He slowly sat down and began to seriously connect these seemingly unrelated things, including the almost absurd doctrine put forward by the Polish man named Nicolaus Copernicus.
After the initial shock and shock, Alexander VI began to ponder this matter aside from his status as a priest.
What kind of ideas that Copernicus insisted on actually didn't care much. In the eyes of Alexander VI, the doctrines of the Poles were no different from the various theories that were judged to be heretics in the past.
What interests him is what role Alexander plays in this matter, and what benefits he wants from it.
It is not a heinous thing to support a doctor who likes to study astrology. Despite the strict prohibition by the church, as far as Alexander VI knew, many nobles still paid a lot of money privately to fund those alchemists.
The key is what it means to them.
Alexander VI felt that he should seriously consider writing this letter to Ruosha, especially when the matter was informed by an auxiliary bishop instead of Alexander himself, he should be more cautious.
The pope walked to the window and looked outside. The high terrain of El Padova Palace allows him to easily see most of the city of Madrid.
Alexander had already revealed his intentions to him, so the Pope knew that Madrid would be the center of Castile in the future.
Alexander obviously has a very ambitious plan to build this city into a "European capital".
Now it seems that this seems a bit idiotic. Although this city is not small, it is obviously far from the famous cities that are now well-known in Europe.
Compared with Rome, Florence, Milan, and even Bologna, it lacks the luxury and dazzling magnificent architecture of those cities.
Compared with Vienna and Prague, Madrid also lacks the majesty of being a great capital of a country. Even other cities on the Iberian Peninsula tend to be more dazzling than Madrid.
Lisbon, Seville, Valencia and Barcelona, ​​these cities that have grown up relying on maritime trade are not as prosperous as Madrid.
But Alexander is still full of ambitions trying to realize his dream of building a great city.
Alexander VI did not want to stop his son-in-law. This is certainly out of his own preference, but more because he knew it was indeed necessary.
The years of life in Italy made Alexander VI not only accustomed to the enjoyment of extravagant life, but also made him understand that such extravagance is also a deterrent for most people.
Just as Florentines often have to build a luxurious residence to prove their status after being rich, the seemingly degenerate luxury life actually makes more people disgusted and disgusted, but more still in awe.
If Alexander wants to build such a capital, the Pope will not object, at least that way, he is bound to provide the Pope with a more generous life and abundant daily expenses.
So in the matter of Copernicus, Alexander VI intends to listen carefully to Ruo Sha's explanation. Perhaps if he is lucky, this may still be an opportunity for the old Rovere to compromise with himself.
After all, it is now the crucial time whether his daughter can become the Queen of Castile.
A messenger rushed to Valliador with a secret letter full of doubts and curiosity to Alexander VI. In the letter, the pope not only asked about Copernicus, even the informant’s auxiliary bishop’s name was written on it. Is clear,
Then he waited for Ruosha's reply in Madrid.
But what the Pope didn't expect was that what he was waiting for was a personal letter from the old Rovere to him.
This letter was not brought by a messenger from the Vatican, but was unexpectedly sent by Uliu from Valladolid.
The letter was sent by the old Rovere to the two Alexandrias through Barendi, but the content was very similar.
In the letter, the old Rovere rarely expressed his wish to reconcile with Alexander VI in a sincere tone. He even used words that thought he was purely "out of envy and hatred" in the past, which surprised Alexander VI. Besides, he secretly figured out what was the reason, and made this old enemy willing to put down his body to show kindness.
The Pope didn't know that in another letter to Alexander, the old Rovere was playing an emotional card. He emphasized how much his daughter loved Alexander and even gave him too much.
This made him think that even if it was for Ballendi, he should abandon his past unhappiness, and at the end of the letter he did not forget to remind Alexander of his support for Constantine.
When Ruosa read the letter, Uliu stood aside, which made the Moors somewhat embarrassed.
Although knowing that there is nothing wrong with the queen's reading of the master's private letters, when he thought that these letters might contain Barendi or Lucrezia's private conversations with the master, Uliu had the idea to slip away quietly.
"Oh, Alexander actually allowed that woman to use the money in the Roman Theesian treasury at will," Ruosha suddenly raised her head and said to Uliu who was about to slip away. "Do you know this?"
"Your Majesty, I assure you that I once wanted to dissuade the master, but you know that the master is very stubborn." The Moors betrayed Alexander without hesitation.
"He is really stubborn, especially when it comes to women." Ruosa nodded in agreement and read the letter, then raised her head after a while and asked, "That Geoffrey, he actually framed little Giovanni as his sister and Fortunately, his father’s illegitimate child was retribution. Do you know this?"
"There is such a thing, it's too sensational," Uliu answered Ruosha with an unbelievable expression. "I think the Duchess must be very sad."
"Yes, I was so sad that I cried and shed tears over her brother's death. It said she was crying and crying to my poor brother while holding the bust of Jeffrey, and then she vowed to let her The blood of the man who killed her brother pays the blood'. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"
Uliwu stood there motionless, looking at Ruosha without blinking, and then cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"
"Let me think about it," Ruosa raised her head as if to ponder for a while, and then said to the Moors, "I think we need someone to be my contact with the Pope now, and you are the most suitable."
Seeing Uliu nodding silently, Ruosha continued: "During this period, I think you can temporarily hand over the duties of the palace administrator to a reliable person. Let me think about it. My brother Berelli will soon Coming, I think he is very suitable to take over your job."
Uliu nodded silently again, seeing Ruosha finally showing a satisfied smile on her face, and the Moors secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at Uliwu who went out, Ruosa continued to calmly watch the letter.
No one heard a whisper from her mouth: "It's finally about to begin..."
　　
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