Vol 3 Chapter 146: The troubles of Alexander 6

Alexander VI frowned, staring at an opened letter in front of him.
The letter was sent back by the envoys of Alexander VI on the front line. Since the decision to join the anti-French sacred alliance, Alexander VI has sent his cronies, although not directly sent by the army, under the jurisdiction of the Region of Valencia Bishop of Castellon was the messenger, and the bishop was not empty-handed, but carried a generous amount of money as military expenses for the coalition.
Alexander VI was indeed a bit afraid of Charles VIII. He was worried that the French ruler would reproduce the tragic past of Avignon ’s prisoner. He did n’t want to be beaten and humiliated by someone like his predecessor. .
Because of this, Alexander VI chose to join the anti-French alliance. Although the French invasion greatly weakened his influence on many city-state princes, he believed that if he could drive back the hateful French king, he would always Have the opportunity to re-establish the majesty of the Pope.
But now, looking at the letter sent by Bishop Kostrion from the front, Alexander VI was not happy about the victory he was about to get. On the contrary, he felt a little annoyed and even very angry.
Pope's secretary Nomelo stood aside, he knew it was best to remain silent at this time, but Alexander VI didn't seem to want him to just be a silent foil beside him.
"Nomelo, what do you think he is doing?" Alexander VI tapped on the stationery on the table with his finger. "This is just unreasonable, so what do you think he is going to do?"
The secretary touched the thin chin. He first signaled to the pope. After getting the permission, he took the letter from the table and looked at it carefully. He read it very carefully, carefully analyzed the words between the lines, and after a while the secretary put down the letter. The letter said very carefully: "Your Majesty, you know that Gonzalo de Cordoba is a very proud person. I heard that when he was young, this person was a completely illiterate person, except for alcohol, women and He did n’t do anything except the duel, he was a famous playboy. "
"Of course, I know this person very well," Alexander VI frowned. "Even in Valencia, I have heard a lot of rumors about him. I even heard that he once once wanted to use it because he was jealous. The sledgehammer smashed the bishop's head. "
Nomelo smiled slightly, he knew that the Pope said this was not to prove how stubborn Gonzalo himself was, but because after such a big disaster, Gonzalo, who was a at the time, did not suffer. Punished, but only locked in the queen's castle for a week to reflect.
And all this is just because he is the nephew of Castile Queen Isabella.
Obviously, the queen likes this guy who makes troubles all over the place.
This is somewhat strange, because it is difficult to imagine that the queen who has lived in a dull and rigorous environment for many years will have a good impression on such a jump-off person.
What is also hard to believe is that such a person who thinks that a destined to do nothing in life, later not only shines in the movement to regain the lost ground, but also makes many achievements in the subsequent wars, becoming The military general who was most favored by the queen.
Because of this, after deciding to join the war with the French, Ferdinand II of Aragon summoned this highly regarded hero from the wife to recover the lost ground war and sent him to lead an army of 38,000 people Came to Italy.
The Aragonese came to Italy as a liberator. This Alexander VI knew very well that he even heard that when liberating Naples, Gonzalo not only completely disobeyed orders, but even directly deprived the king of Naples at that time. Dinant ’s military power, while Ferdinand ’s cousin of the same name in Aragon, actually ignored Gonçalo ’s actions and made no reprimands.
But after all, it ’s just a legend, and it ’s someone else ’s business, which seems to be irrelevant.
But when this almost unreasonable act of arrogance offended Alexander VI himself, he began to truly appreciate the mood of King Ferdinand of Naples at that time.
"He not only asked to accept the ceremony to greet the liberators at the Arc de Triomphe, he even asked all Roman nobles to pay tribute to his flag." Alexander VI looked at his secretary with a sullen face. "I heard it was on the front line, as long as he proposed His plan was never allowed to refute, because he even pulled some whips of nobles with his own hands. Previously, I only thought that these were rumors, but now it seems that they are all true. "
"But your majesty, he is the liberator of Rome and the conqueror of Charlie." Nomelo said cautiously. "It is not a problem to give a high courtesy to a hero who saved everyone from the king of France. As for what you said he used to whip some people, maybe there was nothing wrong with doing that at that time. "
Speaking of this, the secretary paused for a while, and then continued a little more heavily: "Please don't forget, it is Ferdinand of Aragon who is supporting him."
Alexander VI looked up at Nomelo, and he knew what the secretary was saying, which was what made Alexander VI feel uncomfortable.
Apparently Ferdinand II was not a bad guy who did a good job and was not named. On the contrary, he knew how to reap the benefits. For him, the willingness to join the anti-French alliance was not just for Naples who was also an Aragon. The Kingdom has a vengeance for relieving him, he has his own purpose.
So Gonzalo's boldness in Naples and arrogance in the coalition forces can be explained, but even so, Alexander still feels angry.
"What kind of attitude is he going to enter Rome? Liberator or conqueror?" Alexander VI said somberly. "If he regards himself as another Charlie, then I would rather accept only one is enough."
The secretary picked up the letter again from the table and looked at the content above, and a glimmer of gloom floated in his heart. Nomelo understood why the Pope had such a big response. The arrogance of Gonzalo even felt through the letter paper. Out, this is still quoted by Bishop Castellon. Nomelo believes that Gonzalo ’s own words must be more direct and unreasonable.
"In this letter, we were also asked to hand over the property left by the French to Rome," Nomelo frowned. Although he was not very clear whether the French left a lot of things in Rome, think about Rome now. The chaos in the city made it difficult to find the so-called French property as requested in the letter. "However, your majesty, I don't think he actually wanted any French property."
"Huh!" Alexander VI snorted dissatisfiedly. He certainly understood that Gonzalo said that he was in fact asking for benefits from Rome in disguise, but now that the people did win, they will soon come here as victors. The city, even Alexander VI as Pope, had to consider temporarily bowing in front of this person.
"It's up to you to do Nomelo," the pope leaned back in his chair, tired. "The French are finally leaving Rome, which is a good thing to say. Compared to this, Gonzalo's problem is not very serious. Big."
"Your Majesty, all this is still worth it." Nomelo's thin face showed a smile. With his familiarity with the Pope, he knew that Alexander VI had decided to endure the unreasonableness of Gonzalo, but he was also very clear. The anger in the pope's heart did not completely subside.
What Alexander VI really worried about was not just the arrogance of Gonzalo, but whether it was the teaching of King Ferdinand II of Aragon that was behind it all.
At the beginning, Alexander VI made the decision to join the anti-French alliance because of Charlie's overly ambitious ambitions.
After claiming the inheritance of the Naples throne, Charlie did not take over, but issued a claim to Milan. It is precisely because of this that Ludovico Sforza, who originally introduced Charlie into the Italian culprit, will be completely with Charlie. Turn your face and choose to join the anti-French alliance.
Similarly, after occupying Florence and entering Rome, Charlie once stayed in Rome and no longer went south to Naples, and his people began to wreak havoc in Romagna and even tried to invade Venice.
Alexander VI was shocked by Charlie's ambitions at that time.
He was keenly aware that Charlie seemed to have the ambition to try to annex the entire peninsula. Although it seemed impossible, he thought that Alexander VI would not dare to underestimate him when he thought that he had the entire France as a backing.
The shadow of the prisoner of Avignon began to shroud in Alexander VI's mind. He was really worried that one day he would be the same kind of ending.
It was precisely because of this that Alexander VI finally decided to join the anti-French camp, but now it seems that the cost of driving away the French may be much larger than imagined.
Nomelo knew that the Pope was in a bad mood, which made him a little hesitant, because the next thing was obviously not a good thing.
"Is there anything else?" Alexander VI noticed the difference in the secretary's look, and he was still very satisfied with Nomelo. The man he brought from Valencia had been silently serving as his assistant, including When many people, including his children, are scrambling to get benefits from him, Nomelo always stays with him faithfully.
"There is one more thing." Nomelo's cheek slightly twitched. He knew that the next words might make the pope who was in a bad mood even more angry, but when he heard the news, he knew that this thing must not be. Conceal, because it concerns the entire Borgia family.
Nomelo was the secretary of Alexander VI, but more often he was more like a member of the Pogia family.
"Today Jeffrey went to the city hall."
Nomelo glanced at Alexander. He sighed secretly when he saw the pope's name when he heard the name of his younger son. Alexander didn't like Jeffrey. This was not just because he thought Jeffrey's mediocre character was useless and more important What the pope always seemed to suspect was that he was not his own son.
In this case, the people of the Pogia family are almost aware of it, but no one has completely uncovered the matter, but it is also because of this that Jeffrey ’s relationship with other brothers is equally bad. Jeffrey went to the town hall, and Alexander VI immediately realized that this should not be a good thing.
"What happened?" The Pope asked quietly, knowing that Nomelo would not tell such things to himself if things were not big.
"It's about that Gombre ..."
Nomelo figured out how to explain it, but although he had tried to make it very subtle, but with his description, Alexander VI ’s already ugly face was getting more and more gloomy. When I heard that Alexander was leaving the municipality In the hall, when the hunting guards were ordered to fire guns at the sky, the corner of Alexander VI's eyes shook instantly.
"That Gombre, is he threatening Caesar?"
Nomelo was stunned by the Pope's question.
Letting soldiers fire collectively outside the city hall, if this is not a threat, there is really no reason to think of it.
So Nomelo knew that the Pope should not be a simple inquiry.
Sure enough, Alexander VI continued to ask: "I heard that he had attacked the coalition outside the city before, and still captured the Imperial Palace?"
"This is indeed the case," Nomelo nodded and answered. "I heard that he had humiliated Gonzalo's nephew Cordoba Jr. outside the city, but he finally entered into an agreement with Lord Kotzach. , I heard that he eventually sold all the captives and captured coalition camps for 12,000 Ducat. "
"12,000 Ducat?" Alexander VI's face showed a slightly unexpected look.
"Yes, including all the food used by the nobles captured by the captives and the coalition forces," Nomelo said, shaking his head slightly. "Your Majesty, I have to say the price ..."
Alexander VI looked at his secretary, and he saw a puzzling expression in Nomelo's face.
"Yeah, this is an interesting price," Alexander VI stood up and walked to the marble globe, stroking the cold sphere with his hand and whispered to himself. "He humiliated Gonzalo's nephew, but then used so little The price freed all the captives and gave the coalition the opportunity to re-arm it. Nomelo, what do you think this Gombré is doing? "
The secretary ’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he used to caress his thin chin. After a while, Nomelo looked at his employer: "Your Majesty, he does not seem to be targeting the coalition forces, because I heard that he then looted everything. All the things were sold to the Rovere family, and these things were sent directly to the coalition camp by the Rovere family. "
"Cunning and shameless two-faced," Alexander just scolded angrily, and then he no longer dealt with the Rovere family. "So does that Gombray only care about the ransom?"
"No, Your Majesty, it seems that he only cares about getting more money, but maybe it's not just that," Nomelo's eyes lightened slightly. "I think he seems to care only about Cordoba, or He cares about Gonzalo. "
Nomelo was excited because of his own thoughts. When he saw that Alexandria seemed to be very interested in this statement, the secretary's brain turned faster ~ EbookFREE.me ~ He humiliated the little cole as an emissary Dowa made him fame in this matter, but he seemed to prefer to release all the captives for such a small price, and even return the artillery to them, knowing that the coalition would liberate Rome quickly. The only reason he did this seemed to be that he did not want Gonzalo to be the only liberator of Rome. "
Alexander VI kept nodding silently. Although he guessed this possibility from the beginning, he was more willing to listen to Nomelo to analyze the result of his conjecture for him a little.
"Your Majesty, although I do n’t know why, this Gombre seems to be very hostile to Gonzalo, or to be wary, so that he would rather lose a lot of money to make peace with Kotszach, and do n’t want to see Gong Salou won. "
"Yes, this is indeed a very interesting thing," Alexander nodded in agreement. "Maybe this is a good thing for us. At least I prefer to see the orange-peeled face of Kotzczah, and I don't want to see Gonza. Luo's arrogant face. "
Seeing that the Pope ’s mood seemed to have improved, Nomelo ’s heart lightened, but his mood just relaxed, but Alexander VI has frowned again and said lowly: "Tell my sons, I will To have dinner with them in Portico Palace, so that all of them must participate. "
Nomelo nodded softly and looked at Alexander VI's gloomy face again. His eyes flashed with anxiety. He knew that today's dinner would not be easy.
"Where is that Gombre now?" Alexander VI suddenly asked again.
"I heard that I have returned to Marino Palace."
"That's it," Alexander VI grunted, and then he waved to the secretary. "Write down, I hope he can come to the Vatican as soon as possible. I want to see this young man again."