Vol 6 Chapter 15: Florence's dignitaries, Alexander's chess pieces

Sazi walked around in the room unsteadily, and a little further away, several other senior officials in the Florentine government watched him silent.
The relationship between Florence and the Vatican is so subtle that even without Savonarola, it has not been improved very well. It is said that the people of the Medici family were very active during this time. Giovanni and As the most important members of this family, Julio and his two figures appeared in many places. Among them, what worries Florence most is that Giovanni reportedly frequented the old Rovere ’s palace in the Vatican during this time, while Alexander As the son-in-law of Rovere's family suddenly arrives, Sazi will certainly feel uneasy.
Machiavelli they have been away for a long time, but there is no news, Sazi is even more puzzled, although he did not personally command the civilian army, but he still knows that Florence ’s current strength is impossible to fight with the Ottoman army. Compared with the Tina army, even Sazi was thinking that perhaps the Montina army might not appear, and that the civilian army might collapse.
In addition, the Florentines now use the goods delivered from Pisa, and they are holding the new gold coins of the Pisa. As for some of them, they live directly from the Pisa. In this case, Sazi is very doubtful. How many people would be willing to fight the father of the Duke of Pisa.
In early summer, the day lighted early, and when the dawn light entered the room, Sazi discovered that they had spent the whole night in panic, but there was no news.
Or no news is good news, at least those two people should still be negotiating with that terrible person at this time, and Sazi can only comfort himself this way.
For Mahimo, Sazi has always been very alert, but during this time Mahimo's actions have made him more relieved, and now he even put his hopes on those two people.
"Or we can ask the Pope for help," an official suddenly said. His words broke the suppressed silence in the room and saw everyone's eyes cast on himself. The official licked a little dry lips and said carefully "or the Pope" I do n’t want to see the Medicis regaining power. You know that they seem to be too close to the Cardinals. You know that these two people should not be the same. "
Sazi raised his hand and extended a finger and moved in the air. No one knew what he meant by this action, but Sazi also did not mean to stop the person from speaking, and the official got the courage and he continued Speaking: "If the Pope is willing to support us, maybe things will not be too bad. Before we had executed Savonarola to show the surrender to the Vatican, will the Pope now refuse us to show him the good?"
"But the count," said the other with some hesitation. "You know he is the father of the Duke of Pisa."
As soon as this remark came out, the room fell silent again.
Everyone knows that the identity of the father of the Duke of Pisa may not be the key, but if the Duke of Pisa is also the granddaughter of the pope, things get complicated.
Because no one can be sure that the Earl ’s arrival was the Cardinal or simply the Pope ’s meaning, so at this time, if he hurriedly lost his sincerity to the Pope, it might be self-defeating, or even a sheep.
Sazi began to turn around again in annoyance. He stopped sometimes to see what happened in the courtyard outside the window from time to time, and then continued to walk around. At this time, for the first time he wanted to send someone to put The impulse that Medici murdered.
The Sazi family has participated in various murder conspiracies more than once, which made their family reputation not very good in Florence, so after becoming the governor, Sazi secretly vowed to save the family from the bad reputation of the murderer But now he suddenly felt that perhaps the decisions of his fathers and brothers were not necessarily wrong, because if you want to completely eliminate a threatening opponent, there is no simpler and more effective than murder.
As for the murder of Earl Montina, Sazi did not think about it. This was not because he had a crush on Alexander, but because he knew it was impossible.
In addition to the fact that Count Montina always had enough guards around him, it was inconvenient to start. Another important reason was that Sazi knew that if the Count was murdered, whether he or Florence would face Terrible revenge.
An angry woman is unreasonable or even crazy. If there are several such angry women, and almost all of them hold a heavy army to die, then risking the entire city may be assassinated by blood Not too smart.
Sazi only hopes that things can be eased, even if he pays a certain price. For this reason, he has asked his chief secretary to lead a group of people in the next room to draft an agreement, while trying to ensure the status of Florence. , He has decided to make all the concessions he can do.
"Everyone, let us pray to God for our city, this is probably the darkest moment before dawn, maybe all of us are destined to leave a shameful infamy in the history of Florence, but just remember what we did It ’s all for Florence. "
Sazi's words made several consuls look sober. They knew he was right. If things were really irreversible, they must bear the infamous destiny to protect the city.
A rush of noise came from outside, and people immediately hurried to the window to look out.
Sazi tried to calm himself as much as possible. His eyes turned to the door. As the footsteps got closer, he stretched out his hands and lined the clothes in front of him, and then took the scepter on the table and held it tightly in his hands.
The door opened, and Mahimo and Machiavelli walked in successively.
The officials immediately paid tribute to the monastery, but their eyes turned to Machiavelli who was following.
"Tell me whether you brought good news or bad news."
Sazi asked the secretary that his face was faintly flushed because of the excitement and anxiety. The consul at this time was in some kind of unusual excitement.
"Sir, it's a bit complicated to say," Machiavelli whispered to Sazi "or I should report to you separately."
"No, say here, say it now!" Sazi rejected the secretary's suggestion aloud. "We need to know what happened and what we have to face."
Machiavelli glanced at Mahimo a little embarrassedly, and then he bowed to Sazi: "That's it, the purpose of Count Montina's coming this time hopes to establish a closer relationship with Florence, or I hope we are more intimate with Pisa. "
Sazi was stunned, and then there was an unabashed anger on his face.
"You mean he wants us to admit that his daughter is also the Duke of Florence, right?"
At the exit of Sazi's words, everyone in the room couldn't help but stay.
People's eyes were fixed on Machiavelli's face, wanting to see the denied answer from his expression, but they were quickly disappointed.
"Does he actually want us to surrender to Pizza?"
"Acknowledge the Duke of Pisa's rule over Florence, is there anything more absurd and terrible than this?"
The consuls awakened from the accident shouted angrily, and some people have already begun to order loudly to make the military ready to fight to defend the city.
Sazi walked slowly in the room. He didn't think of this possibility, but he always hoped to avoid the luck of the past to make him think that things will not go to the worst step again and again, even though Florence is now Fate and Pisa are completely entangled, but at least Florence is free in name, but the sudden arrival of Count Montina breaks his illusions.
"What does the pope say, and there is the cardinal?" Sazi suddenly asked anxiously, he did not believe that the two big figures in the Vatican would allow this to happen, at least no matter who should be against this behavior. , Then maybe you can get some support from the Vatican, thinking that this Sazi came to a sudden, he walked to Mahimo and put his hands together, and said with a pleading tone, "President, Floro San needs your Help, only you can save our city now, "Sazi said as he bent down to Mahimo, his head was low, and the ruling medallion on his chest hung straight down and shook slightly in the air." Please You go to Rome to explain everything here to the Vatican, request the support and help of the Vatican, and please show the Pope that Florence is willing to accept the wishes of the Vatican. "
Mahimo looked at Sazi silently. He remembered what Alexander said to him before coming back to prepare him for the Vatican. Now it seems that the earl has really guessed what will happen next.
What about Machiavelli? Mahimo couldn't help but look to the secretary who was also showing a strange look to Alexander's guess as things changed.
At this time, Machiavelli tried to make himself look calm, but his heart thumped, and he also thought that the Earl judged that Mahimo was going to Rome soon, and now seeing things as Alexander did As he said, he secretly lamented the count's expectations, and he couldn't help getting warm.
He certainly did not forget that Alexander once said that he hopes his position in Florence will become more important, but what makes Machiavelli more concerned is that Alexander ’s "prophecy" that the Medici family may regain Florence in the future.
If the Medici family really had a chance to regain Florence, Machiavelli felt that he should not miss this rare opportunity!
"We have to wait for the news from the Vatican, but we must also be ready to fight for Florence," Sazi walked back and forth in excitement. "The militia should be prepared, Nicolo. I want you to organize the militia immediately to prepare for the battle, then Ladies and gentlemen, is there any objection to our good citizen Nicolo Machiavelli as the city defense officer? "
The people of Florence in the room showed strange expressions on their faces. They did not expect that Sazi would take the opportunity to let his people occupy important positions at this time, but although he knew his plan, he could not only support him at this time. He really couldn't think of any other way to deal with this situation.
In addition, the aggressive posture of Count Montina also made them afraid. Out of fear, they might completely anger the person ’s mind. Although the officials of Florence were angry at the pressure from Pisa, they never dared to openly oppose Pisa. Looting of Florence.
Now it has developed to the point where they are going to live and die with Count Montina on the battlefield. They naturally do not want to easily put themselves in danger.
Seeing the other people's dissatisfaction, they had to acquiesce to the decision, Saqi struck proudly with the ruling pendant in front of his chest.
Count Montina may have ambitious ambitions for Florence, but Sazi will not give up this wonderful opportunity because of this.
The Sacchi family's desire to rule Florence can last for more than a century ago, when their family's ancestors became the city's ancestors together with the founder of the Medici family, Giovanni Dibic de Medici The nobility, but the Medici family later became the arrogant of Florence, and the Sazi family was always firmly suppressed by the Medici family.
Now an opportunity appeared before him. For Sazi, Florence's power has never been so close to him as he is now.
As for the threat of Count Montina, in addition to pinning his hopes on Mahimo's trip to Rome, Sacchi hoped that he would reach a private agreement with Count Montina.
Only while sending Machiavelli to test the count's intentions, he did not completely give up the opportunity to save Florence.
When Machiavelli bowed to accept the appointment, he couldn't help but feel excited. He was well aware of the huge difference between the second secretary of the governor and the city defense officer. It can be said that from this time he really became a big man in Florence.
But while excited, Machiavelli secretly marveled at the count's grasp of the situation and the accuracy of Sazi's thoughts. He even guessed that Sazi would promote him in order to seize the opportunity of the military command.
Seeing this scene next, Mahimo was lost in thought. He remembered Alexander's promise to him, thinking that maybe one day he might become the pope, and Mahimo couldn't help but tremble.
"Go to Rome," Masimo's mind flashed what Alexander said to him before the split. "You will find the answer that puzzles you. Believe me Savonarola may be a pure person, but he is not yours. Role models are not your destination, your destination is with people who are farther away. "
Mahimo could n’t remember what he was feeling when he left, but now he suddenly felt that maybe he should really go to Rome, he would not forget that Alexander said that Savonarola was not his role model, not his Destiny, so he really wanted to understand what kind of person he should be.
Suddenly from a liar into a devout monk, even Mahimo himself finds it difficult to adapt, but whenever he sees the books and manuscripts left by Savonarola, he still can't help reading it. There seemed to be something in it that made it difficult for him to give up.
Sazi's actions were very effective, or because he had been working for the integration of the military. When Machiavelli stood in the early morning hours and stood in front of the People's Palace, he rang the heavy bronze bell. The soldiers on the square in the courtyard of the People's Palace did not raise any questions about the subsequent appointment of Machiavelli.
Looking at the civilian army, Sazi standing in the window had a complicated look. He had great expectations for this army, but from the lazy look of the soldiers below, he really could not see whether they were in a possible outbreak of battle. To what role.
Sazi again wondered whether he should send Machiavelli to negotiate with the Earl of Montina privately, or after paying a certain price, Florence could accept a new treaty that was not too bad.
Sazi went to the next door, watching the chief secretary and a group of officials still chattering about some terms, and he couldn't help being bored for a while.
"When did the earl enter the city, and where is his army?"
Sazi asked impatiently. When he heard that he had not yet found the shadow of the army of the Earl of Montina, he was unexpectedly surprised.
At the same time, in the town outside the city, Alexander just woke up after having a good dream.
The sky is not too bright, the dawn on the east shines from the top of the mountain in the distance, and the top of the mountain is covered with a magnificent layer of gold and red, and then this dazzling light has been rising upward, like the angel with golden wings The dimness was expelled from afar.
The whole city soon seemed to fade away a layer of mysterious black gauze and bathed in the light of the morning. At the same time, with the faint noise, the city of Florence woke up.
Alexander stood on the hillside outside the town and looked at the city below. He knew that this night should not be very good for the Florentines, but he did not sympathize with those people.
Alexander is not interested in ruling Florence, or although the city as the capital of art is indeed the center of the entire European civilization today, art is never the most important for a turbulent era ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Maybe in a long time it will become a vivid epitome of future generations looking forward to this magnificent era, but just as for Ludviko Sforza, a bronze cannon is more useful than a bronze statue, for the present The role of Florence is far less important than other places.
The first place that Alexander visited "I visited" after returning to Italy was Florence. The real reason is because it is related to the Medici family.
A carriage came from far and near on the distant mountain road, and the surroundings of the carriage were protected by a team of guards. When the team was still far away, the hunting guards as scouts had greeted them, but they not only did not stop The carriage, on the contrary, the guards along the way also joined the queue.
Looking at the gradually moving convoy, Alexander's mouth hung a smile, and his eyes turned to the red and white cross-bearing flag held by the flag bearer beside the car. : "I don't go to the mountain, but the mountain comes to me."
Listening to the self-modified scripture of the count, Aufrei shook his head helplessly.
A horn sounded, announcing to the entire town and to Florence under the mountain: "His Royal Highness the Duchess of Pisa, Drive."