Vol 6 Chapter 138: The birth of a country

In the history of Lombardy, there once appeared a glorious kingdom. After possessing a strong army, perfect laws and coveted wealth, the Lombards proudly defied those humble neighbors in the south, and they think that they are in the Vatican. The Holy See and its owner had too much property and land, so they decided to take those things away from the Holy See.
This decision was obviously reckless, which led to the intervention of the Frankish kingdom. The Frankish army invaded Lombardy without hesitation, and then finally after the capture of their capital, King Lombardy was deposed by Charlemagne at the time, and the entire Lombardy Kingdom It was also completely annexed by the Frankish Kingdom.
However, although the Lombard Kingdom has disappeared, a crown with great influence and lofty status has become a symbol of Lombard law, and even this is considered by Europeans to have the longest history and the most authoritative. The iron crown has become a symbol of ruling this rich land.
This is the iron crown of Lombardy, which is said to be connected to each other by the iron nails that crucified Christ. At the same time, the inside of each side of the crown is engraved with a biblical proverb. Now this crown has gone through nearly ten centuries. For years, it has been quietly placed in the Monza Cathedral, 4 miles away from Milan. It seems to be waiting quietly for something.
Compared with Milan, Monza is obviously a small place. If you are interested, you can ride a horse along an artificial river and run around the city, and then you can catch up with lunch.
The artificial river was excavated centuries ago. At that time, the earliest irrigation water truck in Europe was built in Monza. A drought that has not been encountered for many years has caused even the rich regions like Lombardy to suffer from food shortages due to poor harvests. In order to escape the famine and adventure, many people joined the crusade of the expedition to the east, and the people who remained stayed struggling until the artificial river was cut and the waterwheel appeared, Lombardy once again became a paradise in the minds of countless people.
Monza Cathedral is located in the east of the city of Monza and occupies a large area of ​​land. The land was a gift that the Monza people gave to the church when the church was built. After a long 200 years, this land has been built. A splendid church complex, but according to the original design, this glorious work of one of the most styled religious buildings in Northern Italy has not been completely completed. In fact, Monza Cathedral will go through two and a half centuries, It was only in 1771 that it was completely completed.
Like Pavia, Monza, which is a vassal of Milan, has no army. The city defense team that maintains peace and security is somewhat, but these people are obviously not soldiers, let alone military, so they are attached to several other cities in Milan. Similarly, when they learned that an army was advancing towards Monza, they immediately sent someone to Ludovico Sforza in Milan to ask for help, and then after discovering that the army was coming aggressively, Monza ’s wall On leaving, a white flag representing peace was raised.
The attack of Montina ’s army led by Aufrei was actually not fast. The bad weather severely affected the motility of the army, which made Aufrei somewhat concerned that the advancement of Monza might not be able to cause a surprise attack. Fall into a hard battle to win the city.
When they came to the outskirts of Monza and then approached the periphery of the city, they unexpectedly did not encounter blocking enemies, which made the Montina army excited and puzzled, even until they saw the messengers sent by Monza flying with white flags. Snow and snow approached them, and Alfrei was still worried that this might be a trick played by the Milanese.
As for the Monza people ’s request for negotiation, O'Freuy refused with little room. He gave the ambassadors an ultimatum. If Monza did not surrender before dinner that afternoon, he would order the city of Monza attack.
This terrified the Monzas. While trying to continue to procrastinate, they sent someone to Milan for help again, but there was no news from Milan, which made them anxious.
When the messengers sent out finally returned, but also brought back the bad news that Ludviko Sforza refused to send reinforcements, the Monza finally decided to surrender to the Montina after being disappointed.
Aufrei entered Monza with a team of cavalry, and then someone returned to report to him that everything in the city was normal before ordering the army to enter the city.
By this time, in fact, even if there was any conspiracy, the Monza people had completely lost the opportunity to perform, but Aufrei still carefully sent a lot of scouts to Milan.
In fact, even now, Ofrei still does not believe that Ludvik will watch Monza fall in the hands of the Montina, after all, this means that after occupying Pavia and Monza respectively, Montina The army has formed a pincer attack against Milan.
Perhaps if it is against any of the Austrians or the French, this method of division and siege will never be applicable to the Montina who are at a disadvantage. However, the current situation has formed a three-way competition around Milan. At this time, the Montina army took advantage of the excellent opportunity of the Fau and the two forces to contain each other ’s flawless divisions, and occupied the two strategically important strategic points for Milan, Pavia and Monza, respectively. For a time, the situation in Lombardy, centered on Moran, became more complicated and even dazzled.
When the Montina army entered the city, the Monzas were a little panicked at first, but soon they calmed down. This rate of adaptation to the new occupants was even faster than that of the Paweans.
The Monzas will accept a new ruler so quickly, although they are well aware that their situation does not allow them to resist at all, and that they do not think these occupiers will treat them.
The reason for this self-confidence is the iron crown collected in the Monza Cathedral.
The reverence for the Iron Crown allows all the winners of Monza to treat the city kindly. It can be said that the Iron Crown has become Monza ’s patron saint, as long as this one day remains in the Monza Cathedral, This city will be favored and protected like a godsend.
This time the Monzas also made a good guess. Aufrei ordered that the army be strictly forbidden to do any damage to the city, and even more forbidden to invade the locals.
And because he was worried about the harassment of the cathedral, he sent soldiers to protect the church.
This did not surprise the Monza church, who had always looked at the city with such a cold eye, because for them this kind of thing is actually normal. The French were the same before, and the Austrians were the same. Now it is the turn of the Mongols. Tina people, in their view, there will be no difference.
The only thing that the priests did not expect was that the commanders of this army did not take the initiative to go to the cathedral to greet them as they did before, nor did they hold a mass to appease the local residents.
This made the Monza church feel somewhat underestimated, and many people began to secretly talk about the Count Montina who is worthy of being the Borgia family, arrogant, rude, and aggressive.
But these remarks did not allow Aufrei to change his mind. Even when some of his officers asked him the same question, Aufrei only answered them. He did not object to these people going to church to pray for confession. , But as the commander of Montina ’s occupying forces at Monza, he himself cannot go to church.
"Be aware that only Lord Earl can accept the blessing of Bishop Monza," Aufrei explained to his men. "This is Monza Cathedral. Do you know what is stored in it? Do you know what that holy thing means?" , Know that no one is eligible to pray in this church before the earl arrives. "
The officers listened inexplicably, which was obviously too difficult for them, but fortunately, Aufrei did not forbid them to go to church, so on the next day, the Monza people saw a group of strangely dressed The soldiers in military uniform walked into the church with them.
This made the priests somewhat save their face, but when they learned that the commander had not appeared, the Monza church finally realized that something might be wrong.
The priests gathered to speculate on the intentions of the Montina, and the final result was that it was likely that the Earl of Montina was about to come to Monza.
This conjecture surprised and excited the local church headed by Bishop Monza.
But it seems that apart from this possibility, it is also impossible to explain the strange behavior of Commander Aufrei.
What kind of person is Alexandre Juliant Gumbre, Earl of Montina? There are various sayings. Some people say that he is a lucky man because he has built a country in a short time, and some people He said that he was just a nouveau riche, and the woman who depended on him achieved everything that is now enviable.
As for some people who said that he was a hero against pagans because of the Battle of Bucharest, and some people said that he used conspiracies and even poison to assassinate his opponents and rivals, they were downright conspirators and criminals. There are too many rumors.
But no matter what you say, one thing is for sure. Alexandre Juliant Gumbre is one of the hottest people in Italy at present, whether it is his influence in the Vatican or the strength of those places that are already known, He has become an incarnation of hatred and awe in the eyes of many people.
This is because he has the largest army among the Italian city-states besides several big European countries, and this well-trained army can even face a powerful country like Fao.
The other is that he has money.
Although he didn't want to admit it, everyone mentioned Count Montina's money.
For those who are powerful and rich, people will always look up involuntarily, even if they know this is not necessarily good for themselves.
The result is that no one wants to actually offend such a person, because maybe because his army is far away, he can't treat someone who offended him, but at least it means that he may have lost the opportunity to make friends with the local tyrant.
The bishop of Monza was a little excited when he thought that Count Montina might come, and he immediately ordered several bishops to discuss how to greet the Count.
This is not really a problem for the Monza church with extensive experience in this area, but what made them embarrassed was not knowing which specification to choose.
Today, the establishment of the Principality of Romagna-Tuscany seems to be an unstoppable fact. In fact, this sign has been vaguely revealed since the birth of Estelles more than a year ago, but Alexandria was still lacking. A key condition enough to convince everyone and deter them more.
The Balkan expedition completely made up for the last piece of the puzzle called the Principality of Romagna-Tuscany. When Alexander returned from victory, many people had already foreseen that this day might be coming.
But no one thought that it was Barendi who finally made all this clear.
When Barenti resolutely dispatched Ferrara in the face of Caesar's invasion, and even took the risk of invading Bologna to show his dominance over Romagna, everyone knew that they were about to witness the birth of a powerful principality.
Now, the problem facing Bishop Monza is whether he should be the first to eat crabs.
The first person to officially recognize the Principality of Romagna-Tuscany, although this idea is bold but has an irresistible temptation.
It ’s enough to think about being friends with local tyrants. Although the publicly recognized Alexander ’s of those two places may cause some people ’s dissatisfaction or even offend some people, think about it. In return, the Bishop of Monza will inevitably be incapable of restraint.
"Master Bishop, maybe we welcome the Earl of Gombré with specifications that match his identity, and in terms of title, we can use the names of Romagna and the protector of Tuscany."
After thinking for a long time, an auxiliary bishop proposed an idea that sounded slightly ambiguous, but there was no way for people to catch too many handles. Seeing the jealous eyes in the praises of other people's faces, the auxiliary bishop was secretly proud. At the same time, he deliberately made himself look reserved.
It ’s just that the bishop master did n’t answer immediately. He looked at the assistant bishop and other people. When someone could not help but asked to ask ~ EbookFREE.me ~ the bishop master asked coldly: "You think this is a good one Idea? Then I tell you this is the worst idea I have heard. "
The assistant bishop's face suddenly turned red. He wanted to question and distinguish but he didn't have the guts. After moving his lips a few times, he had to wait for the bishop's explanation in silence.
"It looks like everything is done, but you have thought that no such thing would make us offend everyone. The Earl could not be satisfied with this title, and his enemies would think that we were deliberately pleasing him. Will put us in a dilemma. Do you still think this idea is good, or can you come up with a really comprehensive explanation for this idea? "
The bishop reprimanded the people around him, and when they saw them speechless, the bishop finally made a decision: "Welcome the Count Montina in the specifications of the Duke. As for his title, use Romagna Call it the Tuscan monarch. "
Several auxiliary bishops showed a startled look. They could not help but looked at each other. From the faces of others, they read the same meaning: "Master Bishop, it's all about gambling."
With the final decision of the Bishop, the Monza church began to prepare for the monarch of Romagna and Tuscany.
At the same time in Milan, Mrs. Salmatelli, Ludovico Sforza's favorite lover, greeted an unexpected guest she had never imagined.
"Madam, it's an honor to see you again."
Uliu, who was standing not far in front of Mrs. Salmatelli, bowed and saluted. When he looked up, the bright black face was filled with a spring-like smile.
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