Chapter 573: Twelve. Conference, dance (3)

The quaint office is full of incense, three golden crowns are placed on the velvet cushions, and Pope Gregory V, with a red cap, repeatedly reads the secret letter from Rudes and looks up at the desk. On the map, the old face was crumpled.
All the popes have been excellent theologians, debaters, and religious figures. What is little known is that they are also diplomats and politicians who are old-fashioned.
Whenever the "jihad" with the United Principality of Ross ends, the authority of the church shows signs of shaking. The Popes will choose to use several mutually constrained alliances to consolidate Ymir’s position. The usual process is to first appease Lapland, provide it with financial assistance and national security guarantees, and in exchange for Lapland continue to assume the role of "meat shield" to prevent the Ross United principality from going south. Secondly, using faith and Charlemagne’s expansion ambitions as a threat to force Serres and Emil to maintain a special relationship; in exchange, Emir does everything he can to protect Serres’ independence and independence, for expansionism that may one day occur A nail was buried behind Charlemagne. In relation to Albian, partly abandoning interference in Albian’s domestic religious and political affairs, mediating intermittent conflicts of doctrine differences between Castile and Albian, ensuring that the alliance will contain Charlemagne from both land and sea, But it also guarantees that the three countries will not have a full-scale war.
In the above groups of relationships, any country needs Emir more than it needs them. In this way, Emir can always play the role of leader and arbiter of the human camp. When all countries heal the wounds of war, the pope will announce a new round of "jihad." It is naturally best to win the United Principality of Ross, and in the event of an invincibility, restart the above process and start the cycle again from the origin.
This is a set of proven strategic systems that have ensured Ymir’s sublime status for thousands of years. Coincidentally, Li Lin’s diplomatic strategy for Yalfheim is also a similar route, all products of power politics. The only difference is that Li Lin's methods and ideas are more modern and progressive, and at the same time more restrained. When encountering new problems, Yalfheim can always quickly adjust his strategy. But the church's old power machine is a little difficult to adapt.
How to mediate due to the naval arms race. The gunpowder-smelling relationship between the countries, to reclaim these precious metal poisoning guys back to the original circulation track? As soon as he thought of this problem, Gregory V's stomachache broke out, and he endured the pain of his stomach pocket being scraped by a knife. Take the stomach medicine from the drawer and take it.
Damn Charlie Man. Damn Richelieu. Damn arms race, colony, and...damn v.e company. It's Li Lin's fault!
Before the drug effect was fully exerted, Pope Yan cursed in his heart while looking at the bust of the v.e president in the corner of the office. Li Lin in the picture frame carried a tall wine glass with red wine in a graceful and graceful posture.
Since the rise of v.e, there have been fewer and fewer days of stability in the church.
At the beginning, the relationship between the v.e company and the church in a small trading company was like glue. In addition to the normally paid taxes and filial piety, v.e always uses various opportunities to donate to the church. The priests of the regional cardinals and heretic tribunals can always receive various luxury gifts on birthdays and holidays. Bishops and priests naturally like this kind of informed and knowledgeable trading company, and they will give v.e various conveniences.
As the v.e company grew stronger, the clergyman deposited the money in the v.e bank, purchased the stock of the v.e construction and the v.e railway, and enjoyed dividends at the end of the year. The various appendages of the church—religious signs, ceremonial utensils, costumes, church construction, and the printing of the canon were all outsourced to v.e. From then on, things gradually became worse.
Now the economic lifelines of Lapland and Charlemagne fall into v.e's control. Through the good offices of the consortium, the two countries quickly established a customs union, embarking on the establishment of regional free trade and economic integration. While this matter was still in progress, news came that v.e had discovered a new continent overseas.
The church's initial reaction to this was shock. It was a loud slap to theologians who preached that "the land under our feet is the only world." Before waiting for the church to return to God, the one who was full of soldiers and missionaries went to Xintiandi. The development of the uncivilized barbarian as a believer is quite an appetite for the church. Although it is still uncomfortable, the church has not continued to investigate the impact of geographical discovery.
However, no one could find out that the timing of discovering the new continent was too tricky. At that time, Charlemagne, who was immersed in the development of the domestic economy, was temporarily unable to compete with the Lapland economy to compete for overseas colonies. Albion and Castile, who had maritime advantages, took the lead and divided most of the colonies. Through maritime trade and plundering colonial resources, ships full of gold, precious stones, spices, and ore filled the port, and the treasuries of the two countries were quickly enriched. This quickly attracted Charlemagne's jealousy, suffering from inadequate naval power, and the geopolitical posture of the two countries to suppress Charlemagne also failed to change, and it was inconvenient for a while. After the Seven Day War, news of major victory from the front, and witnessing the precious metals, artworks and other trophies filled with several trains, the haze of "foreign fear" has been swept away~www.mtlnovel. com~ The national self-confidence of the whole nation has been unprecedentedly high, the Charlemagne had a highly dangerous expectation of their political status and the division of world rights and interests. The trend of external expansion is rampant, and everyone believes that force can solve all problems. This trend of thought, in turn, deepened the sense of crisis in Albion and its neighbors.
It was in this fanatical extreme nationalism and practical interests that Charlemagne and Albion launched a vigorous shipbuilding competition. The fanatical atmosphere before the Hundred Years War once again enveloped the human camp. Looking at the two, it is clear that "Who is the king and who is the minister" can pinch the mountain for more than a hundred years, and the whole human camp must be dragged into divisions. Gregory V can no longer sit still. Send ambassadors to the nations and issue suggestions to the monarchs of the secular countries, so that everyone can show wisdom and courage to end all crazy and irrational behaviors.
Everyone can still listen to Pope Yan’s words, and the rationalists in various countries also believe that the unrestricted arms race will eventually bring down the country and eventually lead to unnecessary wars. It is also good to talk about disarmament negotiations to reduce pressure.
In this way, naval figures and diplomats from various countries gathered in Rudes to discuss the reduction of naval armaments and guarantee world peace.
This is a great thing, but what Pope Yan can't accept is-why do you chat on the dance floor and go to bed? ! (To be continued...)