As early as when he annexed Florence, Julius II had cooperated with the Medici family. The cooperation content was that the Medici family's secret son in Florence cooperated with Marin's army to capture Florence. Julius II protected the economic interests of the Medici family in Florence and promoted Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici's status in the Holy See.
At the beginning, the young Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was just an auxiliary priest in the Holy See. He had no power in Rome, but his family had some money. In fact, in history, when Leo X was elected Pope, he was a auxiliary priest and had a low status. However, the Medici family had a strong family background and bribed many cardinals, and had no decent competitors to win. When he took over as the Pope, because his status was too low, he had to be promoted from an auxiliary priest to a priest, then to bishop, and then ascend to the throne to the Pope.
Due to Marin's intervention, Julius II and the Medici family hooked up in advance. In return for the help of the Medici family, Julius II promoted the young Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici from a low-ranking auxiliary priest to a bishop. Of course, he is still just an ordinary bishop and has not yet entered the Cardinal Group.
The reason for this was that Julius II deliberately did this. Because Marin once wrote to him that he wanted to be favored by the young bishop. Therefore, Julius II suppressed the young bishop first and waited for Marin to come and pull him.
In fact, Marin had already planned to support the future pope who triggered the religious revolution, so that he could die sooner and start a religious war sooner. The future Leo X would be the stepping stone for Martin Luther.
However, because Marin was very busy and had no time to go south to Rome, he never found a chance to find a city of Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, and this matter was delayed.
Now, we have the opportunity to come to Rome, and Marin plans to seize this opportunity and get in touch with this future pope. At the same time, we will give some favors and make friends with this person.
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After a while, the young Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici came to the backyard of the Temple of Lagran, where Julius II lived every day.
As a young bishop, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici had no status in Rome, and among the many bishops, he ranked very low and had no say. Therefore, he was very excited about the summoning of the Pope.
However, after coming to the residential area in the backyard of the Temple of Lagrang, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was surprised to find that a young man of about the same age was having a great time talking to the Pope...
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In fact, this kind of conversation was very pleasant. Marin and Julius II deliberately showed it to Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici. Otherwise, how could this kid come on the way?
The father-in-law and son-in-law pretended to be a heated discussion, leaving Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici aside and continued to discuss some topics.
Looking at the close relationship between Marin and Julius II, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was shocked, and at the same time, his eyes were full of envy. If he was so familiar with the Pope, why would he worry about not being able to make a breakthrough in Rome? Perhaps, he could still compete for that seat in the future... Looking at the golden chair sitting under Julius II, the young Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici's eyes were full of longing...
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Seeing that the young man was almost stimulating, Marin seemed to see Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici standing next to him. So he quickly made an apology. After all, this man is the future pope, and he can't offend him too ruthlessly, so he has to give him some face.
However, Marin's apology made the young Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici a little at a loss. After all, he is not the future Pope who is in charge of the Holy See, but just a little bishop who is just a fairly good job in the Holy See. How can I say that ordinary bishops like him who have not entered the Cardinal Corps are caught in the Holy See, the Holy See is not worth anything at all...
And Marin, a celebrity who can have a great conversation with the Pope, is the envy of Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici...
When Marin said goodbye, Julius II's words made Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici so surprised that he almost screamed. Why? Because he heard the Pope say to the young man:
"Malin, don't worry, your business is mine. As long as you make a request, I will do it for you as much as possible!"
Such words, from the mouths of European religious leaders, are simply appalling. Because the promises of a pope are sometimes more valuable than mountains of gold and silver.
"So he is Marin..." Hearing Julius II's words, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici reacted. It turned out that the young man in front of him was the young man who dispatched a large army to help the current pope seize the position of the pope, and he was indeed very favored...
"If he helps me speak a few good words in front of the Pope..." Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici suddenly became longing...
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To be honest, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, who came from the Medici family, was not short of money, but this was nothing in the Holy See where bigwigs gathered. Because ordinary cardinals had at least tens of thousands of gold coins in their hands. At the beginning, the cardinals who were murdered by Caesar Bogia with the magical poison "Cantera" had at least one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand gold coins in their hands. Otherwise, they would not have been targeted...
Therefore, in the Holy See, it is not rare to have money. Only when the Pope is running, is wealthy becomes important. Because you can spend money to buy cardinals with voting rights and vote for you. But in normal times, money is useless. Because it is not easy for you to find a poor bishop in the Holy See...
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After Marin left, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was a little absent-minded. He was a little confused about what Julius II said to him. But it doesn't matter, because Julius II came to him, and there was nothing important to let him see his intimate relationship with Marin and guide him to go to Marin's way...
Before sending away Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, Julius II deliberately praised Marin in front of him, believing that he was the best young man, and also encouraged Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici to have more contact with "young heroes" like Marin...
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"Does it come into contact with young heroes like Marin?" Bishop Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, who left the Temple of Lagrang, seemed to have learned what he wanted...
Chapter completed!