"That's one of the 'Three Renaissance Masters' who are tied with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael! A true master of the art world was actually called and drunk like a watchdog..." Marin thought foolishly.
But when he thought about it again, he felt relieved. Who was his father-in-law? He was the Pope, the highest spiritual leader in Europe. In front of Julius II, Michelangelo was really not enough to see. Moreover, Michelangelo is only 33 years old and is still a young man. He is not a great artist who was later pushed to the altar. It is really normal that he was called back and forth by the Pope.
In addition, Michelangelo's reputation is also closely related to his two masterpieces, "David" and "Genesis". "David" has been created, but the statue is hidden in the Cathedral of Florence and has insufficient influence.
Although Florence is economically developed, its influence is still insufficient in Europe. Genesis is different. It is in Rome, where the Holy See is located, and it is the religious center of Europe. Western European countries have close contact with the Holy See. Once Genesis is completed, this great mural will be admired by priests from all over Rome, and bring its reputation back and spread throughout Europe.
Before long, Marin saw a young man with messy hair and beard led by a priest sent by Julius II to enter the backyard of the temple of Latrang. After seeing Julius II, the young man seemed very afraid. He respectfully saluted Julius II, and then waited for Julius II's instructions in a hurry.
"Is this a great artist?" Marin was a little disappointed with Michelangelo's appearance. Since he was a great artist, why was he not arrogant at all? Instead, he was like a timid servant?
In fact, Marin was wrong. The reason why Michelangelo shrank was because he was afraid of the Holy See and feared Pope Julius II. You see, he was not so restricted when facing ordinary people. Even many nobles asked him to help carve it with a lot of money, but he might not be willing to pay attention to it.
Then, Julius II began to instruct Michelangelo to carve a money model with his avatar printed on it. Of course, Julius II did not instruct Michelangelo how to do it, but asked the other party to make his avatar more domineering and must not be lewd. After all, this batch of gold coins will be famous for Julius II in the future. If it becomes Yuan Datou's virtue, it will not be famous, but will damage its reputation.
Subsequently, Marin also participated in the discussion. After the discussion of the three, it was unanimously determined that the words on the gold coins should be used in Latin, a common European religious language.
Marin made an additional request - he asked to mark the year 1509 on the gold coins (1508 was almost over). In addition, like the custom of marking the issuing bank on the old one-yuan coins in later generations, the cross and the word "Siena Bank" were printed on the back.
The reason why the words "Bank of Siena" are not engraved on the front is that the bank status in this era is relatively low and is not worthy of engraving on the front. After all, the large portrait of Julius II, his Latin title (Julius II), and the year of issuance.
Marin did this in fact to facilitate unified norms. Because coins of the same specifications may not be of the same quality as coins minted in different years.
For example, the silver content of Transnier coins produced by the Tours Mint in France may be different in different years. Perhaps the silver content of this year is 25%, and it will drop to 20% next year. The next year, it may rise back to 25%...
Therefore, the purpose of Marin engraving coins with years is to prevent the quality of coins of different years. Generally speaking, the gold and silver content of coins of the same batch of coins of the same year is fixed.
In this way, it is very convenient when exchanging coins. For example, people can formulate corresponding currency exchange rates based on the different silver content of coins in different years. Just compare the table and query the silver content, you can easily calculate the exchange rate and complete the exchange of different types of coins.
Unlike now, currency exchange is definitely a technical job. Because it requires bank employees to be familiar with money, and to conduct density identification of coins, and even some calculations are required to determine the exchange rate. Otherwise, if you encounter silver coins of the same size but different years, it will be very difficult to determine the exchange rate...
After discussion, Julius II finally agreed to engrave the words "God's spokesman - Pope Julius II" on the front of the gold coin and carve it on the edge of the front of the gold coin. In the middle of the front of the gold coin is the human avatar of Julius II. Under the human avatar is the year "1509".
As for the reverse side of the gold coins, due to religious background, it is naturally impossible to carve a flower like coins in later generations, but to carve a cross first to represent Christianity. The text on the reverse side is naturally the word "Bank of Siena". With this word, with the circulation of these gold coins, the reputation of the Bank of Siena will spread...
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After the discussion was made, the miserable Michelangelo took the task back and slowly carved the money model. After the carving was completed, it needed to be handed over to Julius II for review. The main review content was whether the avatar was "wise and powerful" so as not to create a vulgar avatar to damage his image.
Then, Julius II also planned to modify the name of the gold coin proposed by Marin, the Pope gold coin. Because he felt that the name "Pope gold coin" was not domineering enough. Moreover, it sounded like a gold coin dedicated to the Pope, rather than a gold coin that was common throughout Europe (the Pope's ambition was quite great).
After repeated thinking, Julius II finally gave the new gold coins a new domineering name - the Holy Spirit Gold Coin...
Marin rolled her eyes when she heard this - she didn't expect that the "Holy Spirit Bank" had not appeared yet, but she created the "Holy Spirit Gold Coins" first...
It should be noted that in English and Friesian languages, the name of the Holy Spirit is "Holy Spirit", which is very similar to the "Holy Roman Empire" of the Holy Roman Empire.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In response to the reward for Marin's military achievements in helping to conquer the Republic of Siena and his care for his son-in-law, Julius II, after deciding the name of the gold coin as "Holy Spirit Gold Coin", announced that Marin was canonized as "Holy Spirit Warrior" to commend him.
That's not all. In the commendation edict, Julius II also granted Marin the right to "conquer the wild continent and spread the 'glory of Christ' on the wild continent." This is equivalent to rewarding Marin with a disguised form of remuneration to Marin, which made Marin very happy.
Of course, Julius II was very smart. In the commendation edict, he first used a newly invented title of "Holy Spirit Warrior" to attract most of the attention. Then, at the end of the edict, he seemed to be "indiscriminate", and vaguely handed over the colonial rights of the "Wild Continent" (America) to Marin so easily.
If an edict is issued separately to express the reward of all America to Marin, it may arouse many people's opposition. However, first, the title of "Holy Spirit Warrior" in front of the edict was rewarded, which attracted everyone's attention. Then, no one paid attention to the words "referred to in one stroke" at the end of the edict.
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At the same time, in order to share everyone's attention, Julius II also announced that he would hold a coronation ceremony for Maximilian I in Rome, making him the true "Holy Roman Emperor". Moreover, his coronation ceremony was held together with Marin's "Holy Spirit Warrior" enthronement ceremony...
Sure enough, the news that Maximilian I was officially crowned emperor was very attractive. Then, the limelight of Marin's canonization as the "Holy Spirit Warrior", not to mention the vague decree of Marin's authorization to colonize America.
However, the coronation ceremony of Maximilian I was of great importance. He needed to invite princes and bishops from all over the country of Shinra to come to watch the ceremony to show his orthodoxy. In addition, it was necessary to invite monarchs or foreign ministers from major powers such as France, Spain, and England to come to watch the ceremony.
Chapter completed!