It took a month to wait for the envoys of European countries to arrive in Rome. So Maximilian I simply stayed in the city of Rome and waited slowly. And his 20,000 army, the 10,000 militia disguised as the main force, were also dismissed back to the country. However, before leaving, these people were all back with food bags. As for where the food came from, it was naturally provided by the sucker Marin...
Marin was not idle during this period. While he had time, he found Michelangelo and talked about inviting him to carve a statue for himself on Liberty Island in New York.
"What? Do you want me to go to the wild continent to help you carve a statue with you as a template?" Michelangelo swore that he had never seen such a shameless person. He was still young and wanted to make a statue for himself, and it was a huge statue that was twenty or thirty meters high.
Generally speaking, statues are made by future generations for their predecessors. Even if someone occasionally makes statues for themselves, they are all old and dying, wanting to leave some traces for their descendants.
But how old is Marin? He is only 30 years old, so he wants to make a statue for himself. Moreover, it is a super large statue that is twenty or thirty meters high. You know, the "David" that Michelangelo had previously carved was only 5.5 meters high with the base. Marin directly wanted to make a super large statue that is twenty or thirty meters high for himself. It's really shameless...
Marin said seriously:
"Well, that's it. The Pope will order me to spread the glory of Christ on the wilderness, so I plan to carve this statue. On this statue, I hold the Bible in my left hand and hold the cross symbolizing Christ Jesus with my right hand... Do you think this shows that I am trying to spread the glory of the Lord?"
Michelangelo rolled his eyes - I really want to spread the glory of the Lord, why don’t you make a statue of Jesus? But you just shamelessly make your own statue?
However, Michelangelo dared not disobey Marin's wishes. Why? Because Marin is a VIP of the Pope! Michelangelo is just a sculptor, and he has not been famous at this time. It was not until after the completion of Genesis and was praised by visitors from all over Europe that Michelangelo would establish his position as an art master. Now, he is just a little famous young sculptor.
Moreover, even if he becomes famous, it is really not enough to see in front of Marin. Unless the Holy See is willing to protect him. But the Holy See and Marin are so good that they are almost wearing a pair of pants, so the Holy See cannot turn against Michelangelo and Marin.
Also, Marin did not intend to let Michelangelo go to New York to carve the statue himself. He planned to let Michelangelo carve the statue near the Roman sea, and let the stone statue lie down first. After the carving is finished, Marin sent a ship to load it. After transporting it to Liberty Island, he prepared a lot of pulley tools and pulled the statue up.
Because he didn't have to go abroad, and Marin gave him a huge reward of tens of thousands of gold coins, and he couldn't afford to offend the other party, Michelangelo thought about it and agreed.
In order to carry this huge stone statue 20 to 30 meters high, Malin also planned to ask the Beihai State Shipyard to design and build a large ship more than 1,000 tons as needed to carry this stone statue.
Even after the stone statue was erected, Marin planned to send someone to paint a layer of gold paint, that is, a golden paint with tin sulfide. In this way, the thirty-meter-high portrait can be seen from a distance, which is extremely pretentious.
Of course, in order not to allow illegal people to covet it, Marin will also clearly tell everyone that this is painted with gold paint, not a real gold statue. Otherwise, it would be miserable if someone was pushed down as gold.
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While waiting, Marin sent 500 cavalry back to his country to bring Ferris and Robert to Rome. Before, Julius II mentioned that to make Robert look like a cardinal, he had to show his face in Rome and let everyone know him. Moreover, he also arranged the identity of the side branch of the Rovere family. After all, the Pope had the right to be a cardinal in the family, just like Caesar Bogia.
If the starting point is the cardinal that ordinary people will never reach in their lifetime, then they will be able to leave the ordinary people for decades. Moreover, as a cardinal, as long as they reach age, they are qualified to run for the Pope. Now, Marin has bought the Siena Bank and mobilized hundreds of thousands of gold coins to be light. At that time, as long as they take out enough money, they will be very confident in running for the Pope.
According to Marin's plan, Robert was almost thirty or forty years old after the two popes of the Medici family died. At this age, and he started as a cardinal, it was very beneficial to run for the Pope. Perhaps, Marin would have the opportunity to see his son become the Pope in his lifetime...
Marin calculated silently that Clement VII died in 1534. Robert was only about 30 years old at that time... It seemed a little younger... However, with Marin providing a better oriental doctor, the Pope of the Medici family might not have died so early. As long as he delayed his death for a few more years, he would be eligible to run for the Pope when Robert became older. Even in 1540, he was only 62 years old, and he should be able to survive until that time...
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Before the end of the year, envoys from various European countries arrived in Rome one after another. Many German princes also came to Rome to support the show. Of course, the main ones who came to support the show were the emperor and the centrists. As for the emperor's opposition, they mainly sent envoys to support the show. If they had good relations, they would send foreign ministers to come in person. For those with poor relations, such as France, they directly sent an adjutant of the foreign minister to show their displeasure.
The French were very resistant to the crown of Maximilian I, because once Maximilian I was crowned, it meant that he would become an emperor half a level higher than the king. Later, Louis XII met Maximilian I and had to salute first.
But the French were frustrated. France was obviously the strongest in Europe, and was more famous than the empty name. In fact, Maximilian I, who only owned Austria, the Netherlands and Francheconte. However, the French monarch could only be a king and could not be on par with Maximilian I after the crowning.
At the beginning, Charles VIII specially bought the Byzantine crown, in order to obtain the throne of the already devastated Eastern Roman Empire, so as to be on par with Emperor Shenluo.
However, the crown was forcibly bought by the French. Andres Pario Garros, the exiled emperor of the Byzantine Empire, refused to admit that he had given the throne to Charles VIII, but only admitted that he had sold the crown to him.
Then, with the help of Marin, Maximilian I spent money to purchase the throne of the Byzantine Empire from Andres Pariogalos and performed the throne ceremony.
Chapter completed!