When Louis XII got the strategy offered by John Raffie, he couldn't help but take a breath when he heard the rumors - Damn, this rumor is too cruel...

This rumor is well organized and does not look like a random fabrication. It is also reasonable and highly feasible. Louis XII was also very clear about Pope Julius II's desire to unify Italy. He thought that if he was Ferdinand II, he would inevitably be afraid when he heard this rumor.

Not to mention Ferdinand II, when Qin Shihuang handed over the 600,000 troops of Qin State to Wang Jian to destroy Chu, he was also very scared, afraid that Wang Jian would rebel. Even the emperor of the ages showed his concerns and fear on his face. Fortunately, Wang Jian deliberately defamed himself and asked Qin Shihuang for a beautiful house, which dispelled Qin Shihuang's doubts.

Similarly, Gonzalo de Cordoba now has mastered most of the troops of the two major Spanish kingdoms and has the absolute strength to usurp the throne. It would be fine if no one mentioned this. Once someone mentioned it, and it was a group of people, ordinary monarchs really couldn't withstand this psychological pressure...

Especially, the elderly monarch, because the elderly are generally very suspicious. For example, Emperor Wu of Han forced his prince to death when he was old because of suspicion. Later, because he was worried that his mother would abduct power after his youngest son succeeded to the throne, he directly killed the youngest son's biological mother...

In short, if the slander of this kind of rumor is the old Emperor Wu of Han or the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Gonzalo de Cordova, who holds heavy troops, will definitely not escape death. There is no reason. Just because just worrying about this, Gonzalo de Cordova will die, and will die the whole family, or even several tribes...

Even if this is Europe, Ferdinand II is not as cruel as Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizu of Ming, but he will never have few doubts. Not to mention killing Gonzalo de Cordoba, it is very likely to transfer him away.

Louis XII himself was also a monarch and was very old. After hearing this fabricated rumor, although he was not targeting him, he was sweating in a cold sweat. Therefore, he did not doubt the power of the rumor at all.

It is foreseeable that once this rumor spread, the famous general Gonzalo de Cordoba had only two choices - either be transferred by the monarch and lost control of tens of thousands of troops; or take the initiative to attack, prove his innocence, and show that he was not waiting for Ferdinand II to die, and then deposed Juan III to usurp the throne...

As for Ferdinand II who continued to trust Gonzalo de Cordoba and allowed him to continue to confront the French? It doesn't exist, because the French would bribe many Spanish nobles to "bring" him every day...

The so-called "three people become tigers", when there are too many rumors, it becomes the truth. In particular, those who spread rumors are the famous Spanish nobles... No matter how awesome Ferdinand II is, he can't withstand this pressure...

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Not only that, Marin also did something that made the Spaniards absolutely frightened - he used a flying pigeon to send an envoy to his father-in-law Julius II to send an envoy to the Spanish camp of Gonzalo de Cordoba, and condolences to Gonzalo de Cordoba. Moreover, the envoy also talked with Gonzalo de Cordoba for a long time...

This messenger is no other person, but Marin's sworn brother - Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, the future Pope Leo X...

Moreover, although Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was helpless, he did not talk about any major events with Gonzalo de Cordoba, but talked about art for half an hour...

However, they were talking about it privately, who knows what they are talking about? Cooperating with this rumor, it is no less powerful than a nuclear bomb...

As long as this situation is transmitted back to Spain, Ferdinand II will not doubt it or doubt whether the Pope wants to use the Kingdom of Naples as a bargaining chip to support Gonzalo de Cordoba’s usurpation of the Spanish throne…

As for the future Gonzalo de Cordoba defended Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici and he was just talking about art? Who believes it? He sent others to talk about art privately? Are you insulting everyone's IQ? Do you think you would believe it if you said you went out to do your head in the middle of the night?

So, when Louis XII heard the news that Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici privately visited Gonzalo de Cordoba, he was stunned first, and then shouted "God bless France"... Excited, the 51-year-old Louis XII even danced happily in public for 20 minutes until he couldn't dance anymore...

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"Hurry, let our people go to Spain to do activities quickly, and we must spread this news in Spain to everyone know! Especially those great Spanish nobles who are hostile to Gonzalo, we must negotiate with them!" Louis XII shouted excitedly.

But his confidant Earl Dult stood there in embarrassment and did not leave immediately to do so...

"Well? Why don't you go and do it?" Louis XII glanced at Count Dult, who was in charge of intelligence standing there awkwardly, and was a little dissatisfied.

"This... Your Majesty, there is no problem sending our spies to spread this rumor among the Spanish people. I can solve it by sending someone to put a carrier pigeon... As for buying the great nobles who are not against Gonzalo de Cordoba... this..."

"What kind of this can't be done? Your spy is so useless?" Louis XII was very dissatisfied.

Dult lowered his head and said:

"Your Majesty, it's not that they can't do it, but... it's... it's lack of money to bribe the Spanish nobles... Baron John also said that he needed a lot of money to bribe the Spanish nobles. However, we spent too much money to prepare the food and supplies of the 60,000 army. Now, we can't afford much money to bribe the Spanish nobles..."

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After hearing this, Louis XII also fell silent. France is not Spain, and has earned more than two million gold coins by relying on the spice trade alone. France's annual fiscal revenue is only one million gold coins. This is already a high ranking among Western European countries. However, France is so big that officials also need to support their salaries. Therefore, not many people can take it out to support the army every year. This time, the dispatch of 60,000 troops and 80,000 civilians has exhausted France's finances and even borrowed a large amount of money from Venice. Otherwise, this army would not be able to get it together...

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes, Venice!" Louis XII suddenly remembered the rich partner of Venice...

Thanks to the Spanish for snatching the spice business of Venetian merchants in the Indian Ocean, otherwise Venice would not hate the Spanish. Louis XII was sure that the Venetians also wanted to see Spain be in trouble, so he sent Count Charles to Venice to seek financial help from Venice, to bribe the Spanish nobles, and to give Gonzalo de Cordoba eye drops in front of Ferdinand II...

Under the cover of French knights, Count Charles successfully left the city of Naples from the north gate and went to Venice. Then, he had a private conversation with the Governor of Venice for a long time.

After learning that the French had such an unethical idea, but could harm the interests of Spain, Venice Governor Leonardo Loreden convinced his colleagues without hesitation to support France with 500,000 gold coins for counter-espionage.

Then, the French spies rushed to Spain with the money given by the Venetians and launched a money offensive against the Spanish nobles who had always been against Gonzalo de Cordoba. How could they not be happy if they had money to take it?

What? You talk about the overall situation? That thing, there are few people in this era, right? At least, there were not many nobles who had a overall situation in Europe in this era...
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