Because of the great importance, although the meeting was held all night, the Roman Cardinal gathered in the cathedral of St. John the Cathedral of Latram and continued to discuss fiercely.
In fact, the Cardinals of the Cardinals did not expect to set up the new pope now. Because even if Archbishop Rovere's army surrounded Rome, it would be at least possible for many days. If Archbishop Rovere's army could not conquer Rome and Rome waited for reinforcements, the Roman Catholic Church would not need to be under the secret control of Archbishop Rovere.
However, the facts gave them a ruthless blow:
"No, no! Archbishop Rovere's army has entered the city!" At this time, a cathedral guard suddenly rushed into the venue, which caused the cardinals to frown.
"Don't spread rumors!" A cardinal majestic refuted the guard. Other cardinals also agreed with the cardinal's statement. After all, Archbishop Rovere only had 7,000 soldiers, and no matter how powerful it was, it would take several days to take Rome.
But soon after, an officer rushed into the venue and shouted:
"Not good, no good, Bishop Rovere's army respects the city!"
This officer was the only officer who escaped when he was attacked by the sword and shield soldiers in the city at the north gate of Rome.
Many cardinals were obviously from Erdo, so someone asked:
"Eldor, what's going on?"
"The people who ambushed Archbishop Rovere, a total of hundreds of people rushed out of the city, attacked the north gate, helped open the city gate, and put Archbishop Rovere's army in..."
"Ah-How could this happen?"
"what to do?"
"Yes, what should we do?"
...
For a moment, most of the cardinals were panicked, and only a small number of the cardinals who were close to Archbishop Rovere, fortunately they looked at everyone leisurely, looking indifferent. Anyway, they were allies of Archbishop Rovere, and Archbishop Rovere became the pope, and they would also gain power. Why should they panic?
"Everyone, everyone! Please listen to me!" A cardinal named Elicardo suddenly occupied it and calmed everyone down.
Sure enough, everyone calmed down and saw what Bishop Elicador wanted to say...
Elicardo is a neutral cardinal, neither belonging to the Borgia family nor the Rovere family camp. There are quite a few such cardinals. They oppose both Alexander VI and Archbishop Rovere. Because, fundamentally speaking, these two are both the same guys and are masters who play power. However, Alexander VI did a worse job, and Archbishop Rovere is not much better than Alexander VI.
Therefore, in the eyes of the neutral faction, Alexander VI and Archbishop Rovere are actually "power traitors" of the Holy See and are not good people. Therefore, Elicardo was unhappy to let Archbishop Rovere become the new pope.
So Elicardo said:
"Everyone, I believe everyone has experienced the periods of Innocent VIII and Alexander VI. Although these two periods, Alexander VI, who had just died, Archbishop Rovere was not kind in the period of Innocent VIII. They were both powerful traitors who played with power, and they were not good people!"
The neutral cardinals agreed with Bishop Elicardo's statement, but this statement also offended the cardinals of the Bogia and Roveres. So everyone started arguing again.
Elicardo signaled everyone to calm down and continued:
"I think, everyone will not want to experience this decade of Alexander VI's reign, right?" Many bishops nodded. In fact, Alexander VI's reign was too terrifying. It would be poisoned if there was a disagreement...
"So, we must not let Archbishop Rovere become the new pope. So, while his army has not yet reached the Latrand Hall, we should quickly select a new pope! In short, we must not let Rovere become the pope!"
Bishop Elicador's words were unanimously agreed by the Neutral Cardinal and the Pogia Cardinal. Although the Cardinal of the Pogia school wanted to launch his own people as the pope, they knew that neither the neutral or the Roveres would agree. Therefore, weighing the pros and cons, the Pogia school decided to temporarily unite with the neutral and choose the neutral cardinal to become the pope. In this way, even if our side did not get the position of the Pope, we must never let our opponent Roveres get the position of the Pope...
So, after some urgent discussion, Bishop Picolomini, who has always been a good man, was urgently elected as the new pope under the compromise of all parties and was named "Picus III"...
However, just after the election was over here, the cardinals had not left, Schwarz's army surrounded the Cathedral of St. John Lagran...
Archbishop Rovere, with a group of fully armed soldiers, broke into the Lagrang Hall...
However, Bishop Elicador gloatedly glanced at Archbishop Rovere and said:
"Juliano (the name of Archbishop Rovere), you are one step late, and we have chosen Bishop Picolomini as the new pope, called 'Pius III'."
Archbishop Rovere was stunned and didn't know what to do for a moment...
Now that the overall situation is settled, he can't start a big killing, kill all the cardinals present...
At this time, Schwartz, who was following Archbishop Rovere, suddenly remembered a story about "election" that Marin told him before coming.
The protagonist of the story comes from the far east and is named Yuan Datou... Oh no, he is named Yuan Shikai...
This Lord Yuan was very capable. When he was running for the President of the National Congress of China, he was not the person elected by the parliament. However, Mr. Yuan Datou controlled all the troops and police in the city.
So, under his indulgence, hundreds of hooligans (also infiltrated some military and police) called themselves "civilian groups", forcibly represented the people, and asked the members of the parliament to re-elect the president who "who hopes for everyone"...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! The members of the parliament are very dissatisfied with the behavior of these hooligans. However, they are all wise men and cannot beat the hooligans. Moreover, the military and police turned a blind eye to the behavior of the hooligans...
Moreover, these hooligans are very cunning. They have no weapons on their hands, but they just surrounded the parliamentary building and are not allowed to leave, claiming that "the president who is 'who is expected' will not leave."
So, under the pressure of these hundreds of hooligans, the parliament voted for the second time, but Yuan Datou still failed to elect...
Then, the hooligans continued to "represent public opinion" and prevented the members of the parliament from leaving...
In desperation, for the third vote, the members of the parliament voted against their will. The classmate Yuan Datou was also elected as the president as he wished...
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Obviously, Marin had expected this might happen before and also gave a solution...
So, Schwartz briefly told the story in German in Archbishop Rovere's ear, and Archbishop Rovere's eyes lit up...
Therefore, Archbishop Rovere, on the grounds that "he was not present", believed that the result of this election was not counted and asked for a new vote...
Neutral cardinals such as Elicardo and the cardinals of the Bogia, all looked at Archbishop Rovere with a sneer, so what if we vote again? We have more than you, and it will be useless to choose again...
Sure enough, Bishop Picolomini was elected for the second vote...
However, just when the neutrals and the Borgians thought they had won, hundreds of "masses" suddenly gathered at the front and back doors of St. John's Cathedral in Latrand, claiming to be a "citizen group" composed of Roman citizens, demanding to watch the pope's election process and ensure "fairness and justice"...
These "Roman citizens" are actually all the people from the Roveres lurking in the city, and the gangsters who were urgently hired from the streets of Rome. Moreover, the leaders are the followers of Archbishop Roveres...
The cardinals present were naturally furious and ordered the guards to drive these "untouchables" out of the cathedral. However, the guards were just about to take action, and their weapons were removed... Moreover, the servants and bodyguards who were waiting outside the church were also controlled by Schwartz's soldiers...
In other words, those cardinals are "causing every day and not responding every day, and saying that the earth and earth are not effective"...
Archbishop Rovere did not speak, but held his shoulders and watched from the wall...
Then, the "Roman citizens" shouted, dissatisfied with the results of this election, and believed that this result was not in line with public opinion...
Those cardinals were all dumbfounded - for so many years, the Pope was elected by our cardinals. When did you ask about public opinion?
Therefore, the cardinals ignored the yelling "Roman citizens" and directly planned to leave...
After all, they held a meeting for half a day, and the cardinals were old and couldn't stand it...
However, they were too naive. Those "Roman citizens" believed that the Cardinals did not elect a pope who "conformed to the public" and blocked the exit, just to prevent these cardinals from leaving, and not even going to the toilet...
Several bishops present had already been unable to go to the toilet and their faces turned red...
At this time, the cardinals finally realized that today, if they did not choose Archbishop Rovere as the pope, they would probably not have any idea of ​​leaving the Cathedral of St. John Latram. The key is that they would not even let the toilet go, and they would not want to eat...
After a long confrontation, a bishop finally couldn't help but pee on the spot...
Of course, those cardinals of the Roveres are not a problem to go to the toilet or eat. The crowd will automatically make way for them. But other bishops want to leave? There is no way...
The two sides confronted until dark. At this time, many bishops were holding their poop, enduring hunger, and still wanted to sleep...
In the end, a bishop chose to surrender and soon got the opportunity to be accompanied by someone to go to the bathroom... If you don't surrender, you will really be pulled on your pants... Then there is still the face to be in Rome?
As soon as this opening was opened, more and more neutral bishops chose to surrender and then received humane treatment...
With another vote, Archbishop Rovere was finally elected as the new pope with a high vote, with the title of Julius II...
Then, the unlucky cardinals were finally able to go home. However, before returning home, under the "friendly persuasion" of the "Roman citizens", they were forced to stroke the Bible, and swear in the name of God to insist on today's choice and never change their words later. Moreover, this time they were all "willed" to choose... Before leaving, they were "persuaded" to sign a "joint statement", which stated that all signers were willing to guarantee the "fairness and justice" of this election in their personal reputation and were willing to bear legal responsibility for it...
Chapter completed!