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Chapter 160 Obligations

To be honest, Chen Ju did not lack respect to the Pope or the Roman priests. In the information he collected, he respected Lao Seven and Lao Seven very much.

Especially Lao Shi, responded to Kublai Khan's request during his tenure and sent monks and merchants to embark on the road to the east. Even if his position was different, he was also a wise priest in Chen Ju's eyes.

In his position, he will naturally increase his influence and do not shame his master and have great ambitions.

As the emperor's envoy came to him, but he did not dare to meet him. What kind of wise man is this?

Of course, in Chen Ju's eyes, he was rude, and in the eyes of the Roman priests, Chen Ju even more rude.

Even though Chen Ju has learned a lot of knowledge about the church on the way, there is still a big gap in cognition between the two sides.

In the eyes of Roman priests, he was the biggest financial supporter of Italian artists, the respected arbiter for Portugal and Spain to divide the world, and the spokesperson of the gods who inherited traditions, managed the church, and pastored the people since the Apostolic era.

In Chen Ju's understanding, the Roman priest was the leader of the wrong beliefs in the eyes of French Protestants. He was an ally in the Spanish and French country who attempted to decentralize power to fight against the monarch. He was once deposed by the pseudo-Emperor Hero He was imprisoned by the French king, and was besieged by the Spanish general Alva and almost starved to death. It was an eraser seal on the appointment book of a pseudo-Emperor.

Of course, putting aside these identities, a simpler and more intuitive image in Chen Ju's eyes: a temple that has many believers, powerful and wealthy people.

The Buddha was ordered by the emperor to take an envoy. When he left Tianjin Port, the emperor, the chief minister and the officials were sent to each other. He left the Gulf of Mexico and talked in detail with the Minister of the Eastern Ocean. When he arrived in Lisbon, Philip, the king of the Western Land, came to welcome him for ten miles. The banquet came for three days. The lords and nobles from all over the way also swept their beds to greet him.

When you arrive, Xiaoxiao Temple Zhu instructs the guards to fire cannons as police officers, but they still stay in the door and don’t leave. What’s the point?

This is really hard to persuade. Chen Ju made up his mind. If you don’t come out to greet me, even if the Japanese ministers are trusted, I will not go to see you. There is nothing in the world that can’t be done without a temple.

On the afternoon of the afternoon when Chen Ju was stationed near the port of Rome, Francesco I, the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, led 400 cavalrymen to the Holy See's invitation to the Holy See.

Immediately afterwards, the next morning, an infantry guard affiliated with Florence confronted Chen Ju's envoys outside the city.

To be precise, this confrontation basically has nothing to do with Chen Ju. He and Luo Shangzhong should eat and drink, and handed over the tension to the vassal lord of the Habsburg nephew, Rudolf I, the Emperor of Shenluo, to the confrontational lord, who was under the command of his uncle Philip.

It has to be mentioned that the Shinro Guards are obviously more hostile to the Moorish cavalry of the pagan Judal stationed behind them and the Ottoman musketeers wrapped in turbans than Pedro's Spanish company.

Chen Ju was fearless about the confrontation full of gunpowder. He and Luo Shangzhong were very convinced that even if the three armies stationed in Rome were now hitting out their brains, no one would hurt them a single hair.

Pedro was explaining to Medici the indomitable purpose of the Ming envoys coming here, and introduced in detail the aristocratic envoys along the way who were loaded on the ship, and talked about the ins and outs of everything.

The confrontation lasted for a whole day and night. On the morning of the third day, Luo Shangzhong's Shenji Camp began to clean up the camp. Judal's troops had withdrawn from the ship. Only then did the news that the priest was late leaving the city came from the city of Rome.

After all, it was a villain who came to the door. The Roman priest had no way to avoid it. Seeing the ringing of the bells of all Rome, Chen Ju still couldn't satisfy Chen Ju. The confrontation between the three troops outside the city of Rome made a big joke. At this time, if Chen Ju didn't leave, it would be nothing. Once he left, it would greatly damage the prestige of the Pope. He could only leave the city himself with the Grand Duke of Medici.

No one may be afraid of the Ming Emperor, but no one can bear the consequences of not seeing the emperor's envoy.

After all, Chen Mu's infamy has long been known to everyone from Ireland to Mexico.

Spain is obviously unreliable as the gatekeeper of Gibraltar at the Mediterranean gate. Who knows who will come to knock on the door next time after the emperor's envoy leaves?

By this time no one could sit still and could only come out.

During the time when the Pope came over, Chen Ju did not make any trouble anymore and sent someone to set up a banquet to entertain the Pope and the Grand Duke of Medici.

On the way, the priest Thirteen, who had been muttering the former priests in his heart, complained to the Grand Duke of Medici: "What are you sending people to the East to provoke them, and what are you asking Spain and Portugal to go to the East? Now, they have nothing to get, and they have attracted people."

"Atila, Genghis Khan, Chen Mu, there are no good people coming from the East."

In fact, since Chen Mu and Philip fought for the second time in the battle for the New World, Pope Thirteen has been deliberately avoiding direct communication with the Ming Dynasty.

He was worried that Chen Mu would settle the score with him. The last news about Macau was that because the Portuguese stole six cows along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Mu wanted to start a war with the Spaniards. Before that, Chen Mu had already cleaned up the Portuguese in Macau several times.

Later, the incident was transmitted from another direction. Spanish King Philip lost the Philippines. A few years later, the Ming army landed on the west coast of the New World. Philip lost Acapulco again, and then lost Mexico again. Even after signing the treaty, Colombia was still annexed.

Everyone had a certain factual understanding of Chen Mu: this person had natural hostility towards them, just as they were towards Indians and Filipinos.

Based on this understanding, Lao Thirteen did not want to touch Chen Mu and get rid of it by himself. Philip might be able to talk to Chen Mu and others, but the Pope had a clear understanding of himself and he did not have that much power.

Even the Holy See's methods of the Holy See's secular power was very small. Even if the past Emperor Henry IV of Shenluo briefly surrendered to the Pope, it was not afraid of the Pope's secular power, but was used to use internal conflicts of Shenluo, which made Henry IV worried about being overthrown by vassals.

Philip was anxious and at least dozens of Spanish legions served for him. He went to war with the Ming army again with an order.

But he had no countermeasures in front of Chen Mu and Daming. Even Spain, which he relied on, was a defeated player under his command. What else could he do?

What can the Pope do if he is anxious? Can he expel Chen Mu from his religion?

Can you question the legitimacy of the Eastern Minister?

Or can he incite his commanders to overthrow the evil ministers of the East and enthrone them?

He could not do anything, even called on the Crusaders, the Netherlands and England to regard Geneva as the religious accusation, believing that he was the reactionary religious leader; France Valois was too busy to take care of himself, Philip of Spain... Fei Erye was addicted to making money and could not extricate himself.

Without these three kingdoms, would you expect Rudolf II, who was mediocre in the Holy Roman Empire?

The Pope was very sad all the way. From Vatican City to the port, this was the most difficult path in his life.

But unexpectedly, in the camp at the port, there was no cold-eyed messenger of the Ming Dynasty. Chen Ju prepared flowers and wine for him. The best porcelain plate contained the freshest seasonal fruits and vegetables and a full smile.

"Speak straight to the point, since the Roman priest agreed to leave the city, Chen will not mention the previous misunderstanding. In the words of General Chen, we must look forward, and only by looking forward will we make progress will the Ming Dynasty be willing to reach a cooperation agreement with the Roman priests to work with the Spanish king to defend your influence in Europa and curb the spread of Protestantism."
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