Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Since ancient times, Romagna has been a very vague name, and no place has been explicitly named Romagna, and no one has ever established a country on the basis of this place.

But such a very illusory name gradually became synonymous with a certain kind of power, and was gradually regarded as a benchmark for measuring the authority of the Vatican Pope.

This is because whether a pope has sufficient authority depends mainly on whether he can become the master of Romagna, or even if he cannot completely rule this area, at least it must have a far-reaching influence in this place.

This effect ranged from the direct collection of taxes to the appointment of bishops in this area, and even the reward of the owners of the territory.

So if you look at the impact on the Romagna region, Alexander VI is actually not a very powerful pope.

At least in this area that is generally regarded as the sphere of influence of the Vatican, there is a very strange city that is the most glorious city of this era.

The glory of Florence can't be concealed even by Rome!

If the Renaissance era is a turning point for Europeans from darkness to light, then Florence is the lamp that guides people out of darkness.

The millennium of ignorance came to an end with the roar of the pursuit of classical civilization and the exploration of humanistic thoughts from Florence. Road, and Florence is the starting point of a road.

Many people once asked why it all started in Italy and why it was Florence, but no one could answer this question.

For the Holy See, while they also enjoyed the unprecedented literary and artistic brilliance brought to them by humanism, Florence was a city that he hated so much.

This is because there is a group of people in that city who violently drove away the owners of the original city and then ruled the city in the name of the people. A person who hates in his bones.

His name is Savonarola.

Savonarola was a priest, and he was very religious. His piety even reached the place where people were afraid.

He hated luxury, and even hated the clergy to enjoy the extravagant and desperate life. He had no doubt about Pope Alexander VI and fooled with his mistress. He directly wrote a question and sent someone to the Holy See for public reading, and for those who were noble cardinals. To the same morally corrupt actions of ordinary priests, he was even more disgusted.

Time and time again, Savonarola bluntly criticized the Vatican for being degraded into a filthy land dominated by a group of the world's most despicable bastards, for which he simply declared that Florence would no longer obey the Vatican's orders.

Faced with the unrelenting accusations of Savonarola, Alexander VI began to try to buy it. He announced the appointment of Savonarola as the bishop of Florence, and in his open letter to him praised the devout priest as "the role model of the church" "But his offer did not bring the expected results. Savonarola relentlessly rejected Alexander VI, and what annoyed Alexander VI was that his appointment was instead Savonaro. La borrowed the identity of the Bishop of Florence to spread his thoughts to provide greater convenience.

In the end, Florence announced that he would no longer obey the orders of Alexander VI, but what everyone did not expect was that Savonarola even launched a "revolution" that overthrew the Medici family that ruled Florence!

It was a revolution that made everyone dumbfounded. The people rushed into the magnificent Medici Palace. After driving out the family that had ruled Florence for three decades and decades, they announced the establishment of a Savonah. Lola is headed by another three-hundred-member parliament that leads the city-state of the Republic.

At the time of the announcement of the establishment of the Republic of Florence, Savonarola also announced that Florence would no longer obey any orders from the Vatican, and he publicly declared that until "the man who paved the throne with poison and money" was no longer the pope, Florence Before returning to the seat of the pope.

Florence's move undoubtedly hit the face of Alexander VI hard. When he heard the news, he had even decided to send an army to fight against Savonarola, a man who dared to despise him.

But no one thought that at this time the invasion of King Charles VIII disrupted everything.

What people did not expect was that Savonarola actually formed an alliance with Charlie.

In the eyes of Savonarola, Charlemagne is like an angel sent by God to destroy this world that has been corrupted by corruption, crime, **** and greed.

The French army is the arm of God. He praised Charlie's martial arts martial arts, and even admired his daring to stand up to correct this subversive world at this time.

Savonarola let the people call the city gate to greet Charlie, and at the same time he even planned to send an army to follow Charlie to march to Rome, washing the Vatican that was overwhelmed by the filth of the worldly vanity.

In order to show respect for Charlie, despite Charlie ’s young age, Savonarola called the King of France “the kind father” and “the person we all respect” on all public occasions, even because of Charlie ’s Respect, even France is called by him "the country of a loving father".

But no one thought that the French had actually lost.

The retreat of the French left Florence exposed alone in front of the Vatican, and Alexander VI, who had endured for a long time, could finally teach the poor priest who had embarrassed him countless times.

It's just that Alexander VI didn't think of it. Before he started to work on Savonarola, the Milanese suddenly entered Romagna!

The things of Savonarola have to be put aside, and in addition to the aliens of Florence and Savonarola, there are other forces in Romagna that made Alexander VI impossible to recover at the same time.

There is a place called Montina.

Montina was originally the name of a mountain. This mountain, located in the northeast of Romagna, adjacent to the Plain of Realo, happens to be high down overlooking the Plain of Realo, and the area surrounding this mountain is mainly The narrow and long land belongs to the domain of Montina.

Montina is not very high, but it is quite steep. In the early years, in order to prevent the invasion of the Venetians from the land, the Genoese once built a castle here, but also at the foot of the castle. After a rare fierce battle.

However, after all, it was two or three hundred years ago. The castle of Montina has been gradually desolate with the erosion of years and wind and rain, and as the power of siege firearms became greater and greater, this early establishment Montina Hill Castle has gradually no longer adapted to today's war.

So the owner of this territory decided to rebuild a stronger new castle, and named the castle as a new castle. Then the owner happily gave this territory and the new castle under construction to his beloved daughter.

Now the owner of this territory and castle is called Barendi de la Rovere.

Alexander knew the place of Montina because Barenti once said that her father had given her the castle that was being renovated.

Now, when he heard that the Milanese had actually arrived in the city of Realo, which was only a plain away from the castle of Montina, Alexander realized that he might be in trouble.

There is really no basis for this kind of thinking, but Alexander instinctively feels a sign of what is about to happen.

Sure enough, Alexander's hunch was unfortunately fulfilled.

On April 2, just a few days after Alexander VI sent a messenger to Milan for the second time, news came that surprised many people.

The court secretary of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, suddenly appeared in Venice. When the news came, many people felt incredible because of the accident.

At the time Ludovico was fighting against Venice, so he did not hesitate to seek help from France, which attracted Charles VIII, who had long coveted the entire Apennine Peninsula.

If there is old hatred between Venice and Genoa, then there is a new hatred between Venice and Milan.

Control over the Romagna region can not only measure the authority of the pope, but also prove who is the real powerhouse in Italian land.

Whether it is Venice or Milan, they have a desire for this land, and the Genoese regard Romagna as a buffer to maintain their eastern security.

Of course, Alexander VI did not want to see that the traditional areas belonging to Rome would become the target of other people's competition. More importantly, Ludovico actually colluded with the Venetians. This was a bad result that he did not expect to see.

If the Milanese only turned against the Borgia family because of Giovanni Sforza, then the Venetians came purely for Romagna.

The desire for the vast territory of Romagna has allowed the Venetian to test all opponents more than once.

But whether it is Genoa or the Vatican, the Venetians are full of vigilance, which makes the Venetians cautious.

Now, the Milanese actually abandoned the former suspected initiative to send a messenger to the Venetians, and Alexander VI immediately noticed something that disturbed him.

Sure enough, a few days later an amazing news reached Rome.

Milan and Venice formed an alliance, and their enemy was Alexander VI of the Vatican.

This is definitely news that surprised and shocked many people, because it was discovered that with the Venetian suddenly intervening in the dispute between Milan and the Vatican, the balance of power in the Romagna region is tilting.

The Venetians who had long coveted Romagna, just like the French, had become the arbiter of this dispute.

Now as long as they are slightly closer to either side, the situation will change in their favourable direction.

Although he was angry about the situation, Alexander VI knew that it was the most difficult time for him now.

The appointment of Naples became Caesar ’s first mission after giving up the priesthood and taking over secular affairs. Although this was enough to prove that Alexander VI valued this alliance with Naples, he wanted Frederick, King of Naples, to agree This alliance is not completed in such a short time.

The Milan army has entered Realo on the edge of the Romagna region, which makes Alexander VI angry but helpless for another time.

Behind the Milanese is the figure of Maximilian, the German king and emperor, and the Venetians tried to participate in this dispute and penetrated into Romagna, while Gonzalo ignored all the deafness that was happening. ask.

For the first time, Alexander VI felt alone and helpless.

By this time, Alexander VI had to seriously consider whether to support Alfonso as a cardinal in exchange for the support of Aragon and Sicily King Ferdinand.

It was at this time that Alexander was called to the old Rovere's villa again.

Although he has not seen Giuliano de la Rovere, Alexander actually guessed why he was here.

This time, Alexander did not want to agree with Juliano's request so easily.

It seems to have guessed Alexander's thoughts. Old Rovere led him directly to his study in the villa. When he walked into the huge room, Alexander couldn't help but be deeply shocked by everything he saw.

Exquisite marble sculptures, frescoes on the beautiful arched dome, and paintings of famous masters of all sizes that can drive countless collectors to madness if placed in later generations Containing rich artistic treasures, it is obsessed.

"These are just a small part," Giuliano didn't seem to notice Alexander's stunned expression. As he walked from behind the precious Lei Mu desk, he greeted Alexander and sat down. "Be aware of these arts Compared to treasure, perhaps the crown of the pope may not be more valuable. "

Alexander Giuliano agreed with Giuliano.

He knows that the Luo Weilei family is like many famous nobles of this era ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ are strong supporters of the Renaissance.

Not only did they invest heavily in funding those masters and masters, but they were also willing to become protectors of artists who were not well-known, even because of their ill will.

In this regard, whether it is Rovere or Pogia, or Milan Sforza and Medici, who now do not know where in exile, have some striking similarities.

Just as Alexandria was so impressed with the importance of art by the wealthy and wealthy people of this era, Giuliano immediately brought him back to reality.

"But although the things here are treasures, they are much worse than the Montiburg collection. You know, Barenti is my favorite daughter, so I am willing to give her the best things, just think about it. The paintings of the masters of Chimaboue, Pisanello, and Masaccio in the city-state were taken by the Venetians. I think it ’s a pity. ”

Alexander looked at Giuliano a bit slack, and every time he heard the name of an ambassador, Alexander felt that his heart had been squeezed hard. When he heard Giuliano said with a very sad tone: "again Think about the paintings of Botticelli and Leonardo that I brought back from Florence, but now they must be in the hands of the Venetians. "Later, Alexander knew that this could no longer be tolerated.

"It is absolutely not possible to give Montiburg to Milan or the Venetians," Alexander said. "Shouldn't we do something to protect Barendi's rights?"

Looking at the indignant look of Alexander, the old Luo Weilei, who seemed to be a little old-fashioned, grabbed the nuts on the table and crushed the hard shell with only two fingers.

"Speaking to my son-in-law, for Barenti, you really have to do something."