General Carl's outstretched hand trembled violently, he was about to take the seal, but at this time it was like touching a flame. He looked up at young Ferry III in disbelief.
"Ro... Legrand?"
asked General Carl.
The war between Blasey and Legrand has been going on for hundreds of years, and the two sides have thrown countless blood on the battlefield. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies of life and death.
"The knights who swore allegiance are not as good as Legrand, who has been an enemy for generations. People in the future will think it absurd to talk about this matter." Ferry III smiled slightly, "The "Church" is circulating again, we don't have the time. Consider what the ally is."
The Decree is an important document that circulated in all the countries of the Holy See's sphere of influence during the ninth century. The content contains the letters of the bishops of the Holy See and the documents of the conferences with various countries. Rather than calling it "the Holy See ordinance," it's better to call it "the knife on the throat of the king."
In the Decrees, the Holy See re-emphasized the absolute status of the Holy See, taking the appointment and dismissal of bishops from the king in the form prescribed by the document. In Blasey, the monastic nobles and monasteries controlled nearly one-third of the land, and after these bishops were completely controlled by the Holy See, Blasey actually had a "state within a kingdom".
"Legrand's overseas spies are certainly cautious, but after all, they are separated by a strait." Ferry III said lightly, "Collect the movements of the Low Countries controlled by the Holy See and pass it on to Legrand."
General Carl understood what Ferry III meant.
Their cooperation with Legrand will never come to the fore, and even if it is called an "ally", it is better to say that it is a temporary alliance between the wolf and the lion.
Once the Pope's conspiracy succeeds, Blaise and Legrand will face the most terrifying crisis at the same time.
Therefore, Legrand was concerned about the Holy See's actions by Brecht, and hoped that Legrand would contain the Holy See's power. And Legrand will send a way to help King Blaise not be controlled by the coronation baptism, so as to avoid overnight, Legrand will face a Holy Court with a real kingdom.
General Carl wants to ensure that all those who carry out the order do not know the inside story. The spy of the royal family of Blaise will only think that he is collecting information to serve the royal family, and will not know that these information will be sent across the strait to the hands of Legrand's king.
If either party is exposed, the other party will never admit it.
There is no sincerity at all, the two sides are just complicit in the tiger.
"Let our warriors prepare armor and swords."
Ferry III said that he looked up out of the window, as if he saw the aggressive papal embassy.
General Carl retreated as ordered.
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The territory of Blaisey, the city of Kolo.
Under the gray sky, a cardinal acoly got out of a black carriage with a hooded man carrying a black leather case. They hurried down the street to the gate of the monastery.
At this time, the Pope's mission was stationed in the monastery of Kolo City, and the fully-armed Temple Knights surrounded the Pope's resting place. The two approached, and the long sword of the temple knight stood up immediately, the sword light flickered, and the air was threatening.
The aide-de-camp raised his hand and showed the Templar knight the Pope's decree in his hand.
The knights of the temple put away their swords and moved out of the way.
"Let's go, Mr. Ansel." The cardinal acoly turned back to the man with the hood as if he was afraid of being seen.
The black cloth carriage that brought them moved forward slowly, and as the wheels rolled, bright red blood dripped down continuously, as if the other people in the carriage had been killed.
The man known as "Ansel" shuddered and followed the cardinal acolyte into the monastery.
As the power of the entire Holy See resides, the room where the Pope rests in the monastery can be called austere. Apart from the extravagant Holy See carriage, the Pope had no other decorations on this trip.
The acolyte solemnly stepped into the Pope's lounge, followed by Ansel. As soon as he entered, his breathing suffocated slightly, and in the small room sat two bishops of the Holy See Cardinals, one was very young and the other was gray-haired. Others from the papal secretariat stood still.
Ansel couldn't restrain his trembling, and before entering the room, he took off his hood. If General Carl was here, he would be recognized.
He is one of the deacons of the important castle of the royal family of Blaisey, and he is also an earl with a high status.
"Prince Charles would like to offer this to the Apostolic See."
Under the eyes of the cardinal deacon, Ansel slumped down and held up the black box with both hands.
The Pope was behind the table in the room at this time, reading through the documents sent by the Eleventh Holy Ministry. He stopped writing and glanced at the white-haired cardinal.
The old cardinal got up and took the black box from Ansel. The lock of the box was closed, and the acolyte stepped forward, took out the key, and opened it. In between was a yellowed letter lying on a golden fleece.
The cardinal picked it up carefully, and after examining it carefully, he breathed a sigh of relief, and presented it to the Pope: "The Apostle, it is it."
The Pope took the letter.
Ansel knelt on the ground, not daring to move.
He also knew the content of the letter.
It was a letter dated 723 AD, written by King Cremo V of Blaisey to the Archbishop of St. Tincias, in which he promised to hand over to the Holy Court the secular dominion of the entire Lowland Territory and the western part of the kingdom. In history, Cremo V has no blood of the descendants of the heroic king. He killed his brother by means of a conspiracy and ascended the throne. [1]
At that time, the entire Blessed nobles were noisy, afraid of the strong domestic crusade, and the conspirator Cremo V tried to obtain assistance from the Holy Court.
Unfortunately, the knights under Cremer V soon betrayed and assassinated him. Because Cremer V became the shortest reigning monarch in Blaise's history, nicknamed "the short-lived king".
The letter, along with other documents, was sealed in Blaise's royal archives following the death of Cremer V.
However, Ferry III's younger brother, Prince Charles, who competed with Ferry III for the throne some time ago, stole it at this time and secretly sent it to the Pope.
After the Pope finished reading the letter, he put it down and looked at the Count of Ansel, who was crawling on the ground: "The Holy See cares for each of its children, but Prince Charles' contempt for the Holy See some time ago makes those who care for him. Heartbroken."
It was a rebuke, but the tone was gentle.
Earl Ansel knew how to answer. Some time ago, during the battle for the throne, the Holy See routinely supported Ferry III, who was the crown prince, and Prince Charles, who turned the Holy See into an enemy, did something that was not very respectful.
But that's the past, isn't it
"Prince Charles has repented of his sins, and he longs to return to the arms of the Lord. Today, I am here on the basis of Prince Charles' own will. The purpose is to atone for his sins." Earl Searle raised his hand and drew a cross on his chest.
The Pope looked at the others in the room: "My dear friends, do you think this poor young man deserves forgiveness?"
The cardinal, the deacon of the card, and the chief of the secretariat looked at each other, raised their hands and drew a cross on their chests and recited: "God! Please have mercy on me according to your mercy, and blot out my sins according to your abundant mercy. "[2]
"Father, forgive him, because he does not know what he has done." The Pope rose and helped the Count of Ansel, who was lying on the ground. "The Lord is merciful and merciful, he forgives the wrongs of the lost, and he High hopes."
"The Father is merciful."
The boulder in Earl Ansel's heart was finally put down, and a layer of cold sweat broke out behind him.
"Then tell him the joy of the Lord in his return, sir."
The Pope smiled.
After Earl Ansel left, the Pope picked up the letter written by King Cremo V and stamped with the seal of the royal family of Blaisey, and he looked at the capable men in the room: "The Millennium Kingdom is coming, and we are obliged to do so. The earth shall establish his empire. St. Peter handed over two swords to us servants of God so that we may restore his kingdom."
The others in the room stood up and drew a cross on their chests: "Holy holy! Lord of armies, king of kings!"
Beneath the solemn chanting are the shadows of conspiracy and swords.
…
Legrand, Cossoaia.
The shadow of the Black Death receded with the arrival of the king, and General Sheehan took this opportunity to seize the time to organize citizens to join the cleansing operation of the entire city. People flushed the streets with buckets, and the obsessive-compulsive architect's urban sewerage system was rolled out three times faster than before.
Blockade lifted.
Originally worried, for fear that the Black Death would spread to their own city, they also breathed a sigh of relief. And after the Kossoya Plague incident, the voices about the Free Chamber of Commerce in the Southeast finally faded away.
Since he came to the southeast in person and settled the matter of Cossoa, the king took this opportunity to personally handle some affairs along the southeast coast.
As a king, there are two most important responsibilities, one is to lead the army to fight, and the other is to administer justice.
In the period of Mad King Henry, in order to suppress the power of the local lords, shortly after the divine sentence was abolished, the jurisdiction of most cases was transferred from the lord's court to the royal court. During the period of William III, the royal family established the royal court in the center, and at the same time established the royal circuit court to reduce the burden of the central court.
The court, which was supposed to be regularly patrolled, has been put on hold due to previous civil unrest and subsequent events. If you want to carry out judicial proceedings, you have to go north to the Metzl Palace. Since the king is in the southeast at this time, it is really good news for those who have been waiting for the lawsuit for a long time.
The king also has the intention to use this opportunity to achieve some goals.
The large nobles of the manor owners in the southeast are one of the groups most affected by the rise of commerce in Legrand, and their power is far less than that of the northern lords. During the trial, the king took the opportunity to deprive some of the nobles of the land that had taken advantage of the bankruptcy of the peasants.
In the name of the royal family, he leased these lands at low prices to some freedmen who faced the situation of becoming serfs.
Charles was silent for a while after witnessing how the king awarded a land that two families were fighting over to a third family, provoking a battle between the traditional aristocratic forces in the city.
- It has to be said that the monarch has never been fair and merciful in the control of power.
After the king dealt with a territorial dispute that day, General Sheehan reported:
A painter asked to see the king.
The author has something to say: [1] The historical ecclesiastical practice is the real salacious operation... In the 8th century AD, the papal secretariat forged a letter from Constantine the Great to the bishop of Rome, promising to take the whole of Rome Secular dominion over the city and the whole of Italy and the entire western part of the empire was given to the Bishop of Rome. This promise is the "gift of Constantine". Then the Pope made a request for power to various feudal lords in Western Europe based on this document.
[2] Quoted from Psalm Fifty.
A brief explanation of the question in the Letter of Cremer V concerning this chapter:
As a monarch's letter, it is an important political archive and falls within the scope of preservation. When King John of the Lost Lands faced the crisis of 15,000 troops raised by Philip in 1213, King John surrendered to Pope Innocent and surrendered the sovereignty of the country to the Pope, thus avoiding the crisis of French invasion. John's correspondence with the Pope at that time is also preserved as an important archive.
In addition, a very important issue is that letters and treaties are only props in the struggle for power. If Blasey was strong enough to confront the Pope, it would not matter how many treaties the previous king signed. In the medieval war, how many times Britain and France fought and then reached a peace agreement. It was only a few days after the agreement was reached, and the face was quickly torn... It was determined by the power rather than the tools used.
Even if the file is not preserved, as long as the Holy Court wants to, it can still produce a fake one. Just need such an excuse and a pretense. The letters forged by the medieval church are not one or two... This is a professional master (.) History is like this... How many high-sounding things are essentially determined by strength.
In Mr. Chen's "A Brief History of Christianity", Chapter 3, Section 3 "Relationship between Social Power and the Church in Western Europe", there is an introduction to the strength of Pope Gregory I at that time, which can be seen "... Gregory I's economy, Political power is not limited to Italy; in addition to the above-mentioned areas, there are territories in northern Africa, Dalmatia and southern Gaul, etc. His estates are spread over several hundred, and each estate of each estate is owned by Pope clergy practice, in addition to running estates, he is also engaged in business, engaged in the trafficking of grain, timber and pig iron…”
Historically, in the eighth century AD, the church owned a large amount of land, and many bishops were also estate owners. In the 11th century, the economic strength of the Catholic Church increased rapidly, and the church occupied almost one-third of the land of its parish. In addition to controlling large areas of land in Western European countries, he also occupied forests, pastures, mills, and controlled industries such as winemaking, salt making, marine transportation, etc. At this time, the Pope's economic income even exceeded the combined income of European countries. In addition, the church at that time had a huge influence on cultural thought.
In this article, I have already described the historical development of Blaisey. Its founding relied on the support of the Holy Court, and the final unification of many small countries also relied on the Holy Court to achieve spiritual unity, thus building the foundation for the realization of rule. . As Ferry III said in the article, the Holy See is deeply rooted in Blasey's land, and its history has been entangled with theocracy from the very beginning, and even the framework has been shrouded in the Holy See's thought from the very beginning.
The proportion of land controlled by the Holy See of Blasey is based on the historical Franks.
With the Holy See wielding so much influence over Blasey, the authenticity of the letter itself is not a problem in itself. Even if the archives are not kept according to the regulations, the Holy Court can still forge others.
The point is not what excuse a faction uses, but what kind of power he possesses.
The following are some references [because domestic research on Christianity is relatively unpopular, only some references are provided here]
[1] Wang Jiao. "Constantine's Gift"—Analysis of Constantine's Contribution to the Development of Christianity from Multiple Perspectives [D]. Liaoning Normal University, 2013.
[2] Guo Chao. An Analysis of the Social Model of the Political-Educational Duality Pattern in Western Europe in the Middle Ages [J]. Journal of Jiangsu Second Normal University, 2017,33(08):50-55
[3] Yang Changdong. The Contribution of Christianity in Medieval Europe [M]. Social Science Literature Publishing House: Beijing, 2000: 160.
[4] Chen Qinzhuang. A Brief History of Christianity [M]. People's Publishing House: Beijing, 2004: 133. [4]
[5]] Zhang Wenjian. The Way of Heaven: Christianity [M]. World Knowledge Press: Beijing, 1999: 82.